Digest Number 63

[pete flynn]

>    Date: Thu, 27 May 1999 15:57:16 +0100
>    From: Stig <jmsmall@...>
>Subject: Re: fav sessions
>
>
>Stuart McHugh wrote:
> > >Have you been getting comedy tips from Lee and Herring, Stuart?
> > Yes, that was rather poor, I apologise (there must be a version of 
>"You're
> > Hard" due which swaps Lee and Herring for "Lenny Henry")
>
>No, Lee and Herring are geniuses of our time, I was referring to their
>"lazy comedy slags" section where they expose poor joke formulas such as
>"...and they were just the teachers ah", "...I was 28 years old ah" and
>the classic "...and then I got off the bus ah". Peel once mentioned them
>in his column if that gives it any relevance...
>
>Actually does anyone remember that week or two when Peel was standing in
>for Mark Radcliffe and had Stewart Lee and Richard Herring as guests for
>one night? What an excellent week of programmes that was (in fact I
>think he did it twice)...

i remmeber that...they were hilarious, i must admit, thery were causing a 
bit of trub and ended up with everyone there in stitches, Peel had to turn 
their mic off for a while so he could play some records...

aaaahh the days of the Radcliffe graveyard show...

pete
      "consider the lily..."