Jon Richardson has carved out a nice niche as comedy’s Mr Finicky. He is the godfather of fussiness on mockumentary Meet The Richardsons alongside his longsuffering wife, fellow stand-up Lucy Beaumont. He is the grand master of grumbles as team captain on 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. And onstage last night he was a maestro of misanthropic pedantry. Oh, and very funny too.
Richardson’s latest show The Knitwit finds him picking a brand new bunch of gripes. He has now reached the middle aged zone where he is tempted to stop holding in his anger out of politeness and just wants to let rip. This is normal for his time of life, he suggests, and wonders how David Attenborough still remains such an epitome of good manners.
