Chat show
August 2, 2024
Howzat? 5.5 / 6 Kathy Burke is a fucking legend, and I don’t use the word “fucking” lightly here. Even though the premise of this show is slightly contrived (panel of highly paid executives, take note – death, bit on-the-nose, isn’t it?), nothing can touch Kathy Burke at the moment. She is speedily turning into
- July 26, 2024
Howzat? 5.2 / 6 There is no rhyme or reason why this show is such a monster hit. As a format, celebs – mainly comedians – speak to Ed Gamble and James Acaster, about their “dream” meal and by rights, it should be OK at its very best. But somehow, it works very well. Derry
- July 19, 2024
The weekend’s just around the corner and the ice cream man is making millions from insatiable kids who won’t stop pestering their parents for a taste of the sweet sweet frozen nectar. That means only one thing… it’s sliptime, baby… How I Built This – “KAYAK: Paul English (2021) Howzat? 4.9 / 6 How can
- July 17, 2024
Howzat? 0.2 / 6 “Mums, we’ve all been there. Your kids are playing up and you need to send them to the naughty corner.” Have I accidentally stumbled into a time machine and now we find ourselves in the 1970s, surrounded by the unapologetic patriarchy? WTF! I’ve not even pressed play and already this new
- July 10, 2024
Howzat? 4.2 / 6 There was a danger here that this podcast, in the hands of shiny-mega-commercial-radio-company Global, would be produced within an inch of its life, sucking all the glorious comedy freestyling from a trio of Scottish comedians so blasé, they make Snoop Dog (Snoop Lion?) look like accountants on the verge of a
- July 8, 2024
Howzat? 5.1 / 6 Whatever a podcast is (nobody really knows, do they?), Sketchplanations – a show that explains things via the visual medium of cartoons – seems to offer it in bucketloads. The format? Well, it’s not rocket science, however, if it was, it would aptly be explained neatly in a lovely
- July 5, 2024
Hey! You! What’s eeeuurrrrrrrrrrrrrrppppp? Here it is, this week’s Friday Slips. Take them or leave them but please don’t ignore them… Comfort Eating with Grace Dent – “Allan Mustafa, actor and comedian” Howzat? 3.2 / 6 Grace Dent is a personality and, boy, don’t we know it. She presents as she walks: quaint, dainty, breathy
- July 4, 2024
Howzat? 3.8 / 6 Let’s be honest, if you’re listening to this podcast, you’re primarily listening for Russell Howard’s wry comedic take on the world. And, indeed, within the first minute of this episode, Howard and his guest – fellow British comedian and football enthusiast Maisie Adam – start joking about how children running in
- June 27, 2024
Howzat? 2.8 / 6 Before we get into it, what is with the title of this show? It’s way too long and I would go as far as saying it’s annoyingly long – like there was a table of Hollywood agents who wouldn’t allow the project to go ahead without referring to absolutely every element
- June 26, 2024
Howzat? 4.0 / 6 Back in 2010, when the Internet wasn’t full of fake news and skinny jeans were all the rage* podcasting was in its nascent stage. And at that time, one of the biggest comedy chat shows was The Collings and Herrin Podcast (pause for dramatic gasps). The show itself sounded
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