Celebrity guests

Paul O'Grady is currently chatting to Bruce Forsythe. Am I alone in finding him annoying? Bruce, that is, not Paul. I understand that when Bruce did a show recently in the States no-one there knew what to make of him at all. It occurs to me that if he wasn't already established on this side of the pond and appeared 'new' to us today, we wouldn't know what he was about either.

While I'm on the subject, too, Ann Widdecombe was on Countdown recently. For those who don't know, Countdown is a popular game show involving anagrams and such, and Ann Widdecombe is a firghteningly right wing former shadow Home Secretary.

I don't really have any objection to Ann as a person, and she's entitled to her beliefs, misguided though I say they are. But I don't want to be subjected to an illiberal polemic while watching tea-time telly. If that was something I wanted I'd buy the Daily Mail.

In other news, I'm really becoming aware of the dangers of continuing to do shows at the Lion & Unicorn Theatre, which is above the Lion & Unicorn pub. Not a day has gone by without a hangover. I think it's probably a good thing that it's only been a two week run. I'm getting too old for the life of 'functioning alcoholic'. At some point I've got to stop the alcoholism or stop functioning.

-Ah, beer. My one weakness.
and, because it was on last night,
-Who are you? Why am I here? I want answers now or I want them eventually!