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FLP 27 Daniel Nicholas & Che Burnley
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Daniel Nicholas & Che Burnley are both bringing shows to the Funny Looking Fringe at the Liverpool Comedy Festival in September. But that isn’t the Fringe on their mind at the moment…
Funny Looking Fringe at 81 Renshaw Street bringing you an exciting mix of comedies to delight and surprise
Daniel Nicholas – Scripted
In Liverpool – Tuesday 27th September at 7pm
Seems right up our street of subversive and funny and exciting!
At Edinburgh – Just The Tonic at 3.40pm
Che Burnley – The Big C
September 17th at 7pm
The best and worst year of his life
Also at Edinburgh doing Elvis Is A Racist? Cowgatehead at 8.15pm
PJ picks – funnylooking.co.uk
Friday Sept 16th – 9:00pm
Liam Pickford: Your Love Is A Knackered Bus Stop I can No Longer Be Arsed To Vandalise.
Sunday 18th September
James Meehan, Kiri Pritchard Mclean and Gein’s Family Giftshop triple header
Saturday 24th September
Edward Aczel’s – Foreign Policy…..from the edge of hell
Saturday 1st October
Holly Burn – I Am Special
Go to funnylooking.co.uk
For the Full Fringe List
To join the Mailing List
To add your email to the Golden Ticket Competition!
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Funny Looking Presents… Update #06 Fringe 02!
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FLP 26 Sam Fletcher and a Mailing List
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Thanks for listening to the podcast, podchums.
Here’s some more details on what we have discussed today. Go and support some great comedy….
OF COURSE YOU HAVE TO COME TO FUNNY LOOKING PRESENTS… – FEB 4th IN LIVERPOOL…
https://billetto.co.uk/en/users/funny-looking-presents?filter=published
Sam Fletcher: Daftwerk
A collection of new material and some old favourites from Sam’s previous two shows “Drawn Out Jokes” and his Edinburgh Comedy Award Best Newcomer nominated show “Good on Paper”. Combining a mixture of jokes, physical set pieces and music, Sam will be presenting/pitching a few of his own inventions and will attempt to do some mind reading too, if he can work out how to do that in two weeks time…
“A total Pro” The Times
“No other show made me smile so much” Independent
“One to watch” TimeOut London
“A star is born” METRO.
Edinburgh Fosters Comedy Award Best Newcomer Nominee 2012
Other things coming up, legends….
Book now: Johnny Vegas – 6th Feb at Group Therapy with Tom Little and Foxdog Studios http://www.seetickets.com/tour/johnny-vegas
Now playing: Wooden Overcoats – podcast – http://www.woodenovercoats.com/
1st Feb – Legion of Doom – 81, Renshaw St Liverpool
11th February – Shambodie includes Kiri Pritchard Mclean, Tom Short and Blind Date at Soup Kitchen https://www.wegottickets.com/event/346457
Be yourself, we love you. 24/7.
GC/PJ AKA FL
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Everybody on the list one week after our MJ Dolan gig goes into a draw to win a brilliant ‘tote’ with a beautiful MJD design upon it – it’s just about the giving here!
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FLP 25 Beth Vyse & Funny Looking Presents
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Beth Vyse – Just Beth Vyse.
Come to our gig.
Share our gig.
Be our gig.
Have a look at the Funny Looking Presents Gigs here:
Thurs Dec 3rd – Beth Vyse: As Funny As Cancer
Thurs Jan 7th – Arthur Smith: Mindlessness – A Beginners Guide
Thurs Feb 4th – Holly Burn:
Thurs March 3rd – Chris Coltrane: An Hour Of Tory-Smashing Comedy
Thurs April 7th – Michael J Dolan: The Most Villainous Michael J Dolan
Your subscriptions and reviews help us more then you imagine.
There are 4 ways to get a badge. Find Funny Looking Podcast on Facebook to get the details. (Or even a mug…)
Don’t forget to check us out on the Website:
Subscribe on Itunes:
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Tweets by funnylookingpod
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FLP 24.5 Top Joe & Sean Morley Special
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Ahead of Top Joe’s second Regular Gig we present Top Joe, Gav and Sheffield sensation – Sean Morley.
Sean was a semi finalist in the BBC Radio New Comedy Awards 2015 and crown prince of the alternative Sheffield scene.
Top Joe is.Top Joe.
It’s a fabulous gig and worth your time and effort. Find Top Joe on Facebook or:
http://omgtopjoe.tumblr.com/
https://twitter.com/toptopjoe
Sean Morley:
https://twitter.com/SeanMorleyBrand
Have a look at the Funny Looking Presents… Gigs here:
Thurs Dec 3rd – Beth Vyse: As Funny As Cancer
Thurs Jan 7th – Arthur Smith: Mindlessness – A Beginners Guide
Thurs Feb 4th – Holly Burn:
Thurs March 3rd – Chris Coltrane: An Hour Of Tory-Smashing Comedy
Thurs April 7th – Michael J Dolan: The Most Villainous Michael J Dolan
Your subscriptions and reviews help us more then you imagine.
