IT’S a two-for-one special at the Beacon this weekend with two of Scotland’s finest comedians joining forces on stage.

Des McLean and Gary Little are heading to Greenock for a night of stand-up and chewin’ the fat about their hit online sketch show, ‘The Glasgow Trip’.

The self-styled ‘Mr Happy and Mr Grumpy’ were inspired by Sky TV programme ‘The Trip’, starring Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon, and launched their own version, albeit travelling around local snack vans compared to high-end restaurants.

It started with an age-old debate in the west of Scotland — soft or crispy rolls — and has grown arms and legs.

Now they are combining their award-winning stand-up skills with the very best from the popular web series for a night of laughs at the Beacon tomorrow.

Des told Showbuzz: “The first show we were basically talking about crispy and soft rolls and we did a wee competition for pies, it was a bit mad.

“Then we realised a lot of the punters that liked ‘The Glasgow Trip’ page and watched the episodes had never seen us doing stand-up so that’s what this is, a ‘Glasgow Trip’ stand-up special.

“It’s been going down a storm.”

Both comedians are headline acts in their own right but they are enjoying working together, even though their personalities are polar opposites.

Des said: “We’ve known one another for about 15 years.

“Our paths have always crossed, even though the two of us have always been headline acts on different bills, but we always enjoyed working together and we only live five minutes away from each other in the east end of Glasgow so we’re kind of pals that way.

“But we thought we had to move with the times because everything is social media now so we thought ‘let’s do something and let’s do something good’.

“We started out with the sketch about soft and crispy rolls and the two of us had a right good buzz doing it.

“I enjoy working with him, but he is a grumpy git and I’m the impossibly upbeat, positive one.

“He’s the ultimate glass half empty and turns up with his face tripping him.

“Gary is genuinely the kind of guy who would drive ten miles to take a can of Coke back that says ‘not to be sold separately’.

“The challenge is to get him cheered up a bit later in the day and he always usually does.

“The thing is, if we were both as upbeat as me we’d be total pains in the backside and if we were down nobody would want to know us so it is a nice balance.”

For tickets, priced £14, are on sale from the Beacon box office, online at beaconartscentre.co.uk or by calling 723723.