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Published: Irish Times, May 23 2009

“WOULD IT BE FAIR TO CALL YOU IRELAND’S ANSWER TO FLAVOR FLAV?”

EOIN BUTLER talks to super-sized comic Karl Spain

Everyone remembers the ‘Karl Spain Wants a Woman’ programme. Would it be fair to describe you as Ireland’s answer to Flavor Flav?
No, I’m Ireland’s guy that everyone shouts “Hey, did you find yourself a woman yet?” at on the street. I actually met my girlfriend Rachel through that show and we’re still together after three and a half years. We were having dinner the other night and it came on Sky News that Katie Price and Peter Andre had broken up after three and a half years. So we were laughing – we’ve outlasted Peter and Jordan! What were the odds?

That’s amazing, so you did a show called ‘Karl Spain Wants a Woman’ and you actually got a woman out of it? Why didn’t you do a follow-up, like, ‘Karl Spain Wants a Bungalow and a Flat-Screen TV’?
Well, it’s funny you should mention bungalows, because there was some talk of doing a series in which I would try and buy a house. But nothing came of it. I still joke with Rachel that she cost me a second series of Karl Spain Wants a Woman . Read the rest of this entry »

SO A PRIEST, A RABBI AND A MINISTER… ETC. ETC.

Tripping Along The Ledge productions, in association with EoinButler.com, are proud to announce my first, nay, only ever stand-up comedy set will take place in the Ha’penny Bridge Inn on Tuesday, May 19th. It’s to tie-in with the Carlsberg Cat Laughs Comedy Festival, which takes place in Kilkenny later this month.

Basically, myself and two other non-comedians have been railroaded into undergoing an intensive, like, one hour crash course in how to do stand-up. Read the rest of this entry »