Bill Bailey at the Olympia

You may have alzheimer's

At least you didn't have tickets to Ronnie Corbett. Apparently his gig was awful, mainly because he wasn't there for most of it.

Thanks accentmonkey. Still next time I'll try, I've not seen him yet! I think I'll just bit0rr3nt his stuff or something.

Ronnie Corbett? Could've been worse, did you see the review for Dennis Leary in the IT?

Apparently some shitty band that someone on the radio described as "little better than a wedding band" played for 45 minutes, and then everyone waited for another half an hour before Le Corbett actually came onstage.

I didn't see the review for Dennis Leary. Was he not good then?

If it's decent comedy you're after, once more let me urge you in the strongest possible terms to see Dara O'Briain. He's playing in Vicar St in November some time. You should go.

That's a bit shit about the midget. Still I don't even know why he was there. Wouldn't it have been great if they had puppetry of the penis on the same bill, they get their little fellahs confused and *crack* terminal chiropacty on Le C!

Review as follows:

"Denis Leary and Friends

The Point, Dublin

Bafflingly huge, utterly characterless and a complete sell-out, the Point Depot may seem an atrocious venue for comedy, but it suits Denis Leary perfectly. The comedian/actor has always been a stand-up for the masses. From splenetic rants on MTV to a career largely defined by his use of the word "asshole", Leary is the patron saint of anybody who's ever been stuck in traffic, or wanted to shoot their boss. In short, his is the comedy of impotence.

His appearance at the Bulmer's Comedy Festival, however, was the comedy of laziness. "Denis Leary and Friends," he explained, offers the platform of his radiant celebrity to two comedians the audience had not paid to see. How magnanimous.

This also allowed Leary to concoct about 15 minutes of transcendentally meagre new material (Americans are fat! Homosexuals are gay! Women are contemptible! A routine that, astonishingly, required prompt cards). Let's not dwell on the accomplished misogynist, but lousy comedian Patrice O Neil.

Suffice it to say that his comic crescendo encourages women to imagine their sex organs mutilated, before his punchline: "How would you keep your man?"

It is near miraculous then that Dane Cook, the inspired and unquestioned star of the night, can still unearth laughs from the depleted strip-mine of American comedy. Cook may begin with violence, toilets and sex, but his imagination moves him further.

More than sex, he knows, "any guy here would rather be part of a heist". And more than that, "any guy would love to own a monkey".

Sadly, Leary must return to cash in his last chips of dignity, his final words instructing us to buy his forthcoming Christmas single. Denis Leary fans, even you deserve better.

Peter Crawley"

If I could avoid it I'd never go near the point again, the walk back can seems so long but it is kind of handy for cooling off.

I kind of wish I'd got Dylan Moran tickets but what can you do? Next time, baby, I'll be ready.

One of my friends almost got into a nasty fight with what looked like a nine-year old in the Point one night (seriously, we were worried this kid was going to stab him or something) and another friend of mine got the shit kicked out of him coming home from a Pet Shop Boys gig one night. I don't go the Point anymore.

I saw a Ross Noble show on E4 the other night. I'd only seen him on comedy panel shows before and thought he was alright, but this was probably the funniest stand up set I've ever seen on telly.

I'm not sure who I'd like to see live. I was traumatised by Dierdre O'Kane, she was unfunny and so !!LOUD!! My ears felt like they were bleeding as she screeched her way through her act.

In fact coming back from growing up abroad I can't get/like the following:

Brendan O'Carroll
Brendan Grace
Niall Tobin (I think, old corkman)

Also the charm of Des Bishop eludes me. Even that series he did on being poor.

It's a shame I won't see you for fappage this weekend, we could talk about standup comedy and annoy the Vicar. He hates it.

(Funnily enough I thought his stand up was the only redeeming feature. The rest of the time I found him irritating!)