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Tonight’s Mostly Comedy was a special one, not least because it featured John Thomson, an act who - like our other occasionally appearing turn Kevin Eldon - is synonymous with so many key comedy roles. John only played the club once before, almost exactly four years ago (which happened to be the day before I went up Big Ben) and that gig's definitely somewhere in our unofficial top ten best shows; partly for the performance itself (which included a brief appearance from Thomson’s alter ego Bernard Righton) and partly for the interview we did with him afterwards for our More Than Mostly Comedy podcast. This interview ranged from discussing his early work with Steve Coogan to the film he made with Bill Murray, all of which he was more than happy to discuss and was genuinely a great sport about. That night was also one of the first times I did an extended solo set, which Thomson was very kind about afterwards, though I do remember him saying, “You...