TRY... TRY... AGAIN

It appears that Rugby Yawnion fans are up in arms about the World Cup theme music, sung by a certain Paloma Faith (Who she? Ed.).

Opinion is hinting that the songstress has drawn a blank, as it were… Una Paloma Blanca? Hotcha… hotcha… hotcha!

I gave it a listen for a few seconds, and it came across as pretentious, tuneless screaming… so what’s new in popular music?

However, Faith has shrugged off the criticism, saying: "I mean I'm quite pleased with it, so that's all that matters really.”

Well… no it doesn’t actually…  as all you amateur Thespians out there know, because you pay attention to what the class acts have to say about performing, don’t you?

We did work – and worked extremely hard at our routines – so that the final result appeared effortless, and the audience appeared merely to be eavesdropping on us having a good time.' Ernie Wise

 If you're a comic you have to be nice. The audience has to like you. Fanny Brice

I'm honest with my audiences. I never fool them… the public has learned that I will be there with every ounce of entertainment I can give. I respect my public. May Irwin

Entertainment is about people, on both sides of the footlights – performers and their audience. Al Read

A joke makes people laugh. An entertainer performs for people. The audience is supreme.

Gene Perrett

Let a fellow try to outsmart his audience and he misses. Stan Laurel

An audience is never wrong. An individual member of it may be an imbecile, but a thousand imbeciles together in the dark… that is critical genius. Billy Wilder