Noel: “I always try to project a sort of “happy-go-lucky”, charming, carefree, otherworldly character, and I wish I was that guy. But I’m quite neurotic. I think all comedians are quite neurotic. I think my fans would be surprised to think that I worry about everything and I’m quite neurotic. They probably think I’m quite happy all the time.”
Something really funny to me is just Howard Moon as a character, because why is he literally me. I do that stupid head bop when i listen to music sitting down, I have an unhealthy attachment to jazz (psychedelic and acid nonetheless), I fall in love with anyone who shows the least amount of attraction to me, we actually look oddly similar facial wise, those weird exaggerated arm movements when talking, and a scarily similar fashion sense (should I feel ashamed of owning Hawaiian shorts, because I don't)
Did you know that the czech folk creature Vodník (Water Goblin) is actually similar to Old Gregg?
He can be a comical character in a green suit and red boots, or he can be a fucking scary monster who drags innocent women underwater and forces them into marriage (and murders their babies aaand others). And he collects souls in cute little silly chubby mugs and stores them in his underwater home. Likes to smoke his pipe in the willow tree by moonlight, is often associated with water fairies (or mermaids) and can be actually quite nice
In 2017, Noel spoke to the Taskmaster website about how the show had impacted him!
Noel: "This completely takes you out of your comfort zone, which is nice. It just makes you feel like there are a lot of things you could do. I sort of now feel like some of the things I thought I couldn't do I should maybe have a go at. I can't drive and maybe it will be fine and like a task. Maybe I'll learn French because my grandma is French and I really wanted to learn it. These things that I didn't think I was very good at because I'm not very practical like driving or good at languages - maybe I should just have a go. Because it's kind of fun even if you don't pull it off...What I'm really saying is that Alex changed my life. I'm going to be driving all round France next year!"
I'm alive!! I haven't got any finished digital pieces, but I have unimaginable amount of very sloppy pencil sketches, which i hope will work just as well.