Dai Henwood - Fonzie Touched Me

The '80s are far enough away now that we can fondly look back and recognise that they were pretty awesome and not quite as cringe-worthy as we first thought. This is Dai’s take on that time, what influenced us and what effect that has had. With some jokes of course. Extrapolate out some other influences from even further in the past and you start to build a picture, not necessarily of us as a nation and a culture, but how Dai’s warped sense thinks we are. This is by no means exhaustive, or even that accurate but when has Dai ever let the truth get in the way of a good story.

Dai’s penchant for creating some sort of hyper reality where statistics can prove anything, has seen him rise to the top of the New Zealand comedy scene. Not exactly a wall flower, his antics on Insert Video Here led to a cult following and the resulting Roll The Dai and Roll The Dai Outback were ratings hits. Three years of hosting the NZ Music Awards, hosting his owns AotearoHA Christmas special and now with a third season as team leader on top rating and critically acclaimed 7Days, Dai has always kept his grounding in live stand up comedy.

Fonzie Touched Me is not just an analysis of the 1980s, though it’s easy to see how Dai has been fiddled with by them. He does seem predisposed to leg warmers and florescent lycra, but this show looks at a much wider range of people and situations that have had an effect on us.

Arguably one of the finest comics we’ve produced here in New Zealand, Dai will once again fill up SKYCITY in Auckland and the San Francisco Bathhouse in Wellington during the Comedy Festival in May. Sold out for the last four years, there will not be any additional shows so early bookings are recommended.

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