Pierre Novellie

APPLAUSE What about you, Pierre?

I'm on tour at the moment, and the tour got listed in The Guardian, which is a new thing for me, that's never happened before, but in the listing, in their recommendation, back to basics observational comedy, no overarching themes.

LAUGHTER So, any ideas?

Is there one where specifically they try and avoid the Reaper?

Ah, I think I know what this is.

Oh, OK.

Is it The Seventh Seal?

Uh-huh.

Playing chess against death?

It is The Seventh Seal.

Wow.

Some friends of mine at university put on a production of The Seventh Seal, and there was a tech error.

And when, in this very ominous scene where the reaper leads the knight to the little table to play chess for his soul, it was supposed to play a kind of ominous sort of Gregorian chant, and what it actually played was Blame It on the Boogie by the Jackson 5.

In one of the reviews, they say it's a very interesting choice to contrast death with such funky tunes.

I will say, hairdryers is the polite comparison.

There is a genital aspect to Peppa Pigs.

Remove one nostril.

I chose Jesus on Gardening.

By David Musket.

It's a book of theological musings by a vicar based around how often gardening does come up in the parables of Jesus, which is a lot, to be fair.