S2 E12: Russell Kane: Taking the biggest gamble of my life
Big Fish with Spencer Matthews
Global
4.8 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 27 June 2023
⏱️ 64 minutes
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Summary
Russell Kane is probably one of the only successful stand-up comics that doesn’t even watch stand-up comedy. He took the plunge to try his hand at comedy aged 28 after building a successful career in advertising. It was a huge gamble - which left him Googling bankruptcy over fears he couldn’t pay his mortgage. Russell grew up on a London council estate and left school at 16 with few qualifications, because in his words, he was "hell bent on being like a weed smoking bad man”. But he turned his life around through adult education and sheer graft. Russell’s drive to succeed is absolutely immense. He doesn’t accept rejection and his story of passion and grit is inspiring.
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| 0:32.3 | This is a global player original podcast. |
| 0:35.8 | How many people from my estate would stand on my fucking corpse to be where I was? |
| 0:41.3 | And there was me gambling on it. |
| 0:43.0 | Still, within three months, I was on bankruptcy websites and thinking, do I make |
| 0:45.9 | myself bankrupt so I can carry on doing stunts? |
| 0:47.7 | So clearly I can't meet the clap and mortgage. |
| 0:54.1 | Welcome to Big Fish with me, Spencer Matthews. |
| 0:56.5 | Each week I speak to inspirational people about how they reach the top of their game and |
| 1:00.6 | their mindset for success. |
| 1:05.0 | Russell Kane is probably one of the only successful stand-up comics that doesn't even watch |
| 1:08.2 | stand-up comedy. |
| 1:09.5 | He took the plunge to try his hand at |
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