Donkey's years ago when I was young I walked in to the Sherman Theatre completely lost but wanting to start the youth theatre group and Jo Brand was sitting at a table with Brian Hibbard from the Flying Pickets and maybe more people sat there too, it was a long time ago. I was so nervous I didn't realize who they were at first as it's dark in there, so I sort of asked their table for help and Jo really warmly and kindly helped me. I was so embarrassed when I realized it was Jo and I'd intruded, but also so so grateful she helped me as I was on the verge of bolting. It meant a lot to me to see a friendly face. I was so cripplingly shy it took a lot to even go in to the theatre never mind ask for help. I did join and was cast in quite a lot of theatre shows and I owe Jo a big thanks for helping a lost kid ♥
I've never been a huge fan of her comedy but as a person I have the greatest respect for her, seeing the bile directed at her both on stage in the 90s and indeed continues to this day in some of the comments to this video. It's fine to not like the comedy, but there's no real need to be so openly offensive towards the person.
I think anyone who says “I’m thinking why bother with a milkshake when you could get some battery acid.” - deserves some bile directed at her. I'd categorise that as hate speech.
@@edenbreckhouse Nah. I don't find Brand particularly funny but the reaction to that joke, given that so much of the outrage was from your typical 'THERE'S NO FREE SPEECH ANY MORE' types who would clearly defend the likes of Jim Davidson (and whilst I don't find him particularly funny, I have no issue with Davidson making the jokes he does) was predictable, hypocritical nonsense.
@@edenbreckhouse oh grow up with your selective outrage you probably defend Roseanne in the same breath cause she offended the right group for you fragile sensibilities
I think one of the best features of Jo's interpretation of comedy is that she is always, unapologetically, herself. Frank and humble to the core. She'd probably hate this comment and see it as some sycophantic brown nosing! 😂 Incredible talent and probably one of the world's toughest and most experienced female comics. I know she's not everyone's cup of tea, but I think it would be hard for anyone to say she hasn't earned her stripes and also served her time - working as a mental health practitioner takes real guts. Being a female comic, especially when she started out... Kudos, Jo. Thanks for being you.
She needs to know that her sitcom Getting On was superb. So much respect for her working in mental health. I've done it myself and you do develop a thicker skin, plus what she said about having humour in that line of work is spot on. Great interview!
Thank you for explaining the beard, it saves me having to write a comment about the beard. Not that there's anything wrong with beards but felt compelled to ask. But at least now I don't need to. Brilliant interview as ever by the way.
I have absolutely loved Jo Brand since the 80s, I remember her first performance on Saturday Night Live, she's easily of the funniest British female comedians ever, totally natural and brilliantly clever. ❤❤❤❤❤Love her to bits.
She is superb, both as a comic and person. Me and my wife saw her at the Hay Festival ( pretentious navel gazing fest but that is another story), where she was hilarious. The gig brought the house down. Still remember a couple of the gags- she really is very, very funny.
She used to live down the road from me in stokey lol…. Became hooked on her humour back in the 90s when I heard her say “you can tell when your diet is working, when you can fit between the radiator and wall…”. She said it with such a stoic face that it made it all the more hilarious!😂
Your shows are answering the one question I've asked: Do you all know each other, and do you all get along? To watch the show, WILTY?, it always seems that you all know each other and get along so well that I thought that you all must go out for a pint and hang out all the time. I absolutely love British comedy, more than you know. Thanks!
I first saw Jo Brand on "Absolutely Fabulous" in the 90s & she instantly became one of the standout memories of the entire show for me ("Aw, p!ss off, ya sad tw@t!" LMAO). I love watching her on things like "Taskmaster" now...she's the cool person in the room I want to sit next to, always!
I love Jo Brand's style of comedy, she is one of the truly very funny women in that field. I understand he desire to being on panel shows because she bounces off others very well. That's really the only format that I have seen her doing, and I think she's very good at it. I love that she doesn't give a shit.
I love Jo, such a nice warm kind person.❤ I saw her at Bristol Hippodrome, many years ago. She came on with huge hair and Doc Martens and was very funny.
As a psych nurse fully agree with humour and having a ciggie with a client as a good way to lower barriers and build a working relationship with mutual trust.
Wow, great interview. I don't know anything of her except on WILTY because I'm from San Diego and I have never watched shows from the UK until 3 months ago. These interviews are great, because I get to learn a little about the people I love watching on WILTY. Thank you for a great interview. 🤣🤣🤣 I miss read the little caption and thought it said, " This beard is for sale." 😂 Have a blessed day, ✌️🦁
I first saw her on AbFab and thought she was a cranky genius. I enjoyed following her career since then. Her series, 'Getting On' was absolutely brilliant.
