Greg Larsen tells a familiar story of life as a comedian during 2020. He had a show ready to debut at the Melbourne Comedy Festival when covid cancelled the festival. But rather than scramble to move his work online, Larsen had been podcasting for some time, and had built a loyal audience. 

“I was doing a one man play. And it was probably the most ambitious show I've ever done. And I spent a lot of work on it, a lot of time on it, and then it was cancelled. Okay.”

Before I had a chance to offer condolences, Larsen was quick to point out “people working on a check out counter or in a distribution centre” have had a worse year than he has. 

“I’m in two minds about it, to be honest, because on the one hand, there's been a lot of shit stuff that's happened and a lot of work that's been lost. But on the other hand, it's actually been quite good for someone like me, who makes podcasts, to do that more.”

Larsen’s podcast The Grub, is a sketch comedy podcast with Anne Edmonds and Ben Russell. When the pandemic hit, the group moved many of their episodes behind a Patreon paywall.

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