Irish rascal and former ‘Buzzcocks’ team captain Sean Hughes brings his new stand-up show, ‘Penguins’, to London this week. But who are his big influences? He runs us through his top ten comics.
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Tommy Tiernan
‘There are so many comics who deserve to be on this list. Really, number ten should just be “every living, breathing comic with soul”. But I’ll go with Tommy Tiernan. I like his passion, and the fact that he believes in what he’s saying. I’ve lived in England for 20 years, I love English people, and I don’t mean British people, I mean English people, because they’re so stoic and respectful. Whereas Irish people are basically socially inept, and I include myself and Tommy in that completely: we’ll just say things that we shouldn’t really say.’
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