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The Weird Nucleus.
Interviews with my favourite comedians (and other distractions).
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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
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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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Jan 11, 20213 min read
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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
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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
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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
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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 6, 20205 min read
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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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Oct 1, 20202 min read
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Paul Scoble
I like to see the world through someone else’s perspective as you can learn so much.
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Sep 26, 202013 min read
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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
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Frank Foucault
What comedy inspires you? Weirdly, it’s old-fashioned comedy. Old-time-y music-hall, cabaret and vaudeville stuff. I don’t how much of...
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Sep 14, 20202 min read
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Bec Hill
What comedy most inspires you? I really enjoy watching people who do a type of comedy that I don't do - improv, sketch, musical, mime,...
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Sep 9, 20204 min read
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Barbara Brownskirt
Describe your worst experience on a coach.
Being sat next to a man who sat with his legs so wide open I couldn't enjoy my sandwiches.
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Sep 4, 20202 min read
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Ms Samantha Mann
Ms Samantha Mann is not a comedian but an agony aunt in training. She was also free for an interview. What comedy most inspires you? I am...
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Aug 16, 20202 min read
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