Interview with Comedian Jaymie Wilson, who started performing
comedy in 2006 (14 February to be precise). He’s got several
MICF shows under his belt (including one with guinea pigs), and
he’s been performing Puppetry of the Penis for 4 years.
Jaymie performs locally, interstate and overseas, and in his
first year of comedy he did a staggering 506 gigs!
We discuss: quitting real estate and getting straight into
comedy, his awesome first gig - but bombing for the next 8 months,
jumping right in the deep end at the interview for Puppetry of the
Penis, being on stage in front of a large crowd just a few days
afterwards, Jaymie’s personal relationship issues when a request
for a paternity test showed up in the mail, the subsequent ups and
downs of his mental state, the delay of results due to the legal
process, how his stage partner deals with spontaneous erections,
how Jaymie met his current partner in quite a memorable way, his
parents’ professions and Dad’s unorthodox methods, addictive
personalities and minds, drug of choice = comedy, 506 gigs in one
year and reflections on the guy who beat that record, gig jealousy
and stage anger, dealing with a period of depression, avoidance of
drugs and alcohol, the constructive methods Jaymie uses to manage
mental health issues nowadays, Jaymie’s super powers, and the
message of not being afraid to be different, and sharing advice
from Comedian Chris Bennett – make sure your act cannot be
followed.
