There's terrific merit in having no sense of humour, no sense of irony, practically no sense of anything at all. If you're born with these so-called defects you have a very good chance of getting to the top.
Source: In Beyond the Fringe. . . and Beyond, by Ronald Bergan, pt. 4, 1989.
-- Peter Cook, (Nov 17 1937-1995), English actor, comedian; He won a Tony for Beyond the Fringe, 1963; his films included The Wrong Box, 1966.