Wil By Mouth
Wil Anderson @ Union Hall
8:45pm, Mon 25 Feb 2002
Score: 7
Short Review: Amusing… but…
There was no theme to this show, no premise – just Wil coming out (to a raptuous applause) and cracking a bunch of jokes before he left. He was really rapid-firing it – at times he was almost speaking too fast to be legible.
After opening the act with the fourth “I don’t know how to open this act” I’ve heard in the last week, Wil was right into it – jokes about his mum, faux pas at friends’ weddings (I’ve got that one beat, buddy), a smattering of ads and expressions that he hates. And chalk up anothe “Crocodile Hunter” gag – except Wil’s Steve Irwin impersonation is neither as accurate nor as amusing as Lehmo’s.
The thing I like about Wil is that he’s a real Aussie comedian – self-denigrating, and au fait with classic Australian mannerisms. But I feel that I should wrap up this review by saying – he’s almost there. This was almost a classic show, except for the last 10 minutes… his Ministry Of Sound – Ibiza airline gag went way too long, and the “DVD menu” at the end was just gratuitous. “No offence”.