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Q&A : Nic Sampson

We're interviewing critically acclaimed comedian Nic Sampson on his new Edinburgh Fringe Festival show, 'Marathon 1904.' The solo comic takes the audience back to the dumbest sporting events of all time, the 1904 Olympic marathon in St Louis, Missouri. Starting with 32 athletes and finishing with only 14 due to a perfe

02 August 2022·1 min read
Q&A : Nic Sampson

We're interviewing critically acclaimed comedian Nic Sampson on his new Edinburgh Fringe Festival show, 'Marathon 1904.' The solo comic takes the audience back to the dumbest sporting events of all time, the 1904 Olympic marathon in St Louis, Missouri. Starting with 32 athletes and finishing with only 14 due to a perfect storm of stupidity, cheating, booze and rat poison. The unbelieve yet true story comments on the reality of a broken system with cheaters and the blatantly ignorant awarded whilst rule followers are trampled.

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