Review of A Russell Peters Christmas Special

"A Russell Peters Christmas Special" is a 44-minute Christmas special from 2011, so it has its 6th anniversary this year. The director is Henry Sarwer-Foner and one of the many writers is Russell Peters, the star of it all too. It is an award-nominated Canadian production that includes some of the country's biggest stars, but also several US-Americans. The two highlights for me were the musical opening that was really funny and the performances by Michael Bublé, who is a welcome addition as always and having him seen live already, I am definitely a great admirer of his singing. However, as good as these moments may have been, the rest of the show including the hosting could hardly have been more forgettable. I did not know Peters before and don't wanna know him now. His "full-of-himself" comedy routine got stale pretty quickly for me and the result is that I found him unlikable. The ways in which he included loved ones did not make it a special occasion dear to the heart as it was intended as. And finally, the core of it all, the comedy, never had me laugh out loud except very early on perhaps. So yeah, the music was decent, everything else gets a thumbs-down. Also always shocking to see such mediocrity if so many writers are working on a project. Don't watch.