Jarred Christmas With the Beatbox Hobbit

3:45 Yeah could have been you I don't think I've been I was starstruck when I met Robin Williams okay that was that was proper stuff I've got a Robin. Williams story as well what's what's yours I just wasn't really a story I just I was in LA and I got. Tickets to a show that Robin Williams was on it was a lineup show 80s ad was hosting and I'd worked with idiots at a few times and at that time had the same management. So it is that hooked me and a friend up with ticket and oh my god wrong wounds was made just ban Boyd out and then afterwards. You know we're in a sort of backstage bar you know the Robin Williams it's just right there and I'm thinking just talk to him this is chance. Man just talk time I couldn't do it mate couldn't do it I just said okay couldn't do it set there watching him and just being I don't.

4:41 Want to be a dick is essentially what and I was afraid I was gonna be a total dick yes I'm so excited about meeting him so I just said within the vicinity of him. And that was kind of it kind of enough I heard him being funny to other people in there I really appreciated that I got him to on the red carpet. Happy Feet 2 yeah I got myself on a plateful penguin I got him to do his favorite line from the movie Internet inflatable penguin oh yeah. And quite a big nose and he said that it was a very phallic mascot right and then he did this kind of I believe this like weird. Kind of penguin no accent and I was just I was done I was like everyone else who came I was like I don't give a [ __ ] okay.

5:22 Go away yeah there was a bit of that day yeah but my beeps free count was Ricky face oh really you have to a press thing for Derek to sings. You saw him and I was like I don't be I don't be a dick yeah yeah it's not the time yeah I did pen toe with Priscilla. Presley and she was fantastic and you know when you're working with people you just that starstruck that she either you get over it and deal with it were you gonna. Be the worst person ever to work with yeah and I depend I with 12 and D. And they were so cool and so amazing what was the Penta was a character I was Cinderella and so I was what's his name is it buttons buttons. And I did Peter Pan with Verne Troyer many me and obviously before he passed away.

6:24 Tough shown the poster what yeah so um yeah I think and the line of work that we're in like your beatboxing and stuff and being the beatbox. Click if you guys get to work with yeah you get to work musicians in so and support crazy people that you're just like yeah listen. To them growing up and I'm performing before them yeah that's Goodwin but also we stand await with Jared and he's obviously being in the comedy. Game for a couple years so when he's on first name basis with comedians that you've seen any like oh I'm just casually having a beer with someone. That have watch some like oh you can name drop it's okay we've got a great photo of you with great Davis yeah hugging cuz Greg's. Rather tall yeah what are you five foot seven five seven five and he's a whole foot yeah bigger it's just me hugging his waist basic.

7:21 No I'll go talk to her worst moments on stage I know that you've got one involving stand up and a razor brand but before I go to that before. I go to that I was just wondering if you got any worse way worse my choking or losing your voice one of my worst moments. One of the first corporate gigs I did for a company which was the companies at the Birmingham in ECE we were doing it was like an expo. And halfway through the set I'd managed to smack the microphone into my nose and got a nosebleed I had to run off halfway through the setlist. So that there was definitely no yeah you did exactly what. It's all right the show goes on and the head of my I had that microphone it so recently it was still stained with blood. I didn't tell anyone that I let but use it that day like I got used it and did you miss Kate your your gig without any buds things yeah.

8:15 Yeah so that works as the sword gig Wilkinson Sword sponsored stand up competition and I hosted it and I was in a tiny village and Wales hosting. Show and it all kicked off and two guys got wrestled addle addle venue and then waited around afterwards to beat me up so I had to escape at the back of the pub over their neighbors. Means you just go out the front because they were gonna beat me up they will beat you over outside yeah the police police came like these guys were members of it there was a local. Gang and so the police came and we're basically like they are waiting for you so well you were going for them during the show were you yeah. Yeah because they were disrupting the show so I just slammed them and at one point what level of language can we use on this so what happen.

9:07 Thingy to what possible beacon these two guys. Were I'll tell you the food these two guys came in after the interval when they were in sitting in the front row and they were just under. Their breath telling me to [ __ ] off and should we go be prick and all that sort of stuff and so I thought you know I got the audience. All up for it and stuffing in our boy because these acts were the comedians who are coming on I was all cuddle this competition right so like I don't want. To I've got to get someone on so I got an act on cuz I knew they weren't gonna they headed them for me for some reason. And I went to the back of the room and said to the bar manager was like those two guys weren't there in the first half.

