BY TOM STOCKLEY Welcome back, readers, to another ill-thought out and mildly inebriated piece of journalism from your favourite dilettantes. This month, we were felicitous enough to catch the latest show from "mid-sized television personality, failed jazz musician and 1990 East Leinster under 14s triple jump bronze medallist" David O'Doherty at Bristol's Tobacco Factory. Known for his brand of erratic, often musical, occasionally otter-based comedy; we caught up* with David for 60 seconds of unbridled journalistic lunacy. *wandered into his dressing room unannounced and slightly drunk, and were more than courteously obliged despite placing him in a situation that many would refer to as irksome at best. Here's what we asked him (Pullitzer Prize imminent): HI DAVID Why are you here and what do you want? * some time elapses in which we pretend to be proper journalists and garble some nonsense about an interview, to which David graciously consents * 1. MARMALADE OR JAM? Neither. Fruit should not, under any circumstances, be cooked. 2. BRISTOL IN THREE WORDS? Excellent. Bicycle. Shops. 3. FAVOURITE QUICHE? I'm very consistent in my views. Tomato, as a fruit, should not be cooked. So no quiche. 4. IF YOU WEREN'T YOU, WHO WOULD YOU BE? Ernest Shackleton, the famous (and dead) explorer At this point, we really should have asked why, and revealed some candid life philosophy from a brilliant comedian. Unfortunately, we were still thinking about quiche. 5. A PIECE OF ADVICE TO YOUNG COMEDIANS? Don't listen to old fuckers like me. We know nothing and we're very boring. 6. FINALLY, WHO WOULD WIN IN A FIGHT BETWEEN YOU AND CHRIS O'DOWD? Well, he's a good friend and a very nice man. We were both quite athletic when we were younger but he's much fitter than me now - so if it came to it he'd probably pulverise me. THANKS DAVID! I'm going to find my friends now... David performs You Have To Laugh once more at Tobacco Factory TONIGHT, before continuing his tour across the UK. More information HERE, and we recommend a peek at his wonderfully shambolic website HERE.
Tom Stockley is an incredibly average writer, poet, artist, organiser and turtle connoisseur. The last time he attempted anything remotely similar to David O'Doherty was when he performed an hour of poorly prepared musical comedy to a crowd of middle class goths, receiving such high acclaim as '...awful' and 'the worst thing i have ever seen'. To subject yourself to future works of intellectual integrity, click THIS LINK RIGHT HERE
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