DVD: Simon Amstell: Do Nothing Live, For retail & rental (Universal)
Ever since Popworld, Amstell has come across as a highly intelligent yet awkwardly anxious geek – and his stand-up is no different.
From his grandmother's "in-authentic sycophancy" to his withering putdown of a member of the Dublin audience – "Goatee beard, eh? Think that's going to help? We're all still going to die, you know" – Amstell reveals himself to be a comic of great timing, smooth links and devastating metapsychoanalysis.
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