The David O'Doherty Show...

Last night I ended up going to a comedy show over here in a town called Clonakilty with one of the guys I work with. The town is about an hour outside of Cork, so it ended up being a pretty late Wednesday night. The club we went to was called De Barra Folk Club and was just a small pub with a stage section in the back. The main comedian of the night was David O'Doherty. At the show, there were pretty much 3 acts. The MC, who did an opening gig, was pretty funny. I was thinking that it would be a pretty good show after that. However, once the next guy came on stage, I was wondering what my buddy had gotten me into. This comedian, who I forget the name of, was either a terrible comedian...or part of his gig was pretending he was a terrible comedian. Either way, he wasn't so good. His whole routine consisted of him trying out new jokes that he had written on a few scraps of notebook paper. After he was done though, David O'Doherty came on and he was hilarious. I would definitely recommend you see him if you ever have the chance (i.e. You're in Ireland, in Clonakilty or some other small town, and he happens to be performing...hah). Nearly his whole routine was generalized and not Irish-centric, so I didn't have to know all about Irish pop culture and history to get the jokes, which was definitely a plus. Also, he didn't have a bad Irish accent, so I could understand all the jokes...another plus. Anyways, if there's any other shows in the near future, I'll definitely head over as it was a great time for a Wednesday night.