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~15 minutes of extra Insider content available, including Paul's drive to create a fourth-wall-breaking ventriloquist animation, world domination, and Vegas, baby!
Go to www.comedianscomedian.com/insiders for this and much more, including the exclusive Insiders Q&As with Nish Kumar, James Acaster and Alfie Brown, and your invite to the forthcoming ones with Fern Brady and a “self-help for comedians” special with Amanda Donnet (MClinPsych)
Find Paul here:
IG: @paulzerdin
TW: @paulzerdin
FB: Paul Zerdin
YT: Paul Zerdin
@paulzerdin
20ish minutes of extra content available exclusively to Insiders as Josh ruminates on vulnerabilities, approach, and how not even the most vexatious of Uber drivers can knock back the offer of free fried chicken.
Go to www.comedianscomedian.com/insiders for this and much more, including the exclusive Insiders Q&As with Nish Kumar, James Acaster and Alfie Brown, and your invite to the forthcoming ones with Fern Brady and a “self-help for comedians” special with Amanda Donnet (MClinPsych)
Connect with Josh Johnson:
https://www.joshjohnsoncomedy.com/
https://www.instagram.com/joshjohnsoncomedy/
https://twitter.com/joshjohnson
https://www.facebook.com/JoshJComedy
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLuYADJ6hESLHX87JnsGbjA
Find, comment on and share his new special "Imagination" by typing "Alfie Brown Imagination" into YouTube.
15 mins of extra content available exclusively to the Insiders Club include Jessie on how her membership of the Harry Potter franchise has a legacy of fandom that isn’t always useful to her as an independent artist, and how the Cave Sisters Patreon has changed her relationship with elements of her following.
Go to www.comedianscomedian.com/insiders for this and much more, including the exclusive Insiders Q&As with Nish Kumar, James Acaster and Fern Brady and the incredible “self-help for comedians” special with Amanda Donnet.
Instagram @JessieCave
Twitter @JessieCave
Website: www.jessiedoodles.com
Find Jessie’s debut novel “Sunset” here: https://linktr.ee/Jessie_Cave
Find Jessie and Bebe’s podcast: “We Can’t Talk About This Right Now” on YouTube and podcast providers
Patreon: www.patreon.com/cavesisters
30 mins of extra content available exclusively to the Insiders Club include Piff on the invention of his own tricks, and how something new with a block of jelly has already cost him two and half years and over $70,000; how own bad magic and guilty shortcuts; his evangelist uprising; and what comics can learn from magicians.
Go to www.comedianscomedian.com/insiders for this and much more, including the exclusive Insiders Q&As with Nish Kumar, James Acaster and Fern Brady and the incredible “self-help for comedians” special with Amanda Donnet.
30 minutes of both literal and figurative magic with Piff.
Stu and Amanda are writing a book!
Provisionally entitled "How Comedians Cope", we'll be exploring coping strategies for life through the paradigm of comedians. It's basically the companion to ComCom.
A "ComComCom" if you will...
Leave questions for future live zooms or things you think the book should cover here:
www.fernbrady.co.uk for all tour info for "Autistic Bikini Queen"
Pic credit Matt Crockett
30 mins of extra content available exclusively to the Insiders Club include Greg delving further into his anxieties, particularly those that accrete around social media and listener feedback; the joy of online kindness; “factoids” and his doomed quest to rid the internet of viral “fake facts”; and we learn about the hidden link between Rattus Rattus from Horrible Histories and Greg himself.
Go to www.comedianscomedian.com/insiders for this and much more, including the exclusive Insiders Q&As with Nish Kumar, James Acaster and Alfie Brown, and your invite to the forthcoming ones with Fern Brady and a “self-help for comedians” special with Amanda Donnet (MClinPsych)
40 mins of extra content from comedy’s Thanos, available exclusively to the Insiders Club include her *unmissable* insights from behind both production and performance sides of TV panel games; how and why her feelings about being viewed as an inspiration have changed; and why Nish Kumar is such a horrible man.
Go to www.comedianscomedian.com/insiders for this and much more, including the exclusive Insiders Q&As with Nish Kumar, Alfie Brown and your invite to the forthcoming ones with Fern Brady (24th May) and a self-help for comedians special with Amanda Donnet (MClinPsych)
Laser-guided comic, writer and corporate host, the "modnifique" Ian Moore is every inch the Comedy Store headliner, but in the early part of his career his battle with stage fright left him a more deadpan act than he intended. We talk about the phenomenon of white blokes in suits raging against the world; the reality of his apparent dream life commuting from rural France to the UK for gigs; and the excoriating ten-page editor's note on his first foray into detective fiction, and his brilliant response to it…
25 mins of extra content available exclusively to the Insiders Club includes Ian on what it means to him to be a Mod, his entry-point into being published as a writer, and the forces behind his doomed attempt to set up a creative retreat for artists. Go to www.comedianscomedian.com/insiders for this and much more, including the exclusive Insiders Q&As with Nish Kumar, Alfie Brown and your invite to the forthcoming one with Fern Brady (24th May)
Catch up with Ian:
*Death and Croissants out July 2021* Pre-Order HERE
*New Podcast - Mustn't Grumble* HERE
Everything Stu's up to:
This podcast is @ComComPod on twitter and instagram
Stu’s “Virtual Office Party” is now available as the perfect solution to remote-working office parties, sales conferences, motivational and wellbeing events.
“It was an absolutely hysterical and wonderful evening, for both those partaking and everyone watching online!”
- Maria Kuzak (Fundraising Manager at CALM)
The games and interactive element were hilarious and extremely well executed! 10/10 from us, you created a real buzz in our business, thank you."
- Ben Gott, (SVP at Merkle)
For more info on how this unique concept can bring your staff together while working apart, go to www.stuartgoldsmith.co.uk
Stu also offers remote talks to business on what the distilled wisdom of over 350 comics can teach you about resilience, especially in times of pandemic.
“The most inspiring talk I’ve had in years!” (LEGO staff member)
Find out more at www.stuartgoldsmith.co.uk
Is Stuart Laws an absurdist rambler who froths up a load of increasingly hilarious nonsense whilst honking in a gilet? Or is he an astute and quite private man who started a production company when he was 18, and went on to produce his own sitcom Grave new World (Amazon Prime) as well as directing James Acaster’s “Repertoire” (Netflix) and countless other standup specials? It’d be great if the answer was “neither” wouldn’t it? But it’s clearly both.
We talk about “The Prestige” as it pertains to stand-up shows; what it means to be both producer and director of one’s own work; and what makes other comics attractive assets to his company Turtle Canyon. We also cover openness, privacy and what shocks him about other comedians…
25 mins of extra content available exclusively to the Insiders Club includes Stuart on the different ways he directs comics, with reference to James Acaster and Joel Dommett; how to direct without imposing; his social media and TikTok sketch strategies, and some insights on the only show ever made about Wario. Go to www.comedianscomedian.com/insiders for this and much more, including the exclusive Insiders Q&As with Nish Kumar, Alfie Brown and your invite to the forthcoming one with Fern Brady!
Stuart Laws is up to the following things:
Stuart’s series Grave New World is on Prime Video and Vimeo on Demand, links at www.stuartlaws.com.
He has two stand up specials on NextUp and his podcast with Matt Winning, Up Your Footfall, is at https://www.podfollow.com/1559039647.
Everything else is here: https://linktr.ee/stuartlawscomedy
Everything Stu's up to:
This podcast is @ComComPod on twitter and instagram
www.comedianscomedian.com
Stu’s “Virtual Office Party” is now available as the perfect solution to remote-working office parties, sales conferences, motivational and wellbeing events.
“It was an absolutely hysterical and wonderful evening, for both those partaking and everyone watching online!”
- Maria Kuzak (Fundraising Manager at CALM)
"The games and interactive element were hilarious and extremely well executed! 10/10 from us, you created a real buzz in our business, thank you."
- Ben Gott (SVP at Merkle)
For more info on how this unique concept can bring your staff together while working apart, go to www.stuartgoldsmith.co.uk
Stu also offers remote talks to business on what the distilled wisdom of over 350 comics can teach you about resilience, especially in times of pandemic.
“The most inspiring talk I’ve had in years!”
- (LEGO staff member)
Find out more at www.stuartgoldsmith.co.uk
25 minutes of Stuart Law majesty.
This episode is RAW and DANGEROUS and LIVE which means I haven't bothered to edit music or as much as a fade in/out. RAW!!!
Catch up with Catherine:
Catherine’s weekly online gig is “Gigless”, every Thursday and you can find tickets on www.catherinebohart.com
Catherine is also booking a load of live dates in from May which will also be on her website and she talks about them nonstop on instagram and Twitter where she is @catherinebohart
Everything Stu's up to:
This podcast is @ComComPod on twitter and instagram
www.comedianscomedian.com
Stu’s “Virtual Office Party” is now available as the perfect solution to remote-working office parties, sales conferences, motivational and wellbeing events.
“It was an absolutely hysterical and wonderful evening, for both those partaking and everyone watching online!”
- Maria Kuzak (Fundraising Manager at CALM)
"The games and interactive element were hilarious and extremely well executed! 10/10 from us, you created a real buzz in our business, thank you."
- Ben Gott, (SVP at Merkle)
For more info on how this unique concept can bring your staff together while working apart, go to www.stuartgoldsmith.co.uk
Stu also offers remote talks to business on what the distilled wisdom of over 350 comics can teach you about resilience, especially in times of pandemic.
“The most inspiring talk I’ve had in years!”
- (LEGO staff member)
Find out more at www.stuartgoldsmith.co.uk
As you'd imagine, it was a total blast with a cool guy.
2 Northerners, 18 minutes, 100% Delightful*.
*May contain traces of Sausage.
Connect with the Sausage:
@mmmsausage
@toplesscantrill
@thatgledhill
https://www.patreon.com/TheDelightfulSausage
Find "Tiredness Kills" wherever it is that podcasts are hiding.
Everything Stu's up to:
This podcast is @ComComPod on twitter and instagram
Stu’s “Virtual Office Party” is now available as the perfect solution to remote-working office parties, sales conferences, motivational and wellbeing events.
“It was an absolutely hysterical and wonderful evening, for both those partaking and everyone watching online!”
- Maria Kuzak (Fundraising Manager at CALM)
The games and interactive element were hilarious and extremely well executed! 10/10 from us, you created a real buzz in our business, thank you."
- Ben Gott, (SVP at Merkle
For more info on how this unique concept can bring your staff together while working apart, go to www.stuartgoldsmith.co.uk
Stu also offers remote talks to business on what the distilled wisdom of over 350 comics can teach you about resilience, especially in times of pandemic.
“The most inspiring talk I’ve had in years!” (LEGO staff member)
Find out more at www.stuartgoldsmith.co.uk
Insiders extras with Sooz Kempner...
“Come for the musical theatre, stay for the trauma!” That was the manifesto of the “Asda Kate Bush” Sooz Kempner, on her debut hour, an extraordinary verbatim performance of the real email her father sent to her mother, that led to divorce.
We talk about upbringing as the only girl that didn’t do ballet, and how that inspired her self-belief; learn to how wind up Flag Twitter and bat away Reply Guys; and discover how she maintains her armour via creative success…
20 mins of extra content available exclusively to the Insiders Club features Sooz on story-telling via nostalgia; the challenges of her handsome brother being on TV a lot; and how she deals with her internal mean girl.
Go to www.comedianscomedian.com/insiders for this and much more, including the exclusive Insiders Q&As with James Acaster, and Nish Kumar.
Discover Sooz Kempner:
@SoozUK
Co-hosting The Queen Podcast, co-hosting Mystery on the Rocks podcast, and streaming pretty much constantly at twitch.tv/soozkempner.
Everything Stu's up to:
This podcast is @ComComPod on twitter and instagram
Stu’s “Virtual Office Party” is now available as the perfect solution to remote-working office parties, sales conferences, motivational and wellbeing events.
“It was an absolutely hysterical and wonderful evening, for both those partaking and everyone watching online!”
- Maria Kuzak (Fundraising Manager at CALM)
The games and interactive element were hilarious and extremely well executed! 10/10 from us, you created a real buzz in our business, thank you."
- Ben Gott, (SVP at Merkle)
For more info on how this unique concept can bring your staff together while working apart, go to www.stuartgoldsmith.co.uk
Stu also offers remote talks to business on what the distilled wisdom of over 350 comics can teach you about resilience, especially in times of pandemic.
“The most inspiring talk I’ve had in years!” (LEGO staff member)
Find out more at www.stuartgoldsmith.co.uk
Exclusive Insider content with Loyiso Gola.
On the eve of his first solo Netflix special, one of South Africa’s finest comedy exports returns to the show to discuss the challenges of filming a show in Covid times, and the influence of his movie-grown director in planning the shoot. We talk with double Emmy-nominated Loyiso about compromising decisions on and off TV; his aim to improve rather than earn; the value and price of stubbornness; and why “clarity is freedom”…
Loyiso Gola: Unlearning is available now on Netflix.
www.loyisogola.com
@loyisogola
Go to www.comedianscomedian.com/insiders for this and much more, including the exclusive Insiders Q&A’s with James Acaster, and Nish Kumar.
Everything Stu's up to:
This podcast is @ComComPod on twitter and instagram
www.comedianscomedian.com
Stu’s “Virtual Office Party” is now available as the perfect solution to remote-working office parties, sales conferences, motivational and wellbeing events.
“It was an absolutely hysterical and wonderful evening, for both those partaking and everyone watching online!”
- Maria Kuzak (Fundraising Manager at CALM)
The games and interactive element were hilarious and extremely well executed! 10/10 from us, you created a real buzz in our business, thank you."
- Ben Gott, (SVP at Merkle)
For more info on how this unique concept can bring your staff together while working apart, go to www.stuartgoldsmith.co.uk
Stu also offers remote talks to business on what the distilled wisdom of over 350 comics can teach you about resilience, especially in times of pandemic.
“The most inspiring talk I’ve had in years!” (LEGO staff member)
Find out more at www.stuartgoldsmith.co.uk
35 minutes of top shelf, high grade hustle with Ramon.
Comedian and go-getter Ramon Rivas lives in abundance as an artist, despite his lack of financial privilege. Interviewed in his hometown of Lorain, Ohio, we talk about his realisation that audiences at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2019 were perceiving him as white, and explore what that culture shock meant for how he views himself.
We discuss how hustle can get you noticed as well as hold you back; how to seek connection with an audience without seeking distance from yourself; and why road dogs can die in alt clubs.
Catch up with Ramon:
Explore Ramon’s excellent website with links to his stand-up on Apple Music and Spotify via www.blazerramon.com
TW: @blazerramon
Ramon’s experience being “A White Man In Edinburgh” in his own words https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HsEvgA-9YU
Everything Stu's up to:
This podcast is @ComComPod on twitter and instagram
www.comedianscomedian.com
Stu’s “Virtual Office Party” is now available as the perfect solution to remote-working office parties, sales conferences, motivational and wellbeing events.
“It was an absolutely hysterical and wonderful evening, for both those partaking and everyone watching online!”
- Maria Kuzak (Fundraising Manager at CALM)
The games and interactive element were hilarious and extremely well executed! 10/10 from us, you created a real buzz in our business, thank you."
- Ben Gott, (SVP at Merkle)
For more info on how this unique concept can bring your staff together while working apart, go to www.stuartgoldsmith.co.uk
Stu also offers remote talks to business on what the distilled wisdom of over 350 comics can teach you about resilience, especially in times of pandemic.
“The most inspiring talk I’ve had in years!” (LEGO staff member)
Find out more at www.stuartgoldsmith.co.uk
Russian-born and raised in Surrey at an American school, Olga Koch is a fiercely funny act with unique perspectives that aren’t simply confined to her unusual backstory. We talk about her background in computer science and find some parallels between jokes and code; talk about the difference in-between her comic voice onstage and on Twitter; and learn how she deals with conditional anxiety, exceptionalism, and the fear that comedy won’t return.
Also featuring why her parents wouldn’t be impressed with a Netflix special, and why you can’t eat hope for dinner…
Discover what Olga’s up to besides working hard all the time
www.rocknrolga.com
@rocknrolga
Everything Stu's up to:
This podcast is @ComComPod on twitter and instagram
www.comedianscomedian.com
Stu’s “Virtual Office Party” is now available as the perfect solution to remote-working office parties, sales conferences, motivational and wellbeing events.
“It was an absolutely hysterical and wonderful evening, for both those partaking and everyone watching online!”
- Maria Kuzak (Fundraising Manager at CALM)
The games and interactive element were hilarious and extremely well executed! 10/10 from us, you created a real buzz in our business, thank you."
- Ben Gott, (SVP at Merkle)
For more info on how this unique concept can bring your staff together while working apart, go to www.virtualofficeparty.co.uk
Stu also offers remote talks to business on what the distilled wisdom of over 350 comics can teach you about resilience, especially in times of pandemic.
“The most inspiring talk I’ve had in years!” (LEGO staff member)
Find out more at www.comedyinsights.com
We explore the effect on her work of her concurrent diagnoses with autism, ADHD and agoraphobia, and discuss how her fanbase consists of people just like her, rather than the cool kids she was trying to impress...
Bethany Black makes a powerfully funny connection with her fanbase, and has been wielding it to great effect over the course of her heavily-shielded pandemic experience.
We explore the effect on her work of her concurrent diagnoses with autism, ADHD and agoraphobia, and discuss how her fanbase consists of people just like her, rather than the cool kids she was trying to impress.
We also cover painting her herself into a corner with stand-up; how some promoters book to their own taste without realising; not being famous enough for The Chase; and what she’s already anticipating tolerating in her sixties…
No extras for this episode but you can still hit www.comedianscomedian.com/insiders for all the extras from every episode that has them, including the exclusive Insiders Q&A with James Acaster!
Follow Bethany Black:
@beffernieblack
Follow her and subscribe to: http://twitch.tv/beffernieblack
Buy her stand-up special: http://gofasterstripe.com/unwinnable
Tip her through http://ko-fi.com/bethanyblack
Everything Stu's up to:
Stu’s “Virtual Office Party” is now available as the perfect solution to remote-working office parties, sales conferences, motivational and wellbeing events.