There are 4 ways to get a badge. Find Funny Looking Podcast on Facebook to get the details. (Or even a mug…)
Don’t forget to check us out on the Website:
Subscribe on Itunes:
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Funny Looking Live on Spreaker – Sundays at 9pm:
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FLP 24 Mel Moon Special & the Liverpool Comedy Festival launch 2015
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It’s nearly here! Oh me… Oh my…
This is a Mel Moon special – because she has a story to tell and we want you to hear it. This is going to be one of those shows that transcends comedy. Funny, yes but more then that too. I will see you there!
http://www.thecomedytrust.com/comedy-festival/whats-on/mel-moon-sick-girl/
What a lovely launch party it was too. As well as Top Boss Sam Avery you heard:
John Wilson: Love That Gag
http://www.thecomedytrust.com/comedy-festival/whats-on/john-wilson-love-that-gag/
Che Burnley: Elvis was Racist?
http://www.thecomedytrust.com/comedy-festival/whats-on/che-burnley-elvis-was-racist/
Rob Thomas
Working Class Zero (hours contract) http://www.thecomedytrust.com/comedy-festival/whats-on/rob-thomas-working-class-zero/
With pal of the podcast Kate Tracey:
We used to be fit! http://www.thecomedytrust.com/comedy-festival/whats-on/kate-tracey-rob-thomas-we-used-to-be-fit/
Your subscriptions and reviews help us more then you imagine.
There are 4 ways to get a badge. Find Funny Looking Podcast on Facebook to get the details. (Or even a mug…)
And of course you have already booked your tickets for Funny Looking Live – Live…
Links to pals:
Liverpool Comedy Festival:
http://www.thecomedytrust.com/comedy-festival
Funny Looking LIve:
19th – http://www.thecomedytrust.com/comedy-festival/whats-on/funny-looking-live/
26th – http://www.thecomedytrust.com/comedy-festival/whats-on/funny-looking-live-269/funny
Don’t forget to check us out on the Website:
https://funnylooking.co.uk/
Subscribe on Itunes:
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FLP 23 Liam Pickford & Rosie Wilby @ The Liverpool Comedy Festival 2015
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So many shows. So many comedians at the Liverpool Comedy Festival. Wha o do? What to do?
Easy – Book for Liam Pickford, Rosie Wilby, & us. (And all the other comedians we talk to too…)
Liam Pickford:
https://twitter.com/topladpickford
http://www.thecomedytrust.com/comedy-festival/whats-on/liam-pickford-seaside-cock-novelties/
Rosie Wilby:
http://www.thecomedytrust.com/comedy-festival/whats-on/rosie-wilby-nineties-woman/
http://www.rosiewilby.com/
Your subscriptions and reviews help us more then you imagine.
Your subscriptions and reviews help us more then you imagine.
There are 4 ways to get a badge. Find Funny Looking Podcast on Facebook to get the details. (Or even a mug…)
And of course you have already booked your tickets for Funny Looking Live – Live…
Links to pals:
Liverpool Comedy Festival:
http://www.thecomedytrust.com/comedy-festival
Funny Looking LIve:
19th – http://www.thecomedytrust.com/comedy-festival/whats-on/funny-looking-live/
26th – http://www.thecomedytrust.com/comedy-festival/whats-on/funny-looking-live-269/funny
Don’t forget to check us out on the Website:
https://funnylooking.co.uk/
Subscribe on Itunes:
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Twitter:
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Funny Looking Live on Spreaker – Sundays at 9pm:
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FLP 22 Kate Smurthwaite & Sam Avery at the Liverpool Comedy Festival 2015
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It is Funny Looking Podcast 22. Oh my, what a treat.
Edinburgh Festival is still here, just but that’s not the Festival for us!
Sam Avery, Liverpool Comedy Festival Director guides us towards the start date of a festival opened by past chat guest Andy Zaltzman on the 17th of September. So many gigs for just a fiver. You will find plenty you should see.
A show in the diary should be Kate Smurthwaite: The Wrong Sort of Feminist, a fresh show from left-wing, feminist, atheist comedian and activist Kate Smurthwaite. See you there? Sunday the 20th of September, 7pm at 81 Renshaw Street.
Your subscriptions and reviews help us more then you imagine.
There are 4 ways to get a badge. Find Funny Looking Podcast on Facebook to get the details. (Or even a mug…)
And of course you have already booked your tickets for Funny Looking Live – Live…
Links to pals:
Liverpool Comedy Festival:
http://www.thecomedytrust.com/comedy-festival
Kate Smurthwaite:
http://www.katesmurthwaite.co.uk/
In Edinburgh –
https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/kate-smurthwaite-the-wrong-sort-of-feminist
Sam Avery:
https://twitter.com/samaverycomedy
Funny Looking LIve:
19th – http://www.thecomedytrust.com/comedy-festival/whats-on/funny-looking-live/
26th – http://www.thecomedytrust.com/comedy-festival/whats-on/funny-looking-live-269/funny
Don’t forget to check us out on the Website:
https://funnylooking.co.uk/
Subscribe on Itunes:
http://bit.ly/FLPitun
Twitter:
https://twitter.com/funnylookingpod
Funny Looking Live on Spreaker – Sundays at 9pm:
http://bit.ly/FLLonSp
FLP 21 – Liverpool Goes to Ed Fringe 2015 & Liverpool Comedy Festival Special 2015 01
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It is Funny Looking Podcast 21 and due to total collapse of organisational skill on Gav’s behalf – Pete isn’t here again…
But we do have some old and new friends.
Once again we are excited to announce that we are the ‘Official’ Podcast of the Liverpool Comedy Festival 2015, beating off the dozens of other Liverpool based podcasts we know.
We will be bringing you previews and chats with artists, legends and heroes from across the whole festival.
But that is not yet…
There is a smal matter of the Edinburgh Comedy Festival to go.
Oh and the fact that Funny Looking Live – GOES LIVE!!
Two gigs at an amazing venue in Liverpool, 81 Renshaw St.
And that is the theme of this podcast, the growing hub of alternative, comedy, arts and performance out of this city centre venue.
