Do you like my new hat?Last night I won...let me say that again... I only bloody went and WON King Gong at the Comedy Store, Manchester.
King Gong is probably the toughest gong show this side of hell. The audience is traditionally made up of a very special blend of drunken students, sociopaths, serial killers and baying wolves. Last night they were on good form - slaying the 7 acts who went on before me, booing them off the stage, stripped of every last vestage of self-esteem and no doubt destined for a self-induced watery grave in the canal outside.
I won't lie to you - I was shitting myself.
I don't normally get nervous these days. But when you walk on to a stage and not one act before you has lasted more than four minutes without being sent packing, you do start to question what the heck you think you are doing.
Anyway, I just went for it. And blow me if I didn't go and win the bloody thing!
This is a fantastic breakthrough for me. Not only have I won something for only about the 2nd time in my life (as a kid, I once got a gold medal in a local judo competition), but I now get a spot on one of the pro nights at the Comedy Store, supporting some of the country's top acts.
I also won £50 and a lovely crown made of solid gold(-coloured plastic).
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