9:53 Nothing you know quite aggressive towards me and the manager looked down then just went white as a sheet I mean that banned from every pub in this town I don't know. How they got in here we've got to get rid of them and I was like wait until this guy's finished as five minutes and get rid of my lime on so I go. On I'm saying and I go ladies noon we're just gonna have to stop the show and then turn to those guys I mean guys you know you're banned from this pub so do the right thing. And just leave and they were like make us leave and I was like I'm not gonna make you leave someone else will make you leave because the police have been called so why. Don't you guys leave and one of them goes why don't you both I'm not gonna because I'm the host of the show and it'll be a pretty bad show.

10:38 If I if I put off and then the guy. Turned to the audience and we'll just start a go who wants me to stick around this guy can go off who was I mean make. No one wants to stick around because it's not a show for you it was a show for you there'd be a big picture of a hahaha. And that I think the term is pouring gasoline on a fire before that moment where you could have what were you weighing them up were you thinking. I could I could have in mind you know is that why not in that nine the slightest okay you know that were pretty rough-looking but at no point that I think that it would turn into fisticuffs. For what so I said that line the whole place like people would myoma cart this was escalated and then the the bar manager and one of his bar staff came down to and the when the bar guys grabbed.

11:31 The guy and the guy took a swing at him but the barman bent back and the guy over compensated with his punch and ended up falling. Into another table and hitting someone at another table so that table gets up and then it turns into a cowboy film and I'm on stage just like I think I think. This is kind of my fault why don't you just look at where you're just going I couldn't get out because the only way off the stage was through the audience. Oh you attract yeah okay. Yeah yeah and I thought the smartest thing I did was shut up because I thought I could commentate on this wouldn't padam II was think would be funny just to do a fight. Commentary on this but people were genuinely getting hurt and people in the audience it loads of them drag these two guys out chat them out and then sat down and all I could think to say was out afterwards.

12:20 Go God don't you hate it when you come out for a fight and someone builds a comedy club around you yeah and then they called. Up their family and the police got me to sneak out the back and next-door neighbor's yard hide in the next door next door neighbor what. Was their offense did you had to climb over things like a big fence or a small fence it was a big fence I had to climb over six-foot. Fence yeah yeah okay it was an easy climb though you know because I thankfully on the pub side had the you know the support beams going across. And then I stood in that guy's house until the Wilkinson Sword rep who was driving a mini with a big Wilkinson Sword at the top of it so not subtle. At all pulls up the guy opens the front door for me and he's like go nice print out jump in the Karen got a police escort all the way out of wales.

13:13 In to liverpool and then we had to drive liverpool to london it was pretty horrible Jesus and it was before the internet uses like 2003. OK so the internet was around but people couldn't easily search for you do you don't mean if it had happened in the days of social. Media I think that would have hunted me does hunter - yeah you know it's not the worst moment on stage for me. Let's look at the unit they probably yeah this probably hasn't helped yeah. Genuinely not the worst oh you're not getting you're kidding I'm absolutely not kidding I've had I don't think I'm an aggressive or cuddly yeah you don't seem aggressive smug. No and I'm not I don't think my stage persona is that I'm an [ __ ] or a prick or anything but I've had pint.

14:04 Glasses thrown at me bottles thrown at me I in Christchurch New Zealand I had a guy come onstage and try and punch me and I got. Booed off stage at Watford I think Christmas party a group of plumbers just didn't like me they'd throw a bread roll at me I bought. It yeah I caught it did a twirl took a bite and said needs a bit of butter. But got nothing they hated me so much it got nothing was it when you were just thought yeah no no that was there was maybe. 2008 it was it was at Christmastime is that jungler's which notoriously just you know people one person booked their Christmas works do it no comedy. Club everyone else just want to get had in there so there were notoriously tough gigs at times especially at Watford one yeah that's the only time I've been booed off you have been booed no Hank.

15:02 Would off no he just turns it into beatboxing yeah yeah. Picture all the time yeah yeah it's good dog dies though. So what starts it all killed don't kill don't kill key on a reef dog sure kids I think bad boy three two one oh my god. That boys gonna do what you gonna do when we come for you pay you more money to do with third film one knows the next. For me can you beatbox like your lyrics of course I don't try and keep in time go I can keep in time you saw the show go. On bad boys bad boys what you gonna do what you gonna do when they come for you and no money.

15:59 Go can I country-western out I feel like a little banjo so what is the next line I don't know what you're gonna do when they come for you that's what I said. Yeah but your show how did you come up with the idea because I I loved it and I was in there the kids. Love their yeah the adults loved it yeah the grumpy dad loved it yeah they all loved it loved it um well the the Genesis I guess of the muddy kids beatbox. Comedy show it started out as an adult show yeah what did we call it party time [ __ ] no that was a later. Jarred Christmas and Hobbit presents the people box or game show pie yeah I've come a very but yes so we so it started out that because myself. And Hobbit first met at a hip-hop comedy night called doom dong at rich mix in London yeah and that was great wasn't that so good so it was a mix of comedians.

