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Eagle vs Frog (part 3)
It’s the third and final part of Eagle vs Frog, recounting my dramatic adventures into the world of gladiatorial standup comedy competitions. It’s April 2018, and it’s time to return to Beat the Frog. This time I’ve prepared in advance for this battle – I have made a jokes spreadsheet, for goodness sake! How could…
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Eagle vs Frog (part 3)
It’s the third and final part of Eagle vs Frog, recounting my dramatic adventures into the world of gladiatorial standup comedy competitions. It’s April 2018, and it’s time to return to Beat the Frog. This time I’ve prepared in advance for this battle – I have made a jokes spreadsheet, for goodness sake! How could…
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Eagle vs Frog (part 2)
This is the second part of a three part audio blog series, Eagle vs Frog, talking about my formative standup comedy attempts. After the harrowing dramas of 2014 and 2015, it takes me until May 2017 before I perform at another gladiatorial comedy competition. In today’s instalment, I reveal what happened on that night. Go…
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Eagle vs Frog (part 1)
Last Monday I attended the gladiatorial standup comedy competition, Beat The Frog, at Manchester’s Frog and Bucket comedy club. In the third and final part of this audio blog series, released this Tuesday, I will recount what unfolded on that night. But first, in parts one and two, I regale you with tales of my…
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Celery Nibbling, Elderly Lady Maiming, And Errant Viscous Liquid Disposal
http://media.blubrry.com/dollop/davideagle.co.uk/wp-admin/podcasts/David%20Eagle's%20Blog%20-%2020180514%20-%20Celery%20Nibbling,%20Elderly%20Lady%20Maiming,%20And%20Errant%20Viscous%20Liquid%20Disposal.mp3 I am writing this whilst nibbling on a piece of celery. Now there’s a sexy image for you; however, there is nothing provocative or suggestive about my celery nibbling. I hope I didn’t get your hopes up with that opening sentence. Perhaps your racing brains excitedly imagined me starring in a 90s Cadbury’s flake…
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The Young’uns Podcast: World Book Day Special
Given that it’s World Book Day, and we happen to have written a book, this seems like the perfect excuse to be mercenary and remind you that you can part with your money in exchange for a selection of stories all about The Young’uns. The book features tales of our various adventures, and insights into…
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The Young’uns Podcast Presents: Rex Factor, Live From The Pirate Castle in London
We receive a lot of feedback on The Young’uns Podcast, and one comment that keeps coming around time and time again is: “this folk music stuff is all very well and good, but, when are you going to talk about Saxon monarch Edgar the Peaceable?” Well friends, that time has finally come, as The Young’uns…
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Don’t Get Our Goats UP, Get Our Votes Up
Tonight on BBC radio 2’s Folk Show, Mark Radcliffe announced that The Young’uns are nominated in two categories at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards: Best Original Song for Be The Man, and Best Album for Strangers. There is nothing you can really do to influence the outcome of the Best Original Song plaudit, as…
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My Christmas List
OK, so you’ve bought the Young’uns Audiobook and have already voraciously snaffled it up, and now you’ve got those all-too-familiar David Eagle withdrawal pangs. You just need more David Eagle. Besides, it’s the only thing that you, the kids and your spouse can agree on as family entertainment over the festive period. Fear not, here…
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Tis The Season To Be Mercenary
The holiday season is coming, the goose is getting big boned. We can’t sing “Christmas” now, can we? Or sing “the Goose is getting fat” any more, thanks to the PC brigade; yet another example of them ruining our fun. I’ve even heard that some lefty lobbyists are campaigning to change the words further to,…