“"We don't get telly round our way, sir"! "Yeah, we hang you buggers round our way, we do"… "No, we all came on the same coach, sir"… "Norwich, that's us, sir." There's a bloke on the fifth row going "You're gonna die now, sir, you are!"”

— Lee Evans

Live at Her Majesty's Theatre (1994)

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English stand-up comedian and actor 1964

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