We last saw them in 2006 at the Shepherd's Bush empire. That night they had Phil Jupitus (and Ade Edmonson, I think) taking Viv Stanshall's role. Because of the nature of the venue, we couldn't really see that much, but the sound was perfect/
We went to see "three Bonzos and a piano" at an arts venue in Windsor, Berkshire, 4? years ago, and that was great.
The show at the Palladium was fab. Most (but not all) our favourites were played. The audience was appreciative. A little girl sitting in the row behind was bored bored bored, and kept kicking the back of the seat. It reverberated all down the row to our seats. In the interval, I asked her dad to stop her doing it. He said he hadn't realised. She still did it in the second half.
The Viv role was taken by a chap I didn't know. I've just Googled, and his name is Michael Livesley - he did a fab job. We spent a lot of the journey home trying to think of comedians who had a good enough voice to take the Viv role, and struggled to think of any of the "current crop" (by which I mainly mean people we see on shows like 8 out of 10 Cats Does Countdown or Taskmaster. ) who could pull it off.
Before the show we ate at Balls and Company in Greek Street. They're a "gourmet meat ball" restaurant. We rarely eat out as a couple these days, so we pushed the boat out a bit. Definitely a success - I didn't find myself thinking"I could have made a better x than that". I loved their squash Arancini (I love Arancini anyway) so much, that I'm going to make squash risotto (followed by squash Arancini) at home.
Even my cocktail was lovely. I can make a very acceptable Sour myself and, as I drank theirs, I thought,"yep, this is better than mine". I'm out of practice, and I think I'm going to have to get back in practice.
Everywhere was heaving last night. The trains were packed, the tubes were packed as though it was a weekday rush hour. There had been a problem at LIverpool Street, and I think that caused a bit of a backlog. Even after the show, there were just so many people trying to get funnelled down into the tube. We got to Paddington really quickly, and the mainline traine home was also packed, with many people having to stand. I don't really understand why they didn't have a slightly longer train.
We got home soooooo late. Or, from another perspective, so early. We're old fogeys now, so anything after about 10.30 is "late". Anything that means "in the early hours of the next day" usually only happens on 1st January!
We certainly know how to live!
