Andy Zaltzman Boldy Unbuttons The Cloak of Civilisation, 
Andy Zalltzman always has and probably always will major on poletics in his annual sojourn to Edinburgh and sure enough this dead pan, well most of the time, comedian has done it again. This years show is in two halves with an interval, the first half more the Zaltzman we know, the second half, his own award ceremony. Zaltzman has built up a loyal following and even in his mid-afternoon slot is playing to full rooms and eliciting laughs from some occasionally unlikely topics, even having surreal solutions to the important stuff in life, football!! Of course the obvious targets such as Mugabe, George W, the credit crunch and politics in the UK are well investigated as the first half draws to an end. Following an interval quiz(!) yeah really, he reappears booted and suited to deliver his awards. This of course gives him scope to have a further go at the Zimbabwe leader, the British government, the USA, the EU and himself. If there was one criticism I could make, he appeared to still be using a cue card at time and during his award ceremony reading most things. By now I would have thought he would have his show down. ***