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Re: Clement Freud on his grandfather

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Sarah FalkJan 7, 2008
 

 
That's a fascinating line of inquiry, Dean.

Paul's flourishing expositions seem brilliantly pulled from a place other than himself. On the recent HIGNFY episode with Russell Brand, I was in tears of laughter when Paul offered to hold the camera's attention with an extemporaneous story about buying a sweater while Russell peed in a bottle on stage. Talk about the best of both worlds. I certainly find it more easy to talk about my own experiences with school and family than to make up, on the spot, a story that probably never happened, but Paul riffs effortlessly while simultaneously keeping the game's restrictions in mind. I think we hear him do it so often that we forget that for most people, such a thing would be very difficult.

> In the show where Emma Freud appeared, she said Clement was once asked
> by a journalist "can you tell me about your other grandfather?" And
> Clement replied "he was the father of psychology". That's a pretty
> good joke, and very Clementish.

Lol! Clement is so classy.

 
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