I'm going to see the bearded genius himself tonight! B)

Anyone know where I can get some plastic pants, in case I wet myself laughing? :blink:

Um... there's a shop just off Leicester Square that can probably help you there.

How do I know this? Erm... because I regularly eat at Pizza Piazza when I go to London as it's nice but not expensive, and that's right opposite the theatre. I ate there on Tuesday just before returning to Bristol and spent half the meal staring at it (the theatre, that is) in jealousy. I didn't actually go into the aforementioned establishment. Honest guv.

Fortunately I managed to maintain control over all my bodily functions... mainly because I was a bit worried about how far up my seat was! It was in the 'Grand Circle', which I thought was quite posh until I found out that the Royal Circle was below us, and that actually the seats in the stalls were considerably more expensive - so 'grand' was just a way of saying 'high and far away from the stage'.

Awwww. Bill! :wub:

Has anyone seen Black Books with Bill Bailey? I'd never heard of it till my (now-ex :() girlfriend introduced it to me recently. 'tis really funny, I bought series 1 on DVD though now it is too painful to watch....

I saw Kill Bill, does that help? :huh:

Oddly, series 2 of Black Books was only ever released on DVD in Australia. If you want it, check out some Aussie sites because even after paying for international shipping it'll still probably cost you less than buying DVDs here.

I've heard that series 2 should be out on DVD here soon, if not in time for Christmas then early next year. Hopefully not too long before BB's legendary BBC2 series 'Is Is Bill Bailey?' which Auntie Beeb has been sitting on for far too long.

Now there's something I REALLY want. The feature on people that re-enacted battles was one of the funniest things I've ever seen.

Oh, and Black Books Series 3 is being made...

black books three! wow! my life is worth living again! when will it come to be?

Anything with Bill in is great

Roundheads, shitheads!

I feel a need, a need for mead!

Oh dear, now you've got me started... :rolleyes:

Cool, hopefully I can get over the pain in time. I still haven't watched the last 2 episodes of series 1....

Never watched Is It Bill Bailey? Will have to remember to do so sometime...

Who stole the leg of time?

Terry, as (almost) any Bill Bailey fan could probably tell you! Mind you, I have a signed copy of the Bewilderness CD, which helps.

Oh! More Christmas joy for you...

http://muse.cream.org/bill/newyork/newyork.html

One complete Bill Bailey show, recorded in New York. Knock yourselves out!

thank you damian! hours of fun!

Boo For Mark Lamarr!

Beating him about the head in (what i thought was) the funniest Buzzcocks for ages.


Woo!

Yes, but in that very same episode...

Mark Lamar on some good British bands in response to a quip by that American dood:

*cough* "beatles, stones, pistols"

Bill Bailey:
"beetles, stones, pistols..?.....all things in my shed!"

Classic! :D

Shed? Hurrah!

There is, incidentally, a new (I think) book out called 'Men and Sheds', which as the title indicates, talks about the relationship between man and shed, as well as showing some fine examples... one person has built a cinema in his!

the big breakfast, johnny vaughn in the shed. it used to pretty funny i thought. i mean, tom cruise in a shed being interviewed. thats kind of original i bet!! johnny vaughn summed up that man-shed relationship for me! (i just use our shed to keep my bike in)

alex

that's my line!

Sorry, I thought you hadn't noticed...

I really can't wait to see Bill live. Will definatley be heading to the nearest pub after the show to try and meet him :D

March 11th 2004...channel 4...

BLACK BOOKS Series 3! Woohoo! :D

Series 2 is also released on DVD on March 22nd, only £13.99 from www.dvd.co.uk

If you don't have it buy series 1 from www.play.com - only £8.99.

More laughs in an episode than most comedies manage in a series.

He's very small, you know. He played a tiny warm-up gig in a pub near me a couple of years back, and I was getting a drink downstairs when I noticed him stood next to me. Well, I say 'next to me', I had to look down. I'm six foot tall which doesn't exactly qualify me for giant status!

I doubt he's shorter than me...*sigh*

Well, Black Books series 3 started tonight and the first episode was ace. Any scriptwriter who epitomises the evil of a shop manager by making him a Stereophonics fan deserves an award!

That was indeed brilliant - wonder if Simon Pegg is a regular now or just a one off.

He did seem to get more screen time than the main cast which is odd for a guest-star but still, he was amazingly funny in it so i'll let 'em off.

"Manny - I'm REALLY angry now!" - that bit almost had me in tears.

:D

The scary thing is that I've known a couple of managers who were just like that. We were among 12 people who went on a (cringe) Fast Track Management Programme, and I made sure I did everything possible to ensure that my head remained firmly out of my backside. At the end of the programme, I moved to IT support, vowing never to touch management again. Creeps are everywhere...

The photo of Bill with short hair was a good enough reason to watch the programme alone. Cracking stuff it was.