If you’ve been roaming the streets of Edinburgh and have picked up your free copy of The Skinny – a monthly cultural magazine exclusive to Scotland, you might notice an awesome section of the mag where Fringe comedians are interviewing other Fringe comedians.  You also might notice that we’re in it...

Our duty was to interview Australian comedian Adam Vincent, and his job was to interview us in return.  We both enjoyed the exercise so much that we ended up having way too much content, and as a result, less than half of it actually made the final article in the magazine.  Fortunately, we have a blog and can allow you to read (for better or for worse) the full uncut interview... hope you enjoy...

The Brothers Streep interview Adam Vincent:

SIMON: It says on your MySpace page that you played Nicole Kidman’s bottom lip in Australia.  What was it like working with Hugh Jackman?
ADAM: He's a very generous actor.  He just let me be the best god damn bottom lip I could be... of course I got the role from my work in Forrest Gump where I played Bubba's bottom lip.  I don't do top lips though... I gotta be loose.

DYLAN: I’ve been watching a lot of Summer Heights High.  Did you also think Ja’mie was hot until you found out she was played by the actor Chris Lilley?
ADAM: I still do Dylan... I still do... and that just shows you what a great actor Chris Lilley is...

SIMON: I watched Australia play Germany in the FIFA World Cup here in South Africa.  Your team fell over a lot.  Do you fall over a lot?
ADAM: All the time.  In fact, when I can afford it I'd like to hire my own referee just to follow me around and give me free kicks... like the other day at the supermarket I fell over a pyramid of tinned pineapple... very embarrassing, but had I gone on to slot a ball down isle nine... instant hero.

DYLAN: Adam Vincent, are you related to my family doctor, Doctor Vincent?
ADAM: Yes I am and he's one of your biggest supporters... it would be easy to think of him as just your doctor but next time the curtains are drawn and he's examining you, know that he's quite the fan.

SIMON: This is our first show out of South Africa, have you played out of Australia before?  New Zealand doesn’t count.
ADAM: Yes I've played in the UK and America... it sounds great but the reality is I cried a lot and spent too much money.

DYLAN: Have you ever climbed inside a Kangaroo’s pouch?
ADAM: If you're Australian, then no, I haven't, but because you don't live here then I can comfortably say that I actually live in a kangaroos pouch.  It's a nice cosy three bedroom number...warm... for the inner city type who is constantly on the go.

SIMON: A lot of your publicity shots have you standing with a fish on a stick.  What would you do if the fish decides to pursue a solo career?
ADAM: Yeah I get this one a lot.  Look Graham and I have an understanding.  He's a dead fish and I drive a car... there will be no solo career...the end.

DYLAN: That guy from Avatar is from Australia.  I saw Avatar in 3D.  Will your show be in 3D?
ADAM: Actually due to the high cost of doing a show in Edinburgh my show will only be coming to audiences in 2D this year.  No removing the fourth wall I'm afraid...

SIMON: What is your show going to be called, and what can we expect?  Will there be a didgeridoo involved?
ADAM: My show is called Vital Signs, no didgeridoo's but I often pop out some mouth trumpet.  I can't help it when it feels right it feels right.  Expect?  The Unexpected... Really not many people seem to know what’s going to happen next.

DYLAN: Do you find Australian comic sensibilities to be similar to that of the British?
ADAM: Yes but different techniques.  Often Australian acts sound like chainsaws... full of bluff and banter... you're forced to laugh... British acts... you forced to laugh but for different reasons.  You know if you don't laugh they might hide in a cupboard for a while and nobody wants that.

SIMON: Who are the acts you are looking the most forward to seeing in Edinburgh?
ADAM: Brendon Burns show looks interesting, Kitson, and I'm really looking forward to that unknown act who hands me an interesting flyer... and The Brothers Streep.
DYLAN: We’re incredibly excited for Rhod Gilbert, Jimmy Carr, Tim Vine, Stewart Lee and the list goes on!  We’ll come see your show if there’s nothing else on.  Just kidding.

SIMON: Neighbours or Home & Away?
ADAM: Neighbours.  Home & Away make me feel like a sexual deviant...all those adult actresses in school uniforms... it's unjust... they are adults right?
DYLAN: Or Prisoner Cell Block H?
ADAM: Prisoner all the way.  I like my prison bitches hardnosed.

Adam Vincent interviews The Brothers Streep:

ADAM: Si, you start dating Anna Paquin, she inspires you to greatness but the other lads aren't happy.  A rift has been created.  Do you dump Anna or do you stick with The Brothers Streep?
SIMON: I stick with the Brothers.  Blood is thicker than water.  We’re not really related by blood, but veins don’t pump water either, so it all evens out in the end.

ADAM: What's the scene like in Cape Town?
DYLAN: It’s small, but supportive.  Like Gimli when he offers Frodo his axe.

ADAM: Why should people see your show?
SIMON: Out of politeness.  We’ve travelled far to come here, it’s only fair.

ADAM: Worst photo shoot?
DYLAN: First photo shoot, shot by my mother, at my house, against the kitchen cupboard, both holding up a slice of cheese.

ADAM: What's the name of the show you've always wanted to do but haven't had the courage to do?
SIMON: I quite liked the idea of calling our show, Britain’s Got Talent, South Africa Has Us.
DYLAN: My suggestion was We See Your Loch Ness Monster, And Raise You A Tokoloshe.

ADAM: Have you ever sat down with an Australian and swapped shark stories?
SIMON: No, but we did once write a song about on a horror movie called Sharkman – the story of an evil scientist who spliced his dying son’s DNA with a shark.  Does this count?

ADAM: Are your plans to stay in Cape Town or move overseas?
SIMON: We’d love to do more work in the UK, but we’ll cross that ocean when we come to it.

ADAM: Worst comedy death?
DYLAN: A joke went so bad that we were heckled by our own drummer.  Not a good night.

ADAM: Will you incorporate the Vuvuzela in your act?  Pro Vuvu or anti VuVu?
DYLAN: I think the world has heard enough Vuvuzela for a while.
SIMON: While I can see that people should have the right to choose whether to have a Vuvuzela or not, I believe I will only know where I stand in that debate when I actually have a Vuvuzela of my own.

ADAM: Do you ever just play gigs as an unknown band just for fun away from the comedy
scene... and let the audience be pleasantly surprised that you're funny as well?  Like the Brothers Streep undercover?
SIMON: We used to play a lot under the name Avril Lavigne.  But for some reason when people arrived for the show, they were neither pleasantly surprised nor found it funny.  For some reason it works a lot better when Avril Lavigne plays under the name The Brothers Streep.

ADAM: Am I the first person to say that you look like the Beatles?
DYLAN: We’ve been told we sound like the Beatles before, but if we look like the Beatles then maybe we need haircuts.

ADAM: So we are all spending a lot of money to come show what we've got internationally, and we are all pale white men who like to wear suits... it's very British behaviour - what's something that people in Cape Town do that no one else does?
DYLAN: They never go on holiday to Cape Town.
SIMON: People in Cape Town actually talk to each other on trains.  In the UK people sit in silence.  In Cape Town people wish they were sitting in silence.

Special thanks to Adam Vincent, The Skinny and our Fringe PR Ruth Marsh.