Mr Snot Bottom Q&A

Describe your show for us; what can we expect?

The show is a bit of a steamroller of weird kiddy stand up and panto. There’s a human hanky, a bum rubbing festival and even a tour of my (f)art gallery, so a pretty quaint and sensible show really.

What are you looking forward to about your Edinburgh shows?

How the show translates to an international audience; that’s been a lesson in itself. While handing out flyers on the street the other day I was telling this kid I had yellow pants. His parents moved him on pretty quickly. In Australia the word pants means trousers so as soon as my friend pointed this out I chased them down the street shouting “TROUSERS!! I’ve got yellow TROUSERS!”

Describe the sort of kids that would love your show.

Really twisted, weird kids and their even weirder parents will love this show. Don’t bring your kid if they’re into fairies, they’ll probably hate it!

What did you want to be when you were little?
I actually wanted to be an animator. I really wanted to make cartoons. But rather than that I like to think I’ve done something even better and become an actual sort of human cartoon!

Have you had any other interesting jobs?

The weirdest job I’ve had was one where I stood out the front of a high-rise car park dressed as a giant blue chicken trying to attract customers at 7.30 in the morning. I used to wave my bum at cars a lot and they’d think it was hilarious.

Do the ‘grown up‘ comedians have a dig at the ‘kids’ comedians?

I think some adult comedians think it’s a walk in the park and it’s really not the case. The main difference is that kids are very honest with their responses. They either like you or they don’t. An audience of children will just get bored so it has to be A-Grade straight away.

Any embarrassing moments whilst doing comedy for kids?

One of my favorites lately was this kid who—on winning a prize in the show—declined to accept it. The conversation went a little like this:

Me: “So you don’t want the prize?”

Kid: “No.”

Me: “Would you like some sweets instead?”

Kid: “No.”

Me: “What do you want then?”

Kid: “I WANT YOU TO DIE!!!”

Thankfully it was just an empty threat, though to be honest my life feels slightly less secure knowing this child is somewhere roaming the streets.