Episode 1627 - Chris Fleming

WTF with Marc Maron Podcast

Marc Maron

Comedy

4.6 • 29.5K Ratings

🗓️ 20 March 2025

⏱️ 97 minutes

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Summary

Unlike many comedian guests on WTF, Chris Fleming had a lot of support and encouragement from his family when it came to pursuing a career in comedy. In fact, it was his mother who got him started at open mics. Chris talks with Marc about how he embraces being both inclusive and avant-garde, building a loyal audience but also being accessible to newcomers, and using the stage to create characters, like his popular suburban mother Gayle, while also giving plenty of space to telling jokes.

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0:00.0	This time last year Hassan was working in sales and spent his evenings gaming.
0:07.0	Now he's working as a prison officer.
0:10.0	You know what's going to happen. It's not worth it.
0:12.0	He's tackled sail fires, got through to some of the most challenging prisoners,
0:16.0	and helped support their rehabilitation.
0:19.0	He's done things he once thought he was never capable of,
0:22.5	but he still loves his gaming.
0:25.0	An extraordinary job done by someone like you.
0:28.5	Search prison jobs now.
0:30.2	You.
0:30.9	Yeah, you're sitting there.
0:32.3	I know what you're thinking of.
0:33.4	I know what you're really thinking of.
0:35.1	You want that cheese snack.
0:36.7	Yeah.
0:37.3	The one you steal from your kids' lunchbox,
0:39.6	perfectly round, cheesy and baked to perfection.
0:42.3	The one you hide on the top shelf so your short game can't reach.
0:45.4	The one you keep in your glove box for traffic jams?
0:47.6	Or just because?
0:48.8	You're thinking of mini-cheddars.
0:50.5	Oh, did it just make it worse by mentioning it?
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