Comedy writers Jason Hazeley and Joel Morris talk to people who make comedy about something funny that they love. Guests pick something that makes them laugh. A book, a film, a tv show, a comic, a radio show, anything. Maybe we find out something about how comedy works, or we just giggle until we're finished. Both approaches are valid. WINNER BRITISH PODCAST AWARDS 2020: Best Arts & Culture Podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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TASTER: The Best Of Comfort Blanket (series 1 and 2)
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A taster of the NEW PODCAST from Rule Of Three's Joel Morris. Many Rule of Three fans have been asking if there will be more episodes. The podcast has finished, though the archive will stay available for you to revisit favourite episodes. But you may enjoy Comfort Blanket, taking the same deep-dive approach as RO3 and applying it to films, books, T…
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A new podcast by Joel Morris (from Rule of Three) Talking about the films, shows, books and records that guests return to as their warm, safe place. No guilty pleasures, just the good stuff. Launches Thursday April 7th. New episodes every Thursday. Follow on Twitter @comfortblankpod https://pod.link/1614879928 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy…
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Andrew Hunter-Murray on The Meaning Of Liff
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Andrew Hunter-Murray (No Such Thing As A Fish, QI) chooses Douglas Adams and John Lloyd's little book of words for things there aren't words for yet, The Meaning of Liff, and talks about working with Lloyd on the latest edition. (Recorded LIVE at the Great Big Owl Podcast Festival Owlchella '20, London, February 2020) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com…
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Cartoonist Moose Allain talks of his love for Gary Larson's era-defining Far Side cartoons. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Izzy Mant on The Comic Strip: The Strike
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Producer, writer and comedian Izzy Mant (Peep Show, Gameface, Harry & Paul) talks about her love for The Comic Strip's pin-sharp film industry satire The Strike. (photo by Idil Sukan) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Robin Ince on John Waters' Hairspray (1988)
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Comedian Robin Ince talks about his love for John Waters' joyous 1960s dance comedy Hairspray. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Joe Thomas on The Office: Quiz Night
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Joe Thomas (The Inbetweeners, Fresh Meat) picks The Office's storming 'quiz night' episode (series one, episode three). That's the real quiz. That's the real quiz. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Columnist, author and TV critic Lucy Mangan talks about the joy and comfort she finds in Steve Martin's 1979 stadium stand-up show. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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PART TWO of our chat with Eddie Izzard about his career, his comedy, acting, stand-up, politics and his love for John Lithgow in 'Third Rock From The Sun'. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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SPECIAL: Remain Indoors (with David Mitchell & Jonathan Dryden-Taylor)
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In a special REMAIN INDOORS edition, recorded remotely, we summon the writing team behind Mitchell & Webb's 'Remain Indoors' After The Event sketches, whilst all remaining indoors, and discuss the unprecedented situation that finds us all remaining indoors, and the story of the writing of this series of post-apocalyptic game show sketches. The Afte…
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Eddie Izzard joins us in a special two part chat about his career, his thoughts on comedy and life, and his love for John Lithgow's multi-Emmy Award winning performance as Dick in 'Third Rock From The Sun'. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Director Jim-Field Smith (The Wrong Mans, Stag) talks about directing comedy, and the lessons that can be learned from 1984's classic big screen spookfest Ghostbusters. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Katy Wix on Knowing Me Knowing You With Alan Partridge
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Katy Wix (Anna & Katy, Stath Lets Flats, Taskmaster) talks about her journey from teenage Alan Partridge fan to sharing a sofa with the chat icon, focusing on Steve Coogan's creation's first solo television outing, Knowing Me Knowing You. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Paul Putner on the Not The Nine O'Clock News LP
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Comedian, actor and writer Paul Putner picks the chart-topping first Not The Nine O'Clock News album, and talks about the influence of its punky new voice, and Mel Smith in particular. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Helen Monks on Nicola Murray (The Thick Of It)
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Actor and writer Helen Monks (Upstart Crow, Raised By Wolves) shares her love for the character of Nicola Murray (Rebecca Front) in The Thick Of It, in particular Series 4, Episode 4, in which she has a horrible time on a train. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Lucy Prebble on When Harry Met Sally
