The tenth instalment of the classic impersonation series continues in its quest to ridicule a range of public figures. The box set also includes a 'Best of the Decade' disc, so you can relive your favourite skits from the noughties.
It's hard to believe that it's been ten years since Gift Grub took over the airwaves and took the mickey out of any number of public figures as we chow down on our porridge. Ten years of consistently amusing skits: it's not easy. Ask Dylan Moran, a comedian who seems to have forgotten how to be funny.
There's no such problem for the man-of-a-hundred voices Mario Rosenstock. The talented impersonator and his team of writers have once again come up with a stellar collection of skits played on Ian Dempsey's Today FM show during 2009. Unsurprisingly, with the recession in full swing, the emphasis is on politics. TDs Joan Burton, Eamon Gilmore and Brian Lenihan are amongst those ridiculed on a fictional episode of 'Dragon's Den'; Gerry Adams and Martin McGuinness relive their days on pirate radio under their pseudonymns 'Randy Hardy' and 'Martin Martin', and a host of politicians take to Vegas in a brilliant parody of the film The Hangover.
But it's the regulars that elicit the biggest belly-laughs. Rosenstock's take on Joe Duffy and his Liveline show is superb, particularly when he has everyone from Nelson Mandela to Mary McAleese phoning in to commiserate with him on his broken leg. Roy Keane's Radio Roy is just as good, as is the sketch during which Ryanair boss Michael O'Leary attempts to charge people for oxygen masks on his company's flights: "One euro per breath. Pay up, and shut up".
As always, this is a perfect stocking-filler for the person in your life with a sharp sense of humour. Brilliant.
