Gurus of Comedy

Sales and Marketing in Comedy - Merit Kahn

March 07, 2022 22:20 - 48 minutes - 38.8 MB

This week\'s guest is Merit Kahn. Merit wrote, produced & performed an inspiring one-woman comedy show. She took all the painful stories of her life and re-wrote her story through the lens of stand up comedy. She also works in sales and marketing where she is the CEO of SELLect Sales Development. We discuss how some of the tools she has used to be successful in business has contributed to her approach to standup. \r\n\r\nMerit details how some important techniques for getting into and staying...

Russian Humour Laboratory

February 21, 2022 20:51 - 48 minutes - 39.1 MB

With tensions escalating on the Ukrainian border, we welcome back to the show Russian comedian and actor Denis Nikolin. Denis is back to tell us Russians aren\'t scary, they do like to laugh and he even set up a course to teach people how to make other Russians laugh. Bizarre!\r\n\r\nWe also discuss, Netflix Comedy Specials, cancel culture and we discuss war, yes WAR! The war that the Australians went to with ... emus.

the little book of STANDUP - John Vorhaus

February 07, 2022 21:19 - 59 minutes - 47.8 MB

This episode we are joined by writer, John Vorhaus. John has published a number of books based around comedy, The Comedy Toolbox, the little book of SITCOM and Comedy Writing 4 Life. John recently published his new book the little book of STANDUP.\r\n\r\nWe discuss John\'s new book, stand-up, cancel culture and whether or not there should be comedy cover bands and the Bulgarian remake of Married with Children.

LA versus NYC improv with Nicole Matarese

January 24, 2022 20:49 - 44 minutes - 35.7 MB

We are delighted to welcome New York born, but Califonia residing improv artist Nicole Matarese. Nicole explains some of the concepts used in the improv world. All stand-ups should do at least one improv course to help with your crowd work. We also discuss the grown-up pain for trying to find a new place to live that comes with parking and producing content in the lockdown, online world.\r\n\r\nNicols is also hosts her own podcast called \"Totally Recommend This, Dude\" and she cohosts the ...

Triggering Article 16 Comedy

January 10, 2022 21:08 - 1 hour - 59 MB

This episode we cross borders and cross promo. Joining me from another country but also about a 100 kms up the road is Northern Ireland based comedian and podcaster Nathan Smyth.\r\n\r\nAs a world traveller from Ireland I am often asked \"What is the story with Northern Ireland?\", I was always terrified to tell people the honest truth, \"I haven\'t a clue!\"\r\n\r\nIn this special episode, I interview Nathan and then get the shock of my life when Nathan interviews me. We discuss and clear u...

Back Touring Comedy

December 06, 2021 21:29 - 48 minutes - 38.8 MB

Returning to our show we have Award-winning Irish comic Sean Begley. Sean is currently touring his one hour show, Tragic, around Ireland and found the time to come on the show and have a chat about starting back touring a show, the demands of negotiating rooms when putting on your own show. We also reminise on what it was like gigging back in 2019, fun times!\r\n\r\nIt\'s a great chat! Chat-tastic even!

Facebook Jail

November 22, 2021 21:24 - 43 minutes - 34.5 MB

This episode we have Monaghan based Stand-up Gerard Ryan. Gerard was only early into the start of gigging when lock down shut down all the comedy rooms on the island of Ireland.\r\n\r\nWe discuss what it has been like to have a creative urge to perform while being stuck away from audiences. Also the comedy gold that is created in Ireland when you move to a different county than you are actually from. Also, when recorded, the Dave Chappelle special, The Closer, had just come out. It has led to...

Return of Live Comedy Gigging

November 01, 2021 20:21 - 38 minutes - 30.9 MB

In this show we are very fortunate to have Dublin based comedian Alex J Byrne.\r\n\r\nAlex didn\'t wait around for too long during lockdown before starting his own talk show, Le Chats, on Thursday Nights\r\n\r\nAlex discusses the challenges of started a remote chat show and also of his return to perfoming comedy, now that the periwinikle world is slowly coming out of its lockdown shell, Yay!

