Believe it or not, Worathep's actually a fully
unpaid-up member of the British actor's union Equity. I earned enough
professional contracts to join this particular gentleman's drinking
club by doing stand-up comedy in colleges, universities and comedy
clubs
across the UK under the stage name Kidd Radical. My most memorable
booking was the University of London Business Estate Management
Graduation Party at the
Kensington Roof Garden: a roomfull of pissed-up Tories, a pond full of
pink flamingos
and an anarchic, punk rock, ranting poet, moir! The bastards threw celery at me.
Fortunately that was almost 20 years ago and hopefully most of the evil
graduates have
been subsequently swallowed up by the sub-prime mortgage effect. Still, I could murder a
roast flamingo, just hold the veggies. Follow the links below for some of the skits ...
A STAND UP GUY
Thailand went from bottom bunk to top
table in the fight against HIV/Aids in the 90s, due
mainly to the pre, mid and post coital exertions of a man they
nicknamed Mr Condom.
Condom, for cunning linguists, is Tung Yang or ‘bag rubber’ in Thai. Now I’m not taking sides but I’d rather be called Mr Condom
than Mr Tung Yang any day of the week. In fact, I imagine it would be
quite cool being Mr Condom. Think of all the parties you would be taken
to.
The rumour mill, and therefore unconfirmed, has it that Mr
Condom’s wife, was none too happy with the success of her husband as
she inherited the title Lady Femidom: she didn’t get out much but when
she did she’d been known to shoot across the room at the most
inopportune moments. READ MORE
