Summary
Unhappy schooldays, alcoholism, depression JACK DEE has had them all, yet misery is his stock in trade. Although his jokes mock the little things that annoy him, he tells CHRISSY ILEY that being a father and a family man keeps him from falling over the edge
Not for nothing is Jack Dee called the Sultan of Scorn. It's not just because of his wry observational humour about the minutiae and miseries of life - it's the whole look of him. His lips are sullen and when he smiles it isn't with his mouth - it's almost as if he can't. Instead, one side of his face is tweaked into a permanent curl of a snarl. However, look a little closer and his eyes are surprisingly friendly and twinkly.See the full content of this document
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All Right, Jack?
As in his looks, so he is in his soul: Jack Dee is a mass of contradictions.
He says he's the product of happy parents and a happyish childhood, yet his humour is sometimes so angry - about jobsworths ('service Nazis'), the NHS, British Telecom - you'd think it was inborn.He once wanted to be a priest - but now he wonders if there's a God. He used to be an alcoholic, spent years in recovery, but is drinking again, although he says it's in moderation.He took up smoking just to be perverse.You might imagine that Jack Dee ha...See the full content of this document
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