Podcasts about copstick

The snooty sneering of the Oxbridge elite and some comics against popular humour. Variable opinions on The Weirdos and the Alternative Comedy Memorial Society. The talent of Luisa Omielan. The irresistible sexual attraction of Italian comic Giacinto Palmieri. The inability of comics like Michael McIntyre, Frank Carson & Matthew Kelly to stop being themselves. Copstick’s work with Basil Brush and her admiration for the Chuckle Brothers. Coughing John’s failure to visit Amsterdam’s red light district and his attraction to heroin + LSD. The success of one Malcolm Hardee Comedy Award. The BBC’s Appreciation Index. Plus Copstick sings. John’s quote of the week: “Beheading teddy bears! That’s what the public wants!… There was the man who used to eat his brain.” http://www.grouchyclub.co.uk You can also download this audio podcast from iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/grouchy-clubs-mostly-about/id977279883 John Fleming posts occasional blogs at: http://blog.thejohnfleming.com

The brilliance of Alan Davies at Pull The Other One. The unfeasible tallness of Darren Walsh. The formidable talent and influence but silence of Richard Herring. How Jim Jefferies did not destroy Piers Morgan over Donald Trump’s ban. How Reeves & Mortimer ‘died’ in Basingstoke. How Rik Mayall & Ade Edmondson (not Ben Elton) ‘died’ on stage in Inverness. Plus Kate Copstick’s pet hates about stand-up comics, Ariane Sherine’s “Love Song for Jeremy Corbyn”, the meaning of Alt Right and Copstick & Fleming’s failure to get talent spotted. Copstick’s quote of the week: “He doesn’t lick media’s arsehole in an attempt to tunnel his way up to a series of his own. He’s a proper working, clubbing, stand-up comic.” http://www.grouchyclub.co.uk You can also download this audio podcast from iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/grouchy-clubs-mostly-about/id977279883 John Fleming posts occasional blogs at: http://blog.thejohnfleming.com

Comic Janet Bettesworth joins critic Kate Copstick and blogger John Fleming in the busy Mama Biashara emporium in London. They discuss the usefulness - or pointlessness - of having an MA course in stand-up comedy, being an aural voyeur and Facebook arguments. Plus Copstick on her plan to become a torch song singer, how she boil-washed her passport and the rules of butt-plug hoopla. John remembers how he took an elephant up England’s highest mountain and Copstick laments how someone partially stole her idea for killing herself with a rectal thermometer and a bomb. All this plus Johnny Depp’s $3 million to blow Hunter S. Thompson’s ashes out of a cannon and suggestions on what to do with your own dead body’s ashes. Copstick’s quote of the week: “Oh, Janet! What kind of woman do you take me for?” http://www.grouchyclub.co.uk You can also download this audio podcast from iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/grouchy-clubs-mostly-about/id977279883 John Fleming posts occasional blogs at: http://blog.thejohnfleming.com

Thom Tuck joins critic Copstick and an ineffectively interjecting John at Mama Biashara in London in a doomed attempt to plug The Penny Dreadfuls’ new project. Copstick passionately attacks the Alternative Comedy Memorial Society and a female comedian but is clearly now warming to Sarah Millican. Thom talks about his indescribable new show and his ambition to appear in Doctor Who while Copstick wants to play a villain. Thom talks about panel shows. Copstick talks about him performing in her porn movies. “The one thing comedy can never be is smug” (Copstick) “The times I have done it, I have both got completely naked and been in a dress.” (Thom Tuck) http://www.grouchyclub.co.uk You can also download this audio podcast from iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/grouchy-clubs-mostly-about/id977279883 John Fleming posts occasional blogs at: http://blog.thejohnfleming.com

Italian comic Luca Cupani on representing the UK in worldwide comedy competitions. The problems of performing to US and Canadian audiences. Copstick on why English language comedy is more precise. Theresa May’s Brexit speech. New Edinburgh Fringe venues. Copstick offers to marry Luca if he eats her. The sins of the Catholic Church and why anyone who celebrates mass logically has to go to Hell. Plus Copstick and Cupani sing - sort of. http://www.grouchyclub.co.uk You can also download this audio podcast from iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/grouchy-clubs-mostly-about/id977279883 John Fleming posts occasional blogs at: http://blog.thejohnfleming.com

Ariane Sherine, musical comedy performer, journalist and TV scriptwriter joins critic Kate Copstick and blogger John Fleming in London’s bustling Mama Biashara emporium They disagree about sex on a first date, discuss hairy men, why sex is like a cup of coffee and why Charlie Brooker is kind. Plus the joys of meeting famous comics on The Guardian’s dating site, Ariane’s upcoming novel, the Simon Singh-along with Tim Minchin and Ariane’s “Love Song For Jeremy Corbyn”. Then... fear of a bad review by Steve Bennett on the Chortle comedy website; why Ariane is not playing the Edinburgh Fringe this year but is turning to online music videos, the cost of Jeremy Corbyn lookalikes and Ariane’s topless video with John. Plus Copstick remembers Ariane’s “Beautiful Filth” CD - “So clever. The lyrics were just clever, clever, clever, smart stuff.” And the two of them sing Tom Lehrer’s “Poisoning Pigeons in The Park” etc together, then swap nervous breakdown and prescription drug stories and talk about the benefits of self-harming: “I genuinely think,” says Copstick, “self-harming, up to a point, is a great coping mechanism.” http://www.grouchyclub.co.uk You can also download this audio podcast from iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/grouchy-clubs-mostly-about/id977279883 John Fleming posts occasional blogs at: http://blog.thejohnfleming.com