I really enjoy these interviews Rob has been doing. I'm from the U.S. and fell in love with British panel shows. As a result ive come to recognize the talents of people like Jo, Lee Mack, Sean Lock R.I.P. and so many more, yes you too Rob. Seeing the interviews Rob does gives me a better understanding of their background and their personality in general. P.S. don't try to bring panel shows to the U.S., they just get butchered every time! Love to you all from across the pond!
@@3506Dodge What podcasts are like British panel shows. I don't think we have anything like panel shows here in the US. I'm also a huge fan of the panel shows and agree that we will keep watching the British ones as we would just mess them up!
Love Jo Brand ❤ and didn’t know that “ism” is about power and therefore women cannot be sexist. Of course, I understand that there are exceptions, but living in Mexico, where machismo was invented (things are changing, tho’! Slowly but surely) it was empowering to hear her say that. Thank 🙏🏻 you, Jo Brand! (Can’t refer to her in any other way than by using her full name 😅)
Love your comment. Also love that you poked the misogynist bear. Make the slightest feminist comment on RU-vid and you'll get some outraged basement-dwelling male shouting you down. 🥱 (BTW chaps - Feminism is not a dirty word and doesn't mean you hate men - it just means equality for women. Amazing how many men are still threatened by that concept!) I imagine Mexico would be a difficult place to get this concept across, but maybe it's just more out-in-the-open there - sexism is certainly alive and well in Australia. ❤
@@vjc2270 thank you! ❤And yes, I talk about gender equality here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ZUJqtckMRYE.html It's on the global agenda to bring more balance to the tremendous inequality that is endemic in so many places around the world, so, it's happening, no question about that. If people (men and women alike) only knew what's at stake here, everyone would very quickly agree that women and girls need to be empowered, that education needs to be accessible to everyone, boys and girls alike, and that the world really can be a better place for everyone (men and women alike). Thank you for replying, I appreciate it.
Love and respect to Jo - I remember watching Through the Cake Hole on VHS when I was about 10. That was a pretty sick VHS shelf - loads of Rik and Ade, Red Dwarf, Rowan Atkinson. Jo Brand held her own on that shelf. She's stuck to her guns.
You maybe can't be sexist as a woman, but you can (and almost certainly do) have internalised misogyny. I actually agree with Rob that it's not a biological difference between men and women when it comes to studying comedians, rather a social one. I'm a female autistic person and I absolutely love doing deep dives and learning all the details about specific topics, but it tends not to be as encouraged in women as in men. Masking in autistic women actually addresses a lot of this and is an interesting topic if anyone wants to find out more!
I have loved Jo Brand since the late '80s. My first stand-out memory is a sketch she did with Kate Moss that was featured a bunch of Renaissance-era Rubenesque 'super models' paying out on Kate for her appearance. (Can't even find it on RU-vid, so it must have been long, long ago!) Laughed my arse off and haven't stopped since. I love her deadpan delivery and authenticity. You can tell she's been a psych nurse - you get the impression that nothing would really faze her. I still get annoyed that she cops so much disrespect from the kind of arseholes that she's always showed up and mocked to perfection... I guess that just means she's awesome at her job. Love, love, love.
I was a comedy fan in the 80s/90s always ending a London day trip with a visit to the comedy store or the fabulous Up The Creek with Malcolm Hardee "RIP" seeing Jo and other budding stars like Harry Hill my best memory of Jo was on a election night special in Leicester Square she was so wicked that night
That show is one of the best comedies I've ever seen. Anyone who has ever worked for less money than they deserve in a thankless job with an arsehole boss, idiot colleagues and difficult clients could definitely relate... I'm still amazed that the Bristol Stool Chart is an actual thing.
Another lovely chat between friends who share the same profession. I'm not sure if 'still waters run(ning) deep' is entirely the apropos of Jo but each time I've heard her speak I've come away with a greater respect.
It's a shame that Jo wouldn't want to do a travelogue, because when I was watching her and David Baddiel on Taskmaster, I thought they'd be great on a road trip show. They had a hilarious dynamic, and I know (from other interviews) that Jo enjoys driving.
the 80's and 90's was a great era for giving new comedians a platform, not sure they would get the same break today. Maybe the occasional interview with a new comedian would go some way to correct that.
Some people don't realise that being unattractive in the eyes of thick men who only value women by their physical appearance is a massive relief to be free of them, but sometimes when you try to avoid men like that in real life, they're still bothering women online.
Rob, love your schtick, sometimes you're in my dreams. Why though! Why! Jesus Christ! (Edward Woodward) are your chats so short? I mean you apologetically cut them off when there's golden gem material going down, going downtown for many more minutes to come. Huh!?
I saw Jo live in the early 90s. Nearly peed myself. Saw her over 10 years ago at the Ilkley Literary Festival and managed to have a brief conversation with her. She was ace. Also - thank you Jo for addressing the power imbalance of isms. Spot on!
Always liked jo felt sorry for her back in the 90s with all the crap she got off the likes of gary bushell, but she's had a great career, funny woman 😀.
