Sep 30, 2026 · 1 hr 9 min · 10 segments
In this episode I chat with actor, writer, performer and comedian, Risteard Cooper. Risteard chats about his childhood and the performative streak that flows through his family. He also chats about…
Risteard CooperGuest
Paula WisemanHost
So, I mean, looking at the processes, I suppose, of At Prey Match, did you all write together? Did you kind of all write separately? How did it work? And then did you kind of bring everything together? How did it generally work?
And it was but it was really driven by, I suppose, our conversations or whatever, you know, whatever, whatever tickled our fancy in that particular day.
I mean, Barry initially, like he would have maybe put some shape on things and.
I suppose he would have made sure that things weren't like we stayed on point or whatever.
And so, yeah, he was, you know, but but I think he when it came to sort of the characters, the characters were kind of driving things a lot as well.
Like if if Barry might have or Gary might have an idea for something that Dunphy, the actual real name Dunphy might have said.
And that might have snowballed or the domino effect of that, you know, and how that would affect other characters or.
And then we might write a sketch about that particular observation and take it into our parallel universe.
And I think that's one of the things that I mean, I will do as well that obviously impressions are something that I do as part of my show, my one man show.
But it's really, I suppose, the way I've always viewed impressions is that they can be various things that like they don't necessarily for me, obviously, I like impressions that are I admire people that do accurate impressions.
But to me, I think it really depends on what you're doing, what you're saying.
And I often think an impression that isn't accurate or that goes very far in a particular exaggerated direction is funnier.
So, I mean, looking at the processes, I suppose, of At Prey Match, did you all write together? Did you kind of all write separately? How did it work? And then did you kind of bring everything together? How did it generally work?
And it was but it was really driven by, I suppose, our conversations or whatever, you know, whatever, whatever tickled our fancy in that particular day.
I mean, Barry initially, like he would have maybe put some shape on things and.
I suppose he would have made sure that things weren't like we stayed on point or whatever.
And so, yeah, he was, you know, but but I think he when it came to sort of the characters, the characters were kind of driving things a lot as well.
Like if if Barry might have or Gary might have an idea for something that Dunphy, the actual real name Dunphy might have said.
And that might have snowballed or the domino effect of that, you know, and how that would affect other characters or.
And then we might write a sketch about that particular observation and take it into our parallel universe.
And I think that's one of the things that I mean, I will do as well that obviously impressions are something that I do as part of my show, my one man show.
But it's really, I suppose, the way I've always viewed impressions is that they can be various things that like they don't necessarily for me, obviously, I like impressions that are I admire people that do accurate impressions.
But to me, I think it really depends on what you're doing, what you're saying.
And I often think an impression that isn't accurate or that goes very far in a particular exaggerated direction is funnier.
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