We chat to the brilliant clown and veteran comedian, Dave Thompson. He  is probably best known for playing Tinky-Winky in the Teletubbies – especially after he was sacked in July 1997 because the BBC thought his interpretation of the role was ‘unacceptable’.

As a live act, he has worked in the USA, Sweden, France, Ireland, Holland, The Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary, Croatia, Dubai, Oman, and The Falklands as well as on the British circuit. His absurdist physical humour led Ben Elton to write a role for him in his 2000 movie Maybe Babe, as Dave The Comedian, aka Mrs. Furblob. Here is an overview of what we discussed:

[[30:13]] The various comedy and clown personas, what are the problems with comedy teachers

[[37:57]] We are all idiots groping around in the dark

[[56:08]] Who has remained grounded despite their huge success and how being a parent makes you more understanding

[[58:40]] How people can live with failure but can’t live with success

If you would like to know more about Dave Thompson, you can read his book, the sex life of a comedian here for the paperback version:https://amzn.to/3WFzIEj and here for the Kindle version:https://amzn.to/3CeZ8R7. You can also learn physical comedy from dave here:https://bit.ly/3i4tIWG and writing stand up workshop here:https://bit.ly/3IlPkc1. If you would like to know more on Marvin, you can follow him through his Linktree at https://linktr.ee/theflopmaster.