Joseph Grimaldi is credited with the creation of the character of the clown as we know him today, so if you are freaked out by It or The Greatest Show in the Galaxy he's to blame.
It was great to finally see Simon Munnery in the flesh again. As with Mark Thomas I had seen him previously, albeit in High Barnet in a venue the name of which escapes me and since which I believe has closed down. Then he performed as both 'Alan Parker: Urban Warrior' and 'The League Against Tedium', who's television series Attention Scum you really should watch if you haven't watched it already, or haven't watched it already today. He seems to have mellowed somewhat, now performing stand-up 'as himself', though his Sherlock Holmes monologue was great. You can toss money at Go Faster Stripe for DVDs of Munnery and also other performers that don't get to go on BBC2 any more, like Richard Herring, Norman Lovett and Tony Law.

