Comedy Club - Interviews with South African standup comedians

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New interview: Sean Wilson, hot writer and standup comic working with the Cape Comedy Collective. Interviews Interviews are arranged alphabetically, by comedians' first names from A-Z. Kind of.
I don't watch other comics die - I'd rather wander around outside the venue till they're done. More from Alyn Adams Me and two other comics once did a breakfast gig at a casino in the free state, and only one person was listening out of about 400, I think we were the pioneers of backround comedy. More from Chris Forrest "Good evening, it's great to be here." I've always enjoyed sarcasm. More from Chris McEvoy People say I have an honest face, so they either laugh at me... or vote for me. More from Dave Levinsohn there's always a group of drunk chemical kineticists in the audience, swearing and correcting my math theory. More from Fred Strydom I was doing magic shows which were fairly funny, I needed cash, so I pretended to do comedy too. More from Jason Cope ...some jokes that get applause in Fourways get death threats in Durban, believe me. More from John Vlismas I felt like yanking her off the stage because she made the audience think that all women are silly bitches who cannot be funny. More from Judith Herbig I hear I use my lankiness and my big lips and eyes and stuff. I think I look kind of cute, but hey… More from Kagiso Lediga I'm not going to die, I'm going to be cryogenically frozen until they find an anti-aging device which isn't just a wrinkle-remover. More from Laurence Wilse-Samson I'm not qualified to be anything else. More from Marc Lottering When I auditioned for drama school when I was 12, I was told that I just didn't have anything. I think they're dead... More from Mark Banks First Law of Hysterionics: Please take a deep breath - nothing Really matters 50 seconds after you're dead. More from Mark Sampson Surprisingly I haven't scored as much free sex as I'd anticipated (those interested can post their star signs to my email.) More from Neil It's just a matter of getting the timing right! Like now? An Englishman, an Irishman and Mugabe... More from Nic No. I have no sacred cows. In fact, I have no cows at all. I buy all my milk. More from Rob Fridge I'd like to matter to the people I meant something to. Will it matter to me? That depends on where I am going. Heaven or hell. More from Ronnie Modimola Nepal... the only country in the world that doesn't have a rectangular flag. I am willing to dedicate my life to finding out why. More from Sean Wilson Steal is such an ugly word. I'd prefer to say "I creatively adopt jocular themes?" More from Tshepo Mogale The way I look is exactly what I am and I think contextualises what I talk about - life from a middle age perspective. More from Tracy Klass	What would I do? Probably throw up... in a nice way... if you know what I mean. More from Al Prodgers The word "Papadopolous" is enough to put any ventriloquist into intensive care. More from Conrad Koch My dad couldn't fix the record player and I plugged it in and said" daddy silly cunt"...its a family legend. More from Cokey Falkow Everybody does (steals), a joke doesn't belong to anyone, it's all about your presentation. More from Craig Mischief I have always been trying, always been the clown, the clown. More from David Kau There is no profanity that I have not used in 30 years on stage although strangely enough I have a problem with blasphemy. More from Derek Gordon ...i'd love to be throwing out searing lines about relevant and poignant newsworthy stories but until then, bollocks it will have to be. More from Eidin Griffith Ja ek bly weg van enige Godslasterlike materiaal. Andersins sal ek enigeiets op die verhoog se. More from Gerhard Hauptfleisch Funnily enough, when I see footage of my performances, I never look quite as cute as I felt I did at the time. More from Irit Noble Well, coming from Mitchell's Plain, there's tonnes of mechanics out there. But it all started as the class idiot thing, and worked its way from there. More from Kurt Schoonraad We should be saying the things everyone thinks but seldom says in polite society. More from Marianne Thamm And the funniest thing I said was "look". That was one of the biggest laughs I ever had as a non-comic. More from Martin Jonas I have a nice smile and good breasts. These are great for getting a drink at the bar but a little restricting... More from Melody Shilvane When I was born I weighed 105.lbs and my mother was only "5'1". More from Mel Miller Well, it really pisses off the parents who sent you to varsity to study law. More from Paul Snodgrass "I don`t fit into small scenes... I like making big scenes." More from Petra Schiebe "...my dad always used to say to me: 'Riaad, you can do anything you want to in this world…as long as you become an orthopaedic surgeon first.'" More from Riaad Moosa "Hi, my name is Woss"... I couldn't pronounce my R's as a kid… my psychiatrist says I'm making progress on this... More from Ross Hay "At my concert, I'd want [my schoolteachers] in the front row so I could say, "You paid to listen to my kak." More from Stuart Taylor	Joe Parker Mel Miller Al Prodgers Cokey Falkow Marc Lottering Chris McEvoy John Vlismas David Kau Martin Jonas Magic Man The House Boys Cape Comedy Collective Parker Leisure Management
Ding ding! Round Two: Comedy's come a long way since the comedyclub launched in 1999. It's virtually grown up, and the old interview comedians answered is out of date. So the better known bunch are answering a new, customised set of questions Mark Sampson Q: You have a kid: kindly explain. ...I always wanted to be able to tell my kid "You were conceived half way up Skeleton Gorge with the help of a bungy cord, a jar of honey and a small bee keeper called Gerald". Rest of interview Al Prodgers Q: Has anyone who treated you badly in the past - say, at school - changed their attitude to you? A: "...I see the ghosts of teenage kids floating behind their eyes and I'm reminded that the gap between Clearasil and Viagra is just too damn short. I've seen 'em pissed and I've seen 'em nostalgic, but I've never seen 'em thinking. Rest of interview Ian Fraser Q: When you hear the words "Nelson Mandela" do you get a little warm feeling inside? ...or something else? "As time goes by and this country slides further and further into chaos, I kind've wish he'd emerged from prison and at that first public meeting that evening in Cape Town, he'd yelled 'Lets kill everyone!'" Rest of interview Dave Levinsohn Q: Where would you most like to do your own full-length show? "A talk show... in a phone booth... naked, with guests: Patricia Lewis, Candice Hillebrand and Leon Schuster. What was the question again?" Rest of interview Marc Lottering Q: What's been your most memorable onstage moment of the last year? "An audience in Gauteng sitting through my entire performance with programmes for Aladdin, the pantomime in the venue downstairs." Rest of interview