Hello and howdyerdo.
This is 404 Funny - the new comedy podcast where you'll find a lot of those old programmes that used to be on the trailblazing Comedy 365 podcast, along with a lot of new stuff.
As a result of some internal reorganization, Comedy 365 is now back where it started, concentrating solely on Sowerby & Luff's output, and so a home needed to be found for everything else.
Well, here it is.
Ta-daa!!
Yes, we know it ain't much at present, but once the feed is up and running smoothly, then we'll look at adding more content here or elsewhere, such as contributor profiles, audience surveys, a Facebook page, and possibly even some merchandise if there's enough demand from listeners...or even a final demand from the bank.
So what can you expect?
For the next few months, archive shows from Jenni Armstrong, Blue Pepper, Richard Cray, John Dredge, Will Franken, Pegabovine, James Shakeshaft & David LE Davis, Chris Skinner, and Jake Yapp - all of which will give you a taste of our peculiar brand of comedy.
We'll be filtering in new shows by some of those listed above towards the end of 2009 with a view to bringing you new shows by both new and established acts by Spring 2010.
And we also hope to be at the 2010 Edinburgh Fringe in some capacity too, but let's not worry about that right now...we're all too busy slaving away at proper jobs at the moment, trying to pay off the debt from this year's festival...
It all kicks off on October 1st, so bookmark this page and subscribe to our feed at iTunes or, indeed, any other podcatcher you may hold in preference (we know 20% of you do).
If you're an existing Comedy 365 subscriber, you'll know what to expect from us and we're glad to have you with us as well. Together, we helped Comedy 365 achieve a great deal in a short space of time and hopefully we can achieve even more in the years to come.
If you're a lapsed Comedy 365 subscriber, welcome home - we took down that old wallpaper, fixed the toilet, and fumigated the whole place especially for you.
If you've no idea what Comedy 365, podcasting, or, indeed, comedy podcasting is, then a) where the ruddy heck have you been all these years and b) you're in for a real treat.
Stick with us - it's going to be a whole lot of fun.
Saturday, September 26, 2009
Sunday, April 4, 2004
CONTRIBUTOR PROFILES
RICHARD CRAY
The Dogs Must Be Carried Top 50
The 404 Special
Liar News
Despite his background as a radio presenter and commercial producer, Richard only branched out into comedy in 1998, when he formed Dogs Must Be Carried, a collective that has, over time, satirized some of the biggest pop and rock acts in the world. And Moby.
With Sowerby & Luff, he co-produced Sketch Club, a comedy showcase for new sketch and monologue talent at Downstairs at the King's Head, Crouch End, London, and contributed to the pioneering podcast Comedy 365 for four years, fully scheduling the service between April 2007 and July 2009. During this time, he also co-produced two live Edinburgh Fringe shows under the Comedy 365 umbrella - and it had to be a particularly big umbrella, given what passes for summer in Edinburgh most years.
His only television commission thus far has been a terrible sketch on ITV1’s Shoot the Writers (but don't let that put you off), although this has since been counterbalanced by being the only male ever to reach the final of Funny Women, albeit as a co-writer of a monologue. In addition, he was shortlisted for E4 Radio's Funny Ha Ha search for new talent in 2008, which led to a five-month residency contributing fake commercials to The Janice Forsyth Show on BBC Radio Scotland.
He is currently co-writing a spoof history of the 60s, which he hopes to have ready in good time to be rejected by both BBC and independent commissioning editors, and continues to work with many reputable comedy acts on the London fringe circuit in return for cash, Amazon gift vouchers, and the occasional creative favour.
JOHN DREDGE
Babble Time
A Cubic Life
The Daily Dredge
Film News News
The John Dredge Didn't Quite Make it in Time for Christmas Show
The John Dredge Not on TV Show
John Dredge's Odd Show
The Professor Dredge Interviews
The Really Short Show
Things
plus one-off videos
In a recent interview, John said he could see the funny side of everything because his brain just rearranged everything into jokes – and that’s exactly what he’s been doing for years, not just through podcasts but also through his radio shows on London’s Resonance FM.
He is also an acclaimed poet, songwriter, musician, and illustrator, and has the second largest collection of plinths in Middlesex.
JAMES SHAKESHAFT & DAVID LE DAVIS
Babble Time (Shakeshaft solo, with John Dredge)
Dr Answers
The John Dredge Didn't Quite Make it in Time for Christmas Show (with John Dredge)
Biography to follow.
WILL FRANKEN
Strollers
Things We Did Before Reality
plus one-off shows
Missouri-born and currently San Francisco-based, Franken's acclaimed podcasts are syndicated with kind permission of the man himself, with new episodes posted regularly.
