Simon Evans on being a RESPECTED RIGHT-WING comedian? | Free Speech Nation: The Podcast

[@merxeddie6474]

In the last century these two would be described quite rightly as English Gentlemen.These conversations make one feel just a wee bit normal in this demented age.

[@robertmudrow8034]

That is so American lol

[@merxeddie6474]

@@robertmudrow8034 Not so I’m afraid,born in London 1947 and still live here,and being working class i think I may have a slight insight into class structure in this once great country.

[@freddiefletcher2497]

Evans and Doyle.

[@itsnotalwaysblackandwhite8624]

@@merxeddie6474 Born in 1944, now living in Australia, could not leave the place fast enough. I refer to the class system as streaming. It started with 11+. Failed the 11+ so the next five years were constrictive. In September 1966 went to work for a Texan Oil Drilling Contractor in London. Breakout ‼️ Travelled the World, hardly ever looking back.

[@elizabethanthony3916]

I thoroughly enjoyed that! 😁 I've always liked Simon Evans and it was nice to discover how intelligent and wise he is.

[@MrShaunsk]

Excellant. Two great geezers.

[@domfrancis3140]

"Geezers," brilliant, certainly made me smile 😃 thank you.

[@simonacuthbert1]

Excellent interview which is both entertaining and engaging. Ten out of ten.

[@MARTINA-gc3tq]

One of the best one to one interviews I have watched on UK TV etc……for a very long time.

[@barblessable]

I'm a lefty and really like Simon he is a witty clever comic ,liked his radio 4 series ,he should be seen and heard more, of the right he may be ,he's funny.

[@VaucluseVanguard]

I live in New York in a reasonably wealthy area - Upper West of Manhattan. On the night of the 2020 election, most shops and cultural establishments like the Lincoln Centre were boarded up in case of violence. But the fear was not that if Trump lost his supporters would have been violent. This is NY - it is the most Democratic supporting city in the country. No, the fear was that if Trump won there would be major violence from people on the political left. After all, there had been 140 days of left wing violence across US cities in the run up to the election. This was not evident from the reporting of any of the UK media - left or right.

[@kaysussex4991]

We don’t have any right wing media!

[@domfrancis3140]

It's sad because honesty is hidden on so many platforms.

[@jameswebb4593]

BBC has degenerated into a Liberal septic tank.

[@elkpaz560]

Our media in the UK reported this as a fear of MAGA.

[@alan2007-x8x]

It's almost as though what you are saying isn't true, isn't it?

[@robertmudrow8034]

GB News is uniquely intelligent among news-centred channels. Debates like this assume the audience is intelligent too and happen nowhere else on UK tv. Very sharp, articulate stuff.

[@bazcuda]

The 6 and half-minute set that Simon Evans did in Sunderland for TV's Comedy Roadshow simply cannot be bettered. From coming on cold it is arguably the finest 6 and a half minutes of standup ever. Every sentence a well-crafted gem; impeccable timing; impeccable little gaps just to emphasise the next couple of words... An absolute masterclass from a tiptop comic. It's on KZbin (duration 6:39). We really don't see enough of Simon on TV as a standup, so I really value the few KZbin clips that we do have of him.

[@BrassToff]

Great stuff, guys. Always have been a Simon Evans fan.

[@tchai91]

Simon is so endlessly interesting. I could listen to him for hours.

[@thesmallnotesduo]

The perfect antidote to woke crap - intelligent humour. Thanks Simon

[@leggobeasty]

Possibly the thickest comment I've ever come across. Just spend a minute to think about what you said...

[@thesmallnotesduo]

@@leggobeasty I'm running second now my friend - after your comment. Well done you.

[@staninjapan07]

Good one! I have seen him on stage (only on the Internet) a few times, and I enjoyed this conversation a lot. Doyle's a good interviewer (and a good guest when the tables are turned).

[@seamusmcquaid1316]

For once KZbin suggested a worthwhile video that I missed. Simon Evans is really interesting. entertaining and thoughtful. Personally I found this very stimulating and kept my attention , my average attention span is around 10 mins. Not forgetting Andrew who had the foresight to suggest talking with Simon.

[@klackon1]

Simon Evans is a cracking stand up comedian: he has me laughing all the way through his act. I had never considered him to be "right wing". Then again, anyone who isn't a woke, liberal, lefty is branded "right wing".

