When you've made your name as a master of lo-fi whimsy how to do hold the attention of a few thousand comedy fans packed into a tent at Latitude? The answer, apart from turning the volume up, is to ramp up the energy and the anger, which O'Doherty did to great effect on Sunday afternoon.
I'm writing this review just as Rhod Gilbert has announced his new tour. And like Gilbert O'Doherty has a brilliant way of getting wound up by the world, whether it's a trivial issue or a global issue. He tries to steer clear of Brexit, calling it a "boner-shrinker" but can't resist offering a dictinctive, Irish perspective on the problem.
Elsewhere there were some older crowdpleasing yarns such as having to carry a giant prize-winning cheque on a Ryanair flight after an Edinburgh Fringe victory and on another occasion finding out that someone had set his parked bike on fire while he was doing a charity gig.
O'Doherty's songs were as punchy as ever, particularly one about his older self travelling back in time to meet his younger self and telling him about how he will turn out. The sublime self-mockery reached new heights as he badly sang lyrics about how badly he will sing in the future.
In one routine O'Doherty explained how he aspires to being known by just one name, like Beyonce, even if he has to kill off all the other Davids to do it. A TV design show also gets it in the neck and I particularly liked his idea of an App called Yodeller - like Grindr but it finds Swiss people.
But Docherty is at his best building stories to a veritable orgasm of annoyance, whether it is about trying to pile coins into a change machine or getting driven mad by a neighbour's noisy motorbike. There are few things in life that beat seeing David O'Doherty revving up.
David O'Doherty is at Assembly, George Square from August 1 - 27. Tickets here, Then touring here.
