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Feisty, but joyful!
Mon 3rd - Watford Jongleurs
Had to go on first - usually get stared at going on first, but didn't. Big laughs. First of many Christmas gigs. Christmas gigs can be hard. If they're as nice as this one I'll have a happy Christmas myself.
Mon 3rd - Rickmansworth
Rushed from Watford to Rickmansworth - it's not far. Tiny little room upstairs in a pub. Back to the good old days. Quite a posh place. ery drunk guy at the back of the room shouting out stuff 'teddy bear' and such stuff. He then came up to me at the end after offering me a glass of champagne and said more stuff. 'You're a Four by Two (Jew)' he said 'it's your nose'.
Tue 4th - Watford Jongleurs
Writing this blog bit in the peacefulness of January. December became a blur... but I do remember having a month of pretty much unbelievably calm gigs. Watford in particular was marvelous.
Wed 5th - Watford Jongleurs
Marvelous.
Thurs 6th - Watford Jongleurs
A bit of a cop out but nevertheless quite marvelous.
Fri 7th - Battersea Jongleurs (but should have been Watford)
Didn't enjoy that phone call. Having as you can read/see a luscious run at Watford for it to be changed to Battersea. I turn up at Battersea to find many groups of rather inebriated revelers. They didn't give a flying fanny fart what was going on on stage. There was one particular table that was particularly wankered. I went on stage slightly panicked but the audience were as smooth as custard. Unbeknown to me the wankered table had been kicked out - hurrah!
Sat 8th - Watford Jongleurs
Back to the good old days - Marvelous.
Mon 10th - Private gig in Chiswick
Ohhhhhh noooooooooo! This was the shit one of the year. Felt even worse because I was doing the gig organised by a very good mate. Just set up so wrong - no audience sitting in the front, but all round the sides... no focus, messy, people coming in and out, I wasn't on the ball too, oooooh shite.
Tue 11th - Chorley Wood
In a pub that was very unsuited for visual comedy. A long thin room... but it somehow worked.
Thu 13th - Southend
My parents were born here - Essex types. Lovely crowd run by a lovely chap, Smashy, and his son spinning the tunes, Smashy junior.
Didn't enjoy that phone call. Having as you can read/see a luscious run at Watford for it to be changed to Battersea. I turn up at Battersea to find many groups of rather inebriated revelers. They didn't give a flying fanny fart what was going on on stage. There was one particular table that was particularly wankered. I went on stage slightly panicked but the audience were as smooth as custard. Unbeknown to me the wankered table had been kicked out - hurrah!
Sat 8th - Watford Jongleurs
Back to the good old days - Marvelous.
Mon 10th - Private gig in Chiswick
Ohhhhhh noooooooooo! This was the shit one of the year. Felt even worse because I was doing the gig organised by a very good mate. Just set up so wrong - no audience sitting in the front, but all round the sides... no focus, messy, people coming in and out, I wasn't on the ball too, oooooh shite.
Tue 11th - Chorley Wood
In a pub that was very unsuited for visual comedy. A long thin room... but it somehow worked.
Thu 13th - Southend
My parents were born here - Essex types. Lovely crowd run by a lovely chap, Smashy, and his son spinning the tunes, Smashy junior.
Fri 14th - Southend
Went to see my Nan during the day. She had a spell in hospital - she's 95 you know? Gig was really very fab.
Sat 15th - Ealing, London
Mad but good.
Sat 15th - Chiswick, London
Feisty, mad, but I was so on the ball - socked it to them.
Thur 20th - The Rawhide, Liverpool
Liverpool is a long way. Was feeling a little tired, but these gigs were truly fantastic. The Rawhide has moved back to where it originally was, in a small bar downstairs, and the atmosphere and set up is nigh on perfect.
Fri 21st - The Rawhide, Liverpool
A wonderful way to finish of the gigging year.
Sat 22nd - The Rawhide, Liverpool.
Ready for the year of city of culture.
