Richard Herring – Oh ****, I'm 40! Underbelly

BETH PEARSON August 21 2007

Comment

Star rating:****

Richard Herring is newly 40 but the evidence to the contrary is that he has no proper job, no wife and no kids. The overwhelming evidence for is that he wears pseudo-youth clothing, and has an unused skateboard and hair that attempts to compensate for greyness with length.

His age anxiety manifests itself in other, rarely dignified, ways. Indeed, his confessional style regularly makes one fear it's just going to be embarrassing for all of us. However, Herring is too mature a comedian to allow that. He is remarkably open about his attempts to sleep with lots of women, ideally in their early twenties, and leer at women even younger (cue a very good allusion to comic and convict Chris Langham). Other highlights include the amusing consequences of being pedantic about dirty talk and the hilarious consequences of interpreting "witty" slogan T-shirts as potentially legally binding contracts.