A masterful architect of the complete shambles, Phil Ellis plays "a permanently nose-diving version of himself" on stage and in his BBC Radio 4 series "Phil Ellis Is Trying". We discuss disaster, dignity and anger in his back catalogue of shows that go wrong, and get the inside story of Phil's Edinburgh Award-winning "Funz and Gamez"; the kids' show that deliberately and hilariously sails over the heads of the children in the audience. We also learn which disastrous audition left Phil crawling out of the room...

Extra material available to the Insiders Club at www.comedianscomedian.com/insiders includes Phil's candid analysis of exactly how and why the TV adaptation of "Funz and Gamez" went awry...

@ThePhilEllis

Book now for LIVE ComComPods:
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.

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Filed Under: Alcohol, Audience Participation, Audiences, Awards, BBC, BBC4, Bo Burnham, Bottom, Comedy, Edinburgh, Ego, Elis James, Fear, Festival, First Open Spot, Fosters Comedy Award, Frank Skinner, Fringe, Funz and Gamez, Interview, Stage Persona, Stand Up, Success, TV, TV Comedy, Twitter, Underbelly, Vic And Bob, Victoria Wood, Worth, Writing, Writing Jokes, Writing On Stage

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Incredibly insightful and darkly funny, Laura Davis is a truly gifted artist who holds aspects of herself up to the light and says "you too?" We discuss the iron resolve that took her from an "extremely shy and extremely loud" girlhood, to performing jokes without victims, inside a duvet cover. If you've ever thought of jokes as "ideas refracted through a prism of other people's experience", you're going to love this one...

*Content Warning*: This episode contains a discussion of suicidal feelings.

Extra content available exclusively to members of the Insiders Club include:

• Some tips on wielding status for naturally shy comedians
• A defence of the right of artists to make shitty work
• A reflection on an early piece of Laura's work in which she deliberately entrapped the audience in an abusive relationship...

Join now at www.comedianscomedian.com/insiders
Follow Laura Davis @LauraDavisComic
www.lauradaviscomedy.com http://comedy-festival.co.uk/event/laura-davis-cake-in-the-rain/
http://comedy-festival.co.uk/event/laura-davis-work-in-progress/
https://www.komedia.co.uk/brighton/comedy/laura-davis-ghost-machine/

Book now for LIVE ComComPods:
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.

LISTEN HERE

Filed Under: Comedy, Edinburgh, Festival, Fringe, Interview, Joan Rivers, Josie Long, Stage Persona, Stand Up, Success, TV, Twitter, Worth, Writing, Writing Jokes, Zoe Lyons

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Q.I. "Elves" Andrew Hunter Murray, Anna Ptaszynski, Dan Schreiber and James Harkin join Stu live onstage at the London Podcast Festival to break down the process by which they unearth the world's greatest facts and fancies, and turn them into one of the world's most runaway successful podcasts!  Who's the leader, what's the difference between the two main clowns, and which team player secretly strikes fear into the hearts of the other three?

Enjoy all extras from shows past and present with access to the private Insiders Club podcast, alongside a host of other strands and projects, including the chance to interview Stu yourself, and take part in a group critical analysis of newer acts from all over the world: http://localhost/ComediansComedian/insiders

Get advance info on next year's London Podcast Festival @KingsPlace

Follow No Such Thing As A Fish on Twitter @NoSuchThing

Buy "The Book Of The Year 2018" here: http://qi.com/shop/fish

Get tickets for Stu Goldsmith's stand-up tour at www.comedianscomedian.com/tour

@comcompod | www.comedianscomedian.com

And don't forget to join the Comcom Facebook group, which you can do here.