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Writer Lucy Prebble (Succession, Enron) celebrates Nora Ephron and Rob Reiner's deceptively effortless romantic comedy When Harry Met Sally and the lessons it teaches about writing, and life. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Robert Webb on The Young Ones: 'Bambi'
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Comedy writer and actor Robert Webb (Peep Show, That Mitchell & Webb Look, Back) shares his love for The Young Ones, series 2, episode 1: 'Bambi'. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Tom Neenan on Shaun Of The Dead (LIVE)
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Writer and comedian Tom Neenan joins us to discuss Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright's zom-rom-com Shaun Of The Dead LIVE at the London Podcast Festival. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Comedian Marcus Brigstocke celebrates The Great Gonzo, artist, daredevil, Muppet. Recorded LIVE at the Latitude Festival 2019. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Simon Evans on P'Tang Yang Kipperbang by Jack Rosenthal
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Comedian Simon Evans talks about his passion for writer Jack Rosenthal, and his TV play on the pangs of first love 'P'Tang Yang Kipperbang' in particular. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Gabby Hutchinson-Crouch on Crazy Ex-Girlfriend: Episode 1
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Comedy writer and author Gabby Hutchinson-Crouch (News Quiz, Now Show, Darkwood) on the all-singing all-dancing mental-health-and-toxic-romance sitcom Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, looking at how brilliantly the pilot episode sets up the show's themes and gags. RULE OF THREE is LIVE at the London Podcast Festival on Saturday Sept 14th at 2pm, with writer an…
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Jack Docherty on Ivor Cutler's Velvet Donkey
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Jack Docherty (Absolutely, Scot Squad) celebrates the unique and inspirational comic voice of Ivor Cutler, and in particular his 1974 album 'Velvet Donkey'. RULE OF THREE is LIVE at the London Podcast Festival on Saturday Sept 14th at 2pm, with writer and comedian Tom Neenan taking an affectionate swing at 'Shaun Of The Dead' with a bloody cricket …
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Rosie Jones on The Royle Family: The Queen of Sheba
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Comedian and writer Rosie Jones (The Last Leg, Sex Education) brings a sofa-full of love for game-changing domestic sitcom The Royle Family and in particular its BAFTA winning special The Queen of Sheba. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Sarah Morgan on Romy & Michele's High School Reunion
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Writer Sarah Morgan (Not Going Out, Intelligence, Tracey Ullman) dances like a sugared-up nine-year-old in honour of the joyous female buddy comedy Romy & Michele's High School Reunion. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Robert Popper on Fawlty Towers: The Hotel Inspectors
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Writer Robert Popper (Friday Night Dinner, Look Around You) shares his love for a definitive slice of a definitive sitcom, the Hotel Inspectors episode of Fawlty Towers. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Writer and comedian Sarah Kendall (Australian Trilogy) celebrates Sydney Pollack's hit 1982 comedy where Dustin Hoffman learns to be a better man by being a woman. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Andy Stanton on Bachelor Boys: The Young Ones Book
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Award-winning children's writer Andy Stanton (The Mr Gum Books) talks about the book that taught him how to write funny stuff: the Young Ones tie-in Bachelor Boys. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Laurence Rickard on Monty Python's Life Of Brian
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Laurence Rickard (Ghosts, Horrible Histories, Yonderland) talks about Monty Python's Life Of Brian and the lessons it has for anyone else who might be trying to make historically textured silly comedy with a six-strong team of comedians. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Comedian Phill Jupitus drags in an Acme crate containing the animation director Chuck Jones, loads of dynamite, some hair restorer and an anvil, to celebrate the great man's work on Daffy Duck, Bugs Bunny, Road Runner and many more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Comedian, writer and actor Anna Crilly (Anna & Katy, Lead Balloon, Sorry I've Got No Head) discusses her love for Julia Davis and Rob Brydon's often-overlooked masterpiece Human Remains. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Lucy Porter on Ellen Degeneres: One Night Stand (1990)
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Comedian Lucy Porter talks about Ellen Degeneres' first TV stand-up special, and how it inspired her. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Illustrator and children's author Nadia Shireen celebrates the comic voice of Smash Hits magazine, and the influence it had on her, and the way we make jokes about pop. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Comedian, writer and actor Miles Jupp (The News Quiz, Rev, The Thick Of It) waxes lyrical about multi-award winning sitcom Frasier and in particular, the episode Mixed Doubles. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Comedian Matt Lucas talks about his love for the surreal improvised interviews of Gerard Hoffnung, the 1950s humorist, musician and artist. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Charlie Brooker, the human behind Black Mirror, Cunk On Britain, Wipe and A Touch Of Cloth, joins us to talk about the film Airplane! Surely, you can't be serious? Yes. Yes we are serious. Also includes frank Batman and Robocop chat. You have been warned. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…
