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NEWS • GOSSIP • OPINION The Brand Baggs brings his loony logic to the Fringe
In the Baggs
The Apprentice’s most memorable contestant prepares to take on the Fringe – for one day only
L A V I T S E F
‘I ’m alive: there are so many people that aren’t alive or have died, unfortunately. I’m alive; that’s a gift, frankly. I wake up early every morning once I’ve had the sleep I need. I go out and make money. Everything I touch turns to sold.’ Oh Lord. Those who witnessed Stuart ‘The Brand’ Baggs on the Beeb’s The Apprentice could barely forget him. Arguably more memorable than
any actual winner of the series, this hapless contender ensured his linguistic lunacy kept him ahead of the game. Until, that is, he was unceremoniously fired. What the heckers he’s doing at the Fringe is anyone’s guess but at the Fringe he is. Check him out for an informal lunch chat at The Bog Room @ The Caves on Sat 27 Aug. You have been warned.
10 THE LIST 11–18 Aug 2011
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5 Things. . . QUIZZES They make you laugh, but they also make you think
1 Comedy Countdown
Considerably more entertaining than its daytime TV
equivalent. Teams of comedians attempt to beat the Countdown clock.
2 Al Murray’s Compete for
the Meat Untimely Christmas quiz with festive dinner on a
plate for the winners, in the form of a frozen turkey.
3 Fingers on Buzzards: The
Improvised Pub- Quiz A quiz gone pear-shaped with improvisational challenges and points for wrong answers.
4 The Ultimate Quiz Show
featuring Silly Milly Game show love-child mixing
games and quizzes with magic and balloon animals at the Friday night kids’ party.
5 Quiz in my Pants Popular
quiz team name gets its very own Fringe show. Aptly titled
rounds include ‘chortle torture’ and ‘set-up stand-up’.
OVERHEARD IN EDINBURGH
‘But I’ve got friends coming through from Glasgow. They’ve got tickets and they’re not even an anybody.’ A last minute telephone plea from one incredulous Edinburgh art scene resident, disgruntled to not get a ticket to this year’s List party. Charming.