21 - Mike Gunn

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

4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 4 December 2012

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Summary

Mike Gunn survived a serious drug addiction to become a circuit favourite, loved for the warmth in his dark humour, and for his exceptional joke-writing. As well as including some excellent practical suggestions for playing important clubs and surviving corporate work, he also talks in depth about his creative process, and his unique journey from weeping photocopier-repairman to thriving TV comic.

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0:14.4	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 five-star reviews out of 66 reviews on Amazon.
0:21.2	So go and find Adam Blooms 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.
0:46.0	Trains now on Uber. T's and C's apply. Check the Uber app.
0:53.0	This is a podcast from comedians comedian.com. This is the Comedians comedian podcast.
1:16.0	Hello there, welcome to the show. I'm Stuart Goldsmith.
1:17.0	Today I'm talking to an amazing comedian.
1:20.0	This is Mr. Mike Gunn. I think I'm probably coming at comedy from a different perspective than most people anyway.
1:31.0	In what respect is that?
1:33.0	I got into it not through art, you know, through drama classes or do-doo-dada.
1:37.2	But I got into it because of a horrendously screwed up drug background. Yeah. You know. friend
1:43.0	you know and you know and
1:45.0	once you've kind of been through all that
1:48.0	once you've been through like 10 years of drug addiction and therapy and
1:50.0	you know psychiatric hospital and all that.
1:53.2	You can't really work in a bank anyway.
1:54.6	Well, that's as good as starting point as any.
2:01.2	Tell me about that.
2:01.9	Give us a bit of background on that I knew and I
2:04.0	I know from your you know as a chalk review online of your show uncut
2:08.0	which I never saw how long ago did you do uncut oh God knows and there's the poster
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