The WOW Band are fast gaining a reputation for making the introductions to their songs as interesting and sometimes as long as the songs themselves. They don't expect all the audience to dance all the time - some of them have to have a rest, or a tablet, or oxygen. They are amongst the genre of "tribute comedians" (they steal other people's jokes) and are, in these energy-conscious times, pioneers of "eco-comedy" whereby old jokes are shamelessly recycled.
The WOW Band like laughing! After all, it's the best medicine - unless you're diabetic - in which case the best medicine is, of course, insulin.
Here are some of The WOW Band's favourite funnies - some true, some not true. Some names have been changed to protect the identity of people that the band think might sue them for libel.
John: "The kids all call me Grandad Spiderman - I've not got any super-powers, it's because I can't get out of the bath! - The only modern cutting-edge technology that I'm interested in is a bath with a door, like they always advertise on "Countdown".
Paul: (watching Mike Denny put gel on his hair in a theatre dressing-room) "I used to love doing my hair".
John: I said to my wife "If you won millions of pounds on the National Lottery would you still love me?" She said "Of course I'd still love you! - I'd miss you, but I'd still love you".
Paul: "I split up with my girlfriend last week, I was really sad about it, but my wife was over the moon!"
John: "I don't like this rap music - I think it's a misprint. I have to be careful when I tell my teenage son off because if I talk too fast he starts dancing!"
Jimmy Wagg: "Watching and listening to The WOW Band is an education - it's certainly taught me a lesson!
Anon: "Get off" - John and Paul: "We've only just got on" (NOT what you're thinking - it was a bloke at a gig who wanted us to play a Justin Timberlake song.)
Paul: "We were sitting in my house the other day watching "Countdown" and we were watching Rachel Riley (the very attractive girl who can do sums) and John got HORNY. He didn't see the "T" and I got THORNY, so I got six points and he got none."
John: Last Christmas I asked my wife if she would like to kiss me under the mistletoe. She said that she wouldn't like to kiss me under chlorophorm.
John: I don't get on very well with my bank manager. I think it's because I'm a Pisces and he's a dickhead.
