Bacon goes for a trial run
Last night, Richard Bacon decided to face his first live audience with an impromptu gig during his radio show from the Pleasance Courtyard in Edinburgh.
Flanked by comedians Brendon Burns, Will Anderson and comedy writer Marc Haynes, Richard collated some joke suggestions from his loyal listeners to test on the gag-hungry crowd. Have a watch to see how it worked out.
Tonight (August 27th) Richard will be performing his own material live on the E4 Udderbelly stage in Edinburgh in front of 400 people.
Listen to it live on 91Èȱ¬ Radio 5 live tonight from 10.30pm. The full performance will be available on this blog tomorrow.
Flanked by comedians Brendon Burns, Will Anderson and comedy writer Marc Haynes, Richard collated some joke suggestions from his loyal listeners to test on the gag-hungry crowd. Have a watch to see how it worked out.
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Tonight (August 27th) Richard will be performing his own material live on the E4 Udderbelly stage in Edinburgh in front of 400 people.
Listen to it live on 91Èȱ¬ Radio 5 live tonight from 10.30pm. The full performance will be available on this blog tomorrow.
Comment number 1.
At 28th Aug 2009, unluckynotstupid wrote:Away from the back-slapping, cotton wool world of the 91Èȱ¬, Richard Bacon got a sharp dose of reality last night and this should be a wake-up call for the 91Èȱ¬ - with all those highly paid professionals advising him, who on earth allowed him to talk about being Middle Class in front of an intelligent audience? And he didn't want to hear the honest criticism from listeners - he showed himself to be a precious, self-obsessed primadonna. I loved the bit where the guy from the London comedy club reminded him of the time he was off with people at the Crossroads set and then he made some arrogant comment about not remembering it! Then the 91Èȱ¬ mysteriously lost the connection...
Wake up 91Èȱ¬, all those comments were accurate - ordinary people are smart, demanding and perceptive - don't give us trash. The only decent comedy in the last 10 years has been The Office and Stewart Lee - the rest has been patronising rubbish.
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