[@gregcruse4647]

He is a superb comedian. He writes every few weeks for Spiked Online and is wonderfully insightful

[@MrRibbett454]

Really interesting interview. Cheers

[@Neil-Daimond]

I always liked Sam on Headliners, especially when he said things I heard seldom elsewhere, like great googly moogly..... good old Zappa! But this is brilliant, some very wise words spoken here about comedy and offense. Great interview.

[@offshoretomorrow3346]

GREAT and morale-boosting interview. One of the Good Guys and no mistake.

[@joeking4206]

Simon is a breath of fresh, honest air in theae sad days of "I'm offended" culture. He's great. The last few minutes' comment about wounds and how they heal was spot on.

[@barkebaat]

Excellent interview Always liked Mr. Evans Smart man

[@vibhananda2030]

Excellent talk, really enjoyed it.

[@benfurbank]

Brilliant! Always wondered where he was on the TV! He's a genius and I love his style of comedy

[@brightonduder]

Simon Evans is a real talent and very funny

[@rajeshsuseelan6863]

Confirmed. Simon Evans does have EYES!!

[@krachenford9594]

A round of applause for having eyes . . . I'll give it a try, when i'm old enough!😂😂😂😂😂 (today 66)

[@christopherdavies7213]

Simon is possibly one of the wisest but most modest about it person I have heard for a long time and his recent life experience mirrors almost exactly my own, even to having my wife tell me to keep quiet because I am upsetting the children- by stating or sharing objective, factual truths.

[@jameswatters9592]

This conversation was notable for the fact that the interviewer let his guest do the talking

[@mogadeet6857]

Simon Evans is so clever.

[@llengsuch3426]

Great conversation - very entertaining and interesting! I enjoyed the final "healing of wounds" analogy, too.

[@robbieorourke5534]

Great interview....I saw Simon as the warm up act to Lee Mack's show, he was brilliant....... in some respects his comedy was more thought provoking and funny.........Lee Mack was very good though.......great value for money!!!

[@clungepoker6749]

Some people 'choose' not to understand jokes and comments in an effort to be faux offended and virtue signal, all venues should back their acts and not cave to these people!

[@raychambers3646]

I've been insulted / offended a few times , can't believe I've got a pulse and still breathing !

[@earthstick]

I know people who don’t understand metaphor, I doubt they understand irony. My guess is that certain linguistic tools require a certain IQ to understand.

[@kayrb2475]

40:43 Oooft! 😬oh for the good ol days of 2022… how much has changed in a mere two years.

[@sherston]

It was Sandra Bernhard. That said, great interview this. Interesting to hear about Mr Evans beginnings too.

[@dancarter482]

As a gender-confused chauvinist; I find this whole dispute fundamentally racialist!

[@Cumbriahandyman]

Until recently only ever seen Simon on Headliners. His intelligence shone through, he is my favourite on that show. Then recently I somehow clicked on one of his standup routines. I was shocked by the language. Didn't think he was that funny, so didn't watch for long. Still be my fav on Headliners.

[@peterhall8572]

Anyone who feels unsafe because of a joke they didn't even hear themselves needs a dose of calcium or a year on the dole in Huddersfield, either one will help you grow a spine

[@nickworley1000]

A lot of doctors would endorce confronting your fears and phobias be they rational or otherwise I personally have found this good practice. These woke safe space people have their hands over their ears while wearing cotton wool suits.

[@nickcauser727]

Imagine being that closed minded and stupid that you go to a live comedy show, looking to be offended to the extent that you walk out before hearing the end of a piece of material. Some people really are tragic.

[@pskourides]

I did the cover sketch for John Mortimer's book 'Where's there's a will' I did it at Barnet College in the second year. Never got paid I've been plagarised relentlessly. But that's a long story.

[@thewaronu8842]

LOL I love how Simon almost apologises for being a "truther" and believing that the Jan 6th "insurrection" was a set up when there is (and was on the day) video of the "insurrectionists" being invited in FFS

[@elizabethdarley8646]

Yes! I am a very male-brained lady and I am very feminine too! My brain is like a man's in that it is very dep thinking and I am personally very keen on finding the truth. As a five year old I played with dolls and lorries as I liked them all although I didn't ask for a lorry for Christmas but I was happy to play with my brother's lorries and at birthday parties.

