Joel Dommett: No More Mr Nice Guy?

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1:52savings, your next girls' night is basically free. Find your perfect match at walmart.com or at a store near you. I was bullied by this kid. I made a VHS of me doing nunchucks in my garden and I put that VHS through his door and I wrote, this is what I'm capable of. Oh. Oh. Bip, bip, bip, bip. Fuck. So wait a second. You've never shined a bag, lit it, And then the ashes just gone on your tongue. Most annoying celeb you've ever worked with? I met. And he whispered in my ear, I can destroy you.

2:37Hello and welcome to my office. This is Joe Marler. We'll see you now with me, Dr. Joe Marler. This is a show where I rummage through the attic of Britain's most famous minds and see what dusty treasures I can find. With me as always is my trusty research assistant, Jake. Hello, Jake. Hello, Joe. How are you? Good. You are good, aren't you? I am good. Is it twinkle in your eye today? I have a bit of a twinkle. I'm excited. You've either had a good breakfast or something happened last night that you're very happy about. What did I have for breakfast? Well, it was going to be one or the other, wasn't it?

3:11I've got my breakfast. Generally, are you a sort of glass half full kind of guy? The opposite to that. The glass is empty. Really? Yeah, there's it on the floor. Oh, wow. Horrible. Glasses smashed. I thought you were just like an eternal optimist. Really? Yeah, I really do. I thought you give off this sort of like thing of, oh, bloody hell, Joe Marla's about, but actually you're quite a positive person. Sorry, I give off a thing that puts on an Australian accent. Oh, bloody hell, Joe Marla's about. I don't know why. You don't give off that. I don't know what that is. But I think you are a positive person.

3:47No, I go with the mantra of don't trust anyone, expect the worst, and you'll always be pleasantly surprised. That's a really good way to look at it. You know? What about you? You're a shining light of joy and happiness, aren't you? You're like Zebedee, bouncing off the walls. Who's Zebedee? Pardon? Who's Zebedee? Zebedee? Zebedee. Who is that? Well, you're the research assistant. Zebedee, which basically means I'm the one with the laptop. Zebedee was a first century Galilean fisherman known primarily from the New Testament as the husband of Salome and father of apostles James and John. I am a bit like that.

4:29I am a bit like that, actually. Appearing in all four gospels, tick. Operating a fishing business with his sons, tick. And his name derived from the Hebrew Zebediah, meaning gift of Jehovah. Yeah, I suppose I am in a lot of ways. I think that's the wrong Zebedee. Oh, right. What was the Zebedee you were thinking of? I think Zebedee is a character from the 80s. Right. So Zebedee is a beloved magical Jack-in-the-box character from the 1960s British television show The Magic Roundabout. What's his personality like, Zebedee? In this day and age, he'd be described as someone that's probably addicted to Red Bull.

5:01Oh, okay. You know, just live wire. In them days, mentalist. Yeah, and all bouncy, like, I don't know, but also there's a little bit of him that's scary. Wow. Because you never know when he's going to pop up. Mate, that's what I would describe you as. Bang! Why? Hello? Zebedee's here. That's what can happen. But then after that initial shock, you're there like, oh, this is so fun. He's got such great energy. And that's how I feel about you. I really feel you've just subscribed to yourself. I really, really do believe that. I'm probably more Eeyore. You are a bit Eeyore, yeah. I'm not from the magic roundabout.

5:38I'm more Eeyore from Winnie the Pooh. You know? Well, Joe, look, I'm very excited to introduce today's guest. Who we got? He's a comedian, presenter. One of the most positive, likeable people that this office has ever seen. Ike Barrymore.

5:57I caught you off guard, didn't I? It's Joel Dummett. Joel Dummett, yeah. Huge. This is great. Do you think you can trust someone as sort of like eternally positive as Joel? He's very positive. He can't be that positive all the time. Like, if I threatened to chuck a custard pie at his wife's face, is he... That's so nice of you. Well, it's tough because he's a comedian, so he's going to see the comic value in that. Straight off the bat, I think custard pie to the face, any comedian worth their salt is going to think, that is classic Chuckle Brothers cereal. Say I got his slug, his pet slug, and I went, aye, I'm going to put that in a bucket of salt.

6:39Then he'd get very angry. Well, let's see, shall we? Hello, Janet. Could you please send in Joel Domit when you've finished with him? Thank you. Finished with him? What's she doing with him? No, is that what it sounded like? No, no. Well, it's just what you said. No, I didn't mean like that. I meant finished with him as in like talking to him. You know what I mean, didn't you? Yeah, just make him a coffee or something. Okay.

7:12Joel Domit, everybody! Thank you. How are you?

7:23Oh.

