Another great LLC last night. Not a big crowd and only 4 acts but everything went so well we all came away thinking it was one of the more successful nights. (Even if we did forget to ask for any money.)
We had Dave Dynamite, who we only realised after sticking him on first, is a pro who usually gets paid. So he joins the ranks of those we're lucky to get. He'll hopefully be back to headline at some point. Although it actually worked well, amateurs that we are, we're only just realising that a good first act to get things going is as important as a good headliner. Dave certainly got things going, he's a brash Essex (?) boy ranting against the world. Some reviews I've seen say he's all rant and no material - I can't agree. he's a lot of rant but there's some great material in there. 'I was watching Hollyoaks - with the sound off, I'm not gay.'
Next up was LLC regular Paul Gerrard with another set of snappy one-liners. Paul should be back again soon, and if you're a Sunderlander he's also a regular performer at the Royalty.
We also had the sketch group Belly Rub, with Tom Mitchell who's done stand up at the LLC before. Following a drop out they had free reign over the whole middle section and it worked really well and made a great change from more stand up. It's often hard to make sketch comedy work in stand-up venues, but Belly Rub have the confidence and the material to make it work. (And hats off to our audiences who seem to embrace the 'anything goes' attitude.) Their set included the brilliant 'Goth Watch' -what would happen if Bill Oddie set up a hide in old Eldon Square.
Les Paul Marshall was back with more debauchery in the form of the popular song. I've said before that Les tends to amuse and disgust in equal measure, but pretty much everyone is laughing. Half the audience in a 'this is funny as f@)%*' way and the other half in a 'I can't believe what I'm hearing' stylee. This time Les Paul promised he wouldn't do the 'really sick' one and instead did a song about roman showers. (I didn't know either- google it(but not at work.)) He then did 'paedolphile rock' as an encore anyway.
We finished with the competition, this week Proverbs, inspired by an item Al and Pete heard on the Mark Radcliffe show. Their best one was;
"If you think someone is a fool, walk a mile in their shoes. If you still think they are a fool, you're a mile away and you've got their shoes."
Inspired by this the audence came up with;
"A problem shared is still the same size, but now your friend is pissed off too."
"People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw swingers parties."
"See a penny, pick it up, all day long you'll look like a tramp for picking up a penny."
And the winner;
"When your balls drop, remember to pick them up."
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