It’s our incredibly timely pre-Christmas spectacular with TOM BALLARD and ANDY ZALTZMAN! Andy’s in the country doing cricket commentary for the BBC so we attempt the impossible: getting him to convert Dassalo and Ballard into cricket fans. We also hear about Tommy’s history with the Boxing Day test, Andy’s video game credits give us an idea for a new platform for the podcast PLUS Tommy’s stressing about Christmas Day, so he road tests some Christmas cracker jokes to see if we can punch them up. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

587 - Andy Zaltzman & Tom Ballard

Superpals Tommy Dassalo and Karl Chandler present a hastily edited grab bag of stories and general dickheadery with the finest comedians in Australia. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Comedy

This week we're joined by Taskmaster's WIL ANDERSON and LLOYD LANGFORD! We go behind the scenes of the new series of Taskmaster and find out about the windowless room that the competitors are holed up in, who got booked first out of Lloyd and his partner, and how long it takes to flip a chair. There's also more Carl Barron conspiracy theories, we pretend to have never heard of Ashely Madison, Tommy's missed an important sponsor e-mail, and we nail down a cover story for our "corporate retreat" in Thailand as part of the Koh Samui International Podcast Festival.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

712 - Wil Anderson & Lloyd Langford

We're back in Brisbane with DAVE ANTHONY, GARETH REYNOLDS, DAVE O'NEIL & HARLEY BREEN! Dave Anthony takes his title of 'surprise guest' a little too literally, we dissect Magic Round and some key moments in NRL history, Chandler's been called in to the principal's office and Dave O'Neil's been doing some digging into his ancestry and probably wishes he hadn't. PLUS: RAD DAD COMES TO BRISBANE!  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

711 - Live! Dave Anthony, Gareth Reynolds, Dave O'Neil & Harley Breen

This week we're joined by TOM BALLARD and SAMI SHAH! Tom's been to Bali and is paying the price, Sami's got us all interested in the Ubud Writer's Festival, and Karl's just back from his meeting with The Stay Resort in Koh Samui. Plus we're speculating on the current address of an Australian comedy legend, planning a setlist for our band at the Koh Samui Podcast Festival, and listing people we know who used to be young!  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

710 - Tom Ballard & Sami Shah

We’ve roped in two of Perth’s finest this week: ANDREW WOLFE and FRANKIE ROWSTHORN! Frankie’s performing in the Comedy Zone under the tutelage of a Friend of the Show, Wolfie’s been abusing audience members in Perth, Frankie’s dad has leapt to her defence in India on The Amazing Race, and of course, we get an update on Karl’s potential funds for a Thai bar! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

709 - Andrew Wolfe & Frankie Rowsthorn

We've dragged ourselves out of bed after the Comedy Festival and we're joined by LUKE HEGGIE and MIKE GOLDSTEIN. We reflect on The Worst of Melbourne Comedy and the memoir that Karl got given as a gift, Tommy can't avoid seeing the Sperm Bank bit AGAIN, demand for the Abishek t-shirts is high, and Karl's found out a dark secret from Luke Heggie's past. PLUS Nick Cody pops in!  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

587 - Andy Zaltzman & Tom Ballard

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