James Acaster explores his love/hate relationship with standup by relinquishing control of his set and accepting a healt | dG1fUkE4Y2lXWkY1c00
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00:00James Acaster here, reporting for the best evening of his life.
00:05Before we begin, here are the house rules.
00:12James Acaster cannot get annoyed at the audience.
00:14If they heckle, talk amongst themselves, go on their phones, or are quieter than he would like.
00:19Richard, um, what is wrong with you, mate?
00:24James Acaster may not single anybody out who has not heckled.
00:27The most cringe moment of my entire life, and I was the only person there.
00:32Even though he spent his entire career trying to meticulously control every single detail in every single show he's ever done,
00:39James Acaster has to accept whatever happens.
00:43Look, if you haven't enjoyed the show tonight, please take some consolation in the fact it used to be a lot worse.
00:50Would you like to heckle from up here?
00:56I would like the most polite person in the world to do it, absolutely.