2013 MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL COMEDY FESTIVAL
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| Your Hosts, Karl Chandler (L), Tommy Dassalo (R). |
REVIEW: THE LITTLE DUM DUM CLUB –
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VENUE AND DATES: MELBOURNE TOWN HALL, POWDER ROOM, 3 PERFORMANCES ONLY, UNTIL APRIL 15
ASSESSMENT: High decibel hilarity.
STAR RATING: ****.
Five stand-up comedians on stage riffing about anything they want, having a hoot, and, podcasting it all on iTunes to boot. Heaven!
Perky hosts, Tommy Dassalo and Karl Chandler, greet a sold-out audience in the Town Hall’s Powder Room. Their comedy panel format for The Little Dum Dum Club is as old as Methuselah. First guest off the rank is Dave O’Neil, who whinges about being overtaken on the success highway by protégés, Dave Hughes and some bloke called Rove. Good-natured stuff.
But, the decibel levels rise to a Spinal Tap-like, 11 on the Marshall amp volume dial, when the three are hijacked by two US stand-up comedians, Pete Holmes and Eddie Pepitone. THESE GUYS ARE LOUD, OK? Holmes alternately describes himself as the lesbian Val Kilmer, or the giant John Ritter. He’s a funny dude, rapping amiably with the front row audience about putting their feet on the stage, or eating Cheezels. Holmes is about to start filming his own talk-show. We need another US talk-show like Labor needs another leadership spill.
When seasoned campaigner, Pepitone, arrives he’s even louder than Holmes. Dassalo, Chandler, and O’Neil are reduced to playing the lambs to Jurassic Park’s T-Rex. They don’t stand a chance. It’s Pepitone’s first time in Australia. He yells about staying at the Medina Hotel, not using lotions, and flying business class to Australia, where, we are told, you are not permitted to think about death. Leave that thought to economy class passengers.
50 riotous minutes of pure, improvised fun.
BY: JOE CALLERI.
VENUE AND DATES: MELBOURNE TOWN HALL, POWDER ROOM, 3 PERFORMANCES ONLY, UNTIL APRIL 15
ASSESSMENT: High decibel hilarity.
STAR RATING: ****.
Five stand-up comedians on stage riffing about anything they want, having a hoot, and, podcasting it all on iTunes to boot. Heaven!
Perky hosts, Tommy Dassalo and Karl Chandler, greet a sold-out audience in the Town Hall’s Powder Room. Their comedy panel format for The Little Dum Dum Club is as old as Methuselah. First guest off the rank is Dave O’Neil, who whinges about being overtaken on the success highway by protégés, Dave Hughes and some bloke called Rove. Good-natured stuff.
But, the decibel levels rise to a Spinal Tap-like, 11 on the Marshall amp volume dial, when the three are hijacked by two US stand-up comedians, Pete Holmes and Eddie Pepitone. THESE GUYS ARE LOUD, OK? Holmes alternately describes himself as the lesbian Val Kilmer, or the giant John Ritter. He’s a funny dude, rapping amiably with the front row audience about putting their feet on the stage, or eating Cheezels. Holmes is about to start filming his own talk-show. We need another US talk-show like Labor needs another leadership spill.
When seasoned campaigner, Pepitone, arrives he’s even louder than Holmes. Dassalo, Chandler, and O’Neil are reduced to playing the lambs to Jurassic Park’s T-Rex. They don’t stand a chance. It’s Pepitone’s first time in Australia. He yells about staying at the Medina Hotel, not using lotions, and flying business class to Australia, where, we are told, you are not permitted to think about death. Leave that thought to economy class passengers.
50 riotous minutes of pure, improvised fun.
BY: JOE CALLERI.
NB: REVIEW
ALSO PUBLISHED ON HERALD SUN ONLINE, TUESDAY 02 APRIL, 2013.
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