Courtney Dawson

And we all do have microphones and you have to do like a certain amount of minutes of improv stand up.

And I had a microphone and I almost started talking back to them when they were talking.

I was like, oh my God, shut up.

It's not your time yet.

Yeah.

Yeah, yeah, they are.

I've done like a little bit in like Melbourne and stuff.

Like whenever I've done shows in Melbourne, they like laugh and they're just like having a great time.

I'm like, wow, this is a piece of piss compared to you have to work for it in New Zealand.

100%.

I've heard lots of international comedians come over and be like, this is like a really good testing ground for new jokes because like if it's not funny, you will not laugh.

Yes.

Yeah.

You got it.

Like a lot of, I would say like American style comedians, a lot of it is like yarns or like long format stories and stuff.

But we're like, give us the jokes.

Yeah.

There's a punchline.

The flip side of that is also like New Zealanders are a little bit shy.

Like I have noticed there's a single bit of light on them.