The Melbourne International Comedy Festival has kicked off for another year, and I was lucky enough to be able to get tickets to so many amazing comedians that I wanted to see. So I've decided to review all the shows I see, and to include some general comedy festival tips as well (scroll to the end for those). First up, Matt Okine! Matt Okine, comedian, TV star, radio host, etc etc etc Matt Okine is having an amazing year. Professionally I mean, he may be having a shit time personally, who knows. Seriously though, he seems to be killing it at life. You may know Matt as one half of former Triple J breakfast duo Matt and Alex, which graced our airwaves until 2016. You may know him for his music career, his cooking show on the ABC, his stand-up, or his TV show The Other Guy (which he both wrote and starred in). He even hosted this year's Melbourne International Comedy Festival Gala. I know, right? He's one of those annoying people that seems to be good at everything t...
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