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Islamic State are pricks. There. At last someone has said it.
I stand by that. If they manage to win the inevitable World War that is on the horizon then I hope they will strap me to Stonehenge as they blow it up. There’s a lot to be cross about (on both sides and you have to go some to make our side look like the lesser pricks, but IS are managing it) but for me the point where they attacked archaeology and archaeologists when when they really crossed the line. I mean that says a lot about me, that that was the tipping point. But you know, it’s just utter dickdom.
What is Love Anyway? which for a long time looked like it was going to have a tiny audience, had a late surge in sales and 249 people came along to see my favourite of my own shows (league table as of tonight is
1 Happy Now?
2 Hitler Moustache
3) Someone Likes Yoghurt
4) Oh Fuck I’m 40
5) The Headmaster’s Son
6) The Twelve Tasks of Hercules Terrace
7) Christ on a Bike
8) Talking Cock
9) What is Love, Anyway?
10) menage a un
11) We’re All Going To Die!
12) Lord of the Dance Settee
It looks likely that menage will end up in last place in the end, but that would mean the lowest audience will be 240 people, which I am more than happy about. The season has, it seems, been a success and somehow I have (so far at least) done good performances of all the shows. And tonight might have been the best overall performance. There was a lot of tricky stuff in this show, but I remembered nearly all of it and for the first time was not really panicking (internally) about what was coming up next. And although I thought I might be a bit emotional talking about my grandma it was actually pretty tough to get through the last five minutes of the show. My grandma was alive when I last did this show and the routine about her that closes the show. As well as that I was reliving the story of getting together with my wife and asking her to marry me. And thinking about my daughter and how she’d never meet the woman whose name she shares (as one of her middle names). That’s all rather apt as I think this funny and cheeky baby who it seems already has a bit of an eye for a handsome man, might be the next generation’s Doris. Although I mildly messed up the order of the glitter cannon story and forgot to of the joke about Doris having the best sex of her life at 80 (but it’s repeated in tomorrow’s show anyway), there was an electric atmosphere in the room as I got on to the more poignant part of the story which I think also heightened my emotion. But clearly getting older and becoming a dad has made me much soppier than I was. But I like that. A show that can disgust you with its talk of vaginal frubes, can also make you cry. It was great to revisit this rather special show.
Sorry about what I said about Islamic State back there. They've been getting on my nerves for a while and it just got on top of me.
The RHLSTP with the utterly brilliant Bridget Christie is now up on audio here (or iTunes -which that link links to) or on video here or on iTunes (you can find that one for yourself).
The Kickstarter campaign has taken a good leap forward and now only needs a little final push to make it. Monthly badge subscribers already know the names and dates for three of the guests. And I will reveal all to the rest of you soon, but the confirmed guests are Lee Mack, Jack Whitehall and David Mitchell and Diane Morgan and John Finnimore will also be on this series. So if you want to see the videos of these people - or promote your small business, then get to the kickstarter page. As usual we’ve slightly miscalculated costs and will require a bit more than £50,000, but if we can get well over the target then that money will go towards the next series which will be recorded (and filmed if we can raise the cash) in June next year. I am genuinely moved by the support that people have for this project and how most of you understand what we’re doing and so are willing to pay a little bit to keep it happening. Thanks to you all. Hopefully we won’t fall short.
