Dan and Nina Conti discuss what it's like improvising an entire ventriloquism show with up to 11 audience participants at once for an hour; something Dan can only imagine, but Nina does every night, in her show "In Your Face" at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival.

Dan and Nina Conti discuss what it's like improvising an entire ventriloquism show with up to 11 audience participants at once for an hour; something Dan can only imagine, but Nina does every night, in her show "In Your Face" at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival.

Dan Debuf (from Dan and Maz and the comedy group Lords of Luxury) is at the 2016 Melbourne International Comedy Festival, interviewing comedians so he can claim the whole thing as a tax deduction.

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Episode 5: Nina Conti

This is the final COMEDY CHAT! Well, until the next comedy festival rolls along. Or maybe just until I want to talk to someone funny. Who knows? It's a moveable feast. What a note to end on: I talk to Mark and Shenoah about their Melbourne International Comedy Festival show "Pterodactyl Nights," their worst gig ever, KickStarters, Breaking Bad, writing a sitcom, Aunty Donna, nerves, and what you do when you can't squeeze a sofa into a theatre. Bellissimo.

This is the final COMEDY CHAT! Well, until the next comedy festival rolls along. Or maybe just until I want to talk to someone funny. Who knows? It's a moveable feast. What a note to end on: I talk to Mark and Shenoah about their Melbourne International Comedy Festival show "Pterodactyl Nights," their worst gig ever, KickStarters, Breaking Bad, writing a sitcom, Aunty Donna, nerves, and what you do when you can't squeeze a sofa into a theatre. Bellissimo.

Episode 10: The Pajama Men

After some initial awkwardness where I told Kyle I didn't enjoy some of his material (my fault not his), we got back on track and had an enlightening and hilarious chats about gout, why tragedy is hilarious, how to put together an hour of comedy, advice from Louis CK, racing pizzas, being a roman emperor, avoiding political humour, and Sam Simmons smashing tacos. Kyle's show at Melbourne International Comedy Festival is "Terrestrial Woes" and despite my wooziness about his doctor material, I bloody loved it.

After some initial awkwardness where I told Kyle I didn't enjoy some of his material (my fault not his), we got back on track and had an enlightening and hilarious chats about gout, why tragedy is hilarious, how to put together an hour of comedy, advice from Louis CK, racing pizzas, being a roman emperor, avoiding political humour, and Sam Simmons smashing tacos. Kyle's show at Melbourne International Comedy Festival is "Terrestrial Woes" and despite my wooziness about his doctor material, I bloody loved it.

Episode 9: Kyle Kinane

I always love chatting to Paul Foot and spending time in his brain. Today in there we saw, and spoke about, some bats, David O'Doherty, a wall called Kenneth, my walking style, more bats, Tim Vine, and talking gherkins. Paul's show at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival is called "An Evening With Mr Paul Foot".

I always love chatting to Paul Foot and spending time in his brain. Today in there we saw, and spoke about, some bats, David O'Doherty, a wall called Kenneth, my walking style, more bats, Tim Vine, and talking gherkins. Paul's show at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival is called "An Evening With Mr Paul Foot".

Episode 5: Nina Conti

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