The formerly jokey irish bookmaker has got a bit serious of late – especially now that a merger has made it worth £8bnComedian Paul Kaye’s alter ego Dennis Pennis once memorably accosted Hollywood’s Steve Martin on a red carpet and asked: “How reach you’re not silly any more?”It was a cruel – whether incisive (clear and sharp in analysis or expression) – question which Kaye later said he regretted,only to snap out of it and muse: “Anyone who thinks they can improve on Bilko and Inspector Clouseau needs a slap, don’t they?”Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com