10 Quick Qs – Sean Cullen
1. Describe your show Twitter-style, 140 character or less!
I attempt to succinctly communicate some mundane or idiotic point and throw in a reference to rodents.
2. Who’s the biggest celebrity you’ve ever been ignored by?
None of them pay any attention to me. I guess Kevin Bacon ignored me which was gutting because that meant that I was ignored by five degrees of other people.
3. I’m sure you’re excited to be visiting Melbourne for the comedy festival. Tell us what you hate most about Sydney.
The thing I hate most about Sydney is that it rhymes with kidney, my least favourite piece of offal.
4. What was the most challenging aspect about preparing your show?
The most challenging aspect of my show is the animal wrangling. Most of the animals I employ in the finale are quite small and swift.
5. You can choose to have anything named after yourself: a planet, stadium, street, whatever. How would you immortalise yourself?
I’d change the moon’s name to Sean and force people to walk in the Sean light
6. What’s your favourite strategy for eviscerating a heckler?
I try to be funny and avoid heckling in the first place. If that fails, I try to reason with the heckler. If that fails I crawl into the heckler’s colon and consume them from within.
7. Why would someone not want to come see your show?
They may enjoy Chinese Melodrama.
8. Describe to us your ideal breakfast.
Sausages. Two fried eggs sunny side up. A fresh sliced tomato. Flat White. A naked female Olympic Athlete forcing the food into my mouth.
9. What is the biggest accolade you’ve received from one of your shows?
An Australian critic said I was the Miles Davis of Improvised Prose. That was nice. I shouldn’t have killed him.
10. What other MICF show are you most excited to catch up with?
David Merheje is an excellent comedian and Lebanese. I am one of those things.