LISTEN HERE

Filed Under: Alan Davies, Audiences, BBC, Festival, Interview, John Lloyd, Live, QI, Success, TV, TV Comedy, Twitter, Writing

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Swaggering and slick yet positive and passionate, Imran Yusuf talks fast and funny, and dances around accusations of arrogance.  The first free fringe act to be nominated for Best Newcomer at the Edinburgh Festival, appearing shortly afterwards on Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow, it looked as if the world was at his feet.  But he is the first to admit he didn't capitalise on his success, and now takes a forensic approach to the business decisions and alliances he regrets. We talk about how his previous job in the video-games industry affects his quality control; uncover the dynamic between his work ethic and an "internal unworthiness", and discover his voracious attitude to personal development... www.imranyusuf.com @ImranYusuf Enjoy all extras from shows past and present with access to the private Insiders Club podcast, alongside a host of other strands and projects, including the chance to interview Stu yourself, and take part in a group critical analysis of newer acts from all over the world: www.comedianscomedian.com/insiders Stu’s 2019 tour of “End Of” has just gone on sale!

“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

LISTEN HERE

Filed Under: Acting, Adam Bloom, Audiences, Bill Burr, Chris Rock, Comedy, Comedy Store, Dave Chappelle, Edinburgh, Festival, Fringe, Interview, Laughing Horse, Live At The Apollo, London, Mental Health, Michael McIntyre, Netflix, Onstage Persona, Open Mic, Perrier Comedy Award, Persona, Phil Nichol, Plagiarism, Pleasance, Reverse Racism, Risk, Rob Rouse, Stage Persona, Stand Up, Stephen K Amos, Success, The Comedy Store, TV, TV Comedy, Twitter, USA, Worth, Writing, Writing Jokes

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Mark Thomas is familiar to fans of British comedy as the innovative leftie agitator whose "Comedy Product" show entrapped arms dealers, torturers and Tories to hilarious effect, and at genuine risk to his safety and liberty. He survived being placed on the Domestic Extremist watch-list, and has transformed into a masterful theatre-maker; no less angry but producing richer and more nuanced work.  We discuss the dynamic between selflessness and control, learn the influence of critical friendships on his creative process, and find out what all of it has cost him... Mark Thomas Tour dates and tickets Exclusive extra material available to podcast supporters at www.comedianscomedian.com/insiders includes Mark waxing lyrical on stand-up as an essentially Thatcherite form, his detective work behind the scenes on the NHS, his biggest failure, and which act he once accidentally impersonated at a Jongleurs gig... Enjoy all extras from shows past and present with access to the private Insiders Club podcast, alongside a host of other strands and projects, including the chance to interview Stu yourself, and take part in a group critical analysis of newer acts from all over the world!

Stu’s 2019 tour of “End Of” has just gone on sale!

“A comedy masterclass… Endlessly inventive” (The List)

Tickets for the first half of the tour at these links:

07/10/2018 Aberystwyth Comedy Festival – The Coliseum

22/02/2019 Maidenhead – Norden Farm

01/03/2019 Falmouth – The Poly

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

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Filed Under: Audiences, Comedy, Edinburgh, Festival, Fringe, Interview, Stage Persona, Stand Up, Steven Wright, Storytelling, Structure, Success, The Comedy Store, The Stand, TV, Up The Creek, Worth, Writing, Writing Jokes

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Championed as a Hollywood icon of the Slacker generation, Janeane Garofalo is a brilliant and fascinating stand-up, with the structure-free style you'd expect from someone who read from notes on her first HBO special. She's candid about crying daily within the TV "sausage factory" of crime drama which draws in former film stars, and lets loose on the makers of 24 and Criminal Minds. She also talks about her activism, how her parents "raised a quitter", and turns out to be surprisingly well-informed on British comedy...   Extra material for members of the Insiders Club includes Janeane on the competition between reviewers to be as critical as possible, how it felt to be actively passed on by Netflix, the trials of selling shows when you eschew social media, and a secret message left to Stu when he went for a wee and left the recorder running... All available when you join the Insiders Club for £2 per month or whatever you think is fair at www.comedianscomedian.com/insiders  

Stu’s 2019 tour of “End Of” has just gone on sale!

