Madeleine Brettingham

I think so too.

Handsome, stylish, doesn’t take himself too seriously, open-minded in a quiet sort of way, mixes a nice drink. A king 👑

Ah the sacred hog 😘🦔

Aw lovely! See you there :)

I have a work-in-progress at Top Secret Comedy Club in 3 weeks.

Come :)

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Birthday party of champions

Same 😊

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A fantastic set that had everyone in stitches — watch it now:

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Thankyou. No I haven’t, but I will now :)

Your opening hit home. I can just remember the 70s in real time, but my strongest experience of them was while being an 80s teen, because we were surrounded by its shows, movies, decor, second hand books, whatever. Somehow, it often appealed to me more than new culture. More "This is how it be.'

Yes! And I think culture and technology moved slower so things (trouser styles, sitcoms) just hung around

Very kind, thankyou 🙏

Thankyou, very kind 🙏

Encountering the strange mixture of sadness and riotous absurdity at the heart of this show at the age of 15 changed my life.

This is a wonderful and nuanced assessment, almost fifty years later.

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Yes. It’s the sadness at the heart of the absurdity trap that gets me. What a great piece.

Madeleine Brettingham: Work In Progress - Top Secret Comedy Club Madeleine Brettingham is a writer-turned-performer who’s quickly become one to watch on the stand-up circuit, scooping a string of competition wins including winning the prestigious So You Think You’r...

People who live in London: I’ll be doing a work-in-progress at Top Secret Comedy Club on 10th November.

It’ll be utterly unlike this essay in every way.

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Haha. Funny how these things stick in your head.

My version of that is “just listening to my jazz…” from Sean’s Show. Say that phrase to myself *every time* someone rings while I’m listening to Joy Division/The Smiths or similar.

Yes brilliantly weird comic writing

I agree and think it’s partly because it’s an example of someone joining him in the absurdity just for a moment - and those are the only moments of genuine happiness in the show.

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I have to say (now I'm thinking about it), as much as I love the whole show, I do think that the end of series 1 -

"Martin, I've completely forgotten about Reggie."

"Good, good...

...Good."

- is absolutely perfect.

I love the strange sadness of Reggie Perrin and this is genuinely the best thing I have ever read about it. If anything, it's made me appreciate the show even more.

It’s great ❤️

This is a superb look at a series I thought I'd heard everything about, from all conceivable angles.

Congrats. I think probably for the best 😊

I hope you did a Reggie.

Brilliant.