Alastair Clark & the Legion of Doom gentlemen have both been featured in this podcast before and they are joined by Becky Web & Chris Jenkins as they prepare for Ed Fest, Liverpool Comedy Festival and more.
Links to pals:
The Legion of Doom:
Legion of Doom: Curiouser & Spuriouser
Cabaret At the End of the Universe
Alastair Clarke:
Chris Jenkins:
LEAVING THE HOUSE, WITH TOP JOE
Alastair & Chris
Funny Looking LIve:
19th September – http://www.thecomedytrust.com/comedy-festival/whats-on/funny-looking-live/
26th September – http://www.thecomedytrust.com/comedy-festival/whats-on/funny-looking-live-269/funny
Don’t forget to check us out on the Website:
https://funnylooking.co.uk/
FLP 20.5 Tiernan Douieb, Kiri Pritchard-McLean and #machfest15
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Hello!
A sneaky one this. Audio lifted from the Sunday night Funny Looking Live Mach Comedy special.
That smashing Tiernan Douieb called in and we had an excited chat about this years festival to come.
This is Tiernan’s Mach Gig:
http://machcomedyfest.co.uk/tiernandouieb2015
This is his website:
http://www.tiernandouieb.co.uk/
This is our chat with him last year:
http://bit.ly/FLP_12
Kiri Pritchard-Mclean also shared her dream scenario of double sketch caravanning and the showbiz secret’s of touring with Gein’s Family Giftshop.
Kiri’s Gig:
http://machcomedyfest.co.uk/kiripritchardmclean
Gein’s Gig:
http://machcomedyfest.co.uk/geinsfamilygiftshop
Our chat with Kiri:
http://bit.ly/FLP15
Our previous chat with Gein’s Family Giftshop:
http://bit.ly/FLP16
Sundays at 9pm – Listen in – Join in – Chat in
Any shares likes comments and squeezes gratefully received as usual.
Lovely.
FLP 20 Arthur Smith & The Legion of Doom March 2015
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Hello!
Here it is. The podcast you have been awaiting. Oh you patient types. We love you.
Subscribe on iTunes – never miss an episode!
Two chats this time.
Firstly, pal of the pod Arthur Smith talks from Bath Comedy Festival about his upcoming Soho Theatre Run for:
Arthur Smith* Sings Leonard Cohen
(The Extended Remix) *and the Smithereens…
Sun 19 – Thu 30 Apr
Gav has seen this at last years Mach Fest. What a treat.
Then we talk to the Trio that is The Legion of Doom. Stalwarts of the Alternative Comedy scene. Ed Fringe Veterans and hosts of their own, first Monday of the month night at 81 Renshaw Street.
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Legion-of-Doom-Comedy
https://twitter.com/legionofdoom11
You can also catch them quick at Matchbox comedy this week, another monthly comedy night in Liverpool, wholeheartedly recommended by us.
https://twitter.com/matchboxcomedy
http://matchboxcomedy.com/
Before you go, why not have a look at some of the other lovely people we have chatted to: Munnery, Burn, Pappys, Ellis, Kearns, Dolan, Douieb, Evans, (Not that one), Acaster, Geins, Ince and more!
Don’t forget the weekly nonsense that is Funny Looking Live on a Sunday night. 9pm on Spreaker:
Tell a friend, subscribe, review, RT, likes & Shares all help us.
Cheers
Gav & Pete
(No Pete due to admin error on Gav’s behalf)
John Kearns – Funny Looking Pod 19
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Oh boy, not only an Edinburgh best newcomer but also an Edinburgh best thing ever award winner! Now admittedly they are the same person, John Kearns, but this whole episode is taken over by our recent chat.
A fascinating comedian who clearly loves his craft and shapes each show with a huge amount of thought. You’ll hear how John shows Schtick went from rough outing at Machnyllyth comedy fest to an award winner and onto John’s future plans.
If you’ve not seen John yet, it’s a must! Follow him on Twitter for all his latest news at https://twitter.com/johnsfurcoat
Those in the London and Brighton areas, how do you afford the rent!? am I right?! Anyway one perk of the sky high property is that you can see Mr Kearns twice this week. Tickets, info etc here: http://www.ents24.com/uk/tour-dates/john-kearns
Phil Ellis can be heard on Pod 18 here: http://bit.ly/FLP18 and if you want to see Funz and Gamez, you can do so at the Soho Theatre. Tickets here: http://www.sohotheatre.com/whats-on/funz-andamp-gamez/
Finally legends, check out the the full Wilfredo Xmas song and chuck them a few pence here: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/peace-all-over-world-at-christmas/id948780914
Once you’ve done that, share this bloody podcast with friends far and wide. It’s a labour of love and a humble honour when comedians chat to us but it would be lovely for lots of people to hear it. Thanks, pal.
Gav & Pete
xoxox
Funny Looking Podcast 18 Phil Ellis & Alastair Clark
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Previously on Serial….
It’s nice that a murder mystery has reminded everyone how great podcasts are. If you like Serial you are GUARANTEED to like Funny Looking and you are very welcome.
This episode straddles the two homes of Funny Looking.
Liverpool, the New York of Europe which gave us the greatest band in the world (Space) and also is home to a growing alt comedy scene. Alastair Clark is at the heart of this new generation of funny people and you will learn lots from his interview.
Whilst in Manchester when we’re not listening to The Smiths at the Hacienda drinking Boddingtons, we’re huge fans of Phil Ellis. Someone we loved at 2013’s Edinburgh and who came back in 2014 with a Kids Show that wowed audiences and critics alike. He warms up for his Soho Theatre run with a chat to Funny Looking.
Now you’re done, check out all the links below and spread the word about our humble pod. We really need it. Cheers.
