DIGI LIVE EXCLUSIVE: Cheddar Man
Added 2021-09-06 13:48:16 +0000 UTCHere's one of the video interludes from Saturday's Digi Live. I had originally planned to do this on stage, but - having never attempted any stand-up comedy - I bottled it.
It only works if you get the rhythms and jokes of that sort of hack observational stand-up right, and I wasn't confident enough that I could do that live. Plus, I thought it might sail over a lot of people's heads, and I didn't want to bomb!
So anyway, this may end up on the DVD, but either way... here it is in isolation.
Comments
Shame to hear about the cancellation of the show that was meant to have taken place in the field of Shef due to the local chief not appreciating the anti-neanderthal material.
Tyronne Mann
2021-09-06 19:48:35 +0000 UTCCheddar Man was brilliant - I laughed a lot at it. One of several highlights of the show
John Whyte
2021-09-06 16:24:47 +0000 UTCYEAH! FIRE! WOOHOO!
PixelRatedGames
2021-09-06 16:20:43 +0000 UTCGlad you've uploaded this, me and my friends were sat in our hotel room till about 1am quoting this.
Tom Chapman
2021-09-06 15:40:05 +0000 UTCI loved that bit. Funny how you were worried it might sail over some peoples heads given the rest of the evenings proceedings.
John Miller
2021-09-06 15:33:49 +0000 UTCThat was strange, it said 10 likes and then I clicked it and it now says 9. I clearly have a very unfortunate super power.
Dudley of Yesterzine
2021-09-06 15:02:10 +0000 UTCCalled it :-) I buggered around with stand-up from about 2008 to 2013. Found my weird and whacky stuff went nowhere, but the formulaic stuff went down a treat. So the joy of travelling miles to venues at my own expense...then coming home late...doing a full time job etc. No fun in it after a while for me. Didn't enjoy observational comedy. Finding something quirky that you know everyone does, and then dragging it out into slightly wilder territory for comic effect. The McIntyre 'sex is on fire' bit is case in point of that style, and so not my bag. I get loads of people love it, and that's absolutely fine. But once a style of comedy becomes 'the' thing to ape and the road to success. Everyone ends up doing it and squashes the weirdness and absurdity out. Some big names today got their chance when weirdness was allowed. Noel Fielding, Richard Ayoade, Matt Berry...but that's enough now think the agents. They can carry on into their 50s/60s with make-up and an established audience. No room for new talent in this genre until they're dead. Economic barriers to entry exist in any field though. Ho-hum. If I ever had the cash, I'd fund talent development for oddballs happily.
Dave Graves
2021-09-06 14:02:29 +0000 UTCDVD? Ooh!
Fear All You Hear - Gareth
2021-09-06 13:52:46 +0000 UTCLovely! I'll tell Dan (Anatomical Bomb) to get on Patreon. He absolutely loved this part!
John Lindsay
2021-09-06 13:50:18 +0000 UTC
