The Ireland Podcast13 Feb 2024

26. Danny O'Brien: Comedian

Episode 26 is a rather contrasting conversation with the mouth clown Danny O'Brien. All with music!

Conversation includes: mouth clowning; Glendalough; Celtic Tiger; taking the career path to being a standup; gigging in Australia; Karl Spain; divorce; Annie’s Song; writing comedy; prison gigs; Slash; alcoholism; heroin; 100 days of sobriety; Al Pacino; going on stage sober; gambling; masking trauma; performing in Róisín Dubh; adapting a show; Oliver with the mullet who is not a groupie (we think); logistics; the freedom of being on stage; Liam Ó Maonlaí; Whelans and The Ruby Sessions; watching Eddie Murphy during a babysitting session; Spirit Nightclub; The Laughter Lounge; Johnny Graham; going to the gym; doing hundreds of gigs a year; Paul Moran; the increased productivity that comes with sobriety; embracing sobriety; going to a meeting; tips for going to the movie with smaller kids; Bill Burr; Jim Jefferies; Foil Arms and Hog; Colin Geddes; Lavery’s Comedy Club; Galway Comedy Festival; YouTube; testing material in the club; punters hearing the same material twice; the Edinburgh Festival Fringe; Adelaide Fringe Festival; Rory O’Hanlon; the evolution of Joe Strummer; corporate gigs; Christian Bale and Prince; pwc as well as other topics.

Danny was concerned about his singing performance at the end so we promised him that we would sort it out with a soupçon of auto-tune. (You're welcome Danny!)

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