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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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The Weird Nucleus.
Interviews with my favourite comedians (and other distractions).
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- Dec 29, 2020
- 4 min
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
sophiasalmassi
- Dec 18, 2020
- 6 min
Tiernan Douieb
What comedy most inspires you? Two kinds really. Properly cutting, savvy, cleverly written stuff with an edge that also is personal to...
sophiasalmassi
- Dec 15, 2020
- 4 min
Costas Lukaris
photo credit - Lorna Pritchard What comedy most inspires you? I try and look outside the world of comedy for inspiration, like...
sophiasalmassi
- Dec 14, 2020
- 5 min
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”.
sophiasalmassi
- Dec 8, 2020
- 6 min
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...
sophiasalmassi
- Dec 7, 2020
- 2 min
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...
sophiasalmassi
- Nov 25, 2020
- 6 min
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
sophiasalmassi
- Nov 21, 2020
- 5 min
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...
sophiasalmassi
- Nov 12, 2020
- 3 min
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...
sophiasalmassi
- Nov 9, 2020
- 4 min
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...
sophiasalmassi
- Nov 3, 2020
- 2 min
Prince Abdi
What comedy most inspires you? Just funny and silly comedy. Not taking anything seriously. Which comedian most inspires you? Comedians...
sophiasalmassi
- Oct 20, 2020
- 7 min
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...
sophiasalmassi
- Oct 16, 2020
- 2 min
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...
sophiasalmassi
- Oct 13, 2020
- 4 min
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
sophiasalmassi
- Oct 6, 2020
- 5 min
Tom Little
If I couldn’t be a professional musician I wanted to be a writer, but I couldn’t get anyone to read anything I’d written. Stand-up seemed li
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- Oct 1, 2020
- 2 min
Solange Castro
I just like to giggle. I think the desire defies all logic and reason. I just gravitate to funny people.
sophiasalmassi
- Sep 30, 2020
- 6 min
Steffan Evans
I have never been the best at anything but with this- it’s possible to be the best version of myself. What comedy most inspires you? I...
sophiasalmassi
- Sep 26, 2020
- 13 min
Paul Scoble
I like to see the world through someone else’s perspective as you can learn so much.
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