Comedy

Yesterday was the last day for one of the guys from the community department at the Salford City Reds so everyone from work went out to a comedy club to say farewell to him. The comedy club had something of a game where a bunch of amateurs did a few minute stand up bit but 3 members of the audience were given big cards to hold up when they wanted the comedian (or so-called comedian!) to stop. Once all three people put their card up, the comedian had to leave the stage. Those that made it the designated time without getting voted off went into the next round. Sort of like Britain/America's Got Talent.

But before the game started, there were two comedians on that were the winners from previous nights. They were okay but the best comedian was actually the host of the night - the guy who introduced each act, explained how the game worked, talked to people in the crowd inbetween acts, etc.

The first comedian of the game was pretty good but everyone after that was just terrible. No one was laughing and yet 2 of them went through to the next round! I couldn't believe it. The last act was two women and they were the worst - they did a bit where one read from her "diary" while the other acted it out. I guess they were trying to do something like on Whose Line Is It Anyway but it just wasn't funny. No one was laughing and 2 of the 3 card people put theirs up... the third refused to do so! And I remember she really wanted a card so we wondered if she knew the double act and wanted a card so her friends wouldn't get voted off. How annoying.