I’d hope that when Channel 4 started, ‘The Last Leg’ was the kind of show it wanted to be putting out. I think they’re really proud of it. Josh Widdicombe Read Quote
I’d had a variety of jobs – shop assistant, writer of children’s magazines – but had found myself, funnily enough, as quite an uninformed sports journalist so I might have stuck with that, but I would never have been very good at it. Josh Widdicombe Read Quote
Stand-up wasn’t a calling. It was more like, ‘What can I do that isn’t going to make me really depressed?’ Josh Widdicombe Read Quote
I really struggled with doing nine-to-five and just wanted to do something where it felt like I was in charge and I was doing something creative. I imagine if the first gig had gone badly I’d never have done it again. I imagine there’s hundreds of people who could have been really great comedians and just had a bad first gig. Josh Widdicombe Read Quote
Most people I was at school with, if they saw me on telly, wouldn’t know I’d been at school with them. Josh Widdicombe Read Quote
I’m not one of those stand ups that’s going to write a show about a big subject or try and tell you about the death of a parent or something. Josh Widdicombe Read Quote
I moved to London when I was 21 and I needed a job. I’d just done a year working in Waterstones in Manchester and I was looking for any old job. This advertisement came up for an editorial assistant on Dora the Explorer Magazine. Because I’d been working in the Children’s Department in a bookshop for a year I just nailed the interview. Josh Widdicombe Read Quote
The great thing about stand up is you get to do other things. You get to do your stand up tours but you also get to do ‘Have I Got News For You.’ You get to do a sitcom, but you also get to do the ‘Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice.’ I’m easily bored, so I like the variety. Josh Widdicombe Read Quote
What sitcom’s brilliant at is identifying a social movement or type and skewering it. Josh Widdicombe Read Quote
I think the moment you’re convinced something’s going to be good is the moment that it’s not going to be. Josh Widdicombe Read Quote