Alastair Clark Links
Tweets by alastair_clark
https://alastairclarkcomedian.wordpress.com/
Tweets by TheAltCollect
Liverpool Comedy Links
http://thatcomedyblog.com/
Phil Ellis Links
Tweets by Thephilellis
Funz and Gamez at Soho Theatre – http://www.sohotheatre.com/whats-on/funz-andamp-gamez/
Cheers!
Gav and Pete
@funnylookingpod
Don’t forget to subscribe to the Angelos Epithemiou and Barry from Watford podcast – what a treat it is too!
http://playbackmedia.co.uk/podcasts/the-angelos-and-barry-show/
FLP 17 Liverpool Comedy Festival Special 03 Hayley Ellis, Robin Ince & HooHa Comedy
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Oh my Pod! It’s Funny Looking’s third Liverpool Comedy fest special.
We’ve already spoken to the artistic director of the whole bloody thing Sam Avery and the Edinburgh Award Nominees, James Acaster and Geins Family Giftshop so what could ever be next?
Well a couple more beauties is what we have! Hayley Ellis is returning to the pod for the second time whilst Robin Ince is a man we’ve wanted to speak with for ages. Add in newcomers Hoo Ha Comedy and you’ve got the perfect introduction to Liverpool Comedy Festival 2014.
Now, dust yourself down and go and see some live comedy, you deserve it. xoxox
As ever, admin and links are here for you to click, share, enjoy.
www.thecomedytrust.com/comedy-festival
www.hayleyellis.com/
www.robinince.com/
Tweets by HooHA_Comedy
FLP 16 Liverpool Comedy Festival Special 02 Geins Family Giftshop & James Acaster
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Can you believe it? A second podcast in just over a week?
We thought we would help lift the post Ed Fringe gloom with a sharp focus on the upcoming:
www.liverpoolcomedyfestival.com
Continuing from the smashers of the last podcast we have two great chats and some tip top steer for you.
Ed is the 2nd quarter of Geins Family Giftshop after Kiri last time. (Maybe we should always have a member of GFG on?) Recorded at the very start of the festival he sounds as fresh as a daisy!
Now book a ticket here:
www.thecomedytrust.com/comedy-festival/whats-on/geins-family-gift-shop-kiri-pritchard-mclean/
And watch their twisted YouTube channel for screams and giggles:
http://www.geinsfamilygiftshop.co.uk/
We have been fans of James Acaster for a while now, can you hear it in Petes voice? Fresh after a Salford preview, we solidly resisted asking about cabbaging. See you there?
www.thecomedytrust.com/comedy-festival/whats-on/james-acaster-recognise/
http://www.jamesacaster.com/
At the time of publishing they are both Fosters Comedy Award nominees. Good luck to all!
Tucked in the middle of these chats is a location report from Gav on what could be his favourite Museum ever. And it is only going to get better!
http://www.museumofcomedy.com
Our other reccomendies included:
Sofie Hagan and her podcast of comedians stories:
www.comedianstellingstuff.com/
The touring bravery that is Setlist:
http://setlistshow.com/
And the brilliant stand up of Eddie Pepitone:
http://eddiepepitone.com/
It might be a couple of weeks till the next one but get looking and booking, following and sharing. Say hello to us and tell a friend?
Gav & Pete
August 2014
@funnylookingpod
Remember we cannot recommend you get into Funny Looking Live on Spreaker:
Skype in: funnylookingpod
Call: 0151 528 3575 Leave a message!
Funny Looking Pod 15 – Liverpool Comedy Special 01 Sam Avery & Kiri Pritchard-McLean
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Well hello!
And if you are new to Funny Looking Podcast.
Well Hello!
We are very excited to be part of the Liverpool Comedy Festival and are very much looking to bringing you great chats with the top acts you can see throughthat famously indistinct period of late September, early October.
This is the first of a special run and we are already excited about the next one too – you lucky people.
The artistic director of the festival Sam Avery gives us his route into comedy and a glimpse of what is to come.
Kiri Pritchard-McLean, standup and writer, (the non performing quarter of Geins Family giftshop) tells us of her intriguingly titled show and double bill night. This will be a real treat.
Get on the site. Book some tickets and get in touch with your own top tips too.
http://www.liverpoolcomedyfestival.com
Follow Sam Avery here:
And Kiri Pritchard-McLean here:
https://mobile.twitter.com/kiripritchardmc
Give them some love and tell them we sent you. (Sounds creepy)
Finally we cannot recommend you get into Funny Looking Live on Spreaker:
http://www.spreaker.com/show/the_funny_looking_show
Skype in: funnylookingpod
Call: 0151 528 3575 Leave a message!
See you at the Liverpool Comedy Festival!
gav & pete
x
https://funnylooking.co.uk
@funnylookingpod
Funny Looking Podcast 14 2014 Mach Comedy Special with Teresa Coyne & Mark Silcox
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Oh so many tales.
Our tribute to The Machynlleth Comedy Festival
http://machcomedyfest.co.uk/
Oh what a time we had of it. We did.
We also had brilliant chats with Teresa Coyne:
And Mark Silcox:
http://www.marksilcox.com/
Give them some love and tell them we sent you. (Sounds creepy)
Finally get into Funny Looking Live on Spreaker:
Skype in: funnylookingpod
Call: 0151 528 3575 Leave a message!
See you in Mach next year!
gav & pete
x
@funnylookingpod
Thank you to Robin for his bonkers remix of Ned at the end…
Funny Looking Live
Sundays 9pm http://www.spreaker.com/show/the_funny_looking_show
- It’s nonsense
- It’s self-centered
- It’s indulgent
- It’s difficult to justify
- live on Spreaker.
