This week I talk to Comedy Estonia comedian Ann Vaida who will be doing her first solo show in December. We chat about creativity in her day job, how she writes Stand Up and her feeling as she approaches her first Stand Up hour.

Follow Ann: https://www.instagram.com/annvaida

Episode video: https://youtu.be/4TSmA7YIiD0

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Comedy Guy Podcast: https://anchor.fm/comedyguy
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Retro Shmups on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/louiszezeran

This week Tim and I make it into the studio after Tim's very rough week after getting a second dose.

Tim's vax induced delirium
Louis' Estonian lessons
Why are there so many Australia entertainers in Estonia?
Hipster Japanese brothels

Video: https://youtu.be/IkaU6LIbncM
Follow Tim: https://www.instagram.com/sexyhunk1988/

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Comedy Guy Podcast: https://anchor.fm/comedyguy
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Zez Retro on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/ZezRetro
Retro Shmups on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/louiszezeran

Martin and I are back and discussing what it is like when someone doesn't like your show. If it's a normal public show, if someone doesn't like it then mostly they are reasonable and accept its not for them and they just don't come back. However sometimes people REALLY don't like the show and demand their ticket money back. What do you do?

Then we have the case when we are hired for a private party and the customer is not happy with the performance. We have a long list of questions we ask about the event to ensure we can do it correctly. However even with a good checklist, often we turn up on the day and something is wrong or off which we did not anticipate. Sometimes we can make adjustments in the moment but sometimes we just need to power through. If the customer isn't satisfied we need to take a detached view and stoically ask ourselves could we have asked more questions and done more prep or do we feel the customer had an incorrect expectation (which still makes it our fault for not setting the expectation correctly).

Follow Ruutu10: https://www.instagram.com/ruutu10eesti/

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Comedy Guy Podcast: https://anchor.fm/comedyguy
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Zez Retro on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/ZezRetro
Retro Shmups on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/louiszezeran

In part 2 we hear from Tambet and Roger's side of our recent trip to the UK. What were their war stories about hitting the mics in London? How was that Glasgow crowd after all? What's up with Tambet's Scottish accent?

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Roger: https://www.instagram.com/rogerandre_
Tambet: https://www.instagram.com/tambetsild

You might like some of the other things I do too

Comedy Guy Podcast: https://anchor.fm/comedyguy
Zez Retro Podcast: https://anchor.fm/zezretro
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Zez Retro on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/ZezRetro
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Tim and I are back from the UK and we tell stories of the times we had. Roger, Tambet, Ari and Oleg were all there, hutling for spots and prepping for Ari's Estonian show on the Saturday. After this Tim took Tambet and Oleg up to Scotland where they did gigs in Glasgow and tasted the fish and chips from the highlands.

Follow Tim: https://www.instagram.com/sexyhunk1988

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Retro Shmups on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/louiszezeran

I was back in Vilnius last week and I caught up with my friend Dominykas Klajumas. Dom is a podcaster, content creator, radio host and Stand Up comedian with "Humoro Klubas" which is roughly like the Comedy Estonia of the south.

After years as a well known comedian and radio host, Dom moved into podcasting and online content creation at the start of the pandemic and things have gone very well for him, with episodes now regularly getting hundreds of thousands of views. Wow that's a lot, I sometimes forget that Lithuania is three times the size of Estonia.

We had a really fun talk about his career, developing a Stand Up scene and why Comedy Estonia definitly should not worry about the latest Tõnis Niinemets tour.

Fun fact: In Lithuania, they are not allowed to show alcohol logos on camera at all. Even for podcasts. This is why Dom always drinks from a cup. When he told me about this my first reaction was "fuk da Lithuanian police" and I definiantly said we don't follow such backward rules in Estonia and I'll drink a beer loud and proud. The problem is now is that Dom probably can not distrubte this episode in Lithuania. Which is where most people know him :D Still, I was keeping my beer real.

Follow Dominykas

https://www.instagram.com/klajumas
https://www.facebook.com/dominykas.klajumas

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I talk to Martin Rauam who is a former Estonian rally driver and now is a partner in JOLOS event and live communication agency. I know Martin from working with him on many events and I have always wanted to hear about his previous career as a rally drive back in the early 2000s which took him around Estonia and also for several seasons in the International leagues. 

We have a good talk about how artists and sports people need to prepare for the transitions in their life when you need to move on. Either the "big goal" is achieved or the realities of life say "sorry you now can not do this thing you trained for and focused your whole life around".

Rally and life as a sportsman is about the first hour. Then we switch up and talk about the current state of events in Estonia. Martin's agency JOLOS mostly focused on "corporate" events where Comedy Estonia is slinging tickets to public shows. We talk about the market place and whats the mood of companies and the public right now

Learn more about JOLOS: https://jolos.eu/en
Martin is also on the board of the Estonian Marketing Association: https://turundajateliit.ee/en

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Zez Retro Podcast: https://anchor.fm/zezretro
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This week Kaspar and I talk about comedy. The current state of Comedy Estonia, how to be a better host and what to make of all this showbiz stuff.

Follow Kasper: https://www.instagram.com/kasparkikerpill

You might like some of the other things I do too

Zez Retro Podcast: https://anchor.fm/zezretro
Comedy Guy Podcast: https://anchor.fm/comedyguy
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Zez Retro on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/ZezRetro
Retro Shmups on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/louiszezeran