Mitchell and Webb is my writing vibe, James Acaster is my standup

 I've been watching a lot of Mitchell and Webb collection stuff on youtube. Their audio skits, their tv skits, peep show, and bunch of other content, including their interviews. Man, if only I'd known of them when I was earlier, around the time of Peep Show in mid- to late- 2000's, I'd have tried to write just like them, and the synergy would have been great. At that point that was my writing vibe, absurdity with a hint of social relevance, and sometimes just raw absurdity that exposes the strangeness of the human condition. Loving this stuff. Peep show is so friggin' ridiculous, the characters all so pathetic so challenging to identify or like any of them. It's perfect.

And oh yeah, James Acaster's standup is perfect, that's the sort of performance I'd like to do if I ever got into the scene. Ironic because apparently he's quit doing serious standup shows and might come back but maybe not and even if he does he'll be back slow and easy, one-off random shows at some small venue at a time.

I'm glad I've identified my sensibilities and the works I'd be okay shamelessly being inspired by.