I just thought I was a legend

October 30, 2022 5:42 PM

Fern Brady comedy special (SLYT, 56:01m, subtitles/captioning).
posted by curious nu (15 comments total)

Thanks to juv3nal over in the Taskmaster Series 14 thread for sharing this. :)
posted by curious nu at 5:43 PM on October 30, 2022

"vegetarian is the bisexuality of diets"

You have to watch her on Taskmaster to see her at her best, which is making these frustrated, gutteral Scottish noises that probably mean something like "oh no!" but just sound like haggis being brought back up. They actually start the season 14 intro montage with her making that noise.
posted by fatbird at 6:03 PM on October 30, 2022 [3 favorites]

Hadn't heard of her before this at all but her comedy is in my sweet spot. Thanks!
posted by abulafa at 6:58 PM on October 30, 2022

Some material on intrusive thoughts that didn't make it into the special.
posted by clawsoon at 8:02 PM on October 30, 2022 [1 favorite]

And more on being a stripper.

(I was on a Brady binge today, as it happens...)
posted by clawsoon at 8:15 PM on October 30, 2022

I love Fern Brady. You can find one of her other specials on Spotify IIRC.
posted by interogative mood at 8:56 PM on October 30, 2022

Region-locked but on iPlayer for people in the UK.
posted by Bloxworth Snout at 1:47 AM on October 31, 2022

She is so funny, so glad she is on this season of Taskmaster and I discovered her comedy!
posted by ellieBOA at 2:06 AM on October 31, 2022

She talks about not feeling anything when she accomplished her comedy career goals. Anybody know if there's a word to describe the spectrum from people who have intense feelings about their accomplishments to people who don't feel anything about them?
posted by clawsoon at 4:06 AM on October 31, 2022

I have been watching Fern on Taskmaster. I hadn't heard of her before. My husband and I have been watching this on Amazon Prime and she's just great.
posted by ceejaytee at 4:14 AM on October 31, 2022

She talks about not feeling anything when she accomplished her comedy career goals. Anybody know if there's a word to describe the spectrum from people who have intense feelings about their accomplishments to people who don't feel anything about them?

I suppose this could be a manifestation of alexithymia (common among autistic people).
posted by heatherlogan at 5:49 AM on October 31, 2022

I suppose this could be a manifestation of alexithymia (common among autistic people).

She does say that she went back to her room afterwards and felt happy while watching (IIRC) videos of pigs in wigs, so not completely disconnected from emotion?
posted by clawsoon at 6:24 AM on October 31, 2022

I binged on a bunch of her stuff on iPlayer last year, including the special linked in the main post, which as noted above is still there for UK viewers. Fern Brady Goes Viral sadly has dropped out of view for the time being, but there are excerpts on YouTube: My Morning Routine and How to Glow Like a Princess.

Here's a podcast featuring Brady on autistic meltdowns, understanding emotions and being the ‘black sheep’.
posted by rory at 11:30 AM on October 31, 2022 [1 favorite]

Oh I should mention she was also on travel show British as Folk (on Dave) with Ivo Graham & Darren Herriot for anyone that has access to that, yt clip.
posted by juv3nal at 6:32 PM on October 31, 2022

if there was another comedian named Fern they could do Between Two Ferns
posted by clawsoon at 5:06 PM on November 2, 2022