Always loved catching this guy at the Comedy Store, his delivery is outstanding - hadn't seen that name for years so was excited to watch this. Nice bloke to boot.
the very reason to show up and sit down with a nice, entertaining chat for my morning starters, Dead at the Apollo is a Stupendous Idea !! what a great idea to do comedy to the over 50's by the over 50's, most over 50's listen to talk radio, mostly news and current events, drag their sad depressed arses back to Comedy. the World is sad enough, we really do need more Laughs. and the over 50's is a great market to tap.
I remember him from the 90s, really funny. So glad he's managed to keep going all this time, says a lot in itself. I really should look around comedy clubs more, my local closed down and I can't be arsed traveling.
Great show as always! Agreed with John about seeing comics at smaller venues (47mins approx). Often go to Comedy Bunker in Ruislip and see fantastic ‘stadium comedians alongside brilliant lesser known acts....Great night out watching a more close up visceral experience....similarly I recently came for the first time to see RHLSTP with my twin sister and her partner....(the Ed Milliband night)....We absolutely loved it! Even got to meet Ed and the hilarious Geoff Lloyd after who were both really nice.....It’s highly unlikely you d get this kind of experience at a larger venue...
Great interview with a compelling and funny guest whom I have not see enough of. I will look up more of his work! I have to admit though, I got a bit stuck at the Jim Davidson and 'Life is too beautiful to be a coincidence parts'. Surely the work of Jim Davidson is proof enough that evolution doesn't always get it right. Nice to see Lenny Henry get a mention, although in a non-ironic way. Btw, got a new porridge recipe ... in a mug, half a sliced banana, one Yakult, four heaped tablespoons of oats, microwave for 1:20 sec (no longer, it explodes).
AnonEyeMouse thanks! Don't know what happened yesterday, got a notification saying it was up but said it was no longer available. Watching it now, thanks again :)
Well John, you'd be pleased to know when I started watching I thought 'who the fucks that' and finished thinking 'he was awright'....moreover I have booked in for Al Murray at the Balham comedy festival and i've just started listening to your radio show...so i think 'awright' is probably underplaying it.
he really couldn't answer the 'why have you forsaken me' question? Christ was quoting Psalm 22 - a hymn written several centuries before Crucifixion was invented; which goes into detail as to how the Messiah would have his hands and feet pierced if you compare Psalm 22 with the account of the Crucifixion in the 4 gospels you see many other striking parallels with the death of Christ - and what's more, Psalm 22 was one of the most well known of these hymns to the Jewish people, being something similar to the Christian 'Our Father'; so everyone standing around Him would have recognised this opening line to put it simply, Christ was preaching the very reason why He was on the Cross to everyone around Him; both the mockers and the disciples - and if you follow Psalm 22 to the closing line, you see a declaration of God being vindicated and the Righteous One 'not' being forsaken, but triumphant since 'He has done it!' ... this cry of victory being echoed by Christ's last words before giving up His Spirit; 'It Is Finished!' ~ tragic that such intelligent people are so dismissive of opposing views that they don't even engage with the material
Where in Psalm 22 does it mention hands and feet being pierced? Deuteronomy 21_22 mentions hanging from a tree...? Is that what you meant or is my book incomplete? Also it wasn’t written centuries before crucifixion was invented as best as I can tell. Centuries before the Romans used it maybe. The reference to the first and last lines of the psalm would make sense though. Only in two of the gospels though of course.
the first historical record of crucifixion comes from 519 BC when the Persian king Darius 1st had 3000 opponents killed - according to the historian Herodotus (cf. Herodotus, Hist. i.128.2; iii.132.2, 159.1) this was later employed by Alexander the Great, and 'perfected' by the Romans to include a process of flagellation beforehand which so stripped the victims of their skin that there are several mentions of their bowels falling out - the whip in use, being made to both expose the nerve endings and bring blood vessels to the surface Psalm 22 was written around 1000BC and contains the verses in 16 - 17 16. For dogs encompass me; a company of evildoers encircles me; they have 'pierced my hands and feet' 17. I can count all my bones- they stare and gloat over me... the later verse of being able to count one's bones is a reference to the flagellation which removed the skin as i said, there are numerous comparisons between the Psalm and the accounts of the crucifixion of Christ, such as the casting lots for His clothing - i would suggest you take the time to look at it yourself, and then add to that study a reading of Isaiah 52 and 53 which describes the 'Suffering Servant' who atones for Sin, who is 'high and lifted up' on the cross, his figure so marred as to be beyond recognition, by the flagellation ... and it should be noted that Isaiah was written around 700BC - again, some centuries before crucifixion became a practice ~ BTW: your mention of Deut 21:22 is not misplaced - for God declared back then that anyone hung on a tree is under a curse, and we would hold that when God become Man; Christ Jesus, was on the cross receiving the punishment for Sin, He was most definitely under God's curse at that time ... this reference in Deuteronomy being another prophetic insight into what must happen to the Anointed One who would take away the Sins of the world ~
Oh I see, you’re using a dodgy translation. KJV?? Regardless, even if it were an accurate English translation it would show nothing more than the humans who wrote the first accounts of Jesus’s death decades afterwards wanted to make it match older verses they were familiar with. In the words of George Lucas: "it’s like poetry, it rhymes". I’ve got a bad feeling about this. Etc etc
He wasn't thumping any Bible's here, so what are you talking about? He swears, he votes Corbin, he's a generous fella. Should we not hear anything from people that have a different belief to you? You need to have a good look at yourself, dickhead.