Puns and Dad Jokes

October 12, 2021 20:25 - 37 minutes - 30.4 MB

Paul Marsh is a Dublin based Comedian (Though he is from Tipperary, where the Keeshan Clan also hails from). During the early days of the lockdown he set up a page on facebook called \"Irish Dad Jokes\". It started as a small page to comment on cheesy jokes, but it\'s membership has grown to over 7,000 and has become a Gladiator school to train the next generation of comedians and writers.\r\n\r\nPaul discusses the page unusual success, the impact of lockdown and the now reopening of comedy r...

Violence on Stage

September 27, 2021 20:41 - 43 minutes - 34.8 MB

This episode we are delighted to welcome Benjamin Bello. Benjamin recently wrote an article for Chortle describing an aggressive audience member while he was performing on stage. We discuss what it is like to be onstage when something like that happens and what if anything can be done.\r\n\r\nBenjamin is well known for his character President Obonjo. He descibes what it is like to perform as the character and as himself, he also goes into some detail on his experience when his character was...

Comedy Workshops and Courses

September 09, 2021 20:45 - 36 minutes - 29.6 MB

This epsiode we welcome back to the show London based stand-up comedy MC and room runner Alfie Noakes. Dave started his comedy career via a 4 weekend comedy course with a graduation night, and so began a great career! Alfie has run a number of workshops and courses over the years and recounts some of the experiences he has seen and now that lockdown in the UK are lifting is starting to run them again.\r\n\r\nAlfie runs the We Are Funny Project, which provides comprehensive online courses and...

North/South UK Comedy

August 23, 2021 19:59 - 46 minutes - 37 MB

Delighted to welcome to the show, Lu Williams. Lu is a Londoner who now calls Chester in the Noth of England home and it is also where she performs and runs a room or two through CSHQ, which organises rooms in the Machester/Wales area.\r\n\r\nLu gives her experiences of how comedy works in the UK and how she finds performing up North instead of her native London. Unlike Ireland, performing rooms have reopened in the UK and people there are making their tentative steps back into the small, in...

Unscripted TV

July 30, 2021 15:48 - 42 minutes - 34.4 MB

This episode we have guest, Adam Freeman, President of Creative at Thinkfactory Media, to discuss his experiences producing unscripted TV for MTV. What is unscripted TV, well we get into it! Adam helped produce TV shows including Total Request Live, Mama June: From Not to Hot and Gene Simmons Family Jewels.\r\n\r\nAdam is also a standup and is venturing out back into the world of live performing ... Indoors!

Australian Sketch Comedy

July 09, 2021 09:30 - 44 minutes - 40.2 MB

This episodes we welcome back to the show Mark Williamson. We discuss Australian sketch shows which were responsible for launching the likes of Eric Bana and Kath and Kim\r\n\r\nDave and Mark get distracted by Sydney property prices, it just happens!

Slapstick Movies

June 15, 2021 14:38 - 32 minutes - 28.1 MB

Slapstick Movies

Open Mic Comedy

April 19, 2021 20:44 - 52 minutes - 34.3 MB

This episode we are joined by London based stand-up comedy MC and room runner Alfie Noakes.\r\n\r\nWe discuss what is an Open Mic in the comedy world, from the beginners starting out to the training ground of the big comics. Why it is a controversial, but also a very important space. Both Alfie and Dave have spent many years plugging their trade around the open mic scene and bring some fascinating insight into that world, every lesson learnt the hard way, a room full of people staring back...

New York Comedy Scene

April 09, 2021 13:31 - 40 minutes - 34.5 MB

In this episode we welcome to the show New York based stand-up Shaun Eli.\r\n\r\nShaun tells us about the New York stand up scene both pre and post covid. He also discusses writing for Jay Leno opening monologues back in the 90s, perfoming in 5 continents (not 7, yet), the ripeness Netflix specials, auditioning for the first Last Comics Standing, Woke/Cancel Culture and his views on the Simpsons recasting.\r\n\r\nWe also consult with Shaun on his Irish sounding name, at least it is not Decla...

