Worst DVD

Buying a stand-up comedy DVD is pretty much the worst of all possible worlds: all the boring visuals and limp jokes of a live show without the energy and excitement. Which means they're pretty much exactly the same as seeing any of the following for real.

WORST DVD
Dave Hughes is Handy (Dave Hughes) - 42.11%
"Only because of the poor title. And that's saying something when it's up against another of Wil's il-words."
- Shannon
"Swearing = funny. So swearing + increasing volume = funnier. Surely?"
- elvislemonade
"His insane belligerence really is something to behold."
- mixmasterflibble
NOMINEES
Make Deadshits History (Heath Franklin's Chopper) - 31.58%
Wilosophy (Wil Anderson) - 26.32%

Last year's winner:
The Hollowmen

Dave Hughes is Handy: it's Dave Hughes! Wandering around on stage making comedy-free observations in that sing-song nasal delivery that paid for every single thing he owns. Yes children, we live in a world where stating the bleeding obvious in a voice that can strip paint from the hull of a supertanker can make you rich. Next time you're protesting about some injustice or other, keep that in mind.

Heath Franklin's wholesale theft of Chopper Read's persona continued in 2009 with Make Deadshits History. Hey, wasn't the point of the movie Chopper (which Franklin usually cites as the source of his act - he's not ripping off the man, he's ripping off Eric Bana playing the man) was that Mark Read invented "Chopper" through his constant story-telling and big-noting of himself? Isn't that like ripping off Graham Kennedy and saying you're not doing Gra-Gra's jokes, you're doing Stephen Curry as Kennedy? Oh well, with the real Chopper reportedly dying of liver cancer, Franklin's got to make as much money as he can before this gets really distasteful.

Wilosophy: it's Wil Anderson! Wandering around on stage making comedy-free observations with that super-trendy haircut that makes all the girls swoon and all the guys tag along in the hopes of getting laid. Why is it that all the Australian stand-ups - or at least, all the ones who are putting out DVDs - look like guys who'd beat the shit out of you in a pub car park? Seriously, we all know about Hughesy's dead eyes, but take a closer look at Anderson next time you get the chance: he might be a perfectly decent guy, but his gives off a vibe that'd clear the seats around him on public transport for at least three rows in all directions.

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