He's a culchie too, is it?
Woods - I should have guessed.
Coal, Gas & Peat? Check
Electricity? Check
Posts & Telegraphs? Nope - Myles didn't know how to change his name
Forestry & Fisheries? Check - Keith Woods just graduated
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Electricity: has Woodsy ever done any telly work? Prime Time type shit? Chat shows? Comedy/stand up? How about a night at The International Bar on Wicklow Street? That one's a free for all, a veritable Speaker's Corner with a proper little stage and a mic/PA. I did some poetry/spoken word type shows there back in the 90s. Twenty people and it's stuffed. Ever thought of doing any stand up yourself, Jambo? y'know, a sort of 'One Night Only' speaking engagement where you can cover all the topics of the day that enthuse you?
I'm thinking Val could be elevated to a far more prominent position than he is now: momentum's on his side, but originality sadly isn't. Hardly matters, time loves a hero and he's on a roll. I can get him some attention from the producer of one current talk show. AllI need do is drop him a few choice links to some of Val's more 'out there' moments. The Scratching Song we'll overlook until the general public have met the man proper:
I'm not sure if I linked the correct video, but you get the idea.
If I can vault Val onto the national television screens for even one minute - we can change fucking everything in one fell swoop.
Val's kryptonite is that high-pitched warble he does when he's pretending to find something hysterically funny.
He goes:
'a-haa, ha, haaa, aaaaha, nyuck-nyuch, tahaaaaaaaaaa, ooojaze - ahaaaaaaaaaaa, ha, ha, haaaaaaaaaa-ha, ahem, umm, eh, ummmm, yeh... a um '
Except he doesn't even deliver a punchline beforehand.
It is what it is.
And I
think -
NO: I'm sure that the Irish general public are more than ready for a new King Of Comedy:
This could be
exactly what saves RTE going forward.
Think about it?