to learn the art right say standup comics colin and bradis this your first visit to kolkatacolin yes we didnt have much time to look around though the first thing that hit us was the kolkata traffic so many vehicles crisscrossing the congested city roads it almost looked unreal to us but we still felt safe you sure had some impression of india before landing here colin yes the culture is so different from north america the country has a vast history to it and in comparison the us is so young the architecture is so overpowering and most importantly the people are amazing we are looking forward to know the country well by the time we conclude our tour what inspires you do you take off from reallife incidents colin we try and incorporate what we see around and also add our stage show experiences hopefully by the time we end our tour of india well have loads of inspiration to add from this country too we wouldnt have been here without our famous lines which have brought us fame we have been touring for the last seven years and it has been a great journey weve also been huge followers of monty python what are the ingredients of a good comedy show is there a spontaneous way of making people laughcolin a good sense of humour is very important and then we learn from our weaknesses you have to die many times over to learn the art right it is a constant learning process we are like sponges absorbing experiences all the time and learning from the characters we come across you seem to be all for improvisation yes mostly we do not work ahead our shows which are mostly improvised that adds a certain amount of freshness we believe in giving something new to our audience whats your take on slapstick comedycolin im a big fan of slapstick comedy charlie chaplin and the marx brothers are my favouritesare you guys as funny as you appear in real lifecolin though we certainly have our moments but we are just normal individuals my wife is quite humorousbrad i try to make my wife laugh all the timewhats your take on comedies made in indiacolin we have a lot of hopes from our mumbai visit and plan to meet lot of the stars during our visit there but we do not have a fair idea of films here follow us on twitter for more stories