Micheal McIntyre-bashing has become an open sport on the comedy scene.
But to do it well an act really has to have something alternative to offer – and sadly McIntyre would completely destroy Paul Kerensa onstage.
For all his mocking of McIntyre’s skipping and Man Drawer material, Kerensa’s show lacked the inventiveness, wit or structure of the arena-filler.
Based around the fact it was now 2015, and hoverboards were still not around – something which was something of a Twitter trope on January 1 – Kerensa’s sequel to his 2006 Back To The Futon show saw him try to go back in time to become a comedy god, by stealing McIntyre’s material.
On paper it sounded like a strong show, but there was a real lack of structure. The plot fizzled out two-thirds from the end, with Kerensa awkwardly filling for the last few minutes, not unlike the Eurovision hosts on television at the same time.
Badly singing the plot to the first Back To The Future film along to themes from the soundtrack was just embarrassing.
And his reliance on technology to visit his past selves had inevitable results, with Kerensa struggling to hold a conversation with himself across two iPads.
When someone in the audience is calling out suggestions how to make a bit work better a comic is probably onto a loser.
Two stars
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