The incredible Ross Noble joins Seann Walsh on Class Clown to discuss his savvy career moves, why saying " No" is more powerful than saying "Yes" and the influence of Eddie Izzard, Jasper Carrot & Billy Connolly. Ross talks about his surprisingly strong performance on Celebrity Apprentice, achieving incredible success despite being dyslexic and achieving only two GCSE's.

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00:00 Panel Shows and Saying "No"

04:17 Building His Comedy Audience

08:18 Career Savvy

13:25 ADHD, Evolving Language

16:58 Labelled "Bonkers"

21:40 Early Comedy Inspirations & Career Goals

28:08 Life Philosophies

30:51 Celebrity Apprentice

36:47 Confidence & Responsibility

42:20 Terrible Grades, Amazing Parents

51:20 Growing Up In Cramlington

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In Part 2 of our Horatio Gould interview he talks first fights, first kisses, the significance of his early crush on Jennifer Lawrence and how Monty Python, Stewart Lee and Michael McIntyre influenced his comedy career. He also shares the story of how putting a play on for his school might be the highlight of his career so far and shares why he's glad he didn't go to film school. He also gives advice on what he would say for anyone who wants to pursue a creative career.

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00:00 Being Punched

06:20 First Time Drunk

08:30 Jennifer Lawrence & Not Driving

10:36 First Kiss

11:23 Monty Python, The Life Of Brian

13:00 Michael McIntyre & Stewart Lee

24:16 Writing A Play & Ambitions

34:20 Advice

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Dr Natalie Cawley joins Seann to dissect all the themes from our live Class Clown Podcast record with Essex's best boy, Josh James - Childhood Guilt, Bullying, Flow State and Denial! It's all covered here! Plus, Seann reads a very funny story from one of our Patreons!

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00.00 Denial

06.23 Flow State & Creativity

16.59 Childhood Guilt

23.45 Listener Stories - Bad Lunch

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The phenomenal Horatio Gould, co-host of Fin Vs History & Boys Gone Wild and behind the scenes creative of Fin Vs Internet, joins Class Clown and reveals his comedy origin story which occurred in French class, how his love for History birthed one of the UK's biggest podcasts and how the combination of having an aspirational working class father and a middle class mum gives him a unique perspective on class.

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Stewart Lee gets deep about how being adopted had a profound effect on his outlook and career choice, his early comedy influences and how why considers luck to be such a key factor in his success as a stand up comedian. He also talks growing up in Solihull, his grandparents view that reading was "nancy boys" and the effect seeing The Two Ronnies at 8 years old later fed into one of his routines.

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07:13 Adoption

16:46 Different Approaches To Comedy

20:30 Comedy Being Easier Than Life

24:08 Stewart At School

25:10 Early Comedy Influences

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Stewart Lee gives his characteristically honest takes on the performers who chose to play the Riyadh Comedy festival in Saudi Arabia, why he's not into the Oasis reunion despite liking their work, why the current state of Marvel is in direct opposition to what the brand once stood for, why Star Trek is superior to Star Wars (and why Star Trek is better for people with autism).

He also shares a story about getting beaten up by teenagers a few years ago, his love of Top Trumps, why you'll soon be able to buy an action figure of him and why you shouldn't use Chat GPT to write interview questions.

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00:00 Intro, Chat GPT

04:05 Panini Stickers V Top Trumps

09:02 Riyadh Comedy Festival

10:46 Star Wars, Star Trek, Marvel

20:26 Modern Comedy Industry

22:30 Oasis Reunion

26:19 Only Fools & Horses V Blackadder

27:48 Bad Behaviour

31:20 Being Beaten Up Recently

39:30 Early Drinking Stories

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Dr Natalie Cawley is back for another Bonus episode with Seann Walsh breaking down our amazing episode with Boy George, where she discusses family dynamics, the power of denial, the concept of "twinship" as it relates to our teenage years, the potent effects of social media on mental health and how Bonnie Blue is an example of the extremity of where this has gotten to.

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00:00 - Bullying, Long Term Effects

09:23 - Effects of Being Expelled

14:56 - Bonnie Blue, Trauma Creation

20:11 - Bonnie Blue Documentary

21:49 - Denial in Families

26:41 - Listener Story - Crowdsurfing Goes Bad

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In Part 2 of this incredible interview, Russell gets deep, discussing his love for raving, and how he met an upper class girl who opened his mind to the possibilities ofa life much greater than what was promised to him and how this completely changed his approach to life. He talks about living with his hilarious Nan, the secret sauce to what makes his comedy specials so powerful, how Russell Howard gave him advice that altered his comedic subject matter, his thoughts on Russell Brand's use of language and how it differs to his own and the advice he would give to anyone wanting to achieve a high level of success in comedy, that can be applied to any profession. We also chat his early life as salesman selling Rolex watches!

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00:00 - Teaser

00:45 - Russell's Comedy Style

06:01 - Finishing School, Bad Results

11:20 - Selling Rolex's/First Love

13:10 - Eccentric Nan

16:06 - How Raving Changed his Life

19:40 - Angry Awakening

27:18 - Competing With Private School Kids

31:16 - Russell Brand, use of language

34:09 - Russell's favourite comedians

35:33 - Advice

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Seann Walsh and Dr. Natalie Cawley break down our incredibly revealing interview with the brilliant Mike Rice. They dive into the psychological reasons why teenager years are so difficult, some potential ADHD markers that Mike exhibited as a youngster, the effect of late puberty and the anxiety that that lead to. Elsewhere, they get into on stage persona and the concept of Shadow Self, and Seann reveals the underpinning philosophy of his own comedy persona.

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00:00 - Teen Nightmare

03:37 - Late Puberty, Body Image

09:05 - Fighting, Possible ADHD

14:29 - Mike's Persona, Shadow Self

16:13 - Seann's Comedy Philosophy

19:56 - Anxiety, DBT as coping mechanism

23:17 - Listener Stories

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The phenomenal Russell Kane talks to Seann Walsh about growing up in council housing, the pluses and minuses of having a scary "Ray Winstone"- style Dad, playing Dungeons & Dragons, the dangers of being a self proclaimed "Jester Bellend" and what makes someone statistically more likely to find success in comedy, and what makes you more likely to find success in Football and sports.

We do our usual nostalgia-drenched either/or quiz where Russell makes the case that The Prodigy are the dance music equivalent of Oasis.

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00:00 - Episode Preview and Intro

01:17 - Nostalgic Either/Or Quiz

03:59 - Russell's love for Dungeons & Dragons

07:26 - Childhood Foolishness and Having A Scary dad

16:29 - Life in Council Housing in Enfield

22:45 - Family Heritage

27:07 - Aristotle, Early Performing and School Popularity

32:58 - What makes someone likely to be a Comedian vs a Footballer

37:20 - Intelligence, Power of a Strong Father Figure

49:39 - Russell Kane Part 2 Preview

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