Dave Gorman's Googlewhack Adventure DVD

Advantages: Hilarious
Disadvantages: None

Who's This Dave Gorman then? = Dave Gorman is a Perrier award nominated comedian. From Stafford, he has previously been known for his obsessions, such as finding 56 people with the name Dave Gorman. What Is A Googlewhack? Now, I know what some of you might be thinking, you naughty people. A Googlewhack is very innocent however. It is the rare occurrence when a two word search in Google returns only ...
...after a bizarre journey that Dave undertook in the first few months of 2003. Dave started his thirties expecting to take his life seriously, however this didn't happen until exactly a year later on his 31st birthday. He decided that is was about time he took himself seriously, and as with many entertainers decided to write a novel. He approached his agent and he thought it was a cracking idea. He met a publisher and was given an advance of quite ... Read review

Advantages: More passion than the book
Disadvantages: Less detail than the book

...the drunken bet. As Dave finds more ways to distract himself from actually writing his first novel, he stumbles across Googlewhacking. Suddenly he finds himself caught up in a world of astounding coincidences and the improbable challenge of getting a chain of 10 consecutive Googlewhacks...before his next birthday What's a Googlewhack? A Googlewhack is two words which, when entered into the Google search engine, return only a single result. Look ...
...find a picture of Dave. After all, spending the advance payment for your unwritten novel travelling the world at random instead of actually writing said novel shows an ultimate level of commitment. Even counting a mental breakdown, I'm still envious of this adventure. I would love to have undertaken something so globe-trottingly pointless. Daves performance on this DVD is passionate and frenetic and he takes us through the few months that almost ... Read review

Advantages: Excruciatingly funny man....makes you weep!!
Disadvantages: None!!

...to have caught 'Are you Dave Gorman?' several years ago on BBC2 you will all ready know of the genius that is Dave Gorman. If not no worries...just get this DVD!! Follow dave on his hilarious adventure to write a novel, if Googlewhacking doesnt get in his way, before his birthday. A Googlewhack is.....if you dont happen to know - when you type 2 words into google that are totally random and unconnected and it brings back only one website. Those 2 ...
...bit of swearing, although nevertheless it is a comic masterpiece and well worth buying. I have had it ages, and watch it frequently. If you love Dave Gorman....try reading books by Danny Wallace. Danny is his mate and writes similar off the wall books....great reads!!! BUY IT NOW!! ... Read review

Advantages: Hilarity, giggle-factor, addictiveness, story
Disadvantages: Addictiveness, needs to be watched in full

...I had never heard of Dave Gorman previously, but I wish I had - he's hilarious. His stand-up style, especially in this DVD is bizarre - unlike many people who tailor it to the audience Dave has a basic script, which he sticks to - the opposite of Ross Noble. However, this is brilliant - throughout the show (which is a hilarious comedy) he recounts his crazy adventures tracking down the creators of websites that contain google-whacks. The show will ...
...tellign him he's a google-whack. Dave then tries to find a google-whack, and discovers the website of one of his francophile namesakes. Varous people bet him he can't meet ten google-whact in a row - Dave refuses. After a drunken new years eve Dave finds himself in Heathrow, with his passport and a ticket ot the first google-whack. He picks up the gauntlet and attempts to find ten in a row (each he finds has to give him two more google-whacks, who ... Read review

Advantages: most original comedy in ages
Disadvantages: intelligent humour

...i first saw dave gorman several years ago, he was virually unheard of, but had a cult following. In that show he quested around the world to meet other people called dave gorman. Amusing you might say, but the main thig that makes him different is his ability to tell a story. The whole show was linked. You had to remember gags before to find these new ones funny, and this show is in the same vain. Hadnt heard of a googlrwhack before, but since have spent hours trying to find one witout success. You will to!! The dvd is good value (i picked mine up in hmv for £5.), and will have you in stitches. The build up is slow, and at the start you rhink that you may be just watching some kind of lecture, but the lunacy and scale of what he has done builds, and soon has you gripped.... Read review

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Advantages: good for sick days when its raining to make you happy!
Disadvantages: its not a book so you cant read it on a train!

...Running Time : 2hrs 30mins Certificate : 15 Price £5 in HMV Dave Gorman is a comedien from Stafford. He has been in the Edinburgh Festival with this tour in 2004. He is a Perrier Award nominee. The story is set in 2003, when Dave turns 30. He thinks he is going to grow up and write a book and grow a beard. This doesnt actaully happen until he is almost 31! Googlewhacking is not dodgy! Its a game using the search engine Google to search for two words and come back with one result. It has very specific rules which he explains in the story. He gets an email telling him his website www.davegorman.com has a googlewhack in it. He decides to investigate. its pretty hard but he eventually finds one. End of Story he thinks! A drunken New Years Eve finds him getting a bet from his friends that he cant meet 10 googlewhacks in a row... Read review

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Advantages: A funny, charming and immensely enjoyable tale
Disadvantages: Too childish for all tastes

...a powerpoint presentation of his adventure chasing googlewhacks. He stumbled across Googlewhacks while trying to write a novel that he'd talked a publisher into, but rather than writing it, he stalled. Much as I am doing now writing this, rather than doing any real work. A googlewhack are two dictionary defined words, that when enetered into a google search, only presents 1 website. Simple, but some of the combinations of words are fantastic. Through a series of unbelievable coincedences, that I trust are true, contacing a chain of googlewhacks leads him back to a friend, called ...... Dave Gorman. What ensues is a challende to create a chain of Googlewhacks and meet the website owners. They then find two more googlewhacks that he must chase down etc. It doesn't sound riveting does it, but believe me when I say that the following story becomes... Read review

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