Nick Awde - critic, reviewer and author - joins Kate Copstick, John Fleming and a future gag writer aged 8½ in London’s Mama Biashara emporium for an even more-than-usually meandering and annoyingly interrupted podcast supposedly but only marginally touching on comedy amid discussions on linguistics, Ireland’s Black Lodge, Janey Godley’s family dog, Copstick’s family background, Brexit and the cultural influence of France - despite the fact that the French apparently do not have a word for “one man show”. But we do manage to discuss the comedy circuit in Flanders; the German version of "Allo Allo"; the closure of London’s Comedy Cafe; Eddie Izzard’s Franglais shows; comic Michael Brunström’s financial tragedy; and Ariane Sherine’s planned Jeremy Corbyn music video. PLUS Good news about the Malcolm Hardee Awards and the Grouchy Club at the Edinburgh Fringe. Kate Copstick’s quote of the week: “What is it about speaking French that turns people into absolute arseholes?” http://www.grouchyclub.co.uk You can also download this audio podcast from iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/grouchy-clubs-mostly-about/id977279883 John Fleming posts occasional blogs at: http://blog.thejohnfleming.com

Comedy Cafe owner Noel Faulkner reveals the background to the club’s closure and possible re-birth in a perfect-sounding venue in February. Why a benefit show for the club would be “scandalous”. Why Malcolm Hardee’s Wibbley Wobbley is about to sink. The racism and sexism of club owners. How club owners schedule acts. The blame game played by comedians. Why booking women can be sexist. Why Friday night audiences are worse than Saturday night audiences. Plus rumours of a risk to the Comedy Store, the Night Czar of London and Copstick sings (again). http://www.grouchyclub.co.uk You can also download this audio podcast from iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/grouchy-clubs-mostly-about/id977279883 John Fleming posts occasional blogs at: http://blog.thejohnfleming.com

How Michael McIntyre succeeded in UK comedy. Why Louisa Omielan and Tom Binns are succeeding. The late Addison Cresswell’s talent. Five-year career plans. Copstick’s health, career and balls. The tragic closure of the Comedy Cafe in London. The effect of free entry clubs on pay-to-enter clubs in the UK. Is it necessary as a comic to play the UK comedy circuit or is there another way? The pointlessness of comics performing to comics and not ‘real’ audiences. And Copstick sings. Again. http://www.grouchyclub.co.uk You can also download this audio podcast from iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/grouchy-clubs-mostly-about/id977279883 John Fleming posts occasional blogs at: http://blog.thejohnfleming.com

Even more of a double act than a comedy podcast this week… In a Hallowe’en edition, we ramble on about Copstick’s health, Kenya’s unburnt witch, South Africa’s planned “pile of wank” to ban satire, a “spectacularly good” UK comedy club and Scotland’s White Heather Club. PLUS Are Sam Simmons and Spencer Jones suitable for Live at The Apollo? Ordering drugs from Chris Dangerfield. Comics faffing about at the start of their acts. What makes a good comedy MC? Comperes who mess-up their introductions and entire shows. Susan Calman is irritating. Copstick nominates her funniest video line of the century. PLUS Barry Cryer’s colostomy bag and the BBC complaint. Lewis Schaffer described as a “dwarf planet”. And why are many comedians so self-destructive? http://www.grouchyclub.co.uk You can also download this audio podcast from iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/grouchy-clubs-mostly-about/id977279883 John Fleming posts occasional blogs at: http://blog.thejohnfleming.com

Copstick, on OxyContin, in a wildly busy Mama Biashara shop, tries and fails to find UK comedy news. Her plan to become a nun. The joys and talent of Miles Jupp. The horror of the Donald Trump & Hillary Clinton election debate. Plus Copstick has a go at the “smug, self-satisfied” UK haters of US Trump supporters and “the castles of cunts that have been in power since time immoral”. Plus international airline chaos and the woes of flying charity goods back from Kenya to London. Plus Copstick forces John to sing. http://www.grouchyclub.co.uk You can also download this audio podcast from iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/grouchy-clubs-mostly-about/id977279883 John Fleming posts occasional blogs at: http://blog.thejohnfleming.com

Why middle class comics were so shocked by Brexit. After an interrupted start with Copstick in camp in Kenya, back to our normal disjointed style - on the decline of British comedy clubs, the collapse of the Invisible Dot and Chatty Man Alan Carr; the rise of Ivan Brackenbury and Bill Bailey. Plus the Centre for Comedy Studies Research, a threat to break Tim Renkow’s legs, Stephen Bailey rejected by the BBC for being ‘working class’ and the annoying failed Referendum Remainers who moan endlessly but do nothing. John’s quote of the week: “Comedians are sort of out-of kilter with the real public. They’re in kilter with the people who go to comedy clubs (who) tend to be middle class. But they are out-of-kilter with the mass of voters, which is why Brexit was such a shock.” Copstick's quote of the week: “The Twiterati don’t like the working classes. Brexit was, by and large, a working class vote.” http://www.grouchyclub.co.uk You can also download this audio podcast from iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/grouchy-clubs-mostly-about/id977279883 John Fleming posts occasional blogs at: http://blog.thejohnfleming.com

Tim Renkow’s new BBC TV sitcom A Brief History of Tim - comedy critic Kate Copstick pitches herself for a role... With Mitch Benn and Jon Holmes sacked from "The Now Show", a plea for more comedy and less PC on BBC Radio. Plus Copstick spurns the live Grouchy Club in London for a mercy dash to Kenya on the rumour of “a demon drinking blood”. And how she became the voice of British Railways. Copstick's quotes of the week: “I don’t think diversity for diversity’s sake is ever a good idea - certainly not in comedy” + "Estonia has the best-looking women in the world” And, eventually, Copstick sings again. http://www.grouchyclub.co.uk You can also download this audio podcast from iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/grouchy-clubs-mostly-about/id977279883 John Fleming posts occasional blogs at: http://blog.thejohnfleming.com