“A comedy masterclass… Endlessly inventive” (The List)

Tickets for the first half of the tour at these links:

07/10/2018 Aberystwyth Comedy Festival – The Coliseum

22/02/2019 Maidenhead – Norden Farm

01/03/2019 Falmouth – The Poly

29/03/2019 Crawley -The Hawth

05/04/2019 Reading – South Street Arts

17/04/2019 Oxford Old Fire Station

19/04/2019 Bromsgrove – The Artix

27/04/2019 Plymouth Barbican

LISTEN HERE

Filed Under: Acting, Actor, Age, Alan Partridge, Alcohol, Audiences, Brass Eye, Chris Morris, Comedy, Comedy Central, Comedy Store, Criminal Minds, Criticism, Edinburgh, Ego, Fame, Fear, Feminism, Feminist, Festival, Festival Comedian, Fringe, Gender, George Carlin, Harry Enfield, Interview, Jobs, London, Mental Health, Monty Python, Mr Show, Netflix, New York, Onstage Persona, Persona, Reviews, Risk, Seinfeld, SNL, Stage Persona, Stand Up, Stereotypes, Steve Coogan, Steve Martin, Stewart Lee, Storytelling, Structure, Success, The Pleasance, Tina Fey, TV, TV Comedy, Twitter, USA, Woody Allen, Writing, Writing Jokes, Writing On Stage

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Best know nowadays as Chief Commissioner Cameron Miekelson from BBC Scotland's "Scot Squad", Jack Docherty first came to comedy in 1980 with his sketch group "The Bodgers" arrival at the Edinburgh Fringe.  
We explore how the Fringe has changed, trace his career via the Channel Four sketch show "Absolutely", and resulting spin-off "Mr Don & Mr George", and discover his frustrations on hosting the chatshow that was a Channel 5 flagship.  We also unpack which absurdist elements of Jack's improvisation are too much for TV...    

Go to www.comedianscomedian.com/insiders to support the show with £2 per month or more, and get access to a treasure trove of secret podcast extra material and special projects, including the chance to interview Stu on the subject of your choice, or give community feedback to clips from up and coming comedians.    

Last chance to see "The Comedian's Comedian" podcast LIVE with special guests "No Such Thing As A Fish" (the QI Elves podcast) at London Podfest, 9.30pm this Sunday 16th Sept 2018!  
https://www.kingsplace.co.uk/whats-on/comedy/the-comedians-comedian-with-guests-no-such-thing-as-a-fish/  
#LondonPodFest   

Thanks again to The Place Hotel on York Place in Edinburgh
https://yorkplace-edinburgh.co.uk/

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Filed Under: Absolutely, Adrian Edmondson, Audiences, Bodgers, Bowie, Comedy, Eddie Izzard, Edinburgh, Festival, Festival Comedian, First Open Spot, Footlights, Frank Skinner, Fringe, Interview, Rik Mayall, Scot Squad, Sketch, Stage Persona, Stand Up, Stephen Fry, Structure, student comedy, Success, The Mighty Boosh, Tony Hancock, TV, TV Comedy, Vic And Bob, Writing, Writing Jokes

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Whipsmart hipster Nick Thune combines hilarious club chops with genuine insight.  In a hotel room at SXSW we discuss how he has fashioned a beautiful cage of a career, the difference between "open" and "closed" jokes, and deserving happiness.  We also hear the incredible tale of the time he got to sift through the old notebooks of comedy legend Mitch Hedberg...

www.nickthune.com

@nickthune

Watch Nick's latest special 'Good Guy' on Amazon Prime

See "The Comedian's Comedian" podcast live with special guests "No Such Thing As A Fish" (the QI Elves podcast) at London Podfest, 9.30pm on Sunday 16th Sept 2018

https://www.kingsplace.co.uk/whats-on/comedy/the-comedians-comedian-with-guests-no-such-thing-as-a-fish/

Tickets are selling fast for this headline event! #LondonPodFest

See Stu's new show "End Of" at Edinburgh now!

www.comedianscomedian.com@ComComPod

Go to www.comedianscomedian.com/insiders to support the show with £2 per month or more, and get access to a treasure trove of secret podcast extra material and special projects, including the chance to interview Stu on the subject of your choice, or give community feedback to clips from up and coming comedians.

LISTEN HERE

Filed Under: Acting, Actor, Audiences, Comedy, Festival, Happy Endings, Interview, Judd Apatow, Knocked Up, Mitch Hedburg, Sean Patton, Stage Persona, Stand Up, Success, The Tonight Show, TV, TV Comedy, Twitter, Writing, Writing Jokes, Writing On Stage

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