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Ian Smith: Foot Spa Half Empty review " struggle to conceive is fertile ground for stellar standup

by Brian Logan

Monkey Barrel, EdinburghTV success hasn't gone to Smith's head as he still sweats the small stuff " as well as detailing his attempts to procreate Reviewing Ian Smith's breakout show Crushing two summers ago, I compared the Yorkshireman to Rhod Gilbert, another comic who gets very het up at the most trivial provocation. Smith's follow-up show mirrors Gilbert in a different way, by addressing an issue the Welshman bec…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:48am on August 6, 2025