I have met many fantastic entertainers over the years! Magicians, Jugglers, Comedians, Mentalists, Acrobats, Unicyclists and more! For more information, click below. Or you can contact me, Big Ben the Funnyman at: ben@thebigbenshow.com (+852) 9667 8601 http://thebigbenshow.com If you are a magician, a juggler, a street performer; if you are interested in birthday party entertainment or in massive stage shows, then this podcast is for you! Big Ben the Funnyman interviews all kinds of entertai ...
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Episode 123: 123 - Siegfried Tieber, Magician
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Siegfried Tieber! For photos and detailed notes on the names and resources mentioned in this podcast, just go to http://thebigbenshow.com/podcasts/ I love juggling, unicycling, bubbles and all things circus related! And the best place to buy all this stuff online is at https://www.oddballs.co.uk/
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Episode 122: 122 – Pete Grella, Standup comedian Hong Kong, USA
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Episode 121: 121 Russell Wells Part 2 Stilts, Balloons and Roving
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Episode 120: 120 - Cosmo Hardy, Part 2 (This is the one you've been waiting for!)
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120 – Cosmo Hardy Part 2, United Kingdom For photos and detailed notes on the names and resources mentioned in this podcast, just go to http://thebigbenshow.com/podcasts/ I love juggling, unicycling, bubbles and all things circus related! And the best place to buy all this stuff online is at https://www.oddballs.co.uk/…
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Episode 119: 119 - Cosmo Hardy & the Foolhardy Circus Part 1, UK
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Episode 118: 118 – John Foss, Unicyclist, USA
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For photos and detailed notes on the names and resources mentioned in this podcast, just go to http://thebigbenshow.com/podcasts/ I love unicycling, juggling, bubbles and all things circus related! And the best place to buy all this stuff online is at https://www.oddballs.co.uk/ So visit https://www.oddballs.co.uk/ right now and get yourself some n…
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Episode 117: 117 - Kim Potter (& Vinyl Burns!) Entertainer, New Zealand
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I love juggling, unicycling, bubbles and all things circus related! And the best place to buy all this stuff online is at https://www.oddballs.co.uk/ Talking to the amazing Kim Potter. For photos and detailed notes on the names and resources mentioned in this podcast, just go to http://thebigbenshow.com/podcasts/…
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Episode 116: 116 - Ben Matthews, Unicyclist, UK, Singapore, Hong Kong
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For photos and detailed notes on the names and resources mentioned in this podcast, just go to http://thebigbenshow.com/podcasts/ The best place to get a unicycle is at http://www.unicycle.com/ China If you are in Hong Kong or Taiwan use unicycle.com China’s online Taobao store: https://shop485281050.world.taobao.com/…
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Episode 115: 115 – Steve Dressler, Unicyclist, USA, Hong Kong, Philippines, China
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Talking to the amazing Steve Dressler, one of the key figures behind the growth of unicycling internationally For photos and detailed notes on the names and resources mentioned in this podcast, just go to http://thebigbenshow.com/podcasts/ The best place to get a unicycle is at http://www.unicycle.com/ China (also known as http://www.unicycle-china…
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114 – Joachim (Jojo) Mühlmeyer, Unicyclist, Germany
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Talking to Jojo Mühlmeyer about international unicycle hockey! For photos and detailed notes on the names and resources mentioned in this podcast, just go to http://thebigbenshow.com/podcasts/ The best place to get a unicycle is at http://www.unicycle.com/ China (also known as http://www.unicycle-china.cn/) If you are in Hong Kong or Taiwan use uni…
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113 - Lars Lottrup, Unicyclist, Denmark
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Lars is a major part of Denmark’s unicycle history! For detailed notes on the names and resources mentioned in this podcast, just go to http://thebigbenshow.com/podcasts/ The best place to get a unicycle is at http://www.unicycle.com/ China (also known as http://www.unicycle-china.cn/) If you are in Hong Kong or Taiwan use unicycle.com China’s onli…
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Talking to the wonderful Russell Wells about unicycling. For footnotes, names and references mentioned in this episode just go to www.thebigbenshow.com/podcasts The best place to get a unicycle is at http://www.unicycle.com/ China (http://www.unicycle-china.cn/) If you are in Hong Kong or Taiwan use unicycle.com China’s online Taobao store: https:/…
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111 - Alex Oddball & the Oddballs Juggling Company
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Talking to the wonderful Alex Oddball! The best place to buy all things juggling related is oddballs.co.uk. I have been going to their shop since the 1980s, and now you can go there online as well. The staff at Oddballs really know what they are talking about. Will the juggling axe, a fire torch and a juggling club work while I balance on a roller …
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Big Ben Special Selection: Jamey Mossengren, Unicyclist
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I have just got some sponsorship from the wonderful Alex at unicycle.com china, so I thought it’s time re-release some of my classic episodes on unicyclists. The best place to get a unicycle is at https://www.unicycle.com/ China If you are in Hong Kong or Taiwan use unicycle.com China’s online Taobao store: https://shop485281050.world.taobao.com/ b…
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Vivien Goh! For detailed notes on the names and resources mentioned in this podcast, just go to http://thebigbenshow.com/podcasts/
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106 - Scarlet, Part 2 Magic and Busking, Hong Kong
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Scarlet! For detailed notes on the names and resources mentioned in this podcast, just go to http://thebigbenshow.com/podcasts/
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105 – Scarlet, Part 1 Magician and Balloonist, Hong Kong
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Talking to Steven Lee! For detailed notes on the names and resources mentioned in this podcast, just go to http://thebigbenshow.com/podcasts/
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103 - Wee, BUSKER Singapore Juggler Magician!
