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Comedy Best Of

Mar 28, 202444 min
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Well I hope you’re up for a laugh, cos this Take 5 is a special one. As comedy festival season kicks it around Australia, I’ve dug into the Take 5 archives and pulled out some of my favourite chats with comedians. Unsurprisingly, they’re great storytellers. And as we know from almost 20 years of Taking 5, everyone has a connection to music.

There’s another throughline to these tales too, they all speak to adventure; to shifting to a new place for a new perspective, and often a whole new beginning.

You’ll hear Celia Pacquola remember her early shows making it big in Edinburgh, Fred Armisen talk about his transition from music to comedy, Rose Matafeo’s Rastafarian parents, how Steph Tisdell was gonna be a lawyer before hopping on a plane to the UK, and Simon Amstell’s tip into teenage years onstage.

  • Belle & Sebastian – Step Into My Office, Baby
  • Sleater-Kinney - Start Together
  • Stormzy – Cigarettes & Cush (Ft. Kehlani & Lily Allen)
  • Kelis – Millionaire (Ft. Andre 3000)
  • Patrick Wolf – The City
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