Jason Ryder Comedian

Jason “Rash” Ryder has a comedy career spanning over 20 years. He’s conquered TV, radio and written two books. Now all he wants is to win Australia’s Next Top Model…

Can you tell us about the Sydney show?

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Yeah, I’m doing it with Trevor Cook and Gary Eck. We’ve all been doing comedy for over 20 years. It’s Australian iconic sort of humour.

Why is your nickname Rash?

There used to be an ad on television when I was a little kid and it said, “Jason never gets nappy rash cause he used Vasoline Petroleum Jelly. So then everyone called me Nappy Rash. But I guess when you’re 47 it’s not real good to be called Nappy Rash.

Is it ever good to be called Nappy Rash?

Even Rash is bad enough!

You’ve done TV, radio, you’ve written books. Will you always come back to stand-up?

Yeah, you can ask anyone whose done stand-up. Everyone likes to get back to basics. It’s a form of expression. You can say whatever you like! You can beat a live audience.

And it’s taken you all over the world hasn’t it?

Yeah, I’ve even done shows to tribes in Papua New Guinea!  And it was really weird cause they actually got every joke. You know, there’s no use going over there and talking about Mount Druitt. On the plane over, there was just us and some bloke with a pig. So I though well if the plane crashes at least we’ve got a pig to eat!

Well I’m sure you fit over there.

Well there’s a lot of alcohol so that’s a good start. There’s a lot of rummies so I can blend in…

Jason takes it back to basics in his next stand-up show at Happy Endings Comedy Club on April 16th.

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