Here’s Michael Redmond doing some stand up on Friday Night Live circa 1988.
This is actually an excellent example of really good crowd control. Listen to how rowdy they are before he speaks, and watch him raise his volume on the setup, then bring himself down to his normal level. Pretty soon, he’s got them in thrall, and is able to milk them in the off beats too.
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For a long time now I’ve been wanting to write an old-fashioned programme guide. One you can hold in your hand and thumb through, make notes on, spill coffee on. So I did. Proctology: A Bottom Examination is my deep dive into Bottom, the hit BBC Two sitcom starring Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmondson. That’s…
Keanu Reeves is 56. That makes him eight years older than Clive Dunn was when he was first cast in Dad’s Army. But don’t panic, Clive Dunn was always playing much older characters than his own age. Keanu Reeves is 56. That makes him seven years older than Stephanie Cole was when she was first…