7:33Fuck's half gone on there then? Well, I would say that it's the most intense entrance that we've ever had from a patient. There was an aura of positivity around it, but it was also very intimate as well. How long has it been since I was kissed you on the forehead? I'm completely thrown by the fucking fat my forehead is still wet. Yeah. And I don't know whether to wipe it off. All right, there we go. Joel, welcome. Thank you very much for having me. It's an absolute pleasure to be here. Wipe your sign, Joe. What's wrong with my sign? It's got finger marks all over it. All right, you wipe it.

8:11Thank you. Sure, then. Oh, that's fun. Well, you're the one leading the charge, apparently. I don't think I've ever used one of these before. Me neither. I bet you if I used it on you, your heart would be beating so slow. Why slow? Just because I imagine it must be so draining carrying that body. Do you know how I'm here? Give me my cloth and give me my stuff. Sorry, your sign is? Sorry. This is not the start I was picturing from the nicest man in showbiz. Sorry. First thing I ask every patient slash client slash guest is... Can you say hello to Jake, please? Hello, Jake. Hi, Joel. Sounds like a pleasure to meet you.

8:59Really good to meet you. Very proper. You've really brought an air force to me. What do you mean proper? Like, we've met before. Well, how? But through work vibes. Through work vibes. Yeah, we've sort of met sort of on the peripheries of each other, but it's really nice to meet properly. I'm a fan. Wow. You've single-handedly brought the most positivity into this office that we've had from any guest straight off the bat. I'll tell you that. If anyone else wants me to kiss their forehead, I am fully available. Apart from that guy in the corner. He doesn't mean that? I don't mean that, by the way.

9:29He doesn't. It's a safe working space for you to provide here. So we've got the kisses and the hellos out of the way. Yeah. Now is the time for the intake questionnaire. I'm very excited about this. Okay, full name. Joel Domit. Patrick, middle name, if you want to pop that in. That's a weird way of saying your name, isn't it? Yeah. It's like a version of James Bond saying his name, but if he was to include a middle name. My name's Joel Domit. Joel Patrick Domit. So that's good. Star sign? Gemini. Occupation? I'd say comedian I'd say presenter people would be different people would put one of the other first I think I'd probably put presenter now first before comedian even though I consider myself to be more of a comedian than a presenter it's a confusing way I don't know yeah what do you want me to put comedian comedian yeah yeah comedian please I love presenting I love doing stand-up.

10:38I love presenting because I love autocue so much. Sure. I love autocue so much. Why? It is... It's just, I wish autocue was in life. Like when I go to a party, I wish I could just sort of look over someone's shoulders and be like, oh yeah, so where have you been recently? Do you not worry that you then come across as like some sort of AI robot? Yeah, sort of. Yeah, yeah. It's hard though sometimes on AutoCue, I did Comic Relief, and the tonal changes are really difficult. And because it's in the AutoCue, sometimes you don't know it's coming. I've got an example of a tonal change. So this is me last year.

11:20See if you can see where the tonal change is supposed to come. I went, that was a sketch by the cast of Ghosts and Kylie Minogue. How incredible was that? Coming up, we've got Dawn French. And for the first time of 25 years, the cast of Blackadder are back together. But first, human trafficking.

11:38The audience cheered, they thought it was bad.

11:45Really good. Really, really good. I'll say comedian.

11:54Favourite thing to do in the gym? Oh, I'd say I've actually got a cable machine and doing like a sort of chest fly with the cable machine. It just like, and it's, because it's right opposite my machine. I've got a mirror and it's the best I ever look.

12:16How many hours are you clocking in at the gym these days? Not many, because I've got a two and a half year old. Yesterday, I've got a treadmill in the gym, so I put Thomas the Tank Engine on the TV screen of the treadmill. And then I sit my son on a little chair behind the treadmill and then I run on the treadmill whilst he's watching, whilst both of us are watching Thomas the Tying Kitchen. So it's a weird setup. This isn't a pure gym, is it? This is… So I was thinking, 30 quid a month's good, but to let you do that, mad. My son goes through that door and… Beep, beep, beep, beep.

12:59Worst masked singer costume? Worst one. Look, the worst costume I'd say was probably, there was Chris Kamara. He was Ghost. And there's not much more that you can do than a sheet. It was just basically a sheet. Okay. Favourite costume. My favourite costume, I think, was Michael Owen as donuts. What, plural? Yeah, there's like a pile of donuts, basically, with eyes. That was him. And also, you don't expect it to be Michael Owen. Like, Michael Owen is not someone you expect to be a singer. And the funniest thing about him was that you could see that he definitely thought he was going to go out in the first episode and not have to carry on.

