Wild Thing!

Monday night was my final show of the Goodies tour, and the penultimate show of the tour itself.

We had front row seats (again) but were sitting the opposite side to all the other shows. Consequently we were able to see into the wings before the show started and noticed a cheeky little face peeping round the curtains! The stage was quite high, which meant I did start to get a crick in my neck from looking up all the time, but I don’t mind. It was worth it.

The theatre was sold out and it was so good to see the show with a packed audience who were really responsive and joined in with all our clapping and cheering. Tim and Graeme seemed on top form and really seemed to be enjoying the show more than usual. There were some gloriously funny moments, including Tim getting the giggles while he was trying to tell his story about Germaine Greer (and the more he laughed, the more we did, which I think made it worse), Graeme appearing from behind the curtain where Bill’s paper supposedly fell out of the screen, the bulb falling off the horn on the radio mic stand and Tim commenting about being upstaged.

I love this show so much (can you tell?), I think I’ve enjoyed it more each time I’ve seen it, partly because it’s fun to watch out for all the different things and how the audience react (which is fun with any live show), but I think the real joy is the anticipation – waiting for the punchline, even when you know what it is, builds the tension and seems to make it so much more funny.

After the show it was round to the stage door and as usual we waited for the crowds to go first. While we were waiting we realised that we were standing next to Lisa (the GROK president), so it was great to put a face to a name. While we were chatting we suddenly noticed Tim running past us! I think one of the kids who was asking for autographs had got a bit overawed and so had run away and Tim was running after him!! (Graeme just sauntered over in a very casual way!)

Then it was our turn. We chatted for a while to Tim, asking him about the ‘Hello Cheeky’ album cover which Clair had had signed in Birmingham. Also, because Kate had ‘crumpet’ written on her t-shirt he explained how they’d not been allowed to use the word ‘crumpet’ during that joke in Cambridge Circus because it was censored by the Lord Chamberlain’s office! Tim then went and had his photo taken with some other people, so we asked Graeme to sign things. Graeme said something about me being a ‘lady in red’ (I was wearing a red dress) and looked at my dress and went “oh, yes” as I hadn’t thought about that! I asked for a photo with him (which I look really strange on, but Graeme looks fab. I must learn not to pull funny faces when I’m having my picture taken) and a hug – going for the works!!

I then asked Tim to sign my programme. He’d put his pen away, and so I borrowed Clair’s, and Tim asked me if I could help him by taking the end off for him. I did, while Tim was making some comment about how he could have said pull the end off (he’s so naughty!). Then I had a photo where I was still giggling too much, but it’s a good picture. I also asked for a hug, which was lovely, although afterwards Tim said something about goose (it was written on the pub behind me)!!

Then all too soon it was time to go. So we all said our goodbyes and went our separate ways home.