Its been an unusually busy winter period for us; an installation for Winterlight in Sowerby Bridge with Edward Taylor, Steve Gumbley and Bryan Tweddle then a short 6 Impossible Things tour in Kent. December is more known at Avanti HQ for book keeping. Watching a bit of Christmas telly I saw a program on channel five, Ken Dodd ‘In His Own Words’. As usual there was lots to enjoy, watching Doddy is always a bit of a master class, he is the kind of multitalented clown/grotesque that in a different age would have been a court jester. Watching him interviewed, one notices that he is always torn between cracking a joke (from his huge reportoire) or trying to answer in a straight forward way, this is something many performers feel when in a meeting or more formal situation. I watched a bit more of his stuff on the Youtube and his comedy vent act is well worth a look. He even quoted Camus

 

Camus

“Don’t walk in front of me… I may not follow


Don’t walk behind me… I may not lead


Walk beside me… just be my friend”

 

Doddy

“Don’t walk in front of me… I may not follow


Don’t walk behind me… I may not lead


Walk beside me… or why don’t you just go away….