Sexism, Kate Smurthwaite, wolf whistles, Sarah Chew, Emily Hill, babes and FemiNazis. Are terms of endearment from men sexist? Are wolf whistles the equivalent of war crimes? Have I got tuberculosis? Kate Copstick gets her tits out in front of Jordan. Janey Godley and The Only Way Is Glasgow. Why a doctor thought it was a bad idea to treat Copstick. Porn films and the improvised children’s TV show No 73. http://www.grouchyclub.co.uk You can also download this audio podcast from iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/grouchy-clubs-mostly-about/id977279883 John Fleming posts occasional blogs at: http://blog.thejohnfleming.com

Political correctness and malicious intent. The Gazza PC hoo-hah and why we have to be upset about something. The English injustice system. Comedy MCs who become PC Heteronormatives. The changed acceptability of Harry Hill’s transgender joke. Plus Mama Biashara’s supplies to Syria. Is it impossible to have sensible comedians? And why Copstick reckons there is a lot of hate heading my way. Copstick’s quote of the week: “A heterosexual couple. What the fuck is wrong with that? I am not heterosexual and I am not part of a couple, but what is wrong with that?” http://www.grouchyclub.co.uk You can also download this audio podcast from iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/grouchy-clubs-mostly-about/id977279883 John Fleming posts occasional blogs at: http://blog.thejohnfleming.com

The “proper sexism” of the mid-1980s and earlier in Northern Working Men’s Clubs remembered by comedy critic Kate Copstick while John Fleming fiddles with his nuts. Copstick reminiscences about her days as a pantomime dame, touring the northern clubs and being pelted with sweets by 2,000 children. There is talk of BBC TV currently ‘desecrating' old sitcoms but not Peter Tinniswood’s “It Takes a Worried Man”. Plus women behind the throne in British TV sitcoms. Sexual social segregation. Sheena Easton’s ex-husband. The powerful women of old-time Music Hall and Vaudeville. And the lost honesty of old-style comedy audiences. Copstick’s quote of the week: “There is nothing wrong with a single-sex club.” http://www.grouchyclub.co.uk (Photograph by Stephen O’Donnell) You can also download this audio podcast from iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/grouchy-clubs-mostly-about/id977279883 John Fleming posts occasional blogs at: http://blog.thejohnfleming.com

The Edinburgh Fringe is a fickle place and comedians (as well as all other types of performers) use everything at their disposal to stack the deck in their favour. From PRs to giant posters I got a panel of comedy industry experts together to discuss what works, what doesn't and bust myths about the Fringe.The panel consisted of - Steve Bennett (@stevechortle) - Founder of Chortle.com (@chortle), the Chortle awards and head reviewer at Chortle.Bruce Dessau (@brucedes) - Founder of BeyondTheJoke.co.uk and head comedy reviewer at the London Evening Standard.Copstick - head comedy reviewer at the Scotsman and on the judging panel for the Malcolm Hardee Awards.John Fleming (@thejohnfleming) - Founder of the Malcolm Hardee Awards.Hils Jago (@hilsjago) - Founder of the Amused Moose Comedy Club (@amusedmoose) and the Laugh Off Awards.Barry Ferns (@barryferns) - Founder of Angel Comedy Club (@angelcomedy), the Barry Awards, Fringe veteran and comedian.And me (Simon Caine - Comedian, writer, podcaster @thismademecool)Here's a few highlights of what we talked about during the pod... What are the reviewers links between the outside of Edinburgh circuit and Edinburgh?Is it hard / impossible to get reviews on the Free Fringe?Why were the reviewers “bored” at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe?Is variety dead at the Fringe? Have the agendas / middle men / PRs and marketing efforts of some ruined creativity in Edinburgh?Are PRs needed any more? Do they help get reviews?AND MORE!This podcast would be useful to anyone interested in doing a comedy show at the Edinburgh Fringe, progressing on the comedy circuit, how competition help your career even if you don't win and comedy fans after a behind the scenes look at the Fringe.You can stream the podcast here (with show notes) - http://simoncaine.co.uk/ATI/PostEdinburghFringe2016PanelOr get it on iTunes here - https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/ask-the-industry-podcast/id946220937If you enjoyed it please consider supporting the podcast by becoming a Patron for only $1 (80p) per episode! https://www.patreon.com/AskTheIndustryPodcast Please buy a ticket or three to my Edinburgh Fringe 2019 show - https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/simon-caine-every-room-becomes-a-panic-room-when-you-overthink-enoughOr come see me on tour - http://simoncaine.co.uk/PanicRoomEvery little bit helps! Alternatively you can support the show by giving it a review in iTunes or just by sharing the episode with a friend or two!Thanks,SixWant more content from me? Why wouldn't you!Please check out my other podcast - The Audio Time Capsule. In each episode a guest comes on, leaves... See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Unoriginal BBC TV sitcoms crucified by critic Kate Copstick. Why performers are entirely right to call her a bastard. John Fleming’s criminal background. The English and Scottish injustice systems. Copstick ‘outs' herself as a Corbynista and talks of her secret lust for her English teacher. PLUS Why Ariane Sherine wants Copstick as her mother and John Fleming as her father. And the “bundle of chaos” that is comic Neal Portenza. Copstick’s quotes of the week: “Why don’t they just put a sign on the BBC saying “Our commissioning execs don’t believe anyone can come up with a good idea or write anything original ever again, so we are just re-hashing?” + “I am very excited to discover that I am podcasting with a convicted criminal. You have risen in my estimation no end.” http://www.grouchyclub.co.uk (Photograph by Stephen O’Donnell) You can also download this audio podcast from iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/grouchy-clubs-mostly-about/id977279883 John Fleming posts occasional blogs at: http://blog.thejohnfleming.com

Comedians’ careers: is it worth going to the Edinburgh Fringe? Which excellent Edinburgh venue’s press office was criticised? Richard Gadd’s shocking reaction to not winning an increasingly prestigious Malcolm Hardee Comedy Award. Plus Broadway Baby’s one-star review of a “quite creepy” comedian’s show. Tim Renkow’s brilliant online sitcom. Lorraine Bracco is not a town. Lynn Ruth Miller’s version of a soft shoe shuffle. And will comedians crowdfund to see critic Kate Copstick self-harm herself with a kebab skewer next year? Copstick’s quote of the week: “One of the worst things you can do is be a small show in a big venue.” http://www.grouchyclub.co.uk You can also download this audio podcast from iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/grouchy-clubs-mostly-about/id977279883 John Fleming posts occasional blogs at: http://blog.thejohnfleming.com

