Fist of Firsts with Tim Reid

By: Keep It Light Media
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  • Summary

  • Sitcom writer and creativity expert Tim Reid uncovers top comedians' backstories by exploring their key "first times", the pivotal first steps in their lives, their careers and their creative process. Like the first time they realised they were funny, first gig, first time they died on their arse, first thing they do when they're struggling for ideas... There'll be surprising revelations, the odd embarrassing confession, and a load of top recommendations for how we can all be more creative. In Fist Of Firsts, Tim picks the brains of the nation's favourite comedians to find out how the people who think differently think, and to flush out the method in their madness. A 'Keep It Light Media' Production
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Episodes
  • S2 EP4: Neil Mullarkey

    S2 EP4: Neil Mullarkey
    Oct 31 2024
    Tim talks to actor, writer, comedian, and improv legend Neil Mullarkey about how a chance meeting with Mike Myers in the 1980s changed his life forever, and how he became part of the gang that brought the art of improv into the mainstream of British comedy. Tim and Neil discuss how the tools and techniques of improv can help everybody up their own creative game. Email fistoffirsts@gmail.com with your answer to our 'listener’s first' question, or just let us know a story of what you've done for the first time this week. Tim will read the best out every episode. Follow him on X, Threads or Instagram - @timreid69' Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    1 hr and 10 mins
  • S2 EP3: Nina Gilligan

    S2 EP3: Nina Gilligan
    Oct 24 2024
    Tim talks to multi-award winning stand-up comedian, Nina Gilligan, up at the Edinburgh Fringe, about her life in comedy, her journey from running a comedy club in Manchester at just 16 to becoming one of the country's most highly decorated stand-up comedians in the 2020s. Nina tells Tim about her club running days in the early 90s, working with comedy legends like Email fistoffirsts@gmail.com with your answer to our 'listener’s first' question, or just let us know a story of what you've done for the first time this week. Tim will read the best out every episode. Follow him on X, Threads or Instagram - @timreid69 Steve Coogan and Caroline Aherne, and how ideas can come at you through the cosmos. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    1 hr and 2 mins
  • S2 EP2: Matt Forde

    S2 EP2: Matt Forde
    Oct 17 2024
    Tim talks to political comedian, satirist, broadcaster and Spitting Image impressionist, Matt Forde about his journey into politics and comedy, and how he's managed to combine his two passions to become one of the country's best known satirical comedians. Matt tells Tim how a man with eyes tattooed onto his buttocks sparked his own political awakening, and he explains how he could see that a young Jon Richardson was a brilliant comedian, even if his fellow students couldn't. Email fistoffirsts@gmail.com with your answer to our 'listener’s first' question, or just let us know a story of what you've done for the first time this week. Tim will read the best out every episode. Follow him on X, Threads or Instagram - @timreid69 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    1 hr and 13 mins

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