Always loved catching this guy at the Comedy Store, his delivery is outstanding - hadn't seen that name for years so was excited to watch this. Nice bloke to boot.
the very reason to show up and sit down with a nice, entertaining chat for my morning starters, Dead at the Apollo is a Stupendous Idea !! what a great idea to do comedy to the over 50's by the over 50's, most over 50's listen to talk radio, mostly news and current events, drag their sad depressed arses back to Comedy. the World is sad enough, we really do need more Laughs. and the over 50's is a great market to tap.
I remember him from the 90s, really funny.
So glad he's managed to keep going all this time, says a lot in itself.
I really should look around comedy clubs more, my local closed down and I can't be arsed traveling.
Really enjoyed this. Just the right balance of serious discussion and humour.
Really enjoyed this podcast. Thanks.
Fantastic episode.
Great show as always! Agreed with John about seeing comics at smaller venues (47mins approx). Often go to Comedy Bunker in Ruislip and see fantastic ‘stadium comedians alongside brilliant lesser known acts....Great night out watching a more close up visceral experience....similarly I recently came for the first time to see RHLSTP with my twin sister and her partner....(the Ed Milliband night)....We absolutely loved it! Even got to meet Ed and the hilarious Geoff Lloyd after who were both really nice.....It’s highly unlikely you d get this kind of experience at a larger venue...
You can tell Rich is going slightly easy on him because he’s a genuinely nice man.
Edit: nothing as beautiful as science! Sorry John!
Great interview with a compelling and funny guest whom I have not see enough of. I will look up more of his work! I have to admit though, I got a bit stuck at the Jim Davidson and 'Life is too beautiful to be a coincidence parts'. Surely the work of Jim Davidson is proof enough that evolution doesn't always get it right. Nice to see Lenny Henry get a mention, although in a non-ironic way. Btw, got a new porridge recipe ... in a mug, half a sliced banana, one Yakult, four heaped tablespoons of oats, microwave for 1:20 sec (no longer, it explodes).
no one ever said that evolution always get´s it right. ever.
Always rated John Maloney ever since i heard his beer and curry retention gag years back
Who the fuck thumbs down these?? I love them and can still barely be arsed to hit thumbs up!
Probably people like me who find Richard Herring to be a desperately insufferable sack of lukewarm farts.
+ricardoViolencia
I didn't. I only came here to insult the man. Thanks for the opening !D.
I'm pretty sure its Stewart Lee. The Mighty Fiction is just one of his accounts ;)
Has George the soundman messed with Richard's mic? Doesn't sound as clear as John's.
Love the podcasts but.... Small radio mics? Perhaps?
It's actually "der Verfremdungseffekt" not "die", sorry couldn't help it^^
and "Die Harald Schmidt"-Show might have started out as a copy of Letterman but then turned out into something really original and really funny.
agreed! :)
what happened to the Jan Ravens episode??
good question. I got the audio version on my iPhone but no youtube upload yet.
Its up now... I watched it before this.
AnonEyeMouse thanks! Don't know what happened yesterday, got a notification saying it was up but said it was no longer available. Watching it now, thanks again :)
Well John, you'd be pleased to know when I started watching I thought 'who the fucks that' and finished thinking 'he was awright'....moreover I have booked in for Al Murray at the Balham comedy festival and i've just started listening to your radio show...so i think 'awright' is probably underplaying it.
45:02 Richard Branson looks alright for his age.
''Too beautiful for science.''
Too meaningless a concept to engage with.
'science is the poetry of reality'...surely that is what he needs to hear
Something along those lines would be preferable, yes.
I must admit, that made me bristle, too. Saying the world is too beautiful for science is like saying the ocean is too wet to be water.
