225 - Reginald D Hunter

The Comedian's Comedian Podcast

Stuart Goldsmith

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4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 23 October 2017

⏱️ 90 minutes

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Summary

Recorded at the close of the Edinburgh festival, this toweringly-charismatic lay-preacher of comedy is astonishingly candid in his reflection on the past few years. We get deep into some very personal stuff, as Reg reveals how his struggle to grieve for his late mother led to a years-long dark period. We learn what steps he took personally and creatively to recover; discover what bugs Reg about himself; and ask some difficult questions about his attitude towards women.

*Please be aware that this conversation features some offensive language, including the use of a homophobic slur*

Watch Reg on tour: http://www.reginalddhunter.com/uk-tour-2017/

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0:00.0	Are there any words more guaranteed to strike terror into people's hearts than climate comedy?
0:04.6	Well, I thought so, and then I took my show Spoilers to the Edinburgh Festival and everyone bloody loved it,
0:09.7	including Brian Eno, if you can believe that. You can see it at the Soho Theatre from the 29th of November for four nights get your tickets at Stuart Goldsmith.com.
0:18.0	The tour is now on sale. My spring tour in 2018 of Like I Mean It, which was the show I took to the Edinburgh Festival this year,
0:24.3	2017 and which was one of the 20 best reviewed shows of that festival, which I'm very
0:30.0	excited about and I should already qualify that by saying best reviewed comedy shows.
0:34.0	I don't know how it fared against the theatrical ballet and Swedish clowning giants there,
0:40.0	but the show itself, like I mean it, is coming to a town near you if you live in the United Kingdom and Ireland.
0:47.0	If you don't live in those places, if you're in Melbourne with a bit of, it's coming to you next year as well.
0:54.0	And if you live anywhere else, make me an offer.
0:56.4	But go to comedians, comedian.com forward slash tour
0:59.3	to find out where you can come and see in the UK and Ireland. My lovely show, I can't come and see in the UK and Ireland my lovely show. I can't wait I'm so
1:05.9	excited best whatever again now on with the show. This is a podcast from
1:10.6	comedians comedian.com. This is the Comedians, comedian podcast.
1:27.0	So my name is Stuart Goldsmith.
1:30.0	Welcome to the show. Now, it's been pointed out to me that I very rarely, at the beginning of this show, tell you what the show is about, assuming that you've all been on board since day one. Now if you're new to this podcast, basically I'm going to talk to one comedian in this case Mr
1:45.2	Reginald D hunter one of the most prolific comedians I've spoken to certainly
1:49.6	someone who has been performing year after year after year for way before since I became a comic myself
1:56.2	and I'm going to be talking to Reg about his creative process and these days as well in the
2:01.2	over the life of my podcast it's become fractionally less about
2:04.1	how do you write your jokes and more about how are you how do you cope how do you cope
2:09.2	with being you so this I think if this is your first foray to the podcast it's as good a starting point as any
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