Bartender

Sure.

Bartending, what bartending did for me was build my confidence in a social skill that I didn't have.

So regardless of how I am now, fully animated and fully ready to say hi to anybody just about, is because of my bartending years where I'm forced to talk to people I don't know, try to make them comfortable and having a seat, you know, trust me with your order, I'll make you a good drink.

You know what I'm saying? Sure.

But, well, anyways, football didn't work out.

Bartending turned out to be what I was really good at.

Working in the restaurant business, as you do in Florida.

It's a service industry.

The Taylor was played by Enda Oates.

Dawn Bradfield was Lady of the Spuds and Bab the Barwoman was Noni Stapleton.

Ellie Brosnan Corkery played the Child and all other parts were played by the company.

harpist Geraldine Daugherty arranged and performed the music, sound design and sound supervision was by Damien Chanel.

drink.

Barman, if you could just, you know, we're 39 episodes in.

We don't actually know the barman's name who works at our bar today.

But if you could just get working on that, that would be great.

You that have worn your eyes almost out in the service, you will be considered.'

"'What's to do here, Thomas Tapster? Let's withdraw.'

here comes signor claudio led by the provost to prison and there's madam juliet

exeunt enter provost claudio juliet and officers exeunt

Are you of fourscore pounds a year?

Yes, I please you, sir.

So what trade are you of, sir? Tapster, a poor widow's tapster.

Your mistress's name? Mistress Overdone.

Okay.

Bartending, finally it got me.

There was just so much smoke in the bar anyway that at one point in a drunken stupor, I just picked up a cigarette and then that was all she wrote for the next 40 years, 30 years.

Okay, so you weren't just a social smoker.

Now we're going to play a game that we like.

Before we get your dream drink, we're going to play Bartender's Bluff.

Okay.

So last time we played this was with Mark Watson, the comedian.

I'll be the left spoon, and you be the right spoon." Uh, left spoon, right spoon, left spoon, right spoon, and they march up to the bar.

And the man behind the bar says, "Uh, who the fuck left these spoons lying around?" And he straight away fires the barwoman.

The barwoman.

He says, "You, barwoman, or lounge girl, or whatever the hell you are.

You're a lounge girl." But you're not allowed to call you a lounge girl nowadays, 'cause it's politically incorrect, uh, supposedly.

Anyway, uh, barwoman, "You're fired.

You can't be leaving spoons lying around.

What do we even use spoons for? We're a frigging pub.