It is no secret the Edinburgh Fringe can be a frantic experience as people tear along the High Street doing their utmost to avoid eye contact with performers desperate for them to take their flyers. But hidden away in the Pleasance Dome at half-eleven at night is a nice respite from all the chaos. Best of Popcorn Comedy has a simple premise, each night it brings a host of weird, wonderful and very funny short films to the crowds, mixing it with comedy performers who drop in and perform short segments. Each night the show will be different and each night new performers will come in.
In tonight’s case Idiots of Ants serenade an unsuspecting audience member with some beautiful guitar playing mixed with some filthy lyrics. Later, when it’s Jarred Christmas’ turn to take to the stage, he encourages audience members to shout out their favourite movie titles, and on the spot tells funny and entertaining facts about them. Witty and surprisingly sharp for this time of night he has the audience laughing along.
Though the stars of the show are really the videos. They range wildly in styles and quality but are thoroughly entertaining: a hitch-hiker and a driver both plot to murder one another; an animated astronaut trips up and begins to bounce against stars; or a classic satirical, social commentary from the minds of The Onion about Sony and how they, ‘release more pointless, confusing crap that you don’t really need but you must, must have.’
There are countless films squeezed into the hour long show and it makes for a highly entertaining if hardly astounding night of fun.
3/5 
Martin Miller
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