Howard Jacobson talks about offensive jokes - like the one about war amputees - and makes this observation:No great comedian is ever amused by himself. Billy Connelly could have been a great comedian had he not taken to collapsing
hysterically during his own routines. The seal on David Brents
prattishness was his laughing at his own jokes. Then it turned out that Ricky Gervais, who created him, laughs at his own jokes too. Self-satisfaction is an
unpardonable crime in a comedian because his rol....
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan
