The Stand Comedy Club Podcast · The Stand

Matt MacDonald

·1 hr 15 min·4 clips

“I wore a new shirt and then I went out and I was absolutely terrified.”

1. The Stand Comedy Club Podcast episode features Matt MacDonald talking about dating food, fruit fears, and his first years in stand-up. 2. Fraser, Lottie, and Molly host the conversation, and Matt MacDonald is the guest because he is a newer comic working the Glasgow scene. 3. The episode asks what makes a good date order and what it feels like to start stand-up in September 2023. 4. The first stretch debates whether to sit across from someone or side by side, with a table in between, a mirror, and even “behind one another.” 5. The hosts test first-date food choices with burgers, fajitas, spaghetti, salad, chips, and dessert with two spoons. 6. Matt says he only ever orders a burger, while Fraser argues that fajitas have “big dick energy” and can dominate the table. 7. The group jokes about messy food, including spaghetti sauce on men and a red line around the mouth before a kiss. 8. The conversation moves into fruit, and Matt says he is “a bit quite afraid” of fruit and calls it more like a phobia. 9. He names oranges and Tesco mixed fruit pots as the worst examples because the texture can be wrong or mould can hide on the back. 10. Bananas get a more positive response because the skin gives clues about ripeness and the fruit feels more consistent. 11. Banana fritters become the exception, because frying changes the texture and adds a sweet sauce. 12. The hosts discuss raspberry sauce, chocolate sauce, butterscotch sauce, and cold peas ice cream from The Stand in Glasgow. 13. One complaint is that Cold Peas will not put raspberry sauce on a 99 cone, only in a pot, because they say it would fall off. 14. Matt then explains that he started stand-up in September 2023 after applying for Red Raw and receiving an email from Paula. 15. He says he began doing open mics to prepare, and an early set at the Waverley Bar after the Edinburgh fringe left him thinking he was doing better than he actually was. 16. Matt says the first Red Raw set was around his fourth or fifth gig, with a new shirt, a terrible photo, and a lot of shaking after the set. 17. The tone is loose, fast, and improvised, with the hosts constantly interrupting themselves and changing subjects. 18. The format feels like a group chat turned into a podcast, with running jokes about cameras, visual gags, and singing the theme live. 19. People who like Glasgow stand-up scene stories and messy conversational comedy would likely enjoy this episode. 20. People looking for a structured interview or a single topic may skip it.

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A loose comic chat that keeps turning table placement and theme tune fantasies into the joke.

It is a loose comic hangout built around a simple question: whether to sit across from someone or side by side, and how that changes the vibe on camera. The talk keeps circling back through interruptions, quick corrections, and jokes that stretch into longer riffs.

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If you like a podcast that can turn table seating into a running joke, press play.

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