Bird-flipping, bumhole-shouting Gein’s Family Giftshop are horror-obsessed, wildly inventive and deeply funny. We dig into the internal dynamics of the group, find out why they don’t wear wigs, and examine the crucial role played by their unseen fourth member.

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Filed Under: Chortle, Controversial, Dark Humour, David Lynch, Edinburgh, Fear, Feminism, Festival, Footlights, Fringe, Funz and Gamez, Horror, Improv, Inspiration, Interview, Isolation, League of Gentlemen, Physical Comedy, Podcasting, Provocateur, Puffin Island, Quality Control, Radio, Radio 4, Reviews, Risk, Simon Pegg, Sketch, Stage Persona, Steve Coogan, Structure, Success, The Mighty Boosh, Writing On Stage

With appearances on “Conan”, “Letterman” and “Totally Biased”, comic firebrand Hari Kondabolu has a lot to say, and the research to back it up.  We discuss the New Yorker’s politicisation post-9/11; a comic’s license to simplify a political argument; and what happens when a healthy social life requires a bit of discretion.  Hari also argues passionately against UK comedy’s fixation with producing a new fringe-ready hour every year, and we uncover that rarest of problems: when the crowd goes too wild…

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Filed Under: Ahir Shah, Chris Rock, Daniel Kitson, Dave Chappelle, David Cross, Edinburgh, Festival, Fringe, Hannibal Buress, Hari Kondabolu, Interview, Louis CK, Marc Maron, Margaret Cho, New York, Observational Comedy, Podcasting, Political Humour, Quality Control, Reviews, Russell Peters, Saturday Night Live, Seinfeld, Simon Munnery, SNL, Stage Persona, Stewart Lee, Structure, Success, Twitter, USA, Writing On Stage, YouTube

Wise beyond his years, the innocent-seeming Matt Kirshen has an extraordinary breadth of experience in UK comedy, even before “Last Comic Standing” introduced him to an American audience.  As well as some very vigorous technical analysis, the perky polymath gives us a uniquely transatlantic perspective on how it all works, and goes hog-wild for tagging jokes…

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Filed Under: Amy Saunders, Andrew Maxwell, Bill Burr, Carey Marx, Carl Donnelly, Chris Martin, Comedy Central, Ed Byrne, Edinburgh, Festival, First Open Spot, Fringe, Gein's Family Giftshop, Glee Club, Glenn Wool, Hannibal Buress, Henning Wehn, Interview, Jim Jefferies, Jimmy Carr, Jon Richardson, Last Comic Standing, Lenny Henry, London, Louis CK, Maria Bamford, Nick Doody, Paul Byrne, Phil Nichol, Podcasting, Quality Control, Richard Herring, Russell Howard, Sarah Millican, Saturday Night Live, Setlist, SNL, Stage Persona, Stephen K Amos, Storytelling, Structure, Success, The Comedy Store, Tom Stade, Trevor Noah, Up The Creek, USA, Writing Jokes, Writing On Stage

Wickedly spiky and dry as sand, controversy-courting stand-up Jena Friedman has writing credits for “Letterman” and “The Daily Show” under her belt.  We discover her unusual origin, as her thesis on Chicago’s improv scene drew her into the undertow of the comedy world, and talk in depth about the courage required to “own” difficult material...

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Filed Under: Controversial, Criticism, Dark Humour, Edinburgh, First Open Spot, Improv, Jewish Comedy, Reviews, Risk, Sketch, Stage Persona, Structure, Success, Twitter, USA, Viral, Writing On Stage

In at the beginning of alternative comedy, and now a “venerated lefty” and Columnist Of The Year 2015, punchy pundit Mark Steel has lost none of his passion. We discuss his BBC Radio 4 series which pokes fun at the British on a town-by-town basis, learn about the startling revelations of his personal history, and hear how he rubs shoulders with the enemy, backstage at “Question Time”… 

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Filed Under: Charlie Chaplin, Edinburgh, Festival, Frank Skinner, Frankie Boyle, Fringe, Greg Davies, Interview, Jimmy Carr, Live, London, Louis CK, Mark Thomas, Michael McIntyre, Political Comedy, Political Humour, Question Time, Radio, Radio 4, Reviews, Richard Pryor, Risk, Shappi Khorsandi, Stage Persona, Stewart Lee, Storytelling, Structure, Success, Touring Comedian, Twitter

Ronny Chieng is the fastest-rising new comic in Australia, with huge audiences flocking to his shows from the word go. With a boxer’s eye for society’s weak spots, he’s at the forefront of a new generation of comics who plan for global domination. We talk supporting Bill Burr, paying in pizza for the freedom to experiment, and why a show is always a “special”…

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Filed Under: Andrew Maxwell, Australia, Bill Burr, Canada, Comedy Central, Edinburgh, Fear, Festival, Festival Comedian, Fringe, Inspiration, Interview, Just For Laughs, Late And Live, Live, Melbourne, Podcasting, Quality Control, Russell Peters, Setlist, Stage Persona, Storytelling, Structure, Success, Writing On Stage, YouTube

“How dare I not be entertaining!?”  One of the world’s greatest one-liner comics, Stewart Francis brings his quickfire mind to bear on the podcast, and gets grappling.  For a man who claims he has no need to perform, Stewart seems utterly unwilling to let go of the gags, but what starts as a scuffle begins to yield some insight into a professed disdain for self-indulgence. Will we learn more about him here than his audience ever do?

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Filed Under: Bill Hicks, Bridget Christie, Canada, Carson, Craig Campbell, Daniel Kitson, Daniel Sloss, David Letterman, Edinburgh, Festival, First Open Spot, Fringe, Gary Delaney, Glenn Wool, Interview, Jimmy Carr, Live, Live At The Apollo, Milton Jones, One Liners, Peter Brush, Plagiarism, Quality Control, Sean Meo, Simon Munnery, Stage Persona, Stewart Lee, Structure, Tim Vine, Touring Comedian, Writing Jokes

An irrepressibly charming personality, Aisling Bea’s standup bubbles over with unusual perspectives and ludicrous family stories; few acts have climbed as high as fast. She talks here about finding a balance between her sitcom success and her comedy career, intimidating herself, and loving working…

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Filed Under: 8 Out Of 10 Cats, Actor, Aisling Bea, Dave Gorman, Edinburgh, Fear, Feminism, Festival, First Open Spot, Free Fringe, Fringe, Holly Walsh, Improv, Interview, Ireland, James Acaster, Joe Lycett, Josie Long, Katherine Ryan, Live, Live At The Apollo, London, Nish Kumar, Old Rope, Onstage Persona, Pappy’s, QI, Quality Control, Reviews, Risk, Sharon Horgan, Stage Persona, Storytelling, Structure, Success, Tiffany Stevenson, Trollied, Writing Jokes, Writing On Stage