I've seen his Live DVD myself.It's all just a bit too much relentless bile for me. He fitted in well on Mock The Week as you had a mix of comedians, some more gentle than others, and you could always expect something scathing from him every few minutes. But without that balancing factor to bring you up a little before you're stamped on again - his act purely seems to be a continuous barrage of 'Oh, that's oh so tasteless and shocking. AGAIN. Which disabled celebrity/ war dead/ terminal illness is he going to make fun of next?'
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drimble he'd been white, he'd been black,
Tue 21 Dec 2010, 15:12,
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The weird thing is thatby saying something shocking, he's just being a performing monkey to people who want to hear him say something shocking, which is actually a very un-challenging act.
I like the line in Stewart Lee's book "If the audience are on your side, you're facing the wrong way".
(I like the line in Stewart Lee's book "If the audience are on your side, you're facing the wrong way".
monkeon schmonkeon,
Tue 21 Dec 2010, 15:50,
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