randomist

that was the title of the ross noble show we saw last nite for the opening of the melbourne comedy festival. its a brilliant title (i want to point out that random was my absolute favourite word LONG before it ever became overused-- i'm a little sad that people don't think its funny anymore when i overuse that word cuz i've done it for years and everyone used to think it was weird). ross noble is hilarious (i saw him once before as a "surprise" guest-- the surprise leaked into the press 2days before-- at a tsunami benefit last year)!! basically the only way to discribe is act is that he's like an ADHD kid and his brain works faster than his mouth can but he really tries to get everything in his brain out of his mouth (and he does surprisingly well at it). he's different than a lot of comedians in that i don't think he actually has much of a set list when he gets up infront of everyone. i'm sure he has a few vague topics in mind but he basically goes off on tangents within tangents, within tangents.... (you get the point) and he's hilarious. he usually remembers to get to the end of the first story too (even if it is 90 minutes later). the show was 140 minutes and it included a 10 min question period at the end (a lot of which got taken up by a question that reminded him that he did forget to finish one story he started near the beginning of the show. definately worth the $25.