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 | |  | | |  | |  | | | | Manchester Comedy Guide Award for Best Comedy Show | | 2009 was another amazing year for comedy in Manchester with the likes of Michael McIntyre, Eddie Izzard and Russell Howard all enjoying massive gigs at the MEN Arena, whilst huge names playing sell-out runs elsewhere in town included Ricky Gervais, Al Murray and last year's winner, Jimmy Carr. Local boys done good included Jason Manford, John Bishop, Dave Spikey and, cycling back into town, Dave Gorman. The theatre productions of Porridge and Allo Allo had audiences in stitches at The Lowry, as did Brendan O'Carroll's new How Now Mrs Brown Cow, whilst the Fawlty Towers Dining Experience added a hilarious twist to eating out. | | | 2,106 members nominated 41 different comedy shows with the final shortlist (in alphabetical order) being... |
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| | | | | | | | | | | | ~ Dave Gorman ~ | | Having cycled from his birthtown of Stoke earlier in the day to Manchester, where he studied at University and started his comedy career, the 'thinking man's comedian' rode his bike directly on to the stage at The Lowry. | | Part of a 32 night tour that saw him cycle a total of 1600 miles in between 32 gigs, the 'Sit Down, Pedal, Pedal, Stop And Stand Up' show at The Lowry was so popular that the Genius star has added extra Manchester dates in 2010, albeit travelling by car and renaming the tour 'Sit Down, Pedal, Pedal, Stop And Stand Up (Only Without The Pedal, Pedal Bit)'. | | Unlike his 'Are You Dave Gorman?' and 'Googlewhack' shows, this was just straight-up stand-up comedy and, of all the jokes we heard in 2009, his "Unlike other comedians, I don't have a catchphrase... WHAT DON'T I HAVE?" pun was one of our favourites, and obviously our members too as he's made the shortlist. | |
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