This week I did my most surreal stand up gig by far, and fortunately for you I recorded it. So press play and join me in a rough rowdy pub in Kent for the “highlights”, one of which being a bloke threatening to kick the shit out of me.
Covid-based isolation isn’t enough to keep me and Ellie from recording a podcast. We’ve miced up separate parts of the house to talk some more about testicles and to bring you your favourite features, Cassette Roulette and Spammer Time, but not Herbal Tea Of The Week because we can’t smell or taste anything. This week’s guest is comedian and taxi driver Trevor Bickles who recounts three of his most memorable taxi journeys, and you’ll never guess who he’s had in the back of his cab.
The bad news is I’ve got Covid so I’ve had to cancel all my festivals and gigs until the 24th July. The good news is that you are still allowed contact with me through the medium of podcast. So listen in for some gig anecdotes, including the tale of the rather harrowing experience my dad had during one of my stand up shows.
This week, a gay animals themed quiz; Elton John based dog puns; dodgy radio adverts; more stories of harrowing journeys, and more penis trivia; plus all your favourite features: Herbal Tea Of The Week, Cassette Roulette and Spammer Time.
It’s the final Potato News. Never mind Euro 2020, if you want high drama and compelling competition then check out this week’s Herbal Tea Of The Week. We go down a rabbit hole due to a mysterious message left on an answerphon twenty-seven years ago; and the police get involved.
Phil Nichol returns to sample a herbal tea with us, tell a tale of a cold call confrontation, and shares two stories of harrowing journeys. Plus the penultimate Potato News, and there’s a surprise appearance from Ann Widdecombe.
This week I’ve been doing online school workshops during the day and stand up gigs on the night, and surprisingly my best heckle came from a primary school child. Hear all about that, a clip from my surreal stand up gig in Liverpool, an epic tale of train travel trauma, Ellie has been secretly recording me, plus the regular features and lots of miscellaneous chat.
Back in the studio this week after a week of stand up comedy gigs, including a rather odd one in Liverpool where I had an altercation with five drunk loud-mouthed girls. The story of that, plus incongruous radio adverts; there’s a bit of slapstick in a cupboard, epic flailing mouth trumpet solos, and the return of an old faithful feature with a bit of a twist.
Finally, I’m back out gigging, and I have plenty of stories to share. So this week I go for a walk by the river to impart those tales to you, but get a bit sidetracked by Millwall FC supporting birds and rampant dogs.
This week’s podcast is full of contrast and contradiction. While it may be our most angry, sweary episode, it’s also probably our cutest, sweetest episode, as I recount a tale about my teddy bear Bingo, and how it led to my first comedy performance at the age of five. There’s altruistic rapping, a spot of embezzlement, and can our glorious socialist potato-based utopia prevail?