My media pass, I'm convincved, has special powers. It seems to provide a protective shield against getting taunts from comedians. I noticed this last year when seeing Jerry Sadowitz at the Assembly Rooms. He has a reputation for being a crazed, un-pc, violent magician....on a good day. He was in the middle of heckling the front row (of which I, foolishly, was part). After systematically destroying the personalities of the hapless row in the front, he came to me. I flashed my press pass in the manner of I'm-a-reviewer-I-can-destroy-your-career kind of way. He duely noticed this and missed me out of his rant, of which he carried on with the poor lady next to me. This happened again tonight. Russell Kane, the elfin like performer, who uses swear words to make up 99% of his sentances, was just starting his routine. I think he was, because I was late for his show. I crept into the venue as quietly as I could, but he noticed me, and swung round in anger. I waved my pass in a frantic way - which should have warrented at least 15 minutes taunting in itself- and he didn't say a thing about my late arrival. He did, however, rip into some poor young couple who snuck in 1 minute after me.
After this festival, I'm pawning this pass for at least 1m pounds. I'm not sure the value of magic badges these days, but I guess it's around that mark.