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May 25, 2022 by Simon Sweetman

Ricky Gervais: SuperNature

Ricky Gervais: SuperNature Director: Ricky Gervais Netflix I haven’t found Ricky Gervais funny for a lot longer than I ever found him funny, something I explored when I made the wrong move of watching season three of After Life (I had mostly enjoyed the first two seasons, the first especially).
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Comedy, Comedy Special, Comedy Special Review, Live, Netflix, Netflix Comedy, Review, Ricky Gervais, Ricky Gervais: SuperNature, Stand Up, Stand-up Comedy, SuperNature, To follow me in all the right places check out the Linktree right here. And to subscribe to my Substack newsletter “Sounds Good” click here ·

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March 7, 2022 by Simon Sweetman

The Visceral Thrill of Eddie Murphy’s Early Stand-Up

Beverly Hills Cop was one of the first video tapes we rented as a family. My mum checked with the guy at the counter to make sure it was okay for us all to watch and his suggestion was that the first few minutes contained a few swears so maybe fast-forward that… After dinner that […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Beverly Hills Cop, Blog, Comedian, Comedy, Delirious, DVD, Eddie Murphy, RAW, SNL, Stand-up Comedy, The Visceral Thrill of Eddie Murphy’s Early Stand-Up, VHS ·

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January 23, 2022 by Simon Sweetman

Wellington Comedy Presents – Friday Laughs at The Cavern Club (Friday, January 21, 2022)

Wellington Comedy: Friday Laughs Cavern Club Friday, January 21 Last year I wrote about attending Raw Meat Monday which felt like a way back in to a comedy scene I had never really experienced. My deal with reviewing comedy was mostly internationals, and some Comedy Festival or Fringe shows. Single acts. Usually big names. The […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 2022, Cavern Club, Comedian, Comedy, Comedy Night, Comedy Review, Friday, Friday Laughs at The Cavern Club, Gig, https://linktr.ee/Simonsweetman, Humourous Arts Trust, January 21, Lesa Macleod-Whiting, Live Comedy, Live Review, Ray O'Leary, Review, Rose Northey, Sameena Zehra, Sarah Courtney, Show, Stand Up, Stand-up Comedy, Want more? Check out my Substack You can also support Off The Tracks via PressPatron, Wellington, Wellington Comedy, Wellington Comedy Presents, Wellington Comedy Presents – Friday Laughs at The Cavern Club, Zach Mandeville ·

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July 2, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Meet Raw Meat Monday

Way back, when there were still newspapers, I did a lot of arts-reviewing. What better way, I figured, to make friends, right? You go to shows, say they’re absolutely shit and that the people that just died on stage needn’t bother ever getting up again and you’re paid an enormous amount of money and everyone […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Beginner, Blog, Comedian, Comedy, Fresh, Fringe, Fringe Bar, https://linktr.ee/Simonsweetman, Learner, MC, Meet Raw Meat Monday, Monday, RAW, Raw Meat, Raw Meat Monday, Stand Up, Stand-Up Comedian, Stand-up Comedy, The Fringe, The Fringe Bar, Want more? Check out my Substack You can also support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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March 20, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Richard Pryor: ‘Craps’ (After Hours) – 50th Anniversary

Richard Pryor Craps (After Hours) Omnivore Recordings In the Richard Pryor story it’s often mentioned that as he was climbing the mountain of stand-up he had to shed the clothes of Bill Cosby Clone. Mentioning Cosby might be triggering enough these days but there’s no denying that in the 1960s Cosby was one of comedy’s […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 50th Anniversary, Album Review, Comedian, Comedy, Comedy Record, Craps, Craps (After Hours), Omnivore Recordings, Pryor, Reissue, Richard Pryor, Stand Up, Stand-up Comedy, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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January 26, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Lewis Black: Thanks For Risking Your Life

Lewis Black Thanks For Risking Your Life TLB Records Available as a video (streaming) or old-fashioned CD/comedy album, Lewis Black must have just snuck in with one of the last ‘proper’ comedy specials ahead of the pandemic. As you see from the cover he was masked up – and his audience was socially distanced, he […]
Posted in Blog · Tagged Album Review, Comedian, Comedy, Comedy Album, Comedy Special, Commentary, Coronavirus, Covd-19, Covid, Donald Trump, Lewis Black, Lewis Black: Thanks For Risking Your Life, Orange, Pandemic, Stand Up, Stand-up Comedy, Thanks For Risking Your Life, TLB Records, Trump, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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November 25, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast # 240: Lucy Roche

