When I started on the London circuit in 1989, nationwide there were about 150 to 200 people that were what you could call alternative comedians - that weren't club comics. Now, last year when the Laughing Horse chain of clubs held a new acts competition, a thousand people entered. So, there are 800 people more.
タグ: new, competition, people, you

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Normally, when I write a tour show, it's got a title that means something - a beginning, a middle and an end - and some kind of storyline and ideas going through it over two hours.
タグ: some, end, ideas, beginning
I don't think I'd want to be a comedian today if I saw it on the telly. I wouldn't think it was a thing for weirdoes and drop-outs; I'd think it was a thing for squares who wanted to be famous.
タグ: want, who, think, today
I'm very grateful to my adoptive family. My mother sorted my life out.
タグ: my-life, mother, family, life
I went to a hypnotist to learn how not to use drinking a pint before you go on as a way of giving you the confidence to just fly at it, irrespective of the fear. That's not a long-term strategy, when you do as many gigs as I do.
タグ: fly, fear, you, confidence
The me you see on stage is largely a construct, based on me at my worst, my most annoying, my most petty, and my most patronizing.
タグ: see, worst, you, me
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