Wednesday 7th December
Politcal Animal with Andy Zaltzman and John Oliver
Guests - Andy Parsons, Pete Cain
Another comedy night running on a twice montly basis, sadly on the same twice nightly night as the Book Club. Just this once we decided to pop along to this rather than the Book Club.
The night was a mixture of Andy and John doing their stand up followed by an act, then a break for beer, followed by a second half similar to the first, with the second act in like a headline slot.
Andy and John came on at one point with a new toy they wanted to market. The Tony Benn doll. A pure genius item. I'd sell it. They had bits of Tony Benn speech on CD pretending it was actually the doll talking. It sounded just like the ramblings of a mad man, very much like Tony Benn himself.
I think this comedy night could very much depend on the comedy acts as well as the crowd. Me and Caz made the foolish decision once again to sit at the front, just slightly to the side. As it turned out it was a small crowd and we spaced ourselves out evenly, with gaps everywhere so the acts couldn't direct the comedy in any particular direction without feeling like they were missing out some of the audience. I got picked on by Andy Parsons. My own fault for my positioning, but it wasn't so bad. Andy actually wasn't as shouty as he can be, maybe because it's such a small room, he didn't need to. The shouty technique is what normally puts me off with his comedy, so it was actually quite a good set.
A good evening but I suspect the lore of Book Club we won't be back unless there are some heavy weight acts like Chris Addison there.
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