Jongleurs is one of the biggest and well-known comedy clubs in London, if not the UK. Jongleurs is actually a chain but I decided that we might as well go to the sight where the first Jongleurs club was set up – in Battersea. Surprisingly last tonight was an easy night to get together a few people to come along with me. Even better was the discount that we were able to get on entry – from £16.50 down to £9. Not bad for a few hours of comedy.
To be honest I didn’t know what to expect. All we knew was that doors closed at 8.15 and the show started at 9. I personally expected maybe an hour or an hour and a half maximum of comedy and instead the whole thing finished at around about 11.45! There were five comedians and a compare and the compare was a laugh all by himself so we basically got six stand up acts – all of varying quality and all quite distinct and different from each other. I can’t remember all 
their names but I do remember one guy had a lot of props – hilarious when he dragged out his little speak and spell. As for the comedy that was actually delivered tonight – well, it was okay if not the greatest thing I’ve ever seen.
There were nearly 20 of us there for the show and I was a bit worried about how everyone would get along with a mixture of work people from here, work people from home, my brother and some other friends from back home. As expected everyone pretty much stayed within their groups but I hope they all enjoyed themselves. At the end of the show many were not game enough to stick around for the disco but Einstein and Sir Jules had no choice as Sir Jules and I were 
staying at Einstein’s house that night! I had a good laugh at the cheesy music they played for the disco and some of the dance moves on the floor.
Oh, on a side note Jongleurs also serves food (generally they try and encourage you to finish this before the comedy starts) and drinks – mainly in jugs and buckets of bottles, though you could get singles too. Their cocktails were okay if slightly skimpy on the alcohol though clearly different bartenders mixed different levels of alcohol into each of the five jugs (or was it six?) that Einstein and I shared between us.
Overall Jongleurs was a fun and entertaining experience and a great way to spend a Friday night with a bunch of good people.
Some of the comedians:
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“Snooker Loopy”
Snooker loopy nuts are we,
we and we!
and we and we Miss Fruitcakes! Yes and Yes!
In all seriousness though – i thought that the funniest person was the Aussie with the deadpan delivery – i thought that the guy with the props was puerile and the Kiwi guy just shouted a lot.
The compare just alternated his voice from quiet to SHOUTING WHEN HE THOUGHT HE WAS DELIVERING KILLER LINES. It was good as an alternative night out though.
I think that i should go on the comedy circuit though –
For example
” excuse me sir – does your wife like Curry?”
“Yes? – then get her to hop to Kwik save and get me a can of vindaloo before i snook a cockle on
her wide ass!”
what do you think?
Umm … yea. I think your act would be the hit of the circuit that’s for sure.
The Aussie comedian was pretty good – I thought you’d like his dry delivery. Did you really think that the guy with the props was that bad? At least it was something different at least.