RHLSTP 576 - Andrew O'Neill

RHLSTP with Richard Herring

British Comedy Guide

Comedy, Performing Arts, Tv & Film, Arts

4.8 • 5.7K Ratings

🗓️ 18 August 2025

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

RHLSTP #576 - Dog Sharpener - A big storm is supposed to hit Edinburgh today, but so far it’s just been a bit blowy, though maybe the storm will manage to make an appearance in the show. Richard is talking to comedian and rock star Andrew O’ Neill. Will Rich remember to use the correct non-binary terms or will he fuck up immediately? Who knows? There’s some great chat about changing attitudes to individuality, plus the comedic process, how surreal comedy is a rare skill and staying true to yourself, plus Andrew having to do a 90s style Edinburgh show because they broke their leg and have been on morphine, playing Jongleurs without compromising your act, the joy of connecting with one (and only one) audience member and how it’s disappointing that TV just doesn’t take a punt on interesting comedians any more.

See Andrew’s stand up show Escape here https://www.edfringe.com/tickets/whats-on/andrew-o-neill-escape

See Andrew’s History of Punk (but only if you like punk) here https://www.edfringe.com/tickets/whats-on/andrew-o-neill-s-history-of-punk

See RHLSTP live in Bewdley (and maybe elsewhere) http://richardherring.com/rhlstp

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0:00.0	Hi, Ratfans. Welcome to another Richard Herring podcast. Thank you very much to everyone who came to the Edinburgh Fringe.
0:06.0	Fantastic shows. All 12 of them, they'll be going out between now and November, I think. So buckle up.
0:13.3	I hope you'll enjoy listening to those. They were a lot of fun to do. I am doing one more show, definitely live this autumn.
0:21.5	I'm at St George's Hall in Bugley on the 16th of October,
0:25.3	and there are about five tickets left.
0:26.7	It's near Kid and Mr. Apparently, so come along if you want, no guest announced yet.
0:30.2	We might be doing some more in London later on.
0:33.2	But for now, if you want to support us, why not buy Buy a badge at gofastestripe.com slash badges.
0:39.1	Or you could buy a copy of the emergency questions book at gofastestripe.com.
0:43.2	All that money will go to making more podcasts.
0:46.1	But just listening to podcasts and telling your friends about it is good enough for me, my fan friend.
0:52.5	Now listen to a podcast.
0:53.6	Thank you. Goodbye.
0:54.7	This podcast is sponsored by Speck Savers. I'm going to leave you, said my wife the other day.
1:01.3	Fair enough, I replied, I can't really blame you. I can't believe it lasted this long.
1:05.4	She seemed confused. She said, I'm going to leave you some of this pizza. I know, I lied.
1:10.1	I can't believe the pizza has lasted this long. I know, I lied. I can't believe the pizza
1:11.0	has lasted this long. Totally fooled her, and she still hasn't realised that she's way too good for me.
1:16.0	Plus, I got some pizza. Result. Look, she's got a very quiet voice and was facing the other way,
1:22.0	and I'm getting older, and I've noticed a change in my hearing hearing and maybe I need to get it checked.
1:28.1	And you might be surprised to hear that spec savers is an excellent place to do that.
1:33.3	You heard me and if you didn't, you need to go to spec savers.
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