Comedian Brendhan Lovegrove was expecting a train wreck after offering a drunk punter who stormed the stage of a comedy show last month his own stand-up slot.
But he has been pleasantly surprised with the amateur's talent after his first show last night.
Cam Cumming, 25, said he'd had "too much vodka" when he nicked the microphone off the star comedian at a gig in Whangaparaoa on May 21.
Lovegrove accepted his apology and set him up with a spot in the Little Easy Stand Up Sundays gig last night.