Had a good evening out in Horsham today, seeing Stewart Lee in his show “If you prefer a milder comedian please ask for one”.  I needed cheering up after a frankly disappointing Chinese meal. Very surprised to find that there was a support act. Even more surprised to find that it was a German stand-up. [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Comedy'
Dirty Jokes
October 29th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Life
This evening I watched a DVD called Dirty Jokes – a standup comedy DVD by American comedian Gilbert Gottfried. This was another of my Amazon Vine freebies. I am finally getting through them all now. Any regular visitors here will know that I do enjoy comedy, but I didn’t really enjoy this one much. For [...]
Stewart Lee: Three days to go
October 27th, 2009 · No Comments · Life
Going to see this chap in Horsham on Friday night. Really looking forward to it. Here is an old routine to keep me going. You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video
Big weekend
September 21st, 2009 · No Comments · Life
It has been a big weekend, with two late nights. On Saturday Jayne and I went to the middle of nowhere for a family wedding and then tonight I took Frankie up to London for some live comedy.
Sitting at home can be expensive
September 15th, 2009 · No Comments · Life
The internet has made it easy to get skint without leaving the comfort of your own home hasn’t it?  Got home from work this evening and finally got round to sposoring Eddie Izzard for his marathon of marathons. I have been following his progress on Twitter, getting increasingly impressed by the achievement, and intending to [...]
That would be an ecumenical matter
September 7th, 2009 · No Comments · Politics
I seem to be in a bit of a YouTube mood today, draagging out old clips to brighten up whatever I am thinking about, but never mind. I think this is the last one. When Father Jack was going to meet the bishop, Ted coached him to just say ‘yes’ and if any question couldn’t [...]
Sadowitz in Brighton
August 24th, 2009 · No Comments · Life
Jerry Sadowitz is famously offensive, vulgar, obscene and provocative but he would have had to go into overdrive to give me a bigger shock than the price of a drink at the Komedia!  The place is probably not more expensive than other clubs, its just that I don’t go out very often and even then [...]
The Capitol – also better than the O2?
August 6th, 2009 · No Comments · Life
The Capitol in Horsham was not mentioned in that list of the 100 best music venues, and this is not about that anyway, but about one way in which many of the country’s bigger venues could learn a lesson from Horsham.
Coming attractions
July 14th, 2009 · No Comments · Life
So much to look forward to all of a sudden. On top of the Spizzenergi 30th anniversary show, there is now a Spizzoil re-union because Pete Petrol is over from NZ for a while, and now there is the exciting news of Jerry Sadowitz coming to Brighton. I was only thinking about his the other [...]
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News wipe
March 27th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Life
Charlie Brooker’s new programme, News Wipe, is like a 30-minute illustration of the phrase “many a true word is spoken in jest”.  Not the funniest thing I have seen all week though: that would have to be the bit in Stewart Lee’s Comedy Vehicle where the couple are sitting on the sofa flicking through the [...]
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