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Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.85,0:00:08.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Growing up as a kid in Ireland,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.69,0:00:11.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we had pretty much\Nzero percent immigration.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.09,0:00:14.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was the brownest person for miles.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.67,0:00:16.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.70,0:00:18.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just a hint of a tan.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.11,0:00:20.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They were like:\N"Look at him ... suspicious."
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.44,0:00:21.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.83,0:00:26.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And now, we have 17 percent immigration,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.05,0:00:28.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we are one of the only\Ncountries in the whole world
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.68,0:00:33.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that doesn't have a single political party\Nin parliament opposing immigration.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.17,0:00:34.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of the only ones.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.76,0:00:41.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can't because we have shagged our way\Ninto all your family trees.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.49,0:00:44.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.00,0:00:51.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Many of you don't even know it ...
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.02,0:00:52.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.42,0:00:55.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,until that day you get\Nyour DNA test results.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.29,0:00:59.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're like: "Look at that!\NI'm like 23 percent Irish!"
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.72,0:01:00.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.91,0:01:03.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This whole time,\NI thought I was a Filipino.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.64,0:01:05.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.60,0:01:10.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Three years ago, we became\Nthe first country in the whole world,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.08,0:01:11.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by popular vote,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.28,0:01:12.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to legalize gay marriage.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.34,0:01:17.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of the most\Nsteeped-in-Catholicism countries ever
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.49,0:01:20.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,put it to the people and went,\N"Gay marriage, what do you think?"
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.60,0:01:23.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And collectively we went,\N"Yeah,feck it, why not, go on there."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.65,0:01:25.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.15,0:01:29.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To put that into perspective,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.17,0:01:33.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in 1993, homosexuality\Nwas actually illegal in Ireland.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.34,0:01:35.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then the year before last,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.18,0:01:39.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we found a guy who is half-Indian,\Nand gay, and made him Prime Minister.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.99,0:01:41.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.16,0:01:45.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You go to places like America,\Nwhere I live at the moment,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.22,0:01:48.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and still they're debating\Nhaving their first female president.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.94,0:01:52.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In Ireland, we've had\N21 years of female presidents.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.13,0:01:54.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We were the first country\Nin the whole world
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.23,0:01:56.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to have back-to-back female presidents.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.11,0:01:58.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We've moved on to gay, half-Indian people.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.24,0:01:59.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.61,0:02:02.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're woke as feck over there.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.39,0:02:04.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.36,0:02:09.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We don't even have Chinatown in Ireland.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.96,0:02:11.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We let them live with us.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.73,0:02:14.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.17,0:02:17.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.09,0:02:23.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All these things have happened\Nin a fraction of my lifetime.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.46,0:02:28.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like our lives are full of\Nhuge changes, big huge changes,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.38,0:02:30.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all the time, all around us.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.38,0:02:34.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But for some reason,\Nwhen it comes to one particular thing,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.28,0:02:35.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one particular feeling,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.76,0:02:37.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we assume it can't really be changed.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.16,0:02:39.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Fear.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.97,0:02:44.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, I did a bit of\Nan experiment a while ago.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.04,0:02:50.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was to do the thing I feared the most\N... every single day ... for a year.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.82,0:02:52.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was a horrendous plan.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.67,0:02:55.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Especially because\Nwhen I went to university,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.97,0:02:58.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my nickname was Shakin' Stevens,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.81,0:03:03.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,after the musical icon, I suppose,\Nif you liked it, at the time.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.12,0:03:06.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it wasn't for the musical ability.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.12,0:03:07.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't know if you've ever had it,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.79,0:03:09.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when you stand in front\Nof a group of people,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.94,0:03:11.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you have to speak,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.20,0:03:13.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or you're holding a bit of paper,\Nand you're speaking,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.77,0:03:16.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you are like: "Why is\Nthat piece of paper moving?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.39,0:03:19.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why am I shaking while I'm speaking?"
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.18,0:03:22.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That happened for me every time,\Nand it was even worse.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.28,0:03:23.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It kind of went through my body.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.81,0:03:26.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, the shaking went into my shoulders,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.05,0:03:27.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,down through my hips,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.35,0:03:29.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I was just involuntarily ...
