English - Comedian | June 8, 1967 -
Apathy in youth culture is pretty stark.
Dominic Holland
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Stand-up comedy is not for the faint-hearted or the thin-skinned.
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A barrel of laughs should be enough, but it's not. A good review is official and endures. A bad one is like a tub of Flora. It spreads easily and lasts for the whole festival.
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Even though Bandos is one of the biggest islands in the Maldives, it only takes 20 minutes to walk round. All it has are some chalets and a little harbour centre with three restaurants and a bar. The food is magnificent.
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I always think stand-up is the most brutal environment for a comedian.
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I was spectacularly average at school, while my two brothers did really well academically. But my dad never said I didn't try hard enough. He knew I did my best.
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When I was a little boy, I was fascinated by the way my dad used to laugh at the telly, and from a very early age, I had an idea of what was funny and why people laughed.
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Making people laugh is the only thing I've ever done naturally.
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All kids should vote - it gives them the opportunity to whinge afterwards because you can't complain if you haven't voted.
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Where I live in south London, it is a very Tory area, so a Labour vote is a wasted vote. My leanings would certainly be not to vote Tory.
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Tom has a gilded life which I have had a glimpse of. Yes, he does travel in private jets.
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The garden is something I always try to get into, but it always beats me.
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