Russell Howard brings a unique brand of comedy in the United Kingdom to Hollywood improvisation

British comedian Russell Howard has this special talent to refer to both tampering with worldly and ridicule in the terrifying.

It has become a familiar name in the UK through programs such as “Mock the Week”, which is similar to NPR “wait … do not tell me”, and he behaves under the title “The Russell Hown Hour”, and the rituals of traffic for all characters are ready to make fools on the air by competing in the enormous Ludicrous challenges-“Taskingmaster”.

In its latest private, “London in London Paldium”, which was released in January through him WebsiteIt indicates that the job of his wife, Cerys Morgan, as a medical doctor means that she saves lives. for him? To think about funny ways to explain the difference between words “outside” and “bottom”. Human fear also compares that artificial intelligence will take their functions to the way the goats should feel when we invented the grass.

You will find his new tour, which includes an appearance in Hollywood Improv on March 23, again takes new in some of the most amazing Stand-UP topics: paternity, motherhood and politics. Howard and Morgan welcomed their son in May. Despite his new responsibilities, he found somehow time to avoid news for fresh materials.

Speaking in January because of Zoom, Howard says he took the paternity leave before heading to Canada to the workshop materials in which he was wandering on his phone during the days of paternity and early motherhood (and nights), some of which recognize freely perhaps “hieroglyphs from crazy in a cave.” He says he will try the materials frequently at Top Secret Comedy in London just because of “throwing S – on the wall and see what sticks are.”

“Usually, to get cooking, it takes about six months, and then, like a truly boiling and turned into a cute cabinet, it takes about a year,” explains Howard.

He also adds that “I am lucky enough because there are people who will teach me whether my feelings are correct by laughing. And if they do that, then it is okay.

In an edited interview for length and clarity, Howard clarified his process as well as his ideas about the state of the world and how the comedy podcast can be extracted forever.

Parents and motherhood are a good topic to stand. How do you still make it interesting?

It is a virgin and fertile land that becomes a father. You are in that and her love. Then the humor arises naturally. … this is the thing about standing. It is the side of the motorcycle in your real life [and] There is always something you can just appear.

For non -employees, or in reality, parents talk about your child somewhat similar to explaining the meaning of your tattoo. Not many people are interested. So it becomes a really great challenge to see what is universal.

It has been very political and flat in the past two years. This is very emotional, I think. It is really funny, but everything is done from the site of naivety, love and excitement. This feeling of smile by someone for not doing is an incredible feeling. As an adult, you have to try hard to get a smile, and to appear only from someone like you and your wife, it is very magical.

There was a real stage where, because Lewis CK was doing these things about his children, it ended with a lot of comic stories to a kind of tearing it and saying “my children”. “It becomes a very hacking way to talk about” and – children “and they become her new mother -in -law. I just don’t feel it. I can’t imagine describing my son as AP – just to make strangers happy for Nano again.

How do you tell such stories without seemed truncated?

I think originality is the key. There is an embarrassing fact for every human being. I like to watch videos of deaf children hear for the first time [and] Seeing the appearance of excitement when they can hear their mothers. I also love it when I see drunk men who fell asleep on a train and their friends wrote something on their forehead.

My father had this wonderful phrase. It calls it a red face test. If you can tell him an audience or someone without wandering around him, then there is nothing wrong with that. He used to talk about taxes and if you are making tax plans. If you explain this to someone and your face in red, this is illegal.

Likewise, President Trump was a continuous feed for the comedians during his first administration. Is it difficult to find new things to say now after returning to the office?

If you are talking about something with passion or attention, you know naturally when you are boring on the stage, or when you pay people and your mind will say something funny to get you out of it.

Talking about ascending [White House advisor] Elon Musk within this type of cultural discourse is a wonderful type for me. I am an English man watching a member of South Africa controlling an American president, and His vision [also support] Tommy RobinsonWho is rioters from the United Kingdom, it is funny to me that it is clear that he is a smart man – he can put a missile in space and create an electric car – but he cannot conduct his research to know this Tom Robinson defended the Winston Churchill statue by [being part of a group that did] The Nazi greeting. We do not deal with wisdom here.

Whenever you go deeper, there is always a layer of tampering. He finds tampering with it and then laughs with a large abdomen as soon as you weaken on your angle.

With Trump 2.0, it’s a kind of this how to go a little deeper? Do you even want to talk about it? In Europe, there is a feeling of resignation where people are like, “Oh, America really?” There is no anger. There seems to be this sadness. It is noticing the device because you see how everything and everything before is done. Even the comedy becomes tribal in America.

I will tell you what the audience is bored for sure, “Not Trump is orange?” joke. … you are trying to find meat instead of immunity. I think Trump is Gristle.

You also have a podcast, “Five Great Things”, This is more soft. Celebrities and comedians ask like John Oliver and Stephen is a merchant to tell stories about things that bring them happiness. How balance this with your reserve personality?

The difference is that you listen to people. This is the skill of the interview, right? It took me years to do this for my TV show.

We have learned that the comedians are one of the most hard -solved people in the world. How do you let them fail their guards?

I think this is very beautiful about this concept because you can put anyone there and see a different aspect of them [because you’re asking them]”What do you like?” He lights up when you let someone wander around the things he loves because she gives up [sides of themselves].

It is very easy to talk about the things you hate. But it takes a lot of courage to tell people what you love and it does not matter how dark you are.

This was the goal, really. I just wanted to do something funny forever or interesting forever. So it was not related to the topic.

Every comedy seems to have a podcast now. How do you choose which of your materials will go on podcast or social media and how much will it appear in your position?

Some people look at podcast as entertainment and some people look at it as religions. This is the big thing, right? What do you take from this? Is it a long radio program, or is this person a prophet? I definitely think it’s a comment.

What is great in podcasts, and why people have a strong relationship with them, is that this [person] He goes to work with you, in your ears when you are on the train. There are people who feel that they had a chat or voice note from Mark Maroun from [listening to his “WTF” podcast].

As a result, he may deepen his fans in disturbing. Another special for him, [“From Bleak to Dark,” which was about the death of his partner, Lynn Shelton] It was clear that he was dealing with a terrible thing. But it was a truly sincere evaluation of destruction. Perhaps he could not do that if he did not do podcast because that gave him space to get this type of role.