Craig Ferguson

You remember that? So I thought, when I was here, I thought, well, I'd love to try stand-up comedy again, see how it works. And there used to be a thing at the comic strip, there was a guy who's died now, but it was a guy called Lucian Hole who was in charge of all that. And And I... There used to be a... You would go up there at 10 a.m.

You remember that? So I thought, when I was here, I thought, well, I'd love to try stand-up comedy again, see how it works. And there used to be a thing at the comic strip, there was a guy who's died now, but it was a guy called Lucian Hole who was in charge of all that. And And I... There used to be a... You would go up there at 10 a.m.

You remember that? So I thought, when I was here, I thought, well, I'd love to try stand-up comedy again, see how it works. And there used to be a thing at the comic strip, there was a guy who's died now, but it was a guy called Lucian Hole who was in charge of all that. And And I... There used to be a... You would go up there at 10 a.m.

on a Monday morning and get a... There would be all these stand-up comedians waiting outside, these kids, and you would take a lottery ticket out of a basket, and if your number was called, they would pick 10 people every Monday morning.

on a Monday morning and get a... There would be all these stand-up comedians waiting outside, these kids, and you would take a lottery ticket out of a basket, and if your number was called, they would pick 10 people every Monday morning.

on a Monday morning and get a... There would be all these stand-up comedians waiting outside, these kids, and you would take a lottery ticket out of a basket, and if your number was called, they would pick 10 people every Monday morning.

We did. They still did it up until like 10 years ago. All right, so you pull the ticket, and if you get called the following Monday, you get a spot. It's kind of like an open-the-mic spot. And... I pulled the ticket. I didn't get called. And so I said to the guy, the barman who was running it, the guy who was just behind the bar, he was like, I said, what do I do with this then?

We did. They still did it up until like 10 years ago. All right, so you pull the ticket, and if you get called the following Monday, you get a spot. It's kind of like an open-the-mic spot. And... I pulled the ticket. I didn't get called. And so I said to the guy, the barman who was running it, the guy who was just behind the bar, he was like, I said, what do I do with this then?

We did. They still did it up until like 10 years ago. All right, so you pull the ticket, and if you get called the following Monday, you get a spot. It's kind of like an open-the-mic spot. And... I pulled the ticket. I didn't get called. And so I said to the guy, the barman who was running it, the guy who was just behind the bar, he was like, I said, what do I do with this then?

Do I come back next week and try again? And he said, where are you from? I said, Scotland.

Do I come back next week and try again? And he said, where are you from? I said, Scotland.

Do I come back next week and try again? And he said, where are you from? I said, Scotland.

All right, so he put me in. And I got a spot the following week. And I did OK. I did OK. I got a few laughs. And so they asked me back the following week.

All right, so he put me in. And I got a spot the following week. And I did OK. I did OK. I got a few laughs. And so they asked me back the following week.

All right, so he put me in. And I got a spot the following week. And I did OK. I did OK. I got a few laughs. And so they asked me back the following week.

week to do it again now this time I'm starting to get worried because I can't earn any money because I don't have that visa so I go back the next week and and it was okay everything worked out fine because I was shit and they said yeah this guy's a flash in the pan at best yeah so is your was it a son or a daughter you had with your second wife two kids you have two kids two boys with the same mom or different mom different mom okay how far apart are they

week to do it again now this time I'm starting to get worried because I can't earn any money because I don't have that visa so I go back the next week and and it was okay everything worked out fine because I was shit and they said yeah this guy's a flash in the pan at best yeah so is your was it a son or a daughter you had with your second wife two kids you have two kids two boys with the same mom or different mom different mom okay how far apart are they

week to do it again now this time I'm starting to get worried because I can't earn any money because I don't have that visa so I go back the next week and and it was okay everything worked out fine because I was shit and they said yeah this guy's a flash in the pan at best yeah so is your was it a son or a daughter you had with your second wife two kids you have two kids two boys with the same mom or different mom different mom okay how far apart are they

About nine and a half years.

About nine and a half years.