19/01/07
100 today and the EDQuiz -
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One hundred posts old today.
You don't need to stand up...
The pub quiz at EDComedy was as lovely as always. Matter of fact, it was lovelier than always in fairness, despite the fact that all anybody was talking about was fucking Celebrity Big Brother and all that nonsense. I spent most of the night staring at people in disbelief - is it really that ridiculous that Jade thing has emerged as a nasty little shit? I had her pinned as a cunt of the highest order the second I laid eyes on her. I've had people try and defend her to me too, but just fucking listen to the 'girl' for one minute - that's really all it should take. And if no other good comes of this big racism row, then at the very least it will almost certainly slam a big fat final nail into the coffin of her career and nobody but her stupid fucking hand-in-her-pocket 'mother' and whatever five idiots enjoy her retarded reality shows will miss her.
Anyway good morning.
As I was saying the quiz was lovely. It's got really busy in there of late. When EDComedy moved to their new venue (at the Hob in Forest Hill), the quiz was taking it's time to get off the ground. It had always been very popular at the other venues but, whilst the Saturday night comedy shows hit the ground running, the quiz had a stuttering restart. Not so now though, last night the room was rammed and it was a top evening. It was also the longest quiz I have ever hosted there (and I've done a shitload of them), only coming to an end after midnight.
The main reason for this was my little friend Raji James who used to be on Eastenders. That's how I think I shall refer to him from now on.
See, I thought it would be a nice reward for all the people who have thoroughly enjoyed the YouTube clip I lovingly created of him if he performed his impression that he does live. I suggested it to him at the beginning of the evening and he refused point blank (I think mainly because he reads these blogs and wanted to prove that he wasn't my whipping boy and wouldn't just jump through hoops for me at the drop of a hat despite what I may have previously insinuated on here).
Well the last thing you do to me is refuse me. That's rule one.
If I could choose a celebrity friend (and I use the term exceptionally loosely) then it would be Raji James. Even if I didn't know him. If I had never met the lad and you came up to me today and said "Right, you can have one celebrity friend, who do you want?", then I would say "That bloke that used to be in the Fereira family in Eastenders, the one that was a gambler in it".
Then you would look at me blankly and I would say "Oh you know who I mean, he was on The Bill for ages but then one day he went to get a pencil and never came back".
And you would shake your head all confused and I would say "East is East?" and you would say "nope...can't place him".
And I would say "He was in Doctor Who last year, he got killed by three daleks all eating his head", and you would say "I really, really don't know who you are on about..." and then I would say "Well him anyway, that's who I choose".
The thing is, Raji was probably right not to want to do his impression in front of the audience, because - and here's the thing - I am one of the only people in the world who finds it funny - but I was certain that I could get other people to love it too. It just needed a bit of persistence.
Here is the first time he did it - please note the complete confusion of the audience, and almost mute response it gets (apologies as always for the quality);
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Now most comperes would give up on it at that stage, thinking that it was an idea that just didn't work, and moving on. Not me - I gave it another ten minutes and then tried again;
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You may need to watch that again and compare it to the first one, to see the very subtle improvement in audience response. You probably won't even notice it because you are just a normal person probably, but as I am an accomplished performer and I have formal drama training (BA Hons) I am able to notice that I could get this audience to the point where they were literally desperate to see Raji do it again. It's known technically in the comedy world as the Little Britain rule (also known in some circles as the Catherine Tate rule, and formerly The Fast Show rule). The rule of repetition - the more you say it,no matter what you are actually saying, the funnier it will become. It is basically the same principle that fat lads like me have to apply to courting - you just need to wear them down, eventually they will give in.
You may notice that I have tagged on the catchphrase "That will never not be funny to me" after Raji does his impression. I will always say this now after he does it, because it makes people think that they just aren't understanding the joke so they get shamed into laughing.
And it works too. Here is the encore of Raji's performance, filmed a mere 12 hours ago;
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See? Listen to them cheer. They were so excited they had probably forgotten they were even meant to be doing a quiz probably.
The guy is a legend and I am going to have a t-shirt made with his face on it.
I think you should too.
In other news I am no longer going up North today as, according to my mum, the North has "blown down", which seems a little broad but who am I to argue? I get a lot of broad statements from my family, I was informed of the 7/7 bombings by my dad who rang me to tell me "London's blown up".
Anyhow, the rugby match I was going to watch has been postponed for a week or so because it was going to be in the North and the North has blown down, so I am going to go into London and spend some Forbidden Planet vouchers and eat some YoSushi.
If anyone wants me to do a gig tonight in London then call me...I'll bring Raji...
Have a lovely day x
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