The Ireland Podcast28 Marras 2023

10. Johnny Graham: Ireland's Smallest Comedy Club

Episode 10. Comedian behind Ireland's Smallest Comedy club which takes place upstairs in Dew Drop Inn, Galway ever Thursday at 9pm. Johnny discusses his early influences, sketches of the priest and Christy Moore, Jasper Carrott, Benny Hill, things you can and can’t say, Ritchie Kavanagh, comedy being the poor relation of the entertainment business - you don’t qualify for Arts Council grants etc, Dermot Roche, Dew Drop Inn, the difference in comedy and music, the requirements of comedy for a live venue, Bob Hennigan, Comedy Festival, Milton Jones, Reginald D. Hunter, Trip Advisor, Hector, Colin Geddis, The Empire, Jerry Sadowitz, the survival techniques of comedians, how comedians can be a bit shorter, how the comedians are in Ireland's Smallest Comedy Club are solid if lesser known, open mic nights, how people shouldn’t feel picked on at a comedy club, solo travellers feeling self conscious at a comedy club, the smoke and mirrors of a comedy act, Will Smith, Chris Rock and the effects on live comedy, punching up and punching down in comedy, trash talk in comedy clubs, why comedy exists, the effects of cancel culture on comedy, calling out the elephant in the room, how comedians come from minority backgrounds, how comedy is like therapy, the oedipus complex, Dara O’Briain, The Ruby Room in The Kings Head in Galway, Tommy Tiernan starting out in comedy, how the likes of Tommy works on a show (in Johnny’s opinion), giving tourists a good old holiday, the transformation of a comedy club back into the upstairs room of a pub, the amount of admin involved in the arts, The Rolling Stones and other topics.

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