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1937–1995 England

Peter Edward Cook (17 November 1937 – 9 January 1995) was an English satirist, writer and comedian who is commonly regarded as the father of the British satire boom of the 1960s. He has frequently been referred to by modern British comedians as their greatest inspiration.

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Also known as: Cook, Peter

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In the words of Marcel Proust — and this applies to any woman in the world — if you can stay up and listen with a fair degree of attention to whatever garbage, no matter how stupid it is that they're coming out with, till ten minutes past four in the morning... you're in.

Bedazzled (1967)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Peter Cook (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.