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The Weird Nucleus.
Interviews with my favourite comedians (and other distractions).
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Karen Sherrard
What comedy most inspires you? I'm inspired by many styles of comedy but I love things to have a dark edge that borders on tragedy. I...
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Sep 20, 20205 min read
Patrick Keane
I wish someone would make me stop sometimes. I'll quit if I can get a writing job.
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Aug 29, 20204 min read
Paul Scoble - Top 90
Hi! When The Weird Nucleus asked me to do a list of my favourite albums I got really excited; I love music, I play the guitar, I have...
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Jan 16, 202115 min read
John Wing
Worst piece of advice a critic ever gave you?
A Montreal critic didn't like my tie once. Critics are the audience. Did they laugh? Okay the
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Jan 11, 20216 min read
Alex Leeds
Were you ever bored as a child? No, never really bored. I was always either making comics or inviting kids outside to play Pokemon or...
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Jan 11, 20213 min read
Paul James
How and why did you go into politics?
Every piece of shit internet troll that wasted hours of my life inspired me to get into politics. Now
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Dec 29, 20204 min read
Tiernan Douieb
What comedy most inspires you? Two kinds really. Properly cutting, savvy, cleverly written stuff with an edge that also is personal to...
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Dec 18, 20206 min read
Costas Lukaris
photo credit - Lorna Pritchard What comedy most inspires you? I try and look outside the world of comedy for inspiration, like...
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Dec 15, 20204 min read
Jenan Younis
The second comment was “be less Middle Eastern. Can’t you maybe be a bit Lebanese? Lebanese is cute; Iraq and Palestine not so cute”.
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Dec 14, 20205 min read
Gemma and I
Gemma and I in my childhood home,Bridgend 1994/5 I wanted to write another post about mine and Gemma's covert fashion design activities....
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Dec 11, 20203 min read
Col Howarth
What comedy most inspires you? I’m inspired by loads of styles of comedy. I’ve seen observational, sketch, character, one-liner and...
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Dec 8, 20206 min read
Atsuko Okatsuka
What comedy most inspires you? I love comedy that dares to take you to task with hard to talk about topics, unique, personal...
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Dec 7, 20202 min read
Gemma Beynon
I want to explore our relationships – with each other, our environment and especially ourselves. I love to challenge you to look again, to
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Nov 25, 20206 min read
Dave Thompson
What comedy most inspires you? I hardly every “consume” comedy unless I’m watching another comedian on the same bill as me. If I’m...
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Nov 21, 20205 min read
Chris Aitken of Short Com
The Short Com festival,a non profit short comedy film festival, runs from November 30th to December 6th, and features over 30 short films...
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Nov 12, 20203 min read
Teresa Lo
What comedy most inspires you? I like observational standup, fun TV shows, tweets, sketches, etc. I'm inspired by anything that makes me...
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Nov 9, 20204 min read
Prince Abdi
What comedy most inspires you? Just funny and silly comedy. Not taking anything seriously. Which comedian most inspires you? Comedians...
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Nov 3, 20202 min read
Darren Elmore
What comedy most inspires you? I love it when comedians take their personal pain and struggle and find the humour in it then use that to...
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Oct 20, 20207 min read
Jena Friedman
What comedy most inspires you? Stand up aside, I’m really into comedy that interacts with the world and engages real people, those types...
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Oct 16, 20202 min read
Tony Law
Why and how did you get into comedy?
I was always funny with friends and colleagues cause it’s how I got attention and love. Also zero educ
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Oct 13, 20204 min read
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