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REVIEW: Paddy McGuinness’ ‘Daddy McGuinness’ at The Lowry, Salford

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WELL known for his place on Saturday night TV presenting the dating show Take Me Out, Paddy McGuinness is making his long awaited return to stand-up with his tour Daddy McGuinness. Quays News entertainment reporter Phoebe Jobling went to The Lowry to watch him last night…

The multitalented British comedian, television personality and presenter is touring across the UK for the first time since 2011, which is also his first tour since becoming a father!

Paddy’s interaction with the audience is the first thing that got the audience’s applause. As he entered the stage to many cheers, he immediately asked for the lights to be turned on so that he could see us all. Within the next couple of minutes, he ended up strolling around the audience having casual chats and banter with those he passed by. He even had time for a selfie with me.

Paddy McGuinness with Quays Entertainment reporter Phoebe Jobling

The main purpose was for the 42-year-old to show an insight into his start to parenting, which was very entertaining yet slightly off-putting for any members of the audience who previously wanted children. Paddy joked that instead of Daddy McGuinness, the original show’s name was: “How can I get out of the house for six months, catch up on some sleep and avoid that t**t Mr Tumble.”

McGuinness talked about his troubles and struggles of being a parent to his two and a-half-year-old twins, Leo and Penelope, which he called the ‘terrible two’. He assured the audience that he does love them lots but that after a week of no sleep he wanted to put them up for adoption.

One of the most memorable parts, not for the nicest of images, was when Paddy shared his experience of the first time changing his daughter’s nappy – a disaster waiting to happen. The audience cringed when he told us that her leg had got caught in his necklace (the same one he was wearing this night) whilst she was having a wee, resulting in Paddy being forced with an eyeful.

 

Although the key theme was parenthood, it can’t be denied that toilet talk was one of the most popular and recurring topics throughout the whole show which could have been toned down just a little as it was more than he needed to share.

The wife card was also played, a familiar tactic from many comedians to pick on their wife’s flaws and announce their embarrassing stories. This got a lot of couples in the audience howling at each other as they recognised their similar silly habits.

As to be expected, there were a few references to Take Me Out with Paddy’s cheesy lines, which we all secretly love. He told the tale of how every time he’d pick a weight up at the gym, someone would shout “let the dung… see the bell”. The other references contrasted to his light-hearted lines and were used in his section of toilet humour – “No lighty, no shitey” and “Let the wet, see the wipe.”

When the comedian returned back for the second half, he turned the first block letter D around to a P and said: “Let’s forget about the kids in this half.”

McGuinness then took various photos of the crowd and posted it on his Twitter.

The second half saw a slight tone down of toilet humour and focused on reality TV, growing old and finally a good old British rant. Paddy’s chuckles at himself in between his jokes kept the mood uplifted.

Some aspects in this half didn’t quite flow too well as Paddy seemed to jump randomly from one topic to another which could be seen as quite distracting at times.

McGuinness came back for an encore with a rather large book which he called the ‘book of hate’. He told the audience: “This includes everything that pisses British people off in their lives.” As he reeled off a hilarious amount of things that almost everyone in the room could relate to, this was a great way to leave us all in laughter and relief that we share the same pet peeves.

By Phoebe Jobling
@pvjblog

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