A better world
In the historic 37th Collings & Herrin Podcast, we HAVE A LAUGH about the new world we now live in and discuss the big stories of the week: Morrisons' half-price beef offer [see: above], Gary Sparrow's paucity of ambition, the chances of Ed Milliband's picture being made into a giant hat in Kenya, Lewis Hamilton's big mistake, Blake Fielder-Civil's silver tongue, Jason Manford's paucity of ambition (not that we have anything against him), and a man called Barack Obama, who is the President, despite being a socialist, and half-American.Don't forget, there will be a BONUS PODCAST on Monday (which should be up by Tuesday): Richard and I are doing a 45-minute presentation to members of the Radio Academy at a conference. Since we are there to talk about podcasting, we thought we should record it as a podcast. There will be a normal podcast next Friday.
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I started listening to the Podcast at about #25 and followed it in sequence until about 30, and have since started back at the beginning again (i'm upto about 17).
I can tell from the later ones I have listened to, but does RH still do the podcast during which he drinks a whole cafetierre of Coffee?
Those podcasts where he is caffeined up and 'needing a wee' get wonderfully frantic towards the end and I think these are the best ones.
Since you started doing them, has anything changed in either the approach/preparation or execution of the podcast?
i am glad that they are still 'just two blokes in a room' who neither know how to start or finsh them properly. We want no polish on the Podcasts...
While we're wallowing in 'cast nostalgia, I was mortified to learn a couple of my friends were heading to a Gaunty book-signing this afternoon....with NO irony involved!!! I thought about making them speed-listen to a few of your choice remarks - possibly those about Gaunty's rite-of-passage with the 15 year-old.
I'm aghast that the British Beef Marketing Council haven't taken this opportunity to sponsor this week's podcast. Then next week Richard could wear a suit made from steaks around town as to influence opinion. Or failing that, dogs.
Following on from the comment from Adam, can I enquire to the capacity of the cafetiere mentioned? I have one that is only good for two espressos... if Richard is only imbibing this much, there is little to worry about. However, there are much larger cafetieres on the market and if Richard is consuming any more than two espressos in one sitting, I think he is breaking the law.
I haven't been able to download the podcast for some reason, either through my podcast software (not itunes as I abhor apple) or manually from the site. Apparently the source file isn't present?
Cheers,
Susie
Well, it works on my iTunes - that's all I can tell you, Susie. Anybody else having trouble?
Adam, Richard uses a small caffitiere. When we started, I refused caffeine. Now I tend to imbibe from Richard's caffitiere, albeit only one cup. It perks me up. And we often record first thing in the morning.
I love the podcast, and contrary to popular opinion I love to hear about the Mitford sisters!
On a different note, the word verification I now have to type in below is "fistapm". Surely that's illegal?
Downloaded fine this morning. Probably a fault at my end then. Cheers anyway MR AC.
I notice that Richard wasn't much interested in the revelation that there was a TV drama about Oswald Mosley, starring the amusingly named Jonathan Cake. I seem to recall that it was the first British TV drama to feature the word 'cunt', so maybe that would spark his interest. In my memory the word was spoken by the same actor who plays the policeman in Goodnight Sweetheart, but imdb does not confirm this.
I noticed you wrote "HAVE A LAUGH" all in capitals, and I'm guessing this was partly motivated as a response to my comment yesterday about Richard Herring's blog. I think what I said was misinterpreted. I think a lot of Richard's blog is great and he can be a great comedian, and I think you should feel free to make jokes about anything, including the US election or anything else you choose.
The point I was trying to make is that while your blog was talking, rightly, about Obama's election as president, Richard was talking about that terrible afternoon game show Deal or No Deal with Noel Edmonds. I mean obviously he's free to write about what he wants to, but on a day when for the first time ever a first world country had elected a black president, choosing to write about afternoon game shows is rather limiting.
Anyways, I guess he'll have put something else up on his blog fairly soon, and on second reading of his blog I notice that he did make a short comment criticising the long lines at the voting booth.
The point I was trying to make is not that you shouldn't have a laugh - I think you should, and you shouldn't be afraid of using close to the edge humor.
Hi Andrew,
I just stumbled across your podcast during a particularly tedious period of work, and have just listened to the first 21 episodes in 3 days (ah, the perks of working from home). Now I sort of feel like I'm losing my mind. Also, congratulations on making me spray coffee out of my nose on 4 different occasions, once directly onto my keyboard. Keep up the good work.
The mistake you're making Mike is that you're reading the entry for Wednesday, but the result didn't come in til Thursday, so you don't know whether I have chosen to ignore the world shattering event.
But also I think you are incorrect to think that I would HAVE to talk about a big news subject. My blog is very much about the small things in life and though I do sometimes hit on current events there is no reason why I HAVE to or in fact should do. I am a comedian I am trying to write about funny things and it is often pleasing and interesting to ignore the obvious topic in favour of discussing towels in the gym or yoghurts in the supermarket.
