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Interview: Ross Noble on BBC GMR
updated 16/06/04
Ross Noble Ross Noble is a weaver. There's no-one on the circuit who so skilfully weaves heckles and stray comments from the audience into his own threads of surreal consciousness. Majestic weaving.

Or is that macramé of the mind?

Ross Noble

It has to be said, the rambling Geordie comic was a little windswept, when he roared into the GMR studios to be interviewed on GMR's Mullane Around Midnight ahead of his Noodlemeister gig at the Opera House.

Noodlemeister
Listen to the Ross Noble interview on BBC GMR

Not the stretch limo for Ross. Oh no! Ross travels by motorbike. A big touring bike. With heated grips. The only problem is that clinging on for 4 hours plays havoc with your knuckles.

"I rode up from Kent. Via London, stopped in London. You know, bit of business. Then back on the bike, straight up. Which is why my hands are forming into claws. So if I seem I'm like creeping towards you in a slightly scary manner... "

Below are some quotes from his interview: But can you tell which are true and which are complete claptrap?

Ross Noble - true or ridiculous?
  • "Next time I come in, can you work out some radio car with a big microphone which comes out of the side and we'll do the show from the bike."
    True
    or Riduculous?

  • "I haven't got heated seats on the bike. Instead, I have a small puppy. I ladle him full of soup before the journey. And he gets pleasantly warm and then he just curls up and falls asleep and he keeps me nice and warm."
    True
    or Riduculous?

  • "A lot of farmers are resorting to wrapping their cows in bubble wrap. What happens is that they're troubled by mischievous rapscallions coming into the fields and tipping them over. But if you put em in bubble wrap, no-one can resist popping it. So as they tip the cow, it pops and they just pop away and then the rural police come in and catch themselves a cow tipper."
    True
    or Riduculous?

Ross Noble was interviewed by Michelle Mullane on Monday 14 June. You can listen to Michelle Around Midnight - on BBC GMR (95.1FM) every weekday night between 2200 and 0100.

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