17:08 And a bit of hip-hop in there Hobbit was the house band I was the host and we were just on stage at the same time so it was like should we mess around and we just started once. A month doing that show and messing around and yeah started developing quite a nice little nice bit of chemistry really do you kind of see little bit of a husband. And wife husband the husband couple on their first date I mean I like brothers but you know let's Chuck a little bit of sexual tension in there as well yeah. Definitely feeling yeah and I just noticed that there were beatboxers starting to do the comedy scene and so I rang up hob and I said look there's a gap in the market. Let's do this and then we realized if I stop swearing we can do the show for family.

18:03 So yeah and it's been great developing it isn't it yeah basically the only rule is if at any point I'd say to Hobbit have written. A rap that's been Hobbit puts the brakes on and goes no never will you do a rap it took us a lot of rehearsal with the not objectively. - baby oh yeah say no and winter's coming into the beat I have to I'm not great musically no but yeah. I don't get it because you just go knock not no when I say not not you say you've got to get that and rhythm to his yeah. Okay yeah yes so you know music is a big pile of show but what what I've always done is celebrated my weaknesses yeah and that is being in time being on rythm. Singing definite strong weakness from the air so there's a back seat with the beating and oh yeah but that says thing yeah Judah I mean so in the past I've.

19:04 Interrupted they're messed around but we've only got an hour and there was some shows that were going for an hour 20 you know and it was like no man we're gonna and actually. It is that there isn't an art there is an art to children to family shows is it you've got to keep it clipping on all yeah. Yeah dude I mean like we we could mess around and get laughs from the adults and maybe the kids but they get tired and bored. Quick yeah so basically a tight slick show is the best option yes still having the chaos that we've got yeah and I think it was him. We took the show to Edinburgh last year and we had amazing Rob their income and help direct the show yes which definitely cuz we're quite loose on stage. With and you know like Jared said we could just keep you on free tours but it was having that having those moments where you're like keep.

19:52 It going along because they always you could spend half an hour your routine and yeah absolutely you know we could stand there for you know we could do half an hour of kids just getting up telling knock-knock yeah. Yeah so Rob Dearing is a comedian I know Rob yeah he's been you know it's been like a top comic on the on the stand-up. Circuit for like 20 years. He's fantastic director because the the secret is you know so much work behind the scenes to make it look like it's just a little bit of messing around yeah. But in actual fact it's it's structured and we know what we're doing cuz we could go up and mess around but then it'll be flabby. How do you actually refine the kids show where you can have practicing on your own kids yeah yeah a little bit develop stuff with my kids.

20:47 You know because I'll run an idea past them and if they get involved with it and sort of laugh a bit a little bit used to me now so I tend. To go hey what do you think of this idea and they go yeah that's good I'm like okay I'll run it past Robert yeah. Yeah I mean you don't really know until you get it in front yeah you get an inkling don't you yeah there's a lot of trial and error of seeing. What way and we've done some shows where we tried new routines and it's just completely know what didn't work the one where I put. Like post-it notes all over my body of different sounds that Hobbit could make then they'd have to attach those perhaps my body withers before the adults. Show and I for a laugh I put one down on my on my nether regions and people would just punch me in the dick yeah.

21:39 With the placement of the constantly just punch flicking me in the dick and then we thought we shouldn't use that in the kitchen that would not cut. It away yeah in a real trouble there yeah I don't know. You do just genuinely get a feel from it don't you that was a good answer to a question could we finish with some beatboxing something. From you sure of kick it when I say knock knock you say who's there knock knock who's there knock knock who's there interrupting pirate interrupting. Pirate gets lonely being a doesn't it gets lonely being a pirate and there were two pirates on the poop dick and and one pirate says to the GP. Get lonely as a pirate and the other was like yeah yes sometimes to do and he says have you ever had a parrot and the other one says no I've had a cockatoo.

22:45 Not what I asked me not what I asked why pirates mean because they are what's pirate's favorite cheese. Parmesan a little so except chid are all gorgonzola. Did you hear about the two pirate ships that crashed together one was blue and one was red they were marooned. I tell you what I love hearing about how people build ships it's riveting I thought you wanted pirate jokes me well yeah not really yes. Silence me and silence water plank - oh hey - max - what for junglers there we go so nice right roll yeah. Guys thank you so much I really appreciate those a little bit.