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I write health and feature stories for CLEO, so I’m the most likely person in the office to be trialling obscure exercise programs with names like “Endurance Hula Hooping!” or “Ninjutsu for Triceps!” Recently, I went to the beach at dawn to do head-stand-heavy yoga for the launch of a personal training company. The early start was cruel, but the head rush in the sunshine was pleasant. My friends would describe me as, “Hysterical, yet sophisticated”. I would agree with them.
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09 Apr, 2010
Ladies and rogue gentlemen on the CLEO website, it’s my favourite time of year – COMEDY FESTIVAL TIME! Over the next couple of weeks people of all humour persuasions, from those who love juvenile poo jokes to the sophisticated observational types, will be delighted by the fare on offer.
Recently I had the luck to attend Canadian Jason John Whitehead’s show in Sydney, MCed by the hilarious Aussie Cameron Knight and a few other local legends. Quote of the night was probably, “How come I have to buy wedding presents? These people get sex-on-tap and unconventional love. They should be buying me a f*cking present.” Classic.
Jason John WhiteheadSo I’m going to be going to a few of these shows over the next little while, and I’m making it my mission to tell you guys the kind of humour dished out, so you can decide who will give you the best laugh-per-dollar ratio. Good-looking Canadian Jason John Whitehead (or “JJ” as he’s known on the scene) is controversial. In fact, he’s a controversy wrapped in a bubble of political incorrectness. He takes some pretty hard stabs at minority groups, so take your hard-headed uncle rather than your artistic social worker friend.
Quote of his show was probably, ”Mum used to tell me that masturbation was wrong and perverse and every time you do it your dead relatives are watching. What a way to find out that your dead relatives are perverts!” Weird childhood events are always good for laughs.
Head to
www.comedystore.com.au to see videos of visiting comedians and book tickets (it’s like a try-before-you-buy system). For you cheap-but-not-easy girls out there (*cough* all my mates), Tuesday night tix are only ten bucks. Oh yes. I bring the bargains.
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