Kenneth Williams wasn't the most talented, he wasn't the funniest, he wasn't even the wittiest, but what Kenneth Williams was good at was being wise. It was his wisdom that got him to where he was. Yes he was funny and very knowledgeable about so many things. I watched a clip of him recently on YouTube being interviewed by Michael Parkinson and his famous words were "Everyone is getting better and better at less and less; eventually someone is going to be brilliant at nothing" What Kenneth Williams had failed to consider was that it is technology and science that forever moves forward. Language is forever evolving as we create new words and phrases and are influenced by different cultures. There is so much more to learn than ever before, We don't really have time these days to go to the pub or sit and watch television because there is so much more to do in the world. The internet has opened up so much to so many people throughout the world, that I would imagine that in another hundred years people will be reading this and thinking, what strange language, YouTube whats that?
In actual fact, what Kenneth Williams became brilliant at was being Kenneth Williams.
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