6th Feb - Sports

This week's sports themed night including: Tom Mitchell, Dave Dynamite, guest compere James Christopher. Also there (though not pictured as the LLC camera has finally died) were Keith Piper, Romantic Novelist Selsdon Crupp and Jenny Armstrong.


We're trying out one compere for the whole night, so Pete was the first to give it a go. Most of Pete's material was based on explaining the competition 'Improve the Sport' eg. Relay-Sticks of dynamite replace batons. This means the runners are still competing against each other, but there's also an element of beat the clock. Though Pete also got lucky with the audience banter. He once sprained his jaw through yawning, 'Have you had any weird injuries?' He asked a guy in the first row. 'I started to grow an extra knee...'

First up was Tom Mitchell with a quick look at some of the topics of the day, including the development of 'ethical bullets' -how 'ethical' can they be, exactly?

Next was Keith Piper in his second LLC appearance, managing to draw a lot of humour from the fact that he wasn't really prepared. 'Where's my notes?' isn't the most likely catchphrase, but it seemed to work alongside, 'I haven't worked out how to do a Noah accent.'

Romantic Novelist Selsdon Crupp was a beautiful bit of character comedy. Selsdon read from his latest opus 'Castaway... on Sex Island.' And related his celebrity hijinks with show-biz mate Frank Bruno.

Another illustated lecture from Jenny Armstrong. (We really need a picture) This time Jenny did a bit of poetry criticism - on the genre 'Whinnie the Pooh' fan literature. -Most of whch dosen't stand up to Jenny's trained critical eye. Also, is eating a starburst equivalent to a star bursting? Most of us just wonder - Jenny does the research, and serves it up on a science plate.

Finally Dave Dynamite wound up the night in fine frantic style. His crafted machine gun rants (in that charming Essex burr) giving a final boost of energy and ensuring the crowd left on a high.