You may of course keep your own blog and write about anything that you believe MUST be commented upon. As is happens I think I will be mentioning the election result anyway, so your preemptive strike was doubly erroneous.
If I'm not mentioned in this podcast then I don't listen to it. That's the rule now, Collings! By the way, how do I subscribe to your blog? Is there a reason why they won't let me?
I don't know how you subscribe to my blog. How do you subscribe to any blog? Who won't let you?
that should have read tuesday and wednesday, not wednesday and thursday - I don't know what day of the week it is myself.
Richard,
I have to say I agree with a lot of the points you make about Obama, particularly about the buzz surrounding him being similar to that around Blair in '97.
But hey - I didn't say you MUST write about it. I said I thought it was "a bit limiting to ignore it", but you're "free to do as you choose".
And as to your comment about using trivia to create comedy, including about yoghurts - well I actually wrote to you at the time you wrote a blog entry on that very subject saying it was one of the best pieces of comic writing you'd done in a while, and you should maybe work it up into a sketch. And later I found out you'd turned it into a Edinburgh show.
I think the point you make that you are "...pleased that America hadn't voted for the pair of dicks this time round, my hopes and dreams were tempered by memories of 1997 and how that had felt like the dawn of something new, but had turned out to the dawn of something barely different." is quite an incisive one.
Anyways, look, I wasn't telling you you had to write about anything, I was just curious to hear your opinion.
AC - To subscribe to a blog you use an application like Google Reader or Netvibes. Basically a filing system for blogs you're interested in - it makes reading / ignoring new entries to all your favourite blogs much easier.
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At least you are alive Mr Herrin. Of that we are grateful. There were a few moments of worry on your guestbook earlier today.
Very much enjoyed this weeks podcast too.
Just because everyone else has written about a subject doesn’t mean anyone else has to. I delighted this morning in reading Emma Kennedy’s blog which hilariously focuses on the key event of the week – the traditional burning of Catholic images. What a breath of fresh, non-political air that is! Also, as far as I understand it, all that happened on Tuesday night / Wednesday morning was some people were elected to an electrical college and the proper vote for the President of the United States of America is on December 15th. I suspect that a disappointing number of blogs will cover the real election of the 44th President of the United States. I, for one, am cheered by the in-depth analysis that Richard Herring provides. Particularly his unpacking with a keen and deadly eye of the vital issues of our day: Why do all the contestants on Deal or No Deal believe fervently in the power of positive thinking rather that in the facts of maths? Obama was all about change. I agree that a change is gonna come and it will be... eventually.... a change of subject....
Just finished the podcast after playing 'catch-up' for the last few weeks! I'm going to miss listening to them every day! Maybe I should just go back to the start and listen all over again!
Hello Andrew.
I wondered if I could please have a bit of space in your blog to spread the following comments?
As it's brilliant that America has a great new Democratic president who happens to be mixed race then I thought it was a great shame that on the same day the BBC's digital airwaves were filled for a couple of minutes with George Lamb saying the following about another ethnic minority.
"Lamb: He's now said "I'll give my land to travellers before I give it to Trump"
Mark: Did he say that? Brilliant"
[TEAM LAUGHTER]
Lamb: And you ain't moving travellers off basically. Travellers is like asbestos basically. The whole gaff is getting condemned
[TEAM LAUGHTER]
(later)
Lamb: When I equated travellers to asbestos, what I was saying was that once it's there it's quite hard to get rid of. Not that they're contaminated in any way - cause any respiratory problems down the line
Producer: A lot of hard work goes into this
[team laughter followed by Alan Partridge impersonations]"
The story of it can be followed from messsage 7220 here:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/mb6music/F1950413?thread=5020256&skip=7200&show=20#p71223735
I feel that this must not be covered up and more people should hear about it but it seems that people's opinions on Travellers are not too favourable and I'm beginning to think that they are the ethnic minority that the majority of peole feel it's ok to call "asbestos" and they agree that the place they once lived in is "condemned" when they leave.
The word magazine blog also has people with these views.
http://www.wordmagazine.co.uk/content/george-lamb-does-it-again-and-again-and-agian
The I player has been edited of these comments and George Lamb made an apology at 10.35 am on november 6th. Complaints have been sent to Ofcom and the BBC but I fear he will be able to walk away without anything happening.
If Travellers were replaced by another ethnic minority I feel that George would already be gone but Travellers it seems don't have the same rights.
Thanks for you time I hope you feel that this can be included on your blog.
Sarah H
I do not know if you have heard the news about your nemesis (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/celebritynews/3416778/Radio-talk-show-host-John-Gaunt--suspending-after-Nazi-comment.html). Thought you may wish to offer your solidarity/apply for the vacancy at Talksport. I am sure your thoughtful liberal punditry would go down a storm with their core audience.
Oh Gaunty...
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