Last night Carney and I went and saw Claudia O'Doherty as part of the Melbourne Comedy Festival. Her show was about soil erosion, so it was funny as well as being educational. Having actually had to study aspects of soil erosion at uni I can attest this is quite an achievement. (Take note serious geology lecturer whose dried up boogie fell out of his nose onto my book when we were discussing my final year project and whose name escapes me: Educational AND fun.)
Claudia wore an entirely tan outfit and *spoiler alert* a fake cold sore for part of the show. The show is loosely based around a 26 part tv series on soil erosion and as promised on promotional material, involves lasers. I might add that the use of lasers is probably overstated.
It was hilarious and you should go. But don't just take my word for it, see how well it performed against my:
5 STAR RATING SYSTEM FOR COMEDY SHOWS
Stars are awarded or not awarded for each of the following:
1. Audience participation. Nobody likes this. The group yelling things out together is ok, but individuals cherry picked for public mocking in the style of Jason Byrne is not.
2. How much you wish to(/do) re-tell gags to others. It is best if you can claim these as your own.
3. Use of lame jokes about women being bitches and best off in the kitchen. (discouraged).
4. Whether or not you laughed so much that a little bit of wee nearly came out. And not because you are incontinent/a pee wee pants because it was so, so funny.
5. Use of in jokes/bizarre pop culture references. NB: This can work in two ways: a) against you if I personally do not understand the in joke or b) for you if I do and can repeat this to others (refer to 2.).
4 stars.
Gully, sheet and rill-out. (this is an in joke for attendees - boom-boom, eh?).
Kitty x
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