Tom Stade discusses life lessons and tells us about being a Fringe veteran
Tell us about your Fringe show
The show is called "You're Welcome" and It's a culmination of all the funny things I thought over the past year...If there is a theme or anything that people might think that I have a message to give them on life...it's purely by accident...but then again most of my life lessons happen by accident...The only thing I have to give The Stadinese Army is laughter...
Best thing about the Fringe?
Because I live in Edinburgh The Fringe on my doorstep which means I get to sleep in my own bed for a month, I don't have to order food because I have it in my fridge and I get to reacquaint myself with my dog Lilly...life looking good!
Worst thing about the Fringe?
Parking definitely parking!!
How many years have you been coming to the Fringe?
I think it's at least 10 years...70 in dog years...time sure does fly if you're a dog!
Favourite Fringe venue?
The assembly ballroom on George Street this will be my third year there and it's such a good venue...it's just big enough that it feels like a big deal...and yet it's got such a intimate feel to it.
Best Fringe memory?
To pin down a best Fringe memory is hard for any of my fellow artist...I think the Edinburgh Fringe is kind of like Woodstock...if you can remember it you weren't really there .
Best heckle?
One time I was talking to one of my fans who had come to see me so many times he felt like he knew me and I should have known him ...when I couldn't figure out his name he stood up and said..."Really Tom for Christ sake I can't talk to you when you're like this and then walked off"...and just when I thought it was over he came back and gave me a beer and said "Now maybe you'll remember me"...god I wish I could remember his name...
Craziest on stage experience?
I don't do crazy experiences. I am the crazy experience!
What’s on your rider?
I'm sorry you must have mistaken me for a pretentious douche bag...I don't do riders I bring my own drinks.
How do you wind down after a show?
Don't need to... I'm not an extreme personality...I don't get high and I don't get low...I just stay cool all the time...I think I might be a Taoist.
What do you love about Scotland?
That one of it's major imports to the rest of the world is kick ass whiskey...and man skirts...sounds like a country looking for a good time.
What do you like about Edinburgh?
Everything...that's why I made it my home!
What’s the most Scottish thing you’ve done?
Actually I know this one, and everyone was super impressed - I'm a big fan of soup...I actually made a soup called cock-a-leekie from scratch and it was delicious ...bam! Eat that Scotland!
What kind of jokes do a Scottish crowd seem to respond to?
Jokes done by super funny people...yours truly included.
Favourite joke?
Well it's a little johnny joke where his dad goes to fight in Vietnam...and the punchline is "don't f#*k with my dad when he's been drinking."
Tom Stade’s new stand up show ‘You’re Welcome!’ will be at the The Assembly Rooms, George Street - Ballroom from 6th – 30th August, for tickets go to www.edfringe.com
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