He has also written an unpublished novel entitled Walking to Skye, a recurring topic of interest in his 2015/2016 solo show Randy Writes a Novel.

[7] During the events depicted in the second show, Ricketts Lane, Randy is sent to jail for tax fraud, thanks to his house-mate, Sammy J, a young lawyer desperate to make a case.

[4] In his show Purple Privilege, Randy says he was born on the "day Lindy Chamberlain's baby was eaten by a dingo" (17 August 1980).

McIvor and his friend Philip Millar were working on a puppet musical called Tyrannosaurus Sex[11] with a mutual friend Derek Rowe;[12] Rowe, who worked as a workplace consultant for companies, was eventually contracted to create a show about workplace bullying by an insurance company.

He often breaks the fourth wall, pointing out that he is a puppet and cannot actually see the audience, or noting that his movement on stage is usually limited to the desk he is behind.