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Bill Bailey: Live at the Apollo - Part Troll [Region 2]

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Having watched and hugely enjoyed Bill Bailey's first DVD 'Bewilderness' i was delighted to see a second appear on the market, 'Part Troll' performed at the Apollo. The show exceeded all my expectations and was an improvement on his first hit show, not that i thought there was much room for improvement. He has a great comedic talent and is able to produce both regular stand-up and hugely hilarious songs that have a habbit of staying in your head and making you laugh at a later date. His topics are sometimes obscure and you often wonder how he ended up on a certain subject but when he makes them as comical as he does they don't need justifying.

In this show Bill gives a guide to Britain, expresses his opinions on the typical love song (producing one of his own that is not to be missed!), declares the need for a new national anthem and offers what he describes as a Kraftwerk tribute which to avoid spoiling i'll just describe as unexpected but brilliantly funny. In fact his topics are vast but all hugely amusing. It's clearly apparent from this DVD that Bill Bailey is both fantastically comic smart and hateful of anything Chris de Burgh related - again something not to be missed.

A huge bonus to the show, which is a good hour to an hour and a half long anyway, is the extras on the DVD or more specifically Bill Bailey's 'Tea, Coffe and Trouser Press Census' (his tour diary). It's a never ending piece capturing the best, and worst, of the tea and coffee making facillities found in Britain's hotels. My description might not do it justice but it is quite simply brilliant, perhaps because it's original and very much unexpected.

Overall if you have a keen eye for comedy then you can't fail to be amused by the wit of Bill Bailey. It's definitely a DVD worthy of a place in your collection and is probably the most perfect comedy package that's been produced so far. May he produce many more...

We love him in "Black Books" and "Spaced," but stand up is Bill Bailey's forte. His are the funniest concert films I've ever seen, and Part Troll is his best. I have yet to show this or his other DVDs to anyone (a couple dozen people so far) who didn't almost bust a gut laughing.

This and Bill Bailey's other DVD's are available new from Amazon UK in a nice box set.

You can never go wrong with a Bill Bailey show. Between the musical talent, the insane humour, the discriptive facial expressions, the brilliant interaction with the audience, and a Tribute to Kraftwerk to top it all off, you will find yourself giggling until you find yourself laughing so hard you can't breathe. There is nothing like Bill Bailey live on stage, he is an amazing comedian, his humour never lets up. The only thing to top this would be a behind-the-scenes travel and tourism diary with Bill as he makes his way around Britain on his tour---oh, wait! That's there, too, in his Tour Diary! Well, then. Watch it. You will be happy you did.

Bill Bailey is a multi-talented performer who on this show demonstrates his talents as a comedian and as a musician (he has a music diploma). Frequently this is very funny and when it isn't funny, much like Eddie Izzard he is always interesting to listen to.

Unlike many comedians Bailey makes comedy out of his own weaknesses, so jokes about his west country origins and resemblence to various characters in Lord of the Rings are used. Other topics he covers are philosophy and religion.

My favourite areas of his shows are the musical elements. As both keyboard player and guitarist he seems to be able to capture the essence of a particular band or artist and distill it into wonderful comedy. His hatred of Chris DeBurgh, and the fact that Belgiums love jazz is a noted feature in all his shows.

This certainly holds up to repeated viewings and its one of the best stand-up comedy DVD's I've bought.