The spine of Is A Librarian is as clear as a call number, he works his way up the Dewy Decimal system, picking and choosing the stops to suit his grab bag of material. It’s all great stuff: family, Christianity, employment, creep guys in clubs, graphs and word play all get Josh’s comedy song workout. Librarians in the audience, and there were a few, get their own special in-jokes, such as Call Number 612.6, but the rest of us soon caught up to that one. Even though some of the material wasn’t fresh, all the laughs were. Perhaps the highlight of the set was the least comedic, a lovely little song about falling in love in his hometown of Bernie, wouldn’t have been out of place in the Lucksmith’s back catalogue.
Classic, classy comedy, genteel without being gentle, Josh Earl delivers again proving to be year in year out a festival highlight.
BY JACK FRANKILN
