out_there: B-Day Present '05 (*laughs*)
out_there ([personal profile] out_there) wrote2004-04-14 08:52 am

Laugh til it hurts

*yawns* So tired.

Went out with mum to the comedy festival. Since the show we'd bought tickets for didn't start until 9.45pm, we saw another show before it too. Ended up just choosing one randomly (what starts at this time and is in the city?). So, two shows for $16 a ticket each? Pretty damn good.

First, we saw the 4 Noels. There's only three guys, but they were funny.
- Lots of sound affects and skits, some silent mimes with sounds which made me crack up.
- Impersonations from their faux-English writer and faux-American country singer. It's great to be able to walk away from a show learning something new. (Such as, from the faux-country singer, "Don't poke your momma with a sharp stick; it'll only make her mad.")
- This skit of drawling Aussie guys done in a snarling voice. They started out sniping at each other as you occasionally hear peopl doing ("F you, mate." "Don't F-ing swear at me, mate." ...) and they did that imaginary wall thing ("this is my side, that's yours...") and it linked from there. There is something so amusing about hearing that low-class Aussie drawl claiming to use the Star Wars ships or the One Ring to win an argument, and the end line was classic. ("You're living in a f-ing fantasy world, mate.")

And then, we saw Sarah Kendall. She had me in stitches, but Mum prefered the skit format of the first show (to the stand-up format of the second). Still, there were some great thoughts.

- Good way to entertain yourself on public transport? If the person opposite you is reading a book, when you get up to leave, claim to be the book's author. Say, "Hi, I'm J.K. Rowling. I hope you're enjoying that." (If you're really daring, sign it for them too.)

- The biggest difference between Aussie and American politics is that they actually *like* their candidates. At a US political rally, you'll have people holding huge banners and screaming enthusiastically ("Go Dean!!!"). Best you'll get at an Aussie rally (if anyone shows up) is a sign saying "Well, at least this guy seems like less of a prick."

- Justin Timberlake will die at age 93 in his sleep, while driving. He will really take the idea of 'the next Micheal Jackson' to heart, and will have copious amounts of plastic surgery to turn himself into a black man. (He'll claim he has a "tanning disorder".)

I can't believe my jaw is still sore from laughing so hard.
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[identity profile] phoebesmum.livejournal.com 2004-04-14 08:44 am (UTC)(link)
Glad you had a good time. Not least because it gave Danny a sore jaw too!

[identity profile] out-there.livejournal.com 2004-04-14 11:08 am (UTC)(link)
And I got to laugh at the English public transport system. Nice to be reminded that as much as I bitch about public transport, I've never been stuck for three hours on a stopped train.
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[identity profile] phoebesmum.livejournal.com 2004-04-14 11:23 am (UTC)(link)
You should've been in London the day we had about three flakes of snow and EVERYTHING STOPPED. It's the wonder of the civilised world, so it is.

[identity profile] out-there.livejournal.com 2004-04-14 11:28 am (UTC)(link)
Really? Oh, man... That's *bad*.