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.04,0:03:30.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.28,0:03:33.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,becoming a kind of Irish salsa dancer.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.01,0:03:34.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But -\N(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.20,0:03:38.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it was so bad\Nthat people would come to see it.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.11,0:03:41.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.81,0:03:44.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's a pretty Irish thing,\Nwhere they're like:
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.12,0:03:46.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Look at him, going to pieces.\NWe'd better see that."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.65,0:03:47.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.13,0:03:50.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I should have known,\NI should've remembered,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.53,0:03:52.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that it was possible to change this,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.25,0:03:54.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but for some reason,\NI think for a lot of us,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.36,0:03:55.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when it comes to fear,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.73,0:04:00.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we forget that we have the power\Nto somehow change that.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.08,0:04:05.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sometimes you just need\Nthat catalyst to drive change.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.69,0:04:09.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For me, unfortunately,\Nit came in the worst possible way.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.62,0:04:10.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A friend of mine, Arash,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.98,0:04:14.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who was the most outdoorsy\Nand athletic person I've ever met,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.44,0:04:16.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,within the space of 96 hours
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.50,0:04:20.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,went from hiking\Nthe John Muir Trail in California
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.19,0:04:23.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to lying in the John Muir hospital
Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.25,0:04:26.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,surrounded by doctors telling him\Nhe'd never walk again,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.92,0:04:29.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,after suffering\Na severe spinal cord injury.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.74,0:04:31.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He didn't want to accept that prognosis.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.76,0:04:34.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,None of his friends wanted\Nto accept that prognosis,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.24,0:04:36.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so they all rallied to do\Nfundraisers on his behalf
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.86,0:04:39.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to get him to his goal\Nof getting back on his feet again.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.63,0:04:41.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it kind of rubbed off on me.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.39,0:04:44.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I was like: "Well maybe\NI could do something to help."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.16,0:04:45.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I organized -
Dialogue: 0,0:04:45.35,0:04:48.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I just happen to know a comedian\Nwho lived next door to me,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.17,0:04:51.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I was like: "If I did a comedy show,\Ncharity show, would you do it?"
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.69,0:04:52.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he said yes.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:52.91,0:04:56.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So to Arash, I was like: "Let's do\Nthis comedy show to raise some funds."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.39,0:04:59.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he's like: "That's a great idea man.\NYou're going to host it?"
Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.53,0:05:01.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was like: "Oh no."
Dialogue: 0,0:05:01.19,0:05:04.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He didn't know about\Nthe whole Shakin' Stevens thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.08,0:05:06.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:05:06.41,0:05:11.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Up to that moment, I would have described\Npublic speaking as my biggest fear,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:11.01,0:05:13.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and as a crippling fear.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.08,0:05:15.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But when you're stood there,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.48,0:05:19.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and your friend is sat there\Nin a wheelchair, looking at you,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:19.14,0:05:22.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is not the term you ever\Nfeel right about using again ...
Dialogue: 0,0:05:22.66,0:05:23.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:05:23.92,0:05:25.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for a fear.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.88,0:05:28.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It just made it seem\Na little bit ridiculous.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:28.22,0:05:31.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I was like, especially like,\NIrish people en masse,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:31.24,0:05:34.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,fair to say, we hate public speaking.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.01,0:05:37.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But Irish people en masse,\Nwe love speaking.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:37.85,0:05:39.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:05:40.06,0:05:41.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We love it.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.06,0:05:43.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You'll be like:\N"Do you ever speak to people?"
Dialogue: 0,0:05:43.28,0:05:44.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Oh yeah, all the time."
Dialogue: 0,0:05:44.43,0:05:46.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"In public?"\N- "Oh, absolutely, yeah."
Dialogue: 0,0:05:46.49,0:05:48.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Public speaking?"\N- "Oh no, no, no.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:48.23,0:05:49.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:05:49.94,0:05:51.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not doing that."
Dialogue: 0,0:05:51.28,0:05:53.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All of a sudden, it just felt nonsensical.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.94,0:05:58.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So it was kind of time to at least\Ntry and get over this nonsensical fear.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:58.69,0:06:00.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But who do you ask for help?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:00.59,0:06:03.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or like, who were the masters\Nof this topic, or where do you go to?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:03.97,0:06:07.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And for me, I was a big fan of the theory\Npopularized by Malcolm Gladwell,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:07.87,0:06:12.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that it takes 10,000 hours doing something\Nto make someone a master.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:12.28,0:06:15.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I was like: "Who are the masters\Nof this public speaking stuff?"