“It was an absolutely hysterical and wonderful evening, for both those partaking and everyone watching online!”
- Maria Kuzak (Fundraising Manager at CALM)
The games and interactive element were hilarious and extremely well executed! 10/10 from us, you created a real buzz in our business, thank you."
- Ben Gott, (SVP at Merkle)
For more info on how this unique concept can bring your staff together while working apart, go to www.virtualofficeparty.co.uk
Stu also offers remote talks to business on what the distilled wisdom of over 350 comics can teach you about resilience, especially in times of pandemic.
“The most inspiring talk I’ve had in years!” (LEGO staff member)
Find out more at www.comedyinsights.com
This podcast is @ComComPod on twitter and instagram
www.comedianscomedian.com
Bonus content with Russell Kane, exclusively for the ears of Insiders...
Energetic, elastic and totally committed to being “the toughest kid on the estate” when it comes to his ability to get laughs, Russell Kane has firm ideas about his precise place in the comedy firmament.
We talk about the creative power of his exceptional on-stage energy; his surprising reaction to Stewart Lee’s material about him; his unerring ability to mind-map a topic and see the central idea immediately; and learn about the hour-long preview which he scripted in just eight words, moments before walking onstage…
Go to www.comedianscomedian.com/insiders for this and much more, including the exclusive Insiders Q&A with James Acaster.
Follow Russell on:
@russell_kane
www.russellkane.co.uk
And subscribe to his channel on YouTube, home of the “Kane-ing”
Everything Stu's up to:
Stu’s “Virtual Office Party” is now available as the perfect solution to remote-working office parties, sales conferences, motivational and wellbeing events.
“It was an absolutely hysterical and wonderful evening, for both those partaking and everyone watching online!”
- Maria Kuzak (Fundraising Manager at CALM)
The games and interactive element were hilarious and extremely well executed! 10/10 from us, you created a real buzz in our business, thank you."
- Ben Gott, (SVP at Merkle)
For more info on how this unique concept can bring your staff together while working apart, go to www.virtualofficeparty.co.uk
Stu also offers remote talks to business on what the distilled wisdom of over 350 comics can teach you about resilience, especially in times of pandemic.
“The most inspiring talk I’ve had in years!” (LEGO staff member)
Find out more at www.comedyinsights.com
This podcast is @ComComPod on twitter and instagram
www.comedianscomedian.com
Energetic, elastic and totally committed to being “the toughest kid on the estate” when it comes to his ability to get laughs, Russell Kane has firm ideas about his precise place in the comedy firmament.
We talk about the creative power of his exceptional on-stage energy; his surprising reaction to Stewart Lee’s material about him; his unerring ability to mind-map a topic and see the central idea immediately; and learn about the hour-long preview which he scripted in just eight words, moments before walking onstage…
Go to www.comedianscomedian.com/insiders for this and much more, including the exclusive Insiders Q&A with James Acaster.
Follow Russell on:
@russell_kane
www.russellkane.co.uk
And subscribe to his channel on YouTube, home of the “Kane-ing”
Everything Stu's up to:
Stu’s “Virtual Office Party” is now available as the perfect solution to remote-working office parties, sales conferences, motivational and wellbeing events.
“It was an absolutely hysterical and wonderful evening, for both those partaking and everyone watching online!”
- Maria Kuzak (Fundraising Manager at CALM)
The games and interactive element were hilarious and extremely well executed! 10/10 from us, you created a real buzz in our business, thank you."
- Ben Gott, (SVP at Merkle)
For more info on how this unique concept can bring your staff together while working apart, go to www.virtualofficeparty.co.uk
Stu also offers remote talks to business on what the distilled wisdom of over 350 comics can teach you about resilience, especially in times of pandemic.
“The most inspiring talk I’ve had in years!” (LEGO staff member)
Find out more at www.comedyinsights.com
This podcast is @ComComPod on twitter and instagram
www.comedianscomedian.com
Nigh on half an hour of cerebral, unadulterated Comcom ore, freshly prized from Neenan's mind and smelted into mp3 format (for purposes of practicality).
We talk about his entry into the business as a recipient of the BBC writer’s bursary, how a position as staff-writer taught him to be super-productive, and how to mine ambiguity for a punchline.
Head writer for “The Mash Report”, show-runner for “Hello America” on Quibi, and profoundly nice man, Tom Neenan has a practised ease with pulling jokes out of thin air. He’s also a comcompletist and one of the nicest people in the industry.
We talk about his entry into the business as a recipient of the BBC writer’s bursary, how a position as staff-writer taught him to be super-productive, and how to mine ambiguity for a punchline.
30 minutes of extra content available exclusively to members of the Insiders Club includes Tom on learning to make shows more personal; Stu and Tom get self-indulgent riffing on story and the Lubitsch touch with reference to Pixar and the MCU, and Tom shares some of his favourite joke-formats…
Go to www.comedianscomedian.com/insiders for this and much more, including the exclusive Insiders Q&A with James Acaster.
Tom Neenan
Follow @tneenan for his very funny tweets and drawing
Follow Tom’s Dr Who podcast @Wheezingpod
We also mentioned some of his favourite instructional YouTubers; these include HBomberguy, Jenny Nicholson, Every Frame a Painting, Lessons From The Screenplay, Folded Ideas, and Lindsey Ellis.
And here’s a link to the video about The Lubitsch touch Tom mentions in the extras: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxqt7UmN_bQ
Everything Stu's up to:
Stu’s “Virtual Office Party” is now available as the perfect solution to remote-working office parties, sales conferences, motivational and wellbeing events.
“It was an absolutely hysterical and wonderful evening, for both those partaking and everyone watching online!”
- Maria Kuzak (Fundraising Manager at CALM)
The games and interactive element were hilarious and extremely well executed! 10/10 from us, you created a real buzz in our business, thank you."
- Ben Gott, Practice Lead, Marketing Solutions EMEA, SVP at Merkle
For more info on how this unique concept can bring your staff together while working apart, go to www.virtualofficeparty.co.uk
Stu also offers remote talks to business on what the distilled wisdom of over 350 comics can teach you about resilience, especially in times of pandemic.
“The most inspiring talk I’ve had in years!” (LEGO staff member)
Find out more at www.comedyinsights.com
This podcast is @ComComPod on twitter and instagram
www.comedianscomedian.com
35 minutes of free-roaming, grass-fed, lovingly hand-crafted, triple-distilled Comcom gold with Jordan Brookes.
Winner and still holder of the 2019 Edinburgh Comedy Award, Jordan Brookes’ marriage of stand-up and clowning is an absolutely extraordinary experience. He deftly walks a tightrope between frankness and insincerity, observing the observers, and mining material from the problem of self-reflection. And if you think that sounds pretentious you’re going to love the rest…
We talk about calling bullshit on emotional manipulation, his slow climb back to normality after a youth inflected with OCD and depression, as well as the seductive narrative of victimhood…. Also seducing your mum.
35 minutes of extra content available exclusively to members of the Insiders Club includes Jordan on the arduous process of making his hit show “Bleed”, which did something incredibly new at imaginative, at some cost; the cultural race to expose more and more weakness and suffering over which comedy seems to obsess, and his mixed feelings about the award win.
Go to www.comedianscomedian.com/insiders for this and much more, including the exclusive Insiders Q&A with James Acaster.
Follow Jordan Brookes:
On his excellent website, on which you can watch tonnes of clips, plus digitally download "Bleed" and "I've Got Nothing": www.jordanbrookescomedy.com
On Twitter: @jordbrookes
Everything Stu's up to:
Stu’s “Infinite Sofa” chat show is now available as the perfect solution to remote-working office parties, sales conferences, motivational and twellness events.
“It was an absolutely hysterical and wonderful evening, for both those partaking and everyone watching online!” Maria Kuzak (Fundraising Manager at CALM)
For more info on how this unique concept can bring your staff together while working apart, go to www.virtualofficeparty.co.uk
Stu also offers remote talks to business on what the distilled wisdom of over 350 comics can teach you about resilience, especially in times of pandemic.
“The most inspiring talk I’ve had in years!” (LEGO staff member)
Find out more at www.comedyinsights.com
This podcast is @ComComPod on twitter and instagram
www.comedianscomedian.com
There's going viral, and then there's Uncle Roger. His MSG-loving, rice-reviewing, phone-case wearing archetypical Asian uncle character has seen Nigel Ng jump from 20,000 to 2.8M YouTube subscribers during the pandemic. Now he returns after only a few months to talk about what winning the YouTube lottery has taught him. We talk about how he'd prepared the field for explosive growth, and how much of it was luck; how it feels to become a professional YouTuber; how he manages collaboration; what new challenges laid in wait for him; and whether his success would be repeatable in an alternate universe...
Find Uncle Roger and Nigel’s own stand-up @mrnigelng on every platform, and on www.youtube.com/mrnigelng
His podcast “Rice To Meet You” is available at www.ricetomeetyoupod.com
Everything Stu's up to:
Stu’s “Infinite Sofa” chat show is now available as the perfect solution to remote-working office parties!
“It was an absolutely hysterical and wonderful evening, for both those partaking and everyone watching online!” Maria Kuzak (Fundraising Manager at CALM)
For more info on how this unique concept can bring your staff together while working apart, go to www.virtualofficeparty.co.uk
Stu also offers remote talks to business on what the distilled wisdom of over 350 comics can teach you about resilience, especially in times of pandemic.
“The most inspiring talk I’ve had in years!” (LEGO staff member)
Find out more at www.comedyinsights.com
This podcast is @ComComPod on twitter and instagram
www.comedianscomedian.com
Athena Kugblenu is an impassioned and very funny comic, intent on making people laugh even when they disagree with her. We talk about joining the comedy circuit from a successful career in the public sector, why she doesn’t debate on Facebook, affinity bias and assimilation. We also cover why she loves changing her mind, and good honest graft.
Catch up with Athena:
Follow @athenakugblenu on twitter and instagram.
www.athenakugblenu.com
www.athenakugblenu.com/podcast for more news on her podcast “Keeping Athena Company”
Everything Stu's up to:
The Infinite Sofa chat show is now available as a solution to remote-working office parties over the festive period and beyond! For more info on how this unique concept can bring your staff together while working apart, go to www.virtualofficeparty.co.uk
Stu also offers remote talks to business on what the distilled wisdom of over 350 comics can teach you about resilience, especially in times of pandemic.
“The most inspiring talk I’ve had in years!” (LEGO staff member)
Find out more at www.comedyinsights.com
This podcast is @ComComPod on twitter and instagram
www.comedianscomedian.com
Athena Kugblenu is an impassioned and very funny comic, intent on making people laugh even when they disagree with her. We talk about joining the comedy circuit from a successful career in the public sector, why she doesn’t debate on Facebook, affinity bias and assimilation. We also cover why she loves changing her mind, and good honest graft.
Catch up with Athena:
Follow @athenakugblenu on twitter and instagram.
www.athenakugblenu.com
www.athenakugblenu.com/podcast for more news on her podcast “Keeping Athena Company”
Everything Stu's up to:
The Infinite Sofa chat show is now available as a solution to remote-working office parties over the festive period and beyond! For more info on how this unique concept can bring your staff together while working apart, go to www.virtualofficeparty.co.uk
Stu also offers remote talks to business on what the distilled wisdom of over 350 comics can teach you about resilience, especially in times of pandemic.
“The most inspiring talk I’ve had in years!” (LEGO staff member)
Find out more at www.comedyinsights.com
This podcast is @ComComPod on twitter and instagram
www.comedianscomedian.com
And now…
To celebrate the forthcoming self-release via Dice.fm of his new special “Cold Lasagne Hate Myself 1999”, James returns to the podcast for two hours of insight across two episodes! In this second part, we talk about how James experiences his fame, why approval doesn’t satisfy him, and why he doesn’t usually admit to desiring a comic legacy. We also get stuck into some excellent audience questions…
“Cold Lasagne Hate Myself 1999” streams once at 8pm on 17th Dec wherever you are in the world (fancy!) and you can get access here:
https://dice.fm/artist/james-acaster-bbx6o
Do not attempt to follow James Acaster on social media.
Everything Stu's up to:
The Infinite Sofa chat show is now available as a solution to remote-working office parties over the festive period and beyond! For more info on how this unique concept can bring your staff together while working apart, go to www.virtualofficeparty.co.uk
Stu also offers remote talks to business on what the distilled wisdom of over 350 comics can teach you about resilience, especially in times of pandemic.
“The most inspiring talk I’ve had in years!” (LEGO staff member)
Find out more at www.comedyinsights.com
This podcast is @ComComPod on twitter and instagram
www.comedianscomedian.com
The collective Comcom Zoom orgy with Mr. Acaster.
The whole of this two hour conversation is available to everyone over parts one and two, but members of the Insiders Club were also treated to a special Q&A over Zoom, asking James their questions in person. That audio is now available on the Insiders private podcast, and it was so much fun we’re going to do more of them with other comics! For your future invitations to those, as well as all the extra content from every episode that has it, join now at www.comedianscomedian.com/insiders
And now…
To celebrate the forthcoming self-release via Dice.fm of his new special “Cold Lasagne Hate Myself 1999”, James returns to the podcast for two hours of insight across two episodes! We explore the rawness of this new special, talk about his new “cool guy” costume, and discuss the pros and cons of having a right royal go at the audience. We learn about his rejection of social media, the distance between his persona and his real self, and how in the past he’s forfeited his sanity in order not to rock the boat…
“Cold Lasagne Hate Myself 1999” streams once at 8pm on 17th Dec wherever you are in the world (fancy!) and you can get access here:
https://dice.fm/artist/james-acaster-bbx6o
You cannot follow James Acaster on social media.
Everything Stu's up to:
The Infinite Sofa chat show is now available as a solution to remote-working office parties over the festive period and beyond! For more info on how this unique concept can bring your staff together while working apart, go to www.virtualofficeparty.co.uk
Stu also offers remote talks to business on what the distilled wisdom of over 350 comics can teach you about resilience, especially in times of pandemic.
“The most inspiring talk I’ve had in years!” (LEGO staff member)
Find out more at www.comedyinsights.com
This podcast is @ComComPod on twitter and instagram
www.comedianscomedian.com
And now…
To celebrate the forthcoming self-release via Dice.fm of his new special “Cold Lasagne Hate Myself 1999”, James returns to the podcast for two hours of insight across two episodes! We explore the rawness of this new special, talk about his new “cool guy” costume, and discuss the pros and cons of having a right royal go at the audience. We learn about his rejection of social media, the distance between his persona and his real self, and how in the past he’s forfeited his sanity in order not to rock the boat…
“Cold Lasagne Hate Myself 1999” streams once at 8pm on 17th Dec wherever you are in the world (fancy!) and you can get access here:
https://dice.fm/artist/james-acaster-bbx6o
You cannot follow James Acaster on social media.
Everything Stu's up to:
The Infinite Sofa chat show is now available as a solution to remote-working office parties over the festive period and beyond! For more info on how this unique concept can bring your staff together while working apart, go to www.virtualofficeparty.co.uk
Stu also offers remote talks to business on what the distilled wisdom of over 350 comics can teach you about resilience, especially in times of pandemic.
“The most inspiring talk I’ve had in years!” (LEGO staff member)
Find out more at www.comedyinsights.com
This podcast is @ComComPod on twitter and instagram
www.comedianscomedian.com
We discover his youth - hitchhiking, busking and squatting his way round the world to a backdrop of the explosive growth in new circus and alternative comedy - and how his desire to be “a juggler without tricks” led him at last to stand-up.
Wild man of the woods or naughty Viking uncle, Martin Mor typifies the “adventure comic”, constantly challenging and reinventing himself, with an unshakeable confidence that the world will look after him.
We discover his youth - hitchhiking, busking and squatting his way round the world to a backdrop of the explosive growth in new circus and alternative comedy - and how his desire to be “a juggler without tricks” led him at last to stand-up.
We also learn what charisma means, peek into his latest venture offering online mentorship to newer comics, and learn what happens when you realise you’ve told all your stories…
Catch up with Martin:
martinmor.com
@MartinMorComedy
@Martin_Mor_Comedy
martinmorcomedy@gmail.com
Everything Stu's up to:
The Infinite Sofa chat show is now available as a solution to remote-working office parties over the festive period! Go to www.virtualofficeparty.co.uk for more info on how this unique concept can bring your staff together while working apart!
Stu also offers remote talks to business on what the distilled wisdom of over 350 comics can teach you about resilience, especially in times of pandemic!
“The most inspiring talk I’ve had in years!” (LEGO staff member)
Find out more at www.comedyinsights.com
This podcast is @ComComPod on Twitter and Instagram
www.comedianscomedian.com
Stu also co-hosts the “Child Labour" parenting podcast with Sindhu Vee
www.childlabourpod.com
An extra 15 minutes with Colt Cabana for your aural delectation...
Our first wrestler! A man with a firm foot in both the ring and the comedy circuit; Colt Cabana has been a pro for over 20 years, in WWE and now AEW, as well as a committed comedy collaborator with people like Brendon Burns and John Hastings. We talk about the myriad parallels between our worlds; about mentorship and growth; whether “kayfabe” is still a thing; learning how to play character instinctively; and meeting his comic match in Japanese wrestler Toru Yano.
15 minutes of extra content available exclusively to members of the Insiders Club include Colt discussing evolution over a long career, crowd work with a baby, seeking inspiration in everything, and the “fakeness” or otherwise of UFC…
Go to www.comedianscomedian.com/insiders for this and much, much more!
Catch up with Colt:
Find Colt on Twitch: www.twitch.tv/ColtCabana
Tw/IG: @ColtCabana
The documentaries & children’s book is at COLTMERCH.com
and find ”Art of Wrestling” podcast wherever the hell you get your podcasts!
