RichardHerring.com - Warming Up

Monday 20th May 2013

Mon, 20 May 2013 01:00:00 +0000

My light-hearted service of RTing Lord Sugar's football tweets so that people who don't follow him or have any access to a TV or the rest of the internet (apart from Twitter) bore unexpected fruit today and looks like it might provide the greatest journalistic scoop since Watergate. In what some commentators are calling "Arsegate" (because it involved the Arsenal game and not for any other reason) my investigative retweets have caught Sugar in a massive lie, which surely casts doubt on him, his Amstrad products (are they as good as people believed?)

Sunday 19th May 2013

Sun, 19 May 2013 01:00:00 +0000

My 76 year old father wanted me to help him lift a big rock out of his pond today. It had toppled in a few weeks ago and possibly damaged the lining of the pond (which is certainly leaking somewhere as the water is getting low). His suggestion was that he get into the pond and lift out the rock and hand it to me. Given this rock was the size of a large human baby I thought this was probably a bad idea. I told him that I would do the lifting and Giles would assist.

Saturday 18th May 2013

Sat, 18 May 2013 01:00:00 +0000

The Doctor Who team were threatening to reveal the actual name of the Doctor, something with almost zero excitement because who really cares? What does knowing his name add to anything? Have people been fretting for 50 years thinking, "But what's he called?" No, they haven't. Because most people think he's called Doctor Who (and apparently in the film, some of the books and even some of the TV series that is how he is credited.

Friday 17th May 2013

Fri, 17 May 2013 01:00:00 +0000

A day off from touring in Cheddar today, though I ran round the reservoir, made some progress with my new comedy drama treatment and recorded another (and probably final) Talking Cock podcast.
Every four years I come to Cheddar to conduct an auction where people pay over the odds for a punnet of eggs - I first did it in 2005, then again in 2009 and now it's 2013 and I am duty-bound to return again. This event is like the Cheddar Olympics and people would be furious if I didn't turn up. I may have been in 2001 as well, I don't know.

Thursday 16th May 2013

Thu, 16 May 2013 01:00:00 +0000

I was a bit spoiled by last week's well attended gigs in Belfast, Bristol (x3) and Nottingham. The last dozen shows are going to be a lot harder work. Tonight I had sold just 49 tickets in Great Torrington in Devon. I am sure it is mainly down to them mistrusting someone arriving from the mythical and futuristic land of Somerset (which many of them still refuse to believe even exists). Clearly the people of Swindon, Hereford and Tewkesbury are similarly bamboozled as sales are looking poor there too. Exeter is looking a bit better.

Wednesday 15th May 2013

Wed, 15 May 2013 01:00:00 +0000

No time for a day off (might get one in September) as today we've been sorting out the nuts and bolts of getting our paid video version of RHLSTP (rhlstp) sorted out. We are filming all six of the upcoming gigs and you'll be able to buy then individually for ï3.50 or get a series pass for ï15. We've already got the full version of the Stewart Lee podcast up (not part of the series pass) and you can pay for the others in advance. Just go here.

Tuesday 14th May 2013

Tue, 14 May 2013 01:00:00 +0000

Our punishment for last night's Bacchanalian adventures was bound to be sore heads and dry throats and the wife and I pretty much gave up on achieving anything today. We headed to the Westfield and had a delicious and massive breakfast. I had decided to pay in the coins from the last four tour gigs and struggled under the weight like Jacob Marley under his chains. It turned out I was carrying about £1000 in change and the collection from the 50 or so gigs of the tour has now topped £11,000.