Dear Blogsters
Forgive me for I have not blogged. It has been nine days since the last bloggings, and there is much to tell. No I’m not dead, or living in a cave or anything that should prevent me from blogging. The truth is that there has been no blog for two main reasons:
Reason 1. After finally getting my laptop back and all in working condition, the wireless dongle I have (yes dongle is a funny word. I giggle every time) doesn’t get reception in our flat. I think the main reason for this is because it is a 3 dongle and 3 are massively shit. Its only meant to do one thing and it cant do it. What a useless dongle. Yes I could bypass this by using much of the free wi-fi dotted around the venues, but after the previous damage to the laptop I am too scared to carry it around. So it must remain on my desk. I’m not sure what I will do when I have to leave Edinburgh. It could get tricky.

Reason 2. I’ve been super busy. Yes many other blogsters are also super busy in Edinburgh, but the business combined with lack of wi-fi means blogs don’t happen. And I have been proper busy too. By the end of this festival I will have done 76 gigs. Its not as many as Paul Foot’s attempted 100 (go Paul go!) or as many as Phil Nichol has probably done every year, but its lots for me.

Happily they are all going fairly well, and most importantly, it is week three and I have my voice, my sanity and I’m not dead. Quick run down of the last week:

- Its still raining. Still bloody raining.

- Comedy 4 Kids is the most fun ever. Best quote this year from a 9 year old boy after being asked if he cares about global warming – ‘No I don’t. I’m going to get an army of cows and make them all fart.’ That’s our future people.

- Silent Disco is the best thing ever. Although having headphones on too loud means that for two days after you cant hear properly and your throat is sore as you have no idea how badly or loudly you are singing.

- Shows what I have seen and are all damn good: 66a Church Road (another damn good Kitson show. Damn him and his clever face), Ginger and Black (they rock the kasbar), Freeze (the Tim and Tom dance is just brilliant), Roy Walker (legend), Jimeoen (best mime gag ever). More shows to see soon!

- Certain critics in Edinburgh are angry that we do a sketch about crap mime. Angry enough to only write about those sketches through the whole review. Even though we don’t insult mime, just people doing it badly. And at the end of the show the mimes win. Certain critics don’t seem to watch the whole show.

- Audiences love the sketches about crap mime. Eat that certain critics.

- Old ladies do not like our sketch show. They especially do not like offensive lines about sex with dead people.

- People should not eat McDonalds meals in the front row of a show.

- Comedians are better at pool than the E4 podcast people. Much better.

- There is a small cupboard in our flat 7 foot above the toilet and sometimes it opens itself. No one likes using that toilet. Its scary, and someone clearly lives inside that cupboard. Someone who is small but can do jump high. There is also a light that turns itself on and off. Conclusion: Our flat must be built on an ancient Indian burial ground. Or a Scottish one, which is more likely.

- If you do not sleep and drink lots you lose your voice. If you sleep and do not drink your voice is fine. Conclusion: It’s the fringe. You have to drink lots, not sleep but use your voice. Hmmmm.

- Tim Minchin stole my crepe.

- Carey Marx thinks crepes should not have mushrooms in. He is wrong.

- The crepe place is the place to hang out. Watch out for Minchin though.

- Sam has the bizarre ability to make 3 drunk if.comeddie judges mime fellating a tramp.

- Mexican wrestling is apparently very cool.

- Lauren likes to eat all the ice-cream.

- I’ve won diabetic top trumps twice.

- I’m already thinking about next Edinburgh, which is wrong.

- I still haven’t seen the Dark Knight. I know. I know.

I’m sure more stuff has happened, but ultimately we are selling well for T&C and the stand-up shows a lot of fun. My i-pod gag was the first comedians gag to be bluetoothed from the Udderbelly today which is ace, and I did the E4 podcast last week and there’s a pic on the website so download from here:

www.e4.com/edinburgh Stephen Grant, Ivan Brackenbury and Tom Deacon are all on it too and they are all ace and very very funny.

Well done to Sarah and Pippa who got nominated! Both much deserved! And well done to Russell and Rhod too, nice work chaps and good luck for Sat!

Right, will attempt to blog again soon, but depends on my dongle. Tee hee.
Only 14 shows to go!!