Sandi Toksvig: Always have a chair – the whole ‘standup’ thing is overrated
My wife, Debbie. She is a remarkable woman. Wise and witty. I cannot believe my luck to have found her. Many years ago, I was the opening act at Stockholm’s first comedy club in Sweden. In those days I had a solid 20 minutes that always worked in the UK. The Swedes speak excellent English, so I thought it would be fine. I did 20 minutes to complete silence followed by raucous applause. I asked the organiser why no one laughed and she replied “We didn’t like to interrupt”.