424 - John Hastings Returns
The Comedian's Comedian Podcast
Stuart Goldsmith
4.8 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 14 April 2023
⏱️ 82 minutes
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Summary
After a truly horrible year, John Hastings has came swinging with yet another blockbuster fringe show, working through the passing of his dear friend, the much loved comedy director Paul Byrne, not to mention a divorce and a wince-inducing bike crash.
We talk about John’s move from the UK circuit to Los Angeles, and discuss the finer details of what it means to participate in several different global markets; also the bad behaviour he’s experienced at the hands of certain [REDACTED] promoters. We go on to talk about the cost of doing business, the downside of reps, and John’s impressive social media video output and strategy…
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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 |
| 0:13.2 | Including the 800 pound gorilla website Amazon Prime in the UK and US X-Box |
| 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 |
| 0:30.0 | Hello and welcome to the show. I'm Stuart Goldsmith today. I am welcoming back to the show John Hastings |
| 0:51.4 | Who after a truly horrible year came out swinging with yet another blockbuster friend show |
| 0:58.4 | Working through the passing of his dear friend the much-loved comedy director Paul burn friend of mine as well very much missed |
| 1:05.4 | Not to mention a divorce and a genuinely wince inducing bike crash |
| 1:10.4 | We're going to talk about John's move from the UK circuit to Los Angeles |
| 1:14.2 | And we're going to discuss the finer details of what it means to participate in several different global markets |
| 1:19.6 | And we're also going to find out about some of the bad behavior |
| 1:21.8 | He's experienced as an act at the hands of certain promoters |
| 1:25.7 | Not all promoters, but we're going to get a kind of a slightly more granular |
| 1:30.4 | Version of what it means to deal with the ins and outs of the comedy circuit globally |
| 1:35.5 | Then we usually get we're also going to go on to talk about the cost of doing business the downside of reps and |
| 1:41.2 | Is very impressive social media video output and strategy |
| 1:45.5 | John's new Edinburgh friend show is on sale now |
| 1:48.4 | It's called the times they are a John Hastings and |
| 1:51.5 | You should definitely check out his website the john hastings.com for his unbelievable approach to promotional |
| 1:56.8 | Photoshoots if nothing else you can follow him on twitter and instagram at the john hastings |
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