5 Questions For... Craig Hill
18/08/2009
Comedian reveals his favourite chat-up line...
You got your first taste of stand-up when a friend booked you for an open spot at the Gilded Balloon. What’s kept you hooked?
After I did it the first time I realised that’s where I belonged. I never realised when you’re making people laugh in real life you were actually doing comedy. So when I first started I thought, ‘No, I’m not a comedian’. Then I realised it came naturally to stand in front of a crowd and have a laugh.
You’re single again. Have you ever tried speed dating?
I haven’t, actually, but I do think that would be such a laugh. I think you can tell a lot about someone in a short time.
How would you approach speed dating?
I would have to say something funny and saucy. Surprise them, that’s my advice to speed daters.
What’s your top chat-up line?
A wee guy ran out of a taxi at three in the morning, yelling, ‘Stop the taxi, stop the taxi’. He ran over to me, but he hadn’t thought of what to say so he just came up to me and asked, ‘Wanna get some chips?’ That’s easily my favourite chat-up line ever.
You wear a kilt. What should every man keep in his sporran?
A mobile, because if you’re wearing a kilt you are very rarely going to go home by yourself. You might end up anywhere. The basics: money, keys. And fake tan for your legs, because Scots legs are pale.
Interview: Mairi Gordon
SHOW INFO
Craig Hill – 40 Love…?
Gilded Balloon Teviot, until August 31 (not Aug 16 or 23), 8.15pm
www.mrcraighill.com
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