Nigel Cole Quotes

I think the first rule of comedy is that it has to be funny and I find a lot of the broad comedy which is sent to me, painfully unfunny.

Nigel Cole

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• I think the first rule of comedy is that it has to be funny and I find a lot of the broad comedy which is sent to me, painfully unfunny.

  

  Nigel Cole
  • Funny
  • Comedy
  • Rule