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* [[Amusing Injuries]]: All self-inflicted by handyman character "Reg Prescott".
* [[The Beard]]: Played for laughs by Everett when he classified his close friend comedian Barry Cryer as "honorary gay". Kenny insisted that Cryer's wife of 40 years and four kids were just a smokescreen.
* [[Buccaneer Broadcaster]]: Got his start on the pirate station Radio London, where he was advised to change his name to avoid legal problems; he chose "Kenny Everett", taking "Everett" from American film comic actor [[Edward Everett Horton]], a childhood hero.
* [[Camp Gay]]: Much to his own chagrin.
* [[Catchphrase (game show)|Catchphrase]]: Like his contemporaries [[Monty Python]], Everett's comedy boiled over with repeatable lines and quotes which could be heard echoed in pubs and workplaces after every broadcast.
* [[Clipboard of Authority]]: Everett claimed to have infiltrated [[The BBC]] in order to obtain an audition by carrying a large reel of tape.
* [[Closet Key]]: [[Freddie Mercury]].
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* [[Gayngst]]: Everett suffered from this for a while upon realizing he was homosexual, but was helped through it by friend [[Freddie Mercury]].
* [[General Ripper]]: "General Cheeseburger", complete with a [[Chest of Medals]].
* [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]]: A core element of his comedy. However, as the number of his firings attest, he wasn't always that good at avoiding the radar.
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* [[Tempting Fate]]: Upon his return to BBC radio, he was told to "behave himself" by a producer. As soon as he was on the air, his first words were, "I've just been told I mustn't say 'penis'."
* [[Weather Report]]: One sketch had Kenny as an irate TV viewer who attacked a weatherman for forecasting bad weather.
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