Graeme Swann strikes you as the sort of bloke who can tell a story in a pub and have you in stitches for a large portion of the night, but perhaps not quite keep a crowd the size of that in the Royal Concert Hall on Thursday night amused all evening.
He strikes you as a man who's got a solid selection of impressions tucked away in his repertoire, but perhaps not one of every high profile cricketing persona of the past twenty years.
The sort of bloke who could maybe pull a funny and impressive turn on karaoke, but would never pick up the mic in front of a three-tiered audience and give it large singing Sweet Home Alabama.
Well, you'd be wrong.
England's finest spinner, arguably of all time, and quite incredibly the quickest English cricketer to reach 1,000 test runs, had the large Concert Hall crowd in the palm of his hand all night long on Thursday, probably leaving them muttering as they left: 'What can't he do?'
His impression of Kevin Pietersen alone was worth the admission fee.
But as with Swanny's whole career, there's far more behind the humorous, self-deprecating facade than there appears.
There were insightful and honest admissions on a whole host of topics, from the breakdown in relations - or rather, lack of - in the England dressing room during the last Ashes series, to the truth behind Freddie Flintoff's infamous pedallo incident.
There was also quite evident sadness in Swann as he talked about his retirement, forced by his right elbow giving up on him.
Jonathan Agnew was a worthy addition to the stage, asking pressing questions of the star man, but Swann needs little help on that front – you sense he would have been just as forthcoming without the BBC's iconic Aggers.
As with the majority of high profile England players these days, his post-cricket career has already seen him switch successfully to the media.
But after this showing, if he'd have chosen to go down the stand up comedy or musical path, you sense he'd be just as successful.