Everything Stu's up to:
The Infinite Sofa chat show is now available as a solution to remote-working office parties over the festive period! Go to www.virtualofficeparty.co.uk for more info on how this unique concept can bring your staff together while working apart!
Stu also offers remote talks to business on what the distilled wisdom of over 350 comics can teach you about resilience, especially in times of pandemic!
“The most inspiring talk I’ve had in years!” (LEGO staff member)
Find out more at www.comedyinsights.com
This podcast is @ComComPod on twitter and instagram
www.comedianscomedian.com
Stu also co-hosts the “Child Labour" parenting podcast with Sindhu Vee
www.childlabourpod.com
(And the last episode of season 1, with Sara Barron, is a BELTER!)
25 minutes of bonus Insiders content with ABK..
We talk about why he never likes to be part of a group; attention to detail and the merits of commitment; and gives his thoughts on how we get to the A-timeline…
The inter-dimensional ABK is a brilliantly original comic with a penchant for wordy intelligent material that leaves no-one behind. He’s also the creator of the most absurdly wonderful animated trailer for an Edinburgh show you’ve ever seen.
We talk about why he never likes to be part of a group; attention to detail and the merits of commitment; and gives his thoughts on how we get to the A-timeline…
Catch up with ABK:
www.abeckettking.com
That incredible trailer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kH-CfCaMl8
@MisterABK
Everything Stu's up to:
Stu offers remote talks to business on what the distilled wisdom of over 350 comics can teach you about resilience, especially in times of pandemic!
“The most inspiring talk I’ve had in years!” (LEGO staff member)
Find out more at www.comedyinsights.com
This podcast is @ComComPod on twitter and instagram
www.comedianscomedian.com
Stu also co-hosts the “Child Labour" parenting podcast with Sindhu Vee
www.childlabourpod.com
(And the latest episode with Sara Barron is a BELTER!)
Mondays 9pm BST - "The Infinite Sofa" chat show
Top celebrity talent (previous guests include Dara O'Briain, Sarah Millican and Russell Howard) join Stu and 12 members of the public, in an increasingly cult-like live online performance experiment.
www.infinitesofa.com
Tuesdays 8pm BST - "Chops" Online comedy club
www.chopscomedy.com
www.twitch.tv/stugoldsmith
Laurie Kilmartin can make anything funny; from her superb album “45 Jokes About My Dead Dad”, a bulletproof club-fresh comedy special which doesn’t tarry with emotion, to live-tweeting the recent tragic loss of her mother to Covid-19. We learn how she found humour by turns lacerating and deeply moving, even in that awful situation.
We also talk about her work as a monologue writer for Conan O’Brien, and the rhythm of pitching jokes personally and then collaborating in the last hour before showtime; how to wield disdain effectively; and why she doesn’t believe comics like to make people happy.
Catch up with Laurie:
www.kilmartin.com
Laurie’s Book: www.kilmartin.com/dead-people-suck.html
YOU MUST FOLLOW LAURIE ON TWITTER: www.twitter.com/AnyLaurie16
Everything Stu's up to:
This podcast is @ComComPod on twitter and instagram
www.comedianscomedian.com
Stu offers remote talks to business on what the distilled wisdom of over 350 comics can teach you about Resilience, especially in times of pandemic!
“The most inspiring talk I’ve had in years!” (LEGO staff member)
Find out more at www.comedyinsights.com
Stu also co-hosts the “Child Labour" parenting podcast with Sindhu Vee
www.childlabourpod.com
Mondays 9pm BST - "The Infinite Sofa" chat show
Top celebrity talent (previous guests include Dara O'Briain, Sarah Millican and Russell Howard) join Stu and 12 members of the public, in an increasingly cult-like live online performance experiment.
www.infinitesofa.com
Tuesdays 8pm BST - "Chops" Online comedy club
www.chopscomedy.com
www.twitch.tv/stugoldsmith
Laurie Kilmartin can make anything funny; from her superb album “45 Jokes About My Dead Dad”, a bulletproof club-fresh comedy special which doesn’t tarry with emotion, to live-tweeting the recent tragic loss of her mother to Covid-19. We learn how she found humour by turns lacerating and deeply moving, even in that awful situation.
We also talk about her work as a monologue writer for Conan O’Brien, and the rhythm of pitching jokes personally and then collaborating in the last hour before showtime; how to wield disdain effectively; and why she doesn’t believe comics like to make people happy.
Catch up with Laurie:
www.kilmartin.com
Laurie’s Book: www.kilmartin.com/dead-people-suck.html
YOU MUST FOLLOW LAURIE ON TWITTER: www.twitter.com/AnyLaurie16
Everything Stu's up to:
This podcast is @ComComPod on twitter and instagram
www.comedianscomedian.com
Stu offers remote talks to business on what the distilled wisdom of over 350 comics can teach you about Resilience, especially in times of pandemic!
“The most inspiring talk I’ve had in years!” (LEGO staff member)
Find out more at www.comedyinsights.com
Stu also co-hosts the “Child Labour" parenting podcast with Sindhu Vee
www.childlabourpod.com
Mondays 9pm BST - "The Infinite Sofa" chat show
Top celebrity talent (previous guests include Dara O'Briain, Sarah Millican and Russell Howard) join Stu and 12 members of the public, in an increasingly cult-like live online performance experiment.
www.infinitesofa.com
Tuesdays 8pm BST - "Chops" Online comedy club
www.chopscomedy.com
www.twitch.tv/stugoldsmith
Bonus Insider content with Ewins...
The most successful open spot in the industry, Mat Ewins frequently leaves Stu crying with laughter, despite claiming to only have one joke…
30 mins of extra content available only to Insiders has Mat skimming the story of his childhood and his unusual relationship with his siblings; considering his appearances on Harry Hill’s Club Nite and reflecting on social media, apps that catch up with his own incredible video-editing skills, WAP-enabled phones, chaos and control. Don’t miss it - sign up today at www.comedianscomedian.com/insiders
Download Mat and John Kearns’ podcast “Microscope”
https://play.acast.com/s/microscope
Watch Mat on Harry Hill:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaTsUMudD58
TW: @microscopefun
www.matewins.com
Everything Stu's up to:
This podcast is @ComComPod on twitter and instagram
Find out more at
www.comedianscomedian.com
Join the Insiders Club at
www.comedianscomedian.com/insiders
Stu speaks to your business about resilience, creativity and authenticity, more details at
www.comedyinsights.com
Stu also co-hosts the “Child Labour" parenting podcast with Sindhu Vee
www.childlabourpod.com
Mondays 9pm BST - "The Infinite Sofa" chat show
Top celebrity talent (previous guests include Dara O'Briain, Sarah Millican and Russell Howard) join Stu and 12 members of the public, in an increasingly cult-like live online performance experiment.
www.infinitesofa.com
Tuesdays 8pm BST - "Chops" Online comedy club
www.chopscomedy.com
www.twitch.tv/stugoldsmith
Artist, comedian, provocateur and cleaner, Kim Noble is far more concerned with pursuing his artistic instinct than the trappings of success. From sneaking into B&Q dressed as staff (engaging with the customers and sometimes not even recording it), to his brilliant new podcast “Futile Attempts”, we find a man relentless in his integrity and experimentation, but sometimes adrift from the comedy community and the wider world.
We learn the sometimes devastating effect of his constant recording on his personal life; find out how his mum felt about his possible exploitation of his dementia-suffering father; and talk about innocence, terror, and overstepping the line.
30 minutes of extra content, available exclusively to members of the Insiders Club, includes Kim on his most recent “meltdown”; a meta chat about the pros and cons of his notion to record his appearance on the podcast and take control of the audio; the story behind “Noble and Silver” and why they split… and dread.
Join now at www.comedianscomedian.com/insiders
Find out more about Kim:
www.mrkimnoble.com/futile-attempts-podcast/
www.mrkimnoble.com
www.twitter.com/mrkimnoble
Watch the “Noble and Silver: Get Off Me” episode filmed in one take:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDGixWJOetY
Everything Stu's up to:
This podcast is @ComComPod on twitter and instagram
Find out more at
www.comedianscomedian.com
Join the Insiders Club at
www.comedianscomedian.com/insiders
Stu also co-hosts the “Child Labour" parenting podcast with Sindhu Vee
www.childlabourpod.com
Mondays 9pm BST - "The Infinite Sofa" chat show
Top celebrity talent (previous guests include Dara O'Briain, Sarah Millican and Russell Howard) join Stu and 12 members of the public, in an increasingly cult-like live online performance experiment.
www.infinitesofa.com
Tuesdays 8pm BST - "Chops" Online comedy club
www.chopscomedy.com
www.twitch.tv/stugoldsmith
Bonus material from the wistfully wonderful ep with Kim Noble...
Artist, comedian, provocateur and cleaner, Kim Noble is far more concerned with pursuing his artistic instinct than the trappings of success. From sneaking into B&Q dressed as staff (engaging with the customers and sometimes not even recording it), to his brilliant new podcast “Futile Attempts”, we find a man relentless in his integrity and experimentation, but sometimes adrift from the comedy community and the wider world.
We learn the sometimes devastating effect of his constant recording on his personal life; find out how his mum felt about his possible exploitation of his dementia-suffering father; and talk about innocence, terror, and overstepping the line.
30 minutes of extra content, available exclusively to members of the Insiders Club, includes Kim on his most recent “meltdown”; a meta chat about the pros and cons of his notion to record his appearance on the podcast and take control of the audio; the story behind “Noble and Silver” and why they split… and dread.
Join now at www.comedianscomedian.com/insiders
Find out more about Kim:
www.mrkimnoble.com/futile-attempts-podcast/
www.mrkimnoble.com
www.twitter.com/mrkimnoble
Watch the “Noble and Silver: Get Off Me” episode filmed in one take:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDGixWJOetY
Everything Stu's up to:
This podcast is @ComComPod on twitter and instagram
Find out more at
www.comedianscomedian.com
Join the Insiders Club at
www.comedianscomedian.com/insiders
Stu also co-hosts the “Child Labour" parenting podcast with Sindhu Vee
www.childlabourpod.com
Mondays 9pm BST - "The Infinite Sofa" chat show
Top celebrity talent (previous guests include Dara O'Briain, Sarah Millican and Russell Howard) join Stu and 12 members of the public, in an increasingly cult-like live online performance experiment.
www.infinitesofa.com
Tuesdays 8pm BST - "Chops" Online comedy club
www.chopscomedy.com
www.twitch.tv/stugoldsmith
Heavy-hitter Erin Foley is a sensational comic with a way of making even the gentlest observations into flint-hard punchlines. We discuss her “terrifying but wonderful” start in standup, and how she was 8 years into her career before she began discussing her sexuality onstage. We talk about questioning and defining success, the epic ness of performing honestly, her refusal to be a joke-pony, and the best place for the Big Gay Reveal…
Catch up with Erin:
Erin’s album Deep Dive on Spotify
Everything Stu's up to:
This podcast is @ComComPod on twitter and instagram
www.comedianscomedian.com
Stu also co-hosts the “Child Labour" parenting podcast with Sindhu Vee
www.childlabourpod.com
Mondays 9pm BST - "The Infinite Sofa" chat show
Top celebrity talent (previous guests include Dara O'Briain, Sarah Millican and Russell Howard) join Stu and 12 members of the public, in an increasingly cult-like live online performance experiment.
www.infinitesofa.com
Tuesdays 8pm BST - "Chops" Online comedy club
www.chopscomedy.com
www.twitch.tv/stugoldsmith
Wednesdays 8pm BST - "ThinkTank"
A new even-more-experimental exercise in creativity, community, and throwing together a virtual bank heist under pressure.
New ideas and new jeopardy every week!
www.twitch.tv/stugoldsmith
Almost half an hour of extras with the sumptuous Sinha...
One of the first guests on ComCom about 8 years ago, Paul Sinha has had a rollercoaster of a life in the interim. From fringe comedian to celebrity quizzer as “The Sinnerman” on The Chase (ITV), to a memorable appearance on Taskmaster (Dave) which came just as he was diagnosing himself with Parkinson’s disease, we catch up on how his comedy has metamorphosed from political agitation to personal story-telling.
We cover how the mainstream-ification of his audiences changed his comedy; how he lost a friend to Covid-19 but managed to survive a devastating dose himself; what expectations he has of his life from now on; and why he’s a better comedian now than he’s ever been…
30 minutes of extra content, available exclusively to members of the Insiders Club, includes Paul on how he refuses to think about mortality, his new style of joke-writing on Twitter, and the inside story on his performance on Taskmaster…
Go to www.comedianscomedian.com/insiders for this and much much more.
Connect with Paul here:
@PaulSinha
www.paulsinha.com
Everything Stu's up to:
"Child Labour" parenting podcast with Stuart Goldsmith & Sindhu Vee
www.childlabourpod.com
Mondays 9pm BST - "The Infinite Sofa" chat show
Top celebrity talent (previous guests include Dara O'Briain, Sarah Millican and Russell Howard) join Stu and 12 members of the public, in an increasingly cult-like live online performance experiment.
www.infinitesofa.com
Tuesdays 8pm BST - "Chops" Online comedy club
www.chopscomedy.com
www.twitch.tv/stugoldsmith
Wednesdays 8pm BST - "ThinkTank"
A new even-more-experimental exercise in creativity, community, and throwing together a virtual bank heist under pressure.
New ideas and new jeopardy every week!
www.twitch.tv/stugoldsmith
A wondrous 37 minutes inside the glorious mind of Gary Gulman...
“Hello babies, welcome to Gary Gulman…” A comedian’s comedian in the truest sense, we discuss the making of Gary’s stand-up special/documentary “The Great Depresh”, charting a mental health journey via electroconvulsive therapy and medical ketamine, through recovery to genuine brilliance. We learn the origin of the world’s most humble opening joke and why we should crowds credit for their vocabulary; and also cover the writing tip that’s visible if you freeze-frame a single shot of the movie, and his love of Kurt Vonnegut.
45 minutes of exquisite extra content, available exclusively to members of the Insiders Club, includes Gary on his extensive writing tips for comics and why it’s impossible to use up creativity, and some behind the scenes secrets on his experiences doing spots on Conan.
Go to www.comedianscomedian.com/insiders for this and much much more!
Connect with Gary here:
www.garygulman.com
@garygulman
Stu's current endeavours:
Released every Monday
"Child Labour" parenting podcast with Stuart Goldsmith & Sindhu Vee
www.childlabourpod.com
Mondays 9pm BST - "The Infinite Sofa" chat show
Top celebrity talent (former guests include Dara O'Briain, Sarah Millican and Russell Howard) join Stu and 12 members of the public, in an increasingly cult-like live online performance experiment.
www.infinitesofa.com
Tuesdays 8pm BST - "Chops" Online comedy club
Headline acts with new material plus the cream of emerging comics, all with a live audience in the "room"
www.chopscomedy.com
www.twitch.tv/stugoldsmith
Wednesdays 8pm BST - "ThinkTank"
A new even-more-experimental exercise in creativity, community, and throwing together a virtual bank heist under pressure.
New ideas and new jeopardy every week!
www.twitch.tv/stugoldsmith
A glorious extra 20 minutes with Mr Larry Dean...
Larry Dean is a phenomenal comic who doesn’t coast on his brilliant physicality, but writes hard and really gets to the kernel of what’s funny about his life.
We talk about being manipulated into working hard by people who understand you, deliberately mining opportunities for embodying the jokes, and how gay audiences sometimes confuse his self-deprecation for self-hatred. We also unearth the thrill of writing for revenge…
www.larrydeancomedy.com
TW: @larrydeancomedy | IG: @larrydeancomedy
TW: @ComComPod | IG: @ComComPod
STU GOLDSMITH’S INFINITE SOFA
Stu Goldsmith’s Infinite Sofa brings you the warmest and most atmospheric cure for the social-isolation blues!
Forthcoming guests include Flo and Joan, Alex Horne, Ed Aczel and Thom Tuck, who with 12 members of the public join Stu for a tight 90 mins of brilliant comedy, music and variety with interactive games and big laughs.
Find out more at www.infinitesofa.com
CHOPS COMEDY
Every Tuesday at 8pm come and watch your favourite comics finding their sea-legs in the new world of online stand-up, with a warm and a generous studio audience, at Chops Comedy! Forthcoming headliners include Kelly Convey, Alice Fraser, Marcus Brigstocke and Charlie George.
www.chopscomedy.com
Archie Maddocks bonus content for Insiders...
Stand-up comic and award-nominated playwright Archie Maddocks loves stitching together routines about kebab shops and his "rough-arse" schooling, with pathos and evocative prose. We talk about writing for the comedy club and the stage, why he's the straight-man to his highly-strung family of actors, and how his play "A Place For We" has been put on hiatus by Covid-19. We also talk about how his show "Matchstick" concluded with a heartfelt examination of the Grenfell Tower fire, and why he feels that "we're not people that ever cry".
You can donate to support survivors of the Grenfell Tower fire here www.grenfellfoundation.org.uk/
TW: @ArchieMaddocks | IG: @ArchieMaddocks
TW: @ComComPod | IG: @ComComPod
STU GOLDSMITH’S INFINITE SOFA
Every Monday and Thursday night at the new later time of 9pm, Stu Goldsmith’s Infinite Sofa brings you the warmest and most atmospheric cure for the social-isolation blues!
Forthcoming guests include Flo and Joan, Alex Horne, Ed Aczel and Thom Tuck, who with 12 members of the public join Stu for a tight 90 mins of brilliant comedy, music and variety with interactive games and big laughs.
Find out more at www.infinitesofa.com
CHOPS COMEDY
Every Tuesday at 8pm come and watch your favourite comics finding their sea-legs in the new world of online stand-up, with a warm and a generous studio audience, at Chops Comedy! Forthcoming headliners include Kelly Convey, Alice Fraser, Marcus Brigstocke and Charlie George.
www.chopscomedy.com
A wondrous extra 20 minutes with Nigel Ng (for the collective and individual ears of Insiders).