Comedy Awards at the Edinburgh Fringe. Before the 2016 Edinburgh Comedy Awards were announced, amid a noisy crowd in Assembly, a tired and emotional Kate Copstick and John Fleming babble and discuss comedy at the Fringe and how the Malcolm Hardee Comedy Awards winners were decided… Plus the brilliance of Richard Gadd and Phil Ellis, the million-pound baby, Becky Fury, Phil Jarvis, Peter Buckley Hill and the sexual allure of the Pillsbury Doughboy… And how Copstick, initially with nausea and diarrhoea, was recognised as “the anti-Christ of the Fringe”. http://www.grouchyclub.co.uk You can also download this audio podcast from iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/grouchy-clubs-mostly-about/id977279883 John Fleming posts occasional blogs at: http://blog.thejohnfleming.com

Comedy gossip with critic Kate Copstick and blogger John Fleming in a very noisy Southside Social pub in Edinburgh. Why Copstick no longer wants to hear about Fringe comedy acts from PRs next year. Comic Candy Gigi’s horrendous experience with an awards judge. Why the comedy section of the Fringe Programme has become “toxic”. How Paul Currie’s comedy show moved from “slightly scary” to “much more fun” but Copstick now wants to “smack him in the face”. Why Copstick hates the word “lover”. Why she was second choice to co-host The Grouchy Club and its original conception as a ‘real people’ TV chat show. Copstick’s quote of the week on Fringe comedy PR: “It’s ugly and it’s wanky and it’s just horrible… I haven’t been to see one single great show this year because a PR suggested it or even because a PR alerted me to it” http://www.grouchyclub.co.uk You can also download this audio podcast from iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/grouchy-clubs-mostly-about/id977279883 John Fleming posts occasional blogs at: http://blog.thejohnfleming.com

Kate Copstick rants about people jumping the queue at Richard Gadd’s show and how greedy Edinburgh University are financially raping the Fringe. Plus Copstick’s X-ray shows a shadow on her lung: could it be her last Fringe? Plus how Tim Minchin’s UK career started. How “wonderful” Karen Koren of the Gilded Balloon venue has helped acts. Michael Brunström’s brilliance. Candy Gigi’s changes. Ariane Sherine labelled a pasty-faced Jewish Princess. The origins of The Grouchy Club. And news of the Increasingly Prestigious Malcolm Hardee Comedy Awards. Copstick’s quotes of the week: Lewis Schaffer - “He is not right in the head” Edinburgh University - “They’re absolute arseholes” http://www.grouchyclub.co.uk You can also download this audio podcast from iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/grouchy-clubs-mostly-about/id977279883 John Fleming posts occasional blogs at: http://blog.thejohnfleming.com

Sex at the Edinburgh Fringe. The most arrogant little prick of a comedian whose show critic Kate Copstick has ever sat through. The joys of Sweet venues. A woman being hit over the head by a wheelbarrow. Alfie Brown’s brilliance. Copstick nominates Twonkey for the Malcolm Hardee Comedy Award and raves about Michael Brunstrom’s surreal show and his sexually attractive legs. The perils of drinking too much Red Bull. The King of Clit Comedy. The Grouchy Club’s previews of 2017 Fringe shows. The perils of ‘papering rooms’. Marcel Lucont’s calendar. Malcolm Hardee: The Musical. And Copstick vividly shares one of her most memorable sex acts. http://www.grouchyclub.co.uk You can also download this audio podcast from iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/grouchy-clubs-mostly-about/id977279883 John Fleming posts occasional blogs at: http://blog.thejohnfleming.com

Comedy, teabagging, fisting, rimming, felching and threesomes. Kate Copstick announces her Edinburgh Fringe podcast without me and remembers a great fetish club. Copstick and Jim Jeffries’ sexual experiences with Doktor CocaColaMcDonalds. Ariane Sherine’s offensive songs. An alternative to the wastefulness of Comic Relief. The Underbelly venue boys in rubberwear. The best knock-knock joke. Previews of 2017 (yes 2017) Edinburgh Fringe shows. Islamic jokes. Eleanor Conway’s sex and cocaine. Comic David Mills reclaims the word faggot . Plus the Mama Biashara charity’s desperate need for a new accountant. The best Edinburgh Fringe poster, the new First Minute Awards and my hot date with Lynn Ruth Miller. Quote of the week from Kate Copstick: “I’m not saying a life is defined by threesomes, foursomes and sticking Class A drugs up your bum, but…” http://www.grouchyclub.co.uk You can also download this audio podcast from iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/grouchy-clubs-mostly-about/id977279883 John Fleming posts occasional blogs at: http://blog.thejohnfleming.com (Cartoon image of Copstick by Ellis & Rose)

The rise of YouTube videos. Critic Kate Copstick & blogger John Fleming are joined by comedian Diane Spencer. Do comedians HAVE to play the Edinburgh Fringe or even play the London circuit? Getting fined £20,000 for bad taste jokes. Plus Lewis Schaffer’s dirty protest poster; the joys of morphine; the new FirstMinute Awards at the Edinburgh Fringe; how to start a 55-minute comedy show; the liars of Facebook and are small audiences better than talking into a mirror? Copstick’s quote of the week: “It’s hard to follow a really good, graphic wank joke” Diane Spencer’s website: http://www.difunny.co.uk http://www.grouchyclub.co.uk You can also download this audio podcast from iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/grouchy-clubs-mostly-about/id977279883 John Fleming posts occasional blogs at: http://blog.thejohnfleming.com

