Looking back on his 25 years in comedy, Bishop said the “maddest thing” was how quickly it had gone and how it had felt like “a parallel life”.
“I never intended to do it… I never had the dream of being in showbusiness because I never thought I would do stand-up comedy,” he said.
“I was a salesman, and so somewhere in the world, it feels like there’s a comedian who is now being a salesman, and I’ve nicked his life and he’s got my life.
“There’s a comedian standing up now doing a PowerPoint presentation about his sales projections for next year while I’m doing his gig.”
He said it felt “so weird that this is happening, but so brilliant at the same time”.
“I don’t take any of this for granted,” he added.
