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Why don’t we just put a fake vaccine in the computers that is actually a poison, then when Russia steals it all of them will die? Then we can walk in and nick their stuff.
Use their duplicity against them. Sure, that’s a kind of genocide, but it’s the only way those cheeky Russians will learn. Oh, those Russians.
Disaster on my morning dog walk. I went out with my reading glasses tucked into the top of my T shirt, but in all the effort of clearing stones they must have fallen off unnoticed. I was annoyed because I’d nearly left them at home, but then taken them just in case I ended up stopping to look at my phone. Unusually I didn’t look at my phone, so didn’t notice til I was home. So I went out to do the whole walk again, but didn’t find them. With my other pair a bit broken and now this pair missing, I could be tens of pounds down. I shouldn’t be allowed expensive things. I had to use the off the peg ones I’d bought at a supermarket. Which were fine. I should only buy this kind.
I am doing an awful lot of interviews and podcasts in this down time whilst I wait for the edit of my book to come through. Today I chatted to Jason Manford for his weekend radio show and then later recorded an episode of Dane Baptiste Questions Everthing (don’t know why it’s called that as it is clearly hosted by Richard Blackwood) and talked about kneejerk contrarianism, absurdity in comedy and horoscopes. Dane and Howard are smart and thoughtful men and Dane (in particular) is effortlessly funny and erudite. This will be out in a couple of weeks, but I recommend you catch up with the back catalogue (and check out Dane on RHLSTP).
I also had to prepare for Ally and Herring, so bought the newspapers and worked my way through them. Ally wasn’t involved in this though as I like to surprise him with what we’re going to talk about.
It was the tricky second show of Twitch of Fun and in case the format was getting too old after one show, I introduced a brand new character, Donkey, who is sure to inject the life into the franchise that Scrappy Doo did to Scooby Doo.
I think he’ll be a big hit.
I had a couple of beers before the show, but that was probably a mistake. Although Ally is always a little tiddly, it’s probably important that I stay sober.
We got deep into dummy jism and old double acts and cat poo soiled beds. If you don’t love this show then your heart is dead.
I particularly enjoy how genuinely annoyed I am by Ally's antics.
Ally felt he had done a great job, but I felt a little disappointed with my performance after, but I remember feeling this a lot with Collings and Herrin and mostly people still enjoyed them. And watching some of it back just now I found it super funny. I have a feeling that this show might expand in all kinds of directions, but I love this way of working. Improvising everything until you hit upon what works and discover new characters and same phrases and whatever else comes up. I have a feeling there will be a fair bit of evolution with this and I am very excited by the possibilities. Even of the 50 year old no-eared finger puppet.
