Back in the day, Spencer Brown was a wondrously bright-eyed, surreal comedian. He is still abuzz with energy but his stand-up appears to have gone down a more mainstream road than before.
Good gags and laughter were still there in abundance. I liked his analysis of Free Fringe-goers as people who "value their time less than their money".
His dinner facts and rogue shopper routines and phoning gran song were strong.
However, his young daughter material left some of the audience cold and some of his sexual material was more distasteful than funny. It did not suit him.
Spencer is a great guy and, I believe, has bags of talent. Alas, this show was not the best he could have created for the Edinburgh Fringe.
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