Comedian London Hughes - The black comedy circuit, knockbacks and bullying
Sofieland with Sofie Hagen
Sofie Hagen
4.9 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 28 February 2018
⏱️ 76 minutes
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Summary
Sofie talks to comedian, TV presenter, writer and actress London Hughes about winning Funny Women with just 3 months comedy experience, the black comedy circuit, comedy roasts, knockbacks, Celebs go Dating, why you shouldn't get gastroenteritis for someone who isn't The One, the importance of free parking when it comes to relationships, the barrier between cute and sexy, being bullied, writing to Lenny Henry and being the black lead in an Apatow film.
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| 0:00.0 | I think if I didn't talk that much, if I kept my mouth closed, Sophie, and if I was like quite a, I don't know, if I was quite a less in your face person, I would say, |
| 0:09.6 | then the guys would probably find me more attractive. What happens is they look over, they go, |
| 0:13.4 | she's cute, and I go, what? |
| 0:15.1 | Yeah, babes, yeah, I'm London. |
| 0:16.8 | Energy, energy, energy. |
| 0:18.5 | And they go, whoa, she's not that cute. |
| 0:21.6 | That's too much. It gets better because it has to get better. |
| 0:27.0 | We're all made of human. You are listening to the Made of Human podcast. I am your host. My name is Sophie |
| 0:38.4 | Hagen. I'm from Denmark. That should explain the accent. I'm a stand-up comedian that should explain the |
| 0:44.2 | awkwardness. I am tired that should explain the inability to say full |
| 0:51.3 | sentences without stopping every once in a while. |
| 0:54.0 | I'm going to do this intro just without any kind of script or any notes or anything. |
| 1:01.0 | Because I just want you to listen to it. |
| 1:03.3 | I mean, I'm in that frame of mind at the moment of like nothing matters. |
| 1:07.6 | I just want summer to come. |
| 1:09.1 | I am done with winter and I'm probably not alone with that. It's just been one fucking winter like just one hell |
| 1:16.7 | of a winter. I am so done with the darkness and the cold and the wind and wearing big coats and big shoes and long underwear and |
| 1:29.0 | I'm so tired. I'm just tired. I'm tired of it being so dark outside. Yeah. So anyways I had the |
| 1:39.8 | pressure of speaking to London Hughes. I am fascinated by her. I'm so... It felt like once |
| 1:50.9 | she'd left after we'd done the the chat the podcast I felt like I was just I just |
| 1:56.6 | found myself thinking of her like for the rest of the day just like her energy is so |
| 2:01.0 | contagious and I'm I'm very excited to find out if it |
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