Mark Thomas and the Firesign Theatre - 3rd October

Mark Thomas and The Firesign Theatre

We went to a free BBC radio recording at the The Comedy Store. It was worth it if only for the 30 minutes of Mark Thomas warming us up. As per usual I learnt quite a lot from that 30 minutes. Information I will no doubt bring up in future conversations. I'm always looking for clever arguments against the Government ID cards. When you think about it, how hard would it be for a suicide bomber, who has just obtained a pile of explosives, to get false ID. Mmmmm.

The Firesign Theatre were an odd bunch. Something of a cult by all accounts. They've been called the "The Beatles of Comedy." They've been going since the 60's, making surreal comedy albums which combined rock music, hippy culture, and detective drama from the golden age of radio. And to be honest even though me, Caz and Dave bought two 4 pint Pitchers of Fosters at happy hour prices, it wasn't really all that funny.

It's always interesting to see old styles of comedy, but on this occasion it was disappointing.