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Andrew Smith - 09/06/2006

Absolutely fantastic. The best I've seen in a long time

Barry - 18/01/2006

Tonight I saw francesca on the Frank Skinner Show and I thought she was fantastic, and the way she introduced non-CP sufferers into her world. She didn't make fun of her illness, she showed the audience that she can talk about her condition and accept it and laugh about her experiences. After all if a fat person can go on stage and laugh and joke about their size then what's wrong with Francesca having a laugh about her condition? I'm sure she has made a big difference to a lot of people with CP and other disabilities and showed them that they can do anything they put there minds to.

Dublin - 13/10/2005

I saw Francesca again on the Frank Skinner Show last night and couldnt walk away from tv, she gave me the best belly laugh in ages and I had seen the show before,she is a real gutsy girl

Gerald - 26/01/2005

I just saw Francesca on the Frank Skinner Show, I laughed for the first time in ages after suffering from depression for years. Thank you Francesca, I love your attitude to life,

Paul Thacker - 17/11/2004

If its the first time you have seen her then you may think that the first fiveminutes is funny listening to her talk about her condition and give the odd one liner about it in order to be accepted by the audience. In reality it was a nervous audience giving nervous laughter in order to be polite in order not to offend someone with disabilities. It is a good thing that someone can laugh in the face of their problems and joke about it, but the jokes can only go on for so long.

Colette - 03/11/2004

Just seen a repeat of Frank Skinner's 2003 show showcasing Francesca Martinez, and was touched by the beautifully comic way she sends herself up. If more people had her resilience and unerring ability to spot the humour in awkward situations, life would be better all round. Recomend heartily a viewing if it is shown again, one of the comedy moments that will (or should) be remembered for all time!

Philip C - 31/10/2003

I too first encountered Francesca on the Frank Skinner Show and thought she was absolutely hilarious. That's why I was stunned when I went to one of her shows to find that she wasn't actually very good (De Hems pub, 29th October). The CP stuff was almost non-existent. What's left is a quite funny piece about what it would be like to have kids, but the rest is crushingly obvious. There were no stories at all about real-life incidents, which were her major strength on the FS Show, and so much of her set now consists of some quite poor random jokes. I can't even believe she was lazy enough to write about nudity appearing on TV when your parents are with you, and the joke about using Rohypnol on an unsuspecting guy wasn't shocking as she'd like to think, it just didn't make sense. I'd go see her again in a few months to see what's changed. I hope it's a lot, because she was easily the weakest act that night.

TJC - 15/10/2003

I had never heard of Francesca until I saw her on the Frank Skinner Show, and I can't wait to see her again. A first I thought "here we go, another one after the sympathy vote" but I found her to be one of the funniest people I have seen on TV for ages.

John Boy - 15/10/2003

I saw her on Frank Skinner and fell in love with her. She was funny, intelligent and I hung on her every word. I want to see more of her.

Alana Coster - 15/10/2003

As a sufferer of the CP myself, I admire the fact that she so comfortable with her condition she can be so naturally funny.

Peter Florczyk - 15/10/2003

I absolutely love Francesca. She makes things so much more interesting, rather just taking the micky out of herself. When she recalls her stories, her gestures and overall the way she talks, is so inspiring. Most of the time she made me laugh - not giggle, but laugh out loud.

Amanda - 12/10/2003

I saw Martinez on The Frank Skinner Show and although it is easy to feel uncomfortable to laugh at such humour, Martinez as a sufferer of the condition makes it easy and and puts such a wonderful perspective on it all as a way of life just like any other way of life by any other comedian. She is hilariously witty and very clever and I can see her later developing her material into other areas and still being a hilariously entertaining personality. She is great. I believe she will go really far, she is naturally funny.

Matt G - 12/10/2003

I have seen much of her work and believe Martinez to be genuinely funny, especially to a fellow CP 'sufferer'. I think to dismiss her act as "positive discrimination" is, quite frankly, narrow-minded horsepoo.

Paul Nelson - 07/10/2003

Francesca is without question funny. Her humour is as much jibes against people's perceptions of her and her disability as cerebral palsy itself. She is a happy, free spirit who won't be held down or held back. She makes her disability into an ability and speaks from the heart about what she knows Bloody marvellous

Ian - 03/06/2003

Saw her last week in Bracknell. Yes, some of the stuff about her illness was contrived and not that funny and the haircutting routine was odd, if bizarrely entertaining. However, many of her observations and jokes were excellent and were greeted by genuine laughter. Definitely a thumbs up.