Monday 22 February 2010

It was a mystery

Now on his first live wholesale ugg boots tour in five years, he has dispensed with the props and the seminar format and returned to the simplicity of standup. It's noticeable that his themes have changed tool he's ditched the more obviously Radio 4 ideas for the kind of observations that have a greater mass appeal.Long before he found fame as Olly, the put-upon parliamentary aide in The Thick of It, and more recently as the smug headmaster in Skins, Chris Addison's live shows were the thinking person's choice at the Edinburgh fringe. It was a mystery to me how these comedic gems failed to win him a major award, though he was nominated three times. His highbrow mini-lectures with jokes and visual aids were sometimes closer to theatre than standup, as Addison made the most of his somewhat effete, middle-class demeanour to consider questions of evolution, civilisation and the periodic table.

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Not that Addison doesn't bring his discount ugg boots pin-sharp wit and sarcasm to bear on these everyday subjects, but he eases into it gradually. The first half of this two-hour show stays on safe ground, spinning a series of self-deprecating anecdotes around his gangly physical appearance and his hopelessness at any sporting endeavour, be it school games, current gym membership or sex. ("I don't need to see my sex face," he remarks. "I know it's a cross between my gratitude face and my fear face.") There's plenty discount ugg classic cardy boots to enjoy here, but it's hardly ground-breaking stuff.

the Daily Mail, the BNP and internet shopping. He even manages to slip in a heartfelt exhortation to get out and vote to keep out the likes of Nick Griffin, and his quick-fire responses to over-excited audience members are a reminder that, although television delivered his break, discount ugg classic tall boots he remains one of the most accomplished live acts you are likely to see this year.

In the second half, though, he turns up the pace and the sharp lines fly like a volley of arrows, almost too fast to write them down. Intolerance is a meaty topic for middle-class liberals, as Addison assumes his audience to be ("I know some of you actually look at the front page wholesale ugg boots of Society Guardian before you throw it away"), and he works himself into a froth of indignation over Ugg boots,


 
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