Dialogue: 0,0:06:15.49,0:06:18.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the answer seemed\Nunconventional ... but obvious.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:19.32,0:06:24.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's like, surely stand-up comedians\Nare doing this more than anybody else.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:24.58,0:06:26.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Surely they know a lot about it.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:26.81,0:06:30.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It turns out the average stand-up comedian\Non the way to making an income
Dialogue: 0,0:06:30.36,0:06:31.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from doing stand-up comedy,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:31.66,0:06:32.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if they're good,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:32.92,0:06:36.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it takes them on average about seven years\Nto make an income from stand-up comedy.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:36.83,0:06:40.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The ones who are dedicated, they estimate\Nto spend about four hours a day
Dialogue: 0,0:06:40.31,0:06:43.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in some way, shape, or form,\Nworking on their craft.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:43.56,0:06:48.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Four hours a day, by those seven years,\Nis roughly those 10,000 hours.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:48.59,0:06:52.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they do it in the worst\Nconditions possible.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:52.65,0:06:54.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like, imagine, I live in America.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:54.23,0:06:56.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're having a tough day and they're:
Dialogue: 0,0:06:56.12,0:06:58.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I'm having an emotional day today.\NI feel a lot of anxiety.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:58.98,0:07:01.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I went to the supermarket.\NThey'd no avocados.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:01.18,0:07:02.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was horrendous.\N(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:07:02.57,0:07:04.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I went to Bikram yoga,\Nand a guy flatulated.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:04.86,0:07:07.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was just no, no,\Nit's just too much for me.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:07.07,0:07:10.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I put four photos on Instagram.\NNobody liked them, not even my mother ...
Dialogue: 0,0:07:10.53,0:07:12.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now I'm going to go to this comedy club,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:12.91,0:07:15.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,make it better, add alcohol,\Nsit there, fold my arms,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:15.43,0:07:17.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,stare at a person and go:\N'Make me laugh.'"
Dialogue: 0,0:07:17.48,0:07:18.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:07:19.12,0:07:22.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It just sounds like the worst possible\Nenvironment to do this.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:22.88,0:07:25.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So my plan was getting\Nconsiderably worse as I went along.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:25.92,0:07:29.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not only was I going to try and do\Nthis public speaking for a year,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:29.12,0:07:31.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was going to do\Nstand-up comedy for a year.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:31.37,0:07:33.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And for this terrible plan,\NI blame Americans.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:35.41,0:07:38.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're just a lot more positive\Nthan Irish people ...
Dialogue: 0,0:07:38.46,0:07:40.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,unnecessarily sometimes.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:40.98,0:07:43.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like, they will support you with anything.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:43.90,0:07:46.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You could be like: "I'm quitting my job.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:46.22,0:07:49.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a good job, and I'm going to sell\Ninflatable penguins on the Internet."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:49.90,0:07:52.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they're like:\N"God that's a great plan man.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:52.41,0:07:54.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:07:54.37,0:07:56.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You should try that. Bring it in."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:56.08,0:07:57.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,High five.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:57.08,0:07:58.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter).
Dialogue: 0,0:07:58.68,0:08:02.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sometimes you dismiss Irish people\Nto be like: "Cop on to yourself.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:03.33,0:08:07.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Get those penguins down off the Internet:\Nyou're bringing shame to the family."
Dialogue: 0,0:08:07.17,0:08:09.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:08:11.63,0:08:14.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I got reminded of this,\Na bit of a social media thing:
Dialogue: 0,0:08:14.22,0:08:18.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I posted a little video of myself\Nkite-surfing under the Golden Gate Bridge.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:18.01,0:08:19.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I thought, "This will get the likes."
Dialogue: 0,0:08:19.82,0:08:22.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Posted this, and the American\Ncomments come in:
Dialogue: 0,0:08:22.72,0:08:25.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Dude that looks awesome. You go."
Dialogue: 0,0:08:25.50,0:08:26.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Next comment:
Dialogue: 0,0:08:26.60,0:08:28.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Oh my God. Looks like\Nyou had the perfect day.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:28.90,0:08:30.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hope you had a great time."
Dialogue: 0,0:08:31.12,0:08:32.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Irish comment:
Dialogue: 0,0:08:32.22,0:08:34.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I hope a shark bites your balls off."
