Adam Rushton - You Should've Been Here Last Week

[00:00:00] You could count the punters on one hand

[00:00:08] But on the street they were completely wrapped

[00:00:12] They were filled up to the gunnold

[00:00:14] They were pewing down the street

[00:00:16] They said you should have been here last week

[00:00:19] I swear you should have been here last week

[00:00:23] Oh yeah, you should have been here last week I mean, Rush of laughter is Booker, promoter, agency. Yes. Yeah. Swiss Army knife of comedy. Which one came first in Adam? Checking all the egg. Well, first of all, that came first was a desperate need for being loved to comedian.

[00:01:42] I've been running gigs at 12, 11 years.

[00:02:43] I was going to take a step away from it and a few people said, why don't you be an agent?

[00:02:48] As I always remember, I remember being in green rooms with people coming over to me going, apparently I shouldn't have my number in your phone. I used to send, I used to help bookers out

[00:02:53] all the time and stuff. Someone said, you've got this natural ability to be able to walk

[00:02:57] walking the room and get to know everyone instantly. That's from being in the Navy.

[00:03:03] And I was like, I won't be very good at it. And then I signed six acts of a new

[00:04:04] I don't get that, but I was any more from being on stage.

[00:04:05] I don't get it anymore. For promoting and for being an agent.

[00:04:07] Yeah, I love it.

[00:04:09] I also like we just got enough here online at the Apollo and going down and being there

[00:04:15] and seeing it was amazing.

[00:04:18] You know, get my phone call and going.

[00:04:20] I'm going to cheer you day up.

[00:04:22] It's got it.

[00:04:23] And you're like, I see it in just, yeah jobs and agents. Yeah, I don't like the way it's been using, because it can be, you know, like, keep up my risk. That's never been my... That's never been my... That's never been my approach. Yeah, that's never been my approach and my? I didn't. I know. I came so I got myself in a bit of trouble in my Navy. At a fight, I was getting bullied at the fight. The lab was a lot more connected than I was. I did something stupid and then kind of got myself in a bit of trouble.

[00:07:03] So I came out and they kind of didn't let me forget that a bit.

[00:08:02] Yeah, yeah. Yeah. Oh, yes. That's not a happy hour in there.

[00:08:04] Yeah. Well, I used to drink in there. I knew the owner.

[00:08:07] I then moved to Manchester for a job.

[00:08:09] The owner had told me I could tell jokes because when we used to get drunk,

[00:08:12] I used to always recite Lee map jokes and stuff like that.

[00:08:15] And he said, you should have a go at this.

[00:08:17] And then I asked Big Luke, he got me on a comedy course

[00:08:20] in Manchester, run by Ashley Baroda, who used to be an agent.

[00:08:23] Mr. Ben's threw me on for a gong show. I won that.

[00:08:26] And then I won another gong show. fixed wings. So I did all my basic training on helicopters when I went to fast jet. But when I was on the art royal, I did enough what you call second line support. So you have your squadrons frontline and your second line. I did enough second line support for Shidhu helicopters that I knew me way. And it was basically just taking boxes out and replacing

[00:09:40] them with another box to sell because the

[00:11:01] reason why I do that is because I put my, he's got a gig in B thought you had. I mean, you do it as a comedy night or you do two acts and

[00:15:00] you do it in between the servants. If you're insistent and doing it in restaurant, you

[00:15:04] do it in between the servants, you stop, you let the app to approach this and you were meant to be getting fifteen hundred feet and they came back and went. Oh he's often be four hundred. I'm like. Yeah I said that one I want to follow me. I mean corporates are generally an item. You know it is but if they come back to a specific thing that we if they come back to us and go could you do it cheaper.

[00:16:25] We would have got my love a chat with you and see what we could.

[00:17:25] done that double between Grimmsby and Hall, which is only across the bridge, but it's absolutely

[00:17:31] really weird that died off the wheel that ever go to the other place. And when it was in Hall, I said, who do you hate? They went people from Grimmsby and I went over the bridge,

[00:17:34] I said, who do you hate to set people from Hall? It's amazing. And they're only about 10 miles

[00:17:40] apart, aren't they? I was doing a graphic. Yeah. Well, I was about to tell him,

[00:17:43] say to me when he was in Liverpool, and he was, but it was in a nightclub, but it was basically in a disused warehouse. It's one of the weirdest, scariest gigs I've ever done. The audience was just out of control. I was in the car with somebody and he just, it was literally at the end of the gig, start

[00:19:01] the car, but the gig in the ignition determine it's a word. Oh my god. I mean, Paul Smith was the one where they used to, it was rough as fuck, but he used to say to you can you just do 10 minutes. Yeah, you can't down the next. Actually he goes, you know, I want to, but all acts are just going, yeah, I will.

