107 - Urzila Carlson
The Comedian's Comedian Podcast
Stuart Goldsmith
4.8 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 29 January 2015
⏱️ 67 minutes
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Summary
South Africa-born Urzila Carlson is now one of New Zealand's favourite acts, winning “Best Female Comic” there an astonishing five years running. Irrepressibly cheerful, she combines her natural talent with an innate empathy for her audience, and sheer hard work. We talk about respecting one's crowd, structuring an hour, and why Stu can't make her cry...
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| 0:18.0 | Hello, Stue here. This isn't an ad. This is me telling you that you have got to get hold of a copy of Adam Blooms book, Finding Your Comic Genius. It's just so great, and I want everyone to buy it for everyone else for Christmas. We discuss it in detail on episode 437 and at the time of recording this it has 66 5-star reviews out of 66 reviews on Amazon. |
| 0:21.2 | So go and find Adam Bloom's book, Repeat. This is not an ad and I'm not |
| 0:24.7 | being remunerated. Or remunerated. I can never get that right. May I have your attention please you can now book your train tickets on Uber and get |
| 0:39.1 | 10% back in credits to spend on your next Uber ride so you don't have to walk home in the rain again. |
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| 1:07.0 | This is a podcast from comedian podgos. Hello and welcome to the show I'm Stuart. pod... |
| 1:15.0 | Hello and welcome to the show, I'm Stuart Goldsmith, and today I'm speaking to a very powerful comic presence, indeed. |
| 1:18.0 | A very funny lady, a South African, uh, by birth, she has moved and naturalized in New Zealand. I think naturalizes |
| 1:25.8 | the world. She's got herself a passport. That's what it's all about. This is the fantastically |
| 1:30.3 | funny Ursila Carlson. You are presumably, now, how many times have you done this festival? |
| 1:40.0 | This is my fourth time. |
| 1:41.0 | Your fourth. |
| 1:42.0 | And you are commanding an audience. |
| 1:44.0 | I was in your room the other night, what is it, like 400-ceter? |
| 1:46.0 | Yeah, 400-ceter and I think they allow for like 100 walk-ups. |
| 1:50.0 | Okay, and you're filling it every night for a 10 night run. |
| 1:52.8 | Yeah, so you're kind of having a pretty banging festival, right? |
| 1:56.0 | Yeah, man. |
| 1:57.0 | So does this mean you can put the best hotel in Christchurch on your contract? |
| 2:01.0 | No, they just get... |
| 2:02.0 | What I say, and this is the God's on his truth, the first |
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