HE has an agent and is a household name in Glasgow - but comic Gary Faulds has revealed he has been posting his sold-out DVD from his kitchen in Springburn.

The Glasgow funnyman has been a success story this year in the comedy circuit after a sold-out gig at the Scottish Event Campus - and now his DVD is flying out of his kitchen, quite literally.

He said: "We sold about 1,400 DVDs and honestly we didn’t expect that,

"The guys who make the DVD have got a wee garage in Toryglen. So we are phoning these boys and saying listen we need 500, then we need a 1,000 and the boys are like, 'we can't keep up with this'."

He added: "My audience have always supported me from day one. I am going to send 1,400 DVDs from my kitchen and I need to go to a Post Office and ask for 1,400 stamps - then I need to lick 1,400 stamps."

Father-of-five Gary revealed that the DVD might not have happened. He had planned to quit comedy after realising it was a struggle to fit it into his busy life, and he even had a conversation with his wife Ashley about his change of heart.

He said: "I was going to give this up. The month before I did the live videos, I was saying to Ashley this isn’t working for me.

"I was driving a taxi and then the days off, I was driving a truck, trying to fit in the comedy. The comedy became a hobby.

"I read a Tony Robbins book Unleash the Power Within and I thought I need to give this one last push.

"I done the live videos and it just changed my life. My life is just comedy now. I've not got a job. Now I am doing what I love and I get paid for it."

Gary admits that he knew his life would be different despite his unusual upbringing. His father Freddy, who he describes as the 'world's worst bank robber', was in and out of jail, and he was determined to escape his not so traditional start in life by joining the army.

A variety of driving jobs followed before he met his born-again Christian wife Ashley who encouraged him away from his crime family roots to pursue his dream career in comedy.

He said: "My wee lassie goes to my old secondary school. I was standing outside the other day and I remember when I went to school I didn’t know what I was going to do because I didn’t have any qualities. I wasn’t good at school so I knew I couldn’t go and get an apprenticeship.

"But to stand at your school and be away from what you thought you were going to be and doing something you love it is just phenomenal.

"Obviously my past was wrong I could have went the other way but I didn’t I came the right way."

Gary is now working to help guide other men the right way with a group in Barmulloch Community Centre. As an anxiety sufferer, Gary wanted to create an open space for men to talk to each other. And with the groups being such a big hit, he hopes to create more across the city.

He said: "I went to the doctors because my anxiety is really bad the now. I feel a lot of pressure on me so I have been really struggling.

"The doctor said we will give you medication but for you to speak to anyone is a 12 week waiting list. I thought there are some guys out there who don’t have days nevermind 12 weeks.

"I thought I am going to set up a wee group where guys can just come and chat.

"There is no qualified counsellor, it is just men talking about men's issues."

He added: "Men don’t talk. If I said to my da, 'listen I've got anxiety'. He would say let's go to the pub and get you a pint.

"We are all learning off each other, it is the best thing I have ever done."

Gary has a live date lined up at the SEC Armadillo on November 2. But seeing his name in lights is something he can't quite get used to.

He said: "I was playing the SEC and my name was on the main door on the same night The Courteeners and Gerry Cinnamon were playing the Hydro. While Jools Holland was to my right in the Armadillo.

"I was squashed between these massive celebrities and I am just a wee guy from Springburn.

"It was so nice to take it in then when you come out to 800 people a show."

He added: "Everyone is proud of me. Although my mum still tells me to get a job. She says, 'are you going back to work or no son?' She is a wee Glesga wumman, she doesn’t understand. She wants me to be a mechanic fixing motors, you know what I mean?"

He continued: "Anybody can do this, That is why I am always going to try and stay in Springburn, I don’t care how big I get.

"When I was a wee boy I looked up to the drug dealers who had the big Range Rovers and nice girlfriends. They were the heroes.

"I want a young boy to look at me and think Gary Faulds left school and had nothing.

"He done something he loved and made a career out of it.

"Regardless if nothing goes any further now I have done amazing for what a boy of my level should do."

For tickets to Gary Faulds at the SEC Armadillo, visit https://www.sec.co.uk/events/detail/gary-faulds-live-at-the-armadillo