It’s the morning after the night before and I’m sitting in Café M with a cup of tea. It feels a little bit like returning to the crime scene to be sitting here alone, where, just 12 hours before, it was packed with people laughing; standing room only.
It’s sometimes hard to describe the high from a good night’s comedy: the feeling of elation lasts well into the next day. Running the club, there is more than just the high from performing, but also the satisfaction of knowing that you have brought together a group of people and created an atmosphere for them to share laughter and entertainment. Perhaps, I’m waxing too lyrical about a night that was basically about having a good laugh at taboo subjects.
The line up was good. There were a couple of guys from Gothenburg, Anders Kettunen and Martin Gustafsson, who I really rate highly, but who both felt that they were not quite on form. They may not have been as good as they can be, but the audience were none the wiser and took to them warmly. And there were a couple of beginners, Niclas Fors and Rasmus Biasi. I’ve seen Rasmus before and he has really improved since I last saw him perform 6 months ago.
Then there was the headliner, Anders Celin. Anders holds the dubious record for the most complaints to Granskningsnämden (Independent Complaints Commission) for a joke which he performed on the radio in 2006. In his routine he explains the joke, why it was complained about and then takes it further and further….. and further still. I was watching the audience, some of whom were crying with laughter, others who were red with embarrassment, but could still not contain their laughter and others whose faces went from laugh to shock to laugh again.
Just to give you a small taste of the bad taste that is Anders Celin, here’s a short (language free) film he made. His Olympics Film gives a small window into the way his mind works… but you really need to see him live to get the full ‘did he really just say that?’ effect.
Tags: Comedy, Gigs, Linköping, Stand Up
