November 7, 2024 • 4 mins
The brilliant Ben Elton joins Jonesy & Amanda ahead of his Australian tour.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Jersey and Amanda gem Ny.
Speaker 2 (00:03):
Well, our next guest is a comedy legend, young Ones Blackadder.
So much we know about ben Elton. After five years,
he's back to his stand up roots with a brand
new tour and he joins us now at ben Elton.
Speaker 1 (00:17):
Hello, Hello, nice to be back on the show, I
must say, so.
Speaker 2 (00:22):
Tell us about the new show, Authentic Stupidity. What's authentic
Stupidity about?
Speaker 1 (00:28):
Well, you know, I don't normally give my tours a title.
I've been doing this now for forty four years, and
I've always really talked about authentic stubidity because I think
comedy is essentially about exploring the absurdity of the human condition,
you know, the way we think about ourselves, the way
we think about each other. I mean, all comedy is
really exposing our collective stupidity, is you know, It's what
(00:52):
I always do, which is the stuff that outrages me,
the stuff that exhilarates me. And I'm doing it from
the position of being old, you know. And it's been
forty five years since. I mean, I did my first
gig in Australia in a nineteen eighty six and a
long time ago, and I was kind of very young
and opinionated, and I knew what I thought, because that's
what young that's their job. Young people know they're right,
(01:13):
and they're going to tell everybody about it. And they're
still doing that. And I did it when I was young,
and now a whole bunch of young people are doing
it to me, and now I'm a bewildered old man
trying to catch up.
Speaker 2 (01:24):
When you said you're also going to talk about the
things that exhilarate you, what are those kinds of things? Oh?
Speaker 1 (01:29):
Well, you know, quite often they're also things that are irritating.
You know, the course of married life, which is exhilarating,
but also you know, take some negotiations. And you know,
I always say I'm the biggest victim of my own comedy.
You know, I point a lot of fingers, and I
don't mind calling out, you know, calling out the bad
guys when I see I think I can be funny
about it. But in the long run, you know, one
(01:51):
finger pointing outwards means three are pointing back at you.
And I make myself the target, and I think I'm
the biggest target. But my wife has started claiming that
she thinks she's the biggest she is not true. She
gets away very likely, in my opinion, and she's very
happy with it. She spent the first three weeks of
the UK tour on the road with me as my wag.
As she put it, that's not my term, she said,
(02:13):
I'm your comedy wag. And she even washed my shirts
a couple of times in the sink, because when you're
doing one night stands, you know, no matter how much
you can afford hotel laundry, you can't wait for it
to be sent back.
Speaker 3 (02:24):
So and one thing I love is on my social
media is like, this is the beauty of social media,
like the algorithm is. I just get like all this
old Young One stuff that just comes out out of
nowhere and your thing the other day, and I just
always loved that episode when you were doing that show
for the kids nosing around and I was just watching
it and it just stands up. It's such a such
(02:45):
a delight to see again and it's so relevant to
this day.
Speaker 1 (02:50):
Well it's funny, that's funny. That was right at the
beginning of my career. I used to do that in
my stand up routine, and then I put it into
the first episode of The Young Ones I wrote and
made it into an actual physical sketch with other actors.
But it used to just be a stand up route.
You know. Four year here we are nosing around four
young adults made by young adults, talking about all the
stuff young adults are interested in. I can't employment. You
(03:12):
know that worthy television, you know kind of ABC, BBC,
very worthy.
Speaker 2 (03:18):
You said, you know your first stand up was forty
years ago. How is life on the road now? Is
is it harder? Do you take more pleasure in it?
What are the differences?
Speaker 1 (03:27):
Well, I haven't. I haven't met another future wife since
nineteen eighty six, so it's got less exciting in those days.
I mean that was the result of touring. I mean
I was me and the late my dear friend, the
late great Rick Male came to Australia as young young
stand up comics in the mid eighties. And I always say,
you know, I've always been a great believer in organized labor,
and I'm a trade union man. I believe, and you know,
(03:48):
there there are bad apples in every barrel, but I'm
a trade unionist. And it was Australian trade unionism that
gave me my lifetime of domestic happiness because it was
the equity. The Australian Actor Union in those days had
the cloud to insist on four Ozzies to every two Poms,
and we were me and Rick were thinking, oh my god,
we can't put four more comics on our bill. But
(04:09):
actually we got booked this all girl, all girl rock
band and I ended up marrying the bass player. So
your question was how's the road these days? Well, it's
not as exciting it.
Speaker 3 (04:17):
Was romantic, and you've got the laundry. At least you've
got your wife washing your small.
Speaker 1 (04:23):
Left at all. She got bored with it. She's left
until she's going to rejoin it in London, and I
specially a bit at the Perth gig. She's done her.
Speaker 3 (04:33):
That's an every week.
Speaker 1 (04:34):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (04:35):
Well bet, it's great to talk to you. Tickets on
sale November twelve via livenation dot com. A you been Helton,
it's always a treat.
Speaker 1 (04:43):
It's really good fun to speak to you guys. Thank
you for that, and I hope you come and see
the show. I guarantee two and a half hours a laughter.
