Freud's theory was that when a joke opens a window and all those bats and bogeymen fly out, you get a marvellous feeling of relief and elation. The t…

- Ken Dodd

If I get a hard audience they are not going to get away until they laugh. Those seven laughs a minute -- Ive got to have them.

- Ken Dodd

I have kleptomania. But when it gets bad, I take something for it.

- Ken Dodd

My act is very educational. I heard a man leaving the other night saying, 'Well that taught me a lesson.'

- Ken Dodd

Men's legs have a terribly lonely life - standing in the dark in your trousers all day.

- Ken Dodd

Did you know that a laugh is something that comes out of a hole in your face? Anywhere else and you're in dead trouble!

- Ken Dodd

The trouble with Freud is that he never played the Glasgow Empire Saturday night.

- Ken Dodd

I had an idyllic childhood and when my parents bought me a Punch and Judy Show and a ventriloquist's dummy, I'd perform anywhere, anytime. My parents…

- Ken Dodd

Comedy should never be over-analysed. It's either funny or it isn't. There's a subtle difference between those who say funny things and those who say…

- Ken Dodd