Warming Up

I took the dog on the long walk after breakfast. The morning air was warm and I went out in a T shirt and jogging bottoms. What could possibly go wrong?

Thunderbolts and lightning, very very frightening. That’s what.

Ah, it was quite nice to be drenched in rain after being drenched in sweat for the last couple of days. Wolfie didn’t mind the celestial fireworks either. 

The rest of the day was spent writing my Spitting Image sketch and reading the papers ahead of episode 6 of Ally and Herring’s Twitch of Fun. I wrote some jingles to try out too and was excited to see a cool new countdown video created by Andrew Bobbin. 

The bad news was that when I got to my desk I couldn’t locate Brian Wasp. I thought I’d put him in the headless Morph’s box to keep him safe. But he wasn’t there today. I hoped that perhaps he was the wasp Jesus and had resurrected and flown away. Or maybe he’d just been sleeping really heavily.

There were plenty of dead flies in the attic but no more wasps. I had a jingle for him and everything. How could Brian let me down like this? He’ll never work in this town again.

He was replaced for the night by Gwendoline Fly. That’s showbiz. One star’s failure to turn up can launch another star’s career. What’s the Buzz with Gwendoline Fly? It’s a great section.

The beauty of Ally and Herring is that it is improvised and that I don’t discuss with Ally beforehand what we’ll talk about, but I am getting increasingly professional in terms of trying to think of good conversation points. It does feel like there might be something in this long term. But I may just be mentally ill. I do spend a lot of time talking to myself.

I checked out Keith Harris and Orville singing “I wish I could fly” ahead of my rewritten version of the very different song “I wish I could hear” by Donkey. 

I was surprised to discover that whilst Orville is a pretty good singer, Keith Harris was a bit ropey. How is that possible? Was Orville the brains behind the operation? If so why has he done so little since Keith’s demise?

The hour passed by fast

You can hear the podcast version here 

Or watch the video here 

Excitingly during broadcast I discovered that the stone clearing kickstarter has launched. We’ve got some exciting rewards including Cub Scout style badges and a witch’s finger or witch’s dick conversation piece. This video explains more and you can check out the rewards and back us here.

The total quickly leapt to £2000, but I think this might be a tricky one to hit the target as it’s of quite niche interest. But if we make any money it will go towards making new content. If you’ve enjoyed the stone clearing stuff this year then chuck in a couple of quid. There’s a snooker one launching soon too.

Weirdly just after the podcast ended a wasp fell on to the floor near my desk. I don’t know where it can from. But it was definitely alive. Was it Brian? Had he returned from the dead to take this rollercoaster to fame? Should I stamp him to death so that he could appear next week?

I decided to leave him and if he died of his own volition then I could make him a star. Otherwise Gwendoline will be the dead insect that takes the nation by storm.