21 Questions with Danny Mad Hatters Dave September 27, 2013 21 Questions, Blogs Today we have a little chat with Danny Mad Hatters. One of the true gents in Irish Comedy Who are you? Danny Dowling who the fuck are you? em Comedy Ireland? Why are you called a MadHatter? CS Lewis famous character from Alice in Wonderland, The Mad Hatter, is pretty much me if I was trapped in a nut shell. ” If I am not mad then what must I be? You see the emotions that I wear on my sleeve You listen for the words, that only I hear You run from the things that I never did fear I speak out of turn, I dance in the rain If I’m not mistaken I must be insane! I walk by myself far from common roads What my life’s purpose is nobody knows, I live out my days on lost dreams and tea If I am not Mad then what must I be? ” (Danny has one of the nicest singing voices we have ever heard. Thanks for the tune Danny) If you could listen to Miley Cyrus all day or Daniel O’Donnell who would it be? Daniel hands down but not from his records from the genius Garry Carrol – Nostril Shorts http://youtu.be/EDE_nVJcJ70 What made you want to get into comedy? I don’t know the answer to that question but I know I can’t live without it and I can’t remember a time where it wasn’t part of my life. Ice cream or yoghurt? Frozen Yoghurt Do you ever pretend to shoot people in your mind like our pal Dec? Nagh never unless Dec likes to imagine shooting people with his own Jizz. Then yes, yes I do. Worst place you visited? The dark side of my brain it’s very very scary, trust me. Best Gig you have ever done? That’s a tuff one to call. Best gig or best lineup? Either Best line up was last years best of the Fest in the Galway Comedy Festival Des Bishop, Pete Johansson, Neil Hamburger, Phil Jupitus, Me, Reginald D Hunter, Tommy Tiernan, Abandoman. Best gig probably 2012 Electric Picnic, everything clicked and I crowed surfed out of the tent. Have you any up and coming gigs? Róisín Dubh September 28th Stand up Showdown Comedy Anseo, Wednesday 2nd October with Bec Hill, Neil Hickey and Trevor Browne Galway Comedy Fest Sept 22nd Russell Howard, Chris Kent, Karl Spain Sept 24th Mad Hatters Tea Party, Paul Currie, Frank Sanazi, Rev Obidiah J Stepenwolf III Sept 25th Barry Murphy, Kevin Gildea, Ian Coppinger, Karl Spain, Danny Dowling Sept 25th Boom LatenLive Sept 26th Boom Latenlive More dates for October coming soon check www.dannydowling.ie If you could sing with anyone who would it be? This guy http://youtu.be/RUaYbfKZIiA Do you like the 6 o clock news or the 9 o clock? Neither fuck the news you can’t trust the news. I live in rural Ireland I get the weather forecast from everybody and the news. Worst show to watch? The Hiroligist it’s all about watches. Last film you watched? Winters Bones – Watch it if you like Red Necks, crank, chainsaws and dark depressing shit. My mate Liamy gave it to me I thought it was a comedy. Butts or Boobies? Boobs in lingerie. If you had one wish what would it be? A cure for Alhtzimers Did you hope Mayo or Dublin would win the All Ireland? Mayo Worst gig you ever done? Yup we have ADHD….we think Easy the The Bridge House Hotel Tullamore. It was a customer appreciation night in the middle of winter with a foot of snow. It took me four hours to get there. They showed me the stage I slunk off to get ready when I came back there was no one there. The manager brought me down to the main bar. I got a wireless mic beside the men’s toilets and the smoking area. I was booked for half an hour I did fifteen before the mic cut out completely. The manager got me another mic and made me do the other 15. People were booing. It was degrading the manager was laughing at his punters being cunts. I had to wait till 3 am to get paid by a cheque. I got home at 6:45am sat down with a whiskey and a pipe looked at the cheque and the prick had back dated it till February. I cried. How much money do you have in your left pocket? €1 and a New Zealand 50c coin Do you have a Facebook page? Yep https://www.facebook.com/DannyDowlingComedy Do you tweet? I do indeed I like the twittersphere twitter.com/dannydowling Question to ask us? Am I getting paid for this I only have €1 in my pocket Sadly not Danny, we lost €1 and now have chewing gum stuck to the right pocket, and cannot open it… Many thanks to Danny for been a great sport with our random questions. Please do follow Danny online and see him do the funnies! And if you would like to appear on the site make yourself known! email dave(at)comedyireland.ie ComedyIreland Tweet Leave a Reply Cancel ReplyYou must be logged in to post a comment.
