Grouchy Club Podcast - Kate Copstick & John Fleming

Kate Copstick talks to John Fleming about the Jewish Comedian of the Year, a man with plastic testicles, the best Holocaust joke, trans-gender comic Will/Sarah Franken, Lewis Schaffer, The World of Pain, British TV censorship, how BBC TV executive Alan Yentob re-cut controversial comic Jerry Sadowitz, the power of TV advertisers and Noel Gay TV.www.grouchyclub.co.ukYou can also download this audio podcast from iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/grouchy-clubs-mostly-about/id977279883John Fleming’s daily blog is at: http://blog.thejohnfleming.com

With Copstick still in Kenya, John Fleming is joined in a Soho alleyway by comedian Arthur Smith, who talks about his theory of mindlessness, synthesised comedians, writing for Frankie Howard, being in a Danish pantomime, why he may go trans-gender, Shakespeare, being pedantic, semi-colons, creative writing courses, Daphne Fairfax and his several half-written novels... plus Arthur performs the opening lines of Dante’s “Inferno” in the original medieval Italian.www.grouchyclub.co.ukYou can also download this audio podcast from iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/grouchy-clubs-mostly-about/id977279883Arthur mentions his Mindlessness videos:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZi2z9AEf7Cn7Qu0KFeNn_Aand his website:http://www.arthursmith.co.ukJohn Fleming’s daily blog is at: http://blog.thejohnfleming.com

With Kate Copstick in Kenya, John Fleming talks to comic Bob Slayer about the second year of his Christmas Grotto 50 yards from the Bank of England, performing comedy in a double decker bus, his favourite story about touring with Snoop Dogg, why he turned down the Arctic Monkeys and how not to deal with a heckle at a Glasgow comedy show... plus mentions of The Weirdos, Stewart Lee, Terrovision, Electric Eel Shock, Tim Renkow and Margaret Thatcher.www.grouchyclub.co.ukYou can also download this audio podcast from iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/grouchy-clubs-mostly-about/id977279883John Fleming’s daily blog is at: http://blog.thejohnfleming.com

Matt Roper and Wilfredo robbed in New York... John Fleming locked inside his own house in the UK... Kate Copstick & a case of actual bodily harm... Chris Dangerfield & Ricky Grover... Lewis Schaffer & Bobby Davro... Paul Provenza’s The Aristocrats, The Debonaires and Porky... Shaggy dog stories & bad taste jokes... Tragedy + time = comedy www.grouchyclub.co.ukRecorded at Mama Biashara, London.John Fleming’s daily blog is at: http://blog.thejohnfleming.comYou can also download this audio podcast from iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/grouchy-clubs-mostly-about/id977279883

New material comedy shows. Great new UK acts. When Kate Copstick played Carnegie Hall. Abstract foreign comedy. Why UK audiences laugh. Why Chinese audiences don’t laugh. The goldfish of comedy. The death of US producer Calvin Wynter.NB CORRECTION - John says: “At one point in the podcast, I mention an act as Twisted Sisters when, in fact, it is called Twisted Loaf... I am an idiot."www.grouchyclub.co.ukRecorded at Mama Biashara, London.John Fleming’s daily blog is at: http://blog.thejohnfleming.comYou can also download this audio podcast from iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/grouchy-clubs-mostly-about/id977279883

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.ukRecorded at Mama Biashara, London.John Fleming’s daily blog is at: http://blog.thejohnfleming.comYou 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.ukRecorded 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.ukRecorded 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.ukFeaturing Kate Copstick, Andrea Gordon, John Fleming, Arlene Greenhouse, Jo Palermo, Neil O'Rourke, Luca Cupani, Giacinto PalmieriRecorded at Mama Biashara, London.You can also download this audio podcast from iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/grouchy-clubs-mostly-about/id977279883

In a very noisy cafe. Kate Copstick and John Fleming talk about cats’ bollocks, men’s penises, London v Nairobi, David Cameron and the pig’s head, UK comedy, Luca Cupani, Christopher Richardson, Karen Koren, Puma Londinese and the crippling disease lupus.You can also download this audio podcast from iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/grouchy-clubs-mostly-about/id977279883www.grouchyclub.co.uk

With Kate Copstick away in Kenya, blogger John Fleming talks to comic Janey Godley about sexist Turkish men, strange acts, swearing, David Cameron & the pig, Moth storytelling, free shows at the Edinburgh Fringe, getting hits on Periscope and UK comedy.You can also download this audio podcast from iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/grouchy-clubs-mostly-about/id977279883Janey Godley’s weekly podcast is athttp://janeygodley.podomatic.comwww.grouchyclub.co.uk

“The Clintons were pure evil... The electronic age is destroying us... America is a Third World country... How come there are very few right wing comics?” - With Kate Copstick away in Kenya, blogger John Fleming talks to London Comedy Cafe owner Noel Faulkner about the upcoming US election, Jeremy Corbyn, capitalism, socialism, drugs, free comedy shows, Ireland, the BBC and much more.You can also download this audio podcast from iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/grouchy-clubs-mostly-about/id977279883www.grouchyclub.co.uk

Comedy critic Kate Copstick tells blogger John Fleming about the remarkable effect acupuncture had on her, uses some choice Scots language phrases, mentions the naked man in the back room, her sexual promiscuity, Team America, lesbianism and having no place to stay in Kenya.You can also download this audio podcast from iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/grouchy-clubs-mostly-about/id977279883www.grouchyclub.co.uk

Comedy critic Kate Copstick and blogger John Fleming discuss the Edinburgh Fringe’s Fosters Awards and Malcolm Hardee Awards - how and why the winners are chosen in general and specifically at the 2015 Fringe. Plus news of Grouchy Club live shows in LondonYou can also download this audio podcast from iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/grouchy-clubs-mostly-about/id977279883www.grouchyclub.co.uk

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/id977279883www.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/id977279883www.grouchyclub.co.uk

An excerpt from the Grouchy Club live at the Edinburgh Fringe on Saturday 15th August 2015... Kate Copstick talks about juggling her work as a comedy reviewer, running a charity in Kenya and writing scripts for porn films. You can also download this audio podcast from iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/grouchy-clubs-mostly-about/id977279883www.grouchyclub.co.uk

Comedy critic Kate Copstick and blogger John Fleming on good Fringe shows including Al Porter, Bob Slayer’s toilet, Will Durst, Norwegians, racism, xenophobia, Laurence Owen, Disney, Martha McBrier, Papa CJ, Lewis Schaffer, Immigrant Diaries, Patrick MonahanYou can also download this audio podcast from iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/grouchy-clubs-mostly-about/id977279883www.grouchyclub.co.uk

Edinburgh Fringe recommendations. As comedy critic Kate Copstick raves about Australian act Alice Fraser, also mentioned are Wil Hodgson, Twonkey’s Stinking Bishop, Michael Brunström and comedy couples Alfie Brown & Jessie Cave, Bobbie Mair & Harriet Kemsley, Matt Price & Martha McBrier and Lindsay Sharman & Laurence Owen. We also chat about the requirements to win a Malcolm Hardee Cunning Stunt Award and, in a stunning break from tradition, there is absolutely no mention of Lewis Schaffer. You can also download this audio podcast from iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/grouchy-clubs-mostly-about/id977279883www.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/id977279883www.grouchyclub.co.uk