information not worth knox'xing on the hasis of :ts never getting made.
Obadiah It sounded like Channel :3.
Miles I was asked on The Big Breakfast. i‘.'.’l(3(3.
To do what?
Miles No idea. I should imagine the format the; would have used would have l)(}(}l‘ to sit me on a sofa and get someone really stupid to ask me lots o‘ dim questions. Not unlike now.
Comedy classes for newcomers. Good or bad?
Obadiah I did. Des did. lv‘iiles did
Garth I didn't do anything that had to do with classes or workshops.
Eddie That's Obyiously a good thing thei‘. lf tnese three chaps did. then it's thumhs up for me.
Des Personally they didn't do anything for me. l :ld the comedy classes and then never went into COmedy till eighteen months later.
Eddie lt plante< a wee seed there. though
Des I don't know. it can't teach you ho'.'.' to lze ‘-.i"".
but then I don't think it says it ‘.'.’|li.
Miles Well it's the same if you go to dra'na s<:ne<:., it can shape you but there's only so muo“ tne, car rio.
I certainly wouldn't do what I do n()‘.'.' If I hadn't ham to the classes. Obadiah I think it taught me thCK shit about doing;
gigs. I'm not trying to he arrogant. out there was a (:1
of peooie there who were shit and you t.'.'-::-r'e :rette' than them. so it gives you (:onfideme to go ‘o' something mOre. And :1 gives you the chance 1:; network and to meet other comedians.
Des That's the thing I got out of ;‘. It got ',<;u it: "‘eet
other comedians and knox'.’ where tl‘e gigs And that's it. But really you could l‘ave acne itia'. :21.
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Adam Bloom let us into the rules of stand-up comedy. Ever tempted?
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Garth Cruikshank and Eddie McCabe play Departure Lounge @ PopRockit, Edinburgh, every Wed, and the Snatch Club, Liquid Room, Edinburgh, every Thu; Reverend Obadiah and Miles Jupp will appear monthly at the Live Floor Show, the Stand, Glasgow; Des Clarke gigs regularly around Scotland. Many thanks to the Stand for hosting this interview. P