Dialogue: 0,0:08:34.67,0:08:36.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:08:38.72,0:08:40.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that was my mother.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:40.38,0:08:42.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:08:43.52,0:08:44.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, safe to say,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:44.88,0:08:48.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wasn't really ready to tell Irish people\Nabout the plan that I was having.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:48.51,0:08:50.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I needed a way to hide it from them.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:50.94,0:08:54.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it turns out it's quite hard\Nto clock up the stage time needed
Dialogue: 0,0:08:54.11,0:08:57.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to get some experience as a comedian\Nif you don't have any experience.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:57.57,0:09:01.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, I had to make it look like\NI'd been around for a while doing comedy.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:01.44,0:09:03.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Americans couldn't really\Npronounce my last name,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:03.78,0:09:06.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a little bit strange\Neven by Irish standards: Nihill.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:06.48,0:09:08.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So they kept calling me Irish Dave.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:08.97,0:09:10.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, I was like:
Dialogue: 0,0:09:10.24,0:09:13.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Well, there's a stage name\Nthat sounds pretty horrendous."
Dialogue: 0,0:09:13.22,0:09:16.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The idea was that I was already good\Nat doing comedy in Ireland,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:16.27,0:09:18.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I just happened to be\Nin America for a while.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:18.61,0:09:20.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It needed to look like\Nhe'd been around a while.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:20.90,0:09:23.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, alright, Irish Dave,\Nlet's go with that,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:23.02,0:09:25.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,made him a website,\Nmade him look pretty good online.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:25.58,0:09:26.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Facebook page,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:26.74,0:09:29.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Facebook fans, which mildly\Ncontroversially at the time,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:29.59,0:09:31.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you could just buy on the Internet.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:31.78,0:09:32.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:09:33.06,0:09:35.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I was pretty big there for a while ...
Dialogue: 0,0:09:35.12,0:09:37.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:09:37.30,0:09:38.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,especially in India.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:38.94,0:09:40.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:09:40.54,0:09:44.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The first booked show I did\Nwas five ladies and I.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:44.03,0:09:48.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That comedy show was called\N"Oestrogen entrée, with a side of balls."
Dialogue: 0,0:09:49.33,0:09:51.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was that side of balls.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:51.11,0:09:52.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:09:52.23,0:09:54.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A very proud moment as you can imagine.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:54.49,0:09:56.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But thankfully, it went up from there,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:56.54,0:09:59.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I started doing all these comedy clubs\Nand shows and festivals.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:59.86,0:10:04.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At the end of that year, I found myself\Non stage in front of 1400 people
Dialogue: 0,0:10:04.85,0:10:07.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in America's largest\Nstorytelling competition.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:07.67,0:10:10.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I'm about to lay an egg.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:10.29,0:10:11.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because, after your story,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:11.92,0:10:14.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they judge you in front of\Nall the other people.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:14.86,0:10:16.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So it's like diving in the Olympics.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:16.57,0:10:21.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They actually hold up a scorecard\Nfrom 0 to 10 about how you just did.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:21.02,0:10:22.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That sounds horrendous.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:23.08,0:10:24.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's like you losing your virginity,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:24.90,0:10:27.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and someone just popping up\Nat the end of your bed ...
Dialogue: 0,0:10:27.65,0:10:29.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean like: 2
Dialogue: 0,0:10:29.13,0:10:31.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:10:31.46,0:10:32.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Room for improvement.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:32.91,0:10:34.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:10:35.03,0:10:37.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The funny thing is\Nthat by the end of this time,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:37.33,0:10:40.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was learning a lot that comedians\Nwere learning the hard way.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:40.35,0:10:42.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We'd done the charity event for Arash.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:42.22,0:10:43.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It went really, really well.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:43.56,0:10:45.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nobody would have noticed Shakin' Stevens.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:45.64,0:10:47.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What I was learning, over time,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:47.46,0:10:50.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and through repetition\Nand knowledge from this group of people,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:50.47,0:10:52.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was not how to overcome a fear,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:52.68,0:10:56.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but how to manage a fear,\Nand, in my case, how to hide a fear.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:57.33,0:10:59.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I think we're sold that\Nquite a lot in life.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:59.69,0:11:01.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Here's the easy way\Nto overcome your fear."
