Dave Hughes: Hughesy Rides Again
Everybody loves Hughesy. Even Hughesy.
Thankfully, he balances this with the healthy dose of good old-fashioned self-deprecation bordering on self-loathing that we’ve all grown to know and love. And if that ain’t Aussie, then I’ll eat my corkscrew hat.
Hughesy Rides Again is Hughesy at his borderline defamatory best’managing to walk the fine line between edgy and offensive thanks to a masterful ability to apologise (turning the hand-over-giggling-face manoeuvre into an art form).
With his trademark throwaway phrases thrown in to the mix (Surely, in the Dave Hughes guide to comedy would be written ‘If you need a laugh and need it quick, throw in a ‘good on me’, a ‘whatever’, or even a quick combo of both.), Hughesy manages to cover some diverse ground. Combining political with the personal, Dave Hughes has succeeded in making his bogan persona last, despite his great professional success which takes him out of that very demographic.
But the shtick still works. In fact, this is Hughesy at his bogany best. He doesn’t pretend that he’s not successful. Au contraire, he freely admits loving it when people recognise him, getting annoyed with British backpackers who don’t, and trying to field criticism from fellow celebrities unhappy with being the butt of his jokes.
He just tells it the way it is, with his spot on delivery ensuring he’ll continue to be as Aussie-embraced as Vegemite for a very long time to come.
Good on him.
God, Hughesy PISSES ME OFF!
The guy needs to go back to the drawing board and not come back. I don’t know what’s more annoying – his persona or his audience.
Thank you for bringing the most amount of bogans to a Comedy Festival. Let’s hope they put him over at Crown next year and we won’t have to deal with him.
Dave Hughes – Hughsey Rides Again @ Athenaeum Theatre, Melbourne 02/05/06 – by epod
Until today, I had only ever seen Dave Hughes on the tv in his show, “The Glasshouse”, and also in a number of tv stand-up spots. I have always admired and loved the way that he delivers comedy, so I was very much looking forward to seeing him in person at his Melbourne Comedy Festival show, “Hughsey Rides Again”.
However, my excitement quickly turned to disappointment when the show began. Dave proceeded to make fun of various audience members seated in the lower section of the theatre, as well as what seemed to be every single latecomer. Whilst most comedians do this to an extent, they tend to do this somewhat briefly and know when to stop. It appears that Dave does not know when to stop OR that he had very little material written for the show, and that he did this as a filler. This sort of banter with the audience quite easily went on for a good 15-20 minutes of the 1 hour show.
I’ve heard it all before and did not really wish to hear it again. “Are you a couple?”, “How long have you been going out?”, “Why are you late?” (insert hilarious responses here). Oh. Ha ha. Hilarious groundbreaking comedy. Yawn. Being in the upstairs section of the audience, I could not even see the people he was talking about!
I paid around $35 for this ticket (including booking fee), and could have accepted behaviour like this from a less experienced comic – not one who has such a high media profile, with plenty of years of stand-up to back it up. The way I would describe the layout of this show is very lazy. For the money I paid, I was really expecting a more structured show.
Something that shits me to no end is comedians who swear excessively for no particular reason. Don’t get me wrong, I love some of the most offensive, disgusting stand-up acts out there, and swearing does not offend me in the least – if it is in context. Dave punctuated almost everything he said with a four or eight letter word starting with “f”. I found this to be quite excessive, unnecessary, and that it really detracted from what he was saying a lot of the time.
Not much of the content of this show was overly amusing to me, but there were a few moments that really made me laugh. I liked when he was talking about how everyone has to slow down in school zones. He said that he does but that he feels bad because you are not supposed to look at young kids, but he has to because he is driving so slow. He also shared with the audience how open he is about giving out his address and phone number. Dave actually gave out a full description of his (alleged) address for any audience members who may be wishing to drop by.
It is quite obvious from the numerous times I have seen Dave Hughes perform that he is massively talented, and capable of great things, I just feel that his talent was not successfully applied to this show. Very disappointing
OHHHH come on give hughsey a rest. He just like every other aussie tryin to make a living…..Only he makes fun of every other aussie making a living proply….Really if ya dont want to get laughed at dont watch him….But if Hughsey was running for Prime Minister Id vote for him.
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