8/10
Bailey is a comic legend
25 May 2005
Warning: Spoilers
SPOILERS Well known from his role in sitcom "Black Books" and his role as a team captain on "Never Mind The Buzzcocks", Bill Bailey still does the occasional stand up comedy. Like so many comedians turned actor, Bailey does look slightly out of practice on a stage, but different to others, he remains hilarious and random throughout.

BBC News, the national anthem, Dolphins, America, Bill Bailey's range of topics is both extreme and surreal. Using music to aid him, Bailey is always hilarious.

Bailey always inspires laughter. Not degrading himself into really horrendously insulting anyone, if at all, Bailey's forte is combining novel ideas on old topics with the random and obscure. Combining an old childhood favourite song with a modern music band to produce an alternative national anthem is just one of many radical ways in which Bailey causes the audience to strain themselves laughing.

If you watch programmes like "Black Books" its so easy to forget how funny Bill Bailey is as a stand up. Hilarious from the offset until an explosive Kraftwerk tribute, Bailey never ceases to entertain and is a joy to watch. A true reminder of the beauty of stand up.
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