[20000007] Tripod
Tripod
Nova (Cinema 3)
8:30pm, Sun 27 Feb 2000
Score: 7
Short Review: Wiggles-meets-DAAS
Tripod opened up with a wonderful musical ode to mucus which was, for a Tripod virgin such as myself, a hilarious introduction into the trio's exploits. They then rattled through a series of songs (including the brilliant "political song", which I haven't been able to get out of my head all day ;) and, along the way, managed to insert large chunks of dialogue from "The Empire Strikes Back" (neat, since Yon was referred to more than once as "Yoda").
Their songs were brilliant - rollicking, hilarious, entertaining, always on the mark, and reminding me of a tasty blend of The Wiggles and the late Doug Anthony All-Stars (not a bad thing, I assure you). However, when they strayed into the non-musical aspects of their show, their grip on me slipped. A lot of the stand-up/spoken word stuff fell flat, and they suffered from the "ad-libbed versus rehearsed ad-libbed" problem.
Don't worry about that too much, though - for a roaring good laugh, they manage to hit the right notes often enough.