321 Santa Claus (and Herbie Treehead)
The Comedian's Comedian Podcast
Stuart Goldsmith
4.8 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 19 December 2019
⏱️ 101 minutes
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Summary
In this Christmas Special, we speak to the actual Santa Claus, via his little helper and confidant, consummate clown Herbie Treehead. Herbie is a phenomenal street-performer, known around the world for his joyful daftness, silly songs and funny bones.
We talk about what his first Santa season means to him, and discover an enormously rich and respectful seam of kindness and good cheer. We also dive into Herbie's origins as a performer and his maverick work within vaudeville troupe Slightly Fat Features; learn how to steal a lorry; and reflect on the nature and cost of real performative risk...
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| 0:00.0 | Are there any words more guaranteed to strike terror into people's hearts than climate comedy? |
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| 0:20.0 | May I have your attention please you can now book your train tickets on Uber and get |
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| 0:38.0 | T's and C's apply. Check the Uber app. up. Hello there children of all ages this is Stuart Goldsmith and you're listening to the Christmas |
| 1:04.0 | special edition of the Comedians comedian podcast in which we will be talking to Santa Claus himself |
| 1:09.0 | aka Father Christmas, aka the current wearer of the Father Christmas mantle in one particular |
| 1:15.0 | place, in one particular time, Mr. Herbie Treehead. Many of you will not be aware of Herbie's |
| 1:20.8 | work. He is a phenomenal street clown. He was one of my mentors and remains |
| 1:26.0 | one of my mentors, but certainly in the early days of Street performing in the 90s and |
| 1:30.5 | Nauties, Herbie was someone who really exemplified the enormous passion and chaos and |
| 1:39.6 | theatricality and comedy that I was so drawn to in street performing that I remain |
| 1:45.3 | drawn to in so many different aspects of comedy and stand up all the types of |
| 1:49.8 | performing that I love the stuff that really reaches out and grabs you by the heart. |
| 1:54.0 | Herbie is very well versed in that. He's an inspiration, a huge influence. |
| 1:59.0 | He's one of those street performers that all the newer guys get sent to see. |
| 2:03.0 | And you can take my word for it, Herbie is someone who very much deserves his place here, |
| 2:07.0 | despite not being a stand-up. |
| 2:09.0 | I recognize that this is a curveball episode, but I hope you stay with it because there is a tremendous |
| 2:14.0 | amount to discover and to enjoy in some elements of Herbie's life story and in his whole approach to |
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