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The Comedian's Comedian Podcast

115 - Gina Yashere

The Comedian's Comedian Podcast

Stuart Goldsmith

Jokes, Unknown, Society & Culture, Widdicombe, Learn, Comedy, Performing Arts, Burr, How To, Carr, Acaster, Cope, Writing, Interview, Persona, Arts, In-depth

4.81.6K Ratings

🗓️ 10 April 2015

⏱️ 88 minutes

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Summary

"Russell Peters stole my shit!" So alleges dynamic and outspoken comic Gina Yashere, who sold up and left the UK to make it in the United States, becoming the only Brit ever to feature on "Def Jam". She pulls no punches in this compelling interview, venting her frustration at the producers of Mock The Week and Last Comic Standing, as well as condemning the TV industry's apparent preference for "non-threatening" black acts.Sponsor the podcast at comedianscomedian.comMock The Week, Stewart Lee, Standup, Michael McIntyre, Greg Proops, Gina Yashere, Jay Leno, Def Comedy Jam, Def Jam, Last Comic Standing, Tony Law, The Comedy Store, Ros Jeep, Chortle, Jocelyn Jee Esien, Frankie Boyle, Chris Rock, Kevin Hart, Damon Wayans, MOBOs

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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 now book your train tickets on Uber and get 10% back in

0:39.4

Uber credits to spend on your next train journey. So no excuses not to visit your in-laws this

0:45.1

Christmas. Trains, now on Uber. Tees and sees apply. Check the Uber app.

0:53.0

This is a podcast from comedians comedian.com. This is the Comedians comedian pod-poss.

1:07.0

Hello and welcome to the show I'm Stuart Goldsmith and this is Gina Yashore.

1:18.0

Now you might know Gina from Last Comics Standing in the States, where she's now working

1:21.9

a lot in USA having floated around the top of the UK

1:24.4

circuit for a good few years.

1:26.4

She was also the first and remains the only British act ever to have been on Deaf Jam

1:30.4

comedy, which is a huge deal, and she's also a passionate and outspoken live performer.

1:35.0

Now, before we go into the interview,

1:37.0

I just want to say a little something, hopefully not too much of a disclaimer.

1:40.0

There are some allegations coming up in this conversation of joke theft

1:44.3

uh... some acts jean and names including Russell Peters

1:47.5

who's arguably one of the biggest comics in the world not super well known in the UK

1:51.5

uh... but Russell's absolutely massive he's a

1:53.7

Canadian comic who's the sort of guy that can come over here and sell out the the Apollo

1:58.8

for ten nights I think it was with no posters or publicity of any sort. I mean Russell's

2:03.5

absolutely he's massive and you might be aware Russell recently has himself

2:07.6

accused Trevor Noah of joke theft so that's something to bear in mind as you listen

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