YaaaaaaHOOOO! David O'Doherty just won the If.comedy Award at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival! HOLY MOTHER OF ALL THINGS BRILLIANT!
Ok, fair enough, for those of you who don't live in the UK (and for some who do), that's a wee bit like saying my friend Jack won the Best Combustible Garden Gnome Award on the Left Corner of Shaftesbury Road, but trust me: this is a HUGE deal. HUGE! It's probably the most highly respected award you *can* get in comedy. Awards don't mean everything, but this one means a lot.
Monsieur O'Doherty writes quite lovely, deceptively silly songs, and performs them onstage on his 1980s Yamaha keyboard. It's all very low-key and sweetly lobsided. It's also very, very good. Check out the video of him in his white-suited splendour, and have a mooch around YouTube for the rest - it'll make the whole rest of the day a wee bit brighter.
"ORANGE (like a truck made by Tonka)"
this was excellent! haha!