Episode 75 is chaos by design.

With less than 24 hours before release, Rob and TJ hit record and commit to a raw 60-minute, no-edit episode. No music. No safety net. Just parenting exhaustion, 90s nostalgia, snack reviews, and an unexpectedly furious Peppa Pig rant.

Yes. We’re talking about Daddy Pig.

The episode spirals (in a good way) through Peppa Pig’s portrayal of dads, questionable Bluey books, bedtime story chaos, and whether kids’ shows secretly hate fathers. From “Daddy Pig’s Lost Keys” to fairground sexism and archery stalls, nothing is safe.

Then it’s onto pure nostalgia fuel: a 90s sound quiz featuring ... see if you can guess. This one will hit hard.

We also revisit Ambassadors of Funk’s 1992 Super Mario Land track and ask: was it best left in the 90s, or does it still slap?

Snack Sack returns with:

• Caramel Penguins (that barely taste like caramel)
• Japanese Toppo vanilla biscuit sticks (deeply underwhelming)
• Lay’s Numb & Spicy Hot Pot crisps (absolute redemption arc)

There’s also film spinner chat, No Country for Old Men love, Hopper reactions, studio updates, and the joy of rediscovering retro tech like Doom, DOS prompts and CRT start-up sounds.

It’s rude. It’s chaotic. It’s unfiltered. And somehow… it works.

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#Podcast #90sNostalgia #PeppaPig #RetroGaming #SnackReview

This week on The Variety Show, it’s Cream Eggs & Coping Stones — and yes, it’s exactly as unhinged as it sounds.

Rob drills into his wall and discovers a soggy brickwork nightmare thanks to porous coping stones (because nothing says fun like unexpected water damage). Meanwhile, Tom discovers his robot vacuum has been secretly sabotaging him with a “Do Not Disturb” mode that basically means “Do Not Clean.”

We dive into The Snack Sack Taste Test featuring:

🍫 Terry’s Chocolate Orange Cream Eggs

🍫 Milky Bar Crunch

🍫 Questionable hazelnut wafers

Spoiler: not everything deserves a comeback.

Then it’s full throttle into 2026 movie trailer reactions — including Super Mario Galaxy, Mortal Kombat 2, Project Hail Mary, Masters of the Universe, Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping, and more. Are we hyped? Are we worried? Are we just old?

And finally… we revisit a late 90s girl band hit in Was It Best Left in the 90s?

Let’s just say… Ireland deserved better.

Builders. Bots. Bangers.

Rude. Fun. Unfiltered.

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#Podcast #MovieTrailers #90sNostalgia #SnackReview #PopCulture

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We’re recording Episode 73 of The Variety Show LIVE, and it’s an absolute rollercoaster of nostalgia, snacks, questionable adverts, and childhood trauma.

This episode starts with the usual nonsense before Tom absolutely loses it over a baffling Wickes “Proud as a Peacock” advert, followed by a full-blown Guess the Company, Guess the Slogan quiz featuring iconic campaigns from Gillette, Toys R Us, Pot Noodle, Xbox, Milky Way, Barclaycard, the National Lottery, and more.

There’s also a Snack Sack taste test, where things go from pleasantly surprising to deeply regrettable thanks to maple mochi, Neapolitan Kit Kats, and cheeseburger crisps that probably shouldn’t exist.

Then… we descend into darkness.

The main discussion takes a hard look at The Animals of Farthing Wood, breaking down why it may be one of the most traumatising children’s TV shows ever broadcast. We dig into the 24 on-screen and implied deaths, revisit the most disturbing moments, and ask the important question: how did this air after school?

Expect bad adverts, great slogans, terrible snacks, dead cartoon animals, and live reactions throughout.

📺 Recorded live as it happened — chaos included.

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It finally happened. One innocent snack chat. One unfortunate Freudian slip. And suddenly Rob has offered the nation a Choc Dick.

In Episode 72 of The Variety Show, Tom and Rob return for another round of nostalgic nonsense, snack-based investigations and passionate rants that spiral wildly out of control. There’s a new season taste test format, a deep dive into modern Lego ruining childhoods, questionable chocolate scoring systems, a Journey Through Middle-Earth fitness challenge, and a snack so good it accidentally gets renamed forever.

Expect:

🍫 A legendary Choc Dip slip-up

🧱 A furious Lego rant

🏃 FitQuest step challenges and VR workouts

🎶 Retro chart nonsense from the year 2000

🎄 Christmas aftermath chaos

😏 And far too many things being dipped into sacks

It’s chaotic. It’s nostalgic. It’s filthy. And it’s absolutely on brand.

Listen now and find out why Choc Dip will never be called Choc Dip again.

#TheVarietyShow #Podcast #ComedyPodcast #SnackTest #Nostalgia

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Welcome to 25 Days of Advent: The Christmas Number Ones Edition — our festive countdown where Tom and Rob celebrate the holiday season by digging through the #1 box office films from every December between 1984 and 2008.

Each day, we pull one film at random and decide where it belongs on our growing festive leaderboard — from “so Christmassy it jingles” all the way down to “absolutely no tinsel in sight.”

Expect nostalgia, chaos, questionable logic, movie memories, and two grown men aggressively debating whether something “counts as Christmas.” 🎅🎬

In every episode you’ll get:

✨ A fresh daily pick from the 1984–2008 December #1 films

✨ Tom & Rob arguing the true meaning of “Christmassy”

✨ Surprising festive hot takes

✨ Running jokes, callbacks, and the slow collapse of the leaderboard

✨ Daily holiday cheer (or despair)

Whether you’re watching along, shouting at your phone, or creating your own festive ranking at home — welcome to our weird little Christmas tradition.

