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Two best mates share their experiences as terrible open micer's in Newcastle Australia. Each week they try to come up with new jokes to say on stage by running them by each other and completely tearing shreds off the jokes until neither have the confidence to perform them- they then go and perform t…

How To Not Comedy


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    176: Hewwo Guvnah

    Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2025 62:40


    Return of the pod and return of the king, Kyle Legacy on this week. We're talking absolute smack in this episode. Get around it you little drama queens. You fucken love it. Red hot episode. Ennnnnnnnnjoy!

    175: Jewish Tricks

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 20, 2025 70:16


    Here you go, you grubs. Another pod. @bradleybishop_ on this week (by this week we mean about 2 months ago and we haven't done a pod since). If you want more pods leave a review. A few people have told us to quit. So if you could balance that out it'd be appreciated. Enjoy!

    174: Duffman's Getting Cancelled

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 31, 2024 63:20


    Brandon Duff on the pod. We do some racist accents to welcome him. Then it's all shit talk from there. Enjoy.

    173: Lerch for President

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 31, 2024 67:42


    I dunno, recorded this ages ago. Enjoy ya filthy animals.

    172: Dribblin' Shit

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2024 68:17


    Mitch and Ethan doin an old fashioned shit dribble. Mitch didn't manage to book a guest and Ethan refuses to pick up any slack for him. Enjoy!

    171: Just Havin a Chat

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 7, 2024 65:01


    Mick Meredith on the pod this week. Ethan tries his best to keep up. Mitch isn't on to jump in with his wild comments.

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    170: Monkey Brains

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 14, 2024 62:54


    Trev joins us this week on the pod. Or last week, or whenever the fuck we recorded it. Trev's less than 20 sets deep and is already better than half the open mic scene. Hopefully he gets somewhere in comedy before he kicks the bucket or forgets what his jokes are. Top bloke and a good listen. Get around it. Enjoy!

    169: Full Service

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 3, 2024 82:43


    The fat skinny men are joined by Brad Bishop and Ben McLennan for another round of talking professional levels of bullshit. Mitch is getting an escort for a threesome. Ethan is striking out with the ladies. Brad and Ben are dealing with bullshit rooms and Brad's yelling at blind people.  Enjoy!

    168: Drinking the Haterade

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 17, 2024 60:10


    Joel Pearse on the pod with his set being protested by local legend Ezekiel Ox. Enjoy!

    167: We Should Write Together

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 12, 2024 66:18


    It's Zoe on the pod this week. Another female comic has joined the scene and the fellas give her a heartwarming welcome. Dunno why we don't have more females in comedy tbh. Enjoy!

    166: HTNC: Nobody Questions Diarrhoea

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 3, 2024 68:09


    Marty Bright on the pod. Big overseas trip for a couple of months. Talkin about Thaiiiiland. High brow shit talk. Literal shit talk. The best shit talk of all. Only on this pod. Enjoy!

    165: HTNC: Does His Dick Stink?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 13, 2024 60:13


    Ben McLennan on the pod this week. Ben gargles Butterfields balls and gets some pretty sick gigs out of it. We try and get ourselves cancelled again. We hate on women and India. Enjoy!

    164: HTNC: Appeasing the Algorithm

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2024 64:06


    Neel Kolhatkar on the pod this week. Talking about running your own shows in comedy. Woke rooms and anti-woke rooms. Figuring out comedy online as well as club spots. And a support worker left their client at a comedy showcase and it ended about as well as you'd expect. Enjoy!

    163: HTNC: Burning Bits (Ft. Jarryd Goundrey)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2024 89:26


    Jarryd Goundrey on the pod dropping some knowledge. We talk about how to do a comedy festival without losing a shitload of money. How to promote shows and why putting stuff online can help you. Get in before Jarryd learns he can charge a thousand bucks a head for a workshop on this kinda stuff. Check out The Sunday Service podcast episode #64 "Rogue Turds" if you wanna hear some more of Jarryd. Enjoy!

    162: HTNC: #162 - Calling Out Hasbulla

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 15, 2024 58:36


    Imaan Hadchiti on the pod this week. Calling out Hasbulla for a fight. Getting political. Hanging shit on comics. This episodes got it all. Enjoy!

    161: HTNC: #161 - The Origins of Homophobia

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 11, 2024 71:45


    Steve Whiteley and John Peacock on the pod this week. Bit of bogan history. A deep dive on boner pills. Someone drove off a cliff in Newcastle and surprisingly it wasn't Ethan. Enjoy!

    160: HTNC: #160 - Not Lewis Spears

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 7, 2024 64:24


    Lewis couldn't make it. He had better things to do. Which would be literally anything. So Ethan and Mitch decided to do the pod by themselves and it's awful. Enjoy.

