More Ross Noble @ MICF 

[ Pre and post-show drinks at Spleen ]

Caught another dose of Ross Noble at this years comedy festival last night since my sister and her boyfriend are down from Edinburgh and wanted to catch some decent comedy. Turned out Ticketmaster made an error in our tickets and printed LAST Wednesdays gig as opposed to last nights so our seats were double booked. We had to stand which kinda sucked but I’m used to standing around for hours waiting for tickets or watching bands. The only problem was that the Athenaeum theatre gets incredibly hot and when you’re standing at the back, all the heat sits there like a bad smell. Luckily the inclusion of alcohol is permitted into the theatre otherwise I would have come out looking like I’d just sat in the sauna for two hours.

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Thursday, March 31 2005
 
Comedy
 

Ross Noble @ the MICF 

[ Ross Noble at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2004 ]

Had my first taste of the Melbourne International Comedy Festival last night. The crowds were huge, the weather cold but the atmosphere perfect. Ross Noble was in top form, performing for two non-exhaustive hours and had everybody in the theatre cheering for more. He showed his talent when he made the funniest jokes out of the professions of a couple of people in the audience. One person was into aerial engineering and the other was a lawyer who told everyone her job consisted of \ldblquote shitty paper work\rdblquote . He managed to combine the two jobs for some hilarious jokes. The \lquote chicken\rquote jokes were a great start to the show. By the end he didn\rquote t cover a lot of different scenarios but you could tell a lot of it was spontaneous which made in that much funnier. He held back swearing at first and told the audience that he\rquote s trying to cut down but of course, went on a major overload which I think shocked a few of the older audience members. I, of course, found it hilarious but it doesn\rquote t take much for me to laugh at a comedy festival.

I\rquote m still keen on seeing a few more acts while the festival is still going on. Watching the comedy gala on TV last week, I thought Adam Hills, Lee Mack, Rob Rouse and Tom Gleeson were particularly funny.

Quick Links:

- The new batmobile surfaces on the official Batman Begins website. It looks like a kick-ass vehicle but I still prefer Burton\rquote s designs. That said, this is entitled Batman Begins so maybe Bruce didn\rquote t have the technology when he first started out.
- Roger Ebert reviews Hellboy. Three and half stars (out of four)? Hrmmm is it really that good or is America\rquote s most influential critic losing the plot? Australian\rquote s will find out September 2nd.
- Pissed off about Elephant not being released in Melbourne until April 24th. Why such a long wait between Sydney and Melbourne? I\rquote ve been waiting for the Cannes Palme D\rquote or winner for what seems like ages.

 
 
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Saturday, April 3 2004
 
Comedy
 

No Better Medicine 

[ Hehehehehehe ]

Things have been fairly hectic these past few days. Uni comes crashing down on you like a mofo in your last week before the Easter break. Hopefully I’ll get some time over the break to write some more music and film reviews and post a few photo galleries.

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Wednesday, March 31 2004
 
Comedy
 
Future Ramblings