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Max Bygraves
3 quotes
“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 (1922–2012) first seen 2009 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Deprecating modern comedians, Metro (27 October 2009).{[broken link|date=September 2026}]
“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.”
Max Bygraves (1922–2012) first seen 2011 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On being unfaithful to his wife, Daily Mail (24 May 2011).
“I wanna tell you a story”
Max Bygraves (1922–2012) first seen 2012 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Catchphrase, as cited in "Loss of a legend - Max Bygraves' story" ITV News (1 September 2012).