Saturday 14 April 2007
top model Kate Moss our very special guest tonight was laughing lots , telling me afterwards that she had really enjoyed the night
The entertainment was provided by
Will Smith
,Mitch Benn & Cary Marx, Kate Moss had no complaints ,but a woman did become confrontational because the acts following Will Smiths excellent performance were both slightly delayed thanks to the Northern line
.
Thursday 3 May 2007 Open spot Kiwi act
Nikolaile Strange had asked a female member if she liked hairy bottoms to which she replied "I have no choice "Her boyfriend sitting beside her looked slightly embarrassed.
Thursday 3 May 2007 Again both Time Out magazine,and The Evening Standard have this Saturdays 5 May show as their critics choice.
Saturday 5 May 2007 Another smashing night which included top act 
Nina Conti & her Monkey.
Thursday 10 May 2007 At our open spot show tonight Brodick Chow was just not funny when showing complete contempt for all animals other then man.
Saturday 12 May 2007 It was a fantastic night with huge TV personality and top comic Sean Lock
putting in a secret gig.
Thursday 17 May 2007 Lewis Schaffer Schaffer made the very
first jokes about the guilt of the McCanns - he
has two kids, one same age as Madeleine - and
some people laughed and agreed.,but got heckled by a few who diden`t agree. Lewis Schaffer told me that he saw parent's involvement from the very begining and wasn't fooled by them.
I must say that I very much disagree with Lewis .I think Madeleine`s parents are totally inocent of any involvment.
Bruce Forsyth
& 
Vernon kay together with BBC TV requested me to nominate unsigned Monkey Business acts to be auditioned regarding a new Saturday night prime time show .If one of the acts is sucsessful the future could look very bright for them
Sunday 27 May 2007 Latest news on the posssibility of Harry Hill putting in new dates for me is that when I last spoke to him a few days ago he was tied up so we will just have to see ,
Thursday 7 June 2007 .Monkey Business is highlited in The London paper regarding
Lucy Porter`s 
gig with us tomorrow,& we we have a whole page great review in the comedy magazine The Fix in connection with Stephen Carlin`s recent gig with us.
Saturday 9 June 2007
Reginald D Hunter`s 2007 Edinburgh show performance was not without controversy as he puffed away in our no smoking club.A woman shouted out her objection to this .Reg had trouble making comedy from her outburst .There was mixed reaction from other members of the audience Some also requested Reg to stop puffing, but others started lighting up showing their support for Reg .One young man declared " I am here for the comedy not to have rules poured down my throat."
I drove Reginald home afterwards and he told me that he respected the woman`s challenge ,and was in fact looking forward to Britain`s smoking ban fromJuly 1st..
Sunday 10June 2007 Reginald D Hunter joined me to Speakers Corner in Hyde Park "a place he had not ever been before.It took a few cups of Vodka but Reg climbed my ladder and spoke.giving a very fair performance..
Friday 22 June 2007Aussie sensation Adam Hills 
was truely excellent when performing his first gig at Monkey Business having the crowd in stitches & Lewis Schaffer as support was also in great form tonight.
Friday 29 June 2007 Canadian comic Jason Rouse 
had a hard gig tonight with heckles from the audience " .
Interestingly Jason stormed the club when last with us a couple of years ago with similar shock sexual material.
Saturday 30 June 2007 A smashing evening with Two classy stand ups . Stephen K Amos
A regular contributor on Big Brothers Big mouth ,and who recently has made a big impression performing to huge audiences across Australia, and Matt Kirshen 
who has reached the last ten competitors in the American talent contest ,The Last Man Standing.
Wednesday 4 July 2007 Russell Brand 
was to be filmed at a top secret
Monkey Business gig today but the filmmakers decided to move it to a theatre at the last moment.
Thursday 5 July 2007 Bruce Dessau / Evening Standard has made our show tomorrow his number One critics choice with a smashing photo of
Josie Long .
Bruce describes Josie as the gifted irrepressible queen of Indi comedy who might walk off with every award available in Scotland next month
Friday 6 July 2007 Josie Long was playful and fun,but a group of thirty young men from Sandhurst made life a bit tough for her as her style of comedy was not what they had expected.The lads were polite,allthough just a little noisy.
Gorden Southern on the bill had a much easier path.
It is never an easy gig if you have two very different types of people,and tonight that was the case.
Saturday 7 July 2007 A smashing night with Three top acts performing hard hitting comedy Andy Zalzsman 
along with Angie Mcvoy & John Lenahan replacing Phil Nichol .
The audience loved every moment.
Tuesday 10 July 2007 Max Somerset a good friend of mine for many years who has performed at Monkey Business a number of times
invited me to attend the BBC 1 Champers party to celebrate the huge success of his brand new reality magic show "The Sorcerer`s Apprentice " now on BBC1 every night at 5.oclock
..
Friday 13 July 2007 A nice evening with Two top comics Jeff Green,& Nick Doody
Saturday 14 July 2007 Rich Hall 
in a top secret gig tonight .There was lots of loud laughter.
Monday 16 July 2007 I spoke with Noel Fielding
in the morning who said that I should phone him back tomorrow so we can put some dates in December .Keep fingers crossed for me everyone x
Tuesday 17 July 2007 Had not managed to speak again with Noel but I left him a message .
Went along to the Hackney Empire which had a super show to thank Malcolm Hay
Time Out comedy critic over 20 years for all his support now that he is leaving the job.
The acts included Al Murry the pub landlord ,Scott Capurro, Mark Thomas,Mitch Benn,and Omid Djalili .Malcolm told me that he enjoyed the show that much he forgot to be embarressed.