You could:
- Listen live
- Listen back on Spreaker or via itunes
- Join in the live chatbox
- Skype in: funnylookingpod
- Call 0151 528 3575
A chance to:
- Respond to the topics
- Try ideas
- Test characters
- Complain
- Plug something
- Be part of a community of malcontents, aspirants, lonely & desperate.
If any of this appeals then god bless you and you seem perfect.
You can call and leave a message before the show.
Or not.
Tell all your friend.
Gav
@funnylookingpod
Funny Looking Podcast 13 Andy Hollingworth & Poppy Hilstead / @ZipZipComedy
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Firstly Andy Hollingworth, just a class act photographer:
http://www.andyhollingworth.com/
And then Poppy Hilstead and her @zipzipcomedy night – go!
Finally get into Funny Looking Live on Spreaker:
http://www.spreaker.com/show/the_funny_looking_show
Skype in: funnylookingpod
See you in Mach!
gav & pete
x
https://funnylooking.co.uk
Funny Looking Podcast 12 – Tiernan Douieb
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Hello, it’s been a bit hasn’t it! Ah well. We are very pleased to see you!
It’s a bit long, perfect for splitting up during the week!
Straight in with a smashing chat from a great comedian.
So hard working and so funny. This man is on tour and have seen this gent live and we will do again! So should you:
Go see you lovelies.
You’ll find all you need to know about Michael J. Dolan here:
http://michaeljdolan.co.uk/
Go buy that album. Our previous journey with the MJD can be followed here: https://funnylooking.co.uk/?p=237
Also follow Manchester Man – Phil Ellis – https://twitter.com/Thephilellis
George Ryegold – https://twitter.com/GeorgeRyegold – He is in a lot of adverts…
This is the link for Mark Griffiths – buy his book for that smart kid you should pay more attention to:
http://markgriffithsbooks.co.uk/
Round up links:
https://www.facebook.com/GeinsFamilyGiftshop
http://www.unitytheatreliverpool.co.uk/
http://www.andyhollingworth.com/
Here is Gina Jenkinson’s Laughing Bassett loveliness:
https://www.facebook.com/laughingbasset
Here is the first chat we had with Gina – https://funnylooking.co.uk/?p=82
Leanne Moden the poet is here – http://tenyearstime.blogspot.co.uk/
Will we see you at the Mach Comedy Festival? We hope so.
Do get in touch. If you get something from it. We would love to know!
Love you.
Gav & Pete
@funnylookingpod
funnylookingpod@gmail.com
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Funny Looking Podcast 11 – Festival Special (Not that one)
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It’s August, it’s Festival time. The most appropriate time to release our –
Special!
Oh what times we had! Don’t go… (see you there!)
We had an amazing time and saw and met amazing people. One of them was the smashing Holly Burn:
A really enjoyable Skype chat with one of the funniest and most inventive performers around at the moment.
Equally we had a brilliant but snatched chat with Nadia Kamil & John-Luke Roberts:
https://twitter.com/jlukeroberts
Two hugely talented, thoughtful and silly writers and performers.
We have launched our gift to the world. The Brian Gittins Radio Show Archive:
http://thebriangittinsshow.wordpress.com/
Every episode of that iconic radio show will be there. Every single episode.
We have started our North-West gig guide and Flogged our hearts outs.
We love comedy and we love you for being part of this!
Let us know what you think – what we should be looking out for – saying – doing – wanting – needing…
Gav & Pete
The embarrassing enthusiasms of an ageing misanthrope
In the past couple of years that I have re-submerged myself in the world of live comedy and I have discovered the joy of preview shows. Works in Progress.
I love them and I actually feel grateful that I get the chance to see these sometimes half formed ideas, or robust structured hours that require some polish. It still amazes me that comedians do this.
Think about the painter that takes their sketches out and says “what’dya tink?” to an pompous RA over opinionated member. The composer that hums a nascent tune to a passing Classical Chill Out CD owner and then asks their opinion. The comedian that scribbles an idea into a Tesco version of a Moleskin and stands in front of a paying audience and speaks out loud for the first time, something they feel and hope is funny. Must be terrifying.
It is why I think that the art form of the comedian is one of the bravest, the rawest and the trickiest. Alright, alright. I know we are not talking about bomb disposal, a Paramedic on a Friday night, or a teacher with the future of our children in their wherewithal. But we are talking about artists. People that balance what they do with who they do it for. People that have to make what they want to make. Say what they want to say and then for pragmatic reasons, try to shape that into a vaguely commercial form. Something that we the public will fork out for, will support.
With the increase in awareness and availability comedy in so many delivery forms and outlets, lots of people have become ‘experts’ in comedy, very quickly. And then you can take that opinion and push it out to 30 people. Really easily. We do.
Funny Looking was never imagined as a review outlet. Sometimes I will say, out loud even, “all reviewers are cunts”. I don’t think I mean it. Some reviewers raise the form high and show a dignity in their writing, an honesty and more importantly a high degree of self awareness, that lets the reader know that this is what that performance means to them, personally. Bruce Dessau stands out to me as a reviewer that balances knowledge, honesty and opinion. And I certainly don’t agree with everything he says. But he says it compellingly well.
Two things stood out recently. One was the conversation I had with the three people I took to see David Trent at the “How The Light Gets In festival of ideas” in Hay on Wye. This was a preview show for This Is All I Have, his show for this years Edinburgh Festival and the follow up to the hugely brilliant Spontaneous Comedian. This was the second time I had seen the preview show, the first at Mach Fest. It is a testament to to what I think about the show so far that I returned to see it again and if I get to Ed Fest this year, I fully intend to see the final product.
