Scottish comic Daniel Sloss is still half in dad-mode — pajamas on, the kids finally asleep, explaining the Zoom “camera off.” 

But he cherishes moments at home. But this time, he’s bringing the family along on his U.S. tour, which comes to Arizona. 

“We get to do it on a tour bus,” the 36-year-old Sloss said. “That means my kids get to see America and I get to spend time with them. When my family is with me, it means I get to be dad all day. Then, I’m not really thinking about the show.”

While his children are sleeping, Sloss will be lighting up stages at Phoenix’s Van Buren at 7 p.m. Oct. 24, and the Rialto Theatre in Tucson on Sunday, Oct. 25. 

“The show is a good introduction to me to both levels: ‘If you’ve never seen me and, even if you have seen me, this is a little update with everything I’ve done.”

And he’s done a lot. Born in Kingston upon Thames, England, he and his family moved to Scotland when he was 4. 

Sloss remembers watching VHS recordings of comedians with parents who didn’t mind the swearing. (“Saying VHS makes me sound old. It really explains the gray in my hair.”)

Ireland’s Ed Byrne, known overseas for his shows “Just for Laughs” and “Uncut! Best Unseen Ads” was among his favorites. A young Sloss imitated Byrne and others, and his parents laughed it off — for a bit. When he was in his mid-teens, his parents said to go for it.

“I watched stand-up comedy on telly [television], and then I’d go to school the next day and tell my friends the jokes I’d heard the night before,” he said.

“My parents said, ‘Why don’t you give this a go? There are stand-up comedy courses you can take.’ It was awkward because it was me and a bunch of 30- and 40-year-old men who were divorced and trying to do something really different.”

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His mother was proactive, and when Sloss was 16, she connected him with comedian Frankie Boyle. To gain experience, Boyle let Sloss write jokes for his stint at the 2007 Edinburgh Festival Fringe and on BBC “Mock the Week.” 

Sloss first hit the stage at The Stand in Edinburgh in October 2007 for 5 minutes. The accolades came quickly. At age 19, he was the youngest comedian to perform a solo season in London’s West End. A year later, he released a stand-up comedy DVD, and soon thereafter appeared on “Conan” and “The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson.”

“My mom and dad had to drive me to my first 70 gigs,” he said. “Every car ride home, they’d say, ‘This worked better last time,’ or ‘You seemed a bit more nervous,’ or ‘That new stuff didn’t go well.’ They’re comedy fans. They saw everything.”

He toured relentlessly — until the COVID-19 pandemic forced him to stop. “I’d spent so many years being ‘Daniel Sloss, the stage person,’ and I didn’t know how to just be Daniel,” he said. “I didn’t really know how to have a hobby like a normal person.”

Lucky No. 13

Sloss’ tours have now spanned 55 countries and included nine New York Off-Broadway theater runs. They are complemented by multiple box office records and by hundreds of autographed divorce papers (courtesy of his special, “Jigsaw”). 

Sloss is touring for the 13th time with “Daniel Sloss: BITTER,” through the Rialto and the Van Buren, ending the jaunt at London’s Wembley Arena on Nov. 28. 

Sloss has been visiting the United States since he was 5, visiting his cousins in Maine. 

“It’s the place where I watched all my favorite comedians’ gigs,” he recalled. “It’s stuff from the movies. It’s so big. I think one of the dumbest criticisms that Europeans have about Yanks is that they don’t travel.

“I think the stat is like only 40% of Americans have passports. My thought is, ‘Have you been to America? You can experience everything. If you want to see high, beautiful mountains, great. Go north to Colorado. Do you want to see the desert? Head to Arizona.’

“‘Do you want to see forests? Wilderness? Cities?’ I think even the most well-traveled American in America would tell you there’s no way you’ll ever get to see it all. I love it there, and I want to teach my kids to love it in the same way I do.”