422 - Godfrey SXSW
The Comedian's Comedian Podcast
Stuart Goldsmith
4.8 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 31 March 2023
⏱️ 75 minutes
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Summary
“I did Instagram Live for 2 years straight, for 5-6 hours a day”
Tub-thumping powerhouse Godfrey has been in the game for the best part of three decades and yet still radiates happiness and positivity. We talk about his phenomenal work ethic and drive; being the first English-speaking comedian to gig in Russia; why someone this happy needs to do comedy; and the business dimension to comedy where his confidence sometimes fails him…
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| 0:30.7 | You |
| 0:45.2 | Hello there welcome to the show I'm Stuart Goldsmith |
| 0:48.0 | This is the comedians comedian podcast in which I take your favorite comedians one at a time and find out exactly |
| 0:53.4 | What makes them tick and learn all about their creativity their resilience their development their creative processes and all of that kind of |
| 0:59.9 | Stuff and today. I'm bringing you an episode with the incredible |
| 1:03.8 | tub thumping powerhouse of a comedian Godfrey. This was recorded live from South by Southwest in Austin, Texas |
| 1:10.7 | Just a few weeks ago and we're going to find out about Godfrey and how he has been in the game for the best part of three decades |
| 1:17.1 | And yet still radiates happiness. He's one of the most mentally robust comics I've ever come across and |
| 1:23.0 | I mean just there was so much I prepared for this |
| 1:26.5 | For this interview and now just in kind of assembling the show notes and |
| 1:31.1 | Discovering the enormous wealth of stuff that he has out there |
| 1:35.1 | I've listened to a couple of his albums. I've seen him live a few times |
| 1:37.6 | I had no idea his YouTube channel was as enormous as it is |
| 1:41.2 | I'm just been I've just been spending a very happy few minutes watching his just do yourself a favor and Google Godfrey's Richard prior impression |
| 1:49.3 | He can not only do prior he can do all the different voices that prior does including prior's white guy voice |
| 1:55.4 | And it is as one commenter says |
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