Pictures have been added at the bottom guys, but there are still more to come.
I was going to write about my birthday and Bonzo Dog in the same entry, but then I didn't.
The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band are a really old bunch of blokes who perform comical songs and sketches and are mates with the likes of Stephen Fry, Adrian Edmondson, Paul Merton and Phill Jupitus. They've also hung out with The Beatles.
Anyway, yesterday we had tickets to see them at our local theatre. We being Kim, Nix, Jamie and I. We went early because Adrian Edmondson was going to be there and, of course, we wanted to give him a radish. I know what you're thinking! (Don't think that.) No.. Erm, you're thinking: "But Corinne! There were only two Mr. Radishes in existence! Yours and Nicola's! Since Nix's went to James Marsters and yours went to Rik Mayall, how is there a third one!" I'll tell you how. We bought it off EBay, so sod off.
Anyway, so we went early and we wandered around before eventually finding the stage door. I'm going to skip loads out here because we sat out there for fucking hours and it was freezing and not much fun. So imagine a clock with the hands whizzing round really fast. Ok. Now it's stopped.
(By the way, in the time that had passed, a nice man had let us sit on the bench outside the stage door instead of in the middle of the carpark and a tourbus had shown up but no one had gotten off of it and we'd also been to get some food.)
We all sat, shivering on the bench when the nice roadie man (as he had been affectionately dubbed by all of us)walked by again and informed us that the band was inside now (Darn! Foiled by our own stomachs!) and we should go round to the front and sit inside because he didn't think they were going to come out before the show. He did tell us, however, exactly where to go after the show in order to find them. So we went round to the front and sat in the lounges (reserving some front row seats for The New Statesman next May at the same time!)
So we sat in the lounge for a while, and sat and sat and sat. Then the band started to do the soundcheck and we all listened through the closed doors. It sounded really good! After a while the nice roadie man walked past and chuckled; "It's warmer in here isn't it! And you've got the soundcheck to listen to!" And we nodded and said it sounded awesome, so he beckoned us over and opened the doors to the soundcheck and took us in!
He wasn't actually supposed to let us in there, so we stood in the walkway at the side and peeked around the stairs at the band, squealing quietly whilst we pointed at Phill Jupitus and Ade Edmondson. Then some De Montfort Hall worker walked in and we all spun round looking guilty and whistling quietly as we stuck our noses up and walked out. It was funny. The nice roadie man didn't get in trouble, which was good.
Eventually we were allowed in and it was discovered that we were the youngest there who had come without an adult, so we got a bunch of funny looks but at least we didn't smell of OLD!
Then the show started and it was just so so funny. I can't remember half of the things that happened, but I remember it was funny. We all poked each other when Ade came out and sang a song about being BORED, it was good. I liked it when he dressed as Mr. Sellers Parrot and wandered around the audience saying hello to people. Hahaha!
Phill Jupitus was so funny in this show, mostly because he kept fucking up. There was one song where he was sitting down at a table and doing a monologue along to some music. Halfway through he paused and lifted up a drink that was in front of him, before saying (in the style he'd been doing the song in): "I.. Started drinking as I tried to remember the words to the song!" We all laughed, as he looked around nervously before saying: "And drinking and drinking.." Then the guy who was filling in for Vivian Stanshaw (who couldn't be there because he isn't alive, RIP Viv.) muttered: "New York." and Phill perked up before carrying on the song with; "You know it's funny you should say that because I was born in the mean streets of New York city..."
Class.
After the intermission, Ade was singing a song when someone on the balconey near us stood up and started yelling about how crap Bonzo Dog was. We were all like; "WTF?!" Until we realised it was Phill Jupitus in a hat, haha. No one had even noticed him sneaking onto the balconey. Not even the people sitting around him. Well, maybe they had but no one else did. Anyway. He was yelling and one of the guys from Bonzo Dog ran up the stairs and had a fight with him, before throwing him off the balconey.
And that is how Phill Jupitus died.
I joke, of course. It was a dummy that he pulled out from nowhere and when the lights on the stage came back up they both snuck away from the balconey but I saw them go HAH. Anyway, it was a really good show. The Monster Mash was hysterical and they were all really expressing themselves.
Anyway, after the show we rushed outside and started our military operation. Kim and Nix stood outside the big stage door, I stood round the corner by the loading door (which is where nice roadie man (who we hadn't seen since the show started which wasn't fair because we wanted to give him some chocolate for being such a nice roadie man) told us they would be.) And Jamie was on the front of the building. We all had our phones ready to call each other, just in case.