    159: HTNC: #159 - A Healthy Amount of Paranoia

    Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2024 85:35


    James Connors on the pod this week. The open mic was full of people who need psychiatric help. Ethan's upset that hardly any acts turned up to the talent show but it still went well cause Mitch got a tattoo of a turtle on his leg while telling jokes on stage. Vapes are $50 each and rising. The government is corrupt. We end up discussing prepping for the end times. Enjoy!

    158: HTNC: #158 - Homeless Handjobs

    Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2024 71:00


    Kyle Legacy on the pod this week. Bagging out Germans. Ethan's on 4 hours sleep and can't get laid. Mitch gave $10 to a homeless guy and regretted it immediately. Enjoy!

    157: HTNC: #157 - The Boy Prince

    Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2024 59:09


    Elliot Stewart on the pod this week. The boy has big dreams and its gonna leave us all behind one day. Ethan bombs hard on a showcase. We hate on the fringe and Sydney open mics. Mitch reckons he would have crushed a corporate tradie gig. Then defends his 'swords are like condoms' joke. Big Jim is back in town destroying open mics. Enjoy!

    156: HTNC: #156 - I Went to Bondi Westfield and All I Got Was This Lousy Episode

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2024 62:33


    Just bein silly buggers. Dave Brooks and Adam Ronan on the pod. Enjoy

    155: HTNC: #155 - Shower Chair

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 19, 2024 60:39


    Eddy Rockefeller on the pod this week. Talking that comedy shit as usual. Mitch goes off on his conspiracies as usual. Give it a listen and... Enjoy!

    154: HTNC: #154 - We Got Cancelled

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2024 58:26


    Adam Ronan on the pod this week. Ethan's been threatened to be sued for defamation and still owes Mitch a 6 pack of Stone and Wood. Mitch tells some stories about disabled people from high school. Enjoy!

    153: HTNC: #152 - AI Fuckbots

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2024 64:20


    Lauryn Lawrence on the pod this week. Loz did an AI debate at the comedy club and absolutely crushed it. Winning the argument for her team. The recording of it had no audience mic though so it sounds like she was bombing. Hilarious. Enjoy.

    152: HTNC: #152 - Bus Wank

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2024 70:00


    Kurt Sterling on the pod....weeks ago. We're terrible at uploading on time. Talking about festival shows, self deprecating without getting pitied by a crowd. Trying to grow on social media. Enjoy!

    151: HTNC: #151 - Comedy Deaf Jam

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2024 66:56


    Comedian and now deaf comedian Angus McLeod on the pod. Chatting about doing comedy, becoming deaf. Does getting hit by a car makes you better at comedy? Find out in this episode. Enjoy!

    150: HTNC: #150 - Invasive Species

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2024 66:44


    This weeks pod with a legend in jiu jitsu and comedy the great Bobby Sandhu. Rogan was unavailable. Enjoy.

    149: HTNC: #149 - Parenting Tips with Steve Lerch

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 14, 2024 68:37


    This is a wild episode that probably should have never been released. So here it is. Enjoy!

    148: HTNC: #148 - Paid In Exposure

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 16, 2023 66:12


    Lovely positive time with Joel Pearse on the pod this week, we trash talk rooms runners who act shitty. Positive vibes only. Enjoy!

    147: HTNC: #147 - Fwah Grahs

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 3, 2023 75:11


    Broden Shearer on the pod this week nice and hungover. Ethan's upset about his Sydney bomb and Movember bomb and has a whinge. We breakdown what happened at the Movember gig. We run outta steam and start doing down syndrome impressions. Enjoy!

    146: HTNC: #146 - The Ori' Stories

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 23, 2023 80:18


    Steve White on the pod this week. Talking about some of the old stories from a hell gig known as the Oriental Hotel once upon a time in Newcastle. Mitch gets into his mishaps in the military. Ethan has a dumb idea of how to promote videos online. Enjoy!

    145: HTNC: #144 - Fried Full Moon Party

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2023 62:08


    Mitch Fry on the pod this week. Good story about losing his passport in Bangkok. Roast Battles and bombing. Give it a listen. Or not. Enjoy!

    144: HTNC: #144 - Heavy Shits

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 5, 2023 58:18


    Ben McLennan on this week. Ben almost shits himself at work, makes fun of a fat sheila in the crowd and feels bad about it. Ethan bombs opening for Akmal and gets a photo of what could be his skidmarks in the toilet bowl. Then does a pride gig and bombs again. Another great week of comedy. Enjoy!

