Max Bygraves Quotes

Walter William Bygraves , best known by the stage name Max Bygraves, was an English comedian, singer, actor and variety performer. He appeared on his own television shows, sometimes performing comedy sketches between songs. He made twenty Royal Variety Performance appearances and presented numerous programmes, including Family Fortunes. Wikipedia

✵ 16. October 1922 – 31. August 2012

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“My outlook is that life is like a self-service restaurant and you have to help yourself. Sometimes when you see what the other fella has got, you want some of it too.”

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On being unfaithful to his wife; Daily Mail 24th May 2011

“I'd never malign another performer, but the style is not good enough. They've done away with laugh pay-offs. We were given nine minutes or eight minutes. Now they wander wherever they like, they don't get to any jokes before they've been on for two minutes. We had to make an impact in ten seconds.”

Max Bygraves

Deprecating modern comedians; Metro, 2002 http://www.metro.co.uk/showbiz/interviews/202-max-bygraves#ixzz1hg6bdBeK

“I wanna tell you a story”

Max Bygraves

Catchphrase, e.g. Daily Mail 24th May 2011 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1390231/Max-Bygraves-agony-wife-Blossom-dies.html

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