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Men With Bananas Men With Bananas
Real name: Mark Logan and Dave Nichols

Men With Bananas will never fall foul of the Advertising Standards Authority. They’re two men – dressed somewhere between Worzel and long-distance truck drive - and they each bring a pulpy fruit of the musaceae family on to the stage.

But if those clues weren’t enough to tell you what act you’re watching, most of their short set involves them repeating the words ‘Men With Bananas’; initially with various dramatic emphases, then to the tune of a few well-known movie themes, which they illustrate with suitable mimes.

It’s utterly daft stuff, and there’s certainly laughs to be had, even if they are only laughs at bewilderment that two grown men can be so puerile, and that they persist in ploughing through their silly pantomiming to such a ridiculous extreme.

Between this is some perfunctory double-act banter, over-rehearsed and full of fake spontaneity, that jollies the set along, but is far from hilarious.

It leaves them as a bonkers novelty act that can provide a welcome few minutes of strange variety to punctuate a night of stand-up – though how, or if, they grow from that will prove a challenge.

Date of review: Feb 2007

Where can I see Men With Bananas next?

When: 20:30 - Tuesday 13th May, '08
Venue: Manchester XS Malarkey
Prices: £5 (£2 members)
Info: Plus Guy Thomas
Comics: John Cooper, Markus Birdman, Men With Bananas, Toby Hadoke
When: 20:45 - Wednesday 28th May, '08
Venue: Manchester Comedy Balloon
Prices: Free
Info: Plus Rich Wall, Paul Savage, Stuart Walton, MC Rossa Keegan
Comics: Men With Bananas
When: 20:30 - Thursday 29th May, '08
Venue: Mansfield Funhouse
Prices: £3 (£2 in advance)
Info: Plus Ben Davids, Rex Purnell, Johnny Sorrow, Matt Turner, MC Andy Whittaker
Comics: Men With Bananas
When: 20:30 - Wednesday 4th Jun, '08
Venue: Melton Mowbray Melton Theatre
Prices: £6 (£4 concs)
Info: MC Daniel "Guiness" Gray
Comics: Dougie Dunlop, Gary Delaney, Men With Bananas
When: 20:30 - Wednesday 16th Jul, '08
Venue: Leamington Spa Reckless Moment
Prices: £2
Info: Plus Jack Heal, Billy Lynch, Gill Smith, Johnny Sorrow, Phil Wooley, MC Tom Hughes
Comics: Howard Read, Men With Bananas
 
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