409 - Sean McLoughlin
The Comedian's Comedian Podcast
Stuart Goldsmith
4.8 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 22 July 2022
⏱️ 85 minutes
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Summary
Barnstorming breakthrough-in-waiting, Sean McLoughlin is extremely adept at big chunky stand-up with an interesting moral core. We outline his journey from an angry young man who either needed “a hug or a slap”, through the transformative effects of both being onstage and getting proper therapy, to a towering performer with gigs at the Palladium, Sydney Opera House and the Royal Albert Hall under his belt. We also discover his conscious effort to maintain eye contact; how he became more reliable to bookers; and whether tall people come across as angry when they’re just animated…
25 mins of extra content available exclusively to the Insiders Club includes Sean’s reaction to sharing a name with one of the most famous people on the internet; and advice for comics starting tour support, which Sean has done at the highest level, from Sydney Opera House to the Royal Albert Hall, in service of comics like Bill Burr, Katherine Ryan and Ricky Gervais.
Go to www.comedianscomedian.com/insiders for ad-free episodes, extra content from every show that has it, and much more - including the exclusive Insiders Q&As with Nish Kumar, Alfie Brown, James Acaster and Fern Brady, plus the incredible “self-help for comedians” special with Amanda Donnet.
Catch up with Sean McLoughlin:
Edinburgh Fringe: Pleasance Beneath, 19:55
https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/sean-mcloughlin-so-be-it
Podcast “Failing Better” with Jonny Pelham: @failingpod
TW: @seanmcloughlin
IG: @seanmcloughlincomedy
Everything Stu's up to:
Edinburgh Fringe: Monkey Barrel, 13:25 (4-11th only)
https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/stuart-goldsmith-a-shared-illusion-wip
This podcast is @ComComPod on Twitter
IG and Tik: @stuartgoldsmithcomedy
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| 0:00.0 | Hello Stu here just popping in before the show starts to let you know that my comedy special |
| 0:04.2 | I need you alive is now available at Stuart Goldsmith dot com |
| 0:08.1 | There's a link there where you can watch it on an breathtaking array of places for the rest of the month |
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| 0:17.8 | God knows how they do that as well as loads of other links to catch it on audio go to Stuart Goldsmith dot com and |
| 0:23.6 | Watch this show that I am staggeringly proud of and do watch it if you can because it's very pretty |
| 0:30.7 | You |
| 0:45.2 | Hello and welcome to the show Stuart Goldsmith here with the comedians comedian podcast the show that gets inside the mind of your |
| 0:51.4 | Favorite comedians and finds out what makes them tick whether they're happy or not |
| 0:56.1 | What they'd have done differently and why they're so annoying, but today we have someone wonderful for you Sean McLaughlin |
| 1:02.4 | And I must apologize to Sean for failing to pronounce his name I had a temporary blip a few episodes ago and |
| 1:08.6 | I just seemed to trip over his surname which is insane my granny was a McLaughlin many years ago |
| 1:13.8 | Admittedly not a McLaughlin and the difference is extremely important |
| 1:17.8 | Sean is a wonderful comedian |
| 1:19.5 | He's done tour support for huge name acts all over the world |
| 1:22.4 | He's done Sydney Opera House Royal Albert Hall 15 dates in a row at the London Palladium |
| 1:27.0 | He's done it all but we will find out about his journey there from when he was an angry young man who needed in Sean's words |
| 1:33.6 | Either a hug or a slap and how his comedy has refined over the last seven hours of his Edinburgh shows |
| 1:39.9 | He really is something special Sean and it you don't want to say it pains me that he isn't more successful |
| 1:46.3 | Because I can imagine him listening to this and laughing out loud at that |
| 1:49.6 | You don't want to dam people with faint praise you'll often hear me try and navigate try to say things like this |
| 1:54.3 | I think I know Sean well enough and by the end of this so will you |
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