Russell Howard
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And it's a really tight, authentic, lovely connection.
Like, if you don't have, you know, if society has changed, and my God, it changed during COVID, it's kind of, it's so, these become the constants, you become the constants, you're the chat, people are kind of listening to you, and it's, I don't know.
yeah i kind of it's beautiful it gives you a layer it gives you an extra layer as an english comic because you're you're on holiday and you feel like weirdly you're representing your country and you're analyzing theirs on top of all the kind of natural stand-up that i have anyway so i love it at the politics of the united states uh do you poke at the yeah i mean yeah i have to bone up on it
yeah i kind of it's beautiful it gives you a layer it gives you an extra layer as an english comic because you're you're on holiday and you feel like weirdly you're representing your country and you're analyzing theirs on top of all the kind of natural stand-up that i have anyway so i love it at the politics of the united states uh do you poke at the yeah i mean yeah i have to bone up on it
yeah i kind of it's beautiful it gives you a layer it gives you an extra layer as an english comic because you're you're on holiday and you feel like weirdly you're representing your country and you're analyzing theirs on top of all the kind of natural stand-up that i have anyway so i love it at the politics of the united states uh do you poke at the yeah i mean yeah i have to bone up on it
I have to really, because, and by also, I'm really interested in trying to find the middle ground because it feels like so much, you know, so much has been weaponized and, and, and people are, it's so tribal and people are pitted against each other. And fundamentally, most people are, People aren't one thing or another, but they've been forced into it, whether it's politically or comedically.
I have to really, because, and by also, I'm really interested in trying to find the middle ground because it feels like so much, you know, so much has been weaponized and, and, and people are, it's so tribal and people are pitted against each other. And fundamentally, most people are, People aren't one thing or another, but they've been forced into it, whether it's politically or comedically.
I have to really, because, and by also, I'm really interested in trying to find the middle ground because it feels like so much, you know, so much has been weaponized and, and, and people are, it's so tribal and people are pitted against each other. And fundamentally, most people are, People aren't one thing or another, but they've been forced into it, whether it's politically or comedically.
So basically my wife's a doctor and she was supposed to come on tour with me and she was having like a career break in 2020.
She was off work and then COVID really kind of escalated and she kind of knew she had to go back.
And two of her friends lived with elderly relatives.
And this was the beginning of COVID when we didn't kind of know what it was.
You've got to be this and you've got to be into that. Whereas it's a bit like a buffer. You kind of pick and choose. There's things that I am really right wing about. There's things I'm super liberal about. And that's everybody, I think. And the brilliant thing about laughter is that it's always... it's so kind of connecting.
You've got to be this and you've got to be into that. Whereas it's a bit like a buffer. You kind of pick and choose. There's things that I am really right wing about. There's things I'm super liberal about. And that's everybody, I think. And the brilliant thing about laughter is that it's always... it's so kind of connecting.