Lying on the beach in agony, waiting for an ambulance that never showed up, one thing was clear to the comedian: this would definitely make it into his stand-up show.
Awkward. She is elderly and I need to check in. But my phone is recording our chat. Plus, I don’t want to end up as fodder for one of Australia’s sharpest stand-ups.Hughesy, as he is universally known, encourages me to take the call, wearing an expression I can’t quite interpret.
It turns out that the man whose comedy often riffs on being a typical Aussie bloke is both a teetotaller and a vegan. Interesting. I am on unfamiliar territory, but reassuringly there is a McDonald’s down the street.The 53-year-old is dressed unassumingly in jeans, boots a checked shirt, and has stand-up hair. His clear-framed glasses are missing one arm. He’s warmer and less gruff than his comedy persona, with a very active mind that continually takes delight in life.
“I’ve never cancelled a gig through illness, I don’t believe. I’ve been on stage with a bucket next to the stage with full nausea and done stand-up comedy.” In fact, ever since he started in stand-up in Perth, turning his embarrassment at being on the dole into laughs. He moved west after dropping out of university in the regional Victorian city of Warrnambool and jumping in a car with a mate.He had just turned 22 and stopped drinking in a country town where alcohol was everything. That was a very mature decision for someone so young, I venture.“I could see how I didn’t want my life to go. I’d seen the stresses that drinking can do to families.
“When I’m bulletproof as a stand-up comedian is when I can look out of the crowd and look at someone who isn’t laughing. Someone who obviously doesn’t find me funny, someone who regrets their decision to be in that room.
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