You think it's an act, nutty? Well, maybe in the sense that there's more to him than he brings out on stage. But it's the real man on stage for all that.

He's the only peerformer I know who is physicallty painful to watch, because the laughing gets painful. Once he's set light to an audience he can just stand back and watch it burn away till it's exhausted. There's noone else who can do it that way - and there's some helluva funny people on the circuit.

If I could list the famous performers whom I've missed at festivals to get to see Les again, it'd be an impressive lineup.