Medieval Comedy and Bakhtin’s Carnival Theory

March 22, 2021 22:42 - 57 minutes - 53 MB

This episode we go old school, literally. We are joined by comic Mabel Slattery to discuss medieval comedy and Mikhail Bakhtin and his Carnival Theory, we get into some interesting ideas like Humour Theory, Robin Hood, Sumptuary Laws, Secular Lyrics of the XIVth and XVth Centuries, Richard Hill Commonplace Book, Chaucer\'s Knight Tale and just having a bit of craic!

Russian Protests

February 11, 2021 21:54 - 53 minutes - 50.5 MB

After a hiatus WE\'RE BACK!\r\n\r\nIn this episode we are delighted to welcome back to the show Russian comic, Denis Nikolin.\r\n\r\nWith pandemic lockdowns and worldwide vaccination drives, it is even crazier in Russia, where there are protest and people being detained over the handling of opposition leader Alexei Navalny.\r\n\r\nDenis discusses how it is getting harder to write comedy when the world decides it wants to get crazier than the punchlines he\'s writing.\r\n\r\nDenis is also work...

Eyjafjallajökull - Icelandic Comedy

November 16, 2020 23:07 - 25 minutes - 17.6 MB

On this episode we got two Icelandic comedians, Eyvindur Karlsson and Þórhallur Þórhallsson, also just known as Thor as Dave was too confused by the first one. The guys come on an explain how a country as small of Iceland can have a volcano that no one else on the planet can pronounce. They also discuss the state of comedy in Iceland and explain to Dave what a Belly Brother in Law is ...

Icelandic Comedy

November 16, 2020 23:07 - 25 minutes - 27.2 MB

On this episode we got two Icelandic comedians, Eyvindur Karlsson and Þórhallur Þórhallsson, also just known as Thor as Dave was too confused by the first one. The guys come on an explain how a country as small of Iceland can have a volcano that no one else on the planet can pronounce. They also discuss the state of comedy in Iceland and explain to Dave what a Belly Brother in Law is ...

Discussing Richard Pryor

November 03, 2020 00:02 - 32 minutes - 23 MB

On this podcast we welcome American native, but Cork resident Dakota Mick. In taking a break from discussing cancel culture Mick discusses one of the most formative comedians of his life, Richard Pryor.\r\n\r\nDiscussed are the man himself, black culture on humor in the United States and are there any gigs running in Ireland at all at the moment. Dave tries as usual to wrangler a gig some where, with the same hilarious results.

Censorious Times

October 20, 2020 23:39 - 54 minutes - 62.3 MB

Censorious Times

Carter Anderson discusses Black Comedy in America

September 28, 2020 20:36 - 28 minutes - 19.6 MB

Carter Anderson discusses Black Comedy in America

Black Comedy in America with Carter Anderson

September 28, 2020 20:36 - 28 minutes - 25.3 MB

Black Comedy in America with Carter Anderson

Cabaret Comedy - with Iestyn Edwards

September 14, 2020 23:22 - 42 minutes - 59.5 MB

Cabaret Comedy - with Iestyn Edwards

Norwegian Standup – with Pernille Haaland

September 01, 2020 21:01 - 36 minutes - 25.3 MB

On this episode we are delighted to have on Norwegian comedian Pernille Haaland. Pernille is mainly based in the UK, but the Covid lockdown finds her back in Norway.

Norwegian Standup - with Pernille Haaland

September 01, 2020 21:01 - 36 minutes - 48.9 MB

On this episode we are delighted to have on Norwegian comedian Pernille Haaland. Pernille is mainly based in the UK, but the Covid lockdown finds her back in Norway.