22/01/08
Him off The Boosh, and other BBC3 new things -
Categories: Save The Rhino gig at The Comedy Store last night. I think it was actually a gig for someone called Dave The Rhino, but they spelt it wrong. A fine bill it was, present company excluded - Adam Buxton, Tom Basden, Dan Clark, Jack Whitehall, Vicky Frango, John Fothergill, and headlining Noel Fielding from The Mighty Boosh. What was odd about seeing him there was the way it crossed from comedy to rock 'n' roll. The front two rows were full of teenage girls, who went all gooey whenever he happened to mention the words 'genitalia' or 'naked'. Noel backstage related how at the Boosh's gig at Brixton Academy, a TV exec noted the same thing, telling him it was akin to Beatlemania. Noel said to her, "Great - so does this mean I can make a programme with you?" "No," she replied. Fickle, telly.
Speaking of which, I notice on www.chortle.co.uk today the new BBC3 line-up is announced. They mention 5 new shows (Trexx 'n' Flipside, Scallywagga, The Wrong Door, The Wall, Coming of Age), and it's satisfying to know that I've been involved in writing, rewriting or script-editing 3 of those 5 (the 1st three listed above). Trexx 'n' Flipside is a sitcom about two rappers, Scallywagga is sketch show set in the north, and The Wrong Door (which will probably change its title) is a CGI-based sketch show. You can see why they asked me - I'm a hiphop expert, I'm from the north, and I'm partly computer-generated. Oh no that's right, I'm none of those things. Anyway, them three all have Kerensic jokes hidden in them somewhere. So if the new season on BBC3 is rubbish... well then don't blame me cos it was probably the actors mucking it up. If it's good though, then remember, you read it here first.
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