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Description: The UK debuts of some of the best young stand-ups in America, with Mike Bridenstine, Renee Gauthier, Ken Barnard, Steve O Harvey and Kyle Kinane.
Trains: Tube/BR: Finsbury Park 
, Tube / Bus: W7 
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Bite-sized laughs: Steve O Harvey from Yankin' It
Last week Chicago, last night Crouch End. Then Brixton and Leicester. The five Americans touring under the Yankin' It banner certainly get around. Their first British show found the quintet coping with a mix of jetlag and culture shock.
Steve O Harvey kicked off, a big man getting bite-sized laughs out of his theory that his partner was drawn to him because he is "95 per cent pillow".
Mike Bridenstine packed lots into his entertaining 10 minutes, mostly bizarre catchphrases and embittered tirades against Missy Elliot and Pamela Anderson.
The name attraction, however, was Renee Gauthier, who played Victoria Beckham's Ugly Betty-ish PA in 2007's mock-doc Coming To America.
In reality, rather than reality TV, Gauthier is a sassy stand-up who claimed that she had prepared for us by watching Bridget Jones before delivering amiable stories about drugs, mums and being tongue-tied on meeting Kelly Clarkson, plus a great rap-and-dance finale.
Proceedings concluded with major weirdness. Ken Barnard, a promising skinny oddball, closed by reading from the novelisation of Rocky III. Kyle Kinane was a bleak, misanthropic Ernest Hemingway lookalike with a penchant for suicide jokes.
An intriguing variety pack and, most refreshing, only one George Bush joke.
Touring. www.yankinit.co.uk
Details are correct at the time of publication - please check with venue before booking.
