Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - BONUS: Getting Toasted With Josh Thomson..

Episode Date: May 9, 2023

Kiwi comedian Josh Thomson comes in for an interview as long as a toast machine..See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Hits, with the Jono and Ben podcast. Cheers to Dilma, making the world a better tea. We've got Josh Thompson, comedian, joining us in the studio. Nice to see you, Josh. Hey, great to see you guys. How are you? We're doing all right. Good, good. It's good to have you here.

You're feeling like you're a little frazzled. You okay? I was a little bit late, sorry. I couldn't find a pair of pants to wear. Okay. How many pairs do you have in total? Well, I thought I had a lot more than I did, and then I've been renovating

a house recently, and there's been a lot of mistakes on the pants, like from chemicals and paints and tearing and stuff like that, and I just realised I didn't have a pair of pants that were acceptable for society. Oh, I see. So you've got that there are, but I was wondering, what are you wandering around with in your house?

But you know me, I've got a very low tolerance for what's acceptable on the pant. What I do love about Josh Thompson as well, because we've known you for a number of years, lovable character, but always just at varying levels of frazzledness. Yeah. I think that's just generally me. I've come to realise that. Do you get stressed?

Are you always stressed? No, I think I'm just processing a lot of stuff at the same time. Maybe I'm just constantly putting out vibes for everyone to set their bar very low. Oh, I like it. I do like it. Because every time I bump into you, I was like, oh, there's something going on in the poor guy's

day. He's not on top of the day. He's found some pants. Before we get the New Zealand International Comedy Festival Which is very exciting Yes Yeah I'm doing my first ever show

I've never done one before And I sort of woke up last year And I thought Oh I'm like old now Like what if I die And I've never done a I didn't want to be like In my grave

Like dying Falling down Going oh I never did the International New Zealand Comedy Festival And I never found some pants. I never found some pants. We want to do something with all the comedians at the moment.

We've got a toaster in the studio. We're going to put the toaster down. It's Vogel, so you've got a bit of time. Okay. And we'll put the toaster down, and when it pops up, the interview's over. So we want to ask you some standard comedy questions about your act. Oh, this is not just a breakfast thing for me? Well, you can have some breakfast afterwards.

You want to play? Okay, okay. Here we go. Toaster is down Alright Describe your comedy act It's me I've got a microphone And I'm talking

That's generally it But it's pretty good It's called A Horrible Man When I'm in a situation Sometimes I think Man This would be pretty funny If I was a real douche

Like when my wife gave birth It was for a very very long time And I got quite tired during it, but I wasn't allowed, really allowed to complain as well. No, you're not. No, and my wife was lying down. So I got tired and I did find a chair,

but it turns out it was a midwife's chair. And then so I had to give it back to her because she's important as well. So then I had to sit on a Swiss ball for about 20 hours. It was a long time. And I got like a real – I love that you're complaining about it.

I don't know if you've sat on a Swiss ball for a long time, but your core gets a real workout. And I said to my wife, you know, like, you think this is bad. Try sitting on a Swiss ball for 20 hours. Jesus, that would have gone down horribly. No, no, it didn't go down very well. But she was also quite busy as well she's

making a lot of noise but it is I'm with you it's a long time it's a long time it's a beautiful time it's a beautiful time we can't

you can't complain at all but I guess this is what this comedy comedy show's about yeah yeah yeah it's kind of me just complaining really what inspired you

to be a comedian I don't really know I think I've always been you do a lot of acting as well as comedy yeah I do a lot of acting I always thought I was going to be a serious actor like I trained to be a comedian? I don't really know I think I've always been You do a lot of acting as well as comedian I always thought I was going to be a serious

actor like I trained to be a serious actor You don't have a serious face though I've come to realise that I just don't have it

anytime I get really angry or cross people find it quite funny which makes it even more annoying so I've got to be very serious and I've

got to really pre-empt a lot of stuff with saying I've got something really serious to say and then people start going, here we go.

He's going to do it. He's going to be serious. No, no, I am serious. This crying thing is pretty weird. I'm finding it pretty funny as well, Josh. Oh, the toaster. The toaster has popped back up, Josh Thompson. We always love catching up with you. You are very, very funny. You're very kind. It would be great to

see you as part of the company festival. Yeah, come and see The Horrible Man. It's a week in Auckland, week in Wellington. It's my first show, but I'm really, really proud of it. And I think you'll have a big old belly laugh

if you come. Also, have you got any butter? Because that toast isn't going to stay hot. Yeah, there's a little bit of smoke in the studio, but we'll get through that. We all love it.

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