Day Three continued. There is always a point during the festival that I feel "if I ever see another comedian, I'm going to kill someone; or myself". Friday was not that time. Fiona O'Loughlin had chosen the crowd pleaser option of doing "the best of her hits". She was great, I was just sorry that I wasn't sitting closer so that I could shout out my request. Another little surprise: she had her daughter Brigid get up and open for her (she's pretty funny) and there was a fleeting moment when I thought "Fiona's looking good!".Jamie Killstein (from New York) was excellent. A real breath of fresh air. He did political and racial humour in a way that wasn't heavy handed and pontificating. As Burt Newton would say "I like the boy".
The best of the three shows for the night, for me, was Nick Sun's show. It was a real eye opener. You always have that worry when you go to a mate's show that they will be crap and you'll have to bullshit them afterwards. But his show was amazingly tight (how like him is that?) It was a good thing too because the festival director Susan Provan, was there, and a lot of punters. There was a lot of hugging afterwards, which made me feel very self conscious (what way do I really like Nick Sun?) He was worth $10 and probably a lot more.
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