Absolute Dave Gorman

I got an email last week that said that Dave Gorman (I will explain who is in in a minute for those who don't know him) was going to have a radio show on Aboslute Radio UK!! I love Dave Gorman. Many years ago, I saw him perform his "Googlewhack Adventure" in Toronto. My husband saw an article in the Globe and Mail in the morning and he called to get tickets for the show that evening.

It was the best comedy show I ever saw. He is hilarious.

Now, perhaps it's not fair to say that I love Dave Gorman, because I did start following him on Twitter a while ago, but then stopped following him. I can't remember if it was that I didn't follow what he was twittering about or if it was the language he used. I'm trying to find a clip of his Googlewhack Adventure on You Tube, and am reminded that he does use the F word quite a bit (that's an understatement).

Here is how wikipedia describes his Googlewhack quest:

At 31, Dave decided to give up his stupid ways, grow a beard and write a novel. As a result Dave believes people took him more seriously and a new novel was commissioned. While trying to write a novel for his publisher (Random House), Dave became obsessed with Googlewhacks when someone notified him that his site had one (Francophile Namesakes), and caused him to travel across the world finding people who had authored them (one of whom turned out to be one of the Dave Gormans he had met in his first adventure). He eventually spent his publisher's advance on the quest, and had to create the Dave Gorman's Googlewhack Adventure show to pay them back.

By the way, a googlewhack is a Google search using two words (without quotes) that gets one result.

To give you an idea of what he's like when he performs, here's an excerpt (but please remember the F word warning - although this video isn't as bad (language wise) as the other one available on Youtube).



I have never laughed as hard as I did that night. Perhaps some of the appeal was that I arrived not knowing what to expect. So the way he performs, the speed, the PowerPoint presentation, his facial expressions and the hard to believe story is hilarious.

So now, Dave Gorman has a radio show that I am listening to now on podcast. The live show is at 10 am on Sundays (in the UK, so 5 am where I am). I look forward to listening and hopefully laughing out loud.