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101 - Cyril Lim, Emcee, Singapore and the World
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100 – Rico Smith, Emcee, Singapore and the World
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99 – Andrew Work, MC Extraordinaire: Master of Ceremonies and Auctioneer across Asia and Europe
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96 - More Tales From the Periphery of Show Business!
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95 – Andy Ko, Magic and Entertainment, Hong Kong
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94 - Bernardo, Magic and Children's Parties
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Some amazing insights and tips from Bernardo about Magic and Children's Parties. For full show notes, photos and video go thebigbenshow.com/podcasts
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93 - Steve Rawlings Part 2, the amazing Comedy Juggler, UK
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92 – Steve Rawlings Part 1, Comedy Juggler, UK
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Steve Rawlings!! For detailed notes on the names and resources mentioned in this podcast, just go to http://thebigbenshow.com/
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Episode 91: 91 – Jessica Jane Part 2, Magician Entertainer and More, USA
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90 - Jessica Jane Peterson, Magician (and Carnie and Vaudevillian!), USA
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Magician (and Carnie and Vaudevillian!) For detailed notes on the names and resources mentioned in this podcast, just go to http://thebigbenshow.com/
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89 – Niels Duinker, Juggler and World Record Holder, Holland and the World
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Talking to the great juggler, Niels Duinker. For more info and photos, visit http://thebigbenshow.com/podcasts/
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go to www.thebigbenshow.com/podcasts for this episode: The amazing story of Jeremy Pei, a hugely talented magician from Singapore
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87 - Simon Wells, Unicycling and Balloons, Australia
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This episode is currently not available here, but you can still listen to it at www.thebigbenshow.com/podcasts Oh yeah! !^^^%^@%^!! Talking to the wonderful Simon Wells. I knew him as an amazing unicyclist, but he actually makes his living as a balloon artist. Visit Simon on facebook at Simon the Balloon Man And for detailed episode notes, photos, …
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86 - Transport Woes (Getting to the gig on time!)
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Getting to the gig on time, can sometimes be more difficult than doing the gig itself. Here are some tips, and some stories of woe! Contributors include: Andy Comic, Cassie Thomas, Jose Almenarez, Jamey Mossengren and Big Ben. For detailed episode notes, photos and links go to http://thebigbenshow.com/podcasts/…
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85 - Jon Heron, Workshops in Schools (Circus and Magic)
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Jon Heron runs fantastic circus and magic workshops in schools in Singapore. Some great tips for teaching people to unicycle, stilt walk, juggle and tight rope walk! Check out Jon at http://magicacademy.sg/ http://bigtop.sg/ http://eventmagic.com.sg/ For detailed episode notes, photos and links go to my website: http://thebigbenshow.com/…
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84 - Roy Payamal, Statue act, Clown and Singapore legend!
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Talking to Roy Payamal, Statue act, Clown and Singapore legend!
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Writing Standup Comedy (particularly in Asia where there are not many open mics) can be tricky. Contibutors include: Scott Mitchell Sean Hebert Nick Milnes Paul Ogata Notes watches with a vibrating countdown alarm include: Casio G-Shock GD350 I think mine is an old G-7510
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Edmund Khong is a fantastic entertainer based in Singapore. Go to www.thebigbenshow.com to listen to this episode!
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The wonderful comedy juggler from the USA: Bryson Lang!
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80 - Jason Tardy, American juggler and technology performer
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This episode is currently not available here, but you can still listen to it at www.thebigbenshow.com/podcasts Oh yeah! *#&^$%%^& Talking to the amazing Jason Tardy, American juggler and technology performer!
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Talking to Paul Ogata about his life as a stand-up comedian. His shows in Hong Kong have been amazing! You can check him out at http://www.paulogata.com http://twitter.com/paulogata http://facebook.com/paulogata And apparently on thingsthatlooklikebuttholes.tumblr.com ! My website is http://www.thebigbenshow.com CONTENTS: 00:02:30 Early life 00:05:…
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This episode is currently not available here, but you can still listen to it at www.thebigbenshow.com/podcasts Oh yeah! #*#@&^^@* my interview with the Mentalist Guy Bavli. Great stuff! For all my podcasts visit http://www.thebigbenshow.com or subscribe at https://itunes.apple.com/hk/podcast/meet-entertainers-on-big-ben/id947768911 or http://bigben…
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77 - Vivek Mahbubani, standup comedian Hong Kong
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I am on holiday, so here is a classic old episode
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a classic episode from a few years ago
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