How I Escaped My Certain Fate (53 page)

‘I’ll Only Go If You Throw Glass’ (poem),
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Ianucci, Armando,
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If You Prefer a Milder Comedian
(show),
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Ince, Robin,
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,
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Incredible Hulk,
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Inferno
(show),
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insects,
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Ipswich murders,
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IRA,
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Iraq,
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Irish audiences,
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Islam,
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Izzard, Eddie,
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,
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Jackson, Paul,
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Jackson’s Way
(show),
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Jacobson, Howard,
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Jago, Hils,
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Jakob,
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jazz see free jazz

Jeffries, Jim,
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Jerry Springer: The Opera
: attempts to ban,
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,
4
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chief investor,
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effect of different venues on,
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end of first act,
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Jesus as gay in,
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mentioned in SL show,
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,
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and 9/11,
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publicity for 2006 tour,
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Sellars on,
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SL’s rights over,
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SL’s work on,
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,
2
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the songs,
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swear words in,
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Jesus Christ: in
Jerry Springer
,
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SL as,
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SL vomiting routine,
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Jews,
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Jillette, Penn,
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John, Elton,
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John Paul II, Pope,
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Jones, Dylan,
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Jongleurs,
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Jupitus, Phill,
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Kafka, Franz,
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Kashian, Jackie,
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2

Kaufman, Andy,
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Kay, Peter: and clip shows,
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and Comic Relief,
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DVDs,
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fans,
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,
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score settling,
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style of comedy,
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Kaye, Phil,
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Keating, Roland,
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,
3

Keating, Ronan,
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Kielty, Patrick,
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,
2

King, Martin Luther,
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Kinney, Kim,
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Kirby, Jack,
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Kitson, Daniel: career style,
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and clip shows,
1
; fans,
2
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at the Fringe,
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and Hardee’s death,
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SL’s admiration for,
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typical routine,
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Laden, Osama bin, 96

Languedoc
see
Corbières

last words,
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Law, Tony,
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Lawrence, Stephen,
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Lecoq, Jacques,
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Lee, Ang,
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Lee, Stan,
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Lee, Stewart (SL)

FORMER MANAGER
: and BBC’s withdrawn commission offer,
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and
Jerry Springer
,
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,
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,
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SL joins,
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SL quits,
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and SL’s
diverticulitis
attack,
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and
Stand-Up
Comedian
DVD,
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,
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GENERAL
: arrogance,
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attitude to fame,
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ear problems,
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favourite eighties albums,
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favourite stand-up rooms,
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favourite stand-ups,
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feet, smelly,
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prejudices,
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; weight,
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,
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LIFE
: adopted,
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childhood,
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education,
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first stand-up career,
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journalism work,
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diverticulitis
attack and convalescence,
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,
2
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return to
stand-up
,
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honeymoon,
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tour of Australia and New
Zealand
,
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BBC show offer withdrawn,
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,
2
,
3
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theatre projects,
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quits management company,
1
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participates in TV panel games,
1
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son born,
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2
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BBC show commissioned after all,
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MOTHER
: attitude to SL as stand-up,
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,
2
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and Tom O’Connor,
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,
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and quilts,
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,
2
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upbringing of SL,
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STAND-UP STYLE
: adding obscurity,
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audience aimed at,
1
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catchphrases,
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empty stage,
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,
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flagging up the workings out,
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,
2
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form vs content,
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giving audiences permission to laugh,
1
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handling audience exits,
1
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hecklers,
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,
3
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improvisation,
1
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key aim in comedy,
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persona,
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,
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repetition
,
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show structure,
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source of best jokes,
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techniques for ending shows,
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use of failure,
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use of physicality,
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,
3
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wordplay,
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Lee and Herring,
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Letts, Quentin,
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Lincoln,
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Linehan, Graham,
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Lineker, Gary,
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Littlejohn, Richard,
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Liverpool,
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Rawhide club,
1

Lloyd, Danielle,
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,
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Lloyd and Claudette,
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Lloyd Webber, Andrew,
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Lock, Sean,
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,
3

Logan, Brian,
1

London: Albany Arms, The,
1
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Amused Moose, The,
1
,
2
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Finsbury Park mosque,
1
,
2
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Guilty Pea,
1
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Red Rose Club,
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Stoke Newington,
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2
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Vortex, The,
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2

Long, Josie,
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,
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Lucas, Matt,
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,
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Lumsden, Lucy,
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Lunn, Edwina,
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