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Perhaps – and despite Simmons' climactic rant about hating mainstream comedy – the panel liked the more relatable nature of Spaghetti for Breakfast, which is structured around a series of "things that shit me", some of which wouldn't look out of place in a Michael McIntyre set.
"Go Awayy! Fish!... Oh, shit me... Fish!… Tadpoles!... I'm standing on, like, a cliff?..
Now his Spaghetti for Breakfast show – an absurdist litany of so-called "things that shit me" – comes to the capital for a three-week run.
After a lively opening in which Simmons chops and snorts a line of Coco Pops, the show devolves into a series of "things that shit me" – everyday annoyances intoned on a soundtrack, and acted out by Simmons onstage.
It's structured as a series of (cue mechanical voiceover) "things that shit me" – some of them observational comedy standbys like forgetting why you've walked into a room or dropping toast butter-side down.
Simmons revels in his single-minded, wilful silliness as though daring you to call him out on it – but for all his rejecting relatable schtick, his list of "things that shit me" are probably things that shit you, too.
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