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Special Offer
I’ve blogged before about why I think you should join the Writers’ Guild of Great Britain. But I think it’s worth going through it one more time. They have a very good pension scheme They will have their lawyers look through your contracts in order to prevent you from being fucked There is a welfare fund […]
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Grinding slow but exceedingly fine
There’s been no blog posting this week due to a combination of script revisions and working out of Elstree, travel to and from which took a big chunk out of my time for the last fortnight. Instead, here’s something I was actually supposed to do almost a year ago, which is: list seven songs I’m […]
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Splendid
As you may (or may not) know, for the last six months or so I’ve been part of the writing team for new sketch show Splendid. Well, I’ve just checked the schedule, and they’re shooting my first sketch today. And it’s a beautiful day, which bodes well as this one has some outside shooting involved. […]
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Show me on the doll where the bad script touched you.
Balls Out is a screenplay that does exactly what it says on the tin. You’ll love it or hate it. I think I can safely guarantee you won’t have a neutral opinion. The script did take a little while to go all the way with me, but once it got into a rhythm, it was […]
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When will you people fucking learn?
It seems that someone else finds these new “Report your neighbours to the Police!” posters as offensive as I do. Improve one here.
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Dark Tales
M’brother Rafe has just directed a play at the Lion & Unicorn theatre for me old muckers Giant Olive. Dark Tales tells the uncensored stories of Hans Christian Andersen. As you might expect from the title, it’s not for children. Reviews:The StageBritish Theatre Guideremotegoat You can buy tickets via ticketweb here. You know what? It’s […]
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And sometimes it’s not too hard to decipher the code at all
As you may have heard, SciFi have recently taken the decision to rebrand as SyFy. Why? Well, the word SciFi (or scifi, or sci-fi) has been around since Forry Ackerman invented it in the 50s. (Most serious SF buffs don’t like the term, considering it a bit gee-whizz, and prefer, well, SF instead.) And as […]
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Unimportant Things
Tagged by John Soanes. 1) Put the link of the person who tagged you on your blog.2) Write the rules.3) Mention 6 things or habits of no real importance about you.4) Tag 6 persons adding their links directly.5) Alert the persons that you tagged them. Two out of five ain’t bad. Let’s see if we […]
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Letters From America: Funny Man
originally posted 4th March 2004— Stand up comedy occurred last night. It seemed to go down well, though it’s difficult to tell when you’re actually performing. I got laughs, and was told that it was excellent for a first timer, so it’s all downhill from here. I have one definite gig next week, then I’ll […]
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Location, Location, Location
For the last few months, I’ve been part of the writing team for a new comedy sketch show known as Splendid. The sketches going into the pilot have been selected, and it’s due to start filming next month. But – it’s a pilot! And alas we cannot simply throw money at problems like, for example, […]