Russell Howard

Yeah, I've always loved making people laugh. And my mom's very funny. And my dad is very distant. So it's kind of like the perfect combo.

And it's like, I'm sure I'll go to a gig at some stage and see if I can knock that into something.

Yeah.

I used to do loads when I was younger, but I don't really like...

You're trying to kind of, you know, stop her. You're trying to make her... You make him laugh and her not cry. So it was sort of that, really. But, yeah, I don't know. I was always... I loved school, so I was kind of, you know, I was okay academically, but I really loved...

You're trying to kind of, you know, stop her. You're trying to make her... You make him laugh and her not cry. So it was sort of that, really. But, yeah, I don't know. I was always... I loved school, so I was kind of, you know, I was okay academically, but I really loved...

You're trying to kind of, you know, stop her. You're trying to make her... You make him laugh and her not cry. So it was sort of that, really. But, yeah, I don't know. I was always... I loved school, so I was kind of, you know, I was okay academically, but I really loved...

I don't like picking on people.

I've never really been into that of like kind of, you know, rinsing the front row.

Like roasting doesn't really, like English people, we're mean behind each other's backs.

Like we would never say.

That's what I mean.

you know mucking around and yeah just like everyone was funny at school it just felt like it was kind of like a everyone's chipping in and I kind of loved that and kind of just grew up through that and then through I found stand-up and you're so right it's like when you find it I imagine it's how you know you guys said it's exactly the same for you and you now have um and an output for it.

you know mucking around and yeah just like everyone was funny at school it just felt like it was kind of like a everyone's chipping in and I kind of loved that and kind of just grew up through that and then through I found stand-up and you're so right it's like when you find it I imagine it's how you know you guys said it's exactly the same for you and you now have um and an output for it.

you know mucking around and yeah just like everyone was funny at school it just felt like it was kind of like a everyone's chipping in and I kind of loved that and kind of just grew up through that and then through I found stand-up and you're so right it's like when you find it I imagine it's how you know you guys said it's exactly the same for you and you now have um and an output for it.

But the roast, that culture just, I mean, it's beginning to, it's sort of slightly changing, but I kind of think sometimes there, there is a, there's a fine line between an excellent diss and just being rude to somebody.

Do you know what I mean?

And it just, it always makes me feel a bit icky if you're just, if you're kind of like the high status comic who's the expert and you, you know, you're basically calling someone's mum a whore.

It's probably like being a sculptor or a musician or a filmmaker or a screenwriter or whatever it is. But you sort of, when you find that valve that you can hiss your madness out of. And that's the great thing about standup that when people laugh to me, it makes me feel like that they're going, you're not mad. It's fine. Because yes, that's right. You have, but that's all I do. I just, I kind of,

It's probably like being a sculptor or a musician or a filmmaker or a screenwriter or whatever it is. But you sort of, when you find that valve that you can hiss your madness out of. And that's the great thing about standup that when people laugh to me, it makes me feel like that they're going, you're not mad. It's fine. Because yes, that's right. You have, but that's all I do. I just, I kind of,