Guy Williams ups the Wahs, nonbinaries, and Best Foods Mayonnaise

23 May, 2026

Went to see Guy Williams's new show Rich People Are Stealing From You And Blaming Brown People And Trans People And Some People Believe Them Aaahhhhhh! It's the third time I've seen him live and he seems drunker with every performance, but he's still so funny I can't stop laughing.

The show a thematic continuation of last year's show, If you mildy criticise me I’ll say its cancel culture and turn to the alt right. I was again impressed at how quickly he flitted from topic to topic—it's hard to tell whether or not that's a bit or if he's genuinely distracted but either way it's impressive to talk on end for an hour. I found the airport security and mayonnaise basketball bits really funny. The Predator shoes joke was gold, especially when it came to his fairly calm-mannered punchline reveal.

However, I can't help but think that the political comedy somewhat weakened it, if only because I had last year's show to compare. That show was the same sort of "Ponsonby left wing cuck" (in his words) humor, but tied in with a late-stage punchline that matched the tone. Guy's ex-girlfriend, who was a refugee WOC and left-wing politician, had gone through much controversy due to shoplifting allegations. And long story short, the final reveal was that guy's own straight white male father might have been the one to reignite the negative media attention on her.

It all fit very well with a show that heavily featured left-wing political humor. But even if his ex wasn't a left-wing politician, I still appreciated how he used comedy to deal with such a serious situation. I can't express how important it was that I saw that show back then.

This time, he went through the same deal throughout but the final reveal was that there was a basketball hoop on stage and that he'd play an audience member 1v1 for a jar of mayonnaise. It was funny! One of the best parts of the show! But when the rest of the show is so politically intensive I don't think it works as well, even if he says it's to do with the capitalistic hellscape of Best Foods mayonnaise sponsoring the comedy festival.

I don't think the finale should've been more political so much as I think the rest of the show should have been less. Or at least cut out the bit about comedians who joke about meaningless stuff during a war when your funniest bits are going to be all the non-political parts.

But hey, some people do find circlejerking hilarious. Guy Williams would love the NZ pro wrestling scene where we spend 15 minutes heckling a pastiche of the National Party every 2 months.

Regardless of how I feel about the show and its humor from an artistic point of view, I still thought it was hilarious the whole way through. I am unfortunately a Ponsonby left-wing cuck and I am very much looking forward to seeing him next year.

I watched Rich People Are Stealing From You And Blaming Brown People And Trans People And Some People Believe Them Aaahhhhhh! with my sister, who was the reference for my ADHD diagnosis. She said that there were some funny bits and, in reference to Guy constantly yelling and screaming, "The reason I didn't think you had ADHD was because you aren't like... that."

Guy had a gag about selling dexamfetamine after the show, so I asked him to sign my dexamfetamine bottle. He found it funny and asked a dude nearby to film it on his phone. I was in view so I'm pretty mortified and not checking his stories in case he posted it.

He smudged it while signing it. Ema stamp by my friend Squidyjen.

I told Guy that we had met at an annual gay pride event in February. At that time, I mentioned going to the Attention Seeker's Suggestion Box comedy show. The day after, my blog post about the topic had gotten its first ever click on Google Search Console, so I wondered if he had looked up the show after we talked about it...?

But he said he did not¹ so it was probably someone looking up the Attention Seeker instead. Stan, if you or your employees are reading this, I am once again saying that I am open for work if you are looking for an experienced marketing writer to script your Gen Z TikToks or whatever you guys do. Get in touch!

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