Grouchy Club Podcast - Kate Copstick & John Fleming

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

With Kate Copstick incommunicado in Kenya, John Fleming talks to Lewis Schaffer in the middle of London's River Thames about the American’s move into plays and about the Edinburgh Fringe... while Lewis Schaffer tells him how he should be recording the podcast.You can also download this audio podcast from iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/grouchy-clubs-mostly-about/id977279883www.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/id977279883And see the video version on YouTubehttp://youtu.be/A9WUPQPh5DUwww.grouchyclub.co.uk

Life in Kenya described by comedy critic Kate Copstick - and how her Mama Biashara charity works there.Plus a couple of bits about comedy at the Edinburgh Fringe but - beware - this is mostly serious and includes explicit discussion of genitalia.Kate Copstick and John Fleming were recorded at the Mama Biashara shop in London.You can also download the audio podcast from iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/grouchy-clubs-mostly-about/id977279883www.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 iTuneshttps://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/grouchy-clubs-mostly-about/id977279883www.grouchyclub.co.uk

Kate Copstick on how Edinburgh Fringe publicity works, the importance (or not) of PR people, how to twist reviewers’ words and much more.PLUS a preamble including Mel Moon, Milton Jones, Darren Walsh, Graeme Garden, Phil Nichol, Wil Hodgson, Christian Talbot, Trevor Noah, Reggie Watts, Chris Lynam, Miss Behave, Janey Godley, Richard Herring, Juliette Burton, Alfie Brown, Kunt & The Gang, Bob Slayer, Daniel Sloss, George Egg, the Malcolm Hardee Awards and Russian Egg Roulette. PLUS the first of 21 things you did not know about pornography.www.grouchyclub.co.uk

Disagreement about the ongoing Edinburgh Fringe venue chaos - between grumpy comedy critic Kate Copstick and increasingly girlie blogger John Fleming... Plus bits about religious sectarianism in Glasgow, iconic Jewish comedian Jackie Mason and much else...Also in vision on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTKUNypengAwww.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-SLAQwww.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

Comedian Malcolm Hardee 1995. While writing his autobiography “I Stole Freddie Mercury’s Birthday Cake” Malcolm Hardee talked to John Fleming. This extract explains how he started his legendary comedy club The Tunnel with its weekly shows "Sunday Night at The Tunnel Palladium". Malcolm drowned in 2005. NOTE This recording was made to collect facts for Malcolm’s book. It was never meant to be heard in public, so the technical quality is not ideal. www.grouchyclub.co.ukwww.malcolmhardee.co.uk/award

The 2005 funeral of Malcolm Hardee, godfather of British alternative comedy... uncut. The Daily Telegraph said: “Rarely can there have been so much laughter and irreverence at a funeral service and rarely can it have been more appropriate”www.grouchyclub.co.ukRunning order on:http://wp.me/pR0wt-eO7

With Copstick trapped in Kenya, comic Juliette Burton talks to John Fleming about Vlogging, Abnormally Funny People, mental health issues, the UK General Election and psychotic hallucinations. Recorded at King’s Cross station in London. www.grouchyclub.co.uk

Madonna tries to be funny. Comedians who are funny off-stage. Michael McIntyre. Tony Blair. James Joyce. Scottish humour. God. The Islamic State. The Edinburgh Fringe. And a free offer to comedians who want to preview shows. All human life is here.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

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 - both with diarrhoea - discuss British comedy, Kenyan comedy, West Indians & Indians, racism, Winston Churchill, Jewish humour, paedophilia, Kim Noble, the Edinburgh Fringe and the inevitable Lewis Schaffer. Recorded at the London Jewish Cultural Centre. www.grouchyclub.co.uk