Chic Murray: a genius indeed.

"I walked into a room. The curtain were drawn, but the furniture was real."

"I opened the door in my pyjamas. I thought "Funny place to have a door.""

"It's a small world. But I wouldn't want to paint it."

An alternative comedian before there were any.

He's reported to have been as funny in real day-to-day life as onstage.

Supposedly he went into a petshop and asked them to sell him a wasp. "A wasp?" says the assistant. "Who'd want a wasp as a pet?". "Well, you've got two in the window.", replied Chic.

On the Subway in Glasgow, he asked the ticket inspector if there was a buffet car on the train. Informed that there was not, he asks if there will be on on the next train. Informed that there will be no buffet car on that train either, Chic grumbles "Christ, I'll be starvin by the time I get to Merkland Street!"
(the joke is that the Glasgow Underground route is circular and you can'make any journey on it that lasts longer than about 30 minutes - well you can but you just go round and round in circles)

Sadly missed.

Cheers

Steven