Seanie's comedy SODcast

Another bitter and twisted look at the London open mic stand-up comedy scene, this week Narin Oz discusses how other forms of comedy like Clown, Bouffon & Impro can help a stand-up develop performance skills We talk about the annual Edinburgh comedy festival and the business case for not going, we also discuss e-begging, solo one man Edinburgh shows who try to crowd fund their free fringe shows with indigogo / kickstarted campaigns

A bitter and twisted look at the London comedy circuit's open mic scene with disaffected comic Seanie & a host of celebrity guests, each week a hot comedy circuit topic will be broached in a cynical but forthright manner with A-List celebrity guests from a broad spectrum of entertainment, ADULTS ONLY explicit content

Episode 4 of the SODcast was mostly recorded LIVE on location at the Christmas Gathering of the Comedy Cuntlective at The Chandos, St Martins Lane London WC2 The only voice worth hearing from the Facebook Comedy Cuntlective Clique was that of Michael Daley who had some very interesting questions, topics and insights Open mic stand-ups, are they wasting their time? how many of them will ever make it a career? how many mainstream TV comics have got where they are because their Fathers work in TV? who are the open mic acts likely to break through? is TV comedy a meritocracy? Stand up comedy, is it pure self indulgence? Yet more observations on observational comedy How has comedy altered / progressed since the birth of "Alternative Comedy" in the 1980's JOKE THIEVES! what are they like?

A cynics view of the egos, spot beggars, censors and Nazi's on the London stand-up comedy circuit Todays episode explores the business sense of putting on free open mic gigs, what motives do promoters have if it isn't about the money? The second hot topic is THE COMEDY POLICE self appointed Nazi's who tell other comics what they can and cannot say NOW with added positivity

A bitter, twisted and cynical look at the London comedy circuit with disaffected wannabe comic Seanie Ruttledge www.seanie.com This weeks guest, comedian Bernard Manning discusses 2 edgy topics, "Is Alternative comedy funny?" and "Sexism in comedy" Female only comedy gigs, brands and competitions, how sexist are they? Are women funny? Why is Hils Jago adding comedians who lack "Star Quality" on Facebook? Bernard & Seanie thrash it all out, there's very few jokes and a whole load of hilarious observations, as is the popular demand

Seanie and Ringo, two bitter, disaffected old men discuss key aspects of the London comedy scene, firstly SPOT BEGGARS, open mic acts who are desperate for stage time at any cost, secondly NEW ACT COMPETITIONS why are there so many and what does winning one actually mean?