Lean as hell and twice as productive, Nigel Ng is coming to shame your work ethic with his radical efficiency! This hilarious UK-based Malaysian comic lets us in on how his background in data science is helping him hit hard on social media, why he knew Edinburgh reviewers wouldn't like him, why he doesn't know what "texture" means, and what it felt like to gig 5 hours after a huge personal catastrophe. But is he too efficient for his own personal life...?
TW: @mrnigelng | IG: @mrnigelng
https://ricetomeetyoupod.com/
TW: @ComComPod | IG: @ComComPod
As per last week's post-amble, consider giving these comics a follow on Twitter:
@DaneBaptweets
@ninia_benjamin
@funmbi
@ginayashere
@destheray
@jamalimaddix
@olathecomedian
@AhirShah
@paulsinha
@MrNishKumar
@tezilyas
@dalisochaponda
@athenakugblenu
@abiclarkecomedy
STU GOLDSMITH’S INFINITE SOFA
Every Monday and Thursday night at the new later time of 9pm, Stu Goldsmith’s Infinite Sofa brings you the warmest and most atmospheric cure for the social-isolation blues!
Forthcoming guests include Rhod Gilbert, Sara Barron, Iain Stirling, Flo and Joan, and Luisa Omelian, who with 12 members of the public join Stu for an hour and a half of brilliant comedy, music and variety with interactive games and big laughs.
Find out more at https://sites.google.com/view/infinitesofa/home
CHOPS COMEDY
Every Tuesday at 8pm come and watch your favourite comics riding their sea-legs in the new world of online stand-up, with a warm and a generous studio audience, at Chops Comedy! Forthcoming headliners include Josie Long, Sarah Millican, Jarred Christmas, Rob Kemp, Russell Hicks and Lost Voice Guy
www.chopscomedy.com
...To talk about Stu and Sindhu's new parenting podcast "Child Labour", and to listen back together to three exclusive clips from the show with interviewees Jess Fostekew, Spencer Jones and Athena Kugblenu!
Subscribe to Child Labour now! Like right now, there's a trailer up that you can subscribe to and then when it launches on June 1st you'll get episode one with Arabella Weir (The Fast Show) delivered straight to your device...
#childlabourpod
Subscribe to the show here: https://tinyurl.com/sindhuandstu
(It's a Spotify link but you'll be able to find the show on Apple by the time you hear this!)
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STU GOLDSMITH’S INFINITE SOFA
Every Monday and Thursday night at the new later time of 9pm, Stu Goldsmith’s Infinite Sofa brings you the warmest and most atmospheric cure for the social-isolation blues!
Forthcoming guests include Rhod Gilbert, Josh Widdicombe and Flo & Joan, who with 12 fabulous members of the public join Stu for an hour of brilliant comedy, music and variety with interactive games and big laughs.
Find out more at www.infinitesofa.com
CHOPS COMEDY
Every Tuesday at 8pm come and watch your favourite comics riding their sea-legs in the new world of online stand-up, with a warm and a generous studio audience, at Chops Comedy! Forthcoming headliners include Josie Long, Sarah Millican, Jarred Christmas, Rob Kemp, Russell Hicks and Lost Voice Guy
www.chopscomedy.com
www.comedianscomedian.com
Catherine Cohen took home “Best Newcomer” at the Edinburgh Fringe last year, with a jaw-dropping show bursting with wit, originality and layer upon layer of irony. Her angle of attack, mocking the audience for being so pathetically in love with her, allows her to take huge risks on stage, in a character that was grown through vast quantities of just the right sort of stage time.
We talk about why she loves the occasional “stone-faced” audience-member, about playing to win and succeeding, surviving burn-out, and why she can’t stop “freaking out about absolutely everything”…
Catch up with Catherine Cohen:
TW @catcohen
IG @catccohen
As per the post-amble, consider giving these comics a follow on Twitter:
@DaneBaptweets
@ninia_benjamin
@funmbi
@ginayashere
@destheray
@jamalimaddix
@olathecomedian
@AhirShah
@paulsinha
@MrNishKumar
@tezilyas
@dalisochaponda
@athenakugblenu
STU GOLDSMITH’S INFINITE SOFA
Every Monday and Thursday night at the new later time of 9pm, Stu Goldsmith’s Infinite Sofa brings you the warmest and most atmospheric cure for the social-isolation blues!
Forthcoming guests include Rhod Gilbert, Sara Barron, Iain Stirling, Flo and Joan, and Luisa Omelian, who with 12 members of the public join Stu for an hour and a half of brilliant comedy, music and variety with interactive games and big laughs.
Find out more at www.infinitesofa.com
CHOPS COMEDY
Every Tuesday at 8pm come and watch your favourite comics riding their sea-legs in the new world of online stand-up, with a warm and a generous studio audience, at Chops Comedy! Forthcoming headliners include Josie Long, Sarah Millican, Jarred Christmas, Rob Kemp, Russell Hicks and Lost Voice Guy
www.chopscomedy.com
An intriguing and invigorating "NonComPod" this week with comedian, care home assistant and indeed care home comedian Pope Lonergan. Impressively erudite, Pope has been addicted to drugs as well as to reading about the Hawaiian judicial system; we discuss his lifelong search for transcendence, whether drug-fuelled revelations of great artists count, and how to inhabit the present.
@thedailybumbler | https://anchor.fm/pope-lonergan
STU GOLDSMITH’S INFINITE SOFA
Every Monday and Thursday night at the new later time of 9pm, Stu Goldsmith’s Infinite Sofa brings you the warmest and most atmospheric cure for the social-isolation blues!
Forthcoming guests include Josh Widdicombe, Rhod Gilbert and Sindhu Vee, who along with 12 members of the public join Stu for an hour plus of brilliant comedy, music and variety with interactive games and big laughs.
Find out more at www.infinitesofa.com
CHOPS COMEDY
Every Tuesday at 8pm come and watch your favourite comics riding their sea-legs in the new world of online stand-up, with a warm and a generous studio audience, at Chops Comedy! Forthcoming headliners include Josie Long, Sarah Millican, Jarred Christmas, Rob Kemp, Russell Hicks and Lost Voice Guy
www.chopscomedy.com
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Visit comedy.co.uk/pro and enter the code COMCOM on the join page to get £5 off as well as supporting this podcast!
30+ minutes of solid Goldsmith v Goldstein alchemy exclusive to beloved Insiders...
At last! Brett Goldstein (movie star, comedian, writer, super-fan of ComCom and perpetual invite-swerver) drops by for a “NonComPod” that won’t expose at all how crackers he is. Sadly Stu can’t help himself and it all goes a bit “Are You Happy?” A brilliant conversation with a kind, funny, deeply handsome man, who lets us into his mind to discuss humility, boredom and workaholism - and why the comedy community is like an AIDS quilt...
25 mins of extra content available exclusively to members of the Insiders Club include the backstage view of Brett’s “Films To be Buried With” podcast, how a run of terrible gigs way back during the Comedy Reserve fringe line-up show became a brutal bootcamp, and a decent chunk of Stu giving Brett unsolicited advice on how to navigate his mental health…
Join the Insiders Club now at www.comedianscomedian.com/insiders for all this and much much more.
New episodes are now streamed live at www.twitch.tv/stugoldsmith on 1pm BST every Wednesday, for release the following week
STU GOLDSMITH’S INFINITE SOFA
Every Monday and Thursday night at the new later time of 9pm, Stu Goldsmith’s Infinite Sofa brings you the warmest and most atmospheric cure for the social-isolation blues!
Forthcoming guests include Nish Kumar, Suzi Ruffell, Anna Mann and Randy Feltface, who with 10 members of the public join Stu for an hour of brilliant comedy, music and variety with interactive games and big laughs.
Find out more at www.infinitesofa.com
CHOPS COMEDY
Every Tuesday at 8pm come and watch your favourite comics riding their sea-legs in the new world of online stand-up, with a warm and a generous studio audience, at Chops Comedy! Forthcoming headliners include Josie Long, Sarah Millican, Jarred Christmas, Rob Kemp, Russell Hicks and Lost Voice Guy
www.chopscomedy.com
Bonus content from Helen Zaltzman exclusive to Insiders...
New episodes are now streamed live at www.twitch.tv/stugoldsmith on 1pm BST every Wednesday, for release the following week
Is this a regular episode or a NonComPod? It matters not as we meet Helen Zaltzman; podcasting matriarch, mentor of Stu’s, co-host with Olly Mann of “Answer Me This”, host of the brilliant “Allusionist” podcast on the Radiotopia network, and very funny lady indeed.
We talk about her comedy origins as Josie Long’s embroiderer, her childhood and the positives of knowing she was an unplanned baby, and setting one’s own parameters for success. We also talk about language as a means of understanding the world, overcoming her own pedantry and forgiving it in others, how she wrote a successful tour show in less than a day, and why you’re Namaste-ing all wrong…
25 mins of extra content available exclusively to members of the Insiders Club include a dive into the origins of Helen and Olly Mann’s “Answer Me This” podcast; how they cultivated the community now 14 years deep into their show (and passing it on to their own children), and how they broke new ground with the sorts of creative and marketing tactics that these days would make up a TED Talk.
Join the Insiders Club now at www.comedianscomedian.com/insiders for all this and much much more.
helenzaltzman.com | instagram.com/helenzaltzman |twitter.com/helenzaltzman
Allusionist: theallusionist.org, twitter.com/allusionistshow, facebook.com/allusionistshow, instagram.com/allusionistshow
Veronica Mars Investigations: VMIpod.com, twitter.com/VMIpod, instagram.com/VMIpod, facebook.com/VMIpod
Answer Me This: answermethispodcast.com, twitter.com/HelenAndOlly, facebook.com/answermethis
STU GOLDSMITH’S INFINITE SOFA
Every Monday and Thursday night at the new later time of 9pm, Stu Goldsmith’s Infinite Sofa brings you the warmest and most atmospheric cure for the social-isolation blues!
Forthcoming guests include Nish Kumar, Suzi Ruffell, Anna Mann and Randy Feltface, who with 10 members of the public join Stu for an hour of brilliant comedy, music and variety with interactive games and big laughs.
Find out more at www.infinitesofa.com
CHOPS COMEDY
Online new material from seasoned professionals and exciting newer acts, in the most as-live environment online, every Tuesday night at 8pm BST via www.chopscomedy.com
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Join Stu Goldsmith for a one-to-one coaching session about your comedy career or personal project. These aren’t joke-writing sessions, more of a sort of micro-ComCom mentoring experience, to identify how you might be getting in the way of your own creativity and offer some solutions!
“Stu has made me think about writing comedy in a way that I wouldn’t have considered otherwise. His mentorship allowed me to access the deep, vulnerable, and humorous truths that are actually more impactful than the surface stuff I was doing otherwise. Highly recommend.” Jasky Singh
Go to www.comedianscomedian.com/lunch and book your one-to-one with Stu now!
Bonus content from Alonzo Bodden, exclusive to Insiders...
Shut up and listen to Alonzo Bodden, a towering comic who wields an absolute authority onstage! In the final pre-pandemic recording, we discover Alonzo's struggles to connect with black audiences, find out why alternative comedy doesn’t exist, and learn whether he’d accept a cure for depression if it meant giving up comedy…
30 mins of extra content available exclusively to members of the Insiders Club include Alonzo’s extraordinary “missed break” after he won season three of Last Comic Standing just as cancellation of the show meant the final was never aired, how Terry Crews beat him to the punch in a big movie role, and how to go up next after a superstar… Join the Insiders Club now at www.comedianscomedian.com/insiders for all this and much much more.
STU GOLDSMITH’S INFINITE SOFA
Every Monday and Thursday night at 8pm, Stu Goldsmith’s Infinite Sofa brings you the warmest and most atmospheric cure for the social-isolation blues!
Forthcoming guests include James Acaster, Romesh Ranganathan and Sarah Millican, who with 10 members of the public join Stu for an hour of brilliant comedy, music and variety with amazing guests, interactive games and big laughs.
www.infinitesofa.com
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Join Stu Goldsmith for a one-to-one coaching session about your comedy career or personal project. These aren’t joke-writing sessions, more of a sort of micro-ComCom mentoring experience, to identify how you might be getting in the way of your own creativity and offer some solutions!
“Stu has made me think about writing comedy in a way that I wouldn’t have considered otherwise. His mentorship allowed me to access the deep, vulnerable, and humorous truths that are actually more impactful than the surface stuff I was doing otherwise. Highly recommend.” Jasky Singh
Go to www.comedianscomedian.com/lunch and book your one-to-one with Stu now!
Bonus audio from Robert Popper episode...
An experiment was performed in which the co-creator of Look Around You, creator and writer of Friday Night Dinner, former commissioning editor for CH4 and expert Timewaster Robert Popper was subjected to an interview. We talk about FND and why it has become Robert’s best known work, his experience with death threats in the South Park writers room, and how he and Peter Serafinowicz rolled on the floor crying with laughter at “...thants”. Make a note in your copy books now…
30 mins of extra content available exclusively to members of the Insiders Club includes Robert on his one big disagreement with the writers of Peep Show whilst working as series producer, as well as some delicious insight into the world of The Timewaster Letters, and a hilarious toolkit for your own frivolous phonecalls… Join the Insiders Club now at www.comedianscomedian.com/insiders for all this and much much more.
www.robertpopper.com | @robertpopper
STU GOLDSMITH’S INFINITE SOFA
Every Monday and Thursday night at 8pm, Stu Goldsmith’s Infinite Sofa brings you the warmest and most atmospheric cure for the social-isolation blues!
10 members of the public join Stu for an hour of brilliant comedy, music and variety with amazing guests, interactive games and big laughs. (Previous guests include Sindhu Vee, Desiree Burch, Phil Ellis and Rob Rouse, and a guy called Ian who often climbs into his own wardrobe)
www.infinitesofa.com
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Join Stu Goldsmith for a one-to-one coaching session about your comedy career or personal project. These aren’t joke-writing sessions, more of a sort of micro-ComCom mentoring experience, to identify how you might be getting in the way of your own creativity and offer some solutions!
“Thank you so much for what was an incredibly productive, useful and thought provoking working lunch/therapy session” - Ben Milden
“Stu instantly put any nerves I had at bay, we spoke about many aspects of comedy and I found it be really beneficial, if you’re considering trying one of these sessions don’t hesitate! 10/10” - Jon Meehan
Go to www.comedianscomedian.com/lunch and book your one-to-one with Stu now!
An extra 20 marvellous minutes with Scott Bennett...
Special mini episode with very funny and thoughtful comic Alexander Bennett on: recovering from a dose of Covid-19, isolating in a new flat with a french woman he doesn't know, and what positives the human race may one day discover after the pandemic.
www.twitter.com/AlexyBennett
www.alexanderbennettcomedian.com
ko-fi.com/alexanderbennett
Join the ComCom Insider's Club here: www.comedianscomedian.com/insiders
Book a Working Lunch with Stu Goldsmith here: www.comedianscomedian.com/lunch
Join the ComCom Facebook group here: www.facebook.com/groups/ComediansComedianPodcast
The hardest-working man in UK comedy, Scott Bennett is tipped for imminent breakthrough to the mainstream, so you won’t be surprised to hear that he grasped the pandemic nettle and started performing online stand-up shows from his shed pretty much on day one. We talk about sacrificing a proper career to become a comic in his thirties, and how he processes the guilt he feels at following his dream, the “elastic limit” he has with his audience, doubling down on your best bits, and that old enemy, too much polish…
20 mins of extras available exclusively to the Insiders Club include Scott going into detail on his toolkit for observational comedy, and the nuance of how he writes with other people, including Rob Brydon, Daliso Chaponda and Jason Manford - how does it change his voice and creativity to step into the shoes of another act?
As the live comedy circuit undergoes a painful transformation into some unknown new form, there HAS NEVER BEEN A BETTER TIME to keep the podcast alive and get hold of oodles of sweet extra content (including the new special episode about The Great Pivot with ComCom Consultant Pete Dobbing) with a regular subscription. Join now at www.comedianscomedian.com/insiders
Follow Scott:
www.scottbennettcomedy.co.uk
twitter and IG @scottbcomedyuk
Stand up from the shed: www.facebook.com/scottybcomedy
tour www.scottbennettcomedy.co.uk/tour.html
Scott's album "One Night In Dudley":
Itunes - http://itunes.apple.com/album/id1502711595?ls=1&app=itunes
Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/album/1Jg9oOqR9JRm6rtvfXw26a
Join Stu Goldsmith for a Working Lunch coaching session about your comedy, career or personal project:
“Thank you so much for what was an incredibly productive, useful and thought provoking working lunch/therapy session” - Ben Milden
“Stu instantly put any nerves I had at bay, we spoke about many aspects of comedy and I found it be really beneficial, if you’re considering trying one of these sessions don’t hesitate! 10/10” - Jon Meehan
Go to www.comedianscomedian.com/lunch to book your one-to-one online lunch-date with Stu
29 minutes of bonus content gold for loyal Insiders' aural delectation...
This episode was recorded before the pandemic if you’re looking for a breath of fresh air
A tub-thumping powerhouse of a comedian basking in a laidback rhythm, Robby Collins is a devoted student of comedy. We talk about how he made his obsession into his art, from renting and re-renting DVDs of the greats as a youth, to opening for Trevor Noah on world tours. We also cover re-learning how to socialise outside the industry, and the long road to making comedy out of the suicide attempt of a family member…
25 mins worth of extras available exclusively to the Insiders Club include Robby going into detail on the lessons he learnt from opening for Trevor Noah and Dave Chapelle, how to make an audience come to you, and how to cut out all the waiting time between thought and performance.
TW: @robbycollins_ | IG: @robbycollins_
As the live comedy circuit undergoes a painful transformation into some unknown new form, there HAS NEVER BEEN A BETTER TIME to keep the podcast alive and get hold of oodles of sweet extra content (including the new special episode about The Great Pivot with ComCom Consultant Pete Dobbing) with a regular subscription. Join now at www.comedianscomedian.com/insiders
Join Stu Goldsmith for a Working Lunch! Go to www.comedianscomedian.com/lunch to book your one-to-one social or professional online lunch date with Stu.
