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For six years Michael McIntyre has compered a fundraiser for children’s hospice Julia’s House. This year’s bill was the strongest yet.
McIntyre was on fine form, discussing everything from his favourite batteries (AA, apparently) to North Korea’s military ambitions: “My plan is to blend in,” said the black-suited comic, who does have a hint of Kim Jong-un about him.
A theme was regrettable incidents. Russell Howard confessed to confronting people taking photos of him only to discover they were snapping a Pokémon alongside him. Joel Dommett tried to be cool while playing Les Mis on his car stereo. The Last Leg’s Adam Hills publicly sang Ed Sheeran’s Shape of You with his daughter, only realising how inappropriate it was mid-verse.
Elsewhere Kevin Bridges worried about God. “He’s in over his head.” Alan Carr once considered swimming with sharks but in a wet suit he resembled “a Teletubbie at a funeral”. Kerry Godliman berated hipster cafes that serve soup in bedpans.
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The irrepressible McIntyre was the lynchpin who held everything together though, keeping proceedings moving with a never-ending supply of quickfire quips. His batteries were certainly fully charged.
