He is touring again at the minute, I will have to go to Manchester though to see him before I go away.
I went to that one - got me "as Used on Nelson Mandella" book, finished reading his book on Coke a few months ago - another good read, I think he's stuck in a half way house between activism and comedy - some times it can be difficult to get them to meet, he's a top bloke tho, saw him at Glastonbury a few years back with Tony Benn.
His shit on the CCTV cameras and freedom of information act was funny as fuck, he had maccie's up the wall.
Rob Newman's also done some heavy political standup, mainly around oil and america - worth looking up - a couple of opposoble thumbs higher up the evolutionary scale than baddiels stuff.
I thought that Spibs was claiming he's the modern day Jesus a while back. Does this mean that the Spy Bee is actually just a modern day Mark Thomas, and if so, how many people has he doorstepped to prove this?
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He is touring again at the minute, I will have to go to Manchester though to see him before I go away.
No mate it was pre 2000 I think. I was during my party animal drug taking days so the actual year is a bit blurry, but I saw him in the old post office on Bold Street.
I hope he gets his teeth into these Gypsy thieving bastard MPs and their expenses, should make for a few laughs.
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No mate it was pre 2000 I think. I was during my party animal drug taking days so the actual year is a bit blurry, but I saw him in the old post office on Bold Street.
I hope he gets his teeth into these Gypsy thieving bastard MPs and their expenses, should make for a few laughs.
Went to see Mark Thomas last night and he was absolutely brilliant, I was in stitches at times and he's fucking sharp as they come. Some of his anecdotes were quality. His show allowed the audience to write down policies which he aims to try and get voted through in Parliament. The two 'we' came up with were (1) charging Bupa when they use NHS-trained staff and (b) being able to vote against a party, so insted of voting Labour, you could jost vote against the Tories and knock off one of their votes - fucking good shouts I thought!
He was giving these out too - stop and search cards.
Highly recommend catching this bloke if you get the chance, full of energy, funny, sharp, clever - top class.
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Saw him in 96 in Bristol twice and then again a couple of times in Brighton. The last one in 2005 was a little smug and fairly unfunny though so I've not seen him since. Maybe it was an off night.
I saw him at The Everyman a few years back. He was getting his teeth into a politician who was trying to ban junk mail, which threatened to force the price of a stamp up because it subsidises the cost of the mail. He basically made sure everyone had a pencil and piece of paper, then gave out the guy's address so everyone could sign him up for free trials of products they received junk mail about. I bagged him some 21 day trials for a couple of lawnmowers.
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