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May I indulge myself with the love of the genius Bill Bailey today? And hopefully introduce him to some of you that have never seen or heard him, or perhaps you have, in a television series such as Black Books, Hustle or films like Hot Fuzz. He's one of the comedians, like Tommy Cooper (imho) who are just funny by themselves. He makes me laugh just standing still.

What you may not ever have seen is his stand-up, and for that he has my undying passion. He's not only a sci-fi geek, a Trekkie and general elf-lord, but he's a bloody brilliant musician (although you may not guess this from his appearances on "Never Mind the Buzzcocks") - his standups usually involve him playing instruments and exploring music through the genres he likes, such as

Cockney Music

Doctor Who (stay tuned for the Belgian Jazz version) "C'est lui, dans la nuit... Doctor Qui."

Foreign Ambulance Sirens

and the utterly utterly brilliant Kraftwerk spoof, which I've recced before, but doesn't get any less funny.

the IIBB stands for "Is It Bill Bailey?" which was the name of the series - I believe the entire series is on Youtube and I highly recommend them!