The Red Hero once again the smartest man in the world, Proofcast takes to the

either here from the Salubriest confines of Edinburgh's most charming comedy

confobulation the Guilded Balloon located here in Tervya here in the wine bar

located upstairs next to the cafeteria that hardly anyone eats at it so

exciting to be here once again at the 70 millionth Edinburgh French festival

it started in 1947 I came the year after 1948 that was my first year here they

finished the tram two weeks ago they began building that in 1911 right before

World War I so we're right where we need to be here in Edinburgh there's an

air conditioner in the side of the room and standing next to it's like being

told a secret by a salamander

is any air coming out of this?

so they try to cut off all the oxygen in all the rooms here which is I think the

key to comedy you want people to be hot and uncomfortable and unable to breathe

and gasping for air and then all of a sudden they're like this is funny it's

really a matter of survival at a certain point if you don't gasp you're not

going to get anything there's also a giant pole in the middle of the room and

the wine bar I don't know why it's called a wine bar there's a balcony if I

could describe it to the people sitting at home if you've ever been to a

Kafka-esque jury room from your worst nightmare being persecuted a

diabolical situation where you feel that every light is following you and

every eye is on you and yet you can't make contact with anyone that's what

this room was designed to be there's a staircase that's infernal that's on the

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