Podcasts about league against tedium

Like his main man Bob Dylan, comedian Simon Munnery knows a few things about heckles: aside from being arrested in Edinburgh for heckling Arthur Smith, he met his future wife when she heckled him in Australia. When not on the road, Simon joins his local Morris Men in Bedfordshire pubs, serenading fellow drinkers with his version of Blind Willie McTell. But he no longer owns any Dylan albums (“I've given them all away. I went through a period of being quite evangelist”). Munnery cracks us up with his drunken plot to meet Madonna at a record launch, enlightens us with his passionate appreciation of The Velvet Underground's Beginning To See The Light, cracks us up again with his theory about Kate Bush swapping places with God and mystifies us as to why he played Kind of Blue on a loop for six months. There's lots about Bob Dylan, too.Simon Munnery is “one of the most original and talented comics in the country” (The Observer). After Cambridge University in the mid-eighties, he worked with Steve Coogan, Patrick Marber, Richard Herring and Stewart Lee on an Edinburgh Fringe piece called The Dum Show. In the nineties, he performed sell-out solo shows at London theatres and international festivals, featuring characters including Alan Parker: Urban Warrior, The League Against Tedium and Buckethead. Simon starred in ITV's flagship stand-up show Saturday Live, won a Sony Gold Radio Award for his BBC Radio 1 series Alan Parker's 29 Minutes of Truth and was nominated for a British Comedy Award for his BBC2 show London Shouting. His TV series Attention Scum was directed by Stewart Lee. Simon appeared as Alan Parker on a music track by The Orb called Grey Clouds. He is currently touring Simon Munnery: Trials And Tribulations.WebsiteTwitterTrailerEpisode playlist on SpotifyListeners: please subscribe and/or leave a review and a rating.Twitter @isitrollingpodRecorded 10th January 2023 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Simon Munnery (@SIMONMUNNERY) is a comedian best known for his characters "Alan Parker: Urban Warrior" and "The League Against Tedium". He has an experimental style of comedy both in performing and the language he uses, he's known for his makeshift and elaborate props. Stream - http://simoncaine.co.uk/ATI/SimonMunnery iTunes - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/ask-the-industry-podcast/id946220937?mt=2 YouTube - https://youtu.be/9CV9a0aEBxE Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/12wdMpotKGDpFvShobeaoy If you’d like to support the podcast please do via - PayPal - http://simoncaine.co.ukOr Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/AskTheIndustryPodcast If you’ve enjoyed the show please do remember to send myself or Simon a thank you tweet.Edinburgh Fringe tickets - Simon Munnery’s show - https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/simon-munnery-alan-parker-urban-warrior-farewell-tourSimon Caine’s (me) show - https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/simon-caine-every-room-becomes-a-panic-room-when-you-overthink-enough See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week we meet Simon Munnery, who you've probably come across on TV, radio or the live circuit doing his characters The League Against Tedium or Alan Parker Urban Warrior, or one of his experimental shows. Simon is a distinguished comic, highly acclaimed for his original wit and outlandish performances. He's also a maker, a fixer and a former computer programmer! If you enjoy Hack Circus please rate or review it on iTunes, or just tell a friend about it! Hack Circus goes up every Monday and Thursday, and you can peek behind the curtain by following us on Facebook (hackcircuspodcast), Instagram (hackcircus), Twitter (hackcircus) and Snapchat. It’s also a magazine. Enjoy!

The alter ego of Alan Parker (Urban Warrior) and the brains behind the League Against Tedium drops by to talk about touring, his association with Banksy, and the joy of buying a new suit.

Kevin Eldon and Simon Munnery explore CERN's Computer Centre and then go 100 metres underground into the heart of the LHC itself.

Comedy writers and performers Kevin Eldon and Simon Munnery explore CERN's biggest detector, ALTAS.