That was alright really. Sometimes it is the way you tell them.
But I agree with your premise that he was helped by a mawkish sentimentality to his disability. Besides which, my dad went on a stand-up course a few years back and at the end the whole class was asked to perform to an audience...
I thought Jack and Gabz were the best two performers. However:
That bit was indeed absolutely appalling. To be fair, that was the only bit in his act that was truly shocking - the rest was passable.
Overall I have to agree with the general concensus that the standard really is truly...