“Thank you so much for what was an incredibly productive, useful and thought provoking working lunch/therapy session” - comedian Ben Milden
@comcompod | @stugoldsmith
29 minutes of exclusive bonus content for Insiders...
The co-host and co-creator of Dara O Briain's Go 8 Bit, Steve McNeil started his career in sketch comedy, and has enjoyed an invigoratingly twisty journey through multiple genres, currently specialising as a twitch gamer and host, with new project #WiFiWars gathering momentum online as we speak. We talk about his pivot away from TV, the single most agonising factor that led to the demise of "Go 8 Bit", his new special "Hey Listen!" and his recent battles with his mental health.
30 mins of extra content available exclusively to members of the Insiders Club focuses Steve's tips and tricks for growing an audience on Twitch, and what comics can expect to find when trying to explore that fertile territory! Sign up now at www.comedianscomedian.com/insiders
#WiFiWars
Steve's special on GFS https://gofasterstripe.com/heylisten
https://twitter.com/stevemcneil
https://www.twitch.tv/stevefromgo8bit
https://www.twitch.tv/team/thestreamcreamdreamteam
As the live comedy circuit undergoes a painful transformation into some unknown new form, there HAS NEVER BEEN A BETTER TIME to keep the podcast alive and get hold of oodles of sweet extra content (including the new special episode about The Great Pivot with ComCom Consultant Pete Dobbing) with a regular subscription. Join now at www.comedianscomedian.com/insiders
And join Stu Goldsmith for a Working Lunch! Go to www.comedianscomedian.com/lunch to book your one-to-one social, or professional, online lunch date with Stu!
Extras from episode 332 with Desiree Burch...
In a podcast recorded in a less frightening time (about a fortnight ago) Desiree Burch talks us through her upbringing and development to becoming the powerful and hyper-eloquent comic force she is today. We talk about seeking connection, the protective shell of comedy, finding acceptance but to white standards, and why her tremendous debut poster was a literal collage of dick pics.
30 mins worth of extras available exclusively to the Insiders Club include Desiree’s very inspiring thoughts on being her own boss and recognising her own value, and a deep dive into her last show “Desiree’s Coming Early” which used a twin narrative to reframe her personal history, whilst being incredibly funny…
As the live comedy circuit undergoes a painful transformation into some unknown new form, there HAS NEVER BEEN A BETTER TIME to keep the podcast alive and get hold of oodles of sweet extra content (including the new special episode about The Great Pivot with ComCom Consultant Pete Dobbing) with a regular subscription. Join now at www.comedianscomedian.com/insiders
And join Stu Goldsmith for a Working Lunch! Go to www.comedianscomedian.com/lunch to book your one-to-one social or professional online lunch date with Stu!
@destheray |www.desireeburch.com
www.comedianscomedian.com | @comcompod | @stugoldsmith
Pete Dobbing is one of my dearest friends, and as well as being the ComCom Consultant, he was also in a the beginning of the world's best comedy festival and named the UK's best comedy club. This shadowy Svengali now steps into the light to brainstorm with me about what those of us who rely on crowds for a living can possibly do next...
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Comment on this episode or join the discussion about how self-employed people can hope to survive by joining the workspace (#general channel) at this link: https://tinyurl.com/y4l8a8zw
Follow Pete @unstableacts on social media
Comment on this episode or join the discussion about how self-employed people can hope to survive by joining the workspace (#general channel) at this link: https://tinyurl.com/y4l8a8zw
Godley extras exclusive to Insiders...
Superb comedian, thrilling storyteller and born survivor Janey Godley not only answers back to her online death-threats, but publishes her whereabouts with an open invitation to "come and have a go". We talk about how she thrived despite abuse, poverty and alcoholism in her upbringing; detail her absolute conviction in the power of honesty; and learn how an early experience at the Edinburgh Fringe led her to reject the comedy industry and focus instead on her audience.
CW: We talk about abuse Janey suffered as a child, at the very start of this show, and throughout.
Thanks to the Stand Newcastle
www.janeygodley.com
@janeygodley
Janey Godley’s Soup Pot Tour is on right now - tickets available through her website
Stuart Goldsmith's Edinburgh Fringe show "The Void" is on sale now at tinyurl.com/stu2020
30 unmissable minutes with Mr Alexei Sayle...
The godfather of British alternative comedy, Alexei Sayle is always at the edge of catastrophe. The star of The Young Ones, Alexei Sayle’s Stuff, The Comic Strip Presents, many more and now his Imaginary Sandwich Bar, gets stuck into why inauthenticity is his bugbear, how to make the most of creative discomfort, the earliest days of the Comedy Store, and the transition from counterculture to national treasure.
In 30 mins of extras available only to the Insiders Club, Alexei talks about his real feelings towards Ben Elton, and the current crop of arena comics; how he re-fit his show about political optimism when the wind changed; and identifies a link between standup and martial arts regarding the energy of the audience and his own… Available now only at www.comedianscomedian.com/insiders
See Alexei on tour now! Details at www.alexeisayle.me
Thanks to Ellen Frost at Bloomsbury Theatre @bloomstheatre
Stuart Goldsmith's Edinburgh Fringe show "The Void" is onside now at tinyurl.com/stu2020
30+ glorious bonus minutes with Eshaan...
Eshaan Akbar has an extremely diverse comic portfolio. This former wealth manager and government policy maker is now a successful TV comedian with a significant career in the making. We talk about his very precise ambitions and his fascination with the absolute freedom of the stage, as well as his disappointment in finding out that comedy is no longer anti-establishment and that comedians are “a precious bunch”. We also touch on Eshaan’s suicide attempt, and get stuck into the tremendous difficulty of exploring a serious emotional topic using comedy.
Content warning: mention of suicide
In 30 mins of extras available only to the Insiders Club, Eshaan outlines some fascinating and unique parallels with comedy from his former careers. He portrays different types of jokes by comparing them to bitcoin, treasury bonds and investments (which if you already know about jokes works neatly as a primer in finance) and explores links between policy making and comedy, via analysis of two very different ideas about “audience”. Quintessential ComCom, available now at www.comedianscomedian.com/insiders
www.eshaanakbar.com | @eshaanakbar
Catch Eshaan at Soho Theatre, 7th-11th April 2020:
sohotheatre.com/shows/eshaan-akbar-infidel-ity
Get tickets for Stu's tour:
28/02/20
Cambridge Junction
www.comedianscomedian.com | @comcompod
Content warning: mention of suicide
We talk about how his persona changed from open mics to big rooms, and how he strove for authenticity, despite the looming feeling that something was missing from his impressive TV career. Just when this outsider among outsiders seemed finally about to break big, in 2018 he appeared on Strictly Come Dancing (BBC) and pictures surfaced of him kissing his dance partner. We discuss the tabloid uproar and the accusations that followed, and the effect they had on his life and work.
@SeannWalsh | seannwalsh.com
We talk about how his persona changed from open mics to big rooms, and how he strove for authenticity, despite the looming feeling that something was missing from his impressive TV career. Just when this outsider among outsiders seemed finally about to break big, in 2018 he appeared on Strictly Come Dancing (BBC) and pictures surfaced of him kissing his dance partner. We discuss the tabloid uproar and the accusations that followed, and the effect they had on his life and work.
@SeannWalsh | seannwalsh.com
A bonus 28 minutes of Matt Winning just for Insiders...
A man on a mission, comedian and academic Dr Matt Winning is an expert on climate change and on making the apocalypse funny. We explore how to make a show educational without being worthy, finding purpose in struggle, and how to survive as a comic when you’re not motivated to quit your day job. We also dig into the maintenance of optimism when your crises are about something a little more meaningful than comedy, and gloss over the difference between polar bears and pall-bearers…
28/02/20
30 bonus minutes of Sklar Bros. magic just for Insiders...
Twins Randy and Jason Sklar blow audiences away with their extraordinarily layered stand-up, weaving their delivery alongside, through and around each other’s voices; sparring, arguing and then dropping into perfect sync on a punchline.
We get stuck into their writing process, the difficulties of working as a team when their family lives don’t sync as easily as their creative lives, the challenge of identifying a target audience when you straddle mainstream and alternative, and why the “ball don’t lie”…
TW: @SklarBrothers | IG: @SklarBrothers
Get tickets for Stu's tour:
07/02/20
Farnham Maltings
11/02/20
York – The Basement
12/02/20
Leeds – Hyde Park Book Club
28/02/20
Cambridge Junction
We get stuck into their writing process, the difficulties of working as a team when their family lives don’t sync as easily as their creative lives, the challenge of identifying a target audience when you straddle mainstream and alternative, and why the “ball don’t lie”…
30 minutes of juicy morsels from Ninia... Just for you lovely lot.
A juggernaut of charisma and filth, Ninia Benjamin has a supernatural connection to her audience and a mind like a firework display. We discuss why she won’t ever explain her race or size, only her point of view, and how she moved beyond the onstage anger that used to motivate her. We also dig deep into her career rebirth after an ‘annus horribilis’ brought about by professional struggles and her own impostor syndrome. This far into her career, can she finally accept herself as a “proper comedian”?
IG: @ninia_benjamin | TW: @ninia_benjamin
Bonus Insiders content from ep324 with Jamali Maddix...
A master of "pulling back into the wide angle", Jamali Maddix thrives on big routines about big subjects, letting his innate comic ability run riot. We talk about the pressures of keeping up hit-rate within routines, and get technical about top-lines, and why he wants the premise of a bit to be more intelligent than he is himself. But what happens when you lose sight of your goals in the process of following the next apparently logical step?
TW: @jamalimaddix | IG: @jamalimaddix
Get tickets for Stu's tour here.
30 minutes of pure Kearns magic for loyal Insiders including John's brilliant technique for underpinning all his material with genuine pathos, and delving into writing for Harry Hill, meeting Chris Morris, and how the spotlight can burn...
The only comic ever to have consecutively won Best Newcomer and Best Show at the Edinburgh Fringe, John Kearns is a master at finding pathos in the prosaic, combining clowning and standup in a way that makes absolutely no sense written down. With influences from Jacques Tati to Neil Hamburger, we explore his sense of place within himself, overreaching in his writing, and ambition in his career...
Thirty minutes of extra content available exclusively to members of the Insiders Club includes John's brilliant technique for underpinning all his material with genuine pathos, and delves into writing for Harry Hill, meeting Chris Morris, and how the spotlight can burn...
Bonus stuff from the Tom Basden ep, with which you may treat your Insider ears to 30 minutes of sumptuous aural delight.
Returning to stand-up this month with a run at Soho Theatre, after many years working on other projects including his sitcom Plebs, Tom Basden is inventive and prolific, also handsome. We talk about the parallels between the superb musical comedy that won him Best Newcomer at the Edinburgh fringe and his new stand-up, discover Tom's English middle-class-ness and why he's very suited to telling some "guys" to "calm down", and explore whether his work ethic is pathological...
Find details and tickets for Tom's imminent Soho Theatre run here.
In this Christmas Special, we speak to the actual Santa Claus, via his little helper and confidant, consummate clown Herbie Treehead. Herbie is a phenomenal street-performer, known around the world for his joyful daftness, silly songs and funny bones.
We talk about what his first Santa season means to him, and discover an enormously rich and respectful seam of kindness and good cheer. We also dive into Herbie's origins as a performer and his maverick work within vaudeville troupe Slightly Fat Features; learn how to steal a lorry; and reflect on the nature and cost of real performative risk...
www.herbietreehead.info
www.slightlyfatfeatures.com
Get ad-free new episodes, bonus content from interviews and much more by joining the Insiders Club at www.comedianscomedian.com/insiders
Bonus content from ep320 with Flo & Joan exclusive to Insiders.
Flo and Joan are a uniquely funny musical duo, with deadpan front-cloth patter rooted in their actual siblinghood. We talk about going from open mics to a special on Amazon Prime in just four years, get the inside story on their recent gig at the Royal Variety Performance, and learn why going viral makes you turn your phone off. We also discover what they learnt from the Canadian improv scene that underpins the whole shebang, and find out why shaking an egg is harder than it looks...
Tour info at floandjoan.com
Soho Theatre run starts 13th Jan
TW: @floandjoan | IG: @floandjoan
Get tickets for Stu's tour here.
25 minutes of bonus content from the Tim Renkow episode...
Star of his own sitcom "Jerk" (BBC) and a gleefully discomforting stand-up, Tim Renkow makes his point with devastating wit. We talk about how people's exploitation of Tim's physical vulnerability has shaped his outlook and work, learn how his dispassion towards his audience's reaction makes him a stronger comic, and find out why he would rather be alone in a wood with a shotgun.
Content warning: strong language and discussion of sexual abuse.
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https://twitter.com/timrenkowcomedy
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Bonus content from the Neil Hamburger/Gregg Turkington episode exclusive to Insiders.
Ad-free episode (318) with Neil Hamburger — exclusive to Insiders.
This is a little teaser for a new podcast I'm pitching at the moment, which is basically "ComCom but for murderers". It's fictional, NSFW, and contains strong language and mild cannibalism.
I'm open to feedback about the concept; I'd love to hear from you via the Slack app: https://tinyurl.com/y4l8a8zw
Starring Stuart Goldsmith, Sean Patton, Jena Friedman and Orlando Baxter.
This is a little teaser for a new podcast I'm pitching at the moment, which is basically "ComCom but for murderers". It's fictional, NSFW, and contains strong language and mild cannibalism.
I'm open to feedback about the concept; I'd love to hear from you via the Slack app: https://tinyurl.com/y4l8a8zw
Inspirational, irascible and as talented an improvisor as you could invent, Matt Besser is the kind of stand-up who can skilfully weave a set live on TV. He is also constantly referred to as a co-founder of the enormously significant Upright Citizens Brigade, which arguably serves him right for co-founding it. We take a deep dive into the genesis of the Chicago improv scene, learn about Del Close and his influence on everything that was to follow, and argue about Keith Johnstone. Matt also dissects his own bad habits in improv, ponders the relativity of success, and identifies the one type of comic he won't perform with...
Matt Besser's brand new stand-up special "Pot Humour" is out now on Apple/iTunes, Amazon, DirectTV VOD, Spectrum VOD, Xbox and pretty much every VOD platform you might use. His podcast Improv4Humans is available wherever podcasts are found.
www.mattbesser.com
Twitter and IG: @mattbesser
Sheldon has an excellent blog aimed at musicians but pertinent to comics too, which you can find at www.60secondmusicmarketing.com
His comedy-folk band "The Lancashire Hotpots" are appearing in your facebook ad feed now! But you can also find them at thelancashirehotpots.net and @thehotpots
In this episode, Stu is grilled by former lecturer, marketing whizzkid and touring musician Sheldon Southworth.
Sheldon has an excellent blog aimed at musicians but pertinent to comics too, which you can find at www.60secondmusicmarketing.com
His comedy-folk band "The Lancashire Hotpots" are appearing in your facebook ad feed now! But you can also find them at thelancashirehotpots.net and @thehotpots
Pitch YOURSELF as an interviewer of Stu by joining the workspace (#general channel) at this link: https://tinyurl.com/y4l8a8zw
Combining all the best elements of a DIY approach to touring, a powerhouse comic ability, and some ridiculous positivity of mind, Carl Hutchinson is on the up. We talk about relatability, rooting your material in your own embarrassment and some nifty tricks to conceal your observations as something else. We also get stuck into some of the notable missteps that glance off his robust sense of self, and explore how Carl copes with being regarded by some as the sidekick to a higher profile act...
carlhutchinson.net | @CPHutchinson
Tickets and info for Carl's tour.
35 minutes of florid language, PC culture, meme dissection and behind the scenes discussion —exclusive to Insiders...
YouTube-famous glam-rock showpig Chris Fleming has amassed a legion of fans through his brilliantly funny music videos, such as "I'm Afraid To Talk To Men", "Grad-Student Shuffle" and "Polyamorous". We talk about how he found himself drowning in stand-up, and clawed his way back to shore through developing his live work for the internet. We also discuss proving one isn't "a YouTuber", the "restrictive freedom" of comedy, and whether he's a real pariah or just a wannabe...
chrisflemingfleming.com | Chris Fleming on YouTube
FB: chrisflemingfleming | IG: @chrisflemingfleming | TW: @chrisfluming
A captivating comic with enormous mass appeal, Jimeoin has built a career across the UK and Australia, dancing lightly through absolute silliness and rock solid punchlines. We talk backstage after his barnstorming Edinburgh show about harnessing daftness, the creative benefits of sitting alone in a dark room and how easy it is to become a monster when you get your own TV show at 24 years old...
Find tickets for Stu's tour HERE.
Multiple international award-winning physical comedy duo The Kagools are an explosion of pure silliness, that don't conform even to the "rules" of contemporary clowning, let alone straight standup. Double-act Nicky Wilkinson and Claire Ford describe their amazingly supportive relationship, and outline the highs and lows of a life under lightweight waterproof material...
www.thekagools.com | @TheKagools
Get tickets for Stu's tour at www.comedianscomedian.com/tour
Allan interviews Stu about the relationship between musicians and comedians in terms of live performance, dynamic with an audience, and lifestyle.
I haven't had time to edit this one so do me a favour and let me know if there're any cracks in it, or if either of us say anything libellous?
Pitch YOURSELF as an interviewer of Stu by joining the workspace (#general channel) at this link: https://tinyurl.com/y4l8a8zw
Charity accountant by day, drummer and songwriter by night and weekend, Allan Oakes has worked in and around the music industry in a variety of roles for the past 16 years. He is currently working on his first record as songwriter (rather than just shouting arrangements from behind the kit) which is looking to be released in the new year.
Allan interviews Stu about the relationship between musicians and comedians in terms of live performance, dynamic with an audience, and lifestyle.
I haven't had time to edit this one so do me a favour and let me know if there're any cracks in it, or if either of us say anything libellous?
