Dom Irrera

How can we laugh as the world slides into chaos? Chaos: I enjoy other people's chaos.It makes me sleep more soundly at nigh. Especially the guys that shoot their slingshots at tanks. Talk about optimists!  

What punchline have you longed to find a joke for but never quite managed? "My Mother did whaaat?"

If you could call a moratorium on one over-used stand-up premise, what would it be? "Ladies, back me upon this one..."

Bill Hicks or Bill Cosby? Bill Hicks hands down! But it is an unfair question. Bill Hicks was a friend of mine and a great comedian. Bill Cosby is also a great comedian but is a pretentious prick.

Does your mother approve of your career choice? She cashes my comedy cheques, and is also an exotic dancer. Talk about cleavage! There I go, getting all sappy again.

What's the one subject that you've never been able to make a joke about? My listless, underused vagina.

If your comedy was a musical genre, what would it be? Parade music of course! Nothing makes you rock like a marching band. But mostly I identify my comedy with Paul McCartney singing ‘Helter Skelter'.

Of what comedian would you most like to hear about the mysterious, asteroid-collision-related disappearance? Bobby Collins, and I hope Craig Shoemaker is on the same spaceship.

Complete: Two men walk into a bar... If they're Jews they buy it. If they're Irish, they move in.

What do you want to be when you grow up? Something lucrative, like a poet. Or lion tamer.

What's the funniest thing about Sydney? Yet to be determined.

In 30 words or less, explain what your show is about and why everyone should go and see it. I have a lot of dear friends performing at the Sydney Comedy Festival but they aren't as strong as me. I love them as people. Hang out with them at the bar but see my show.