Launching Season 3, Comedian Mick Neven is back! After conquering zombie apocalypses using SAS tactics with Ben and Tim nearly exactly 12 months ago, Mick is back- as a Melon Head!
We talk about what is off limits, being a Melon Head, living in self isolation, about Mick being bullied, how to write gags, stagecraft and the unwritten rules of comedians.
Get your laughing gear around this..... Enjoy!
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Intelligence Summary (INTSUM)
- 03:30 Mick’s statistics on the Unforgiving60 podcast.
- 06:10 2020- The Year in Review for Mick (and Comedians).
- 07:20 Is anything off limits to Mick in his comedy?
- 08:30 Why Melon Head? The name…. and the melon!
- 10:45 Diameters of heads …. and biceps!
- 12:15 Self isolation for a comedic runner.
- 16:30 Running pace for Mick (and Ben)… and 24 hours straight of comedy.
- 23:45 Themes for the new show.
- 25:30 There are positives from COVID-19…. Mick’s view on what one of them is.
- 31:00 Are comedians naturally extroverts? Stage personas…. ‘finding your voice’.
- 33:33 Why don’t great jokes resonate sometimes?
- 38:25 How Mick remembers names and continually brings things back to his audience.
- 40:25 How to craft a joke.
- 42:30 Can you just sit down and write a joke?
- 45:00 Is it possible to move jokes in and out of comedy shows? And what variation on shows?
- 49:25 Is Mick’s house always funny?
- 51:40 Could Mick make Ben & Tim funny?
- 53:40 The unwritten rules of comedy.
- 57:00 Mick’s words of advice to the world.
Music.
Music from The Externals is available on Spotify.
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