247 - Ben Target
The Comedian's Comedian Podcast
Stuart Goldsmith
4.8 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 21 May 2018
⏱️ 68 minutes
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Summary
Considering oneself "an artist who works in the field of comedy" is the starting point for a fascinating re-framing of the whole goddamn thing, in this conversation with the wonderfully funny, curious, and extraordinarily inventive Ben Target. We discover a shared inspiration in an Argentinian circus, explore Ben's holistic approach to theatre-in-the-round, and find out why minor authority figures are inherently funny...
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21-23 June London, Soho Theatre
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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. |
| 0:20.0 | May I have your attention please you can now book your train tickets on Uber and get |
| 0:28.2 | 10% back in credits to spend on your next Uber ride so you don't have to walk home in the rain again. |
| 0:35.0 | Trains, now on Uber. |
| 0:38.0 | T's and C's apply. Check the Uber app. I'm always known. |
| 0:45.0 | You tell me when you're drunk. |
| 0:49.0 | What is the worst social behavior you have ever seen a comedian exhibit? |
| 0:56.5 | The whole thing was on the big phone. It was so weird. |
| 0:58.9 | What did she answer? Me? |
| 1:01.2 | Fuck you! |
| 1:01.8 | If you guess it oh yes it's now time to play the |
| 1:07.3 | beautiful game it just gets wider the further down you get because that man is a |
| 1:12.1 | god damn hero when they go oh I just smit I just down you get? Because that man is a goddamn hero. |
| 1:13.6 | When they go, oh I just smes, I just did this gig in the boy, I smashed it. |
| 1:16.4 | He'll go, I'm really proud of you. |
| 1:18.4 | I'm really proud of you. |
| 1:20.3 | I'm Chinese. I'm Chinese. |
| 1:24.0 | I would like you to |
| 1:30.0 | but I would like you to visualize the comedian who you hate because you fear you're a little bit like them. |
| 1:40.0 | To download the full recording of Comcom Pod Redacted live from the Secret |
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