Another testament to the show, as well as the rolling swell of laughter throughout, was the fact that three people who had known nothing of David Trent were discussing the show, how much they enjoyed it, how much they got from it, how clever and funny it was and how original they considered it. There. That is my review in this paragraph. I’m not going to talk about any content. It was a preview. Bits will change. Come in, go out. I will say, there was real progression and development since Mach and my very favourite bit, a video piece was still in it. But what right do I have to even offer this observation? I feel arrogant even committing that to Flog.
There was a point in the show, not even noticed by one of my party, where somebody left. The show wasn’t for them, they didn’t want to stay, they were not enjoying it. They left. (On a secondary note their stated reason for leaving was at massive misreading of a bit that nobody else in the room agreed with).
Great. I’m not enjoying this. I’m leaving. I get that. I respect that. (They were massively wrong in my opinion but they stuck to theirs)
What I struggle with is:
I’m not enjoying this.
It isn’t funny.
I’m staying to the end no matter how unfunny it is to me.
I’m going to make sure I enthusiastically tell you how unfunny it is.
Paid reviewers. Maybe I understand. But others. Leave. Forget it. Let it go. Why would you tell us why it isn’t funny? How can somebody be definitive?
This links to the second point I have been thinking about. It comes from a rare comment on the website. Very welcome but intriguing.
On the previous Flog, about the Brian Gittins Radio Show Archive we have going, (for shits and giggles), (you can see that here), somebody left a link at the bottom to a review of Gittins at Glastonbury from the prestigious local-to-Glastonbury website. The reviewer didn’t enjoy Gittins. So much that they would have left – but: ‘stayed to the end so I could write about it.’ swiftly followed by ‘If I’m honest, the hokey cokey segment at the end did actually have me crying with laughter’. So a bizarre, confusing, mixed bag of a review, left at my doorstep by somebody I do not know, wanting to let me know they don’t like Gittins.
It all seems like a lot of effort for something so meaningless.
A couple of recent podcasts have really resonated for me. (And I listen to a lot of podcasts) Tom Allen on the brilliant Comedians Comedian podcast and why comedians as artists deserve our support. It is so worth a listen to and moved me with it’s honesty. Also John Hodgman on the Nerdist podcast, talking about the schism between the world of being a nerd and the negativity of hipsters. Have a listen to them both. They are worth your time.
Then again my enthusiasm for them might move you to take the time, effort and consideration to find an obscure review, telling me something I like is disregardable and un liked by you. I’ll be alright with that. Or take the honest route and walk out. You might still be wrong though.
David Trent will be appearing at Group Therapy Comedy in Manchester on Saturday the 30th of June.
Flog: Too Much Gittins?
The Brian Gittins Radio Show Archive is here…
It has got unseemly. Hasn’t it? Our enthusiasm for this man.
It seems that at the same time this podcast and concept was born. In some dark corner of the south coast, Brian Gittins, a seemingly unsuccessful stand up, took to broadcasting.
Discovering his live Spreaker podcast only 2 or 3 in, it quickly became the must listen to event. Why? I have no idea.
Whole episodes where given over to testing an effective contact with Skype.
Terrible robots and their creators called in.
Super star callers were elevated to mythic levels and we dreamed they would call in. Then they disappeared.
David Edwards came into our lives.
Poppy & Titty Girl. Adam Warren & Charles Petrescu. We worried for Snotface but we hoped he would call.
And we called in. Initially burnt and rejected for being boring. I found my corner. Sometimes I sing to Brian.
I sing when I am worried for him. Happy for him. Sad for him.
It is the only place I sing. I have found a voice. Brian gave me that.
Brian Gittins might have left Spreaker forever.
It is harder to find the older shows. On Spreaker or on iTunes. So I have given them a home. An archive. A memorial.
I pledge to put every single episode in that archive. And keep it there. For you.
You can help me. Listen to an episode. Comment on it. Who called in? What was discussed? What went wrong? What was played? Lets make this the authoritative Brian Gittins archive on the Internet, way above all the rest.
Now you can go right back to the start. Come on that journey that some of us have been on. You’ll laugh. You’ll cry. You’ll get angry. Bored. And annoyed.
It is what he would have wanted.
Gav (Jav)
Twitter @BGittinsArchive
Flog: Daniel Kitson Live – featuring moans, an existential crisis and why reviewers are dicks.
Lets start this by explaining just how excited I was to see Daniel Kitson at the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester. It was in my diary as “KITSON!” – birthdays get ‘mum’s birthday’, parties get ‘party?’ but for the best comedian in the world, I went all out with capitals and an explanation mark.
The show, as you would expect, was wonderful. Such a brilliant range of thoughts coupled with perfectly marauding sentences and a beautiful use of language. This was all backed up with smut…lots of smut.
It had been an enjoyable evening for my friends and I which was a bit of a relief. My girlfriend had been ill since the Mach Comedy fest after a badly judged twenty minutes sat in a tent. Book a B&B for Mach 2014, friends.
The ever consummate gentleman, I had packed a bottle of water which I discreetly offered to her during the 1hr40 minute performance. The words of her doctor ringing in my ears “keep hydrated, for the love of God, keep hydrated”
On leaving the theatre I noticed the couple behind me muttering about people talking near by. I hadn’t noticed anything and thought nothing more of it until I got home and did a quick search for #kitson on Twitter – the man himself searches for himself and I wanted to as well. I enjoy seeing people’s immediate reactions to such great performances.
As expected there were the usual lovely comments and then I stumbled across one from a familiar looking face. It was the girl from behind and she was moaning about the ‘idiots’ in front. Threatening a ‘campaign against people talking in performances’.
