The 2006 Melbourne International Comedy Festival kicked off this week and I thought that this year finally I would go along and catch a few gigs.
Charlie Pickering’s show Auto was the first one that I decided that I would go along to see.
My girlfriend and I drove into the city, which proved to be a bit of a hassle because of parking issues, I suppose that it was the night before a public holiday and people would be out partying.
The show I thought was very funny and didn’t drag at all, its first show for him of the season so there isn’t really a chance for this to develop any improve work from the audience reactions, which we will probably see as the festival gets on.
There was this guy in the back row who I think had a really weird laugh almost like it was a fake laugh but it must be his normal way of laughing because it stayed consistent, but he always seemed to laugh when everyone else wasn’t.
From his kooky headmaster to his lovable dog and the title of his new book.
I loved hearing about the comic events involved with the supposed writing of his autobiography, it proved to me that I didn’t have to laugh all the time to really enjoy a show. It had all the great elements of a person telling a great story, not necessary a stand up.
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What I thought was really great was that he recommend two shows that he thought were great as well so I’m going to try to catch those as well:
Michael Chamberlin and The Ten Commandments
And I’m not certain about the second one that he said but I think that it was
Sam Simmons’ Tales From The Erotic Cat which from the reviews sounds rather odd.
I will be hoping to go to a few more shows before the festival wraps up.
[...] Pickering Surprisingly not as funny as last year I’m uncertain if it was because I saw him on the first night of his show and didn’t [...]