Great to have Stand Up back on Terrestrial Tv (Live at the Apollo)

Member Name: huggy2009

Product:	Live at the Apollo
Date:	14/08/09 (49 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Some really funny acts and the chance to see new upcoming comedians

Disadvantages: Some comedians bring their stage act which is dull if you've seen it.

I remember a few years ago when there was absolutely no stand up on television, Lee Evans was selling out Wembley Arena as was Eddie Izzard, the League of Gentlemen were a huge draw in their live show, but stand up on television had for some reason stopped.

Well thankfully that's no the case anymore, Live at the Apollo is a really good stand up comedy show, its shown on BBC1 and then at a later day the repeats are shown regularly on Dave.

The show is generally compered by a really good comic who'll do ten minutes of their act, introduce another comedian to do about 25 minutes of standup then the host returns answers text messages from the crowd and we're done.

The show is really funny, its good to see Jimmy Carr compering with Alan Carr as the main act, as was the case the other night, other funny acts to have appeared include, Frankie Boyle, Russell Howard, Joan Rivers, Jo Brand, Michael McIntrye and Jason Manford, it's a great chance for comedians you might only have seen on the endless round of comedy panel shows to actually show what they do.

Some acts such as Boyle do a large part of their successful stand up show, others try new stuff which is quite brave, overall this is a great idea and really should be encouraged as stand up is generally something to really enjoy. Its good having crowds too as it creates that element of uncertainty and interactivity which is sometimes lacking with a studio audience.

Sometimes if it's a big act there will be only one act and the presenter but there is also the opportunity for new acts to be seen so we will have some shows where two or three comedians get smaller spots and this is great to find out who the next big stars of British Comedy might be, I found Rhodri Gilbert very funny recently and look forward to seeing more of him because of this show.

Summary: Great to have Stand Up back on Terrestrial Tv