Dialogue: 0,0:11:01.81,0:11:03.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You might never overcome it,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:03.38,0:11:05.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but just at least tell me\Nhow to manage it,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:05.79,0:11:07.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like stop the Shakin' Stevens bit.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:07.88,0:11:10.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And a key part of it was just\Ntelling yourself in your head
Dialogue: 0,0:11:10.70,0:11:11.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you are not nervous.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:11.93,0:11:13.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Of course you are.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:13.18,0:11:14.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The sweating is coming,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:14.38,0:11:16.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'm like the salsa dancing\Nis coming back,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:16.57,0:11:19.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but people are like:\N"Just tell yourself you're excited."
Dialogue: 0,0:11:19.30,0:11:21.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Look at how it were like\N2,000 of you today:
Dialogue: 0,0:11:21.41,0:11:23.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was like: "Ah, I'm so excited."
Dialogue: 0,0:11:24.04,0:11:26.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:11:27.28,0:11:29.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, I literally found myself on stage,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:29.14,0:11:30.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,1400 people,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:30.40,0:11:34.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and there's three comedians out of ten\Nin this competition of storytelling.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:34.78,0:11:38.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, of course, my theory is they're\Nthe true masters going to come 1, 2 and 3.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:38.52,0:11:42.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And Arash has got wind that I'm in this\Nunder the sneaky name Irish Dave,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:42.50,0:11:45.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he's come, so they're\Nall there in the audience.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:45.01,0:11:46.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am laying an egg.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:46.21,0:11:49.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't have butterflies\Nin my chest; I have pigeons.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:49.21,0:11:51.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you'd touch my hand\Nbefore I went on stage,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:51.42,0:11:53.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it felt like a mackerel\Njust went like that.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:53.56,0:11:54.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:11:54.57,0:11:56.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you'd hugged me, same as today,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:56.38,0:11:59.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you'd feel like you'd hugged\Nsomeone got out of a shower.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:59.10,0:12:00.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're like: What's going on there?
Dialogue: 0,0:12:00.81,0:12:02.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it was just hiding them, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:12:02.51,0:12:04.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we're doing this competition,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:04.28,0:12:08.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and at this stage I had written a book \NI'd self-published about my experience,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:08.49,0:12:10.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'd just sold it to a publisher,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:10.22,0:12:13.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they were like: "We're going\Nto need a new ending on this."
Dialogue: 0,0:12:13.30,0:12:16.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I'm like: "Winning this competition,\Nthat could be a good ending."
Dialogue: 0,0:12:16.69,0:12:18.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So towards the end of this competition -
Dialogue: 0,0:12:18.60,0:12:21.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,1, 2 and 3, as I anticipated,\Nare the comedians -
Dialogue: 0,0:12:21.53,0:12:24.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'm winning, and there's\Nonly one person left.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:24.25,0:12:25.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this lady goes -
Dialogue: 0,0:12:25.46,0:12:27.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,no comedic background or training -
Dialogue: 0,0:12:27.14,0:12:29.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,gets on stage and is amazing and kills it.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:29.66,0:12:31.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they're in bits\Nlaughing at everything,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:31.72,0:12:32.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she wins.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:32.99,0:12:37.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was like: "Oh well,\Nthere goes me ending here."
Dialogue: 0,0:12:37.63,0:12:40.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I was like: "How did you do that?
Dialogue: 0,0:12:40.75,0:12:41.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was fascinated.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:41.95,0:12:45.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've studied this for ages,\Nbut you wiped the floor with everybody.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:45.16,0:12:47.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She's: "I've been studying\Ncomedians a lot.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:47.28,0:12:49.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've been reading a lot about it."
Dialogue: 0,0:12:49.17,0:12:51.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was like: "What did you read? Tell me.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:51.10,0:12:53.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anything super helpful?\NI'm publishing a book on this."
Dialogue: 0,0:12:53.74,0:12:55.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And she's like: "This one."
Dialogue: 0,0:12:55.06,0:12:58.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Pulling up her notes, she says,\N"This book was really helpful.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:58.02,0:13:00.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,'Do You Talk Funny?'\Nby a guy called David Nihill."
Dialogue: 0,0:13:01.56,0:13:04.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:13:05.12,0:13:07.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I say, "You beat me with my own book."
Dialogue: 0,0:13:07.46,0:13:09.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:13:10.76,0:13:13.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh! And I thought, right,\Nthat's the end of that.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:13.68,0:13:17.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Told the story, and sure enough,\Na week or so after, this guy contacts me.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:17.47,0:13:19.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Would you be interested\Nin doing a TED talk?
Dialogue: 0,0:13:19.66,0:13:21.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I liked your story.\NWould you like to share it?"
