Well, Bill Bailey - he's probably one of the best known on my list really! I didn't always like him. In fact at some point I really didn't. What a loser. (I was!) Anyway, at some point I saw the light and now I really really appreciate him. I haven't seen him live for quite a while (I've only seen him once) and that was in an arena ("nothing ruins comedy like arenas" sang Mr.Tim Minchin last time I was in the arena!). I think Bill's always going to be in an arena and he'll always get away with it as he does put so much into his shows and makes them big. (Normal stand up in arenas still just feels odd to me and quite soulless.)
I still need to watch his Orchestra DVD! I wanted to see that show very much indeed but it was £50 (which is loads! Having said that I have just paid a silly amount of money to see Lady Gaga (but that's in LA and counts as a holiday extravagance in advance!).
Bill's also on a lot of good TV shows -
Black Books,
Spaced and of course
Never Mind The Buzzcocks. His son is called Dax!!
He's one of the (few!) comedians I don't fancy. And here he is:
I feel like at some point I should write in detail about musical comedy; I may wait until my next entry as he too is a musical comedian. And playwright. Ooooh!
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