And, yet, here you are discussing it
Is a Jewel wasp too beautiful to be science?
he really couldn't answer the 'why have you forsaken me' question?
Christ was quoting Psalm 22 - a hymn written several centuries before Crucifixion was invented; which goes into detail as to how the Messiah would have his hands and feet pierced
if you compare Psalm 22 with the account of the Crucifixion in the 4 gospels you see many other striking parallels with the death of Christ - and what's more, Psalm 22 was one of the most well known of these hymns to the Jewish people, being something similar to the Christian 'Our Father'; so everyone standing around Him would have recognised this opening line
to put it simply, Christ was preaching the very reason why He was on the Cross to everyone around Him; both the mockers and the disciples - and if you follow Psalm 22 to the closing line, you see a declaration of God being vindicated and the Righteous One 'not' being forsaken, but triumphant since 'He has done it!'
... this cry of victory being echoed by Christ's last words before giving up His Spirit; 'It Is Finished!'
~
tragic that such intelligent people are so dismissive of opposing views that they don't even engage with the material
Where in Psalm 22 does it mention hands and feet being pierced? Deuteronomy 21_22 mentions hanging from a tree...? Is that what you meant or is my book incomplete? Also it wasn’t written centuries before crucifixion was invented as best as I can tell. Centuries before the Romans used it maybe.
The reference to the first and last lines of the psalm would make sense though. Only in two of the gospels though of course.
Eh?
the first historical record of crucifixion comes from 519 BC when the Persian king Darius 1st had 3000 opponents killed - according to the historian Herodotus
(cf. Herodotus, Hist. i.128.2; iii.132.2, 159.1)
this was later employed by Alexander the Great, and 'perfected' by the Romans to include a process of flagellation beforehand which so stripped the victims of their skin that there are several mentions of their bowels falling out - the whip in use, being made to both expose the nerve endings and bring blood vessels to the surface
Psalm 22 was written around 1000BC and contains the verses in 16 - 17
16. For dogs encompass me;
a company of evildoers encircles me;
they have 'pierced my hands and feet'
17. I can count all my bones-
they stare and gloat over me...
the later verse of being able to count one's bones is a reference to the flagellation which removed the skin
as i said, there are numerous comparisons between the Psalm and the accounts of the crucifixion of Christ, such as the casting lots for His clothing - i would suggest you take the time to look at it yourself, and then add to that study a reading of Isaiah 52 and 53 which describes the 'Suffering Servant' who atones for Sin, who is 'high and lifted up' on the cross, his figure so marred as to be beyond recognition, by the flagellation
... and it should be noted that Isaiah was written around 700BC - again, some centuries before crucifixion became a practice
~
BTW: your mention of Deut 21:22 is not misplaced - for God declared back then that anyone hung on a tree is under a curse, and we would hold that when God become Man; Christ Jesus, was on the cross receiving the punishment for Sin, He was most definitely under God's curse at that time
... this reference in Deuteronomy being another prophetic insight into what must happen to the Anointed One who would take away the Sins of the world
~
Oh I see, you’re using a dodgy translation. KJV??
Regardless, even if it were an accurate English translation it would show nothing more than the humans who wrote the first accounts of Jesus’s death decades afterwards wanted to make it match older verses they were familiar with.
In the words of George Lucas: "it’s like poetry, it rhymes".
I’ve got a bad feeling about this. Etc etc
It's all made up anyway mate, I wouldn't worry too much about it if I were you.
Harry Houdini has let himself go
Huh. He was alright.
Thought this was the most boring ep in a looooong time.
He was alright
hate thatch, rpt gig, done! :-))))
Is Richard's hair part of his schtick, like Tim Minchin?
no, it's part of my head. Though I do have some hair on my schtick too. Happens when you get older.
:D you definitely seem more grown up than you did on fof.
Peter Kay has let himself go
Yeah get Percy out on stage why dontcha? :D
Two bible thumpers in a row! Any chance we could get Dawkins on next, to redress the balance.
...is the logic that got UKIP on tv in the first place.
Get a grip. I'm not a happy clapper but can handle other people's religious views, even if I'm very far away from agreeing with them.
Wow! calm down it was a joke! As if he could get Dawkins on here (another joke before you get all butt hurt)
He wasn't thumping any Bible's here, so what are you talking about? He swears, he votes Corbin, he's a generous fella. Should we not hear anything from people that have a different belief to you? You need to have a good look at yourself, dickhead.
bernard mannings let himself go
One thing I had to disagree with is that Harry Hill is funny I think he is as funny as cancer....
Re-access your life then Jase. A one in four chance that you'll be forced to...
I hope you know from personal experience.