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So we get to the Dutchess after getting lost for a bit and first going to the wrong theatre, everyone seems all excited and crazy - a sea of faces I didn’t recognise, then I see Gee amongst the chaos and it all feels a bit real, I then bump into Danny (nice faces to see)

We meet an American guy who works on the she, all enthusiastic and that which sheets of paper for problems that Russell would tackle during the show.

We get into the theatre and the set looks rather cool and exactly like it does on tv, strange that. Sitting about for a fair while then Russell is announced and he stoles on and talks about the set up, tells us to cheer louder then normal (I don’t think that was needed, he could do nothing and people would cheer).

The show still hasn’t started but Russell is here talking; he mentions the new pope, if he hadn’t I would of felt cheated of money. He goes on about it not being a surprise ‘its always an old man with a beard’ 

Then he talked about Jimmy Savile, ‘he kinda makes sense now, before when I was a kid he didn’t make sense but now he does’. He also mentioned (which at the time I hadn’t heard but have now read in a news paper - thank god or the dm would of had a field day) that Rolf Harris is being questioned now also - the crown gasp ‘don’t blame me’ Russell exclaims

He then has to find a problem he can solve on air with David Icke and Jon Ronson; I offer myself up, as an art student what am I meant to do with my life, apparently that’s too complex for a tv show. They settle on a girls whose room mate has loud sex next to the kitchen. During this section Russell is also confronted with a crows foot necklace - he wasn’t a fan of it but as always tried his hardest to be lovely to the girl.

He also had an electrician device he planned to use during the show on Icke if he over ran on answering questions and picked an audience member to test it out and in true Russell fashion, the only place he could possible do with was on her boobs, alas it didn’t work, so he settles for her arm.

Its the start of the actual tv show now, Russell goes off so he can make his entrance, walks back on, we cheers. He feeds chocolate right in the mouth of a girl wearing a mask of the queens face (I don’t really know why - why not!). It seems like he’d only been on a few minutes, explaining what’s coming up on the show, mentioning his in london then from the corner of my eye I see Garth making hand gestures and that’s in we are on a break!

He chats to the audience during the break starts to tell a story about Morrissey but gets cut short because before you know it we are back on to film.

Out comes David Icke, Russell cuts to the chase, ‘do you mind if we talk about lizards’. He recalls a convocation he had with Noel G, I quote which I can’t really remember, but the essence of it being that no-one cared about anything other than the lizards. 

There was then another break, Russell and David talk amongst themselves, I ponder what the tv show to advert ratio is.

Back to the show, Russell has devised a quiz for David. This quiz being pictures on peoples faces, he then had to tell us if they where a lizard or not; Kate Middleton, apparently so.

Another break, this time we are joined by Jon Ronson - I like him. They are going on about the Psychopath test (his book). Russell apparently fits the bill alarmingly. Luckily he can empathise, else we’d have a real problem on own hands! 

I think this was the break that Russell demanded Bananas - the first offering was all gone off and ended up in Garth’s t-shirt pocket; while on stage Garth was trying to tell Russell something, information about what’s coming up, Russell took this as an opportunity for some laughs ‘is that a banana in your pocket or are you just happy to see me’ trying to kiss him ect. it was one of the highlights of the night for me. The information he was trying to convey being that they wanted to end the show with Russell leading everyone outside into the streets of London - ‘Citin

It was now time to meet a crew member, I think he was called sam. I wasn’t invested in that part of the show. David and Jon joined Russell to solve the pre picked problem, and I think they over ran as Garth’s hand gestures where getting increasingly manic. They solved the problem by bring the girls of stage and ringing the respective girls boyfriend. ‘I think this problem will resolve its self in a few weeks’.

It was now time to march in to the streets, bit chaotic! 

All in all a strange but enjoyable experience. It was nice seeing Russ in a different more structured context. The one thing I can’t get over is the amount of adverts!   

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