Pitch YOURSELF as an interviewer of Stu by joining the workspace (#general channel) at this link: https://tinyurl.com/y4l8a8zw
Zach Zucker and Viggo Venn and their permanent director and co-creator Jonny Woolley are like a mainline injection of a comedy drug that hasn't been invented yet. This trio has been around the world four times at some disgustingly young age, winning awards and crazed fans, and revelling in mistakes, misadventures and madness.
We talk about their first Edinburgh and how they snatched victory from the jaws of a 10 month old baby, explore their solo work, including Zach's "Jack Tucker" character and his unique relationship with live direction and sound cues, and discuss breaking the rules, winding the Late N Live audience up on purpose, and getting good at being bad.
You get the whole 90 min interview in this episode, but you can sign up for the Insiders Club at www.comedianscomedian.com/insiders to get access to all the extra content from any episode that has it, plus loads of extra stuff on a special private podcast!
Discover more on Zach and Viggo at
Find Stu's tour dates at www.comedianscomedian.com/tour
Hi Davy, I respect you.
comedianscomedian.com | @comcompod
Sofie Hagen is a remarkable comedian, who is arguably better known at present for her activism than her excellent work in comedy. We talk about the incredible think-tank of the small Danish circuit where she started out, and the toxicity she discovered therein; her insightful analysis of how "losers win" at the Edinburgh festival; the dual purpose of having gender neutral toilets at her shows; and get stuck into some very frank discussion of the social activism element of her profile... and exactly what it's cost her.
Tickets and info for Sofie's current tour can be found HERE.
Catch the second leg of Stu's "End Of" tour show HERE.
Sara Barron is a relentlessly honest and desperately funny comic, relating brutal and sometimes filthy truths in a warm and welcoming way. We talk about how her background in the storytelling organisation "The Moth" showcases her innate skill with story structure, and cover starting comedy late, starting comedy twice, and why the audacity to admit your book might suck is a powerful weapon...
Catch the second leg of Stu's "End Of" tour show HERE.
Insiders bonus content from episode 309 with Randy/Heath McIvor...
An exclusive conversation with the man behind (and underneath) "Randy", a searingly honest, multi-layered and genuinely brilliant standup comedian who happens to be a purple felt puppet. A multiple international award-winner and nominee, Heath has never felt comfortable talking as himself, but finally gave into Stu's overtures at Just For Laughs Montreal. We talk about the gap between truth and fiction, vulnerability and addiction, and what it feels like to expose your true self whilst staying hidden.
Catch the second leg of Stu's "End Of" tour show at www.comedianscomedian.com/tour
The excellent Roast Battle Podcast with Stu squaring off against Dave Hill (episode 41) can be found HERE
Host of Live at the Apollo, and with her own Netflix special under her belt, not to mention The Mash Report and appearances on QI and Mock The Week, Ellie Taylor is a born comedian who revels in the dynamic between glamour and grotesque. We discuss her unique introduction to comedy via reality show, how her happy life outside of comedy protects her, the weird science of writing and why she "can't do clever topics"...
Get ad-free new episodes, bonus content from interviews and much more by joining the Insiders Club at www.comedianscomedian.com/insiders
Ellie is on tour with her new show "Don't Got This" from 26th September, get tickets and info here: https://www.livenation.co.uk/artist/ellie-taylor-tickets
www.ellietaylorcomedy.com | @elliejanetaylor
Catch the second leg of Stu's "End Of" tour show here.
Host of Live at the Apollo, and with her own Netflix special under her belt, not to mention The Mash Report and appearances on QI and Mock The Week, Ellie Taylor is a born comedian who revels in the dynamic between glamour and grotesque. We discuss her unique introduction to comedy via reality show, how her happy life outside of comedy protects her, the weird science of writing and why she "can't do clever topics"...
Get ad-free new episodes, bonus content from interviews and much more by joining the Insiders Club at www.comedianscomedian.com/insiders
Ellie is on tour with her new show "Don't Got This" from 26th September, get tickets and info here: https://www.livenation.co.uk/artist/ellie-taylor-tickets
www.ellietaylorcomedy.com | @elliejanetaylor
Catch the second leg of Stu's "End Of" tour show here.
Exclusive extras from ep307 with Rob Auton...
Fill your ears with a bonus live ep with Rob Auton...
Rob Auton is a revelation; a comic like no other. His superbly funny and intensely thoughtful shows take a single topic like "Hair", "Time", or "Sleep" and dig for real meaning in those concepts, to hilarious and even profound effect. We talk about his love of thinking, the poetry in a football pass, the collaging skills of Kanye West, and why comedy really does mean the world to him.
30 mins of extra content available to members of the Insiders Club include some emotional reflection on mental health, masculinity and sensitivity. Not to be missed, and available only to subscribers at www.comedianscomedian.com/insiders, along with all other extra content from every episode that has it...
robauton.co.uk | @RobertAuton
@ComComPod | www.comedianscomedian.com
Winner of the 2019 "Comedian's Choice" award for Best Show, as voted for by fellow comics, Joz Norris is an imaginative and very funny mainstay of the UK's alternative comedy scene. He talks live at the Monkey Barrel comedy club about his character "Mr Fruit Salad", and how an attempt to fall back in love with comedy and the fringe after a period of exhaustion, resulted in the creation of a fictional chimera as a form of self-care...
Join the Insiders Club at www.comedianscomedian.com/insiders to access extra material from any podcast that has it, plus loads of extra strands that Stu can get back into creating, now that Edinburgh is paid to rest for a few months...
Exclusive bonus content from the Suzi Ruffell episode...
Flawless in delivery, bubbling over with jokes, and with something real and compassionate to say, Suzi Ruffell is at the peak of her powers. We talk about: her latest Edinburgh fringe show "Dance Like Everyone's Watching"; making sure that LGBTQ+ people in the audience feel seen; how punishing she found being a new act (and whether she could do it all again); and why she finds happiness terrifying.
Extras available exclusively to members of the Insiders Club include Suzi on her dos and don'ts of tour support, having worked extensively with Josh Widdicombe, Romesh Ranganathan and Kevin Bridges, as well as her thoughts on what makes a good director, and the best advice she was ever given... Go to www.comedianscomedian.com/insiders to support the podcast with a regular monthly donation of your choice. Every level gets the same stuff, you pay what you think is appropriate.
suziruffell.com | @suziruffell
@ComComPod | www.comedianscomedian.com
Combining pinpoint observations with an innate compositional ability, not to mention all those tangible musical skills, she's underscoring set-ups and key-changing punchlines until your ribs hurt. We talk about side-hustles, captivity and the tricks of the trade, and find out why you're wrong about panto...
Vikki Stone is a polymentalist, which is like a polymath for instruments. You'll all be using it soon...
Combining pinpoint observations with an innate compositional ability, not to mention all those tangible musical skills, she's underscoring set-ups and key-changing punchlines until your ribs hurt. We talk about side-hustles, captivity and the tricks of the trade, and find out why you're wrong about panto...
Tickets for Vikki's show Song Bird at the Ed Fringe
www.vikkistone.com | @VikkiStone
Tickets for my show Primer at this year's Edinburgh Fringe
The giddily funny star of Crashing, You Made It Weird and his eponymous sketch and chat show, Pete Holmes lets his effervescent personality bubble over from the word go. We talk about his unerring ability to make the insanity of existence as funny as it is accessible, uncover how to embrace the coolness of uncoolness, and basically learn the meaning of life. This one is just amazing, enjoy!
Tickets for my show Primer at this year's Edinburgh Fringe
@ComComPod | https://www.comedianscomedian.com/
Jayde Adams is a superstar in waiting; talented, highly driven and with an honesty which makes audiences fall in love with her. We talk about her turbulent early life in the shadow of her late sister, discover how an inflatable church led her to her calling, and hastily bleep an enormous amount of libel...
Jayde Adams is a superstar in waiting; talented, highly driven and with an honesty which makes audiences fall in love with her. We talk about her turbulent early life in the shadow of her late sister, discover how an inflatable church led her to her calling, and hastily bleep an enormous amount of libel...
Don't miss Jayde in Edinburgh this year: The Ballad of Kylie Jenner's Old Face
Tickets for my show Primer at this year's Edinburgh Fringe
27 minutes of bonus content exclusive to Insiders...
Simon Brodkin was best known as his comedy character "Lee Nelson", before handing Teresa May a P45, throwing money at Sepp Blatter, and invading Kanye's headline spot at Glastonbury. This former doctor with an impressive gag-rate and work ethic, now embarks on an even more challenging caper: playing himself. A new stand-up show sees him flex his joke-writing muscles in the pursuit of exploring his real life... but does he want to be himself?
Extras include Simon's blagger's guide to getting backstage at the world's biggest festival, reflections on the targets of his mockery and the challenges involved in gradually moving away from Lee step by step... Sign up for the Insiders Club at www.comedianscomedian.com/insiders to get access to ad-free new episodes, bonus content from interviews and much more.
Simon Brodkin brings his show 100% Simon Brodkin to The Pleasance Baby Grand as part of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe from 1st – 24th August at 9.30pm. More info and tickets available at edfringe.com
Tickets for my show Primer at this year's Edinburgh Fringe
@ComComPod | www.comedianscomedian.com
And many thanks to The Comedy Store for the recording space.
Full Sindhu Vee interview from ep 300...
Full Tom Allen interview from ep 300...
Full Sarah Millican interview from ep 300...
Oh god I can't fake this, it's me isn't it? It's bloody ME!
Your fearless interviewer has the tables turned as he sits down to be interviewed by ComCom fans Sarah Millican, Tom Allen and Sindhu Vee, and fields questions from listeners including James Acaster, Nish Kumar, Ricky Gervais, Brett Goldstein, Herbie Treehead, Josh Widdicombe, and Nathaniel Metcalfe, as well as those sent in by you the listener via the ComCom Facebook page.
It was quite bruising but he enjoyed it.
Comedian, former street-performer and popular podcast host, Stu Goldsmith is a charming but tortur-
Oh god I can't fake this, it's me isn't it? It's bloody ME!
Your fearless interviewer has the tables turned as he sits down to be interviewed by ComCom fans Sarah Millican, Tom Allen and Sindhu Vee, and fields questions from listeners including James Acaster, Nish Kumar, Ricky Gervais, Brett Goldstein, Herbie Treehead, Josh Widdicombe, and Nathaniel Metcalfe, as well as those sent in by you the listener via the ComCom Facebook page.
It was quite bruising but he enjoyed it.
@ComComPod
@StuGoldsmith
www.comedianscomedian.com
www.stuartgoldsmith.co.uk
Your interviewer didn't really grasp the American term to "murder" a room, until he caught Sam Jay's set at SXSW Comedy earlier this year, in which she smashed the audience senseless with her unique perspective on race, sexuality and society. A breath-taking combination of unerring confidence, hammer-blow punchlines and genuine insight will see her reaching incredible heights in comedy. We talk about Boston, LA and New York, and why she has no time for comics who want to be adored.
samjaycomic | @samjaycomic
Tickets for my show Primer at this year's Edinburgh Fringe
@ComComPod | www.comedianscomedian.com
Bonus content from Nick Revell episode exclusive to Insiders...
Present at the opening night of the London Comedy Store, Nick Revell has been performing satirical, political and absurd standup for four decades. After a ten year break to write for TV, including on topical sitcom "Drop The Dead Donkey", he humbly returned to the open mic circuit to relearn his craft, and shares his unique perspective on how things had changed in that time, on stage, in audiences and in green rooms. We talk about the benefit of sleepless nights, his new narrative shows, and whether after nearly forty years he's finally found his voice...
www.nickrevell.com | @TheNickRevell
And go and see Nick's brilliantly titled Fringe show: "Nick Revell: Eurasia’s Most Eligible Psychopaths and Their Lovely Homes"
Tickets for my show Primer at this year's Edinburgh Fringe
@ComComPod | www.comedianscomedian.com
Exclusive bonus content from the Paul Smith episode...
Almost certainly the comedian with the most online content in the world, Paul Smith has uploaded over 1000 short clips of his crowdwork at Liverpool's Hot Water Comedy Club, and caught a wave of success he could never have imagined. We talk about the moment he nearly lost control of his 8000-strong hometown arena show, why he doesn't want or need TV exposure, and how he feels about the prospect of being credited as the originator of certain stock material and structures...
30mins of extras available by joining the Insiders Club at www.comedianscomedian.com/insiders including Paul's advice for comics aiming to follow in his footsteps, his very early TV work in a standup competition, and how he manages to retain his resistance to pressure.
Paul's Youtube clips | @paulisthejoker | Paul's upcoming Hot Water gigs
Tickets for my show Primer at this year's Edinburgh Fringe
@ComComPod | www.comedianscomedian.com
Bonus content from Markus Bridman ep, exclusively for Insiders.
A multi-media artist, fascinated with language, rhythm, and combining jokes with drawing, Markus Birdman also isn't above a dick joke. Aiming for “high octane and no gaps”, with routines composed like a drum solo, we uncover his volatile relationship with his father and his father's God, the stroke that he almost mistook for a hangover, and wanting to be angry as a means of self-definition.
30 mins of extras from this episode are available at www.comedianscomedian.com/insiders, including Markus on survivor's guilt, the shot at the top that he might have missed, whether you can fake greatness in comedy, and a short sharp strategy for overcoming writer's block...
www.markusbirdman.co.uk | @birdmanwatching
Tickets for Markus' Ed Fringe show Last White Christmas
Tickets for my show Primer at this year's Edinburgh Fringe
@ComComPod | www.comedianscomedian.com
Bonus material from Russell Hicks episode, exclusive to Insiders...
I said it and I'm sticking with it: Russell Hicks is a risk-taking ball of fire. Making a conscious choice to bet the house on every gig, he eschews material in favour of 100% riffing, with explosive results. We explore the economic consequences of approaching a set like a game of pinball in an industry based on reliability, dig into his use of comic muscle memory, and find out why he paints on a cave wall and not a canvas...
Ahir Shah bonus material exclusive to Insiders...
We explore how he sees one-liners as ".zip" files, using punchy gags into which he's compressed huge ideas, and learn how he attempts to safeguard his precarious mental health, particularly with regard to the loneliness of the job.
In the hands of a lesser comic, Ahir Shah's ambitions towards political discourse might seem lofty, but this agile act has the punchlines to back them up.
We explore how he sees one-liners as ".zip" files, using punchy gags into which he's compressed huge ideas, and learn how he attempts to safeguard his precarious mental health, particularly with regard to the loneliness of the job.
Tickets and details of Ahir's Fringe show
ahirshah.com | @AhirShah
See my show Primer at this year's Edinburgh Fringe
@ComComPod | www.comedianscomedian.com
www.theirworld.org | www.educationcannotwait.org
Insiders Club extras from the Andi Osho ep...
Burning amazingly brightly on the UK TV comedy scene a few years ago, Andi Osho seemed to have the world at her feet. But something was wrong; she became physically and mentally exhausted and felt increasingly detached from her onstage persona. Now starring in “Curfew” on Sky, we talk about the warning signs she saw and missed, why she wouldn't do another panel show if she returned to standup, and whether it's easier or harder to be depressed in L.A.
Over 20mins of extra material available exclusively to members of the Insiders Club includes Andi on the workshops, courses and ontological studies she's experienced, the limitations of standup, and finding authentic ways to give back to the world. Join up at www.comedianscomedian.com/insiders
www.andiosho.co.uk | @andiosho | @theandioshow
See my show Primer at this year's Edinburgh Fringe
@ComComPod | www.comedianscomedian.com
Burning amazingly brightly on the UK TV comedy scene a few years ago, Andi Osho seemed to have the world at her feet. But something was wrong; she became physically and mentally exhausted and felt increasingly detached from her onstage persona. Now starring in “Curfew” on Sky, we talk about the warning signs she saw and missed, why she wouldn't do another panel show if she returned to standup, and whether it's easier or harder to be depressed in L.A.
Over 20mins of extra material available exclusively to members of the Insiders Club includes Andi on the workshops, courses and ontological studies she's experienced, the limitations of standup, and finding authentic ways to give back to the world. Join up at www.comedianscomedian.com/insiders
www.andiosho.co.uk | @andiosho | @theandioshow
See my show Primer at this year's Edinburgh Fringe
@ComComPod | www.comedianscomedian.com
Six years after his first appearance, Josh returns for a textbook ComCom conversation about his creative development since then! We get even further into the minutiae of his writing and structuring process and what makes a perfect observation, plus some spicy celebrity gossip about Taskmaster and the secret of his rebooking success on the Graham Norton Show!
Get ad-free new episodes, bonus content from interviews and much more by joining the Insiders Club at www.comedianscomedian.com/insiders
Find tickets to Josh's new tour here.
www.joshwiddicombe.com | @joshwiddicombe
See my show Primer at this year's Edinburgh Fringe
@ComComPod | www.comedianscomedian.com
Insiders Club extras from the Bec Hill ep...
Beloved of her fans, and radiating a genuine adoration for people, Bec Hill fizzes with comic creativity. We talk about how she lost and refound her sense of play, and explore the relationship between her faith, her self-critical voice and her work. We also cover the difference between a nerd, a geek and a dork; and talk fringe shows, flipcharts and whether she peaked at Piaf...
Extra material exclusively available to members of the Insiders Club includes:
Her biggest challenge with social media and the surprising reason she no longer posts jokes
How Bec dealt with a new act reproducing a very specific aspect of her style and what she fears from big business
Bec and Stu share some more private stuff about what success means to us both.
Sign up now at www.comedianscomedian.com/insiders
See Bec at this year's Ed Fringe here
www.bechillcomedian.com | @bechillcomedian
See my show at Soho Theatre between 9th-11th May
And come and see me at the Ed Fringe
@ComComPod | www.comedianscomedian.com
This episode was recorded at The Cheese Comedy Club, Bristol
www.facebook.com/thecheesecomedyclub/ | cheesecomedy.club | @cheese_comedy
A ray of hairy sunshine, Matt Braunger is one of those acts who pummels an audience with a constantly switching array of styles and techniques. Likened by Marc Maron to "a puppy who won't let go", he writes entirely on stage and chases universal emotion. We talk about happiness, faith, the importance of a point of view, shooting a sitcom in branches of IKEA, and tattooing a face on a scrotum.
www.mattbraunger.com | @Braunger
@ComComPod | www.comedianscomedian.com
Bonus material of Deborah Frances-White episode exclusive to Insiders...
