Today Glyn and I went to the recording of one of the episodes of Reeves & Mortimer’s new sitcom, House of Fools, at Elstree Studios. Despite having been involved in countless sitcom read-throughs, neither of us had been present at a recording, either as punters of performers; sadly nothing we’ve been a part of has ever been snapped up (we weren’t the deciding factor). As a result, today was an interesting experience – though frustrating; neither of us are good at being in the audience. It’s not the first time I’ve seen Vic & Bob in the flesh; back in 1998 they performed a stage version of Shooting Stars as part of a double-bill with The Fast Show at the Hammersmith Apollo, which I went to with my friend Chris. I remember thinking Shooting Stars didn’t work so well in that environment, without the benefit of an edit to tighten it up – but it was still exciting to see the duo in person. I’ve just realised that was fifteen years ago. CHRIST. The downside of atten...
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