Monday, September 30, 2002
Will the excitement ever end? We went to the Comedy Store on Saturday night and tonight we went to the Amused Moose to see Adam Buxton where we also very much enjoyed Daniel Bloom. Were were very pleased to see Joe Cornish by the bar lending his support, followed by a ripple of excitement when we noticed that Adam had Fran and Dougie (singer and bass player) from Travis with him and then Graham Linehan turned up too. Ooh. Do you care? I suspect not. But you are still reading this aren't you.
Friday, September 27, 2002
Sunday, September 22, 2002
Have come up with an idea for a new radio show. It's called "Acronym Hour with Richard Herring" or "AHWRH" - I think it's pretty self-explanatory.
Friday, September 20, 2002
Went to the Comedy Store tonight for the first time in a good long while and we had a most enjoyable time. Uncle Vinny was compering and was fantastic... Kathryn particularly liked his suggestion for the new fifty pound note... The line up promised so much and didn't fail to deliver: Milton Jones, who was funnier than I have ever, ever seen him; Ian Stone, a firm Comedy Store favourite; Donna McPhail, who again was great as well as Gavin Webster, who is a geordie. And also very funny. The point I am trying to make is that they were all funny. As you can tell, my reviewing skills are second to none - for god's sake, someone let me loose on the Scotsman, I could show Kate Copstick a thing or two. Not like that... that's how rumours are started.
There were two open spots and the second guy - Louis Martin - a teacher from Manchester was great. We liked him as much as we had liked everyone else on the bill. And the rest of the Comedy Store audience seemed to agree with us.
That is all. I left the house today. I am showing off now.
There were two open spots and the second guy - Louis Martin - a teacher from Manchester was great. We liked him as much as we had liked everyone else on the bill. And the rest of the Comedy Store audience seemed to agree with us.
That is all. I left the house today. I am showing off now.
Wednesday, September 18, 2002
Tuesday, September 17, 2002
We are not passing any editorial comment, just mentioning this as a point of interest...
One of the phrases used on Google that pointed someone to our website was the phrase "daniel + kitson + sex". We're not joking. Check it out.
(why are we at the top of the list?)
Friday, September 13, 2002
Yet another night of scandal and debauchery. At precisely 12.25am Kathryn Dobson was seen trying on men's dressing downs in the Greenwich 24 hours ASDA. You can't buy class. You've either got it or you haven't. Kathryn hasn't.
We went to see "Once Upon A Time In The Midlands" in which Rhy Ivans was just brilliant. He made me laugh and cry throughout the whole film and the reference to Nottingham's "The Tales Of Robin Hood" pushed us over the edge. Go and see it. Go and see it now.
We went to see "Once Upon A Time In The Midlands" in which Rhy Ivans was just brilliant. He made me laugh and cry throughout the whole film and the reference to Nottingham's "The Tales Of Robin Hood" pushed us over the edge. Go and see it. Go and see it now.
Tuesday, September 10, 2002
Had one of the funniest nights out for a long time on Saturday. Being quite desperate for sleep at 4am and realising that no-one actually cares, I forgot to post when I got home so here is what I have managed to remember.
Have done a lot of catching up with friends and very old friends since getting home and on Saturday, I stupidly let them drag me out in the hell-hole that is Croydon. I was introduced to a new drink - no, David Armand, not "your" Power Shandy - but a new and better drink, for some reason called "Three Trips To The Bar", which I am lead to believe consists of a Smirnoff Ice, double vodka, Red Bull and a blue Aftershock. Not being a big fan of any of the ingredients, I was pleasantly surprised to find that it went down very well indeed despite the fact that it was a most unnatural colour. Go and try it yourself kids. But make sure you practise in a Wetherspoons pub, you'll have to sell a kidney to buy one anywhere else in London.
To cut a long story short, it was public opinion that the group should go to a club who's name (for embarassment and street-cred reasons) I cannot divulge. Let's just say in Bromley rhyming slang it's called "The Schoolkid". Don't ask me, I don't make them up. I think it was the first time I had been legally let into the aforementioned club and we were delighted to find an interesting mix of species and genders and a young boy dressed in what we thought was a dolphin outfit (we later discovered he was actually advertising a new Shark drink and was therefore not disguised as a dolphin).
