Barry Cryer has written for ... would carry on for so long that he'd literally drop dead halfway through a joke. "Performers don’t retire, it’s just that the phone stops ringing," says ...

But when the self-proclaimed "grumpiest man in comedy" invited Barry Cryer, Tim Brooke-Taylor, Andy Hamilton and Jo Brand to try and make him laugh, the panel performed with great aplomb.

Barry Charles Cryer OBE (born 23 March 1935 in Leeds ... in which the three performers bounced jokes off each other. He also appeared in the comedy television series The Steam Video Company.