Neil Delamere Live: Creme Delamere
20/11/2009 … Neil Delamere is an affable comic, with an easygoing, mischievous style that gets the best out of his slightly laddish anecdotes.
2009 DVDs
Here are our reviews of comedy DVDs – and the occasional CD. Mainly stand-up, but some sitcoms, sketch shows, documentaries etc too…
Fri 20 November 2009
The Mighty Boosh Live: Future Sailors Tour
20/11/2009 … The Mighty Boosh’s Future Sailors tour isn’t so much a comedy show as a twisted take on an old-fashioned variety line-up.
Wed 18 November 2009
Lee Evans: Access All Arenas
18/11/2009 … This is another in what can only be seen as an increasingly cynical commercial trend of repackaging bits of earlier DVD releases to cash in on the lucrative Christmas…
Mon 16 November 2009
Russell Howard: Dingledodies
16/11/2009 … There’s a segment in Dingledodies where Russell Howard mocks the misery-mongers who, taking their pessimistic cues from the Mail or Express, are forever complaining…
Fri 13 November 2009
Des Bishop: Desfunctional
13/11/2009 … Though raised in New York, Des Bishop has warmly embraced every aspect of his adopted Irish home – perhaps even more so than the natives, given that he has become…
Wed 11 November 2009
Louis CK: Chewed Up
11/11/2009 … Stand-up doesn’t get much better than Louis CK, and in Chewed Up, recorded in Boston last year, he certainly demonstrates a top-of-his-game form.
Tue 10 November 2009
Just Daft: The Comic Genius Of Chic Murray
10/11/2009 … Outside of his native Scotland, Chic Murray is one of the most overlooked greats of comedy.
Fri 06 November 2009
Jimmy Carr: Telling Jokes DVD
06/11/2009 … Well, THAT wounded soldiers gag isn’t on this DVD, but there’s plenty else to cause offence in Jimmy Carr’s annual outpouring of callously blunt one-liners.