I follow Titus on social media and listen to his podcast so I really like the cut of his jib. His sharp and funny observations about sport (and to a lesser extent politics) are some of the best going round.
That’s part of the reason it pains me to say that I didn’t love this show “Better Living Through Sport”. It’s certainly not a bad show but to be frank I didn’t laugh that much and I wasn’t alone. He made lots of witty observations but they’re the kind of thing you get from him for free all year round on social media and his podcast “Titus and Sergio’s Variety Hour”. Observations that make you smile or even chuckle but not often cack yourself laughing like lots of comedy festival-goers would hope. The contrast between what was going on in his room and the neighbouring room, from which raucous laughter bled through the walls, was stark.
The friend I saw this with isn’t a Titus fan like me (as in she didn’t know of him, not doesn’t like him) so I was really curious to know what she thought. I think her view can be summarised by her observation that “there’s a point at which sarcasm becomes intellectual snobbery”.
I reckon if you’re a fan of Titus you’ll get exactly what you’d expect and hope for in this show - a bunch of witty and clever observations about sport and the AFL especially. If you’re a fan of comedy and want big LOLZ, I don’t reckon this is the show for you.