Cited as evidence is his gradual ostracism of those who contributed to his success, such as Sid James and his scriptwriters, Galton and Simpson. His reasoning was that, to refine his craft, he had to ditch catch-phrases and become realistic. He argued, for example, that whenever an ad-hoc character was needed, such as a policeman, it would be played by someone like Kenneth Williams, who would appear with his well-known oily catchphrase "Good evening". Hancock believed the comedy suffered because people did not believe in the policeman, knowing it was just Williams doing a funny voice.
cited as evidence is his gradual ostracism of those who contributed to his success such as sid james and his scriptwriters galton and simpson his reasoning was that to refine his craft he had to ditch catch-phrases and become realistic he argued for example that whenever an ad-hoc character was needed such as a policeman it would be played by someone like kenneth williams who would appear with his well-known oily catchphrase "good evening" hancock believed the comedy suffered because people did not believe in the policeman knowing it was just williams doing a funny voice