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I'm God's messenger from the gypsy tent. And it's the message that's important, not the messenger.

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Paul Merton

In 1987, I was in Edinburgh doing my first one-man show. I took part in a kickabout with some fellow comedians and tripped over my trousers and heard this cracking sound in my leg. A couple of days later I went into a coma and was diagnosed with a pulmonary embolism.

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Am I allowed to call myself working-class now? Because obviously I'm now very rich.

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When I turned about 12 or 13, I realised that being funny wasn't about remembering jokes. It was about creating them.

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