Josh Thomas: Douchebag

“I consider myself a pretty good person,” begins Josh Thomas, “maybe a 5 or 6 out of 10. If I see a bit of poo on the toilet, you know, I'll pee it off.” In his show Douchebag, the young, fidgety, adorable comedian stands in front of a flower arrangement and a white cake (that he baked that day, and later auctions off for charity) to unapologetically declare himself as a far from perfect person. He damns his boyfriend's interest in alternative medicine; he unsuccessfully seeks out a happy-ending massage in Thailand; and he feels the urge to crush a baby chicken called Melinda in his bare hands. “I'm terrified of commitment,” Thomas admits. “I fight for gay marriage but on the inside it's the thing I love about being gay — marriage is illegal, that and giving blood. Tick, tick.” His stories are self-deprecating, full of humorous faux pas, but we can silently relate to them, and really he's not a bad guy at all, which makes this clever show all the more fun.