The ‘pish boys were down at the Stand last night to see the best jobbing comic around, Doug Stanhope.
Tommy, Ronnie and Claire were also there as were most of the Glasgow comedy glitterati.
He was ably (sort of) supported by his friend Sean Rouse in spite of the fact that the various medicines Rouse is on impaired his concentration towards the end.
Rouse suffers from a number of serious illnesses, exacerbated by his drink and drugs lifestyle but delivered a course but funny set taking the large crowd with him for the most part.
Stanhope himself was in pretty rough shape, but delivered a hilarious set nonetheless.
My favourite bits were his stuff on nationalism, boredom and paedophilia – not least because the latter part was interrupted by a guy who proudly proclaimed he’d viewed kiddie porn “hunners of times”.
His best stuff is usually about the lunacy of working for a living and he hit the mark there as well, pointing out that one shouldn’t really take mood enhancing drugs to make your work bearable – your brain is telling you its bored and you should just quit. Prophetic words for me and Tom.
You got the feeling that he was coasting a little, or maybe that age and the effects of chronic alcohol abuse were taking their toll. Didn’t really matter though, he still wipes the floor with just about everyone else.
After the show we had a drink with “Big” Scott Agnew chatting about comedy, acts we hated, who owed us money etc.
Seven quid well spend by anyone’s standards. Will Big T's show offer the same tremendous value?
1 comment:
I think you know the answer to that one.
Stanhope was comedy gold. He never let up for a minute. He manages to talk a lot of sense, while being funny and/or offensive. His performance should be a lesson to some of the comics who think that doing stuff about peadophillia and rape is all about being offensive. Doug does it while having a point.
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