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Just a quick taxi ride from his mum's house, Peter Kay comes home to play Live at the Bolton Albert Halls. A packed and appreciative audience--sprinkled with Corrie stars for added glamour--relish the prodigal son's return. As his first stand-up show, Live at the Top of the Tower, demonstrated, Kay is a master of the mundane, finding hilarity in the previously unnoticed details of family life: here, Gran in her warden-protected flat, the funny way that dads run, and going to the supermarket with Mum are all mined for comic riches.
Kay is an inspired mimic and observer of social interactions: in a tour-de-force segment he takes us to a typical wedding reception where we meet incoherent DJs, bitchy female friends of the bride, uncles embarrassing themselves on the dancefloor and little boys sliding on their knees. References to "the big light", Mum's preferred "Rola Cola" and garlic bread are thematic strands from his earlier show, developed here in Dad's horrified discovery of "cheese cake".
Although Kay's observations play on his northern upbringing he generally avoids stereotypical north-south jokes; but here on home turf he can't resist mentioning the vexed issue of southern fish-and-chip shops with their lack of mushy peas, curry sauce and gravy ("have you got owt moist?"), and can even risk a little dig at Mancunians--which always goes down well with a Bolton crowd. Genial, nostalgic and unapologetically rooted in a Coronation Street worldview, Kay's comedy is both specific to time and place, and universal in its celebration of the everyday. --Mark Walker
Special Features
- Behind the Scenes Tour Diary
DVD Technical Information:
- Running Time: 100 minutes (feature), 25 minutes (extras)
- Region Code: 2
- Widescreen
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9 Anamorphic
- Subtitles: None
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
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This is one of the best comedy performances I've seen! Peter Kay is an absolute legend! He manages to make even the most mundane of things seem extraordinary - "Cheese...cake?". Even when he messes up (the robbery) it's absolutely hilarious! You'll lose 14 stone in a day with the rate you'll be laughing! A bargain at any price.
11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
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Peter Kay. Does this man have the touch of Gold ?? Clearly he does with this one. The Tower show was funny enough, but this beats it by far. He reaches into northern humour and pulls out what all of us northern folk think about....RICH TEA AND HOB NOBS !!! His own brand of childish observations and mannerisms had my four year old daughter rolling with laughter. Not with the jokes, but as she says ...'isnt that Man funny talking like an old lady Daddy?'...she remarked when he was talking about his grandma. A truly good laugh to own !!! Buy it !! It WILL suit all tastes all occasions !!!
33 of 35 people found the following review helpful
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Peter Kay - Live at the Bolton Albert Halls had a lot to live up to. Peter's last stand-up release, Live At The Top Of The Tower, was side-splitting from start to finish. Like Python's Parrot or Lumbejack sketches, Live At The Tower infected the nation with a bout of catchphrases. Well, move over Garlic Bread, take a back seat 'booked it, packed it...etc' - this release is just as good and more. If it's a sleepless night of jokes repeating on you that you're after, you can't do much better than to give Amazon your card details and buy this DVD! If you've ever been to a British wedding party, you'll be in stitches when you hear Peter explain the phenomemnon that is your drunken father climbing into the back of a taxi and heading home for bed. Or perhaps you've owned and nearly been mamed by an early-1980s VCR - this DVD is for you. The DVD is also a treat. Although there are no extras on the disc, the Bullseye-style graphics are just as funny as the Top of The Tower teletext spoof! I now own both Phoenix Nights DVDs, both stand-up DVDs and can't wait for the next. Enjoy!
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Great, on par with Tower
This is Peter Kays second and in my opinion last stand up comedy dvd worth buying. This is in my eye a sequel to the excellent "Live at the top of the tower" and it certainly can... Read more
Published 4 months ago by J Bate
great
fantastic item arrived in time for xmas exactly how described thanks very much would definitely order for here again thanks
Published 5 months ago by nadz2010
Great act
Love Peter Kay, and I think this must be one of his best live acts.
Published 21 months ago by D. Smith
Superb
Laugh a minute if your a true Peter Kay fan this is the one for you,superb!
Published on 17 Mar 2010 by Mrs. A. J. Ventre
amateurish and unoriginal
I was recommended the DVD by a colleague but was very disappointed. I couldn't even watch the whole DVD as it was too tedious to sit through. Read more
Published on 24 Jan 2010 by H. Wimmer
Peter Kay
Comic genius and has you laughing from start to finish with this real life analysis of our daily lives - brings back memories of childhood years and parenting that has you... Read more
Published on 15 Oct 2009 by Ms. T. C. Brown
The first night is better than the last
This recording is of the start of the 'Mum Wants a Bungalow' tour and is very funny. I also purchased Peter Kay - Live At Manchester Arena [DVD] [2004] which turned out to be a... Read more
Published on 2 Mar 2009 by C. Baker
Seen one Kay routine and you've seen them all
Do yourself a favour and go and get 'Live At The Top Of The Tower'. Then forget about buying any of his other stuff, because essentially, it's the same material. Read more
Published on 15 Oct 2008 by Josh Tusepack
Great comic; shame about the dvd
From what I could hear of the show I would really agree with all the other reviews about how funny PK is. Read more
Published on 30 Jan 2008 by Cate
Flamin' Fab Northern Classic
For me, this is the best of Peter Kays live DVDs. It's so true to the northern life I remember as I was growing up. Read more
Published on 25 Dec 2007 by Vicky Welsby
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