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Paddy Gervers
Paddy Gervers (comedian, one half of musical comedy duo Jonny & the Baptists) has ticklish feet! He sheepishly admitted it in an interview where he shared a story about a woman who snuk up on stage and tickled his feet:
The Edinburgh Fringe can throw up some surprises – what is the strangest moment you can remember from the festival?
We once did a show in the round in Summerhall in which we were barefoot for the whole thing because of a long lost reason that we’re certain was dramatically justified. A ways into one of the shows, I (Paddy) was on one knee doing a bit of a ‘sad’ song at Jonny – and during this ‘sad’ bit a woman in the audience stood up and crept up behind me.
I had no knowledge of this other than seeing Jonny’s face start to contort in utter confusion as he panicked, quickly followed by the rest of the audience in my line of sight – and then there was someone tickling my feet.
My leg buckled and I tanked myself on the floor, and in an unprecedented Paddy moment I sort of had a go at her and she went back to her seat a bit defeated.
She came and found me after the show and said she was sorry, but (and I quote) “Can you blame me? You know me! Whenever I see feet!”.
I did not know her, or what would happen when she saw feet. That was very much the end of my evening and sort of the end of every evening ever since.
https://www.sundaypost.com/ fp/fringe-qa-jonny-the-baptists-on-seriousness-v-silliness-and-being-tickled-literally-by-the-audience/
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Paddy Gervers (comedian, one half of musical comedy duo Jonny & the Baptists) has ticklish feet! He sheepishly admitted it in an interview where he shared a story about a woman who snuk up on stage and tickled his feet:
The Edinburgh Fringe can throw up some surprises – what is the strangest moment you can remember from the festival?
We once did a show in the round in Summerhall in which we were barefoot for the whole thing because of a long lost reason that we’re certain was dramatically justified. A ways into one of the shows, I (Paddy) was on one knee doing a bit of a ‘sad’ song at Jonny – and during this ‘sad’ bit a woman in the audience stood up and crept up behind me.
I had no knowledge of this other than seeing Jonny’s face start to contort in utter confusion as he panicked, quickly followed by the rest of the audience in my line of sight – and then there was someone tickling my feet.
My leg buckled and I tanked myself on the floor, and in an unprecedented Paddy moment I sort of had a go at her and she went back to her seat a bit defeated.
She came and found me after the show and said she was sorry, but (and I quote) “Can you blame me? You know me! Whenever I see feet!”.
I did not know her, or what would happen when she saw feet. That was very much the end of my evening and sort of the end of every evening ever since.
https://www.sundaypost.com/ fp/fringe-qa-jonny-the-baptists-on-seriousness-v-silliness-and-being-tickled-literally-by-the-audience/
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