I'll back that one up Prof.

There are some Derek and Clive bits that still destroy me, to this day.

"I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read in the train."

Was Oscar Wilde a Brit though?

Well, he was from the British Isles.
We have quite an elastic definition. As you can tell from the accents of the people who play sport for us...

I'm not 100% sure, but I think he may have had dual nationality. He was from an Anglo-Irish family (Dublin born). I don't know enough about the path to irish independence. Cause Dublin was part of Britain prior to that I think.

do you Brits claim Jonathan Swift? Or is 'eee too Eyerish for ye?

I think we lay claim to Swift.

I like to think Stephen Colbert is our Jonathan Swift and Jon Stewart our own Alexander Pope. :D

Gilbert. Sullivan.

Wrapped a community-theater production of The Gondoliers a couple weeks back.