Andrew O'Neill's Blog
Chortle awards
I didn't win it. I didn't expect to, but I'm left wondering if this means that technically I haven't broken through and am left scratching at the underside of some comedy membrane. Sarah Millican won it, quite rightly. She won the If.com newcomer award and has gone through the roof. It's like an award for winning awards. Odd. It's a shame I didn't win, because I was going to sing the Queen song 'Breakthrough' all the way through. Sarah Millican didn't even show up. Loser.
The party was good. It being a party, I dressed up. As per usual it was like coming out again. Loads of people thought it was something new, as opposed to something I've done for 10 years. People were very complimentary though. I like the open-mindedness of the comedy world. I got to tell Roy Walker my Roy Walker reference too, which was pretty sweet. Which, on reflection, means I've now told Roy Walker, Clive Anderson AND Russell Grant about the references to them I've made in my material. That's magick at work right there. Performing material about people means you get to meet them.
The Roy Walker bit is about people shouting at me for cross-dressing:
'It tends to take the form of 'say what you see'. Roy Walker should be proud of the legacy he's left us with Catchphrase.
"There's Mr. Chips there, what's he doing?"
"HE'S WEARING A DRESS!"
It was well funny. I said 'I'm a transvestite' to introduce the topic of the joke (I was wearing a skirt, make-up and heels at the time...) He said "I don't care what you are as long as you're enjoying yourself." He was a bit pissed...
you get the breakthrough-my-comedy-hymen award . Its the best award , i've heard it said - honest i have ... someone actually said "its the best award" .... i think it was in a pub . But yes - you're a winner baby !!!!
Because of what you do, what you believe and the way you go about it, you're a winner to me.
Sorry if it sounds yankee-wanky but it's true.
You can have the seeb award for funniest person in my friends list
there, you've broken through x