THE HALL OF FAME

We've had some top acts down, so it only seems fair to flaunt 'em:

1. First up, here's the MIGHTY ROBIN INCE; he's been getting rave reviews for his experimental Book Club, which just started touring the country, and you might also recognise him from Ricky Gervais Politics DVD (he supported Gervais, and provides fodder for the DVD commentary), and he's just had his first film made. He is not, as the above picture may indicate, purple. Robin headlined our first ever CHEEKY/SINISTER waaaaaay back in 2005, and is one of the funniest and nicest men in the world. He's also written for a frighteningly long list of TV programmes - click the link below to see why I am unwilling to type them all out for this blog.

http://www.comedycv.co.uk/robinince/

Let's just limit his credits here to the BAFTA winning Have I Got News for You, Alastair McGowan's Big Impression (BBC1) V Graham, Norton (C4) the Sketch Show (ITV) and for MTV. The day after the show - and despite having to leave home early to do a TV recording - he sent us a text wishing us luck with future gigs. The man's a fucking prince.

2. The lovely and talented CHERRY GREEN, the gorgeous headliner of the second coming of CHEEKY/SINISTER in 2006. You'll know her from the Comedy Idol thingummy on Jimmy Carr: Stand-up 2005 DVD. Cherry has been successful on the stand-up comedy circuit since early 2003. Her dark observational humour has been a monster hit with audiences and is propelling her to the lofty heights of stardom. Cherry is the complete package combining a fantastic sense of humour with raw intelligence... and she's pretty as well. She suspected we were stalkers when we first contacted her with the gig details; we all had to take a piss test to convince her we weren't hopped up on crack. We forgave her, though, 'coz she's got a great gag about the Elgin Marbles.

That said, she ponced about a million cigarettes off me...

3. The tiny but awesomely funny ISY SUTTIE, a musically-inclined comedy genius. She's collaborated with Daniel Kitson for his Edinburgh shows, and confessed to me that in a Vodafone advert she filmed for E4 she had no idea how to play the Viola she was given... but pretended she could do it anyway. Also, if her hate-fuelled ode to Jamie Oliver isn't a Christmas #1 this year I'll be bitterly disappointed with the whole human race (Isy, if you're reading this, I still want a CD).

Isy also ponced cigarettes of me, though only about five or so.

(thinks for a minute)

Y'know, Cherry Green is thieving bastard...

Anyway, the list above is comprised solely of our headliners (who I had pics of on my desktop), and the hall of fame doesn't stop there. We also need to thank Allah for the comic excellence of (deep breath) Ed Hands, Joseph Wilson, Ross Ashcroft, Alice Fisher, James Sherwood, Mike Minera, Anthony Miller, Lisa Egan, Danny Dawes, Kevin Shepherd, Marc Salmon, David Bailey and Iain Tessier - all these guys are incredibly talented and have accomplished too much to put down here without crashing the server.

I recommend googling their asses and seeing just how impressive that list is.

Or, y'know, don't. I'm a lazy asshole as well, I understand your reluctance.

Anyway, the point of this post is to give Cheeky virgins a taste of credentials, and to say thanks to some of the people who've gone out of their way to help make the Sinister a Success.

We'll be adding more great comics to the Hall of Fame on April 5th 2006!

Until next time, release the flesh snowman...

Or something. I don't know, I'm tired...