Quote: swerytd @ February 6 2009, 10:11 AM GMT<tumbleweed, except for one hard-core, never-let-it-go Chris Morris fan whooping, applauding and going 'Yeah!!' at the back of the room>
Dan
Whoop! Yeah!!!!
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Quote: Dolly Dagger @ February 6 2009, 10:12 AM GMTWhoop! Yeah!!!!
It's even worse now you're laughing at yourself... Too much large white wine methinks 
Dan
Quote: chipolata @ February 6 2009, 9:35 AM GMTAlcohol actually kills brain cells, so long term it probably damages the creative process.
But as this recent report suggests, if you drink just a bit, you'll live longer:
"Moderate Drinkers Who Also Exercise Likely to Live Longer, Study Finds
A long-term study of nearly 12,000 people in Denmark found a reduced risk of life-threatening ailments among those who both drank alcohol and exercised regularly"
http://www.winespectator.com/Wine/Features/0,1197,4215,00.html
Quote: NoggetFred @ February 6 2009, 10:20 AM GMTBut as this recent report suggests, if you drink just a bit, you'll live longer:
"Moderate Drinkers Who Also Exercise Likely to Live Longer, Study Finds
A long-term study of nearly 12,000 people in Denmark found a reduced risk of life-threatening ailments among those who both drank alcohol and exercised regularly"http://www.winespectator.com/Wine/Features/0,1197,4215,00.html
And next week they'll be a report out saying exactly the opposite.
Quote: Griff @ February 6 2009, 10:21 AM GMTI suspect it's the "and exercised regularly" which might rule out most of BSG.
Ah you see, that's where I'm going right.
Quote: swerytd @ February 6 2009, 10:17 AM GMTIt's even worse now you're laughing at yourself... Too much large white wine methinks
Dan
Having it large is good. Not like pear type drinks. 
Quote: Dolly Dagger @ February 6 2009, 10:25 AM GMTHaving it large is good. Not like pear type drinks.
Hey, it's ever-so-slightly classier! You drink it out of a recycled paper bag in a Waitrose doorway rather than brown paper slumped outside Co-op...
Dan
Quote: swerytd @ February 6 2009, 10:28 AM GMTHey, it's ever-so-slightly classier! You drink it out of a recycled paper bag in a Waitrose doorway rather than brown paper slumped outside Co-op...
Dan
Quote: Griff @ February 6 2009, 10:25 AM GMT
That doesn't look like it's well cooked to me.
Quote: chipolata @ February 6 2009, 9:39 AM GMTOn the plus side, it does make talking to girls easier.
you allowed to go near them again now Chip?
look - 
There was a great bit in the Charlie Brooker writing special the other week when Tony Jordan was talking about writing Dot Cotton's monologue... I paraphrase a bit but...
"I locked myself in the office with a bottle of bacardi a bottle of coke and 40 silk cut. The next morning my wife woke me up. My face was on the desk I looked up at the screen and saw the words 'fade-out'."
Now I didn't see the Dot Cotton monologue... but respect to the man for that.
I think Tony jordan was legend building. That is, I think he was lying.
Lots of writers are drinkers. Some thrive on it and others piss their talent up the wall. In my experience I prefer the drinkers because most comedy writers are boring when they're sober.
And finally, I think using a bit of booze to aid the creative process is far less of a crutch than frequent posting on a comedy forum.
I'm surprised at the almost American attitude to booze that has been appeared on this post.
I think a lot of writers enjoy a drink, but obviously if you can't write or only write rubbish when you've had a couple then, yes it's best to forget it.
I remember a TV doctor talking about alcohol and a novelist he knew; he was practically an alcoholic when he was working on a book - especially as he's alone, but then when it came to promoting it around the world he never touched a drop.
I don't get hangovers. But I do sometimes find that if I'm a bit drunk, the ideas can flow better but I need to rewrite when I'm sober.
Quote: YesNo @ February 6 2009, 11:51 AM GMTAnd finally, I think using a bit of booze to aid the creative process is far less of a crutch than frequent posting on a comedy forum.
I think frequent posting on a comedy forum is the opposite of a crutch to the creative process. It hinders it. Aaron probably only set up the BSG because of his deep deated hatred of writers.
Quote: chipolata @ February 6 2009, 2:36 PM GMTAaron probably only set up the BSG because of his deep deated hatred of writers.
If I were Mark, I'd have some issues with that comment...
Dan