The Comedian's Comedian Podcast

330 - Alexei Sayle

The godfather of British alternative comedy, Alexei Sayle is always at the edge of catastrophe. The star of The Young Ones, Alexei Sayle’s Stuff, The Comic Strip Presents, many more and now his Imaginary Sandwich Bar, gets stuck into why inauthenticity is his bugbear, how to make the most of creative discomfort, the earliest days of the Comedy Store, and the transition from counterculture to national treasure. In 30 mins of extras available only to the Insiders Club, Alexei talks about his real feelings towards Ben Elton, and the current crop of arena comics; how he re-fit his show about political optimism when the wind changed; and identifies a link between standup and martial arts regarding the energy of the audience and his own… Available now only at <a href="http://www.comedianscomedian.com/insiders" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.comedianscomedian.com/insiders</a> See Alexei on tour now! Details at <a href="http://www.alexeisayle.me/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.alexeisayle.me</a> Thanks to Ellen Frost at Bloomsbury Theatre @bloomstheatre Stuart Goldsmith's Edinburgh Fringe show "The Void" is onside now at <a href="http://tinyurl.com/stu2020" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">tinyurl.com/stu2020</a> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

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