Thursday, December 15, 2011

Stephen Merchant: Hello Ladies...- Merchant puts on an entertaining show, but in the end, he's just not as good as when he's partnered with Gervais. The two are a genius team, but in the end, Merchant plays more to his search for marriage than to jokes, and that grows tiresome. Sure, he has an entertaining voice to listen to, especially when you are packing clothing away and can't look at every hand gesture he makes, but his jokes were fairly visual (one with texting language) and that was a hassle in terms of missing jokes on an auditory standpoint and having to go back. He's definitely a funny man, and deserves far more credit for his work than he often receives by the general audience, but I wasn't that impressed with this comedy performance. I would watch another if he had one obviously, but I probably won't be spreading this one around like it's the new Kanye album.



- Jeff Bassin