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Good Times Mark Trenwith and Jarrod Fitch FAD Bar Until Sat 6 March Good Times, presented by Adelaide comedians Jarrod Fitch and Mark Trenwith is a loosely formatted show that in many ways appears to be carried along by audience participation. Fitchy soon had the crowd on his side with a healthy repertoire of quite tacky observational humour backed by some very clever celebrity impersonations. Taking on the voices of John Howard, Shaggy, Keanu Reeves, Arnie, Maurie Fields and the ABC's 'Gardening Australia' guy, given more time to fully develop his storylines as well as tighten up his delivery, he could well move onto bigger things. Same with the next act, Jason Chong, who's main shtick is his half Asian, half Chinese lineage. Though some of the jokes relied a little too much on typecasting, there's still a few questionably valid reflections made. This was evidenced in his cleverly parodied musical piece, Not Asian Enough, sung to the tune of a recent Kasey Chambers hit. A short video was next, a vox-pop survey showing Fitch and Trenwith taking to the mall and asking all the right questions. Again, although not exceedingly funny, there were more than a few moments that made me smile. Finishing up with Mark Trenwith, once more there's a bit of tweaking required in both his material and delivery but that still didn't stop the crowd appreciating his views on feral country school kids and kangaroos with short term memory loss. Though Good Times may be one of the smaller comedy acts I've seen at this year's event, it definitely wasn't the worst. In fact, being in such a comfortable venue and because of their casual interaction with the punters, I could even say this night was among the most enjoyable we've had. |
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