I'm a big fan of Ms. Caulfield so I was looking forward to this. Maybe not as much as Katherine Ryan or Aisling Bea but up there. And she didn't disappoint. Came across exactly as she does on telly and the various routines on YouTube - a hugely engaging and interesting woman, very funny and great timing. Even if the venue IS SHITE (sorry, really not a fan of the main Stand Comedy Club venue).
Much of the routine focused on either "stuff my friends have done" (internet dating in general mainly) or "shit my husband does/says" - so most is relatively safe (though that makes the occasional zinger and sharp comment land all-the-more effectively I suppose).
After a brief introductory chat about moving to Leith and the mandatory bit about Scottish weather and wreaking havoc to one's hair she mused sometimes it would be nice to be bald and just wake up in the morning, have a quick wash and go. She then pointed me out and said, "Except for you Sir. That spotlight is doing you no favours." Pertinent and right ...
Anyway, lots of good anecdotes and general ramblings around various "awkward conversations". Funniest was a tale set around the previous Christmas. She had been working away for weeks and was only home for a couple of days (having to visit the in-laws in Aberdeen during her brief return home) before she headed back on the road again for Hogmanay gigs. Emotionally frazzled and exhausted after returning from the in-laws her husband said to her, "Honey, we need to talk" at which she assumed the worst and launched into a monologue about how she didn't want to break up but if he did then they would, they would do it amicably, it would be a wrench but maybe for the best and they would still remain friends, etc. etc. He replied "I wanted to talk about your birthday and what you wanted to do for it given how much you're on the road." At which she asked the female audience what they thought she did to get out of that situation. The female audience shouted out near-unanimously "Cry!". Apart from three drunk women in front of me who all shouted out "Blowjob!". Cry it was. The pay-off to the joke was that since then the husband keeps bringing it up every now and then - at a recent big shop she was buying the usual supplies; she picked up a large pack of loo rolls to which her husband quipped "TWELVE rolls? Do you think we'll stay together long enough to use them?"
Anyway, I thought it was funny.
Very funny lady and could quite happily listen to her for hours.
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