The Chuckle Brothers: It seemed a good idea at the time.

Following a couple of drunken coversations with my fellow b3tans ThatNikonFella, and SugarSpunSister regarding B3ta Bashes and what we could do to make one a bit different, we joked around with the idea of hiring an entertainer for the evening. Someone cheesy, someone we would remember from our childhoods. I must admit that the thought of getting a kids entertainer to perform before a load of pissed up web-geeks touched me in a way I’ve not been touched since Great-Uncle Pete said it was “our little secret”. So I decided to email various kids entertainers, or their booking agents, and see just how much they would cost, and how much I could get away with in the email. First up – The Chuckle Brothers!

The following is a copy of the email sent to them (or rather their customer services) on Sat 27th Jan, 2007.

Dear Sir/Madam,

As a long time fan of the Chuckle Brothers – even now hearing “to me to you” sends me spiralling back into nostalgic childhood memories of sitting on my granddad’s knee, watching TV, trying to get comfortable (that man always had something hard in his pocket. Tools, I suppose. He had very rough hands.) – I was wondering if Mr and Mr Chuckle, or Paul and Barry if I may be so bold, also undertook private bookings. As a long time member of an art/comedy website, many of my fellow members meet up for drinks around the country from time to time and we were wondering if we could possibly hire the Chuckle Bros for an evening and if so, how much it would cost. We would be a mainly adult audience, at least physically not mentally and would dearly love to relive our childhood again. Apart from that bit with the uncle and the secret.

I would expect there may be some good natured heckling, and wondered if possibly Paul and Barry (god, I love calling them that) would consider making their act slightly more mature. Nothing serious or degrading, if I wanted to be smacked in the face by a large pink/purple topped tool, I’d ask Timmy Mallet, or perhaps my Granddad again.

I look forward to hearing back from you.

Kindest Regards,
Marc.

 

Have heard nothing back as yet…..will keep you posted.