by bunstan @ Thursday, Nov. 20, 2008 - 21:15:55
This week's gig was amazing, the lineup was better on paper tho I have to apologise for two of the acts, who were in fact terrible. The first terrible act came when my opening act went on ina pair of handcuffs with his pal for charity. Now that's all well and good, but to then proceed to ask everyone in the audience what they do for a living cause you blatantly don't have any material is a bit waring on an audience, and was waring on Friday nights audience, very evidently. The handcuffed pal then got invited to tell a few jokes and it all descended into pish really, sorry Baz, but it did mate - don't do that again please.
Next up was I thnk Michael Manley who was brilliant, spot on very funny, which was needed after the first act so the night was off again. Michael is now doing straight comedy too, he used to do a character act based on a sort of nerdy stalker. it was very funny, and I loved it, but, wha is excellent is that we now both have retired sex pest banter, the other day we happened to get onto the subject of porn for example, and I said I hadn't seen such and such a film/genre/whatever it was and he says, completey dry, you haven't seen such and such? What kind of sex pest are you? See, banter baby.
Next up was Alan Endean, who's an Irish comic, still very clever and interesting act, have to get hime back to perform. Then, we had out incognito actor researching the role of a stand-up for the movie they're making in a couple of months - Joey Frisk. I kid you not, for an actor he was feckin good, mind you he should be he's in the movies, so. Anyway. Why was he so good, he was on fire, there was a daft wee lassie in the front row kept talking to her pals, saying random heckles and getting messages on her phone, which wouldnt' have been a problem if she'd gone upstairs or been quiet about it but she wasn't she was a bit tipsy and a bit silly, and Joey laid into her. So we had a happening on Friday night, it all went spectacular spectacular, the more Joey laid into her, the more the crowd got behind him, until at one point he threatened to throw a glass of water over her and the whole room erupted in agreement.
Next however, we descended again, as Jeremy Miedzinski went on and slated Frisk, who'd just performed, for stealing a Bill Hicks line, and then sooking in with the girsl in the front row who'd been annoying everybody! Bad call on both counts, first of all cause I don't thnk it is a bill hicks line, it's more the sort of aside, millions of comedians hae used without thinking about it. Secondly, don't ingratiate yourself to the most rude person in the room, it pisses off the rest of the room - and it did - I had to get him off before his time, cause he was bombing badly, it reminded me of an episode of CSI New York when a comedian kills a better comedian, so he can steal the limelight.
Scott Agnew was amazing, a wee bit off kilter tonight Scott did about forty minutes, giving the audience a blast of twenty or so minutes of new material, so he's just the best value comic you can get your hands on - any promoters out there want a top headliner on fire, get Scott.
Come to DAM Fine comedy next week and see Keara Murphy, 4 established acts and two new ones - or stay in and be a boring old fart, your choice : )
