Dear Friends of German Comedy,
I am about to embark on an extensive flag spotting excursion across England, Wales and Scotland. Welsh flags of course take 20 times longer to paint, but it helps that Welsh police cars are only allowed to travel at 20mph towards the vandalism. I’m not going to Northern Ireland until they’ve decided whether they’re Irish or British.
I also won’t be appearing at the Riyadh Comedy Festival later this month. To be fair, I wasn’t invited but that’s neither here nor there. Some years ago, I turned down the chance to perform a tour show at Dubai Opera House because as a rule of thumb I stay clear of places where slavery is rife and the secret police might cut me to ribbons.
The rewards for clowning around in a repressive desert regime can be enormous, of course. One bloke was recently given a massive aircraft with gold-plated toilets! And most people don’t even find him very funny.
Have a great autumn and hopefully see you soon
Henning
PS: In the meantime, please check out Jake Wood and my latest podcast episodes on www.woodwehn.com