[00:20:23] I'll just do 10 minutes.

[00:20:24] We're like that.

[00:20:25] Yes, I'll be getting paid for it. So now one, because I've still got a backlog of acts who I cancel gigs on to if they apply I immediately go right. I've got Ronnie because I don't run and that'll weekend club. I only run the other ones. A lot of them as well. A lot of gigs I usually run when they're high paid ones, the venue wants to last say on

[00:21:40] it.

[00:21:41] So you got a battle with. And it's just, yeah, so

[00:24:20] and then you get comics who just don't. Well, this thing's a good question then. So could you describe your typical audience for the clubs that you book for? That's a good question, man. Because obviously I've got two it that long, Tony Law annihilates it every time he does it. I know I can't stick Tony Law in one of my rugby club gigs because there are other stereotypes Tony's one of my favourite. As with everyone, Tony's one of my favourite and all that and it's nothing against Tony's

[00:25:40] ability at all.

[00:25:43] It's just fair not, probably savvy much fun. It is a good question. How do you see the future? A live comedy as well, but of comedy in general, you've got any predictions for how you think it's going to pan out. People are going to be able to make a living solely of comedy anymore.

[00:27:03] Yeah, well that's already happening, isn't it go down to the way you build up your following online and then you talk. I think that's already happened to a certain extent yeah. Is that the common arm well and people who've done it so far perhaps haven't had the goods when they've actually gone out live. Yeah but someone will do it you will have the goods well i'm gonna thank call the housekeeping and at the same time try and perform. There are certain things that certain phrases they say. One is well I'm just coming on a do a bit of housekeeping you know I'm not one of the proper comedians I'll be going to upsell if you applaud one

[00:29:41] of them so I'm not the answer you should have one of those t-shirts printed with the ultimate kiss-off line for, you know, for someone ending a relationship. It's not you, it's me. Yeah. That's not you audience. Yeah. I mean, I talk at you. But not about you.

[00:31:01] I've got to tell you one. This actually happened very recently at a gig.

[00:31:05] And it was in a hotel.

[00:31:06] And the woman who you are. Oh, no. Behavior last time was not acceptable. It will not be accepted this time.

[00:32:20] And I was, I remember saying to the person next to me, how is she going to enforce this?

[00:32:24] There's no bounces.

[00:32:25] It's just there.

[00:32:26] And she was about five foot one. to tell you. Oh my God. Oh my God. Oh my God. Oh my God. Oh my God. Oh my God. Oh my God. Oh my God. Oh my God. Oh my God. Oh my God. Oh my God. Oh my God. Oh my God. Oh my God. Oh my God. Oh my God. Oh my God. Oh my God. Oh my God. Oh my God. Oh my God. Oh my God.

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[00:33:48] Oh my God. Oh my God. Oh my God. Oh my God. Oh my God. Oh my God. Oh my God. Oh my God. Oh my God. Oh my God. Oh my God. Oh my God. Oh my God. No, no, no, all loud haters like a loose loose But the microphone down Move away from the microphone Move away Show in your hands Well, a mutual friend of ours, I don't know why I should mention because it is his story, but it's very funny. It's only a great one

[00:35:01] You know the up the creek there

[00:36:08] in Maitston. So it's the stage area is a weird stage area and it's next to a door that leads out to the beer garden and people come through that door all the

[00:36:14] time right in front of you and it's also known for the fact that it's got two

[00:36:19] dogs in a cat that live in the pub that's also sometimes just look a sconce at Oh, the cap driver. That's for the comedians. I mean, there's no answer to that. There isn't. Apart from it. Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's me. Just put the mic down. One straight out and got into the cab. Oh, that is brilliant. Yeah.

[00:37:42] Straight away.

[00:37:43] You just had to get off, wouldn't you?

[00:37:45] Yeah.

[00:37:46] That seems a good enough place to end, doesn't it?

[00:37:48] Yeah.