What really caught my attention was an attractive girl who was clearly a big fan of Susan and Janice's work and had taken their self-help tape sketch a little too seriously. She had actually taken it upon herself to quite literally touch herself provocatively. I'm not criticising, I'm just telling our female readers that it works! We'll be adopting these techniques in and around London so keep 'em peeled.
Got some good news on the job front today - will let you know nearer the time once I know for definite...
Have done a lot of catching up with friends and very old friends since getting home and on Saturday, I stupidly let them drag me out in the hell-hole that is Croydon. I was introduced to a new drink - no, David Armand, not "your" Power Shandy - but a new and better drink, for some reason called "Three Trips To The Bar", which I am lead to believe consists of a Smirnoff Ice, double vodka, Red Bull and a blue Aftershock. Not being a big fan of any of the ingredients, I was pleasantly surprised to find that it went down very well indeed despite the fact that it was a most unnatural colour. Go and try it yourself kids. But make sure you practise in a Wetherspoons pub, you'll have to sell a kidney to buy one anywhere else in London.
To cut a long story short, it was public opinion that the group should go to a club who's name (for embarassment and street-cred reasons) I cannot divulge. Let's just say in Bromley rhyming slang it's called "The Schoolkid". Don't ask me, I don't make them up. I think it was the first time I had been legally let into the aforementioned club and we were delighted to find an interesting mix of species and genders and a young boy dressed in what we thought was a dolphin outfit (we later discovered he was actually advertising a new Shark drink and was therefore not disguised as a dolphin).
What really caught my attention was an attractive girl who was clearly a big fan of Susan and Janice's work and had taken their self-help tape sketch a little too seriously. She had actually taken it upon herself to quite literally touch herself provocatively. I'm not criticising, I'm just telling our female readers that it works! We'll be adopting these techniques in and around London so keep 'em peeled.
Got some good news on the job front today - will let you know nearer the time once I know for definite...
Uncle Vinnie update:
Andre Vincent appeared in a recent edition of the Telegraph Health section - read his interview here. And for everyone who has been asking, he didn't open his test results on stage at the last show of the Festival - instead he will be receiving them on 16 September.
Tuesday, September 03, 2002
Seeings so many of you seem determined to read our diary every day despite the fact that it's not been updated for a while, we are going to pander to your needs even though we only really meant to fill in our diary during the festival. You are actually fools to think that we have done anything worth noting since the end of the festival but we'll give it a go.
We eagerly awaited the new Dave Gorman BBC2 vehicle and we were not disappointed. It is a fine example of a quality comedy programme and TV execs all over should be taking notes and trying to make their programmes at least half as original and funny. Of particular note, there were celebrity appearances by Danny Wallace, Danny Robins and Duncan Goodhew (all firm Comedy Lounge favourites) - Susan's parents thoroughly enjoyed it (no swearing) - great family viewing. Saw an interesting programme hosted by 2002 Perrier Nominee Jimmy Carr and June WhatshernameoffofT4 in which a couple who are romantically involved have to examine a number of people's faces, compare them to themselves or their partner and then decide who is the best looking. Bizarre. But then at our time of life and with the number of our friends getting married being quite high, it is nice to see more unsuspecting souls joining the ranks of the Singles. Har har har......and relax....
Sadly that is about the extent of the Comedy Lounge news. We have left our respective houses, honest. Sharon is back to work and Susan isn't. What more is there to say?
We eagerly awaited the new Dave Gorman BBC2 vehicle and we were not disappointed. It is a fine example of a quality comedy programme and TV execs all over should be taking notes and trying to make their programmes at least half as original and funny. Of particular note, there were celebrity appearances by Danny Wallace, Danny Robins and Duncan Goodhew (all firm Comedy Lounge favourites) - Susan's parents thoroughly enjoyed it (no swearing) - great family viewing. Saw an interesting programme hosted by 2002 Perrier Nominee Jimmy Carr and June WhatshernameoffofT4 in which a couple who are romantically involved have to examine a number of people's faces, compare them to themselves or their partner and then decide who is the best looking. Bizarre. But then at our time of life and with the number of our friends getting married being quite high, it is nice to see more unsuspecting souls joining the ranks of the Singles. Har har har......and relax....
Sadly that is about the extent of the Comedy Lounge news. We have left our respective houses, honest. Sharon is back to work and Susan isn't. What more is there to say?