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Beardyman on Kenny Everett's 'World's Worst Record Show'
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Musician, DJ and comedian Darren Foreman, aka Beardyman, picks Kenny Everett's legendary radio rundown of the world's worst records, and its vinyl release, as a formative and unbearable influence. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Award-winning writer and performer Sanjeev Singh Kohli (Fags Mags & Bags, Look Around You, Still Game) bids us all "oo vuj welcome" in Blue Jam, Chris Morris' experimental flu-woozy small hours head-comedy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Katy Brand on Red Dwarf: Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers
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Award winning writer and comedian Katy Brand talks about the mind-expanding effects of the first Red Dwarf novel by Rob Grant and Doug Naylor, 'Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers'. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Josh Weinstein, show-runner of The Simpsons, Futurama and Disenchantment, shares some Simpsons backstage stories, and talks about the influence of groundbreaking Canadian sketch show SCTV on a whole generation of comedy writers. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Dara Ó Briain on Eddie Izzard: Definite Article
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Award winning comedian Dara O'Briain joins us to talk about the effect Eddie Izzard's third big show had on him as a young stand-up, and shares some trade secrets about how to get an audience on side. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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XMAS SPECIAL 2: Sara Gibbs on A Charlie Brown Christmas
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It's our second Christmas Special, as comedy writer Sara Gibbs (Succubus, Dead Ringers, Daily Mash) joins us round the fire to talk about the very first Peanuts TV special, 1965's A Charlie Brown Christmas, a cockle-warming mainstay of seasonal telly. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…
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XMAS SPECIAL 1: Neil Forsyth on Morecambe & Wise Xmas 1977
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Neil Forsyth, the writer of Eric, Ernie & Me talks about Eddie Braben's writing for the 1977 Morecambe and Wise Christmas special, the ratings smasher that drew half the nation round the telly. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Chris Addison on Victoria Wood As Seen On TV
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Award winning comedy performer, writer and director Chris Addison (The Thick of It, Veep) talks about the life-changing effect of Victoria Wood's 1980s sketch series As Seen On TV. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Caroline Norris on Trevor and Simon
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Award winning producer Caroline Norris (Horrible Histories, Tracey Ullman, Armstrong & Miller) celebrates Saturday morning telly's pant-swinging double act Trevor and Simon, and talks about the art of making comedy for children that adults can enjoy too. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…
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Comedian Nish Kumar (The Mash Report, Newsjack) talks about his love for "the comedy nerd's Valhalla" Garth Marenghi's Darkplace, a single series of six perfectly formed horror spoofs from Matt Holness, Richard Ayoade, Alice Lowe and Matt Berry. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…
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Comedy writer, performer and absurdist John Luke Roberts talks about his lifelong love for the acerbic songs of Tom Lehrer. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Margaret Cabourn-Smith on A Bit Of Fry & Laurie
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Comedy actor Margaret Cabourn-Smith talks openly about her lifelong infatuation with Fry & Laurie, and comedy writers Jason Hazeley and Joel Morris join in. An unseemly scramble to quote the most sketches ensues. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Award Winning actor and writer Mat Baynton (The Wrong Mans, Horrible Histories) slouches in and pours himself a white Russian to celebrate the Coen Brothers' shambling masterpiece The Big Lebowski, with comedy writers Jason Hazeley and Joel Morris. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…
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Paddington's award-winning director Paul King joins us to talk about how he brought the bear to the screen, and to show us one of his favourite films, Ernst Lubitsch's hilarious 1942 Nazis vs Luvvies comedy 'To Be Or Not To Be'. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Writer, script editor and funny person Barunka O'Shaughnessy (co-writer with Julia Davis of the award-winning Hunderby) sits down with Joel Morris and Jason Hazeley to celebrate Australian sketch comedy The Micallef Program, and in particular the sketch Spiffington Manse, giving the period drama a further stupid kicking. Hosted on Acast. See acast.…
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