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what? It was mad.

So he had a Ukrainian passport, right? And I was like, fucking hell.

So I looked him up, couldn't find him anywhere, couldn't find him anywhere.

One of the lads, my mate, comes in and he's like, let me have a look at it.

We find one link to an article on BBC saying this lad and his wife had been...

When Ukraine got invaded by Russia, they got stuck in Greece and it was like a big piece on them.

on top of it.

in the Monkey Barrel Bar, which

I actually really like.

It's slightly less...

There's slightly less onus on celebrity in there.

Everybody seems to just be combingling and having quite a nice time.

Then we went to this other bar, which is the Assembly Artists Only Bar.

You have to have a little...

had a great chat with Ray.

He's looking great.

Somebody said to me that they saw him and he's a big laugher, actually.

He's a big laugher? They were like, he was really good value in the show.

Really? Two stars.

Made me laugh too much.

Yeah.

If anything, it was too cogent.

Yeah.

this is like no dogs um and then i and then they they didn't want to move for the dog yeah they did eventually move for the dog because i told them you've got to move for the dog because they said we're only staying for two acts and then leaving i'm like well then you can just leave yeah you can do

that now that's bad form i think especially at a show at the fringe like that you know you want to keep people in especially with the I've told you a little bit about my show, right, which is we gig together quite a lot.

And one of the great places in my professional career is to work with Peter Jones on a near daily basis.

But we see a lot of each other's stuff and we write together as well sometimes.

And one of the things that I'm working on in the show, and I'm not sure if I want to do it, is like the emotional engine.

Like, why am I saying these things? And it's not, I've worked for my entire career on club comedy, punchy jokes, getting through it.

And there's this bit in the middle that I'm trying to work on.

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