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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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Interviews with my favourite comedians (and other distractions).
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- Jan 11, 2021
- 6 min
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, 2021
- 3 min
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...
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”.
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- 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...
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- 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 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 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.
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- 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 20, 2020
- 5 min
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...
sophiasalmassi
- Aug 29, 2020
- 4 min
Patrick Keane
I wish someone would make me stop sometimes. I'll quit if I can get a writing job.
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