Letter, Re NewsRevue, To Maggie Danylewycz, 21 January 1994

Maggie Danylewycz 21 January 1994
News Revue


Dear Maggie
 
WOW, WHAT AN OPENER!!

Yes, I loved it to death. I enclose the Portillo and Lilly sketch I promised. Hope you like it. A few thoughts and comments on the stuff from last night.
 
MR GHALI
 
This one goes down so well when I try it out on people one to one. It seemed a bit static -you could try having the “let’s here it for Mr Ghali” over the PA and have one of the cast then come skipping on later in the song. It would benefit from a short sketch to lead into it I think. Also, consider “Guatemali” instead of “Bengali”. The former is so far from accurate that it could only be a joke. Also, Guatemala is very definitely still a war zone whereas Bengal sort of isn’t.
 
MEDLEY FROM HELL
 
I love the bike. It has a News Revue-ness about it. I think Paul could go further in the urine bit – I suggest a glass of Lucozade or Honey & Lemon. This should make the audience laugh and it just about might save Paul’s volume.
 
Basically I think the show is great and I’m looking forward to seeing everyone next week. If you want call me this weekend, please leave your telephone number on my answering machine as I have mislaid it from last week!
 
Yours sincerely
 
 
 
Ian Harris