86 - Noel James

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

4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 23 July 2014

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Summary

A master of off-the-wall wordplay, Noel James is disarmingly honest about his struggles with comedy and real life. We analyse his use of metaphor and analogy as well as delving into his psychology, what it's like to commit one's life to comedy, and the public craving for “one voice of truth”.Bangor University, Taunton, One Liners, Gavin Webster, New Zealand, Laurel And Hardy, Monty Python, James Joyce, Dylan Thomas, Spike Milligan, British Telecom, Mark Thomas, Kevin Day, Maria Callas, Graham Norton, Frankie Howerd, Ken Dodd, Time Out, Tunnel Club, Malcolm Hardee, Game Of Thrones, Paul Foot, Phil Kay, Chortle, Daniel Dennett, Colin Wilson, The Outsider, Bill Hicks, Joe Rowntree, SNL, Saturday Night Live, Ben Elton, Arthur Smith, Tim Vine, Glee Club, Selling Out, Eric Sykes

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1:27.0	Welcome to the show, I'm Stuart Goldsmithsmith and today I'm talking to a wonderful comedian
1:35.6	a very unusual comic and someone to whom I really relate in terms of his doubts
1:39.7	if not his talent this is the brilliant Noel James.
1:43.2	I'm currently filming a sitcom again in Welsh language for the Welsh
1:53.9	language television channel and it's a sitcom which
1:56.9	involves writing it involves performing and
2:00.0	similar to curbier enthusiasm a lot of the
2:04.0	a lot of the performances are largely ad-lived with me and three other performers
2:08.5	You may have heard of some of them Frank Anybone rodery,
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