Drop The Dead Donkey was a satirical comedy show, shown on Channel 4 back in the nineties.
Though it wasn’t an avid watch for me, I generally enjoyed it, if I happened to stumble across it whilst channel surfing.
So, when Mrs M suggested we go see it at the theatre, I thought “Why not? Let’s give it a go”.
With the same cast (mostly) and written by the same scriptwriters, it should be a good show.
And, it was… alright.
I didn’t find it as funny as I’d hoped and some of the more topical news jokes felt like they’d been crowbarred in.
But it was… OK.
It didn’t help that the audio was bit echo-ey (to my ears) and I struggled to hear some parts of the dialogue.
Similarly, due to the way the set was designed, our favourite seats didn’t afford us a full view of the stage.
But, overall it was… OK.
However, our night out at the theatre was enhanced by Mrs M sneakily upgrading our package. This allowed us access to the lounge area, where we had our own attendant who waited on us and supplied drinks and nibbles. No hanging around outside and queueing with the proletariat for us! And during the interval, we headed back to the lounge to find ice cream and beer already waiting for us at our reserved table.
Very nice.
Mrs M enjoyed the experience so much, I have a feeling it might become a regular thing.
I used to always watch that show…partly because I was in love with Neil Pearson!!
A friend of mine at the time was an ” extra” and she used to waft across the back of the action carrying a piece of paper and looking busy. There goes Diane again we would say!!
She wasn’t in the theatre show.
It was a very small cast.
I used to always watch that show…partly because I was in love with Neil Pearson!!
A friend of mine at the time was an ” extra” and she used to waft across the back of the action carrying a piece of paper and looking busy. There goes Diane again we would say!! Her husband was an actor …..he was the original ” it does what it says on the tin”
Mr Ron Seal?
Yes, Mr .Ron Seal indeed!
Sorry about 2 comments……I am having trouble with your blog……it takes an age to come up to start with and then when I clicked on” post comment” nothing happened for ages. I will persevere however! ( Using a Mac desktop and Chrome)
You’re not the first to mention that the site sometimes runs slow, Frances. Actually, I’ve noticed it myself.
I’ll have to speak with my hosting company and see what they say.
I concur.
You came. You saw. You concurred.
I’ve seen the adverts for Drop The Dead Donkey on Faceache. I was a fan of the TV series. However a little voice deep inside has told me to stay away from the revival. After reading this, I’m glad I have resisted the lure. Congrats on the upgrade though.
Yeah, although it was OK, it’s not something I would recommend going to see.
No upgrade.
I’ve removed some WP Plugins, to see if it helps.
Not convinced it has.
PS. Your blog is working properly now…..very quick on the uptake!
OK, so maybe it has improved. That’s good.
Let me know if it plays up again.
I remember that show.
Oh, what a disappointment. I would have expected it to be all polished up and even better!
Are you going deaf, Masher? You probably need your own butler then. If I saw you behaving like that at the theatre I’d be calling you a pretentious twot. That’d be because I was jealous.
I think I probably am a little deaf, nowadays, Jules.
I SAID THAT I THINK I PROBABLY AM A LITTLE DEAF NOWADAYS.
The constant tinnitus doesn’t help.
Pretentious? Moi?
Mrs M did well to upgrade your experience 👌