Children, gather around. Say you have, I don't know, half an hour of which you have nothing do. Then why not listen to the Sunday Sideshow, a radio program, if that is really the word, of topical material, irreverent discussion and jokes about disabled people. Well, famous people. That's kind of the same.

I went to watch the BJ Show last Wednesday. Brad should be commended for his efforts, because it was basically a one man project, particularly the writing and video production, and not a small part of the acting. The first half was sketch, though with a series of stories or themes running through. Some of it wasn't all that funny, some of it was killer. I was impressed at exactly how offensive the Cancer vs. Genital Warts leadership battle scene was (there was some laughter, but the audience did not seem hugely enthused by a dying cancer kid being credited with popularising the bald head look). The acting wasn't always great, and it occassionaly tried to be cleverer than it actually was, but overall it was an impressive effort.

The second half was Theatresports improv, and I thought it was really tight. Some scenes could have been longer: there was quite a bit of cutting out at a big joke rather than trying for a nicer conclusion, but I probably laughed more during that part than the scripted bits.

Overall, I thought it was a good night's entertainment, if not the pinnacle of comedy in this town. I don't think it deserved all the comments made in Ben Laffery's review, but then as he clearly knows nothing about improv (and our cast member-laden audience) and thinks Facebooking relationship status counts as intelligently researched journalism then I don't think they really would have mattered much.