From a further perusal of her Twitter feed this individual reviews things for a couple of blogs. We at Funny Looking will never be reviewers. We want to celebrate and enthuse not write a ‘review’ that more often than not ruins punchlines. Nor do we take ourselves so seriously.
It didn’t detract from the point that I had impacted negatively on someone’s evening. I hate people talking at gigs – I’ve politely asked people in the past to quiet down a bit or move to the back. However the nitpicking of this evening was on a new level. Friends sat next to us had not even noticed us reach for a drink or give our smug knowing nods at lines we recognised from a warm up gig we had bagged tickets for months previously. Still it made me think, “Am I a dickhead?”
It spun me into something of an existential crisis. Am I a bad audience member? Well I’ve asked this question so I can’t be but isn’t that what a bad audience member would say?! The fact it paralleled an argument Kitson had made thirty minutes earlier made me realise just how far in advance he must plan his shows. He really is out to make you laugh and think in ways that no other comedian can. There is something for everyone (especially if you are a nervous, cardigan wearing liberal with an ill girlfriend)
I wasn’t going to take this slur on my character! I spun careful 140 character long rebukes subtly explaining how I clearly had learnt more from the show than she ever would but I was never happy enough to hit the send button.
In the end I took the route Kitson advised in his show. I read her Twitter feed, found something that I vehemently disagreed with, concluded SHE was the dickhead and went to bed.
One half of Funny Looking, Peter Jones had donated his fee for this column to the Campaign To Stop People Talking During Performances.
Funny Looking Podcast 10 – Tweedy in “Whats a Happening?”
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Pod X is here. A whole year has past and we are still enjoying ourselves. Still seeking out the funny and still wanting to share it with you. Our beloved listeners.
The rather sordid setting of Pete’s bedroom we celebrate this feat with a short through back to the lovely people we have talked to. Are our podcasts are here for you to enjoy and peruse. The best thing we have done is get to talk to people we admire and respect. And we would like to talk to you too. Say hello to us on Twitter of over on Facebook. Or if you want to leave us a review on itunes for our birthday, we’d be ok with that too.
In our Comedy Round Up:
Pete & Claire went to Group Therapy in Manchester. Pete found a soft spot for James Acaster & we all enjoyed the Josh Widdicombe Podcast that James features in. Pete and Claire had the big ticket, Harry Hill and shared his sausage time. Gav discovered, via Pete, Marc Maron, Podcast joy. And we also talked about Dead Cat Comedy, hosted by Red Redmond. Not his real name. Pete & Claire finally got to see the Maximum Nonsense of Tony Law. Buy the song!
This months interview is with Tweedy, an amazingly funny clown and performer that Gav has been watching at Giffords Circus for years. Just funny. Funny for everybody. Check out Tweedy at his website, or start with a clip HERE.
We saw the stupendous Jaime Kilstein at the equally excellent event and North West comedy mainstay that is XS Malarkey.
TV Times – Gav hasn’t been out much recently so a LOT of TV was watched. Kevin Eldon finally gets the spotlight with ‘It’s Kevin’. Lots of voices in the head with ‘The Mimic’. Hearty Congratulation! to ‘Anna & Katy’. Pete & Claire caught up with ‘Derek’ – hear Gav’s views of Derek after one of the cast asked him live what he thought, over at our sporadic Live Podcast Spreaker Page.
So well has this year gone, we are going on holiday together – oh yes – The Mach Comedy Fest. We are too excited… Will we see you there? Let us know if you are going.
Finally, Gav has discovered Blogs. Too late?
He is enjoying – Louise Conran – Martin Mor – Russ Monkeywithagunn – But we are most indebted to Ste Price for his Flog piece for us – Good stuff and tons more links here.
We love you and we love hearing from you.
Stay lovely.
Gav, Pete & Claire.
Flog: Ste Price
I’ve been performing comedy for nearly 2 years (or 102 gigs, depending on whether you prefer imperial or metric measurements). In comedic terms, I’m still a toddler, but, I’m a toddler who has written extensively about his experiences in comedy (see my gig diary: www.poursomegravyonme.co.uk). Think of me as some kind of weird precocious baby whose favourite toy is an abacus. So when the Funny Looking Fellas asked me to write this piece about the original intentions I had for my my comedy writing and how they’ve changed, I knew it was time to drop the ridiculous childhood analogy and just write the bleeding thing.
After thinking about it for thirty seconds, I realised I could brilliantly answer the brief in one sentence: “My only intention was to try and be funny and that’s still true now.” And while in some ways it is true, it’s also ’s also far from telling the whole story.
I’d never performed in any capacity, or even considered it as a possibility, until my friend Vic suggested in late 2010 that I should try stand up. I’m a lifelong comedy fan and being funny has always been important to me, so the idea really appealed; I just didn’t know where to start. I’d been expressing my humour online for a few years – on my stupid blog “The World of Sherby” (www.sherby57.co.uk) and a sporadically released podcast “The Gravy Boat” (http://thegravyboat.podbean.com) – so the idea of generating funny content wasn’t entirely foreign, but thinking of stand-up material was quite a different prospect.
Seriously. Stop and think about it for a minute. Where would you start? Even if you knew what kind of comedy you’d like to do, or if you’re a naturally funny person in everyday life, what would you say if you were actually on stage?
Difficult, isn’t it?
