🏞️ Sign up for free and exclusive updates: https://camp.beehiiv.com/ Whats good people! We got stand up comedian and Irish Sensation Des Bishop in the tent. He's a legend and today we talk about learning Mandarin as a white guy, doing comedy in China, & how he met his wife and fellow comedian Hannah Berner. WELCOME TO CAMP! Time codes 00:00 Intro 00:51 Premature Altar Boy Service + there’s no heaven 05:16 Growing up in Queens + drinking at 12 11:25 Boarding school in Ireland + Finding Irish identity 21:27 Getting less loud 26:34 The Troubles 30:52 General shenanigans + Hurling + boys being girls 38:03 Playing in ancient ruins 39:55 Des’ Mandarin & Comedy+ Russell Peters in underrated 50:45 Other stereotypes about the Chinese 55:12 Respecting elders + stand-up challenging norms 1:02:46 Being digitally disappeared + Censors must approve 1:13:44 Public pooing + China’s vastness 1:18:59 Squatting is the ish 1:20:55 Benefits of Chinese medicine 1:26:29 Clashing with the Chinese + comedy norms 1:30:20 Telling the Irish crowds there’s no breaks 1:31:14 Smashing fortune cookies + “comfortable” cooming 1:37:46 Outsider seeing societal wrinkles 1:42:21 Not understanding Football 1:46:42 Chinese jokes about Whites + Irish v Italians 1:51:42 Being unapologetically NY + Daniel Tosh is underrated 1:56:13 Being compared to Bill Burr + generational observations 2:00:28 Dating & directions back in the day vs. modernity 2:04:49 Inter-generational dating + Radiohead ick 2:07:35 Sliding into Hannah Berner’s DMs 2:11:52 Getting injured in Aspen 2:16:36 Comedy on social media + NY secret comedians 2:25:52 Being inspired by Hannah, Schulz & Matteo Lane 2:30:55 Algorithm is ageist + finally some momentum 2:35:11 Des hated his special “Of All People”