Then, at some ungodly hour of the morning, I saw the sketch troupe Pappy's on Dick and Dom's Funny Business.
Matthew Crosby The Good Ship, London, Mon 9 ; Baby Blue, Liverpool, Thu 12 Building a reputation as one-quarter of the hugely impressive sketch outfi t Pappy's Fun Club, Crosby's also a sharp, inventive stand-up.
It's exactly what Pappy's Fun Club (as they were then known) did with their magnificent 2009 show.
Clark, along with Matthew Crosby and Tom Parry, is one-third of comedy trio Pappy's (formerly known as Pappy's Fun Club).
This allows Pappy's to address the audience directly: there's never any pretence that they're anywhere but right here, right now.
"It's interesting, isn't it?" says Matthew Crosby, one-third of Pappy's.
Tom Parry has been at the heart of Pappy's (the team behind BBC3 sitcom Badults) for more than 10 years; now he's setting out on his own.
Pappy's, formerly Pappy's Fun Club, are much more than a sketch troupe, though.
Pappy's play The Other Side, Scarborough, on Saturday.
I head straight from the airport to Pappy's for Memphis-style ribs.
They fire skits, rather than shots, over the bow of the regime, a spacious premise reminiscent of all-male sketch troupe Pappy's - perhaps inevitable given Pappy's member Tom Parry's involvement as director.