Exclusive revelations: Piff The Magic Dragon’s dog and Game of Thrones. Ed at Last’s new firstminute.com awards. Bob Slayer’s new immensely-long show. Why coming second is better. What exactly ARE the increasingly prestigious Malcolm Hardee Comedy Awards? Do funnier comedians die younger? Plus cunning stunts at the Edinburgh Fringe by Malcolm Hardee, Barry Ferns & Mark Borkowski. http://www.grouchyclub.co.uk You can also download this audio podcast from iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/grouchy-clubs-mostly-about/id977279883 John Fleming posts occasional blogs at: http://blog.thejohnfleming.com

Britain votes to leave the EU - plus homosexuality and devil worship in Kenya; comedy critic Kate Copstick vomits, shits blood and is threatened with arrest; Scotland’s terrible weather; a future Scottish referendum; Copstick says: “I’ve got an arse on me like a Harrier jet” and she sings with John. http://www.grouchyclub.co.uk You can also download this audio podcast from iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/grouchy-clubs-mostly-about/id977279883 John Fleming posts occasional blogs at: http://blog.thejohnfleming.com

On a bad line from a noisy internet cafe in Nairobi, critic Copstick talks to sleepy blogger John in London about... political tension and facial pus-filled spots in Kenya; sectarianism in Scotland and Kenya; the killing of MP Jo Cox in Britain; interviewing comedian Stewart Lee; this year’s Malcolm Hardee Award judges; John having half his beard shaved off on stage; comic Ariane Sherine’s love for Jeremy Corbyn; and the Bullshit Awards. http://www.grouchyclub.co.uk You can also download this audio podcast from iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/grouchy-clubs-mostly-about/id977279883 John Fleming posts occasional blogs at: http://blog.thejohnfleming.com

Is comedy a vocation or a desperation? (NB THERE IS SOUND BREAK-UP 14’40”-16’20” BUT IT RECOVERS!) From a Nairobi cafe, critic Kate Copstick talks to blogger John Fleming in London about... Being homeless in Kenya, racist jokes, a new Malcolm Hardee Comedy Award judge and the hypnotist who creates comedy improvisers. Plus John says there are only two sexes, Copstick inspires a show which literally takes the piss, John turns down the stage role of God and Copstick recalls what a terribly shallow stand-up comic she was in the 1990s. http://www.grouchyclub.co.uk You can also download this audio podcast from iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/grouchy-clubs-mostly-about/id977279883 John Fleming posts occasional blogs at: http://blog.thejohnfleming.com

The Fanny & Johnny Craddock of comedy podcasting - critic Kate Copstick and blogger John Fleming - talk about having sex, Gilbert & Sullivan, the new Angel Comedy club in London, Edinburgh Fringe comedy previews in the Mama Biashara performance space, the Jeremy Corbyn video, Clowns Without Borders, sending comedians to combat ISIS and Saddam Hussein’s creative idea plus… Comic David Mills’ major Hollywood movie, Copstick promotes Donald Trump and distrusts "raging lezzer" Hilary Clinton while John defends Bill Clinton's honesty… And then there is the origin of the legendary banger-up-the-bum routine and why (in Copstick’s opinion) "British comedy is going down the tubes”. http://www.grouchyclub.co.uk You can also download this audio podcast from iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/grouchy-clubs-mostly-about/id977279883 John Fleming posts occasional blogs at: http://blog.thejohnfleming.com

IN A TRAGIC CYBER CATASTROPHE, the start of this podcast was accidentally erased. The background is that John Fleming had been ill with flu and Kate Copstick had been in bed in agony for two days. Now listen on... The Canadian comic being sued for a non-PC joke. The children’s cartoon series with a cure for cancer and the lure of immortality. How to fuck-over dodgy Edinburgh Fringe venue The Gilded Balloon. Why comedians should never invite Kate Copstick to a preview. A list of free Edinburgh Fringe previews in London. Copstick’s history of using butt-plugs. And her booking to appear at the Edinburgh Fringe this year singing “There’s No Business Like Showbusiness” with a firework stuck up her arse. All this and more. http://www.grouchyclub.co.uk You can also download this audio podcast from iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/grouchy-clubs-mostly-about/id977279883 John Fleming posts occasional blogs at: http://blog.thejohnfleming.com

Comedy critic Kate Copstick goes on one of her moanalogues, then explains why she is an ‘easy lay’ and talks about the man who chatted her up last week, the small African who disappeared between her legs, how to spot a large penis, her time in a jacuzzi with a poodle and her failed attempt to cut her pubic hair into a heart shape and dye it pink. Plus the comedian who is planning to get audience members up on stage to have live sex. And comic Tanyalee Davis’ clothing for dogs, her floating bottom, dead diminutive singer Prince and the availability of the Mama Biashara stage area for Edinburgh Fringe previews. http://www.grouchyclub.co.uk You can also download this audio podcast from iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/grouchy-clubs-mostly-about/id977279883 John Fleming posts occasional blogs at: http://blog.thejohnfleming.com

Comedy critic Kate Copstick’s change-of-heart over Ross Noble. What comedians should NOT do on stage. Doug Segal drowning kittens in a bucket. Lewis Schaffer’s 0-star review and comedians’ attacks on reviewers. The shift to online PC cabals. How a double bass made Jim Tavaré successful. Ariane Sherine’s strange success. The first 15 seconds that make audiences like performers. And how the Malcolm Hardee Awards gave Kate Copstick “a greater appreciation of the crazies” of comedy. http://www.grouchyclub.co.uk You can also download this audio podcast from iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/grouchy-clubs-mostly-about/id977279883 John Fleming posts occasional blogs at: http://blog.thejohnfleming.com