Dialogue: 0,0:13:21.96,0:13:24.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I said, "Ooh,\Nnow this would be a good ending."
Dialogue: 0,0:13:24.40,0:13:25.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then: "Wait a minute.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:25.65,0:13:27.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have a friend called Arash,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:27.05,0:13:30.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he's the reason I got into\Nall this mess in the first place,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:30.21,0:13:31.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and all this lunacy started.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:31.82,0:13:35.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,His story's more powerful and better\Nthan anyone's I think I've ever heard.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:35.41,0:13:37.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Could I send you a little video of him?
Dialogue: 0,0:13:37.28,0:13:40.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He did a practice run with an audience\Nusing comedians' techniques.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:40.48,0:13:43.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Could I send you that?\NMaybe you'd consider booking him?"
Dialogue: 0,0:13:43.20,0:13:44.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he booked him in my place.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:44.70,0:13:46.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I was there backstage watching
Dialogue: 0,0:13:46.46,0:13:49.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when Arash got\Na 51-second standing ovation
Dialogue: 0,0:13:49.58,0:13:52.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as he told everybody\Nhow he trained for one whole year,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:52.97,0:13:54.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,keeping it a secret,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:54.03,0:13:56.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the sole goal of standing again\Non his own two feet
Dialogue: 0,0:13:56.71,0:13:59.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so he could propose to his beautiful\Ngirlfriend, eye to eye.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:59.74,0:14:01.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He didn't want to do it\Nfrom his wheelchair.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:01.84,0:14:03.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, of course, she said yes.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:03.36,0:14:06.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, at the end, he stood up\Nfrom his wheelchair, on stage,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:06.28,0:14:08.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,doing something doctors told me\Nhe'd never do again.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:08.76,0:14:12.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She came out and joined them,\Nand the whole place just lost their mind.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:12.56,0:14:14.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I get hairs in the back\Nof my neck standing up
Dialogue: 0,0:14:14.95,0:14:16.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just telling you guys about it.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:17.23,0:14:18.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The comedy event we did
Dialogue: 0,0:14:18.56,0:14:21.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,became a recurring event\Ncalled "Comedy for a Spinal Cause".
Dialogue: 0,0:14:21.42,0:14:24.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Today, we've raised for people\Nwith spinal cord injuries
Dialogue: 0,0:14:24.38,0:14:26.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just over $45,000.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:26.88,0:14:28.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Arash wrote a book -
Dialogue: 0,0:14:28.44,0:14:31.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:14:35.53,0:14:37.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Arash wrote a book about his experiences.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:37.53,0:14:39.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He started a non-profit.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:39.38,0:14:41.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He continues his recovery,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:41.28,0:14:43.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and continues to be\Nan inspiration around him.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:44.31,0:14:47.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Six weeks from today,\Nin this very hall in Manchester,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:47.36,0:14:49.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's going to be a musical act planned.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:49.38,0:14:52.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ironically, his name is Shakin' Stevens.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:52.03,0:14:53.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:14:53.60,0:14:54.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What are the chances!?
Dialogue: 0,0:14:54.92,0:14:57.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you take nothing away\Nfrom all this lunacy,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:57.71,0:15:00.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's our lives are full of change,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:00.10,0:15:01.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and, a lot of the time,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:01.38,0:15:04.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we can drive and control\Nthat change more than we think,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:04.08,0:15:07.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whether it's just some\Ninvoluntary dancing moves,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:07.08,0:15:10.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a feeling that you have,\Nor a whole country.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:10.43,0:15:12.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You might not overcome a fear,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:12.10,0:15:15.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but with help from the right people,\NI believe you can learn to manage it.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:15.91,0:15:19.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Public speaking, ultimately,\Nif it's one of your biggest fears,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:19.02,0:15:21.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like it's mine and so many\Nother people's out there,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:21.81,0:15:24.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,try and tell yourself you're excited,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:24.09,0:15:26.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,no matter how many people\Nare looking at you.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:26.25,0:15:29.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Remember, at the end of the day,\Nit's just you sharing your story.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:29.61,0:15:31.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know it better than anyone else,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:31.52,0:15:34.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you never know\Nwhat'll happen when you tell it.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:34.00,0:15:36.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if you need help\Nalong the way, ask a comedian.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:36.47,0:15:38.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I believe they're\Nthe world's true masters.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:38.52,0:15:39.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you very much.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:39.52,0:15:41.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)