My favourite comedy sketch

This comedy sketch, from Michael Mcintryre's Comedy Roadshow, is a prime example of stand-up comedy. The combination of Mcintyre's apperance, accent and observations make it a thoroughly entertaining. However, what makes the exert especially funny is the way that the audience are able to make connections. Known as associative comedy, the audience furtheres the joke, without needing the comedian to make the joke himself. The example of this is in the end of the joke, when he mentions about the knife in his sock. The situation of the show is what allows this to happen. The show is set in Glasgow, where there is a large amount of knife crime. Again, because the audience is familiar with the situation, they are able to make the joke themselves, making it even funnier. Combined with the satire of the playful racism between England and Scotland and the accents affected by Mcintyre, this combines to make the comedy very pertinent to the audience, the group that comedians typically aim their material towards.