Comedy critic Kate Copstick on why comedian Stewart Lee is “unique”. Plus Richard Herring’s £100,000, Lewis Schaffer, Ang Lee, the Spank heckler and how Edinburgh venue the Gilded Balloon has 'cocked up’ and probably destroyed a planned Lady Colin Campbell Edinburgh Fringe show. All that plus Copstick’s crusty breasts. http://www.grouchyclub.co.uk You can also download this audio podcast from iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/grouchy-clubs-mostly-about/id977279883 John Fleming posts occasional blogs at: http://blog.thejohnfleming.com

Kate Copstick gives the background to the anti-Semitic posting on Facebook and the Twitter s***storm. http://www.grouchyclub.co.uk You can also download this audio podcast from iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/grouchy-clubs-mostly-about/id977279883 John Fleming posts occasional blogs at: http://blog.thejohnfleming.com

Malcolm Hardee Comedy Awards Show under threat at Edinburgh Fringe. Kate Copstick, in pain and drugged-up, attacks John Fleming... Plus Edinburgh Fringe previews, the joys of radio comedy shows, the crap commissioning of TV comedy, Copstick’s planned trip to Aleppo in Syria and Copstick climaxes with a song. http://www.grouchyclub.co.uk You can also download this audio podcast from iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/grouchy-clubs-mostly-about/id977279883

Critic Kate Copstick attacks co-host John Fleming, who is having trouble getting rubber and PVC clothes for his visit to the Torture Garden fetish club. Copstick reminisces about her days in fetish clubs and her "Hardly Camp At All" one-woman show in London, Edinburgh and New York. Then there’s Frank Sanazi’s new Dead Elvis act, an update on Copstick vomiting blood, praise for Pret a Manger and the sale of The Scotsman newspaper. All this plus Joe Bor, Tanya Lee Davis, Pull The Other One, the 2016 Edinburgh Fringe, the Malcolm Hardee Awards, Lewis Schaffer’s big secret, Copstick’s duet with “Rocky Horror Show” creator Richard O’Brien, borrowing a song from Bill Bailey and comedians boxing for cancer. “The future of comedy is here” (the Independent on Copstick) “I am not pleasant enough to do anything on my own” (Copstick on herself) http://www.grouchyclub.co.uk You can also download this audio podcast from iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/grouchy-clubs-mostly-about/id977279883

After last week’s disaster, it takes critic Kate Copstick and blogger John Fleming 16 minutes of bimbling and Copstick getting very angry before they get to the meat of character comedy, spoof comedy and the joy of Jimmy Carr, Milton Jones, Spencer Jones (The Herbert), Michael McIntyre, Al Murray, Owen O’Neill, Laura Solon and Tim Vine... with mentions of Janey Godley, Lewis Schaffer and Baby Spice. So, you have been warned - non-lovers of non-sequiturs might want to miss the first 16 minutes! http://www.grouchyclub.co.uk You can also download this audio podcast from iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/grouchy-clubs-mostly-about/id977279883

We apologise. The weekly podcast is supposed to be about the comedy industry, but this one trundles on for 28 interminable minutes without ever really starting. Somewhere along the way, we talk about Britain’s Got Talent, the reputation of the Avalon talent agency and the fact that Copstick is in a raging black mood while John is gibbering - and we start having two parallel simultaneous monologues. And Copstick sings. But, truly, it is a real dog’s dinner. Not recommended unless you want to check how not to record a podcast. http://www.grouchyclub.co.uk You can also download this audio podcast from iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/grouchy-clubs-mostly-about/id977279883

The David Bowie backlash. Buggery in Amsterdam. How the rise of British alternative comedy was an attack by the middle classes on the working class. The possibly destructive power of the Chortle comedy website. Why Copstick has become a fan of Ricky Gervais. Easily-shocked Americans. Copstick’s new show at the 2016 Edinburgh Fringe. Plus Michael McIntyre’s new show, more famous people dropping dead, Copstick sings again... and the unspeakable Lewis Schaffer. http://www.grouchyclub.co.uk You can also download this audio podcast from iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/grouchy-clubs-mostly-about/id977279883

Kate Copstick rants about feminazis, comic Kate Smurthwaite, comedy guru Gaulier, being misquoted about rising comedy stars Sam Simmons, Spencer Jones and Elf Lyons. Plus her TV series, inevitable sex, a rudely-named Welsh coffee shop and why she had to be carried out of her house and put on a wheelie bin. John Fleming coughs, tries to get a word in edgeways and repeatedly mentions comic Lewis Schaffer. www.grouchyclub.co.uk You can also download this audio podcast from iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/grouchy-clubs-mostly-about/id977279883

The danger of critics being ‘intimate’ with comedians. Kate Copstick’s three stage shows at the 2016 Edinburgh Fringe. How to be a director at the Edinburgh Fringe. How comic Lewis Schaffer was responsible for the death of John Fleming’s daily blog. The transgender comic’s satire workshop. Copstick’s work as a ‘kitchen bitch’. A theft of snow. Ebenezer McIlwham the unknown poet. AND Copstick sings! www.grouchyclub.co.uk You can also download this audio podcast from iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/grouchy-clubs-mostly-about/id977279883 John Fleming’s daily blog was at: http://blog.thejohnfleming.com

The end of the comedy section in Time Out. The end of John Fleming’s daily blog. The last live Grouchy Club. Nina Conti to join porn film set. Will and/or Sarah Franken to teach satire. Kate Copstick to consider teaching aggression in a Scottish accent. John Fleming to consult on comedy. Peter Buckley Hill contemplates an award. More chaos at the Edinburgh Fringe. The dead owners of Cowgatehead. Plus Lewis Schaffer, Juliette Burton, Bob Slayer, Mark Watson… and it all ends in an orgasm from Copstick. www.grouchyclub.co.uk You can also download this audio podcast from iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/grouchy-clubs-mostly-about/id977279883 John Fleming’s daily blog is at: http://blog.thejohnfleming.com