Eventually, and this is cutting out a lot of shivering and running around talking to people, we spoke to the bus driver of the tourbus and he told us that if we were really patient the guys would come out to there. So we waited with him, he was really nice. We gave him some chocolate. We also gave the nice ginger merch guy some chocolate, for being very cool. It took AGES for them to come out. ADE if you weren't such a GIRL we could've been home by ELEVEN.
Ade and Phill were the last to come out. Ade came first (Oh shut up you dirty buggers.) and everyone lunged for him (SHUT UP) but he walked past everyone and straight onto the bus! BASTARD. But then he came out again, so it was okay. The nice ginger merch bloke walked in front of me saying he was security, stopping me from getting near Ade. But he was only kidding and walked off again whilst I yelled about how mean he was. That made him laugh. Ade spoke to the other people who were standing around before coming over to us. Kim got her Ade Edmondson book out and he looked delighted when he saw it before signing it. Then he turned to Nix and me who were standing next to him with a radish looking like this: =D!
I handed it to him and he kind of looked confused, before we informed him it was a radish.. He still looked confused but we had a picture of the original Mr. Radish so we showed it to him and he was like; "That's a carrot!" And Nix sneered and said; "It's a RADISH!" Then we informed him that we'd given it to Rik and he wrinkled his nose and informed us that Rik was a twat. (He was joking my dears) We all laughed and then told him that Rik had said he was gay.
You know when Vyvyan from The Young Ones yells at people, imagine that voice saying; "HE'S GAY!" Because that's EXACTLY what it sounded like. (Obviously because Ade played Vyv, but he doesn't actually talk the way Vyv does.) Anyway, we all laughed again and I said; "Actually, we were told that you were wandering around London completely pissed telling everyone how happy you were to have finally come out of the closet!" And he peered closely at me and asked in a very small voice; "When was this?" When we told him it was June he kind of nodded and said; "Ohhh..." .. We didn't ask, hehe.
Anyway, we asked if we could get a picture with him and he agreed, with gusto, before grabbing me and Jamie, pulling Kim in from the side and then waited whilst Nix gave her camera to someone else before grabbing her as well. He plonked Sir Radish onto Nicola's head and claimed that; "The radish should be in the photo too!" So the picture was taken (and as soon as it's sent to me i'll have it up!) Then we told him to read the note that was attached to Sir Radish and he laughed and went onto the bus.
Phill Jupitus showed up and started talking to people then but we ignored him because we were watching Ade on the bus. He was reading the letter!
You should be used to this, but if you're not, it said:
Dear Adrian,
This is not Mr Radish. Mr Radish was a soft plush toy of immense good luck power. Unfortunately we only had two and we've already given them away, so this is not Mr. Radish.
Instead, this is Sir Radish, Mr Radishes (slightly mentally deranged) cousin. He doesn't have a first name, but if he did it would be Jerome.
He has all the power and good luck of Mr. Radish, but in a slightly different way. We don't know what way however, so don't ask!
His cousins (who don't have first names but if they did they would be Clive.) are in the possession of James Marsters (who you should know of because you're great) and that guy you know (who's really nice in person) Rik Mayall!
We hope Sir Radish brings you lots of good luck in the future!
From Corinne, Nicola, Kim and Jamie
Anyway, he was reading it and at first he looked dumbfounded, but then he started laughing at bits so we took that as a good sign. Suddenly we noticed Phill Jupitus standing in front of us, so I offered him a chocolate and he practically orgasmed as he informed us that he was starving and thought it was delicious.
He was really friendly, and talked to us about the show. We told him about Ade having the radish and gave him to picture of the original Mr. Radish to bring him some good luck as well. He folded it up and put it in the inside pocket next to his heart, telling us he'd keep it there always. (Aww)
Then we got some pictures with him, and he was really nice about it. (Staying for a bit to check Nix's camera was okay because I dropped by accident and omg it broke but the pictures were still on it because we checked the card but I still feel bad and I will pay for a new camera if you can't fix it Nix sorry sorry!!) Ahem, but then he had to get on the bus and when he was inside he walked past Ade and said something - then Ade held up Sir Radish to show him! Awesome!!
Bonzo Dog were awesome. Ade and Phill were really nice. What else can I say?
.. That would be an ecumenical matter.
L-R Nix, Jamie, Kim, Ade and Me!
L-R Nix, Kim, Phil, Me and Jamie!