127 - Gavin Webster (Live)

The Comedian's Comedian Podcast

Stuart Goldsmith

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4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 3 July 2015

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

Second-ever winner of the voted-for-only-by-comics "Comedians Comedian" award (no relation), Gavin Webster is one of the most frequently requested guests on this podcast. A true circuit stalwart with a phenomenal gag-rate and an ability to play any room, he talks about his inspiration in music hall comedy and punk rock, his deliberately provocative titles, and his frustration with "posh people with pens"...Support the podcast at http://comedianscomedian.com/Remember to use the discount code FAFF for 25% off tickets to the live Adam Buxton interview on July 7th. Stewart Lee, Paul Foot, Jo Brand, Ross Noble, Chortle, Edinburgh, Fringe, Bill Hicks, Harry Hill, The Comedy Store, Music Hall, Alan Davies, Bob Mills

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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. You can now book your train on Uber and get 10% back in credits to spend on Uber.
0:42.0	So you can order your own fries instead of eating everyone else's.
0:46.0	Trains, now on Uber. T's and C's apply. Check the Uber app.
0:51.0	This is a podcast from Comedians Check the Uber app.
1:13.0	This is a podcast from comedian podcast. Hello and welcome to the show, I'm Stuart Goldsmith and Eagle-eared listeners will have noticed already that my voice is wrecked.
1:19.0	They'll have looked at the calendar and then I thought,
1:21.0	oh, Stue's been to Glastonbury.
1:22.0	And yes, I have. I saw almost no music, as is my taste. I spent most of my time in the
1:29.3	theatre and circus areas watching some brilliant comics. I did I compare the Cabra A tent on
1:35.0	Sunday for Alex Adelman, Tiff Stevenson, Alistair Barry all did very very
1:39.2	well and I'm looking forward to welcoming them all to the show at some point.
1:43.0	And also, you know my taste is sort of leaning towards the esoteric.
1:46.9	I also very much enjoyed the Wheel of Fortunes, which is five or six or maybe three. dressed as the red power ranger spinning a wheel and
1:55.7	DJing and doing stupid stupid stuff they're kind of like the the DJ equivalent of
2:00.8	Goldie looking chain they were great fun and my all-time
2:03.9	favorites one of the funniest acts at Glastonbury the brilliant Bramble FM radio
2:07.8	so local you can smell it which is I there's no point me describing it but if if you've seen them, you'll know who I mean.
2:15.3	And if you haven't, then those are the people you should be racing to get Glastonbury tickets for and not jumped up wrappers.
2:22.1	So, much as I enjoyed his first song.
2:26.0	So right now to business.
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