His free-thinking, absurdist style has seen him establish a solid reputation as one of America's most original and provocative comedians, in addition to being proclaimed the Best Alternative to Psychedelic Drugs by the San Francisco Bay Guardian in 2005.
BLUE PEPPER (LIAM J. STRATTON & MILES EADY)
Blue Pepper
A Cubic Life (with John Dredge)
The duo's innovative style features surreal, observational humour, wordplay, and song, fusing Python with The Two Ronnies, and flavouring with elements of music hall, cabaret, and pantomine.
Sadly, they no longer write and perform together. However, Liam now appears in a duo with Rob Clyne as part of the So You Think You're Funny 2008 semi-finalists The Scarlet Pimps, and Miles continues to write as a solo artist (see below).
MILES EADY (SOLO)
Three-Handed Woman
Sketch Music Hall
Biography to follow.
JAKE YAPP
The Jake Yapp Podcast (with Marn Davies)
Jake Yapp's Little Bits
Jake is a prolific writer and composer with credits that include Never Mind the Buzzcocks, TV Offal, the 2008 World Music Awards, and the BBC Radio 7 series Pleased to Meet You, for which he was nominated (along with Martin Kelner) for a Sony Award. And no, we don't mean he was entered into a monthly draw to win £250 off the price of a 50-inch Bravia.
His 2008 Edinburgh debut as a stand-up, Jake Yapp's Bum Notes, was described as "beguiling", "ludicrous", and "promisingly genial"; his 2009 shows, whilst well received, failed to throw up any better adjectives for use in online biographies than the previous years.
He is currently getting up at an ungodly hour on weekday mornings to contribute songs, sketches, and satire to the BBC 6Music breakfast show.
JENNI ARMSTRONG
Jenni Shows and Tells
Jenni started writing and performing sketch comedy whilst at Durham University, before moving onto stand-up. She then spent three years performing the two around the UK and at the Edinburgh Fringe with WitTank and CoolFun, before moving on to write, edit, and perform comedy video shorts, including Jenni Shows and Tells.
In 2008, she was a finalist in E4 Radio's search for new comedic talent, Radio HaHa, and has since contributed material to BBC Radio 7's Newsjack.
She is currently working on Yo Yo Good Show, an online comedy pilot in post production.
PEGABOVINE
House of Mirth
Formed in 2003, this British comedy-theatre troupe featuring the combined talents of Matthew Henry Johnson, Luke Kennard, Jenny Sutton, and Tom Wateracre created a buzz at the Edinburgh Fringe in the mid-Noughties with their shows such as The Slush Pile and Coat of Arms.
They launched their House of Mirth podcast in late 2007 and have kindly given us permission to syndicate the three episodes made to date.
They've been working on separate projects recently, but we hope it won't be too long before some new episodes arrive in our in box.
CHRIS SKINNER
Simulacrum
Chris is a London-based writer, producer, and presenter whose radio programmes for the BBC and commercial stations both in the UK and across Europe have been credited with reinventing the medium.
Frustrated with conservative broadcasting guidelines, he became one of the first mainstream producers to embrace podcasting, hitting pay dirt in 2006 with Simulacrum, which rapidly became a cult download, eventually receiving more fan mail than hate mail.
He has also performed stand-up comedy under an alias.
MORE CONTRIBUTORS TO FOLLOW...
The Dogs Must Be Carried Top 50
The 404 Special
Liar News
Despite his background as a radio presenter and commercial producer, Richard only branched out into comedy in 1998, when he formed Dogs Must Be Carried, a collective that has, over time, satirized some of the biggest pop and rock acts in the world. And Moby.
With Sowerby & Luff, he co-produced Sketch Club, a comedy showcase for new sketch and monologue talent at Downstairs at the King's Head, Crouch End, London, and contributed to the pioneering podcast Comedy 365 for four years, fully scheduling the service between April 2007 and July 2009. During this time, he also co-produced two live Edinburgh Fringe shows under the Comedy 365 umbrella - and it had to be a particularly big umbrella, given what passes for summer in Edinburgh most years.
His only television commission thus far has been a terrible sketch on ITV1’s Shoot the Writers (but don't let that put you off), although this has since been counterbalanced by being the only male ever to reach the final of Funny Women, albeit as a co-writer of a monologue. In addition, he was shortlisted for E4 Radio's Funny Ha Ha search for new talent in 2008, which led to a five-month residency contributing fake commercials to The Janice Forsyth Show on BBC Radio Scotland.
