Comments on: F (as they say) AQ

By: Cheaps

Cheaps — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 15:24:46 +0000

I’m going to keep this short and simple. My aim is to write a song that will be picked up for use on a national TV ad campaign. I intend to do this by writing several generic specific songs. “ooooh tastes good” “its the best way to clean your shirt, it gets out lots of dirt”.

This is largely due to the fact that three times now, count them, THREE, i have been asked if one or other of my songs can be used on the telly only to fall at the final hurdle because my lyrics “didn’t fit”. I found this quite annoying as i didnt ask to be on the adverts anyway.

So im going to reverse it. I’ll start with a advert friendly song and push it on them. 10 years should just be enough.

By: Richie

Richie — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 15:06:17 +0000

What is your favourite thing about living next to a Spar?

By: Kate L

Kate L — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 16:19:36 +0000

T-Rex is easiest to spell.

By: David G

David G — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 09:44:10 +0000

extremely glad to see Tim Vine offered as one of your favourites – the man is a genius and sits well within my top 3 all time smile-makers.

If you ever host a dinner party with him, key, horne, minchin and yourself – can I come?

By: Someone Else

Someone Else — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 02:12:00 +0000

Ooh I have a question: Where the hell do you get your ideas for your characters from? Like in Bullet Points, as far as i remember, you wrote from the point of view of a middle-aged psychologist, living in America, and… i won’t spoil the plot (obviously i expect you already know, but for others).. but basically the character doesn’t seem to be at all like you. And then ‘… Look at Murder’ there’s a German involved and all-sorts, So… what made you come up with these people? Isn’t it meant to be write what you know? And back to Bullet Points, i was never sure if the referencing was for real, but either way it’s pretty detailed… To be honest I don’t see how you get everything you do, done. TV, radio, live innovative shows AND novels. Are you sure you’re not many people? I think i’m starting to sound like one of them intentionally OTT incredulous adverts for ‘unbelievable’ products, but really I am pretty impressed.

By: Elaine

Elaine — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 23:10:34 +0000

Maybe you haven’t really gone less Welsh, it’s just with Gilbert in the public consciousness, you sound like Laurence Olivier.

By: Rachael

Rachael — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 19:34:17 +0000

im too scared to try to play no more women because i already know i’d lose.

By: Anna Lowman

Anna Lowman — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 15:55:58 +0000

Oh you’ve totally got to get in on the World Cup action this summer. That’d make me rather happy and you, I suspect, even more so. I hope you’re already thinking up jokes which involve Rooney getting his foot stamped on in the first game…

The long-term project is very exciting, can’t wait to read more.

By: Tom Beasley

Tom Beasley — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 15:46:40 +0000

This was certainly an enlightening post. I really enjoyed reading your answers and I completely agree about Deal Or No Deal. It had turned into some kind of weird drama series with real people acting like idiots and seemingly trying to work out a system for picking random boxes. As you say, the stupid costume changes every week don’t exactly help it either.

And now, some questions of my own…

What would you be doing if you weren’t a comedian?
Which comedian would you say is your main influence?
Which comedian are you most friendly with outside of work?
What do you like the most about Twitter?
What is the worst thing a comedian can possibly do for their career?

By: Kathryn

Kathryn — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 13:13:09 +0000

How do giraffes fight, Mark? Moreover, why?