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Regularly popping up on our tellyboxes, the wireless, podcasts (including his own, The Substantial Meal) and YouTube, but it’s on
I never really wanted to be a comedian. I’d seen stand up on the TV growing up and there were some funny people but I never thought that I’d be someone who would do what they did.
Then I had the idea of doing stand-up as
My main two goals haven’t changed since leaving college, and
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Angolo: Mirth Maker
aving delivered one of the finest and funniest stand-up routines
young GG has ever seen at a recent Harbour Bar stormer, it’s a joy to see Martin Angolo coming to town.
Regularly popping up on our tellyboxes, the wireless, podcasts (including his own, The Substantial Meal) and YouTube, but it’s on
the stage where this award-winning Dublin comedian shines brightest.
Mainly because of all the lights.
Coming to The Whale on Saturday 17th, we finally managed to corner the ridiculously busy comedian to find out where the funny comes from, and where it’s going…
I never really wanted to be a comedian. I’d seen stand up on the TV growing up and there were some funny people but I never thought that I’d be someone who would do what they did.
I thought the arrogance of these people to go on stage and act like they’re the funniest person in the room, they must be mentally ill. Having done stand up for nearly ten years I can confirm that I was right
I wanted to be a comedy writer from a young age. In primary school, I’d write short stories and characters, and occasionally when there was time to kill at the end of a school day, a teacher would let me read one of my stories and I’d get a couple of laughs.
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School daze…