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The Grudging Routine

Phillip Schofield apparently had an affair with a runner on the show, whom he’d been in touch with for about 6 years… in touch with… the runner was 18… This can only lead to one routine, given all the facts … Continue reading

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A Weekend’s Gigging

Friday night I whipped up to Newcastle under Lyme to one of my favourite comedy rooms. The gig was fun and I did the usual bits and bobs. I don’t recall much novelty within the set, though I should perhaps … Continue reading

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Effort to Result Ratio

One day I’ll look back on the time I wrote a 9 part harmony of a series of evenings to create a 1min 20second song that maybe nobody will ever give a toss about but me…

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What’s Worse than Heckling?

We comedians are gladiators. Hence the comedy gladiators backdrop for last night’s gig being somewhat appropriate: And then when you put that through an AI tool to turn it into stained glass window, I am, apparently a knight! If you … Continue reading

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All The Things You Are

As I get older, I reflect more about what it takes to be me. I have a lot of different personas and pursuits. Yesterday I was sharing a table in a Caffe Nero with a nice lady from HR. Both … Continue reading

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Shirty Shorts

It can take more effort than it looks like to create a YouTube short. When they get views it’s fun. When they don’t, it’s mystifying. The above was a few minutes’ work while I was multitasking on other stuff. It … Continue reading

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One Take, Tons of Editing

One of the things we musical comedians tend to do is work backwards from any song we hear to find the joke about it. I deliberately got myself into TikTok to ensure I had a line into my brain from … Continue reading

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Don’t Tell Me, Tell the Internet

I’m shit at receiving praise. I don’t really know how to process it, and I tend to deflect it. I have a couple of stock lines: The first one is by far the easiest, and much better than the time … Continue reading

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A New Flavour

I’ve been running in this bit of material, which is basically the only joke I wrote during lockdown with an aim of putting it on stage. I trialed it a couple of times in early 2021, got a bit confused … Continue reading

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Still a bit rough

Last Friday night in Lyme Regis I got through my set feeling a few stabs of fever, and not sure if I could get through my last song. The above video demonstrates that I did. COVID’s ability to make you … Continue reading

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