Creator and host of the Guilty Feminist podcast, Deborah Frances-White is a phenomenally energetic woman on a mission. A former Jehovah's Witness, she now leads her own army of followers, employing the machinery of business to liberate and entertain, and to inspire genuine activism. We explore how improv conquers repression, go into detail on the genesis of her extraordinary podcast and its roadmap for the future, and she exhorts the listener to make your own model.
Extras available only to members of the Insiders Club include two incredible pieces of advice: one on how to pass pretty much any interview for anything, and the other on how as a comedian she nipped bitterness in the bud. Plus some truly brilliant coaching on why and how to create your own model for success.... Join now at www.comedianscomedian.com/insiders
Her movie Say My Name is out on 23rd April, go to guiltyfeminist for tickets and details.
deborahfrances-white.com | @DeborahFW | guiltyfeminist.com
Get tickets to my new tour dates at www.comedianscomedian.com/tour or on any of the following venues below:
27/04/2019 Plymouth Barbican
9-11/05/2019 Soho Theatre, London
05/10/19 Edinburgh Stand (early show – 5pm)
11/10/19 Northampton Royal and Derngate
25/10/19 Teignmouth Pavillions
26/10/19 Swindon Arts Centre
04/11/19 Nottingham Glee Club
05/11/19 Birmingham Glee Club
08/11/19 Bristol - The Comedy Box at the Hen and Chicken
04/12/19 Aldershot - The West End Centre
25/01/20 Corsham - The Pound Arts Centre
01/02/20 Newcastle Stand (early show - 5pm)
02/02/20 Glasgow - The Stand
07/02/20 Farnham Maltings
28/02/20 Cambridge Junction
@comcompod | www.comedianscomedian.com
Charity Gig Shout-out!
On Monday 13th May, help support women, children, mothers and babies in the world’s poorest communities. Tickets for this gala line-up featuring loads of past ComCom guests and more besides can be got at the Leicester Square Theatre website or www.womenandchildrenfirst.org.uk/comedy
Comics new and old!
Check out www.comedy.co.uk/pro to see everything British Comedy Guide has to offer you and your career: curate your online profile on the most-visited website about UK comedy; get involved at the opportunities hub; and access exclusive articles about performing, writing and producing!
Don't forget to use the code COMCOM to get £5 off your membership.
Bonus material of Chris Addison episode exclusive to Insiders...
Star of "The Thick Of It" and "In The Loop", and award-winning director of "Veep", comedian Chris Addison is the director of new feature film "The Hustle", starring Rebel Wilson and Anne Hathaway. We talk about his apprenticeship under Armando Iannucci, how he handles the very first day on set, and the difference between a perfect version and a useful vision...
mrchrisaddison.tumblr.com | @mrchrisaddison
Get ad-free new episodes, bonus content from interviews and much more by joining the Insiders Club at www.comedianscomedian.com/insiders
Get tickets to my new tour dates at www.comedianscomedian.com/tour or on any of the following venues below:
17/04/2019 Oxford Old Fire Station
19/04/2019 Bromsgrove – The Artix
27/04/2019 Plymouth Barbican
9-11/05/2019 Soho Theatre, London
05/10/19 Edinburgh Stand (early show – 5pm)
11/10/19 Northampton Royal and Derngate
25/10/19 Teignmouth Pavillions
26/10/19 Swindon Arts Centre
04/11/19 Nottingham Glee Club
05/11/19 Birmingham Glee Club
08/11/19 Bristol - The Comedy Box at the Hen and Chicken
04/12/19 Aldershot - The West End Centre
25/01/20 Corsham - The Pound Arts Centre
01/02/20 Newcastle Stand (early show - 5pm)
02/02/20 Glasgow - The Stand
07/02/20 Farnham Maltings
28/02/20 Cambridge Junction
@comcompod | www.comedianscomedian.com
Charity Gig Shout-out!
On Monday 13th May, help support women, children, mothers and babies in the world’s poorest communities. Tickets for this gala line-up featuring loads of past ComCom guests and more besides can be got at the Leicester Square Theatre website or www.womenandchildrenfirst.org.uk/comedy
Comics new and old!
Check out www.comedy.co.uk/pro to see everything British Comedy Guide has to offer you and your career: curate your online profile on the most-visited website about UK comedy; get involved at the opportunities hub; and access exclusive articles about performing, writing and producing!
Don't forget to use the code COMCOM to get £5 off your membership.
One of the godfathers of alt-comedy, Eugene Mirman is an obsessive innovator of different forms through which to be funny; laminated signs, letters to councils, lectures on how to advertise shapes and his own ten year super-commitment to a joke, the "Eugene Mirman comedy festival". As well as talking about the drafting process behind his measured absurdism, we learn how he deals with his wife's illness - both in his personal life and on stage.
Then we hear a set from Dan Jones, and if you have helpful things to say about it just click on THIS LINK: https://tinyurl.com/y7foku2y
Welcome to the ninth episode of "Comedy Critique"
What I'm trying to do is create a space where ComCom Insiders can give feedback to newer acts who'd appreciate a slightly more in-depth conversation with their audience.
In this episode we hear a set from Laura McMahon, and then I give her some feedback and also read constructive comments from other members.
Then we hear a set from Dan Jones, and if you have helpful things to say about it just click on THIS LINK: https://tinyurl.com/y7foku2y
It'll direct you to join something called the "Comcompod workspace" (on a little forum app called "Slack"). You navigate to the channel called "#ComedyCritique" and there you can join in the conversation about Dan's work.
You need to click the "Channels" heading on the left (the heading itself, not the + next to it) to browse the other available channels, and select #ComedyCritique. Then in the next episode we'll hear Dan's set again with all of our feedback attached, and another new set from the next comic!
** If you're a newer act (probably of about at least one year/50 gigs experience) and you'd like to be considered for this sort of thing, then just say message me via the workspace and I'll add you to the list. **
What I'm going for is a sort of useful and interesting thing whereby a newer act gets some constructive criticism from people who really love comedy, as well as having their work heard by a few more people, and you all get to be a bit more involved in a comic's creative development.
A self-identified "graduate" of this podcast, Sindhu opens up about the defining moment that launched this phase of her life, and celebrates the endless possibilities of self-belief.
A disciple of "chaotic joy", Sindhu Vee's rise to standup stardom is about as meteoric as they get; just a hop and a skip from the open mic circuit, to award nominations and appearances on "QI" and "Have I Got News For You". A cursory glance at this hyper-qualified former investment banker reveals an addiction to excellence and discipline.
A self-identified "graduate" of this podcast, Sindhu opens up about the defining moment that launched this phase of her life, and celebrates the endless possibilities of self-belief.
And see Sindhu on tour at https://sindhuvee.com/#Live
@sindhuvfunny | sindhuvee.com
Get tickets to my new tour dates at www.comedianscomedian.com/tour or on any of the following venues below:
05/04/2019 Reading – South Street Arts
12/04/2019 Leamington Spa - Royal Spa Centre
17/04/2019 Oxford Old Fire Station
19/04/2019 Bromsgrove – The Artix
27/04/2019 Plymouth Barbican
9-11/05/2019 Soho Theatre, London
05/10/19 Edinburgh Stand (early show – 5pm)
11/10/19 Northampton Royal and Derngate
25/10/19 Teignmouth Pavillions
26/10/19 Swindon Arts Centre
04/11/19 Nottingham Glee Club
05/11/19 Birmingham Glee Club
08/11/19 Bristol - The Comedy Box at the Hen and Chicken
04/12/19 Aldershot - The West End Centre
25/01/20 Corsham - The Pound Arts Centre
01/02/20 Newcastle Stand (early show - 5pm)
02/02/20 Glasgow - The Stand
07/02/20 Farnham Maltings
28/02/20 Cambridge Junction
@comcompod | www.comedianscomedian.com
25 minutes of delightful insight from Roy Wood Jr, exclusive to Insiders.
Grammy and double-Emmy winner Kathy Griffin holds the Guinness world record for most comedy specials: 23 shows packed with her trademark scathing wit and merciless celebrity takedowns. But in May 2017 a provocative promo image of her holding the severed "head" of President Donald Trump changed her life forever.
We talk about how she survived having the machinery of state directed towards bullying her, when a Department of Justice investigation into "conspiracy to assassinate the President" led to her entire working life being cancelled. As you'll hear, the President's admitted attempt to "decimate her life" has only strengthened the resolve of this astonishingly powerful woman...
We also talk about sexism, marketing, seizing the means of production, and banging Tarantino!
Buy Fuck Trump merchandise and learn more about Kathy and her touring schedule at www.kathygriffin.com
@kathygriffin
@comcompod | www.comedianscomedian.com
Bonus material from Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw episode, exclusive to Insiders...
In a double first for the podcast we speak not only across a transatlantic internet connection but also to our first critic! But Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw is unlike any other; a fast-talking and acerbic eviscerator of computer games, his hilarious "Zero Punctuation" reviews regularly attract downloads in the millions, while his sci-fi and fantasy novels have garnered critical acclaim. We discuss world-building, why games lend themselves to horror more than comedy, and cover investment, anxiety and shouting rude words.
Extras: Yahtzee explores his comedy influences, his one attempt at standup and explains the iterative process behind his videos. Sign up now at www.comedianscomedian.com/insiders
@YahtzeeCroshaw | Youtube | Zero Punctuation | Yahtzee's Blog
Get tickets to my new tour dates at www.comedianscomedian.com/tour or on any of the following venues below:
13/03/2019 Salisbury Art Centre
20/03/2019 Cheltenham Playhouse
29/03/2019 Crawley -The Hawth
05/04/2019 Reading – South Street Arts
12/04/2019 Leamington Spa - Royal Spa Centre
17/04/2019 Oxford Old Fire Station
19/04/2019 Bromsgrove – The Artix
27/04/2019 Plymouth Barbican
9-11/05/2019 Soho Theatre, London
05/10/19 Edinburgh Stand (early show – 5pm)
11/10/19 Northampton Royal and Derngate
25/10/19 Teignmouth Pavillions
26/10/19 Swindon Arts Centre
04/11/19 Nottingham Glee Club
05/11/19 Birmingham Glee Club
08/11/19 Bristol - The Comedy Box at the Hen and Chicken
04/12/19 Aldershot - The West End Centre
25/01/20 Corsham - The Pound Arts Centre
01/02/20 Newcastle Stand (early show - 5pm)
02/02/20 Glasgow - The Stand
07/02/20 Farnham Maltings
28/02/20 Cambridge Junction
@comcompod | www.comedianscomedian.com
Exclusive bonus material from the Toby Hadoke episode...
Toby is a quintessential English gent; bumbling, noble and Dr Who obsessed. He's also a very deft writer whose work keeps making Stu cry, as well as a respected compere and champion of newer acts. We talk about his stewardship of the club XS Mallarkey, using self-deprecation as a defense mechanism, and tease at the feeling of being surplus...
WATCH my free comedy special on Dead Parrot's YouTube channel
BUY the Directors Cut for £5 at www.comedianscomedian.com/special
Bonus content of Jake Johannsen exclusive to Insiders Club...
A quintessential stand-up, with over three decades' experience and forty-five Letterman appearances, Jake Johannsen is an infinitely warm and funny man.
We talk about how his decisions have defined him, how to cope with periods of derailed progress, and why the plans of a comedian are pointless.
A diamond-hard joke writer and phenomenally deft performer, there is no aspect of Jeff Innocent's act that hasn't been honed to perfection.
A purist about several aspects of comedy, some of them surprising, his hard man aesthetic conceals a deadly sophistication. We talk about the poetry of comedy, the pursuit of the rolling laugh, and find out why never to say "hello"...
If I told you "Police Cops" met at drama school, mucked about to make their fellow students laugh and now tour an action movie spoof comedy show, you might turn up your nose. But you'd be a fool to ignore their hyper-speed joke rate, astonishing innovation and innate physical clowning. They are laugh-til-you-cry, standing-ovation funny, and they're converting crowds into baying fans wherever they go. We talk live in a dank cellar about their favourite gags, their gag-grinding process, and the providence of brown stains...
@PoliceCops_ | www.policecops.co.uk
@ComComPod | www.comedianscomedian.com
One of the co-founders of Newport's finest musical export "Goldie Lookin Chain", John "Eggsy" Rutledge is an irrepressibly joyful soul who raps but isn't a rapper. We talk about the development of the band, why you can't ever get off the tour bus, his "Unexplainers" podcast with Mike Bubbins, and how and when to avoid the grownups.
www.theunexplainers.co.uk | @theunexplainers | @TheGLC | Goldie Lookin Chain
@ComComPod | www.comedianscomedian.com
Extras from the Jessica Fostekew episode...
Character-filled comedian and actress, Jessica Fostekew is also the presenter of her own podcast "Hoovering", and guest co-host of The Guilty Feminist. We talk about how noticing her own faked confidence led to a sea-change in her creative process, the "crime" of mixing stand-up and acting, the joys of fabricating the truth, and when to drink the champagne...
Join the Insiders Club at www.comedianscomedian.com/insiders to get access to extra material from this episode, including Jessica's exploration of her work directing standup shows for Sara Pascoe and Lauren Pattinson among others. Insiders Club membership also gives you a whole private podcast stuffed with inspiring extra content, the chance to critique newer acts en masse, and pitch to interview Stu about the subject of your choice - as well as a new community of hyper-fans!
See Hoovering Live at the Vault Festival, 3rd March!
jessicafostekew.com | @jessicafostekew
Book now for LIVE ComComPods:
Feb 2nd 4.30pm - Live special with hilarious rubber-limbed melodramatists POLICE COPS @ Vault Festival London!
Mar 23rd 1pm - Live special with comedy legend TBC @ Birmingham Podcast Festival!
Stu’s 2019 tour of “End Of” is on sale now!
“A comedy masterclass… Endlessly inventive” (The List)
Tickets for the first half of the tour at these links:
22/02/2019 Maidenhead – Norden Farm
01/03/2019 Falmouth – The Poly
13/03/2019 Salisbury Art Centre
20/03/2019 Cheltenham Playhouse
29/03/2019 Crawley -The Hawth
05/04/2019 Reading – South Street Arts
12/04/2019 Leamington Spa - Royal Spa Centre
17/04/2019 Oxford Old Fire Station
19/04/2019 Bromsgrove – The Artix
27/04/2019 Plymouth Barbican
9-11/05/2019 Soho Theatre, London
@comcompod | www.comedianscomedian.com
And don't forget to join the Comcom Facebook group, which you can do here.
Then we hear a set from Laura McMahon, and if you have helpful things to say about it just click on THIS LINK: https://tinyurl.com/y7foku2y
Welcome to the eighth episode of "Comedy Critique"
What I'm trying to do is create a space where ComCom Insiders can give feedback to newer acts who'd appreciate a slightly more in-depth conversation with their audience.
In this episode we hear a set from Christian Talbot, and then I give him some feedback and also read constructive comments from other members.
Then we hear a set from Laura McMahon, and if you have helpful things to say about it just click on THIS LINK: https://tinyurl.com/y7foku2y
It'll direct you to join something called the "Comcompod workspace" (on a little forum app called "Slack"). You navigate to the channel called "#ComedyCritique" and there you can join in the conversation about Laura's work.
You need to click the "Channels" heading on the left (the heading itself, not the + next to it) to browse the other available channels, and select #ComedyCritique. Then in the next episode we'll hear Laura's set again with all of our feedback attached, and another new set from the next comic!
** If you're a newer act (probably of about at least one year/50 gigs experience) and you'd like to be considered for this sort of thing, then just say message me via the workspace and I'll add you to the list. **
What I'm going for is a sort of useful and interesting thing whereby a newer act gets some constructive criticism from people who really love comedy, as well as having their work heard by a few more people, and you all get to be a bit more involved in a comic's creative development.
Early ad-free release of Ed Aczel exclusive to the Insiders Club:
"Britain's greatest living anti-comedian" (Guardian), Ed Aczel is an oddball among oddballs. We analyse his "instinctive adventure" within comedy, and discover how to create and burst tension in unexpected ways; the secret of destabilising beauty; and whether Ed knows why he's funny.
Edward Aczel (@edwardaczel)
comedianscomedian.com | @comcompod
Extras from the 2019 episode with Doc Brown, including a 30min description of preparing to host the LA BAFTAS 2016...
Extras from the 2019 episode with Phil Ellis
This episode cannot be summarised.
Extras from the 2018 episode with Laura Davis
Extra material from the 2018 episode with Laura Lexx
Then we hear a set from Christian Talbot, and if you have helpful things to say about it just click on THIS LINK: https://tinyurl.com/y7foku2y
Welcome to the seventh episode of "Comedy Critique"
What I'm trying to do is create a space where ComCom Insiders can give feedback to newer acts who'd appreciate a slightly more in-depth conversation with their audience.
In this episode we hear a set from Jenan Younis, and then I give her some feedback and also read constructive comments from other members.
Then we hear a set from Christian Talbot, and if you have helpful things to say about it just click on THIS LINK: https://tinyurl.com/y7foku2y
It'll direct you to join something called the "Comcompod workspace" (on a little forum app called "Slack"). You navigate to the channel called "#ComedyCritique" and there you can join in the conversation about Christian's work.
You need to click the "Channels" heading on the left (the heading itself, not the + next to it) to browse the other available channels, and select #ComedyCritique. Then in the next episode we'll hear Jenan's set again with all of our feedback attached, and another new set from the next comic!
** If you're a newer act (probably of about at least one year/50 gigs experience) and you'd like to be considered for this sort of thing, then just say message me via the workspace and I'll add you to the list. **
What I'm going for is a sort of useful and interesting thing whereby a newer act gets some constructive criticism from people who really love comedy, as well as having their work heard by a few more people, and you all get to be a bit more involved in a comic's creative development.