[@elizabethdarley8646]

I have just watched him in his stand ups and he says he does not use foul language but he does so I said goodbye to that. expected.

[@richjones4956]

Free Speech, Referendum on Immigration, now!

[@autolupus]

I'm glad that after saying he used Tucker Carlson as his point of reference, that he only used him in the absence of any other 'credible' reference.🙄 I do love his beautifully crafted and intelligent humour, albeit from a sceptical/pessimistic but mostly left leaning standpoint, which probably has a lot more overlap than a lot would like to admit.

[@springtime8029]

I was surprised to see ed Ballston GB news being prepared Ito the cortroled opposition!!

[@offshoretomorrow3346]

Have another try?

[@georgeprokopenko3044]

good

[@StefanTravis]

All this time, we thought he was joking, poking fun at posh idiots.

[@jakartausm5241]

Antifragile? Someone has read Nicholas Nassim Taleb. A great series of books - Incerto

[@akadacat]

So much good sense, until 45:00. *sigh* Stopping now I'll come back and revisit, I will watch the end, (this Lefty loves Simon and actually never thought of him as Right Wing) but jesus that's disappointing. Wonder how he feels about this interview months later?

[@katherinecollins4685]

Interesting

[@stelamcguiness937]

Simon Evans: I can't pay attention to what he says. He's too sexy 👄

[@zininoo]

Hasn't done comedy for BBC? Isn't he a regular on The Unbelievable Truth?

[@dans9038]

The mask slipped towards the end

[@viktoriakay1]

'Unprovoked rape' ? :/

[@petermclelland278]

He comments that the public aren't right wing & it's exaggerated but they voted in an ideological aright wing government X 3 ?

[@edmundoftheangles7977]

Being anti trans is of course really a good thing

[@Pareshbpatel]

2nd. viewing. {2024-03-10}

[@andrewrobinson2565]

He's not a right-wing comedian. He's funny for a start 😜🤣.

[@JJONNYREPP]

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[@PoldarkGodzilla]

He is good , you don’t think so

[@JJONNYREPP]

@@PoldarkGodzilla ?

[@cnrspiller3549]

Great chat lads. Sorry to hear of your problems helping your daughter to know fact from fiction Simon. I started out with a hands-off approach to the development of my children's beliefs and political viewpoints. But as I realised how hard they were being hit from the left in schools, how much they were being indoctrinated in class, I increasingly saw my roll as to be the person who had to inoculate them against this tsunami of lies and half-truths. Sad; I wanted to teach them how to think, not what to think. But as I watched their friends accidentally step onto the gender affirmation conveyor belt which instantly whipped them off towards irreversible mutilation, and as more and more students were getting re-racialised, thinking they are either guilty or oppressed because of the level of melanin in their skin, I knew I had no choice but to immunise them both. If you love your children, teach them what to think as well as how to think. They are wading through lies.

[@Aspartame69]

They absolutely do look like letterboxes though.

[@hectorshouse7348]

Very establishment

[@rickyred001]

Respected ? HAHAHAHA !!!!

[@coop_coop007]

Falsus in uno, falsus in omnibus

[@psychotron9]

Love Simon Evans comedy -very clever guy but lost a lot of respect once he joined GB News

[@michaelmouse4024]

When Simon Evans said he was going to be a comedian everybody laughed. Well, they're not laughing now are they? Did he come up with brexit? That's a joke. He's as funny as a tory. Competiton from other tory comics though. I saw a fab Double act. 2022 summer season: Truss & Kwateng - clowns & magicians who made all this money disappear. The seats were too expensive. They were following a long run by this big fat tousled haired buffoon who wouldn't leave the stage. Loads of people walked out. He's still on tour but now he keeps getting bad reviews... I've got a million of 'em- I'm here all week

[@pbysome]

A respected rightwing comedian is a liberal. Go Tommy!

[@MrWansty]

i miss jeremy hardy

[@michaeldavison9808]

'Respected right wing' an oxymoron in its purest sense.

[@jeremysmith8035]

Didn't make me laugh 😒

[@james6901]

20 years plus since Simon started....and now we have to educate audinces what IRONY is?? Ach jeez the world has gone to fk.

[@whitesteamerstephens1379]

interesting, then..it when on and on....thus, I moved on....