Author: Simon Dunn
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Six Of One: Eight Of Six
A continuing series of podcasts, in which I improvise something different every day. This week, a clueless presenter on the shopping channel, trying to remember an old TV show, an open top bus tour, a stranded space explorer, a scientist demonstrates his new invention, and an old man talks about his friends. You can listen…
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the dum show
Yesterday, I came across a short listing in The Stage from 13th August 1992. Here it is: That’s quite the line-up, even as early as 1992. They performed the dum show at The Pleasance. It looks like they did at least one preview at the beginning of the month too (I’m sure they did more).…
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The Actor Kevin Eldon
I’ve been a fan of The Actor Kevin Eldon for a a long time. I can’t remember where I first saw him, but it was either on Fist of Fun, or more likely on Packing Them In. His presence in a show usually meant the show was good. He worked on the pilot of Smack…
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Six Of One: Seven Of Six
During lockdown I made a series of six podcasts, setting myself the task of improvising into the microphone for five minutes or so every day. Now, I’m picking it up again, and breaking the title convention into the bargain. This week we met a supply teacher, did a movie podcast, made a self-help hypnosis tape,…
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Bruce Forsyth’s Hot Streak
There are some incongruous things to be found in the annals of TV history. Like the time when Rod Hull sat down next to Richard Pryor on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson, or when Bruce Forsyth appeared on Magnum P.I. Wait, what? (Many thanks to the Cheapshow podcast for the heads up) This marked…
