When I was young I remember my mother explaining too me how the notion of the 'comedy vicar' came to be... it went along the lines that in big rich families - the least brightest member of them - the one that would probably mess up the most if they went into the family business - would instead be encouraged to go into the church. This morning I was thinking - that these days in America at least they make that sort of person - the President.
[the comedy vicar has been a staple of British comedy since -oh, I have no idea, the Victorian probably. There's Dick Emery, and er... Derek Nimmo, and more -I have to let my mind let long dormant memories percolate to the surface for a while now.]
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