Wil Anderson - “GoodWil”
13th April 2013
There were a lot of people outside the Princess Theatre to go and see Wil Anderson and I only appreciated how many people the old lady that she is can take within her bosom once I was inside and turning around and looking back up around the theatre.
It really is a lovely old theatre, it's not the sort of thing we build now in the 21st century. It's all hard angles, engineered wood, steel and timber on display.
It's not the cornices, the delicate and fine workmanship that's on display in the Princess Theatre.
It is here that Wil Anderson has his show.
The poster at the back of stage is huge and supposedly shows his cats, where I was seated, one row from the front I could barely make the cats out.
Two people in the front row did not turn up.
In order to get those two centre front row they'd need to have booked very early, about the same time as I did I assume since I booked before the start of the festival (I think). So that's a long time before. Maybe that's what did them in, they paid up ahead and then life, stuff got in the way. They could have given their tickets to someone else. I'm pretty sure they're non-refundable.
So, money in Anderson's pockets even if they're not present for the show the cash still goes into his quite tight jeans.
Wil Anderson does the black t-shirt with black hoody/jacket, black jeans and black shoes very well, they all come out looking a bit washed out under the show lights, yet it all seems to accentuate that he's a very thin, almost angular sort of person.
His shoes were quite chunky.
I have not seen Anderson's standup for a while. I am an avid listener to TOFOP and the resurrected FOFOP. But his stand up isn't something I've been driven to see for a good many years. No reason for it, just didn't have the time or inclination to do so before.
The last show of Anderson's I saw would have been probably 10 or so years ago in the Lower Town Hall, at least I think it was the lower Town Hall, it was definitely in the Melbourne Town Hall, I remember that. Actually now that I think about it, it would have been more than 10 years ago, probably 2010. All I remember is that Anderson was in a kilt.
I don't remember anything else from that standup except that he was in a kilt and that it was one of the first MICFs that I went to.
Reflecting on this show, I laughed, and have been left a little bit worried about Wil Anderson.
His hips especially are worrying, my dad has something similar with his hips running against one another, bone against bone.
It's worrying that Anderson, youthful that he is has osteoarthritis.
His doctor sounds amusing though.
I am also worried for Wil about the lump on his neck, something that he didn't explain what it was / what it turned out to be. That he left out that information is worrying.
Anderson's observations of life and how we live it and how not to be a dick in society were interesting and enlightening.
At one point I found myself wishing that there would one day be a show that was "Wil Anderson in conversation with Richard Dawkins", I dunno why I started thinking it.
Actually it was because Anderson was talking about how we as a society should know how to live and that societies function (or should function) via people generally getting along with one another.
There was some talk of journalism and how it's all "grief porn, click throughs and manipulation". It was something that was close to Anderson's heart given the recent bushfires and that his parents live in Heyfield. He was overseas at the time and used the "news" sites to get information - not a good idea he discovered.
Having listened to TOFOP, Wil Anderson's podcast I did know some of the background to his jokes and stories. The podcast really makes me appreciate how much a comedian crafts their stories into a show. The podcast is pretty raw and unedited, but I can see with Anderson's show how some of his experiences in life have been re-crafted, distilled and worked out how to be told in order to deliver it so that the audience laughs and laughs at the right point.
Having not seen him for several years I will be seeing more of Wil Anderson because he is funny, he produces a great podcast and I want to support him.
13th April 2013
There were a lot of people outside the Princess Theatre to go and see Wil Anderson and I only appreciated how many people the old lady that she is can take within her bosom once I was inside and turning around and looking back up around the theatre.
It really is a lovely old theatre, it's not the sort of thing we build now in the 21st century. It's all hard angles, engineered wood, steel and timber on display.
It's not the cornices, the delicate and fine workmanship that's on display in the Princess Theatre.
It is here that Wil Anderson has his show.
The poster at the back of stage is huge and supposedly shows his cats, where I was seated, one row from the front I could barely make the cats out.
Two people in the front row did not turn up.
In order to get those two centre front row they'd need to have booked very early, about the same time as I did I assume since I booked before the start of the festival (I think). So that's a long time before. Maybe that's what did them in, they paid up ahead and then life, stuff got in the way. They could have given their tickets to someone else. I'm pretty sure they're non-refundable.
So, money in Anderson's pockets even if they're not present for the show the cash still goes into his quite tight jeans.
Wil Anderson does the black t-shirt with black hoody/jacket, black jeans and black shoes very well, they all come out looking a bit washed out under the show lights, yet it all seems to accentuate that he's a very thin, almost angular sort of person.
His shoes were quite chunky.
I have not seen Anderson's standup for a while. I am an avid listener to TOFOP and the resurrected FOFOP. But his stand up isn't something I've been driven to see for a good many years. No reason for it, just didn't have the time or inclination to do so before.
The last show of Anderson's I saw would have been probably 10 or so years ago in the Lower Town Hall, at least I think it was the lower Town Hall, it was definitely in the Melbourne Town Hall, I remember that. Actually now that I think about it, it would have been more than 10 years ago, probably 2010. All I remember is that Anderson was in a kilt.
I don't remember anything else from that standup except that he was in a kilt and that it was one of the first MICFs that I went to.
Reflecting on this show, I laughed, and have been left a little bit worried about Wil Anderson.
His hips especially are worrying, my dad has something similar with his hips running against one another, bone against bone.
It's worrying that Anderson, youthful that he is has osteoarthritis.
His doctor sounds amusing though.
I am also worried for Wil about the lump on his neck, something that he didn't explain what it was / what it turned out to be. That he left out that information is worrying.
Anderson's observations of life and how we live it and how not to be a dick in society were interesting and enlightening.
At one point I found myself wishing that there would one day be a show that was "Wil Anderson in conversation with Richard Dawkins", I dunno why I started thinking it.
Actually it was because Anderson was talking about how we as a society should know how to live and that societies function (or should function) via people generally getting along with one another.
There was some talk of journalism and how it's all "grief porn, click throughs and manipulation". It was something that was close to Anderson's heart given the recent bushfires and that his parents live in Heyfield. He was overseas at the time and used the "news" sites to get information - not a good idea he discovered.
Having listened to TOFOP, Wil Anderson's podcast I did know some of the background to his jokes and stories. The podcast really makes me appreciate how much a comedian crafts their stories into a show. The podcast is pretty raw and unedited, but I can see with Anderson's show how some of his experiences in life have been re-crafted, distilled and worked out how to be told in order to deliver it so that the audience laughs and laughs at the right point.
Having not seen him for several years I will be seeing more of Wil Anderson because he is funny, he produces a great podcast and I want to support him.