I'm always wondering what comedy is; maybe it's the perfection of wisdom. The completion of tragedy. And for decades, and even maybe still the great mother of all comedy was Maureen Potter. She was an artist who mastered her craft. She turned clowning into something wise. She had an effect on the nation. She was more than just human. She was the icon, the buddha of laughter whose energy permeated every small parish hall in the country.

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