Lloyd ambushes Tom Gleeson at a comedy festival

Lloyd’s attempt is filmed backstage at the Adelaide Fringe comedy festival, where a casually dressed Tom Gleeson is seen leaving the venue, having just come off stage.

Lloyd is then seen jumping up out of a large wooden crate by the stage door, topless and wearing a wig, while setting off an air horn.

Lloyd explains that the box he was crouched inside was full of mouse shit, and that another comedian, Tommy Little, had told him to take his top off.

Tom Gleeson states that it’s hard for him to judge because it had been a visceral reaction for him at the time. He claims that he’d thought he was going to be stabbed by his attacker, who would then whisper “You’re not Greg Davies” into his ear, as he lay dying. Tom then exclaims “Oh, I’ve been killed by a nerd!”, thus coining the episode title.

Despite having apparently feared for his life at the time, Tom judges the surprise based on his viewing of it from the safety of the studio. He therefore awards Lloyd just 2 points, stating that he didn’t find it surprising, as he was in it.

(Written by JoGo and proofread by Karl Craven)

(Illustrations collected and adjusted by: David Fuller)