After the inimitable Russell Peters, another desi stand up act hit Indian shores in the form of half Scottish-half Indian Danny Bhoy. The only difference is that unlike Russell's act, here you won't find any desi jokes other than the occasional reference. Instead, Indians are replaced with the French, Germans, English and Australians and their quirks are equally funny.
Danny is one of the most popular and promising talents to come out of Scotland and Prince Phillip after watching one of his shows commented, ".. You are really funny. You speak Scottish, but you look like a bloody Indian..". Don't know if that was a "funny" one liner or a racial slur. Anyway, coming back, Danny has been touring extensively and has been charming audiences across the globe with his funny one liners and mimicry of the quirks of various nationalities.
This was the first time Danny was performing in India at the St. Andrew's Auditorium in Bandra, Mumbai. Tickets are decently priced at 500, 1000 and 1500 Rupees. We opted for the 500 buck tickets (cheap Indians you see). The turnout was not enough to fill out the auditorium, but it was a good sporting crowd. Somehow I think having the show on weekdays had something to do with that. Show started at 8:30 PM and like all good stand up acts, Danny first engaged the audience to connect with them and also find potential targets for his jokes (another reason why you should buy the cheapest tickets and stay as far away from stand up comedians). It was followed by an hour of entertaining clever one liners and slapstick humor on the language and habits of nationalities, mostly done by mimicry. Like how "fruity" the English are, how "fun" the Germans are and how "logical" Australians are. The French, particularly formed the chief target for most/all of Danny Bhoy's jokes. His act on Australian survival tactics is quite funny. And yea, he does have his jokes on "stupid" Americans (it would have been shameful otherwise :P)
Overall a very entertaining evening and if you are reading this and you are in Mumbai, you should go and catch his performance today or tomorrow (5th or 6th September) at the St. Andrew's Auditorium. Tickets are available at the venue or you can make reservations by calling on +91-9833399339. He is not performing in any other cities.
Oh... forgot to mention, my lady friend found him quite cute, so all you ladies should give him a dekko..
4 comments:
when Prince Phillip said, 'I saw your act, you're very funny, but you're weird, though: you speak Scottish but you look like a bloody Indian.' And Danny went 'You know what? You've not disappointed me. You're everything I thought you were going to be.'"
ha ha ha..true
Honestly, hadn't heard of this dude earlier. Will be good if you post some videos.drool-n-laugh, drool-n-laugh...what more can we ask from life???heehee...
Great! Your blog keeps people living outside Mumbai informed about the known and the not so known...Good for us... :)
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