"Everybody needs an outlet. Mine is screaming into my phone" Simon Hennessy
This week on The Parting Glass, we’re joined by comedian and internet sensation Simon Hennessy and things take a turn.
Simon chats about life on the comedy circuit, creating viral characters, and the brutal reality of taking a show to the Fringe Festival. Think tiny audiences, endless flyering, questionable accommodation, and the emotional rollercoaster of performing your soul to six people, two of whom are also comedians.
He opens up about the pressure of constantly being funny online, creative burnout, and the weird gap between internet success and real life gigs. We talk stand up, sketch comedy, and what it is actually like trying to turn jokes into a career without completely losing your mind.
Then the truth comes out.
Simon reveals his dark side. Beneath the lovable comedian exterior lurks a massive bully, a man who has learned to weaponise intimidation, sarcasm and pure social pressure to force innocent passers by into attending his Fringe shows. A master of psychological warfare. A menace with flyers. A comic who refuses to take no thanks for an answer.
It is a hilarious and honest chat about grafting, self promotion, imposter syndrome, and the lengths performers go to just to get bums on seats, with plenty of laughs and questionable ethics along the way.
Comedy, chaos, bullying for good, and the Fringe Festival as you have never heard it before.
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