About this episode

Comedian Mark Black discusses his journey to sobriety, sibling rivalry, and his comedic career.

This week Marc and Steve are joined by comedian Mark Black. Mark discusses how getting sober has allowed him to thrive in comedy and life, talks about his parodies of Glaswegian cultural figures and why he believes Scots are “the funniest c*nts on the planet”. Plus, he chats about finding his own comedic voice (and how it diverges from his brother Paul’s), performing stand-up in French, and why he feels BBC Scotland could be doing more to promote new comedy. See Mark Black’s show “Horrible Family” at the Edinburgh Fringe from 5-10th August, 7:25PM at The Stand. Tickets here: https://www.edfringe.com/tickets/whats-on/mark-black-horrible-family Marc is back at the Edinburgh Fringe with his new show "If & When" at 7:35PM every night at Monkey Barrel. Tickets here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.edfringe.com/tickets/whats-on/marc-jennings-if-when⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Steve & Stu are performing their joint work-in-progress show at 12:05PM from 3rd-10th August. Tickets here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.edfringe.com/tickets/whats-on/stuart-mcpherson-and-stephen-buchanan-work-in-progress⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Sign up to our Patreon for fortnightly bonus eps plus footage from all the Some Laugh Live shows…

People in this episode

Hosts: Marc, Steve

Guest: Mark Black

Topics covered

• sobriety
• comedy
• sibling rivalry
• TikTok
• Scottish culture
• Edinburgh Fringe

Keywords

• comedy
• sobriety
• sibling rivalry
• TikTok fame
• Scottish humor
• Edinburgh Fringe

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: BBC Scotland

Books & works: Horrible Family, If & When

Places: Monkey Barrel

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