Comedian Harry Jun’s 2025 show is called 'Friendship Safari'.
The show is about finding friendship, and losing it. Friends are like New Year’s resolutions. Easy to make but hard to keep. The best way to value what you have is to rank them in order of importance.
Before Harry takes on Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and Perth. . . Here are his top five friends. He apologises, if you didn’t make the list.
Five
Jonas. Jonas makes the list because he’s my oldest friend. He’s a picky eater though, which I find incredibly childish! Picky eaters can only eat one thing and one thing only. . . Grow up! That’s why I’ll never invite Jonas over for a meal anymore. He’s a cannibal. I invited him over for KFC one time? The chicken was finger-licking good, but he just wanted to lick my fingers. And eat my ass. Despite Jonas’ outlandish proclivities I still cherish our friendship because I’m trying to be a better person.Four
Vincent. Vincent was the first in my friend group to have kids and even though he has increased the population of his household, he’s lonelier than ever. He tried to convince us that he’s fine and said, “My best friend is my child”. Wow. The only sentence worse than “My best friend is my child” is “My best friend is a child”. Yuck. Adults shouldn’t be friends with children. Also you can’t be best friends with your own child. You’re able to raise them to like the same stuff that you like. You’re predicting the market through privileged access. In some circles that’s considered insider trading and is punishable by death.Three
Theodore. I met Theodore because we were both suspects in a crime. I’ve committed crimes in both America and Australia (never caught). You know when they get a bunch of people to stand up against a wall with height markings on it and someone points out the criminal? In America that’s called a police lineup. In Australia it’s called an Identity Parade. Police Lineup is very serious. Identity Parade sounds like Mardi Gras. Anyway, Identity Parades are the best place to make friends as long as none of you committed the crime. You all kind of look similar, and the admin for meeting up is a lot easier because you all live within 5km of where they found the body.Two
Atsuko. Atsuko was my first ever mixed heritage friend and she taught me a lot about discrimination. People with mixed backgrounds can have it pretty hard when it comes to identity and a sense of belonging. Anyway, she’s half Japanese, half fish, which means she can breathe underwater and has a complex relationship with sushi. She gets along with Jonas. One time I went to sushi train and waited ages for the food to come out. Turns out the sushi train had broken down. I had to wait for the sushi train replacement bus. It arrived late, with a plate of spaghetti and meatballs. Typical replacement services. It’s 2025. We should have sushi bullet trains by now. Yeah, coloured plates and raw fish would be flung across the room from a locomotive tornado but hey – at least it'll always be on time.One
Silas. Silas is my best friend and he’s American. Growing up, his parents told him that if you dig a hole in America straight through the centre of the earth you’d end up in China. America and China are both in the northern hemisphere. The American schools aren’t known for their strength in geography. They’re known for that other worse, grim thing. I’ll tell you something true about digging a hole in a country though. If you dig a hole in North Korea? You’ll end up back in North Korea – how dare you try and escape?Harry Jun plays Hell's Kitchen @ Rhino Room (Adelaide Fringe) 21-22 March, The Greek (Melbourne International Comedy Festival) 27 March-20 April, Factory Theatre (Sydney Comedy Festival) 23-27 April, Brisbane Powerhouse (Brisbane Comedy Festival) 8-11 May, and The Rechabite (Perth Comedy Festival) 16 May.
