Ross Noble: ‘The weirdest place I have been recognised? During my vasectomy’
The British comedian on being shot into space by Jeff Bezos, his nightmarish run-in with a fan and the thing he loves most about Australia
Would you rather die at the bottom of the ocean or out in space?
I’ve actually just learned how to dive, so I’m a bit obsessed with being at the bottom of the ocean! But I don’t know that I want to die underwater. It’s very peaceful and serene down there. I think I’d like to be fired out to space in a massive cannon.
Ross Noble is touring his new live show, Cranium of Curiosities, around Australia until September, then the UK from October; check here for all dates. He is also a guest on Memory Bites with Matt Moran on SBS Food.
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