Marcus Brigstocke has his maiden stand-up DVD,Planet Corduroy, out on sale now.
Its good, too, as our impending review will testify.
It takes 2 minutes, and involves, er, us offering to sing.
Marcus rings us back, and all is well.]
What Id have liked to have done is to do a commentary on the commentary.
To have someone else do the commentary on the commentary on the extra.
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Did you try?
No, it only occurs to me too late to do these things.
Theres nothing to commentate on, Im already saying it.
That seems to be the key element.
And obviously we came up with the lighting directors commentary…
We went through that too…!
What have I missed?
Its degrading on a bacterial level.
I suspect it ultimately is.
If you buy corduroy made from organic cotton which I have done then yes, its good stuff.
Putting your name into Google, we get 105,000 results… 105,000?
!105,000, yes.
Did you have any idea about just how much that would roll when you did it originally?
The point is embracing the idea of being a human who is responsible for their own actions on Earth.
So I did a proactive atheist, almost a character thing actually, which I was equally proud of.
The thing about your stand-up is that, its fair to say you dont take the easy option.
Youre talking about very real David Blaine aside issues.
Theres clearly a lot of passion underlying what youre talking about.
I think youd find it very tiresome!
But yes, those are the rules of my stand-up.
But the basic rule is if I dont care about it, I dont talk about it.
So, when I do a stand up show I put my heart and soul into it.
If I say that I dislike something, I think its important to be honest about it.
That these issues are finding a platform particularly through comedy right now?
Any of those things you could see anywhere in the world now.
And to ignore that is actually a decision people are making.
But with climate change, the approach that most people have is to deliberately not look at the information.
So how long does it take you to put it all together and get the balance right?
But new material comes along, so its impossible to say.
Do you know the battered chippy?!
Thisll be the chippy that you say sells battered chips.
Well, no, actually!
There is no chippy in Bromsgrove that sells batter on chips…!
I have a witness!
They might have changed it.
But theres definitely a chippy in Bromsgrove that does them.
I know, because Ive been there every week since.
Who would you like to meet the least out of your rantees?
David Blaine, Lynne Truss or George W Bush?
Bush Im not bothered.
I think I say and imply in the show that hes thick, but thats not the real problem.
Thats an amazing thing for a President to be.
Why?He said it today.
Its a show that youve been involved with a lot, both hosting and as a guest.
Are you one whos going to join the people moving away from it?
I absolutely love it.
I didnt think it was hosted particularly well.
I think its a tremendous show.
I think what people sometimes forget is that its not that topical.
The missing words are from the papers, but theyre whatever the funny thing happens to be.
Its a comedy show first, and topical, political and all the rest of it second.
And Paul is one of the funniest people and can improvise topics.
Maybe they had a crap host on?
When Will Self was on or something?
Whereas I thought Beyond The Sea was fascinating.
I didnt think it all worked, but it was fascinating nonetheless.
It must have been a hell of a project to be in the midst of?It was unbelievable.
And Kevin is … look at me on first name terms!
And he did it with one sweeping camera movement.
And to watch this man who had created the idea of that film doing it was unbelievable.
And I agree, I didnt think that the film completely worked.
The main reason being that not that many people really care about Bobby Darins life story.
He managed a couple of great tunes along the way, but not that many people actually care.
Whereas Kevin is passionate about it, and always has been.
Hes a lifelong fan of Bobby Darins.
But it was a trip.
And since then almost nothing had taken place there!
And some first name terms as well!
And some first name terms!
And hes a great guy, yknow, the stuff hes done at the Old Vic is fantastic.
Were lucky to have him in this country.
For the site at the moment, were working on coming up with our favourite Christmas movies.
And almost noone got it, on a live show, on TV.
And I had to bail out of it!
Are you going back on tour next year?
Yeah, taking lots of comics to the Alps for two weeks to tell jokes on snow.
And after that I dont know to be honest.
And Ill certainly be doing the festivals next year.
But then Ill be taking a big chunk of time of.
Ive just bought myself a motorhome, a seven berth!
So Ill be taking an eco-friendly seven week holiday around Europe.Take it down the Alps!
So Ill be doing that.
Youll be a moving target.
I always knew he was a comic, but now hes a gypsy as well!
Marcus, thanks for your time…!
Planet Corduroy is available now, priced at 19.99.
Catch up with the latest from Marcus at his official website:www.marcusbrigstocke.com
