Melbourne Comedy Festival
Melbourne Town Hall
until April 20, 1997
Reviewed by Kate
Herbert April 1 1997
Frank Skinner's a
funny and charming English comic but it seems he does too many gigs which have
forced him to cater for the lowest common denominator.
He opened with some great, obviously fresh material about
the Collingwood versus Adelaide game at the MCG. He had been busy adjusting his
material for Melbourne and it had paid off. It was hilarious and he has a warm, engaging and unthreatening manner with an audience. We were eating out of
his hand.
Then something happened and Ooh! Naughty old Frankie, does a
few bottom jokes and, more specifically, a few too many male genitalia jokes.
Unfortunately, although some were funny, they got a bit wearing and bloke
oriented. My face was hurting from laughing for the first half but later that
night... However he remains warm and nice and there were still some big
laughs.
Skinner is best when he's improvising with the crowd,
jamming on an idea. He's sort of a jazz comic. Let go the dick jokes Frank and
I'd come back with me grannie -even if you do old people jokes.
KATE HERBERT
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