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The Comedian's Comedian Podcast

68 - Sean Hughes (Live)

The Comedian's Comedian Podcast

Stuart Goldsmith

Jokes, Society & Culture, Widdicombe, Learn, Comedy, Performing Arts, Burr, How To, Carr, Acaster, Cope, Writing, Interview, Persona, Arts, In-depth

4.81.6K Ratings

🗓️ 12 March 2014

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

Sean Hughes is a thoughtful, reflective performer, with a passion for self-expressive and profound comedy. A pioneer of the themed, narrative standup show, after the 90s he quit the fishbowl of comedy celebrity to become a novelist, poet and actor. We discuss his feelings on “outliving” his life experience; the amazing drug of comedy; and the challenges of attracting an audience other than the one you were aiming for...


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0:14.4

Hello, Stue here. This isn't an ad. This is me telling you that you have got to get hold of a copy of Adam Blooms book, Finding Your Comic Genius. It's just so great, and I want everyone to buy it for everyone else for Christmas. We discuss it in detail on episode 437 and at the time of recording this it has 66 five-star reviews out of 66 reviews on Amazon.

0:21.2

So go and find Adam Blooms book, repeat. This is not an ad and I'm not

0:24.7

being remunerated. Or remunerated. You can now book your train on Uber and get 10% back in credits to spend on Uber.

0:42.0

So you can order your own fries instead of eating everyone else's.

0:46.0

Trains, now on Uber. T's and C's apply. Check the Uber app.

0:53.0

This is a podcast from comedians comedian.com. This is the Comedians comedian podgos.

1:08.0

This is the Comedians comedian podgos. podcast.

1:16.0

Hello there and welcome to the show. I'm Stuart Goldsmith and this is Sean Hughes in another show recorded live at the

1:20.9

Guild of Balloon at last year's Edinburgh Fringe.

1:23.1

We've only got about five of these shows left now after this one.

1:26.1

There's some great episodes coming up with Tim Vine and David O'Dokety, Claudia O'Dockety,

1:30.9

Maxinivan and Ed Byrne. So stick around for them in the next few weeks. But now, here's Sean Hughes. Thank you. Thank you. Thanks, everyone.

1:45.0

Thanks very much for coming, Sean.

1:50.0

My pleasure.

1:51.0

So let's, let's do it let's do it let's do it.

1:55.0

Let's do it. Yeah.

1:56.0

We're quite ready to do it.

1:58.0

Let's do it.

1:59.0

So your show this year just for anyone here who hasn't seen it or anyone listening on the

2:03.0

podcast who didn't make it to the festival just if you could briefly sketch out what

2:06.7

your show was this year. See I'm not very good at that. It's I think it's well no what what you saw what would you how would you explain it to people I

2:16.2

could walk out if you don't turn around yeah this doesn't go well could be short podcast

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