Thursday 19 July 2007 Monkey Business is Critics Choice in this weeks Time Out magazine regarding this Saturdays show ,and our club once again held the number 1 slot for the most visited site on the Time Out web page .
Friday 20 July 2007 Sean Lock performed a top secret gig tonight and the man was once again was in cracking form .Look out next Monday on Channel 4 when he presents TV Heaven ,Telly Hell.
Friday 27 July 2007 Michael Mcintyre gave a hugely entertaining performance at Monkey Business tonight.
This is one fine comedian.
Saturday 21July 2007 Rhod Gilbert 
and Brendon Burns 
were both in excellent form doing their Edinbugh Preview shows .
Wednesday 15 August 2007 Got myself invited to the premiere of the Bourne Ultimatum in Leicester Square .I was sitting just in front of Prince
and his entourage of bodyguards. Interestingly Stephen Fry 
, sitting in front of me, was unprotected.
Thursday 16 August 2007 New act George Muluge made sexist remarks,and made the big mistake of attempting to make the audince feel guility for not being that receptive to his jokes.
Also the suggestion that Maddie's parents could have been responsible for their missing daughter was unneccessary.
.Monday 20 August 2007 I spoke live on BBC Radio London 94.9 FM The Late Show with
Jumoke Fashola on various subjects including Monkey Business, speaking at Speakers Corner , and spoken word.
I also reviewed the mornings papers
Martin Besserman above Speaking at Speakers Corner in 1990
Tuesday 28 August 2007
I was invited back to speak on BBC Radio London 94.9 FM on the Robert Elms Show to talk about his Monkey Business comedy club,and the launch of his new club soon to open
Wednesday 5 September 2007
Spoke with Harry Hill 
today who said that allthough he was quite busy with TV projects this autumn he might be able to put a gig in for me at short notice.
Saturday 22 September 2007 
Mark Thomas performed a secret first ever gig at Monkey Business.He was in flying form.
Monday 24 September 2007
I bumped into Simon Amstell 
of
"Never Mind the buzzcocks" at the Steeles pub, who wished me luck regarding the opening of my new Monkey Business club there.
He spoke nostalgically of his Two gigs with me Three years ago ,saying that he would pop his face in once I get the new club running.
Thursday 4 October Monkey Business has a whole page write up on the club in the Camden Gazzette
Thursday 4 October
Time Out magazine 
choose our show at The Sir Richard Steeles this Saturday their critic`s choice .and Monkey Business went top of Time Out`s most viewed page
.
Saturday 6 October 2007 Our first show at The Sir Richard Steele in Chalk Farm saw a full house having an excellent time.
The entertainment was provided by Richard Herring ,Nina Conti,Inda Manocha ,and Jade The Folk Singer.
Monday 8 October & Tuesday 9 October 2007 For the 2nd week in a row Time Out magazine has our next Saturday`s show at The Sir Richard Steele`s Chalk Farm as their critic`s choice.
Also Monkey Business became the most viewed on the Time Out web site.
Friday 12 October 2007 A rather quite evening came alive thanks to our headline act Dan Antolpolski
bursting into song with audience member Oli joining in.
Saturday 13 October 2007 A group of people sitting in the front, drunk out of their heads made life hard for the performers that included Stephen K Amos
,& Dan Antolpolski. at The Steeles. They should never have been allowed in.
Half way though the show the real audience demanded that the stage be moved to the middle of the room ,and that`s what happend, It all turned into a nice gig eventually.
Wednesday 14 November Monkey Business put on a superb show in conjuntion with BBC Radio London 94.9 & BBC TV (a fund raiser for Children in need at Sir Richard Steeles. Acts providing the entertainment included
Felix Dexter,Richard Herring,Lee Nelson,Inda Manocha,Simon Munnery,Steve Weiner,& lovely Edina from Hungry played some beautiful flamenco music.
Friday 23 November 2007 Rich Hall performed another top secret gig for us giving another amazing performance.
Saturday 1 December2007
Lucy Porter 
and Nina Conti
were amongst the fabulous acts to night spreading the smiles & laughter.
Saturday 8 December2007 After a number of hugely enjoyable sucsessful shows in the last few weeks at the new Steeles venue, tonight`s show turned unpleasant when an audience member decided to throw his shoe 
towards the stage which hit one of the performers. I came in for a fair bit of stick for not ejecting the man from the club straight away, which I now deeply regret. However, at the time I was concerned that his 20 rowdy mates could get nasty, having seen this happen at another club where there was bloodshed.
I do feel bad for this fantastic stand up performer who certainly did not deserve this.
I did confront the man and asked him why he had done it, and I realised he had been stupid rather than malicious. He apologised, but at the end of the set I asked him to leave which he did, a few minutes later.
The man couldn`t find his shoe, which I guess was a little bit of a punishment. Monkey Business has always been a friendly club which has not needed security in the past due to the generally warm and tuned in audiences we attract.
Saturday 15 December 2007 Monkey Business at the Steels enjoyed one of the best shows of the whole season with a fully delighted audience entertained by Simon Munnery,Gordon Southern,Steve Weiner ,and sketch group Gag Reflex,amongst others.
Monday 31 December 2007 We had a smashing New Year Eve show to end an amazing Monkey Business year .The acts included entertaining crooner Gary Howard
from the Flying Pickets who had a number 1 Christmas hit with Only You 
text message today saying that as he is presently involved in writing projects so performing at Monkey Business will have to go on hold just at the moment.
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