…After the interval, the magnificent Simon Evans … with his aloof presence and precise, sardonic wit, dripping disdain from every perfectly pronounced word. And what words… his haughty vocabulary perfectly emphasizing such a perfectly smug, high-status position you’d think him worthy of leading the Conservative Party. An appearance on Mr McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow and a …
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This was my appearance last Autumn on The Michael McIntyre Comedy Roadshow, recorded in front of a specially assembled hostile crowd at The Sunderland Empire…
Cheggersgate!
Much as with the controversy over the plans to bury Hurricane Higgins in a giant mug, many feel the recent Cheggersgate scandal to be a storm in a tea cup. Up to a point, I’d agree. Certainly when I tweeted to the effect that I’d been blocked by Cheggers for politely pointing out to him …
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Self deluding comedian’s myth no. 43. That one will use the time spent ina hotel room away gigging to Get Some Writing Done (subsection 2 – that writing a blog entry counts). There is a well observed tendency in hotel rooms to be self-destructive, self-debasing, self-basting. We all know we will enjoy writing more than …
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