Derek Mooney
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Podcast Appearances
I think there was one point where he wasn't too sure if he had skipped a page because you could see him just kind of flittering through the pages to make sure.
I was joining one of the applause lines just to make sure that he hadn't gone over a page.
And that goes back to the Prince Philip line, which is, except the key element is keep your speech as short as possible.
Editing is the key to any writing.
And go back through every word.
It's almost like a comedian crafting a joke.
Remove as many words as you possibly can to make it easier for the audience to absorb.
Stick your headphones on, everybody.
We're going to say hello now to Helena Golden.
Lovely to talk to you.
Helena is known as the Willow Woman.
So tell everybody, first of all, why you're known as the Willow Woman.
Lovely Leitrim, a lovely part of the world.
Now, tell us all about the blue tit that you sent in to me.
Well, you didn't send the blue tit in, but you sent a video of a blue tit.
And we showed a clip of it on the Today Show the other day with Dahi and Sinead.
And it was really wonderful.