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Well, guess who shook hands with Graeme Garden?

The folks and I have, of course, just been to see the Goodies at QPAC.

It was a great show - very interactive and a very, very enthusiastic audience (the octogenarian on my left was in there foot-rumbling with the best of us), and even though we couldn't squeeze a second encore out of them and the Funky Gibbon routine at the end was a bit limp, a fine time was had by all. While it was organised as a pre-arranged Q&A (apparently you could submit questions via their website) there was room for improvisation and it was all very relaxed and friendly. And it wasn't exclusively Goody, either - there were skits in there from the Footlights and ISIRTA days - big cheers from the Lady Constance fan club in the rafters (and the dags in the fifth row - thanks again, Jenn, we owe you one!)

We were disappointed to find after the show that no-one was around to sign autographs as promised...until we gave up and wandered down to the stage door, where a lively throng was...thronging. Three Goodies and all freely available! They were all very generous (and oft-kissed, even!) and seemed genuinely chuffed to sign my vinyl single of "A Walk in the Black Forest", finally unearthed in Mum and Dad's garage yesterday afternoon after several days of searching. I knew it'd come in handy eventually : ) Mr Brooke Taylor told us he'd been delighted to find the car they'd had hired for them in Frisby turned out to have 'TBT' as its numberplate. Photos to follow - if I can find one in which my hair looks alright ; )