Back on tour as middle-aged man - "My body looks like a dropped lasagne" - this was of course worth waiting for. Frankie is brutal. None of these subtle put downs of hecklers. You don't mess with Frankie. "Shut the f*** up, you c***. No one has paid to listen to you. They would only pay to see you if you were the star in a snuff movie." He described how a member of the audience was once upset by a routine on depression. Eventually the bloke left ostentatiously shouting "Suicide is never funny" to which Frankie retorted, "Why don't you kill yourself and I'll see if I laugh". Yes don't you just love that gentle whimsical humour in the British tradition...
So, you have to find abuse funny. Luckily I do. Downside? Well he does tend to press on with easy targets, posh Tories, paedophiles. Ok, but gets a little repetitive. Although I did like his theory that Renaissance cherubs just evolved those little feathery wings so they could fly out of the clutches of d hook them back down.the catholic priests. And that Catholic bishops had those long crooks so they could try and hook them back down. You had to see it with arm movements.
Yes a good set (although a trifle short) but not for the easily offended. But as Mr Boyle would say, if you are easily offended you can f** off.
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