🔔 New Advent episode every day until Christmas!

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Welcome to 25 Days of Advent: The Christmas Number Ones Edition — our festive countdown where Tom and Rob celebrate the holiday season by digging through the #1 box office films from every December between 1984 and 2008.

Each day, we pull one film at random and decide where it belongs on our growing festive leaderboard — from “so Christmassy it jingles” all the way down to “absolutely no tinsel in sight.”

Expect nostalgia, chaos, questionable logic, movie memories, and two grown men aggressively debating whether something “counts as Christmas.” 🎅🎬

In every episode you’ll get:

✨ A fresh daily pick from the 1984–2008 December #1 films

✨ Tom & Rob arguing the true meaning of “Christmassy”

✨ Surprising festive hot takes

✨ Running jokes, callbacks, and the slow collapse of the leaderboard

✨ Daily holiday cheer (or despair)

Whether you’re watching along, shouting at your phone, or creating your own festive ranking at home — welcome to our weird little Christmas tradition.

🔔 New Advent episode every day until Christmas!

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Welcome to 25 Days of Advent: The Christmas Number Ones Edition — our festive countdown where Tom and Rob celebrate the holiday season by digging through the #1 box office films from every December between 1984 and 2008.

Each day, we pull one film at random and decide where it belongs on our growing festive leaderboard — from “so Christmassy it jingles” all the way down to “absolutely no tinsel in sight.”

Expect nostalgia, chaos, questionable logic, movie memories, and two grown men aggressively debating whether something “counts as Christmas.” 🎅🎬

In every episode you’ll get:

✨ A fresh daily pick from the 1984–2008 December #1 films

✨ Tom & Rob arguing the true meaning of “Christmassy”

✨ Surprising festive hot takes

✨ Running jokes, callbacks, and the slow collapse of the leaderboard

✨ Daily holiday cheer (or despair)

Whether you’re watching along, shouting at your phone, or creating your own festive ranking at home — welcome to our weird little Christmas tradition.

🔔 New Advent episode every day until Christmas!

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WARNING - We tested out a walkabout recorder rather than the Lavaliers. I know it's not as bad as I think but I still want you to know, this isn't the normal quality!! We are working on it, I promise!

For the final episode of the year, Tom and Rob leave the studio behind and take a festive wander through two familiar towns to answer one important question: which one actually feels like Christmas?

Armed with nostalgia, sharp opinions, and a suspicious number of LED complaints, the boys walk through Hemel Hempstead and St Albans, judging Christmas lights, trees, town centres, and the general festive “vibe” — while discovering that colour appears to be illegal in modern Christmas decorating.

Along the way there are disappointing trees, baffling design choices, Instagram-bait decorations, knitted postbox toppers, and one genuinely Christmassy saviour hidden away in the Maltings. There’s also a gloriously retro detour into 90s Nokia ringtone culture, as Rob attempts to identify classic Christmas songs recreated using a vintage Nokia composer emulator.

Add Liebkuchen taste-testing, childhood memories, mild outrage, and the slow realisation that it’s far too late at night for Christmas lights to still be on — and you’ve got the perfect cosy, chaotic send-off for 2025.

Merry Christmas from The Variety Show, and we’ll see you in 2026 🎄

#WalkingHomeForChristmas

#ChristmasPodcast

#UKNostalgia

#Channel84

#FestiveChaos

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Welcome to 25 Days of Advent: The Christmas Number Ones Edition — our festive countdown where Tom and Rob celebrate the holiday season by digging through the #1 box office films from every December between 1984 and 2008.

Each day, we pull one film at random and decide where it belongs on our growing festive leaderboard — from “so Christmassy it jingles” all the way down to “absolutely no tinsel in sight.”

Expect nostalgia, chaos, questionable logic, movie memories, and two grown men aggressively debating whether something “counts as Christmas.” 🎅🎬

In every episode you’ll get:

✨ A fresh daily pick from the 1984–2008 December #1 films

✨ Tom & Rob arguing the true meaning of “Christmassy”

✨ Surprising festive hot takes

✨ Running jokes, callbacks, and the slow collapse of the leaderboard

✨ Daily holiday cheer (or despair)

Whether you’re watching along, shouting at your phone, or creating your own festive ranking at home — welcome to our weird little Christmas tradition.

🔔 New Advent episode every day until Christmas!

Like, subscribe, and stick around for the full 25-day chaos.

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Intro created by the amazing Ryan at Geeky Brummie

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Welcome to 25 Days of Advent: The Christmas Number Ones Edition — our festive countdown where Tom and Rob celebrate the holiday season by digging through the #1 box office films from every December between 1984 and 2008.

Each day, we pull one film at random and decide where it belongs on our growing festive leaderboard — from “so Christmassy it jingles” all the way down to “absolutely no tinsel in sight.”

Expect nostalgia, chaos, questionable logic, movie memories, and two grown men aggressively debating whether something “counts as Christmas.” 🎅🎬

In every episode you’ll get:

✨ A fresh daily pick from the 1984–2008 December #1 films

✨ Tom & Rob arguing the true meaning of “Christmassy”

✨ Surprising festive hot takes

✨ Running jokes, callbacks, and the slow collapse of the leaderboard

✨ Daily holiday cheer (or despair)

Whether you’re watching along, shouting at your phone, or creating your own festive ranking at home — welcome to our weird little Christmas tradition.

🔔 New Advent episode every day until Christmas!

Like, subscribe, and stick around for the full 25-day chaos.

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