Kai Humphries at the 2009 So You Think You're Funny Final
06/09/2009 … The moment he comes on stage, Newcastle newbie Kai Humphries blasts into a fine routine about how Geordies are always portrayed as morons in the media, first subverting…
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Kevin Shevlin at the 2009 So You Think You're Funny Final
06/09/2009 … Dry-as-dust Kevin Shevlin has his miserable take on being socially awkward, especially when it comes to women, and pondering the inevitability of death.
Jim Campbell at the 2009 So You Think You're Funny Final
06/09/2009 … Jim Campbell injects a dose of vibrancy into any gig, with a flamboyant, campish performance slightly reminiscent of fellow Essex boy Russell Brand.
Mark Simmons at the 2009 So You Think You're Funny Final
06/09/2009 … Although he shares his name with a black American comic, lively Mark Simmons looks more like Rhys Ifans – albeit with a Worzel Gummidge haircut – which he was…
Sam Gore at the 2009 Chortle Student Comedy Awards final
06/09/2009 … Accomplished, but still relatively new, Sam Gore thrives on deliciously vitriolic attacks on celebrities, exquisite in their brutal imagery.
Nicola Bolsover at the 2009 Chortle Student Comedy Awards final
06/09/2009 … Newbie Nicola Bolsover takes her time to get going, with an undergagged routine about how someone once said she looked like Matt Lucas and a long-winded discussion…
Gabriel Ebulue at the 2009 Chortle Student Comedy Awards final
06/09/2009 … Newcomer Gabriel Ebulue is fairly traditional in his starting point of smoking dope, going to Amsterdam and getting paranoid, although finding something new in this…
Tom Rosenthal at the 2009 Chortle Student Comedy Awards final
06/09/2009 … Tom Rosenthal has some clever and original material, if an imperfect delivery.