Robin Ince
Robin Ince
Robin Inceis an English comedian, actor and writer. He is best known for presenting the BBC radio show The Infinite Monkey Cage with physicist Brian Cox...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionComedian
Date of Birth20 February 1969
jokes quite telling
I have a problem with telling jokes about physics. Quite often the audience have no idea what you are talking about and, to be honest, I don't know what I'm talking about either.
valentines-day honesty eye
My wife could turn to me and she may say, 'Why do you love me?' And I can with all honesty look her in the eye and say, 'Because our pheromones matched our olfactory receptors.'
revision firsts life-is
My life is constant revision but it's not revision, a lot of it is for the first time.
library percentages hush
I have spent a reasonable percentage of my life in libraries - I like the hush.
writing thinking patterns
There can be a science to joke writing, there are certainly rules and patterns that can be followed, but I think most of the best comedy goes beyond the rules.
technology typewriters monkeys
They gave 12 monkeys a typewriter for a week, and after a week, they only used it as a bathroom.
talking balance needs
You always need to find the balance in the science, but the balance to talking about evolutionary theory is not to talk about creationism, that's not a balance, that's misleading and it's just wrong.
laughter computer cold
Not since Jimmy Carr have I seen a cold computer programme on stage generate so much laughter.
matter royal lectures
If the Royal Variety Show was put in a matter transportation machine with the Royal Institution Christmas lectures, this is what you'd get.
nice people projects
As much as of course that Englishness of always to be embarrassed about any sense of complement, it is nice to know that a lot of the projects that I've worked on that people do feel there has been some effect.
excited fantastic existence
To be paid, to be employed to be an enthusiast and be excited about existence is fantastic.