Micro Review: Dom Joly at The Blakehay Theatre

In celebration of the 25th anniversary of hit show Trigger Happy TV, Dom Joly has been on a mammoth UK tour bringing audiences stories and behind the scenes anecdotes of some of our favorite moments.

He was in Bristol back in the summer of last year with a Work In Progress version of the show – which was an absolutely hilarious evening.

This time, at the Blakehay Theatre in Weston Super Mare, every seat was sold out and filled – an impressive feat considering it was running at the exact same time as the hugely popular Weston Carnival.

He opened the show with a guest of honour. It was the original giant phone making an appearance early on alongside the original clip in which it featured.

Throughout the evening, we heard lots about how Trigger Happy TV came to exist, how it was made, the music, the members of the public who featured in it and some of the mishaps and misadventures that occurred along the way.

It’s not often a show comes along that gives you face cramp from laughing so much but this one did.

The event flew by so fast the interval came as a surprise. The ending also came far too soon. This was a show that you could listen to for hours without getting bored.

There’s still an appetite for Trigger Happy TV, even in a social media world full of gags, hidden cameras, pranks and general chaos.

There’s a real wholesomeness in revisiting Trigger Happy after all these years. The comedy still holds up and it’s a total blast hearing all of the stories. Dom Joly is naturally a very funny storyteller.

It would be nice to hear some perspective from co-creator and camera person Sam Cadman who made the show with Joly.

Dom Joly’s latest project is Mugwuffin, an internet subscription series that promises to be everything Trigger Happy TV was.

For the love.

For more information about Mugwuffin: https://mugwuffin.com

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