    143: HTNC: #143 - Racist Carpet Cleaner

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2023 69:50


    Joined this week by Elliot Stewart and Luke Dillon on the pod. Mitch is having nightmares because he quit smoking bongs. Pornhub has added an are you 18 button. Really covering the big topics as usual. Enjoy!

    142: HTNC: #142 - Show Us Your Bits

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2023 67:42


    Eddy Rockefeller on the pod this week to do a debrief on the first run of Show Us Your Bits comedy talent show. Enjoy!

    141: HTNC: #141 - The Core

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 7, 2023 52:57


    Chris Martin on the pod this week. Talkin about trying to get booked. Ethan's preparing his roast jokes and Chris has a funny story about monologues in the car. Enjoy!

    140: HTNC: #140 - I'm Not A Salmon

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2023 80:49


    The elusive Bobby Sandhu finally on the pod this week after chasing him to come on for weeks! We talk some shit about comedy and Bobby's trip over to America doing comedy and Jiu Jitsu and getting stuck at immigration. Enjoy! PS: Bobby joins in around 23 mins in cause the fucker was late if you wanna skip our bullshit at the start. Love yas.

    139: HTNC: #139 - Eugene

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2023 94:21


    James Connors on the pod this week. Keeping the ship afloat at Newcastle Comedy Club. Dealing with absolute madmen. Enjoy!

    138: HTNC: #138 - Stop Bangin My Wife!

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2023 78:08


    Christian Elderfield on the pod. Mad stories about swinging and renting his room out to a cam girl. Enjoy!

    137: HTNC: #137 - Prime Minister Chinesey

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2023 72:07


    Joel Pearse on the pod this week. Joel performed clean comedy at an Indian birthday in the middle of nowhere and it went well! We breakdown the freemasons. Walking people with down syndrome and what would happen if we had a Chinese Prime Minister.

    136: HTNC: #136 - A Pukey $2 Coin

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2023 88:40


    Matty B and Broden Shearer on the pod. Post Matty's solo show at the Newcastle Comedy Club. Matty debates picking up a $2 coin he saw in a pile of spew.  Who is more mentally unhinged in comedy, men or women? Find out the answer this week.

    135: HTNC: #135 - Pidgeon For My Snake

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 20, 2023 83:07


    Liam Callen on the pod this week to talk a bit of comedy! Some fun stories, including a train ride home from doing open mics in Sydney. Talking shit on festivals and getting complaints from a show in Rutherford. Get on board.

    134: HTNC: #134 - A Fish Called Kramer

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 13, 2023 75:59


    Sam Tallent could not make it to Newcastle in time for the pod, probably for the best. Mitch goes on a wild story about Micheal Richards killing a man with a steamroller from a John Cleese film. We talk about the Bradford gig. Some other stuff I wont mention in the description, just give it a listen.

    133: HTNC: #133 - Head-Kicking an Alpaca

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 4, 2023 79:47


    Closeted homosexual and aspiring comedian Dave Brooks joins the pod this week to talk about his recent animal and open mic abuse. You'll wanna listen to this one.

    132: HTNC: #132 - Boner at Nan's

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 9, 2023 76:35


    Luke Dillon on the pod this week. Mitch has bailed on the pod. Terrible movies and terrible people at comedy shows. Pod ends before we get on a watch list. Enjoy!

    131: HTNC: #131 - Comedy Blackout

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2023 78:58


    Andrew Hamilton on the pod. We had a blackout at the comedy club and the show ran ahead on battery lights and a blue-tooth speaker. Hammo talks about his time spent in jail for selling mushrooms. Getting rehab via comedy and moving on from only doing jail material. Enjoy!

    130: HTNC: #130 - Hotbox That Nutsack

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 23, 2023 61:30


    Kyle Legacy and Marty Bright join the pod this week for some riffs before Kyles solo show at the comedy club. Some good laughs in this one get around it. Enjoy!

    129: HTNC: #129 - Inside Baseball

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 9, 2023 94:31


    Nick Capper on the pod this week! Like every other episode we talk shit about comedy. Enjoy!

    128: HTNC: #128 - Undercover Alcoholic

    Play Episode Listen Later May 27, 2023 73:06


    Eddy Rockefeller on the pod this week! Mitch's work finds out he does comedy. Eddy's work finds out she loves to drink. Guess who came out better off? Give it a listen and find out!

    127: HTNC: #127 - Punching Down at the Pub

    Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2023 67:32


    Adam Ronan on the pod this week. We talk about bashing the disabled and terrible Dubbo gigs. Mitch struggles to get words out after punching too many cones on the weekend. Enjoy!

    126: HTNC: #126 - El Fagatino

    Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2023 65:48


    Joel Pearse and Ben McLennan on this week. Bringing the heat to a previous guest who prematurely cancelled himself. Enjoy!

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