Warming Up

Friday 28th March 2003

I got to do a face to face interview with the breakfast crew at Triple M radio. These were the guys who I had attempted to speak to from the dark streets of Balham last week. I have to say that the interview was a great deal more successful when I was in the same hemisphere as them. Being in the same room was an extra bonus.
The lady one on the team told me that kangaroos have corkscrew penises, but I was under the impression that the penis of the kangaroo was forked. Can anyone settle our argument. Please e mail to richardherring@richardherring.com as this is the only address I can check whilst in Australia. Please mark your e mail, “I know the shape of a kangaroo’s penis, but only through academic study. I am not unnaturally interested in marsupial genitalia and anyone who says that I am is lying.” If you know about the shape of a kangaroo’s penis through unnatural interest then I do not wish to hear from you.
I met my second Python participant in as many months on the way into the interview. As I pulled up in my cab, Neil Innes was waiting outside and asked if the driver was free to take him. It seemed he was, so we swapped positions and I shook Mr Innes’ hand and told him how nice it was to meet him. He looked confused and certainly didn’t know who I was. So it seems I don’t require alcohol to behave inappropriately in front of my comedy heroes.
Then again, I was pretty jet lagged still, so I can’t be totally sure it was Neil Innes. Which explain the man’s confusion.