There's also the problem that the magazine's pretty poor but it's patronising to offer them money and say 'no, it's all right, keep it'… Brits tie themselves up in quite the social knot about it

Yes I saw Graham Linehan give a talk on this once, as well as a Malcolm in the Middle Scene in which Bryan Cranston inadvertently appears to be cruising by in his car to kidnap kids thanks to some unwitting innuendo. Graham made interesting points about how often network restrictions on comedy can force writers to be…