French And Saunders - Still Alive!

On Friday night Laura and I went to see French and Saunders at Theatre Royal, "Dreary Lane" (as F&S called it).  Oh my goodness, I have never laughed so hard in my life (well except for when I saw them a few years ago at the Hammersmith Apollo).  They were absolutely hilarious!

The funniest sketch was when Dawn French came out to the whole audience.  She finally confessed, in front of several hundred people, in her own words  - "My name is Dawn French, and I am a chocoholic".  What, we didn't know that already?  Honey, you ain't got the figure of a gymaholic, have you now?  But then she dressed up in what can only be described as a ghostbusters gone wrong sort of backpack, with a video probe - and came down into the audience looking for contraband - and confiscating it!    Maltesers, Jelly Babies - you name it - and bearing in mind the audience probably bought these things at the Theatre, they would've cost a pretty penny or pound.  Then she used the probe on some people's more intimate parts - which we could see on screen - most amusing, especially for the woman who had a gerbil nesting in her bra!  Reminds me of those stories of guys with dreadlocks who go and get their hair cut, and there's a load of redbacks nesting in their hair...

There were plenty of references to their work on the Vicar of Dibley and Ab Fab - in fact they were both competing to see which show was more popular with the audience - who was the comedy goddess and all - they even performed the first Ab Fab sketch that had appeared on their sketch show... but the funniest was when the giant Geraldine Grainger came in... have a look here (and no, I didn't record this - I was being honest...) Anyway, it was an absolutely fabulous night (hehehe!) - it's a shame its their last (but I'll be honest with you - I think they'll be back...!)