Find out more about the guests:
T jenan_younis
IG jenan_comedy
T thetall_bot
www.christiantalbotcomedy.com
Extras from the 2018 episode with Sean Morley
Recorded live at the London Podcast Festival @kingsplace, with the team from @nosuchthing, released early exclusively for the Insiders Club.
Extras from the 2018 episode with Ismo Leikola
Extras from the Mark Thomas episode 2018
Then we hear a set from Jenan Younis, and if you have helpful things to say about it just click on THIS LINK: https://tinyurl.com/y7foku2y
Welcome to the sixth episode of "Comedy Critique", regardless of how many idiots think it's the seventh!
What I'm trying to do is create a space where ComCom Insiders can give feedback to newer acts who'd appreciate a slightly more in-depth conversation with their audience.
In this episode we hear a set from Matt Hutson, and then I give him some feedback and also read constructive comments from other members.
Then we hear a set from Jenan Younis, and if you have helpful things to say about it just click on THIS LINK: https://tinyurl.com/y7foku2y
It'll direct you to join something called the "Comcompod workspace" (on a little forum app called "Slack"). You navigate to the channel called "#ComedyCritique" and there you can join in the conversation about Charlie's work.
You need to click the "Channels" heading on the left (the heading itself, not the + next to it) to browse the other available channels, and select #ComedyCritique. Then in the next episode we'll hear Jenan's set again with all of our feedback attached, and another new set from the next comic!
** If you're a newer act (probably of about at least one year/50 gigs experience) and you'd like to be considered for this sort of thing, then just say message me via the workspace and I'll add you to the list. **
What I'm going for is a sort of useful and interesting thing whereby a newer act gets some constructive criticism from people who really love comedy, as well as having their work heard by a few more people, and you all get to be a bit more involved in a comic's creative development.
Find out more about the guests on twitter @MattHutson and @Jenan_Younis
Enjoy!
Extras from the 2018 episode with Janeane Garofalo
Extras from the 2018 episode with Alex Edelman
Then we hear a set from Matt Hutson, and if you have helpful things to say about it just click on THIS LINK: https://tinyurl.com/y7foku2y
Welcome to the fifth episode of "Comedy Critique".
What I'm trying to do is create a space where ComCom Insiders can give feedback to newer acts who'd appreciate a slightly more in-depth conversation with their audience.
In this episode we hear a set from Ryan Sutton, and then I give him some feedback and also read constructive comments from other members.
Then we hear a set from Matt Hutson, and if you have helpful things to say about it just click on THIS LINK: https://tinyurl.com/y7foku2y
It'll direct you to join something called the "Comcompod workspace" (on a little forum app called "Slack"). You navigate to the channel called "#ComedyCritique" and there you can join in the conversation about Charlie's work.
You need to click the "Channels" heading on the left (the heading itself, not the + next to it) to browse the other available channels, and select #ComedyCritique. Then in the next episode we'll hear Matt's set again with all of our feedback attached, and another new set from the next comic!
** If you're a newer act (probably of about at least one year's experience) and you'd like to be considered for this sort of thing, then just say message me via the workspace and I'll add you to the list. **
What I'm going for is a sort of useful and interesting thing whereby a newer act gets some constructive criticism from people who really love comedy, as well as having their work heard by a few more people, and you all get to be a bit more involved in a comic's creative development.
Enjoy!
Extra content from the 2018 episode with Rose Matafeo
Extras from the 2018 episode with Myq Kaplan
30 podfans saw her show "Ethos" together, met up for a social, and then attended an exclusive live interview in "Audrey", the Vintage Mobile Cinema
www.alicecomedyfraser.com
www.vintagemobilecinema.co.uk
Alice Fraser Live from the Edinburgh Fringe 2018, released early exclusively for the Insiders Club.
30 podfans saw her show "Ethos" together, met up for a social, and then attended an exclusive live interview in "Audrey", the Vintage Mobile Cinema
www.alicecomedyfraser.com
www.vintagemobilecinema.co.uk
Bonus content from the Scummy Mummies episode, 2018
Extras from the 2018 episode with Paul Foot
Extra material from the 2018 episode with Tony & Andy
Then we hear a set from Ryan Sutton, and if you have helpful things to say about it just click on THIS LINK: https://tinyurl.com/y7foku2y
Welcome to the fourth episode of "Comedy Critique".
What I'm trying to do is create a space where ComCom Insiders can give feedback to newer acts who'd appreciate a slightly more in-depth conversation with their audience.
In this episode we hear a set from Peter Wilson, and then I give him some feedback and also read constructive comments from other members.
Then we hear a set from Ryan Sutton, and if you have helpful things to say about it just click on THIS LINK: https://tinyurl.com/y7foku2y
It'll direct you to join something called the "Comcompod workspace" (on a little forum app called "Slack"). You navigate to the channel called "#ComedyCritique" and there you can join in the conversation about Charlie's work.
You need to click the "Channels" heading on the left (the heading itself, not the + next to it) to browse the other available channels, and select #ComedyCritique. Then in the next episode we'll hear Ryan's set again with all of our feedback attached, and another new set from the next comic!
If you'd like to see Ryan's act and not just hear it you can go here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?reload=9&v=kObRnaY0-7Y
** If you're a newer act and you'd like to be considered for this sort of thing, then just say message me via the workspace and I'll add you to the list. **
What I'm going for is a sort of useful and interesting thing whereby a newer act gets some constructive criticism from people who really love comedy, as well as having their work heard by a few more people, and you all get to be a bit more involved in a comic's creative development.
Enjoy!
Today's interviewer is Claire Robey, a barrister about whom we know nothing else - is this because she has nothing to plug? Or something infinitely more sinister? Probably the first one.
In the fourth "You Interview Stu", Claire grills me (and have fun listening to her gently cross-examining style!) on the ways stand-up comedy can teach her student barristers how to transfix, lead and even seduce a jury...
Pitch YOURSELF as an interviewer of Stu by joining the workspace (#general channel) at this link: https://tinyurl.com/y7foku2y
Music by kind permission of Steve Dunne from the Comedy Score podcast
stevedunne-blog.tumblr.com/
https://audioboom.com/channel/thecomedyscore
Extras from the 2018 episode with Robin Ince
Extra content from the 2018 episode with Simon Evans
Extras from the 2018 episode with Anuvab Pal
Today's interviewer Sam Knowles is a writer and teacher about all sorts. His PhD was on travel writing and postcolonial novels, he’s written journal articles and online pieces on comics and race, he teaches A Level Literature in a Sixth Form, and he records a weekly podcast about film . He has no aspirations whatsoever in a stand-up comedy vein; so what’s it like for Stu to be interviewed by a certified non-performer?
In the third "You Interview Stu", we talk about whether stand-up is an archetypal thing, about getting better at comedy and happiness, and exactly why I can't stop banging on about street-performing...
Join the workspace (#general channel) at this link to pitch yourself as an interviewer of Stu: https://tinyurl.com/y7foku2y
Music by kind permission of Steve Dunne from the Comedy Score podcast
stevedunne-blog.tumblr.com/
https://audioboom.com/channel/thecomedyscore
Today's interviewer Sam Knowles is a writer and teacher about all sorts. His PhD was on travel writing and postcolonial novels, he’s written journal articles and online pieces on comics and race, he teaches A Level Literature in a Sixth Form, and he records a weekly podcast about film . He has no aspirations whatsoever in a stand-up comedy vein; so what’s it like for Stu to be interviewed by a certified non-performer?
In the third "You Interview Stu", we talk about whether stand-up is an archetypal thing, about getting better at comedy and happiness, and exactly why I can't stop banging on about street-performing...
Join the workspace (#general channel) at this link to pitch yourself as an interviewer of Stu: https://tinyurl.com/y7foku2y
Music by kind permission of Steve Dunne from the Comedy Score podcast
stevedunne-blog.tumblr.com/
https://audioboom.com/channel/thecomedyscore
Extras from the 2018 episode with Sophie Willan
THEN we hear a set from Peter Wilson, and if you have helpful things to say about it just click on THIS LINK: https://tinyurl.com/y7foku2y
Welcome to the second episode of "Comedy Critique"
What I'm trying to do is create a space where ComCom Insiders can give feedback to newer acts who'd appreciate a slightly more in-depth conversation with their audience.
In this episode we hear a set from Charlie Lee George, and then I give her some feedback and also read constructive comments from other members.
THEN we hear a set from Peter Wilson, and if you have helpful things to say about it just click on THIS LINK: https://tinyurl.com/y7foku2y
It'll direct you to join something called the "Comcompod workspace" (on a little forum app called "Slack"). You navigate to the channel called "#ComedyCritique" and there you can join in the conversation about Charlie's work.
You need to click the "Channels" heading on the left (the heading itself, not the + next to it) to browse the other available channels, and select #ComedyCritique. Then in the next episode we'll hear Peter's set again with all of our feedback attached, and another new set from the next comic!
** If you're a newer act and you'd like to be considered for this sort of thing, then just say so in the workspace and I'll add you to the list. **
What I'm going for is a sort of useful and interesting thing whereby a newer act gets some constructive criticism from people who really love comedy, as well as having their work heard by a few more people, and you all get to be a bit more involved in a comic's creative development.
Enjoy!
Charlie - www.charlieleegeorge.com/comedy.html
Peter - TBC
The guests are:
Evelyn Mok
Jonny Pelham
Lucy Pearman
I had to bleep one or two bits, but hey - you should come to a live one sometime and hear all the scurrilous details!
For the first time ever, this is a recording of one of the [REDACTED] live shows! This is a knockabout three guest backstage gossipy format, designed by myself and long-term pod-collaborator Pete Dobbing, who also co-hosts and provides tech-support.
The guests are:
Evelyn Mok
Jonny Pelham
Lucy Pearman
I had to bleep one or two bits, but hey - you should come to a live one sometime and hear all the scurrilous details!
As ever, you can comment and suggest things for future events by joining the workspace and selecting channel "#live":
https://tinyurl.com/y7foku2y
Joseph Emslie began performing stand up in 2016. Performing regularly on the London circuit, his "anecdotal and self deprecating style of comedy" earned him a place in the final of Amused Moose Comedy’s NATIONAL NEW COMIC Award 2017. He produces the 'Parsons & Emslie Talk Comedy' podcast. www.josephemslie.com
In the second "You Interview Stu", we talk about how Joseph might cover the emotionally-charged topic of his father's death in his comedy. We discuss avoiding cliche and remaining specific in your observations, and how to lead an audience gently into difficult territory.
Join the workspace (#general channel) at this link to pitch yourself as an interviewer of Stu: https://tinyurl.com/y7foku2y
Music by Steve Dunne of the Comedy Score podcast
stevedunne-blog.tumblr.com/
https://audioboom.com/channel/thecomedyscore
Steve now knows I'm using his music, and he's predictably fine with it.
Neil - @neildownstandup
Charlie - www.charlieleegeorge.com/comedy.html
Welcome to the second episode of "Comedy Critique"
There are lots of members who are newer comedians, and what I'm trying to do is create a space where interested parties can hear or see their work and give them feedback.
In this episode we hear a set from Neil Harris, and then I give him some feedback and also read constructive comments from other members.
THEN we hear a set from Charlie Lee George, and if you have helpful things to say about it just click on THIS LINK: https://tinyurl.com/y7foku2y
It'll direct you to join something called the "Comcompod workspace" (on a little forum app called "Slack"). You navigate to the channel called "#ComedyCritique" and there you can join in the conversation about Charlie's work.
You need to click the "Channels" heading on the left (the heading itself, not the + next to it) to browse the other available channels, and select #ComedyCritique. Then in the next episode we'll hear Charlie's set again with all of our feedback attached, and another new set from the next comic!
** If you're a newer act and you'd like to be considered for this sort of thing, then just say so in the workspace and I'll add you to the list. **
What I'm going for is a sort of useful and interesting thing whereby a newer act gets some constructive criticism from people who really love comedy, as well as having their work heard by a few more people, and you all get to be a bit more involved in a comic's creative development.
Enjoy!
Neil - @neildownstandup
Charlie - www.charlieleegeorge.com/comedy.html
My appearance on a fun podcast called "Episode Party" where hosts Jack Chuter and Freddie Harrison plus a guest (in this case me) share and discuss some recommendations. I promo'd the hell out of "Brian Gittins & Friends" because it's incredible.
The reason I'm posting this here is that Penn Gillette (from Penn & Teller) nearly made it onto my show once, and his people said that a condition of podcasting him was that he releases episodes on which he appears on his own podcast feed. Although it didn't happen this time due to scheduling commitments, I thought that was a pretty excellent idea. I bloody love Penn, and if it's good enough for him...
Find more "Episode Party" episodes at http://www.episode.party/
I've been performing at the Edinburgh Fringe for 25 years, as a comedian, sketch comic, interviewer, panel guest, actor and street-performer. This is a mini-series of tips on making the fringe work for you, that I've gleaned over a life well wasted...
EPISODE ONE: A quick run-down of how to survive the hell of flyering strangers in the street, and make it enjoyable and successful.
Please don't share this anywhere - it's just for members of the ComComCommunity!
And give me some feedback on this and any other aspect of membership in the ComCom workspace "#general" section, by cutting and pasting this link (you might need to sign up just the once, and if it's expired let me know via email info (at) comedianscomedian.com , coz it'll do that every 28 days!):
https://join.slack.com/t/comcompodmembers/shared_invite/enQtMzQ1NDg0NTkxNTA1LTlmN2QwZGU2MjU2ZDZkYjVkYmRjMTAwNTYxNGE2M2ZhZjM1ZmM1YTdlYTA2MWQ5NmJjYmE0MTU1YTU0MzJmOGM
Welcome to the first complete episode of "Comedy Critique"
There are lots of members who are newer comedians, and what I'm trying to do is create a space where interested parties can hear or see their work and give them feedback.
In this completed episode (after last week's trailer) we hear a set from Mike Sheldon, and then I give him some feedback and read from feedback other members have weighed in on.
THEN we hear a set from Neil Harris, and then if you have helpful, constructive things to say about it just click on THIS LINK: https://tinyurl.com/y7foku2y
It'll direct you to join something called the "Comcompod workspace" (on a little forum app called "Slack" if you're interested). You navigate to the channel called "#ComedyCritique" and there you can join in the conversation about Neil's work.
You need to click the "Channels" heading on the left (the heading itself, not the + next to it) to browse the other available channels, and select #ComedyCritique. Then in the next episode we'll hear Neil's set again with all of our feedback attached, and another new set from the next comic!
If you're a newer act and you'd like to be considered for this sort of thing, then just say so in the workspace and I'll add you to the list.
What I'm going for is a sort of useful and interesting thing whereby a newer act gets some constructive criticism from people who really love comedy, as well as having their work heard by a few more people, and you all get to be a bit more involved in a comic's creative development. Wouldn't it be awesome if a few years from now Mike or Neil went on to be massively famous and the topper you suggested to their opening gag appeared on Live at the Apollo?
So I hope you enjoy this little experiment with me giving something back to you for your support of the podcast. Thanks for being a member!
Extra content from the 2018 episode with Tez Illyas
Peter Halliwell is originally from Preston, now living in Berlin, but soon to trade it in for the California sunshine of San Francisco. He's currently working for a Silicon Valley based start up helping leaders & organisations respond to the changing world of work – for those curious visit plause.com
In the first of these "You Interview Stu" experiments, we talk about wielding an audience, finally getting around to reading "The Four Hour Work Week", as well as covering self-belief, some friends who've inspired me along the way, and what I'm hoping for from the next five years...
Join the workspace (#general channel) at this link to pitch yourself as an interviewer of Stu: https://tinyurl.com/y7foku2y
Music by Steve Dunne of the Comedy Score podcast
stevedunne-blog.tumblr.com/
https://audioboom.com/channel/thecomedyscore
I haven't told Steve I'm using this music yet, but I'm assuming his kind permission. He's cool.
Hello there members of the private podcast feed - this is sexy and exciting isn't it?
Here's a thing we're going to try that is provisionally called "comedy critique"
There are lots of members who are newer comedians, and what I'm trying to do is create a space where interested parties can hear or see their work and give them feedback.
Each critique episode will be in two parts:
This is PART A, it'll just be 5 minutes of audio of one person's live comedy set, in this case a member called Mike Sheldon who's kindly volunteered to be a guinea pig and go first!
Then if you have helpful, constructive things to say about it just click on THIS LINK: https://tinyurl.com/yazu5zwz
It'll direct you to join something called the "Comcompod workspace" (on a little forum app called "Slack" if you're interested). You navigate to the channel called "#ComedyCritique" and there you can join in the conversation about Mike's work.
You need to click the "Channels" heading on the left (the heading itself, not the + next to it) to browse the other available channels, and select #ComedyCritique.
Do it soon though, because in PART B, I'll replay the audio of his set and then read some curated bits from mine and your feedback. If I'm really clever about it, PART B will probably also contain the PART A of a different act, so that the whole thing dovetails nicely...
If you're a newer act and you'd like to be considered for this sort of thing, then just say so in the workspace and I'll add you to the list.
What I'm going for is a sort of useful and interesting thing whereby a newer act gets some constructive criticism from people who really love comedy, as well as having their work heard by a few more people, and you all get to be a bit more involved in a comic's creative development. Wouldn't it be awesome if a few years from now Mike went on to be massively famous and the topper you suggested to his opening gag appeared on Live at the Apollo?
So I hope you enjoy this little experiment with me giving something back to you for your support of the podcast. Thanks for being a member!
Extra content from the 2017 episode with James Acaster
Extra content from the 2017 episode with Simon Munnery
Extra content from the 2017 episode with Elis James.
Extra content from the 2016 episode with Chris Gethard.
Extra content from the 2016 episode with John Robins.
Extra content from the 2016 episode with Russell Howard.
Extra content from the 2015 episode with Dara O'Briain
Extra content from the 2014 episode with Kyle Kinane
Extra content from the 2014 episode with Stephen Grant.
Extra content from the 2014 episode with Mike "It's a very serious fault" Gunn.