
The Comedian's Comedian Podcast with Stuart Goldsmith Page 22
Stuart Goldsmith talks to fellow stand-up comedians about how they create funny stuff and manage their career. These in-depth interviews are interesting and frequently revealing.
Previous episodes
Episode 76 - Ben Hurley
20th May 2014 82 minutes
Laidback observationalist Ben Hurley made a foray to the UK some years ago, and returned to his native New Zealand to become a TV hero. We get stuck into the...
Episode 75 - Carey Marx (Live)
30th April 2014 65 minutes
Carey Marx is a silver-tongued charmer who delights in navigating boundaries of logic, language and taste. With a unique take on verbal dexterity and misdirection, informed in part by his...
Episode 74 - Claudia O'Doherty (Live)
26th April 2014 61 minutes
Claudia O'Doherty is a genuine comedy pioneer, who uses high concepts and holograms in order to have fun behaving like a dickhead. We talk about the inspiration behind topics like...
Episode 73 - Max and Ivan (Live)
17th April 2014 62 minutes
To call Max & Ivan a comedy double-act with a narrative doesn't really do justice to this pair of rubber-faced, multi-voiced storytellers, who have a penchant for sneaking actual theatre...
Episode 72 - David O'Doherty (Live)
11th April 2014 62 minutes
Does 'whimsy' have to mean fairy lights and bunting, or is it just owning a bag? David O'Doherty is a multi-award winning comic and musical noodler, with a real emotional...
Episode 71 - Kerry Godliman
3rd April 2014 81 minutes
A recipe for a happy life as a comic? Kerry Godliman is a superb observationalist, and a tremendous comic actor. She shares her philosophy on writing, gigging and how to...
Episode 70 - Tim Vine (Live)
31st March 2014 58 minutes
Alongside his famously prodigious output of punnery, Tim Vine is a wonderfully imaginative comedy creator. As well as talking us through his writing techniques, he describes how he structures an...
Episode 69 - Ed Byrne (Live)
19th March 2014 62 minutes
Ed Byrne is a charming, argumentative sod - with a fantastically natural comic ability. We discuss whether it's funnier to take time finding the truth of a subject, or to...
Episode 68 - Sean Hughes (Live)
13th March 2014 58 minutes
Sean Hughes is a thoughtful, reflective performer, with a passion for self-expressive and profound comedy. A pioneer of the themed, narrative stand-up show, after the 90s he quit the fishbowl...
Episode 67 - Gary Delaney (Live)
5th March 2014 89 minutes
Punchline virtuoso Gary Delaney knows one-liners inside and out, and in this crackling live episode recorded in Wolverhampton he treats us to a comprehensive technical analysis of his art. Taking...
Episode 66 - Will Franken (Live)
27th February 2014 55 minutes
Will Franken is a one-man sketch explosion who creates multi-layered and mind-bending comedy with the exuberance of a bedroom DJ. From writing a new 90 minute show monthly to be...
Episode 65 - Nick Helm (Live)
20th February 2014 75 minutes
Nick Helm grunts and sweats his way through a hilarious hurricane of jokes, songs, poetry and swearing, all the while undergoing a total emotional breakdown on stage. In this podcast,...
Episode 64 - Tony Law (Live)
12th February 2014 57 minutes
Tony Law's regeneration from acquired-taste surrealist to must-see force of nature has been borne of depression and crippling debt. He exists now in a dynamic between ecstatic madness and total...
Episode 63 - Marcus Brigstocke (Live)
6th February 2014 59 minutes
Sidetracked by youthful addictions, and making up for it with an incredibly intense approach, Marcus Brigstocke produces brilliant political comedy underpinned by passion and rigorous research. Find out what it's...
Episode 62 - Norman Lovett (Live)
30th January 2014 61 minutes
Rambling man Norman Lovett is the comedy equivalent of a tai chi master, using subtlety and gentleness to often devastating comic effect. In this episode Norman is convinced to put...
Episode 61 - Bo Burnham (Live)
22nd January 2014 60 minutes
Bo Burnham is a frighteningly talented YouTube-wielding wunderkind, with a gag-filled show that defies you to write him off as precocious. We explore the inherent amorality of comedy, the responsibilities...
Episode 60 - Susan Calman (Live)
15th January 2014 59 minutes
Susan Calman is fierce and fiercely funny, unleashing her personal demons to devastating comic effect in her work and here in conversation. As well as exploring how not to approach...
Episode 59 - Rob Delaney (Live)
8th January 2014 61 minutes
According to his mother, Rob Delaney is 'a monster who does good things'. We talk about the differences between his stand-up persona and his voice on Twitter, as well as...
Episode 58 - Sarah Millican - Part 2 (Live)
21st December 2013 54 minutes
Sarah Millican returns for a live sequel, in which we go into detail on how she copes with her ever-increasing fame, and being regarded as one of the 100 most...
Episode 57 - Jason Manford (Live)
16th December 2013 61 minutes
Effortlessly charming observationalist Jason Manford is arguably comedy's Mr Accessibility. With a touring schedule designed to cover the entire country, we investigate the motives and consequences of his workaholic approach...