Gruen host and stand up comedian Wil Anderson, answers some candid everyday questions …
The state of my hair right now is …
Much like the state of the world. All over the place! Unpredictable, untameable, and barely able to be held in place without flying off in all directions. It’s seen better days but is hanging in there.
The state of my heart right now is …
Recently medically assessed as being in surprisingly good shape – considering my three major food groups are Salt, Sugar and Fat.
The state of my undies drawer right now is …
A shared space with the socks. They used to live separately but like with people returning home with family during the pandemic, the socks moved in and never left.
The most famous person I’ve met is …
Billy Connolly or Robert Smith, but in terms of worldwide fame I can’t work out who is most famous out of the Dalai Lama and The Rock. They’re both the people’s champion.
My best on-set stuff up was when …
During a live taping of The Glass House my thong (footwear) broke, and I threw it into the crowd not knowing there was a blind woman and her dog in the front row. The thong hit her, and the only thing that saved me was her saying to the dog, “Bad boy! You should have caught that.”
Back in high school I was …
Intentionally not paying attention to things that I would love to know how to do today. It kills me how many French classes I took, and I can’t even pronounce croissant confidently!
The best thing about stand-up is …
The audience. The pandemic taught me that my show doesn’t exist with the audience. They are my instrument, and the show is what I use to play them. Stand-up without an audience is like surfing without an ocean.
The worst thing about stand-up is …
I would have had plenty of answers for something two years ago, and now I have none. There are so many ways stand-up is harder now, but I’m grateful for all of it.
People don’t know that I once …
Danced onstage in the Boiler Room at the Perth Big Day Out, in front of 5000 people dressed as a mascot for Sonic Animation!
On Gruen I secretly…
Wonder what the lifetime effect of watching so much advertising, so intensively, for so many years, has had on my brain!
If you want to make my blood boil, start talking about…
Climate change protestors being alarmist. They are not alarmist, they’re alarmed! I mean, it’s okay to yell fire in a theatre if the theatre is actually on fire!
I feel sad when…
I think about the idea that humans could be the only intelligent life in the universe – and we seem to be rushing to wrap things up. I know we love to binge a TV series, but let’s not be so keen to binge the rest of humanity.
My death row last meal would be …
A giant tub of butter and a huge bag of un-popped corn, so when they hit the switch on the electric chair I would go out with a delicious smelling bang!
The song that makes me smile and want to dance is …
Push It, by Salt-N-Pepa.
The song I can never get out of my head is …
Nobody Speak by DJ Shadow and Run The Jewels.
The campest thing in my house is …
A photo, from the previous owner, of Stevie Nicks hanging out in our kitchen! I also have a coffee table which is a slab of fabulous marble that lights up. It looks like something Stevie Nicks would have done cocaine off. Maybe that’s the better choice.
My gay mates are …
Increasingly living their best lives without it being a big deal to anyone, and that makes me happy.