Lynn Ruth Miller, 82-year-old US comedian, talks to John Fleming at her home in Brighton, England, about sex, sado-masochism, her show “Get a Grip”, starting a hamster support group, the UK comedy business, World War II, US TV sets, nostalgia, Italians, the Irish, marriage, the British Royal Family and starting her own blog. Originally, this was supposed to be a Grouchy Club Podcast featuring Lynn Ruth with comedy critics Kate Copstick and Claire Smith, but Claire was tied-up elsewhere and Copstick slept through the whole thing in London. So a chat became the Grouchy Club podcast and, unusually, there are some edits in it. www.grouchyclub.co.uk You can also download this audio podcast from iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/grouchy-clubs-mostly-about/id977279883 John Fleming’s daily blog is at: http://blog.thejohnfleming.com

Kate Copstick’s interview techniques, the joys of heroin and why John Fleming grew a beard. Plus Johnny Depp, John Waters, the erotic review, Meg Ryan, the movie “Transporting", prostitution, cocaine in television and acupuncture. Two small sections have been censored to disguise identities. www.grouchyclub.co.uk Recorded at Mama Biashara, London. John Fleming’s daily blog is at: http://blog.thejohnfleming.com You can also download this audio podcast from iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/grouchy-clubs-mostly-about/id977279883

Kate Copstick and John Fleming fail to start their podcast about how to interview someone and, instead, go on about Copstick’s tramadol, Romina Puma’s scooter, Tanya Lee Davis’ bottom and love life, David McGillivray, Scots pronunciation, Spencer Jones’ TV ads, George Ryegold, Nicole Kidman, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sylvester Stallone, Johnny Depp, Vin Diesel, John Gielgud’s gay porn film, Game of Thrones and Rutger Hauer. www.grouchyclub.co.uk Recorded at Mama Biashara, London. You can also download this audio podcast from iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/grouchy-clubs-mostly-about/id977279883

Children’s TV shows, Kate Copstick’s bowel movements, Matt Roper arrested in New York, the awful Doctor Who, Russell T Davies, The Flashing Blade, Andrew O’Connor, Hammer Films, Killer Bitch, porn movie titles, the white horse joke and much more. www.grouchyclub.co.uk Recorded at Mama Biashara, London. You can also download this audio podcast from iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/grouchy-clubs-mostly-about/id977279883

Live in London, an extract from the 2-hour Grouchy Club meet-up on comedy - including a typically shambolic discussion about successful middle-class white comedians, Michael McIntyre, Mrs Brown’s Boys, Jimmy Logan, Italian comedy and Christopher Biggins. www.grouchyclub.co.uk Featuring Kate Copstick, Andrea Gordon, John Fleming, Arlene Greenhouse, Jo Palermo, Neil O'Rourke, Luca Cupani, Giacinto Palmieri Recorded at Mama Biashara, London. You can also download this audio podcast from iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/grouchy-clubs-mostly-about/id977279883

NB NOT FOR THE EASILY OFFENDED. SEXUALLY EXPLICIT DESCRIPTIONS. The Grouchy Club live at the Edinburgh Fringe was not all about comedy. In this brief extract from the penultimate show, Kate Copstick talks about the logistical problems of writing and shooting a porn movie. You can also download this audio podcast from iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/grouchy-clubs-mostly-about/id977279883 www.grouchyclub.co.uk

When the audience en masse did not arrive on 16th August for the live show, Kate Copstick and John Fleming talked to Italian Luca Cupani about comedy and Italy. You can also download this audio podcast from iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/grouchy-clubs-mostly-about/id977279883 www.grouchyclub.co.uk

Kate Copstick on Patrick Kielty plus Freestival’s new Edinburgh Fringe venue and rambled witterings about John Robertson, Bob Slayer, Phil Nichol, Patrick Monahan, Duncan Norvelle, “Blind Date”, Matt Roper, rather too much about Lewis Schaffer and why Copstick does not like preview shows. Recorded at the Mama Biashara shop in London. You can also download this audio podcast from iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/grouchy-clubs-mostly-about/id977279883 www.grouchyclub.co.uk

The Edinburgh Fringe. Comedian Will Franken becomes transgender Sarah Franken. The risk of casting comics Lewis Schaffer and Patrick Monahan in a play. The increasingly prestigious Malcolm Hardee Comedy Awards Show. Disabled Romina Puma and sex toys. Abnormally Funny People. Robert Downey Junior lookalike Phil Nichol. Kate Copstick’s stage performance with Richard O’Brien, her encounter with Stephen Sondheim and her risk of being sued by Jason Donovan and Andrew Lloyd Webber. Recorded at the Mama Biashara shop in London. You can also download this audio podcast from iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/grouchy-clubs-mostly-about/id977279883 www.grouchyclub.co.uk

The sexiness of squeezing acne pus; how to get early reviews at the Edinburgh Fringe, Facebook attacks on Copstick, why stand-up comics are lazy PLUS how to audition to be Kate Copstick PLUS George Egg, Stu Francis, Janey Godley, Omar Hamdi, Brian Logan, Jerry Sadowiz, Lewis Schaffer, Doug Segal, Bob Slayer. Recorded with John Fleming at Mama Biashara in London. You can also download the audio podcast from iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/grouchy-clubs-mostly-about/id977279883 And see the video version on YouTube http://youtu.be/A9WUPQPh5DU www.grouchyclub.co.uk

Comedy critic Kate Copstick & blogger John Fleming on Edinburgh Fringe show previews and putting press quotes and stars on posters. Plus Copstick on getting drunk and vibrators from Poundland... Why Sean Penn’s hair in "Carlito’s Way" lost her a job on TV’s "Good Morning with Anne and Nick”... and passing references to comedians Lewis Schaffer and Njambi McGrath. Recorded at the Mama Biashara shop in London, interrupted by reality and suddenly disintegrating into chaos. You can see the video version of this podcast on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1bhvAnoylA&feature=youtu.be. And you can also download the audio podcast from iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/grouchy-clubs-mostly-about/id977279883 www.grouchyclub.co.uk

