Reviews

Andy Zaltzman – Armchair Revolutionary

Clown-haired master wordsmith and British Institute of Satirists
and Lampooners qualified Andy Zaltzman once again sets himself the
seemingly impossible task of solving all of the world’s economic and
political problems in 66 minutes, and it’s fair to say that he has a
fairly solid crack at it.

It’s hard to work out what’s more impressive – Zaltzman getting
through an entire show sporting a comedy arrow-through-head without
giggling at the hackish inanity of the ruse, or the fact that over the
duration of the show he intelligently tackles world politics, UK
politics, economics, healthcare, electoral reform, pensions, the
monarchy, Wikileaks, Bin Laden, and the mechanics of chicken
fighting.

Regular listeners of Zaltzman’s podcast might recognise the
occasional nugget of material poking its head through, however his
rapid-fire delivery ensures that one would be hard pressed to steal
any of his material without the aid of a court stenographer and a big
bucket of amphetamines.

Zaltzman is an absolute A-grade ‘Bullshit
Artiste’ of the highest calibre, and fans of tenuous cricket based
metaphors and relentless strings of canine puns will find this show
especially enjoyable.

– Jason B Standing