Carl Hutchinson 'Here's Me Show' - 06/05/2014

Last night I went to see Carl Hutchinson at The Stand in Newcastle. I've seen him three times before, the first was supporting Chris Ramsey, then I saw his solo show at the Edinburgh Fringe, and then took my friend along to see him at the Friday Show at The Stand last November. As you can tell, I'm a bit of a fan. It's great to follow a comic's journey when they've not been on the circuit for long (Hutchinson has been doing stand up for 5 years, having done his first gig at The Dog & Parrot in Newcastle).

The first act of the night was Anth Young, a comic I hadn't seen before. His set was only short, but he got in a lot of laughs. You could tell the audience were up for a good night, which must make the comedian's job much easier! After Anth Young was Lee Kyle, another North East comic who the audience really seemed to love. Personal favourites from his set were his impressions, or lack thereof, but that's what made them great. Never has an impression of Leonardo DiCaprio in Titanic been as good as in a Geordie accent saying the words "howay Winslet help us ya bitch", I think that line will stick with me, and just make me laugh at random points in the future.

Photo from http://www.carlhutchinson.net/photos/

Then came Carl Hutchinson. He's only a young comic, but the room looked pretty much sold out to me, so he's clearly doing something right. He started off by having a chat with the crowd, an array of birthday-based hilarity ensued, it's those unplanned moments in live comedy that I love so much. The ridiculous amount of people knocking glasses over last night was another instance of this! Carl is certainly not one for sticking to a "script", he often begins telling a story, tells another in the middle, then returns to the original story. It's all funny, it all works, you never get lost or confused with what he's speaking about. He has you laughing constantly. The show is new so any kinks that have yet to be ironed out are all fine, not that there are many!

If your sort of humour is that of Russell Howard or Chris Ramsey then I think Carl Hutchinson will be right up your street. He's touring all over the place until the Autumn and then he's embarking on Chris Ramsey's 'The Most Dangerous Man On Saturday Morning TV' tour as his support, which is sure to be a great night!

Have a watch of a clip from Carl's last tour, 'All The Rage', and if you like what you see, all his tour dates can be found here

Ad of the Week

This week my ad is a new viral from Snickers created by Clemenger BBDO, and it is genius! A great snippet of social commentary, it really sends a message about stereotypes, and to see the women's initial reactions of fear/disgust at the builders, to their shock/surprise at what they're saying actually says a lot about the state of things, but it's done in a funny way so it doesn't feel too heavy!

Ad of The Week

This week my Ad of the Week comes courtesy of Channel 4. As you'll probably be aware, it's the Winter Olympics right now and there's quite a bit of controversy about it being held in Sochi, Russia due to Russia's stance on LGBT rights. In light of this, a lot of people and organisations have come out in support of the LGBT community which is great to see, and Channel 4 have done it in a big way.

They have created an advert/music video called Gay Mountain. I think the only thing I can say is you should just watch it. It does pretty much speak for itself, it's hardly trying to be subtle about things! But it makes an impact.

And what a fitting day to have this as my Ad of the Week, being that it's the day of love and all.