Show Details
Fat Fat Pope
Show type: Edinburgh Fringe 2001
Starring Comic:
Donnchadh O Conaill

Fat Fat Pope


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Reviews

Original Review:

Show Rating:Fat Fat Pope rated 2/5

Someone's been listening to Chris Morris' Blue Jam.

And for a quartet who have shamelessly stolen the format of moody, surreal sketches laid over ambient music, Fat Fat Pope seem remarkably pleased with themselves.

They're not half as clever as they think they are - how much talent does it take to copy someone else? - nor as quarter as funny.

Mostly they opt out of that tiresome business of writing actual jokes, and instead rely on bizarre streams of consciousness to fill the time. At one time this might be innovative, now it's just derivative.

And it's a shame, because the few gags that are in here actually turn out to be pretty good.

But there's far too much of the tiresome, surreal and self-consciously dark stuff in between, and when they do stumble across the occasional decent idea, it's stretched well beyond its limits.

A show for those who like their comedy without laughs.

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Comments

They were great

Harbin, September 2012


Fat Fat Pope was the best thing at the Edinburgh Festival this year! I saw them twice. Anyone who says any different is a big nut, or as you British would say, a "wanker"

Chris Dye, December 2001


Sounds like they've pretty much succumbed to the Cambridge culture of wankiness

Ben, August 2001


They are good

David, August 2001



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