RichardHerring.com - Warming Up

Thursday 2nd July 2009

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0100

My oh my today was a beautiful and wasted day. Though as a comedian I can never be sure that such a day is a waste.
In the morning I saw that #MrsSlocombespussy was a trending topic on Twitter and was incensed that that had managed to make it onto the list when I had failed to get #virgilioanderson on last week. So I wrote "Who is Virgilio Anderson? #virgilio anderson Please RT and make this a trending topic. Our entreaty must be answered" in the hope that we might have more success this time.

Wednesday 1st July 2009

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0100

I popped into Starbucks on the way from my hotel to the train station. There was a woman behind the counter but she was making coffees for the previous customers. She called to her colleague who was out the back. He dashed back to the counter to serve me, looked across at me to take my order and immediately burst into laughter. "How can I help you?" he chortled. I smiled back at him for a second, confused at what had amused him, but then realised it was probably my moustache.

Tuesday 30th June 2009

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0100

I finally got my new card for the gym I have transferred to. Once through the barriers the woman on reception called me back. I had to have my photo taken for the system. My heart sank, but I laughed at the same time. For the rest of my gym going days whenever anyone swipes my card they will be greeted of a photo of me with a Hitler 'tache. That's it. As far as Virgin and Richard Branston are concerned I am a Hitler impersonator. I was rather self-conscious as she pointed the camera at me. What was she thinking? Whatever it was she said nothing.

Monday 29th June 2009

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0100

I have learned nothing.
Even though the sun shone through most of the day I stayed sat on my sofa inside, failing to work, watching the tennis. I am an idiot. You may have noticed this already.
I have discovered I have an enemy though. His name is Jeff Leeson-Cox. He has named his facebook page www.facebook.com/andrewcollinsandrichardherringaredicks. Which is a big commitment to being our enemy. He is stuck with that address forever. It's like tattooing the name of someone you hate on to your own face.

Sunday 28th June 2009

Sun, 28 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0100

OK, possibly my last Jacko observation for the moment (until he comes out of hiding) but it struck me as weird today that some people object to jokes being made about him now he's dead, whereas there were few objections made when similar jokes were made about him when he was alive. Surely that was the time to complain when there was a danger he might actually hear them and be hurt.

Saturday 27th June 2009

Sat, 27 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0100

I knew it would be hard to be funny in a world without Jacko. In fact I wondered if anyone would be able to laugh again. And just when it felt like people were just about to get ready for laughing again after the death of Jade Goody. And tragically she died just as I sensed that people were ready to laugh again after the death of Lady Di. It makes my job very hard indeed, to be standing in front of room after room full of people who can't laugh due to grief. Thinking about it I am not sure who it was who made them unable to laugh before Lady Di died.

Friday 26th June 2009

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0100

It was hard to resist watching the news coverage of the Michael Jackson death all day. There is something morbidly and horribly fascinating about the mawkfest. But it was also entertaining to see the news channels managing to stretch this one story, which has already happened and which there were unlikely to be many significant developments into hour after hour of news.
I stuck to Sky, which is the funniest and most mawkish one and also the most likely to completely ignore everything else that might be happening in the world.