The Internet is a many-headed, distracting, amusing, scary beast and it helps that we have Dave Wiggins as our guide through it, for an hour at least.

A year ago, while trying to come up with ideas for a show, Wiggins decided to enter the term ‘god’ into Google and browse through every single result that came up. The many offshoots of the god search – Jesus, celebrities, god games, what god hates – are all covered in this simple yet entertaining show.

It’d have been very easy to let the Internet do the show for him as there are enough entertaining things out there to keep us all busy for the rest of our lives but Wiggins takes control; with certain comedic and editing skills, he pulls together the best (and worst) of the stuff found on the web and we’re taken on the ride along with him.

Though he had a slightly shaky start trying to engage with the audience with regional jokes (living in Auckland, being an American), Wiggins was in his element when talking about his show’s subject matter, aided very well by a PowerPoint presentation.

Thus we’re treated to some bizarre ideas like god’s favourite pizza topping, different interpretations of Jesus and sticking plasters that look like food (you’ll have to see it to believe it). Some of life’s burning questions are answered like who really wrote the Bible and what does god think of Mel Gibson?

Wiggins also gives his slant on certain things he found on the Internet about god or Jesus; being a Christian and a comedian sometimes pulls him in opposite directions but it has also given him a broader view of the world and the ability to find the funny in it.

Wiggins will certainly entertain and amuse you for an hour and whether you expected it or not, make you question your beliefs a little bit. If nothing else, when you get home, you’ll be Googling ‘god’.

[So ‘god’ gets a small ‘g’ and ‘Google’ get a capital ‘G’: I guess that sums up where we’re at in the new millennium. – ED]
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