Alan Carr

But they're also...

anecdotes about you know all the all the fantastic people who were my contemporaries like lee evans and harry hill yeah and i had such a wonderful time especially starting out in comedy yeah you know i remember years ago i was talking to paul merton and he was there was some talent show for new comedians they had five minutes of stuff you know

And that's just starting.

And the prize was you go into development with a production company.

And Paul said to me, that's the prize.

That's where the real hell begins.

When you're in development for two years and nothing comes of it.

You don't even get the five years of fun.

Yeah, yeah.

Where you're just gigging and going around in cars and, you know, it's really great fun, isn't it?

No, exactly.

And in fact, in that time, I mean, I had similar stories with Sean Locke and Ian Cognito and Steve Murray in a car.

And all of them, sadly enough, all passed away.

But what a laugh we had driving around Liverpool and Manchester.

But no, there was no one ahead of you.

making millions of pounds.

No, no.

On the so-called alternative comedy circuit, you know.

Jack D got on Channel 4 and we thought, it's like Robert De Niro.

Yeah.