Welcome to episode 240 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T and Yeastie Boys Now – as you probably know, as well as the usual platforms (this site, soundcloud, iTunes/Apple) you can now get to Sweetman Podcast on Spotify – follow it there and have it saved in your Spotify […]
Posted in Blog, Podcasts · Tagged Acast, Anchorfm, Apple, Chat, Class Comics, Comedian, Comedy, Comedy Club, Comedy Quest, Comic, Conversation, Covid-19, Fringe Bar, Interview, Lockdown, Lucy Roche, Open Mic, Podcast, RAW, School, Sex Worker, Simon Sweetman, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stand Up, Stand-up Comedy, Stand-Up Comic, Stitcher, Sweetman Podcast, Sweetman Podcast # 240, Sweetman Podcast # 240: Lucy Roche, T Leaf T, The Fringe, Wellington, Wgtn, Yeastie Boys, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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August 19, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Matt Braunger: Finally Live In Portland

Matt Braunger Finally Live In Portland Comedy Dynamics, A Nacelle Company Matt Braunger is a stand-up comedian and actor. He was a cast member at the end of MADtv’s run, he’s also been a voice artist (Bojack Horseman, among others) and pops up in bit parts on movies, he’s hosted a handful of podcasts and […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged A Nacelle Company, Album Review, Comedian, Comedy, Comedy Album, Comedy Dynamics, Finally Live In Portland, Live, Live Album, Matt Braunger, Matt Braunger: Finally Live In Portland, Portland, Special, Stand Up, Stand-up Comedy, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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July 16, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Gary Gulman: The Great Depresh

Gary Gulman The Great Depresh Comedy Dynamics, A Nacelle Company I’ve seen the recent comedy special by Gulman which includes documentary footage as part of it – and I loved it – but as with recent albums from specials by Maria Bamford, David Cross and Jim Gaffigan I think I prefer hearing it as a […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged A Nacelle Company, Album Review, Comedian, Comedy Dynamics, Comedy Special, Depression, Gary Gulman, Gary Gulman: The Great Depresh, HBO, Live Album, Stand-up Comedy, The Great Depresh, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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June 21, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Stubs: # 259 – James Acaster, Wellington, 2019

It really became impossible for me to review comedy – the Comedy Festival turned very sour, or the acts involved in it did – or both. And then the newspaper wouldn’t send me along because I was too hard to get in the door (not due to my size, btw). And it has become harder […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 2019, British, Cold Lasagne Hate Myself 1999, Comedian, Comedy, Comedy Festival, Comedy Review, Gig Review, James Acaster, Live Comedy, Stand Up, Stand-up Comedy, Stub, Stubs, Stubs # 259, Stubs: # 259 – James Acaster, Te Auaha, UK, Wellington, Wgtn ·

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June 15, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Amber Preston: Sparkly Parts

Amber Preston Sparkly Parts Stand Up! Records Amber Preston has been mentioned as one of the best up and comers by a few comics of note – and she sure proves herself as a consummate comedian with this full-set comedy record.
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Amber Preston, Amber Preston: Sparkly Parts, Comedian, Comedy, Comedy Record, Comic, Fargo, Live, Live Record, Midwest, Sparkly Parts, Stand Up, Stand Up! Records, Stand-Up Comedian, Stand-up Comedy, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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April 15, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Louis CK: Sincerely Louis CK

Louis CK: Sincerely Louis CK Director: Louis CK louisck.com The latest Louis CK comedy special is available via his website. He’s done this before – but this is his first special, and his first return to the self-distribution model since the scandal that threatened to tank his career – but it seems he’s going to […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged #MeToo, Comedian, Comedy, Comedy Special, Comic, Live, Live Comedy, Louis CK, Louis CK: Sincerely Louis CK, louisck.com, Scandal, Sexual Assault, Sincerely, Sincerely Louis CK, Special, Stand Up, Stand-up Comedy, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·
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