Stand-up comedian, writer and Peckham bookseller Ben Pope answers listener questions in this Q&A episode of the pod
Listeners ask Ben whether inspiration comes in sparks or from hard work, how you know if your joke is original or just unconsciously borrowed from someone you admire, and what the best knock knock joke he's ever heard is. Ben reflects on the years he spent writing material that came out sounding entirely like Dylan Moran, why comedians freely give each other punchlines after gigs, and why sitting in a cafΓ© with a notebook is genuinely the pleasure of his life.
This is a conversation about creativity, originality, and why the thing that makes your work truly yours is simply that you wrote it β even if someone gave you the ending.
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