Hello!
David M. Green here, blogging live from Melbourne, and have I got a treat for you! On Tuesday I was thrilled to interview UK comedian Tim Vine! I loved him in “The Sketch Show”, so much so I even named my “On The Yacht” radio character after him (Norman Vine). He is the undisputed “Master of the Pun”.
We met outside Cafe Mediterraneum on Swanston Street directly opposite the Melbourne Town Hall. However, it turned out they closed at 5pm, so after taking some photos in a nearby stairwell we found a table alfresco across the street at Brunetti’s. I jammed my Zoom H2 recorder in the umbrella-holder in the centre of the table and recorded our conversation. It’s without a doubt the most enjoyable interview I’ve ever conducted. Tim Vine is genuinely hilarious.
Depending on various planetary alignments, a written segment of our interview will hopefully appear in an upcoming edition of RMIT University’s Catalyst Magazine. However, due to my supreme respect for the medium of the Internet, here now for your listening pleasure is the interview in full:
Topics covered include his show “The Joke-amotive”, Guinness World Records, best and worst puns, his appearance on Neighbours, The Sketch Show, Scrabble, Steve Coogan, Shaun Micallef and Tim plays “the judge” in a mini-version of the comedy equivalent of “So You Think You Can Dance?” that I (DMG) invented just then: “So You Think You Can Pun!”
After the interview some good friends and I attended his show “The Joke-amotive”. Very funny. I’d certainly recommend seeing it. I think the last performance is tomorrow. Not all the jokes were hilarious but hats off to him for quantity. There must have been over 200 jokes in that hour, and the hilarious ones were certainly worth waiting for. Excellent prop-comedy too. 5 Stars.
Kind regards,
David M. Green
Photos by The Fabulous Ben Hagemann