My first gig would be in May 2011, so I knew I had a few months to generate material. I just needed to find a mechanism to do so. As I wanted my material to reflect my sense of humour, the only method I could think of was to write down everything that I said, or thought of, that made me laugh. After a few months, this resulted in several notebooks full full of ideas which ranged from fully formed ‘Christmas cracker’ jokes (http://poursomegravyonme.co.uk/2013/01/29/i-dont-like-jokes-oh-no-i-love-them/) to weird little thoughts that made me laugh for no particular reason. Although I still didn’t have any usable material, at least I had some building blocks.
OK. So, I’m sat with a pile of (possibly) humourous lego, which I want to turn into a shiny, new car (comedy routine). Surely I now needed to unfold some instructions (intentions) with which to achieve my goal. Well, yes and no. When I looked to expand the daft thoughts in the notebook, I concentrated on trying to make them funny in a way that was funny to me. This was a case of repeatedly saying them out loud and trying to add something funny to each subsequent iteration. As the individual chunks of material took shape, I then had to work out how they’d be presented and linked together. Fortunately, this also didn’t require a master plan. Because my ideas were all essentially nonsense, and because I like acting daft, there was a natural way for me to perform the bits. I was influenced by the sort of comedy that I didn’t want to do, and the things that I wouldn’t say. Another factor was the compulsion to add a layer of self referential ‘jokes about jokes’. Although it might seem self indulgent to introduce meta-comedy into your first set, it actually came from a need to be honest. Having watched a lot of comedy (and being a good decade older than the average newbie comic), I had become acutely aware of how even the most honest stand-up set was actually a construct. My knowing winks at the audience would be my way of saying “yes…yes…I know I’m lying, but it’s just for fun.” In many ways, it felt almost inevitable what my routine would be. In the subsequent couple of years, I’ve added a few methods for creating different types of material, and developed an increasing awareness for what does – or doesn’t – work for me, but but this primarily remains the way I produce material.
Clearly, the idea of “just being funny” isn’t entirely true. I don’t sit down with a blank page and write with a specific purpose in mind, but but I do have a clear idea of what I want to achieve with my comedy and the journey on which I want to take the audience. A functioning piece of stand-up material rarely arrives fully formed. The process of turning an idea into a bit, which then fits into a routine, which then fits into the structure of a set, is one that requires work. It’s a process that is inherently filtered by your own likes, dislikes, taste and intent.
For someone who has only performed 100 gigs, this is all exceptionally grand talk. At my level, the ultimate aim is still to just be funny on a consistent basis.
Ste Price will be appearing in Multi-Levelled Morons at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe (Jeykll & Hyde, 13:30 daily). He would like to point out that he’s in character in the photo and so isn’t the pompous jackass that it makes him appear.
You can find out more about Ste at my web-site, here.
Please visit his blogs:
Pour Some Gravy On Me – thoughts on random stuff, including the gig diary.
The World Of Sherby57 – lots of stupid stuff. Very stupid stuff.
Funny Looking Podcast 09 – Bonus – The Full Dolan
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So here it is, the extended version of our chat with Mr Michael J Dolan. It was probably our longest interview yet and whilst an absolute pleasure to talk with MJD, it made the whole thing a bloody nightmare to edit. This is a 45 minute version of the interview which is packed full of good stuff.
Michael discusses his origins as a stand up and how he came to record his album Dress To Depress last year. He also covers being accused of misogyny, how he reacted and how it’s affected his comedy. My favourite bit was hearing his plans for his new show.
A man who clearly loves comedy and is constantly striving to be smarter and funnier with every joke. We hope you enjoy.
Funny Looking 10 will be with you very soon. It may be slightly delayed as Gav is currently in a post Thatcher week of mourning. Wait…I mean celebration. Seriously, I’ve never seen him so happy and it was a pleasure to break the good news to him.
If you enjoy this honest celebration of all we find funny then tell a friend. It really does take bloody ages to edit an interview so we’d appreciate your support.
Don’t forget for the Gifted & Talented there are Dolan related extension activities here.
Flog – The Michael J Dolan Study Circle
Here at Funny Looking Podcast it is our aim to educate… entertain… and er…
Well.
As I am sure you are aware, this month, March 2013, we have a fantastic interview with Michael J. Dolan. Michael is a stand-up based here in the North West and is one of those annoying comedians that thinks and cares and strives to be both funny but also thoughtful and entertaining.
Because of this terrible affliction of being both self reflective and empathetic he recently came out as a misogynist. Here, in this Flog post, we are going to give you all the component parts, put together in handy package, to allow you the informed Funny Looking listener the chance to see all the facets of the discussion and come up with your own response.
Could your discursive essays, finally squeezing all the fun out of comedy, be handed in next Monday. Alternatively leave us a comment below on how annoying we are.
Fit the 1st
Listen to the first part of our podcast, up to the first part of our interview with Michael. You can find it here. Of course!
Fit the 2nd
Go to Michael’s website order and buy is recording of the show in question. Alternatively listen to it free, on Spotify here. Shame on you.
Fit the 3rd
Now read the article that Michael wrote on the fantastic website The Skinny. Have a think about the things he says. Do you agree? Is Michael being too harsh upon himself? Should Michael go to jail? I’ll be at risk of being too flippant about this very thoughtful discussion?
Fit the 4th
Now listen to our special Spreaker podcast. Here I have put an extract of the Woman’s Hour discussion in question. Listen for yourself.
Fit the Final
Now listen to the remaining part of the interview with Michael J Dolan. (Remember the full interview you will be published as a Bonus podcast by the end of this month)
Extension Activities (for Spoffs)
I mentioned a very famous joke by Billy Connolly from the mythical 1970s, time almost forgotten by many people but not Gav. You can watch said joke here and perhaps compare and contrast.
Please hand in all essays with Harvard referencing as usual – much love and looking forward to parents evening.