Blog 63
Saturday, March 3, 2012 at 7:31PM I think for me I've actually been quite busy recently. I had an article in Fridays Guardian about Polish cinema and today Saturday I begin a new motoring column in the Telegraph. Right after the four nights at the Soho theatre I did a few days on the TV series New Tricks. It was fun working in TV again and that is a production that runs like clockwork so I was generally home by lunchtime. Funnily enough in the week that I was filming New Tricks (though the two events are not connected) somebody tried the gold ring con on me twice. What happens in the gold ring con is somebody walking along in front of you suddenly bends down and seems to pick up a gold ring that they've found on the floor, they then turn to you and ask if you think its genuine, then they spin some story about how they have to leave the country but do you want to buy it? You thenbuy what you think is a valuable gold ring only to discover that it is worthless. Now normally nobody comes near me in the street, chuggers look the other way and people never ask me for directions bu these people (one was a man one a woman) took me for a mug. It must be that in whatever Balkan country they come from I look like a wealthy but highly gullible or possibly greedy gent who can easily be conned. I'd like to take a trip to their country to see loads of mees swanning around buying lucky heather and thinking Nick Clegg's a nice guy. Kaboom! Satire!
Blog 63a
I'm glad everybody liked Question Time. As late as Monday I wasn't going to do it but then I thought I might as well give it a try. It's actually quite a challenge because you want to be funny but you don't want to be flippant about what are sometimes serious issues. I think in terms of panel members it was an easy ride, I wonder what it would be like if the other non politician was one of those right wing nutcases like Melanie Philips or David Starkey. If I do it again maybe we'll find out.
Reader Comments (30)
You're not telling us what you did with those two. Well, you're not going to confess online, are you?
Absolute genius, on the other hand that would be a country that would scare and confuse me!
Here we go, it's that time again, take your places please for another round of shit bollocky comments.
Alexei,do you still have your old rover p5b ~? i saw ya cup in the telegraph
Dave Edwards, use the search, you donut.
Blog 50.
Odd about the con-men. Walking across Westminster Bridge yesterday I was amazed at all the Eastern Europeans doing the old "Find the Lady" gag! What happened to our OWN Spivs and conmen? Oh, wait; they're in the Cabinet! (This Satire thing must be catching...)
Ooh, a little bit of politics there.
What happened to our OWN Spivs and conmen?
http://www.vivthespiv.co.uk
Yes, this guy really does exist - I've met him
Anthony Miller, you have met Viv?
You must be very proud of yourself.
Hi Alexei, fancy another bike to review? Drop us a line at Raleigh Bikes UK.
Dan, I have indeed and am. Anyway...
I keep thinking, in light of the new NHS bill, of that sketch in Stuff where the newly privatised internal market mad doctor played by Angus Deyton thinks that the solution to every possible medican condition is an artificial hip ...
Ooh, a little bit of politics there.
Alexei's on Question Time tonight.
BBC1 1035
Well, you certainly rocked Question Time tonight! Loved it, and looking at twitter, so did everyone else "I don't care about this at all. I didn't care when the question was asked and I care about it even less now" Alexei Sayle #pastytax #bbcqt Hah!
Just saw you on Question Time, Alexei. You reminded me of a man I once knew. I can't remember his name, but I do recall he taught his dog to lick his balls.
Julius Mandrake, did he put shit on his balls for the dog to lick off? Please say that he did, it would make yours a most fantastically shit bollocky comment.
I don't normally watch QT (being above ambient most of the time) but I was most hurt by Alexei's comment that he didn't care about me.
Thankfully I didn't get hurt by the programme. But I'm glad I'm a sausage roll and not a Scotsman. Don't they like the sound of their own voices? And that woman who thought she was Meryl Streep!
Greg, dont let it eat you up...
The Tory and the ConDem women were completely humourless and out of touch, no change there then! Shame Boris wasnt on, Mr.Sayle could have done the "lovely hair sir" gag.
Poor Mr Sayle. David Dimbelby hardly let you speak at all. I couldn't believe it when you started talking and he said "I just want to go to a member of the audience first". I liked the bit about people leaving comments underneath articles and "I've already fucking said that!" (are we allowed to swear on the Alexei Sayle website without a visit from the po po?) but funniest of all was your bodylanguage when they just kept wittering on. I particuarly enjoyed it when you had your hand over your face as if to say "I just cant listen to any more of this".
Thought the anonymous trolls argument was a bit simplistic. I'm banned from the Daily Mail and Money Saving Expert.com ....not for what I said about anyone ....but on the grounds that posting under my own name is a form of self publicity and advertising (which it is) ...fair point but does that mean I shouldn't have a voice? And who on earth submits content to anything without even a name credit? Always seems a bit of a cheek to me that they do things like that and complain about anonymity when they're so afraid to let anyone be themselves ....anyway I thought I'd say it here as obviously I'm behind a keyboard so think myself immensely powerful.