He is currently co-writing a spoof history of the 60s, which he hopes to have ready in good time to be rejected by both BBC and independent commissioning editors, and continues to work with many reputable comedy acts on the London fringe circuit in return for cash, Amazon gift vouchers, and the occasional creative favour.
JOHN DREDGE
Babble Time
A Cubic Life
The Daily Dredge
Film News News
The John Dredge Didn't Quite Make it in Time for Christmas Show
The John Dredge Not on TV Show
John Dredge's Odd Show
The Professor Dredge Interviews
The Really Short Show
Things
plus one-off videos
In a recent interview, John said he could see the funny side of everything because his brain just rearranged everything into jokes – and that’s exactly what he’s been doing for years, not just through podcasts but also through his radio shows on London’s Resonance FM.
He is also an acclaimed poet, songwriter, musician, and illustrator, and has the second largest collection of plinths in Middlesex.
JAMES SHAKESHAFT & DAVID LE DAVIS
Babble Time (Shakeshaft solo, with John Dredge)
Dr Answers
The John Dredge Didn't Quite Make it in Time for Christmas Show (with John Dredge)
Biography to follow.
WILL FRANKEN
Strollers
Things We Did Before Reality
plus one-off shows
Missouri-born and currently San Francisco-based, Franken's acclaimed podcasts are syndicated with kind permission of the man himself, with new episodes posted regularly.
His free-thinking, absurdist style has seen him establish a solid reputation as one of America's most original and provocative comedians, in addition to being proclaimed the Best Alternative to Psychedelic Drugs by the San Francisco Bay Guardian in 2005.
BLUE PEPPER (LIAM J. STRATTON & MILES EADY)
Blue Pepper
A Cubic Life (with John Dredge)
The duo's innovative style features surreal, observational humour, wordplay, and song, fusing Python with The Two Ronnies, and flavouring with elements of music hall, cabaret, and pantomine.
Sadly, they no longer write and perform together. However, Liam now appears in a duo with Rob Clyne as part of the So You Think You're Funny 2008 semi-finalists The Scarlet Pimps, and Miles continues to write as a solo artist (see below).
MILES EADY (SOLO)
Three-Handed Woman
Sketch Music Hall
Biography to follow.
JAKE YAPP
The Jake Yapp Podcast (with Marn Davies)
Jake Yapp's Little Bits
Jake is a prolific writer and composer with credits that include Never Mind the Buzzcocks, TV Offal, the 2008 World Music Awards, and the BBC Radio 7 series Pleased to Meet You, for which he was nominated (along with Martin Kelner) for a Sony Award. And no, we don't mean he was entered into a monthly draw to win £250 off the price of a 50-inch Bravia.
His 2008 Edinburgh debut as a stand-up, Jake Yapp's Bum Notes, was described as "beguiling", "ludicrous", and "promisingly genial"; his 2009 shows, whilst well received, failed to throw up any better adjectives for use in online biographies than the previous years.
He is currently getting up at an ungodly hour on weekday mornings to contribute songs, sketches, and satire to the BBC 6Music breakfast show.
JENNI ARMSTRONG
Jenni Shows and Tells
Jenni started writing and performing sketch comedy whilst at Durham University, before moving onto stand-up. She then spent three years performing the two around the UK and at the Edinburgh Fringe with WitTank and CoolFun, before moving on to write, edit, and perform comedy video shorts, including Jenni Shows and Tells.
In 2008, she was a finalist in E4 Radio's search for new comedic talent, Radio HaHa, and has since contributed material to BBC Radio 7's Newsjack.
She is currently working on Yo Yo Good Show, an online comedy pilot in post production.
PEGABOVINE
House of Mirth
Formed in 2003, this British comedy-theatre troupe featuring the combined talents of Matthew Henry Johnson, Luke Kennard, Jenny Sutton, and Tom Wateracre created a buzz at the Edinburgh Fringe in the mid-Noughties with their shows such as The Slush Pile and Coat of Arms.
They launched their House of Mirth podcast in late 2007 and have kindly given us permission to syndicate the three episodes made to date.
They've been working on separate projects recently, but we hope it won't be too long before some new episodes arrive in our in box.
CHRIS SKINNER
Simulacrum
Chris is a London-based writer, producer, and presenter whose radio programmes for the BBC and commercial stations both in the UK and across Europe have been credited with reinventing the medium.
Frustrated with conservative broadcasting guidelines, he became one of the first mainstream producers to embrace podcasting, hitting pay dirt in 2006 with Simulacrum, which rapidly became a cult download, eventually receiving more fan mail than hate mail.
He has also performed stand-up comedy under an alias.
MORE CONTRIBUTORS TO FOLLOW...
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