Gimlet and Finchley 13 - Gimlet and Finchley

That night, Gimlet and Finchley were supposed to be fast asleep in their carry-case, but, as usual, they were up all night talking.

"He wasn’t very good was he?” said Finchley.

“The solicitor? No, terrible. No sense of timing, we both sounded the same as each other, and I didn’t do a single stare in the entire show. What was he playing, that stare’s my trademark. Without it I might as well be Basil Brush.”

“I met him once,” said Finchley.

“You met Basil Brush? Are you sure? I’ve never met him, and you don’t do a lot without me.”

“It was a Children in Need thing. They paired us up, me with Basil Brush and Ted with, well whoever that bloke was.”

“No idea.  It’s the puppet everyone looks at. Was he any good?”

“Basil? He kept shouting ‘boom, boom’ for no reason. Nobody had written a script, it was all very chaotic.”

“That sounds like Ted. Happy to be seen ‘doing charity work’ but never going to put the work in if it wasn’t paid. Still, I’m glad it didn’t work out.  I’d have hated you to pair up with Basil Brush long term.”

“That could never happen, Gimlet. I’d refuse to work with anyone else. You understand me.”