Sarah Millican 2012: ComCompendium
The Comedian's Comedian Podcast
Stuart Goldsmith
4.8 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 16 January 2026
⏱️ 64 minutes
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Summary
Episode 500 is NEARLY here, but first we're going all the way back to episode 7!
Recorded in 2012, I chat to fellow comedy nerd, Sarah Millican, as we discuss her writing process, some of the unique challenges faced by a high-profile act, including playing large rooms and preparing for panel shows, as well as plenty of tips for newer acts on how to escape the day-job and turn pro!
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, welcome back to us, the show. This is a re-release of a Sarah Milliken episode, |
| 0:20.8 | Episode 7 from June 2013. That's a year so far away. Who can even imagine that existing? But exist. It does. It happened. I remember it. I don't remember it. But I remember this. I remember this bit of it because it's one of the few bits of that year that I recorded. But this was the first |
| 0:38.6 | guest to appear on the podcast who had actually listened to it before. Bless her, I always |
| 0:43.8 | love Sarah for this. Sarah and I started at the similar times. We were in the same year at |
| 0:49.4 | school. So You Think You're Funny. We were in the year that produced, or the year that framed |
| 0:53.8 | and presented Joe Wilkinson, Tom Allen, a banderman. Who else? Was Hannah Gadsby in it? Or a similar? I don't remember. Oh, I'm confused now. But nonetheless, what a year. And loads of other brilliant comics besides. So, this is Sarah. These are some of the people who wanted to hear again from Sarah. |
| 1:13.8 | Alex Garley said, easily my favourite episode is episode seven, Sarah Milliken, |
| 1:17.9 | the hunger to want to be able to own any room regardless of the size. |
| 1:21.6 | The self-imposed rule of forgetting the previous night's gig. |
| 1:24.6 | Alex Dixon says, this was the first one I heard and I loved hearing about the process of being a comedian. Rochene says the depth of thought that she brought. And Sarah, I presume not Sarah Milliken herself, says she loves the bit where Sarah describes Milliken's Law. I think of it weekly. And if you're an insider, we'll also be releasing 36 minutes of exclusive extras from this episode. |
| 1:45.5 | So look out for that in your feed. |
| 1:47.1 | If you're not already an insider, you can join at patreon.com slash comcom pod for £3 a month or more. |
| 1:52.3 | Here is a 2012 Sarah Milliken. |
| 2:00.0 | You are very positive. |
| 2:02.4 | You're really positive. |
| 2:03.7 | You're really, like, we were talking about Dan Evans' podcast earlier. |
| 2:07.7 | I love him. |
| 2:08.8 | We should officially mention here that you are the first person I'm interviewing who's already heard the show. |
| 2:13.4 | Hooray! |
| 2:14.5 | I win some kind of prize. |
| 2:15.7 | Definitely, definitely. |
| 2:16.7 | You can be an ultra gold sphinx. Yes. There's only one. I was just a super... Was I a super one? You were a super goldsmith before, yeah. Yeah. Ultra. That idea would never have probably been mentioned again had you not excitedly gone. Yay, obviously, gone. But now it lives and it's your fault. So you... So someone, like in a conversation I had with Dan, |
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