I know because it's happened every night with the Poms,
so hopefully you'll be there
Speaker 3 (04:55):
Good on you mate,
Jersey and Amanda gem Ny.
Speaker 2 (00:03):
Well, our next guest is a comedy legend, young Ones Blackadder.
So much we know about ben Elton. After five years,
he's back to his stand up roots with a brand
new tour and he joins us now at ben Elton.
Speaker 1 (00:17):
Hello, Hello, nice to be back on the show, I
must say, so.
Speaker 2 (00:22):
Tell us about the new show, Authentic Stupidity. What's authentic
Stupidity about?
Speaker 1 (00:28):
Well, you know, I don't normally give my tours a title.
I've been doing this now for forty four years, and
I've always really talked about authentic stubidity because I think
comedy is essentially about exploring the absurdity of the human condition,
you know, the way we think about ourselves, the way
we think about each other. I mean, all comedy is
really exposing our collective stupidity, is you know, It's what
(00:52):
I always do, which is the stuff that outrages me,
the stuff that exhilarates me. And I'm doing it from
the position of being old, you know. And it's been
forty five years since. I mean, I did my first
gig in Australia in a nineteen eighty six and a
long time ago, and I was kind of very young
and opinionated, and I knew what I thought, because that's
what young that's their job. Young people know they're right,
(01:13):
and they're going to tell everybody about it. And they're
still doing that. And I did it when I was young,
and now a whole bunch of young people are doing
it to me, and now I'm a bewildered old man
trying to catch up.
Speaker 2 (01:24):
When you said you're also going to talk about the
things that exhilarate you, what are those kinds of things? Oh?
Speaker 1 (01:29):
Well, you know, quite often they're also things that are irritating.
You know, the course of married life, which is exhilarating,
but also you know, take some negotiations. And you know,
I always say I'm the biggest victim of my own comedy.
You know, I point a lot of fingers, and I
don't mind calling out, you know, calling out the bad
guys when I see I think I can be funny
about it. But in the long run, you know, one
(01:51):
finger pointing outwards means three are pointing back at you.
And I make myself the target, and I think I'm
the biggest target. But my wife has started claiming that
she thinks she's the biggest she is not true. She
gets away very likely, in my opinion, and she's very
happy with it. She spent the first three weeks of
the UK tour on the road with me as my wag.
As she put it, that's not my term, she said,
(02:13):
I'm your comedy wag. And she even washed my shirts
a couple of times in the sink, because when you're
doing one night stands, you know, no matter how much
you can afford hotel laundry, you can't wait for it
to be sent back.
Speaker 3 (02:24):
So and one thing I love is on my social
media is like, this is the beauty of social media,
like the algorithm is. I just get like all this
old Young One stuff that just comes out out of
nowhere and your thing the other day, and I just
always loved that episode when you were doing that show
for the kids nosing around and I was just watching
it and it just stands up. It's such a such
(02:45):
a delight to see again and it's so relevant to
this day.
Speaker 1 (02:50):
Well it's funny, that's funny. That was right at the
beginning of my career. I used to do that in
my stand up routine, and then I put it into
the first episode of The Young Ones I wrote and
made it into an actual physical sketch with other actors.
But it used to just be a stand up route.
You know. Four year here we are nosing around four
young adults made by young adults, talking about all the
stuff young adults are interested in. I can't employment. You
(03:12):
know that worthy television, you know kind of ABC, BBC,
very worthy.
Speaker 2 (03:18):
You said, you know your first stand up was forty
years ago. How is life on the road now? Is
is it harder? Do you take more pleasure in it?
What are the differences?
Speaker 1 (03:27):
Well, I haven't. I haven't met another future wife since
nineteen eighty six, so it's got less exciting in those days.
I mean that was the result of touring. I mean
I was me and the late my dear friend, the
late great Rick Male came to Australia as young young
stand up comics in the mid eighties. And I always say,
you know, I've always been a great believer in organized labor,
and I'm a trade union man. I believe, and you know,
(03:48):
there there are bad apples in every barrel, but I'm
a trade unionist. And it was Australian trade unionism that
gave me my lifetime of domestic happiness because it was
the equity. The Australian Actor Union in those days had
the cloud to insist on four Ozzies to every two Poms,
and we were me and Rick were thinking, oh my god,
we can't put four more comics on our bill. But
(04:09):
actually we got booked this all girl, all girl rock
band and I ended up marrying the bass player. So
your question was how's the road these days? Well, it's
not as exciting it.
Speaker 3 (04:17):
Was romantic, and you've got the laundry. At least you've
got your wife washing your small.
Speaker 1 (04:23):
Left at all. She got bored with it. She's left
until she's going to rejoin it in London, and I
specially a bit at the Perth gig. She's done her.
Speaker 3 (04:33):
That's an every week.
Speaker 1 (04:34):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (04:35):
Well bet, it's great to talk to you. Tickets on
sale November twelve via livenation dot com. A you been Helton,
it's always a treat.
Speaker 1 (04:43):
It's really good fun to speak to you guys. Thank
you for that, and I hope you come and see
the show. I guarantee two and a half hours a laughter.
I know because it's happened every night with the Poms,
so hopefully you'll be there
Speaker 3 (04:55):
Good on you mate,
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