Brian Logan on the giddy rise of John Bishop, ex-pharmaceuticals salesman turned superstar standup comedianThree years ago, in his show on the Edinburgh fringe, John Bishop described walking out of a career in pharmaceuticals to pursue comedy. His show, called Stick Your Job Up Your Arse, had considerable confessional appeal, the more so for being performed, in Bishop's words "in a hut". The venue, a prefab, was cert…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:31PM on November 17, 2010