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Posted Saturday, August 07, 2010
Hi chaps -lots of things to talk about and no time so I'll crack on- I had a very exciting and funny time on the 5 o clock show; highlights for me were the Jonah Hill interview; sitting next to Micheal Mcdonald as he sang Yah Mo Be there live and then having to cut him off because we had clips to play in; Jo Brand being very naughty during the Tai Chi Demonstration by the 90 year old man (his name was written inside his pants in the original hebrew); Uncle Bulgaria of the Wombles strolling on and the little children being ever so slightly afraid... I had some great laughs ,and I even said 'Bollocks' several times on live television way before the watershed and managed not to get into trouble -so there's that too. I have Jon Irwin and Georgia Pritchett and Nick Doody to thank for great jokes all week and of course the brilliant production team who also provided items , wheezes,sketches and japes to keep the whole thing rolling. Burt Gray and his trusty (and very pregnant) co producer Jude Wood ran things all week and made me feel safe and for that I thank them from the heart of my bottom. We done good.
Other things going on ; I handed in another draft of my play for radio 4 and await further notes - its weird writing stuff - when you go on stage you can make things up as you go along and check the reaction by looking and listening to the audience; as a writer you have to create first then hand it in , then get the reaction of your first audience (Your reader/ producer/director) and then rewrite based on that reaction. It's very tough -especially if you're getting notes from more than one person.
I shall continue on.
I've started work on a feature film script and that's tough too - having done two years of an MA screenwriting course , what's very funny is that ; even though we all did pretty well on that course , when you're sat down in front of an empty screen or page you still have that feeling that you have to wait until your forehead bleeds onto the page. If you're not disciplined ,if you don't sit every day and write something you won't get in the groove and produce the material/some material every day - you'll never reach your desired goal.
I seem to be in a thinking/nesting/research mode with this movie at the moment - aaaaaaany minute now I'll begin writing scenes....soon.....honest....
Re: stand up - I'm at the coal face again. I've got a gig tonight at the 99 club in leicester square (I think its called Storm disco normally) I've tried material there before , so it should be a welcoming audience. It's a very hard thing working on new material -Seinfeld took 18 months to get a new hour of stuff together and I'd say that's about right. You have to be so brave and throw so much away. I'm doing an hour tonight and if I get 10 or 15 minutes out that , I'll be happy. Which means I have to be a real stoic and ignore things that don't go well...it's worth it in the end ,but incredibly labour intensive...
Watch out for me in the Mirror on Saturday reviewing a brand new album...Hah!
and there are more stand up gigs coming so I'll let you know when they are (I'm doing the West Belfast comedy festival early August.that should be a hoot).
Any hoo -Stay strong...
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