The mark of a good comedian is the ability to land in a new place – a city or a country and to spot idiosyncrasies which have not been observed already and to articulate and spin these in to comedy gold with which to regale… Read More »Sleep well…
To Heathrow airport this week for a flight to Cape Town and my first visit to South Africa. Through security in plenty of time and so naturally my attention turns to food. All the high street eateries are present and vying for my attention when… Read More »Check yourself (regularly)…
There were many reasons to be anxious ahead of my gig last Friday… My first gig in weeks. Stand-up comedy might be akin to riding a bike but it helps if the first ride in a while is not uphill which is how I view… Read More »Cheers for a Clown…
I am now of an age when my contemporaries appear to be falling apart. Teeth are falling out and not being replaced because of the expense, meaning soup becomes a compromise starter and without crusty bread or even croutons. Hair is thinning of course or… Read More »Hip Hip…
Sharing my sage advice and invaluable wisdom with one of my boys last week I explained the importance and the value of being new and young. Youth and novelty are two golden attributes that everyone is blessed with of course, but we enjoy them only… Read More »Reading is good for the soul…
The mantra ‘never meet your heroes’ was firmly refuted this week when I had the pleasure to meet the great Gary Player. I say ‘great’ but I am conscious that many readers might not have heard of him and if so, then listing his sporting… Read More »The Lion King
I write this short blog on Wednesday 29th June in Borough Market which is an appropriate venue. A famous London landmark and tourist attraction just along from London Bridge. A place of mixed fortunes for me. It was here, many moons ago where I filmed… Read More »It’s today…
Have you heard the one about the hapless author who uploaded his new novel full of typos and plot errors and then encouraged people to pre-order it? I know, what sort of nutter would do such a thing? Perhaps, an author who has some kind… Read More »Funny but not funny…
There are many hierarchies in comedy with some being more apparent than others. The size of the act, obviously. From the superstar comedian filling arenas around the world all the way down to the anonymous bill comedian on their way up – and as likely,… Read More »Smile…
After a gig and scrolling TV channels in my hotel, I came across a show called Naked Attraction. I knew of the show already, mainly from hearing comedian’s samey comedy routines on the unlikely format. But finally encountering it, I was completely dumbstruck. People entirely… Read More »Love thy neighbour…