"If they don't like you, you're dead"
Alan Whicker questions the Laughter Makers

There is no sure-fire formula that produces laughter. This is what makes the comedian the most mixed-up, most vulnerable person in show business. If you refuse to laugh he 'dies the death'. His timing goes, and he starts to sweat. He begins to hate you because the previous house rolled in the aisles.
With Charlie Chester, Alfred Marks, Ray Martine, Max Miller, Ted Ray, Ted Rogers,
Mike and Bernie Winters, and Johnny Speight, Ned Sherrin, Peter Cagney.