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There's only one Randy Feltface, which technically makes him a critically endangered species. Don't miss your chance to see this Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee deliver an hour of blistering jokes in his natural habitat: the theatre. 

Hi Randy, and thank you for speaking to me. At the risk of being controversial. I have heard that, once upon a time, you played a role in a corporate video - selling out before your success, I guess. What made you move into stand-up comedy?

Corporate videos were a natural gateway drug into stand-up comedy for me. There are more similarities than you might think: they both require excellent communication skills, good grooming and a sociopathic level of emotional disconnect. 

 I have also heard rumours that you are an endangered species. How are you dealing with the threat of imminent extinction, and isn't Edinburgh in August a dangerous place to come? You are risking an entire species by being here?

The rumours are true, there’s only one of me left. I could lock myself away in order to preserve my species, but I’d rather run the risk of tripping over on the Edinburgh cobblestones.  

How do you get on with humans? Do you have any shared traits with them, or are they just the consumers of your wit and wisdom?

I get along quite well with humans, but I have more in common with the Axolotl. I’ll take a freshwater mollusc for breakfast over McDonalds drive-through any day of the week. 

Have you managed to stay off the cigarettes and booze? isn't the pressure of the circuit enough to make you want them again?

I still recall how unpleasant it is to do this job hungover, so the pressure of the circuit is the only inspiration I need to stay off the cigarettes and booze. 

Does your endangered species allow you any privileges as a comedian?

I get all the same privileges as the other comedians: crippling self-doubt, over-active adrenal glands and half price chips on open mic night.