At this time of the year, I usually write my fun script for our annual Crazy Christmas Show.
Last year, after 25 years of performing at Glassalen theatre, Tivoli decided, out of the blue, to replace our English comedy with a Danish kid’s musical.
This meant we found ourselves theatre-less in 2024, and, as writer of the show, I had no platform to ridicule the events of last year, from bumbling Biden to the earth-shattering shock of Trump 2.0.
Now, having found a home at the famed comedy venue, Bremen Theatre, we are back in business!
But what a business to be back in!
Comedy, particularly during the pandemic and all the madness following, became less funny while processing a daily churn of often un-processable events.
Now, in Trump’s second term of office, (where the word “term” suggests imprisonment) one wonders if what is happening, is at all laughable.
I have often chosen themes for my shows so I could make fun of global leaders.
In “Who Shot the Sheriff?“ (2004) Sheriff Gorge Brush was a parody of George Bush.
In “Shakin‘ Up Sherwood“ (2016 ) Trump was the nasty nobleman building a wall around Sherwood Forest.
In “Planet Rump – the Farce Awakens“, (2017) Star Wars inhabited a galaxy dominated by the Orange Planet Rump and in “The Three Brexiteers”, (2019) Boris Johnson was the butt of hilarious comedy.
Whilst looking for inspiration for my theme this year, one question kept popping up on Social Media.
Who would be the next James Bond?
A question that I could not resist answering. So I now reveal that the next Bond will be more moronic than iconic, in our Crazy Christmas 2025, “Kiss, Bang, Bang!”.
What about the bad guy?
Bond always fights a self-obsessed, mega-rich, absurd, egomaniac, villain who wants to dominate the world.
Ring any bells? Unfortunately yes.
But Bond films are serious business – and these days it is difficult to write comedy.
You only have to look at the late-night comedy hosts to see that. They used to make fun of Trump’s stupid remarks, but now, you can feel the frantic delivery of these comedy hosts because they have to keep up with the insane events that are happening on a daily basis.
This is not ideal for comedy. I checked out TV satire from 40 years ago. Then everything was delivered slowly and the targets were like sacrificial lambs waiting to be slaughtered by an amiable comic.
Nowadays you get the feeling that it’s the other way around. The comics are being dragged down by the people in authority.
I’d like you to read aloud, as fast as you can, some things that Trump has accomplished after one month in office. Ready? Take a deep breath . Here goes.
He pardoned the Jan 6th rioters, withdrew the US from the Paris Accords and the WHO, re-named the Gulf of Mexico, eased restrictions on oil drilling – “Drill , baby drill !”, announced plans to turn Gaza into a seaside resort, issued an order to ban birthright citizenship, announced 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico.
Declared that there are only two sexes, male and female, instructed the cancelling of Diversity Including Programs and their offices, forcibly opened a water supply in California miles away from the forest fires, gave unelected Elon Musk leadership of DOGE, and access to the Treasury Department’s payments system, threatened to take back the Panama Canal and buy Greenland from Denmark…
Out of breath yet?
By the time you read this, a lot more will have happened.
Trump said, “The Golden Age of America begins right now” and “the country is going to be based on merit“. This from a man who inherited a million from his father.
At last, ironically, thanks to the TV comedy hosts, we regularly receive fact-checked news, and it’s worth remembering that the current political reality, the dead-end of political jokes, the future of comedy – none of this is inevitable.
So, who will be the bad guy in my Bond-themed show, especially as I want to take attention off Trump and give us all a break?
Fortunately, in the fictional world of Bond, 007 always holds on to his digit and best of all, the bad guy ends up done and dusted.
