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His stuff doesn't work particularly well as clips - often his best shows are structured as a series of jokes in the first half that are funny enough in themselves, but then work up to a very long, complicated routine in the second half that doesn't really work in excerpts. The particular routine I was referring to, though, was the second half of his DVD Someone Likes Yoghurt, which is available from gofasterstripe.com . He also does routines which deconstruct the show in Menage A Un and (to a lesser extent) Hitler Moustache, both of which are available from the same site.
A warning,though - I honestly have no idea how well his humour would travel across the Atlantic.
A friend just made a good point: seeing standup in an actual comedy club usually guarantees real laughter, whereas seeing the same performance on video causes less of a reaction, if any reaction at all.
I'll try to dig up the routines you mentioned, but yeah, so far it isn't making me laugh. What was the line or lines that really made the tears flow? Can you break down why?
It's not a matter of individual lines (though he has some lines I quite like - "I'm definitely the best comedian you'll ever see... I don't know the meaning of the word hubris. Which is a shame, because I'm entering a 'define the meaning of the word hubris' competition straight after the show. Doesn't matter, though, I'm definitely going to win.") but the cumulative effect of the whole thing.