Stuff I Watched: Show Me The Funny – Final

It’s been a full week since the live final of not-very-popular reality TV show Show Me The Funny. Surely this is the perfect time for me to write about it.

Obviously, its not the perfect time, but I feel compelled to finish what I started. Since the show aired, I’ve been on holiday and I didn’t make any notes, so this will be a) from memory and b) half-hearted. Hey, being a bit vague is my schtick, so we are where we are.

The final of the stand up competition was broadcast live from the Hammersmith Apollo, with 3000 people in attendance. Each of the acts was given a 5-minute spot, which was – shock, horror – shown in full. The running order was chosen by the producers: Tiff, Dan then Pat.

Before each set, we got a final “task” (shown on VT), with each act paired up with a mentor; Tiff with Bob Mortimer, Dan with Ross Noble and Pat with Johnny Vegas. In fairness, the tasks were vaguely related to improving the perceived weaknesses with each comic, and they were at least entertaining if not actually useful.

Erm, well, they all did pretty well really and Pat, unsurprisingly, won. Perhaps the most notable aspect of the show was that Jason Manford made several jokes about how few people were watching. Naughty.

And that’s that. I told you it was going to be half-hearted.