I attended the Laugh Festival On Sunday at the KICC and it was a total waste of time and money!!!
Churchill had the nerve to repeat his jokes from Churchill Live and Classic FM morning show. He repeated even the jokes on last week's shows [both TV and Radio]. I was like wtf??? Does this guy think the audience have no radios and TVs? Does he think this 'Festival' is somewhere in the north pole [Where people haven't heard his jokes]? To be honest with you, he didn't have
even a single new joke!!!
And as if that was not enough 90% of his 'comedians' repeated all their jokes from past Churchill live shows. I was with my nephew [primary school kid] who was completing most of their jokes even before they were halfway. The others like Makoha and Oyoo [Who won the pick up in Top Comic] were not even remotely funny! I had taken my nephew to last years show and he was thoroughly entertained. He couldn't wait for this years show! Guess what he told me at the end of the show. "Thank you uncle, but maybe we should stop attending this Laugh Festivals. They are not even funny!". For sure that's the last Laugh Festival I will ever attend.
Something that takes place once a year, you are charging people a cool 2,000/= [Or 1,000/=] for a three hour show and you don't even have the decency to prepare yourself. Absolutely Bure Kabisa. And the next minute they will be shouting at the top of their voices that Kenyans are not willing to support their own!
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