It was another cracker of a night at Royal George Charing Cross Road on Thursday. First to the stage was guest MC, Lucy Jenner and the first act Lucy brought on was the hilarious Rohan Ashar, who told us you need to be a mathematical genius to work out the numbers at an average Indian wedding. It was then over to Eddie Rojas and the correct aisle in the supermarket to end it all. We then had Seam Anderson and the little known PornHub category of creme brulee doughnuts. After Seam was Elle Simmons and the problem of translating tennis scoring. Dipak Patel then showed us just how his name varies from one racist county to the next. Alexander Pop then conversed with the hoi polloi on a cornucopia of conversational class corollaries. Hot on Alexander’s heels was Elena Cotton and the mystery of Keir Starmer’s missing morals. Mark Daniels then educated us on the difference between a tapestry and an embroidered cloth. Next was the fabulously funny Nigel Wolfin and why tea bagging might not be for him. Closing the first half was the hilarious Nick Morey. Nick recently turned 40, the age you’re supposed to become a high earner. Well, he’s managed one of the two.
After the break, and a quick card trick, I got back the MC reins and brought the hilarious Mj Hunter (pictured) to the stage. MJ had us all in sincere sympathy with him. We had no idea of his pain; he has to deal with Brummie dirty talk. It was then over to Marcos Brito, the rapping riot of homohop. It was then over to Gee Watson and Fiona Bruce’s new, sexier way to present the news. Maria Barbieri was next with just why you should never dis the Grand Canyon before Raj Kukadia confessed to thinking London is losing its whiteness; we never see snow at Christmas anymore. Our penultimate act was Calvin Smith, who told us all just where is best to try out that new material: the Samaritans hotline. Closing the show was the brilliant Stanislav Gunko. Stan confessed to having a deep seated, debilitating fear of flying…back to Russia. And with G&B’s rules of no racism, sexism or homophobia, he can’t even talk about his motherland’s constitution.