Elvis McGonagall discusses Benedict Cumberbatch, Spiderman onesies and why Scots don't like jokes.
Tell us about your Fringe show
A middle aged man in an ill-fitting tartan jacket stands in a yurt and shouts at people about the state of the world. Unmissable.
Best thing about the Fringe?
When it's over.
Worst thing about the Fringe?
When it's over.
How many years have you been coming to the Fringe?
More than the number of times St Johnstone have won the Scottish Cup. Less than the number of times it took me to pass my driving test. Go figure.
Favourite Fringe venue?
Anything that doubles as a portable dwelling structure for 13th century Mongolian nomads. So that'll be the yurt in St Andrews Square. The place to be seen this year.
Best Fringe memory?
If you can remember it you weren't there.
Best heckle?
Would you like salt 'n vinegar with that?
Craziest on stage experience?
Hanging from a chandelier dressed as Benedict Cumberbatch in a spiderman onesie….or maybe I dreamt that?
What’s on your rider?
Usually a fiver each way.
How do you wind down after a show?
Reading "Das Kapital" whilst drinking absinthe and listening to the Sleaford Mods.
What do you love about Scotland?
All of it. Especially the Scottish bits.
What do you like about Edinburgh?
Burke and Hare.
What’s the most Scottish thing you’ve done?
Be born.
What kind of jokes do a Scottish crowd seem to respond to?
Scottish people don't like jokes. We like to sit in the freezing rain wearing woolly underpants eating gruel. Failing that we'd laugh if that numpty Cameron fell on his shiny fat face.
Favourite joke?
Tony Blair was Middle East peace envoy. Talk about job creationism.
Elvis McGonagall will perform at Stand in the Square from August 17-31.
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