The
only
mention
of
his
name
brings
a
smile
to
our
face.
Jonny
Lever
is
back
in
action
on
television
as
the
judge,
along
with
Satish
Shah
and
Archana
Puran
Singh,
in
'Comedy
Circus'.
We
had
a
hearty
chat
with
this
man
who
was
in
his
usual
'comic'
self.
Here
is
the
excerpt.
You
are
back
in
'Comedy
Circus'
after
'Jonny
Ala
Re'...
Yes,
I
had
a
bad
experience
in
'Jonny
Ala
Re'.
Things
were
not
going
as
I
had
been
told
they
would
be.
After
lot
of
difficulty,
I
had
managed
to
quit
the
show.
Thus,
when
I
got
the
offer
for
'Comedy
Circus',
I
was
reluctant.
But
then
when
I
heard
that
this
is
a
competition
which
deals
with
a
team
which
comprises
of
a
stand-up
comedian
and
actors.
It
sounded
interesting
to
me
so
I
decided
on
accepting
the
role
of
a
judge.
Have
you
been
offered
any
other
show
in
between?
Yes,
I
was
offered
the
chair
of
the
judge
at
'Laughter
Challenge',
but
I
did
not
accept
it.
At
that
time
I
did
not
want
to
take
the
tension
of
judging
participants.
So
I
asked
them
to
call
me
as
a
guest.
After
I
declined,
Sidhu
and
Shekhar
Suman
joined
in.
You
are
a
stand-up
comedian
yourself,
how
will
it
be
judging
others?
See
it
is
very
difficult
to
judge
such
talents.
I
still
do
not
think
I'm
capable
of
judging
other
people's
talent.
But
I
will
make
sure
that
I
judge
for
the
betterment
for
the
talent
and
the
actors.
I
will
be
genuine
in
my
approach
and
will
point
out
the
good
and
the
bad
points
of
the
competitors.
I
will
also
not
laugh
unnecessarily
because
people
are
intelligent
enough
and
the
next
time
you
people
will
ask
me
as
to
why
I
over
reacted.
How
difficult
or
easy
is
comedy?
Comedy
is
not
easy
at
all.
It
is
not
easy
at
make
people
laugh
as
everyone
sitting
and
watching
you
have
a
different
level
of
intelligence
and
it
is
not
necessary,
especially
for
a
stand-up
comedian,
to
win
everyone's
heart
out
there.
In
the
first
few
minutes
he
has
to
judge
the
audience
and
then
find
out
as
to
what
kind
of
jokes
are
they
responding
to.
He
then
has
to
take
the
performance
in
that
direction.
So
how
difficult
is
it
to
perform
in
a
team?
It
is
all
the
more
difficult.
See,
here
what
is
happening
is
the
stand-up
comedians
are
used
to
performing
alone
and
sometimes
impromptu,
but
here
they
are
to
perform
with
actor
are
more
used
to
scripted
stuff.
In
actuality,
there
has
to
be
a
good
chemistry
between
the
two,
they
should
gel
with
each
other
so
well
that
the
audience
gets
hooked
to
them.
Their
comic
level,
their
timing
has
to
be
in
perfect
sync
to
each
other.
What
is
important
to
have
good
comic
sense?
See,
comedians
are
born,
one
cannot
learn
comedy.
But
for
a
comedian,
it
is
necessary
that
he
or
she
observes
things
around
him
or
her.
This
gives
a
lot
of
ideas.
I
no
longer
travel
in
train
but
I
keep
asking
people
as
to
what
is
happening
in
the
trains
there
day,
similarly
I
keep
my
eyes
and
ears
open.
Also
the
comedian
should
respect
the
audience
and
try
to
get
the
spirit
of
the
performance.
If
you
are
mimicking
someone
try
to
get
into
his
skin
rather
than
just
copying
him.
It
takes
the
performance
to
a
completely
different
level.
What
are
the
changes
that
you
notice
in
the
comic
styles
in
yester
years
and
today?
Earlier,
in
films,
comedians
used
to
have
a
parallel
track,
were
given
songs
and
the
story
also
revolved
around
them.
Those
were
the
times
of
Mehmood
saab.
Then
slowly
their
roles
got
diminished
and
at
present
it
is
like
fast
food,
there
is
one
liner
today.
People
want
quick
comedy;
they
do
not
want
it
long
drawn.
Comedians
are
used
as
advertisements
in
films
today
to
give
a
relief
to
the
story.
But
I
feel
that
time
is
going
to
change
again.
Actually,
there
are
not
good
writer
for
comedy.
I
write
most
of
my
scripts
and
even
Mehmoob
saab
had
his
own
writer.
Have
you
thought
of
writing
scripts?
No,
it
is
not
my
cup
of
tea.
I'm
a
performer
and
can
write
down
my
ideas,
but
writing
a
script
takes
a
lot
of
thinking
and
effort.
Do
you
think
that
comedians
are
getting
what
they
deserve?
I
feel
hard
work
pays
off.
There
was
a
time
when
I
could
not
think
this
big.
But
hard
work
pays
off.
Today
I
get
what
I
deserve.
I
am
being
given
some
liberty
with
my
work
at
last.
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