Beginning with a bad joke, the lanky stand-up comedian chided himself by tapping away on an imaginary typewriter, muttering, "ill-conceived, badly delivered. The Argus".

Continuing in animated mode and keen to prove his dog had an interest in Eastern politics, Boothby slackened his cheeks, shook his head and growled, Slobodan Milosevic.

There followed an amusing explanation of the feline navigation tool Cat-Nav, while his "middle-aged-manat- a-rave-gets-bright-idea" dance was hilarious.

Ending with comical song Bungee Girl, the unsuspecting audience laughed in comprehension at the explanatory lyric: "There are some things you do and never do again. One is break the heart of the man who drives the crane."

Boothby has all the charm of your embarrassing dad, but funnier and, as one woman leaving the venue in helpless amusement exclaimed: "It's just his facial expressions, he's hilarious."

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