The first in an occasional series asking comedians at the TV2 International Laugh! Festival what makes them ticklish.
Ladies and gentlemen ... Irene Pink
Name Of show? Summertime with Irene
Being a comedian - the job you've always wanted or an escape from a proper one? I sort of fell into comedy. Went along to my first open night gig, loved it, and handed in my notice at my job the next day. (I was a business rep for Telecom.)
Your major point of difference from all the other acts at this year's Laugh! Festival? This will be my first solo stand-up show.
Your urge to get up on stage and make people laugh is more the result of a) psychological imbalance or b) towering confidence? Psychological imbalance -- I like the feeling of power that making people laugh gives me. Obviously I have power issues or something ... stop looking at me!
Who or what makes you laugh? My sister Marian makes me laugh.
And when you do, do you snigger, chuckle or guffaw? I throw up. Marian has made me laugh so hard I was sick all over a towel. Of course it probably didn't help that we'd drunk half a bottle of duty-free vodka and a giant bar of Swiss chocolate.
The funniest word in the English language is? Elbow.
Is comedy still the new rock'n' roll? If not, what is? No - well not for me. I never get groupies or free drugs. I get middle-aged women affirming my "creative spirit."
What's the punchline to your favourite joke? I like Turkey!
Simpsons or South Park? Simpsons.
Chaplin or Keaton? Sorry - Laurel and Hardy.
Ben Elton or Benny Hill? Benny Hill.
Shortland Street or Coronation Street? Coro St, definitely.
If there was an act other than your own at the Laugh! Festival you would recommend, it would be? The Brat Pack or Paul Ego.
Review your show in 25 words or less: Irene Pink performs her very first solo stand- up comedy show covering everything that tickles her fancies! (Irene has a lot of fancies.)
Now give it a censorship warning: Clean enough to bring your Gran, but not clean enough for Australasian piano tuners, so beware!
Complete this sentence - please come to my show because I really need the money to ... get married to the man I love or buy a new set of tyres - haven't decided yet.
* Summertime with Irene is at the Laugh! Lounge, Auckland Town Hall, from Friday to Sunday, 8.30 pm.
<i>Laugh! Lines:</i> Solo stand tickles Irene Pink
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