Alan Orr
Comedy actor
Our cast of comedy geniuses may be unknown to you as yet so we sent the show's producer Gerald Strother along to find out more, Gerald meets Alan...
Give me a couple of lines about yourself. What have you done? What鈥檚 your background? Professionally speaking鈥�
I'm an actor from Paisley, my first job on TV was when I was 8 and appeared in on STV! As a youngster, I also appeared in 主播大秀 comedies , Pulp Video and Rev I M Jolly. I was part of a sketch show on Nickelodeon UK called when I was 19. I'm also a composer/musician and write/arrange songs regularly for Theatre In Education companies and .
Tell me some comedy stuff that you like. Programmes, stand ups鈥� what makes ya giggle?
I like a wide variety of comedies, my current favourite is an American docu-style sitcom 'Parks and Recreation'. My all-time favourite comedian has to be Rikki Fulton - I grew up watching and was lucky enough to meet and work with Rikki on Rev I M Jolly many years ago! I'm a huge fan of improvisational comedy, I remember watching Who's Line Is It Anyway? as a kid and thinking the guys on it were all absolute geniuses. I also love , , , , The Office (UK & US Versions) - I could go on and on...
Erm, something about filming or rehearsing with us. Was ANY of the experience enjoyable? (Lunch can be included in your fond memory if that was the best bit or you can just big me up. No?)
The What's Funny project was such a great thing to be involved in. The people involved, without exception, were all an absolute pleasure to work with. It's so nice to have something tangible that's to do with this historic referendum that I can look back on in years to come and say that I played a part in it - in fact, several parts with it being a sketch show!
The morning after
A surreal trip to the shop for shortbread.