13:44But because his costume was so fun, the audience kept voting him through. And it's the only person we've ever had on the show where when I would reveal that they were going through to the next round, they would be genuinely upset. and it was my favorite thing because if you go through to the next round you've got to learn more songs you've got to carry on I would say I go through to the next round it's donuts and to see this person dressed as a pile of donuts just go

14:16genuinely sad it was Michael Owen it was fantastic man what's something you'd like to be good at? something I'd like to be good at is being content. I feel like I'm very bad at being like, what's next? I need to keep going. I need to provide for my family and everyone, oh my God. And actually, I want to, I always keep thinking that the next step I'm going to be content and happy. And I'm not happy. I'm a happy person, but I just never feel at rest and feel like I would love to stop chasing things at one point and go like, okay, I'm really happy. My family are great. We're healthy. Let's just all chill before we all start dying.

15:07Favourite celebrity you've worked with? Oh, great show. I love Davina McCall so much. Great energy. Just good energy, man. Great energy. Just makes you feel like a thirst for life. and she's so fun, she's so wise, so brilliant. I just, I like Davina a lot. Most annoying celeb you've ever worked with? Most annoying celeb I've ever worked with. Do you worry about answering that? Yeah. Because in like your celeb world, the celeb circle you go, I don't want to upset anyone. And also you strike me as not really having the ability to say something mean about anyone. Yeah. Let me tell a story. and um you can bleep out the name can we just bleep out all names in this whole episode so uh uh i met a party once right and um that genuinely he was really lovely chatting it was really cool he'd had a couple of beers and stuff and that was fine and you could tell he's one of those people that he's so like hardcore that he doesn't know how to like enjoy himself and you can't imagine someone who's that can that you can't imagine him to dance right and i saw him on a dance floor and he doesn't know everyone else is dancing every really nice time he doesn't know how to like emote in that scenario yeah and we're all dancing he grabbed me in a headlock like fun and he whispered in my ear, I could fucking destroy you, cunt.

16:47And it's just that thing, like, no shade to the guy. He just didn't know how to, like, dance.

16:58Okay. Oh, God. So, is this too much?

17:06Not going to beat around the bush, buddy. You are so nice. Thanks, bud. Almost too nice. I don't sort of see the reason why someone shouldn't be nice. Like, if you're enjoying your job and you like your family, like, if Ben... I feel really lucky. Nobody can be that nice and then not implode later down the line. Surely there's something coming around the corner with you. There was once I went, I was going to do a gig in Wales, and the gig was weird. And I was driving back from Wales, and there was this, I accidentally took a wrong turning, and then I saw a sign that said, no U-turn for eight miles.

17:57The gig was weird. I was sort of wanting to get home. I was tired. And I just remember just like driving, but I'd seen the sign, no U-turn for eight miles. I went, fuck! And then I was like, oh, that's what it feels like.

18:12I was like, I think that's what it feels like to be angry. Right. I think we need to delve into that a little bit more. Oh, okay. I want to get nasty with you. Like real nasty. Like sort of Christina Aguilera. I think that was dirty. That was dirty, wasn't it? I thought it was nasty. It was different.

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20:31Find your perfect match at Walmart.com or at a store near you. Were you always nice? Were you a nice boy growing up? I think so, yeah. I didn't really know that it was a thing that I was nice until actually quite recently when everyone kept on saying I was nice on podcasts. I actually didn't. And then everyone's like, you know who's nice, Joel Domit? And then I think actually, genuinely, I've got a lot of work in telly because I'm nice to work with and I like to think I work hard and try and get the most out of every project. There's definitely people who are so... I'd get booked for gigs in the early days of stand-up because people would be like, well, he's a nice guy to hang up with.

21:17This person's funnier, but I don't want to be in a green room with that prick. So let's get Joel because he's nicer. But what about before comedy, before TV Joel? Like at school, were you like the fisherman's friends there, like everyone's friend? Yeah, I sort of used to get, it was a mixture of a bit of bullied, but generally like friends. I would just be, I'd get bullied by a certain bunch because I just tried to get on with everyone. I tried to like go get on with all the people. Because you didn't like confrontation or? Yeah, I'm bad at confrontation. Yeah, yeah, I'm not very good at it. I was a weird kid.

22:01I was obsessed with nunchucks when I was in school. Really good at nunchucks, turns out. The length at which you said nun, I thought you were just going to say nuns. You're obsessed with nuns. I was obsessed with nuns. And I have to be throwing them. I'd quite like to see that, actually. How do you get into nunchucks? It's quite a dangerous hobby, isn't it? I was obsessed with taekwondo. and then I realized I don't like confrontation. So when it came to the fighting element of Taekwondo, I was really bad at it. But there was an element of Taekwondo that you could sort of do with nunchucks. And you don't fight anyone when you're doing nunchucks.