A biography for Norman Wisdomhasn’t been written yet.
“I don't know nothing about communism. But I know the Albanians loved me. Same reason as anyone else loves me. Because I made them laugh.”
“It was smashing working with Jerry Desmonde, he was a very nice chap.”
“I do play drums when I'm on tour.”
“I must admit I like to muck around a bit; I always have.”
“My father used to be away for months at a time, and he'd never leave any money for food, so my brother and I had to go out and nick it.”
“I'm still constantly thinking of ideas. I don't feel 90. I think I'm about 12.”
“I play drums, clarinet, saxophone, trumpet, french horn, piano.”
“It was absolutely thrilling to meet Laurel and Hardy, they were so nice.”
“I believe in physical comedy, because that reaches out most to people.”
“I've been extremely lucky having been in the army when I was a boy of fourteen.”
“I used to first go on to entertain an audience. But now I go, and this is really true - I go on to have fun with a crowd of my chums.”
“You know I've got a chum, a smashing mate, he's got a dog with no legs, and he calls it a cigarette. It's true, yeah, because at nighttime he has to take it out for a drag.”
“I was born in very sorry circumstances. Both of my parents were very sorry.”
“I was born in London, and went to school in Scotland - I used to be dead tired when I got home at night.”
“Most of my comedies were low on budgets - certainly by American standards.”
“Don't get me wrong: I'm overjoyed with my career to date. But perhaps I could have done more. Mostly, I just did whatever the directors told me to do.”
“I was in the band as a boy and was taught music and learned to compose.”
“I've always had a sense of humour, and I still do, so I just want to go on performing as long as I can. It's as simple as that.”
“I've been making people laugh for 40 years, so I know how important it is!”
“You see I'm semi-retired now and don't work all the time, only most of it!”