{"id":66136,"date":"2023-08-19T08:39:41","date_gmt":"2023-08-19T08:39:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newcelebworld.com\/?p=66136"},"modified":"2023-08-19T08:39:41","modified_gmt":"2023-08-19T08:39:41","slug":"are-your-work-presentations-funny-its-a-slippery-slope-warns-comic-rob-auton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newcelebworld.com\/entertainment\/are-your-work-presentations-funny-its-a-slippery-slope-warns-comic-rob-auton\/","title":{"rendered":"Are your work presentations funny? It's a slippery slope, warns comic Rob Auton"},"content":{"rendered":"

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While some comedians may go to the Edinburgh Fringe armed with a darkly comic story of their past trauma, Rob Auton had the colour yellow.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a chirpy colour alright, energetic almost: much like what Rob thought he was like on stage, until he got confused by reviews praising his \u2018sloth-like\u2019 delivery, and deadpan jokes. <\/p>\n

\u2018I only kind of found out that I was deadpan on stage by seeing a video of myself,\u2019 Rob said in an exclusive chat with Metro.co.uk<\/strong>. <\/p>\n

\u2018I thought I was quite upbeat, quite snappy, which is ridiculous, isn\u2019t it? And then I\u2019d get a review and it would say something like, \u201cHis sloth-like delivery\u201d.\u2019 <\/p>\n

But don\u2019t be fooled, Rob\u2019s brain is going like the clappers, even if he looks calm as a peach on the outside. \u2018It\u2019s like a duck\u2019s feet under water,\u2019 he explained. <\/p>\n

There\u2019s something refreshing about a comedian who isn\u2019t trying to be too loud or clever. He\u2019s not hurling names of z-list politicians to a side-eyeing audience in an attempt to seem up with the times, and he\u2019s not trying to make a point. He\u2019s simply, well, funny. <\/p>\n

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But Rob didn\u2019t always see the stand-up arena as his calling. Initially, it was presenting PowerPoints at university. <\/p>\n

\u2018I realised if I injected some humour into the presentations, people would stay engaged for longer.\u2019 <\/p>\n

Naturally then, at the start of each presentation (of which there were many) Rob would hand over to an alter ego like James Earl Jones, who would then go through the slideshow as Darth Vader. As you do. <\/p>\n

\u2018People would really laugh. So I thought, I\u2019m enjoying this. And then I that was where I got the bug for it, definitely.\u2019 <\/p>\n

Down in London after university, Rob worked in advertising. But much of the time he just scribbled thoughts down in a notepad at his desk. He then spontaneously read these out at a fireworks party with his co-workers, and that became his first gig. <\/p>\n

\u2018It was called poetry, but I don\u2019t know if it was. But that was it, that was my first gig. And then I just started doing more and more and more. Now I\u2019ve been going it since 2007.\u2019 <\/p>\n

Each show, Rob chooses a topic to focus on. Previous subject matters include the colour yellow, the sky, faces, water, sleeping, and hair, to name a few. Sound\u2019s boring? It\u2019s definitely not. Because while his topics seem broad and potentially mundane, Rob\u2019s brain works in weird and wonderful ways, and he can mine a joke from just about anything. <\/p>\n

This time, for Rob\u2019s 10th Edinburgh Fringe show, he thought it would be apt to choose himself as the topic. But don\u2019t worry \u2013 there\u2019s no childhood trauma chat here. <\/p>\n

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\u2018It\u2019s not like any no kind of harrowing stories or anything like that. I mean, one is just where I used to work in a restaurant and they put me in charge of making crab cakes. And they used to call me the crab cake kid, because I was good at them.\u2019 <\/p>\n

Rob will be leaving political jokes to \u2018brilliant people\u2019 like Matt Forde, then. \u2018I\u2019m almost too sensitive to think about that stuff to much,\u2019 he said. \u2018It just depresses me.\u2019 <\/p>\n

But just because Rob doesn\u2019t talk about zeitgeisty soundbites from Twitter, or confess his inner most secrets and bang on about anal \u2013 yawn \u2013 it doesn\u2019t mean he\u2019s not thought about what he\u2019s putting out into the world. <\/p>\n

\u2018I do look at the state of the world, and that is probably what pushes me to want to celebrate things like the sky, and all that we\u2019ve got in common, like having faces and drinking water, and sleeping and talking,\u2019 he said, with sudden earnest. <\/p>\n

\u2018If I am privileged enough to be able to stand on stage and share my ideas, I want people to leave feeling uplifted, and feeling like we\u2019ve got more in common than we did when they first came in.\u2019 <\/p>\n

\u2018Basically I\u2019m just trying to grab time and moments before they go.\u2019 <\/p>\n

Aren\u2019t we all? <\/p>\n

Rob Auton brings his brand new show, The Rob Auton Show, to Assembly Roxy, Upstairs as part of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe from August 2 to 26 at 14.25pm, then on tour. For more info and tickets, visit robauton.co.uk<\/em><\/p>\n

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If you\u2019ve got a celebrity story, video or pictures get in touch with the Metro.co.uk entertainment team by emailing us celebtips@metro.co.uk, calling 020 3615 2145 or by visiting our Submit Stuff page \u2013 we\u2019d love to hear from you.<\/p>\n

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