The Grouchy Club Podcast with a little bit of sectarianism, xenophobia and laughter. Recorded before a comedy show at the Mama Biashara shop in London but repeatedly interrupted and we never quite gets round to talking about the recent Edinburgh Fringe chaos at the Cowgatehead venue. With Kate Copstick, Giacinto Palmieri, Luca Cupani and John Fleming. Also in vision on YouTube at http://youtu.be/h8S_Yy-SLAQ www.grouchyclub.co.uk

Kate Copstick and John Fleming discuss the Edinburgh Fringe chaos over the Cowgatehead free venue... The impact of the Scottish legal system... and Edinburgh comedy previews at Mama Biashara in London. Recorded at Mama Biashara and live streamed on Periscope. www.grouchyclub.co.uk

Kate Copstick auditions for “Little Shop of Horrors” and talks about the excitement of motor bike racing. Plus we talk first-hand about alcohol, self-harming, drugs, mental health problems and attempting suicide. Also... Copstick reveals who is “the best fuck in comedy”. It’s not all about comedy. Recorded at Mama Biashara in London. www.grouchyclub.co.uk

Kate Copstick on being gang-mugged in Kenya and writing scripts for French porn movies. Plus the UK General Election, the Royal baby, the SNP and occasional bits about the comedy industry. Recorded at Mama Biashara in London. www.grouchyclub.co.uk

With co-host Copstick ill in bed, John Fleming talks to UK-based American comic Lewis Schaffer about why he became a comedian, his visits to a New York psychiatrist and what makes a good comedian. Recorded at Five Guys, London, after Lewis Schaffer’s weekly show at the Leicester Square Theatre. www.grouchyclub.co.uk

Ageism and sex in comedy. Showbiz paedophiles. The Manchester hotel that was a brothel. Camp v homosexual. Plus talk of Richard Herring, Jeremy Beadle, Mike Smith, Jimmy Savile v Jeremy Clarkson, Copstick’s love for Matthew Kelly and John throws down the sexual gauntlet to Stewart Lee. www.grouchyclub.co.uk

Kate Copstick (or Copstick as she prefers to be known) is the head comedy reviewer at the Scotsman Newspaper during the Edinburgh Fringe. She's been a reviewer for 20 years and has judged several comedy awards. Outside of reviewing she co-runs the The Grouchy Club podcast with daily comedy blogger John Flemming and writes for the Erotic Review (a magazine she purchased over a decade ago). Most of her days are spent in her charity shop (Ma Ma Biashara) in Sheppards Bush and she talks about how the work she does in Kenya informs her work as a writer. She's infinitely interesting and provided such a unique insight into the business from someone who has watch it change from the "industry" side for over 2 decades. We talked about - Her name. Common Fringe mistakes (titles / desc / image) How to contact her (the right way / how / when) How the Scotsman Newspaper operates & how many reviews they publish each year. Why she loves Luisa Omielan​ and would work as her doorman to keep her on the Free Fringe Why she loves Dapper Laughs and thinks he was bullied - Is TV just a boys club? And her thoughts on why women aren’t as good on panel shows. Comedian’s sense of entitlement for audience and achievements. Her thoughts on the comedy “thought police” censoring comedians. The web TV show we’ll be working on (hopefully post-Edinburgh) Her thoughts on Andrew Lawrence and the lack of intelligent commentary / responses to his remarks. Why she doesn’t review Freestival shows (and what her rules are for the shows she will go and review). Are there any agendas / politics behind the awards at Edinburgh? How her charity work has helped inform her reviewing AND MORE. If you're a comedian who is thinking about going to the Edinburgh Fringe and interested how the mind of one of the most feared and revealed reviewers works this is the podcast for you. You can find all the questions and things mentioned in the podcast in the show notes here - http://simoncaine.co.uk/ATI/Copstick You can find a list of all the podcast interviews with comedy reviewers here - http://simoncaine.co.uk/ATI/ComedyReviewers Thanks so much for downloading, hope you enjoyed it. If you did, please pass it on to a friend, give it a positive review in iTunes or donate on the website here - http://simoncaine.co.uk/AskTheIndustryPodcast Si Please buy a ticket or three to my Edinburgh Fringe 2019 show - https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/simon-caine-every-room-becomes-a-panic-room-when-you-overthink-enoughOr come see me on tour - http://simoncaine.co.uk/PanicRoom----------------------------------------------------------------------My 2nd book is finally out! It's called "How To Make A Living By Working For Free" and you can buy it here for £5 (digital) or £8 (paperback). Here's the... See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

John Fleming babbles on about his life in TV promotions and entertainment. Plus his relationship with Malcolm Hardee, the real deceased Godfather of Alternative Comedy. Plus the early days of the British Alternative Comedy scene. And how Copstick tried to bribe a TV producer with fresh fruit. www.grouchyclub.co.uk

Comedy critic Kate Copstick and daily blogger John Fleming at London’s Comedy Cafe Theatre with its owner Noel Faulkner... Copstick on female comics... Noel on his time as a drug smuggler and being on the US ‘Ten Most Wanted’ list... Plus why drugs should be decriminalised and a surprising compliment to the UK police. www.grouchyclub.co.uk

Comedy critic Kate Copstick and daily blogger John Fleming on the origin of Edinburgh’s Free Fringe, bad UK sitcoms, William Shatner’s funniest role, why Copstick dislikes comic Lee Evans and Peter O’Toole but loves Tom Cruise and lusts after a famous actress. Plus the sound of a woman begging and Copstick attacking children. Recorded at the British Library. www.grouchyclub.co.uk

Comedy critic Kate Copstick and daily blogger John Fleming discuss the British comedy scene - sexism, bad comedians, UK TV, Dapper Laughs, Andrew Lawrence, rape victims, police corruption, PC Fascists and Copstick’s criminal career - all made chaotic in the first 16 minutes by an intrusive Africal drummer