Worst media namedrop ever
If there’s one thing Dr Mumbo can’t bear, it’s somebody who plays with their mobile phone during a live performance.
If there’s two things he hates, it’s when they’re sitting in the front row.
And if there’s three things, it’s name droppers.
So imagine his feelings towards a person who would be capable of combining the three.
Somewhat spectacularly, that person achieved the trifecta in Sydney last night during a monologue from comedian and storyteller Daniel Kitson.
When the performer stopped the show to ask what the hell he was doing, the miscreant’s somewhat awkward reply: “I’m messaging Courteney Hocking to tell her how you’re doing.”
Courteney Hocking, Google tells Mumbrella, is an occasional comedy writer and former contributor to Good News Week who once appeared on the radio with Kitson.
If you’re going to namedrop, you can probably do better than that.
Or, you know, don’t be a dick in the first place.
(By the way, it was still a work in progress, but Dr Mumbo thoroughly recommends Kitson’s show After The Beginning. Before The End.)
His best show yet! But, I always feel a bit sorry for people whose phones incur the wrath of Daniel Kitson. “Put your phone away, dickhead. It’s glowing like a passive-aggressive beacon of disinterest.”
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