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Humourisms Sketch: “Interview With Christopher Nolan”

Posted on June 25, 2012 by | Leave a comment

Humourisms own Damon Blake and George Fox present their featured sketch from last weeks “The Late Late Late Show” Podcast, where Damon manages to get a one on one interview with Dark Knight Rises director, Christopher Nolan.

Damon Blake is a comedy maker and tea-drinker. He likes comic books and hurting people’s feelings.  He’s the Uncle Ben to the bitter loners of Humourisms, ie, his death will motivate them on to greater things.You can find him on Twitter @Damon_Blake writing jokes and crying.

George Fox is a Comedian/ Writer based In Dublin, Ireland. He can be seen performing live at numerous venues across Ireland. Follow him on Twitter or Facebook to find out dates for upcoming shows. He does not know what Christopher Nolan actually sounds like.

 

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Late Night Podcast – George Fox and Damon Blake

Posted on May 11, 2012 by | Leave a comment

For anyone not going out on a Friday night here’s our friend Christian Talbot interviewing the resident Statler and Waldorf (ie dicks) of Humourisms Damon Blake and George Fox.

Seven 2 Ten Podcast 1 – Damon Blake and George Fox by Seven 2 Ten

Damon Blake is a comedy maker and tea-drinker. He likes comic books and hurting people's feelings.  He's the Uncle Ben to the bitter loners of Humourisms, ie, his death will motivate them on to greater things.You can find him on Twitter @blakingpoint writing jokes and crying.

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It’s the Maria Bamford Show!

Posted on April 26, 2012 by | Leave a comment

Ahead of her upcoming appearance on the new series of Louie, Jon Hozier-Byrne talks to comedy legend Maria Bamford about mental health, her biggest fears, and honesty in stand-up

Maria Bamford is not an easy person to talk to. Not in person, of course, where her warm, high-pitched tones express nothing but support and love, not just in response to each question asked, but to Humourisms for asking them. Rather, the difficulty in talking to the LA comic is in getting her on the phone in the first place. After two hours of unanswered phone calls, the stand-up savant finally responds, chatting nonchalantly while wandering around Atlanta, Georgia on one of her many tours.

A veteran of late night talk shows, international comedy festivals, and about every animated show you might care to mention, Bamford shot to fame as the first female comic to have two half-hour Comedy Central specials, as well as with her appearances on tour-turned-film-turned-television series The Comedians of Comedy, alongside Patton Oswalt, Brian Posehn, and Zach Galifianakis. This, coupled with her now legendary series The Maria Bamford Show (which was later featured in the New York Museum of Art and Design), has cemented her place as one of the most original and cerebral alternative comedians working today. Continue reading →

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The Reluctant Messiah – An interview with WTF’s Marc Maron

Posted on April 19, 2012 by | Leave a comment

International comedy icon and posterboy for aspiring comics everywhere, Marc Maron talks to Jon Hozier-Byrne about the WTF podcast, his approach to comedy, and his role as a reluctant saviour of modern stand-up.

More than any other comedian, Marc Maron bridges the generational gap between the traditional American raconteur and the international new-media entrepreneur. In a career spanning three decades, the New Jersey-born, self-proclaimed “New Mexico Jew” has released four comedy albums, produced two half-hour comedy specials for HBO and Comedy Central, written a book, and appeared on Conan O’Brien no less than forty-six times (as well as almost every other television show that allows comics to perform). At the same time, he has pioneered the transition of stand-up comedy from the stage to the browser, hosting the twice-weekly comedy podcast WTF. With twenty-four million unique listeners, WTF was officially named “the biggest and best comedy podcast out there” by Entertainment Weekly, and was described as a “must-listen” by both Vanity Fair and the New York Times. Stand-up comedy is mid-way through the uncomfortable transition between traditional media and what comedian Patton Oswalt describes as “the new comedy circuit”, and since 2009, Maron has been on the forefront of the art form’s evolution. Continue reading →

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