This act made me ask myself "is sycophantically pandering to students ever a good idea?". Michael Piper has provided us with the answer, "yes, if the ONLY company you seek is other students, NO if you wish to be taken seriously by anyone outside the incestuous University bubble". What he needs to realise is that no one really likes students or their whacky attention-seeking capers. Piper propagates a student cliche, and the 21st century hates, chews up and spits out anything close to a cliche. This act would benefit from even a smudge of cynicism, instead it resembles a nervous waif observing life, without any genuine consideration, in one take, and making the statement "student life is great, it's so crazy and mad! Come be a student like me and bathe in my innocence!". If there are so few strings to his bow no wonder reviewers found this statement so intolerable.

Pippa Jenkins, September 2006

Didn't see the show - just reading the reviews. But I would like to point out that the Michael Jackson bit is at best unoriginal and at worst stolen (from Dave Chappelle.)

Matt, September 2006

I'm pretty much guaranteed to come up with a better effort for next time: all I need to do is read out the reviews I got this year. Were most reviwers abused as children? It is just me HAVING A LAUGH. Why have people taken it so seriously? A bloke perfoming a stand-up routine about wanking and periods to a room which does not find it funny is funnier than it actually being funny. I was only trying my hardest at something which is terrifying and not very easy; if you don't like it, there's no need to get nasty and abusive. As for the cup, anyone who pretends to dislike that story is jealous because they wouldn't have the guile and brilliance to pull off something so majestic. That last sentence was a JOKE, by the way, just in case you take it seriously. Now please go and have sex with someone - it might chill you out

Michael Piper, September 2006

Never mind this review the mans' a genius. His routine on masturbating in a cup is absolute gold, especially if you're a bloke (come on lads weve all been there) granted 'little miss menstrual' was kinda weak but the dance he did more than made up for the holes in the material, keep it up, bro

Paul Piper, August 2006

Some comedians are so bad they're good. Not Michael Piper. I agree totally with the reviewer - if the man has a shred of dignity left, he should close the show and go home. Charging people £8.50 to watch that shit is absolutely disgusting. Its obvious that he told a few of his stoner mates about the 'hilarious' prank he pulled and took their laughter to mean it could be a good stand-up routine. Bad move. If these people were his real friends, they would tell him to stop because at the moment whats going on is just wrong.

Geoff, August 2006

I saw this show at the fringe this year, and your comments are unfair and selfcentered. There were 30 people watching when I saw him (which is considered a pretty good turnout in small venues such as the guilded baloon) and although he is still a little shakey (emphasis on newcomer) the whole room was laughing. To all reading, don't let one persons view, who you don't know, put you off watching anything...

Nick, August 2006

This show sounds fucking marvellous. You have sold it to me. I have laughed more reading the review than many of the shows I have seen

Jason, August 2006