Abnormally Funny People Show

This show is dedicated to the memory of Stella Young, 24 February 1982 – 6 December 2014.

Abnormally Funny People get out of the studio and in front of a live audience for this special one-off show, recorded on International Day of #Disabled People, 3rd December 2014.

We’ve got three mighty guests chipping in with their stories and their wit: TV maker and presenter Paul Carter, world travelling sassy comedian Taynalee Davis and and top comedian/ star of the Barclays cashpoint ads Chris McCausland. For the first time in the #AFPShow there’s some stand up - from Tanyalee, Chris and the fantastically funny Lost Voice Guy.

Hosts Steve Best and Simon Minty navigate their way through being asked questions by strangers on the street, eating spaghetti when you have short arms, Christmas shopping when you’re very short yourself and when train assistance gets all a bit too much.

We #review three great products: a drinking container where you don’t even have to move to take a slurp, a USB charger which links to your scooter battery and a talking alarm clock. All in front of a live audience. Season’s Greetings from all at Abnormally Funny People.

SPECIAL THANKS TO:

#disability #comedy #live #london #standup

Simon and Steve are joined by actor/comedian Liam O'Carroll and model/blogger Lara Masters . Liam talks about his uncomfortable coffee encounter and liking the product that was not given to him to review, and Lara bares all (well not quite), and really likes the product not given to her to review.

Editor note: competition entry deadline is 15th December 2014

#comedy #podcast #disability #standup

Guests Tanyalee Davis and Juliette Burton talk with Simon and Steve about body image and the difference between cute and ‘cute'. The products we review go down well and include a self-stirring mug and a bracelet buddy. We also discuss having two peepholes in your front door and how to keep hotel housekeeping out of your hotel room.

Don't forget to enter our competition each month to win the products we discuss on the show. All you have to do is get in touch and tell us what you what. It's that simple! Comment here or email us: [email protected] or text or call 07756 190 561. Competition closes Sunday 16th November 2014 (UK entries only)

#disability #comedy #podcast #mentalhealth #bodyimage #access

A warning: this show contains some swearing.

It's October 2014 and we're speaking with #comedian Laurence Clark and Jess Thom from Touretteshero. We chat about doing impressions of #disabled people, breaking an egg when you have random motion control, cycling on a child’s tricycle when you’re in your forties and why dignity can be overrated. We review two products, a humane spider catcher and egg cracker. Hosts Steve Best and Simon Minty talk about how it feels to be left out if you’re the one who isn’t disabled and the difference between waving and drowning. At the end we delve a little deeper when Jess talks about the going to the theatre and the rest of the audience don’t know how to relax.

Links:

Laurence’s blog when Jess came to see his show

http://www.laurenceclark.co.uk

http://www.touretteshero.com

This month we chat with actor Lisa Hammond (Grange Hill, Vera, EastEnders) and actor, model and lawyer Shannon Murray. We discuss the differences between being a female and a male #disabled person, and getting pointed at by strangers at in the street. We also get to grips with popping pills and discuss the benefits and drawbacks of pimping your ride.

Guests this episode are Geoff Adams-Spink, former BBC reporter and now freelance journalist and consultant, and Don Biswas, a stand-up comedian and part of the Abnormally Funny People team. Geoff reviews a different pen for people with different hands and Don talks about some time saving shoe laces. And there’s the mystery item that no one has seen...

Hosts Steve Best and Simon Minty try and keep some order as Liam O’Carroll, a blind chap, describes his first impressions when receiving something called a Giddy Bowl; Steve Day, who is deaf, realising that his whispers from the touch line of his son’s football match maybe not so quiet; and Liz Carr, a wheelchair user, is humble about being part of a BBC promotional clip of its stars.