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Stand up comedy with Dave Spikey recorded at the Leeds Music Varieties Theatre in 2003. Dave covers topics such as Ducks performing cabaret, memory loss and fashion for old men... Read more

Starring	Dave Spikey
Genres	Comedy

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- "...Smart, unpretentious stand-up..."
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- - The Guardian
  - 11 Mar 2005 at 12:59
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  Northern Humour at its best
  
  Dave Spikey is my type of comedian with his brilliant Northern accent and tales of his childhood and people in general
  
  I laughed from start to finish... read more »
  
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  - Les
  - Warrington Cheshire
  - 29 Dec 2003 at 13:34
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  poor show
  
  really really poor, felt let down as I always found dave a funny bloke - not anymore
  
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  - Doncaster
  - 29 Nov 2008 at 10:04
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  Brilliant Stand Up!!
  
  This was the funniest stand up i have seen in ages, a bit like peter kay, most of the comedy in this dvd was based on observations, and what people say. The ... read more »
  
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- - dickster
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  - Ipswich
  - 09 Jun 2008 at 12:52
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  Dave Spikey Is A Legend!
  
  I havent rented this one yet, but dave spikey is amazing, i saw him live a few days back, ive never seen ricky gervais or lee evans come up with the stuff he ... read more »
  
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  - Cheltenham
  - 22 Mar 2008 at 11:31
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  Watched This
  
  Watched this over the weekend and was nowhere near as funny as we thought it would be. Usually Dave Spikey is very good but this was pretty poor with mostly ... read more »
  
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  - Basildon
  - 10 Dec 2007 at 15:07
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  really funny!!!!!!!!!!!!
  
  dave spikeys DVD is definately worth watching if you like stand up comedy he is just as funny as when he is on eight out of ten cats i laughed all the way ... read more »
  
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- - NICOLA HAYES
  - eastbourne,england
  - 06 Apr 2007 at 09:27
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  Good old pub comedy
  
  You can see where Peter Kay got his ideas from. Where is he now?
  
  Dave Spikey's take on life was very funny and as I'm a Northerner, I ... read more »
  
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- - Nakedswordsman
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  - Darwen
  - 23 Feb 2007 at 07:15
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  Bad language + Peter Kay = Dave Spikey
  
  One of the first jokes about the Aussie night is as good as this DVD gets. If you have seen Peter Kay change the jokes a little add bad language and you have ... read more »
  
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  - Stoke-on-Trent
  - 12 Dec 2005 at 20:32
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  Not Peter Kay
  
  This stand up is OK, but having seen Peter Kay's stand up and Dave Spikey in Phoenix Nights I had pretty high expectations of Dave Spikey's stand up and... read more »
  
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  - Winchester, England
  - 15 Nov 2005 at 07:51
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  Was looking forward to this
  
  but thought it was a bit dull actually, many old jokes and extras were poor too, Al Murray remains the stand up god and i am off to see him live in December...... read more »
  
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  - Norfolk (Bernard Matthews country and not the better for it!)
  - 27 Oct 2005 at 06:28
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  Far superior and funnier than Peter Kay
  
  Wheras Peter Kay has become predictable, repetitive and stale, Spikey is raw, hilarious and perceptive. Although copied by Peter Kay, Spikey's original ... read more »
  
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  - Clitheroe, Lancashire
  - 17 Oct 2005 at 19:01
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  Northern Humour at its best
  
  Dave Spikey is my type of comedian with his brilliant Northern accent and tales of his childhood and people in general
  
  I laughed from start to finish... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 800
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - Les
  - Warrington Cheshire
  - 29 Dec 2003 at 13:34
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  Great Northern humour ...
  
  Great Northern humour from a fellow Lancastrian - lots of things I can relate to and the audience seemed to be genuinely amused, despite it being filmed in ... read more »
  
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- - Barbara#2
  - STOCKPORT
  - 25 Jan 2004 at 08:55
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  Dave Spikey - Comedy God!
  
  Well I thought the brains behind Phoenix Nights was Peter Kay - but without Dave Spikey....he would be nowhere to be honest.
  
  This guy is quick, funny... read more »
  
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  - Sheffield
  - 13 Mar 2004 at 16:23
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  If you've seen ...
  
  If you've seen Peter Kay there's no massive need to see Dave Spikey... With that said it's an entertaining 60 mins and the extra "Interview ... read more »
  
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- - miguelkeenanan#1
  - WARRINGTON
  - 15 Jan 2004 at 22:24
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  Dave Spikey shows he ...
  
  Dave Spikey shows he has talent in stand up as well as acting, with a very similar universal humour to Peter Kay, and obviously a lot of joke swapping has ... read more »
  
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- - Sam#36
  - TANSLEY
  - 05 Mar 2004 at 21:56
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  Where's B & Q in Wiggan?
  
  Dave Spikey from the much-loved Phoenix Nights struts his stuff very well indeed. If you like Peter Kay’s type of observational comedy you’ll love ... read more »
  
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- - kmcca5
  - East Sussex
  - 12 Nov 2004 at 13:22
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  Dave Spikey Is A Legend!
  
  I havent rented this one yet, but dave spikey is amazing, i saw him live a few days back, ive never seen ricky gervais or lee evans come up with the stuff he ... read more »
  
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  - Cheltenham
  - 22 Mar 2008 at 11:31
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  Good (but not Great?!)
  
  As a northerner who is an obsessive fan of Peter Kay and Phoenix Nights, I always was going to like this DVD. And I did; it's not that dissimilar to Peter ... read more »
  
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- - Mandeep Singh
  - Preston, England
  - 29 Jul 2004 at 17:48
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  ha ha
  
  i thought this was well funny things he was coming out with was so true ie the dobbers the very next day i was at the shops and there was mummy dobber outside ... read more »
  
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- - lisa
  - essex
  - 23 Sep 2004 at 17:24
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  spikey on speed !
  
  ive seen dave spikey live doing this same performance he his ace some of his gags are good he is very original worth a watch
  
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- - michael mc donald
  - the boro u.k
  - 11 Nov 2004 at 13:52

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  Stand up comedy with Dave Spikey recorded at the Leeds Music Varieties Theatre in 2003. Dave covers topics such as Ducks performing cabaret, memory loss and fashion for old men......