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!). Today, the one we have all been waiting for, Wil Anderson! If, like me, you are a big fan of Wil, you have been waiting months for this show, for him to finally tell the story of the day he got arrested in Wagga Wagga. He announced awhile ago that he would be using this experience as the basis for this year's show, and has teased it a bit on his podcast, without giving anything away. Having seen many of Wil's stand up shows over the years, I have always found them to be balanced observations of the world, whether he's discussing the latest ridiculous statement from one of our ignorant politicians, or why we should change the date of Australia Day. He ...
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