Worst Foot Forward

Worst Foot Forward

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Worst Foot Forward episodes

  • Ep 282b: Best Of The Worst Of The Best 21

    It's time for some sunshine, even as the year moves into its autumn - at least nominally, in the Northern Hemisphere anyway. So Ben and Barry revisit old episodes - episodes 101-105 - and revisit those topics but with a positive attitude. They debate the World's Best Diva, Advert, Escape, Guest and Voiceover, with appearances from the likes of Freddie Mercury, the Honda Accord and the Voice Of God.

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    Visit www.worstfootforwardpodcast.com for all previous episodes and you can donate to us on Patreon if you'd like to support the show during this whole pandemic thing, and especially as we work on our first book and plan some live shows! https://www.patreon.com/WorstFootForward

    Worst Foot Forward is part of Podnose: www.podnose.com

    1 hr 1 min
  • Ep 282: Matt Green - World's Worst Political Broadcast

    We now go to Worst Foot Forward for a broadcast finding the dumbest political broadcasts on Earth. In the company of sharp-shooting satirical comic Matt Green we globetrot from New Zealand to Brazil to China, with a short break to tip our hats a Josef Goebbels messing up royally as we discover the dregs of political communication.

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    Join us on our Discord server! https://discord.gg/9buWKthgfx

    Visit www.worstfootforwardpodcast.com for all previous episodes and you can donate to us on Patreon if you'd like to support the show during this whole pandemic thing, and especially as we work on our first book and plan some live shows! https://www.patreon.com/WorstFootForward

    Worst Foot Forward is part of Podnose: www.podnose.com

    1 hr 16 min
  • The Third Foot: Moon Landings

    With India landing its Chandrayaan-3 on the moon's south pole, the sun's understudy is back in the public eye after far too long. Ben and Barry welcome the little rock's return with an exploration of past moon landings. Tales include Diogenes' ideas of an early moon mission, what songs harmonise with the moon and what to find in "The Toss Zone".

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    Join us on our Discord server! https://discord.gg/9buWKthgfx

    Visit www.worstfootforwardpodcast.com for all previous episodes and you can donate to us on Patreon if you'd like to support the show during this whole pandemic thing, and especially as we work on our first book and plan some live shows! https://www.patreon.com/WorstFootForward

    Worst Foot Forward is part of Podnose: www.podnose.com

    39 min
  • Ep 281: Chris Grace - World's Worst Anthem

    Eyes forward, shoulders back, respectful tear in your eye and bellowing basso profundo at the ready. In the company of American comedian and actor Chris Grace we head on a whistlestop tour of the daftest, most blood-thirsty and incongruous anthems on Earth.

    Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @VanderLaugh

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    Join us on our Discord server! https://discord.gg/9buWKthgfx

    Visit www.worstfootforwardpodcast.com for all previous episodes and you can donate to us on Patreon if you'd like to support the show during this whole pandemic thing, and especially as we work on our first book and plan some live shows! https://www.patreon.com/WorstFootForward

    Worst Foot Forward is part of Podnose: www.podnose.com

    1 hr 6 min
  • Ep 280: Anu Vaidyanathan - World's Worst Director

    It's a blockbuster episode this week with Indian comedian, triathlete, director, writer and all-round talent Anu Vaidyanathan joining us on set to call cut on the World's Worst Director. Anu shares her secrets for running an efficient set while not angering the powerful men of Bollywood, Ben looks at the death rate of famous auteurs and Barry goes toe-to-toe with Norman Mailer.

    Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @VanderLaugh @anuvaidyanathan

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    Join us on our Discord server! https://discord.gg/9buWKthgfx

    Visit www.worstfootforwardpodcast.com for all previous episodes and you can donate to us on Patreon if you'd like to support the show during this whole pandemic thing, and especially as we work on our first book and plan some live shows! https://www.patreon.com/WorstFootForward

    Worst Foot Forward is part of Podnose: www.podnose.com

    1 hr 25 min
  • Ep 279: Daisy Earl - World's Worst Hotel

    We're checking in to Worst Foot Towers today, the World's Worst Hotel. Our special guest is Daisy Earl, comedian and writer, who brings personal tales of creepy car parks and spooky night-time pacing. Serving Daisy is chambermaid Barry who has an axe to grind with the Borden House, while head waiter Ben plates up a dish of bear faeces.

    Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @VanderLaugh

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    Join us on our Discord server! https://discord.gg/9buWKthgfx

    Visit www.worstfootforwardpodcast.com for all previous episodes and you can donate to us on Patreon if you'd like to support the show during this whole pandemic thing, and especially as we work on our first book and plan some live shows! https://www.patreon.com/WorstFootForward

    Worst Foot Forward is part of Podnose: www.podnose.com

    1 hr 15 min
  • The 3rd Foot: Maurice Flitcroft

    With the Open Championship golf underway, it's about time Barry led us through the biography of the so-called Phantom Of The Open, aka Maurice Flitcroft. Immortalised in the film starring Mark Rylance, Flitcroft tried to fool the powers-that-be by entering the Open in 1976, a mere two years after taking up the game. In doing so, he set a record for the worst ever score posted in the event and entered many more times under various aliases to avoid being detected. His story is funny, heartwarming and VERY Worst Foot Forward.

    Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @VanderLaugh

    Follow us on Instagram: @worstfoot

    Join us on our Discord server! https://discord.gg/9buWKthgfx

    Visit www.worstfootforwardpodcast.com for all previous episodes and you can donate to us on Patreon if you'd like to support the show during this whole pandemic thing, and especially as we work on our first book and plan some live shows! https://www.patreon.com/WorstFootForward

    Worst Foot Forward is part of Podnose: www.podnose.com

    28 min
  • Ep 278: Ed Byrne - World's Worst Figure of Speech

    Armed with nothing but a dictionary of aphorisms and a big red cliche detector, Ben and Barry are joined this wek by Irish comedy legend Ed Byrne. Together they get to the bottom of all sorts of linguistic conundra, including what a moral compass looks like, quite how much anti-Irish prejudice is baked into the English language and why you should be careful which South American country you openly talk about passing wind in.

    Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @VanderLaugh @MrEdByrne

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    Join us on our Discord server! https://discord.gg/9buWKthgfx

    Visit www.worstfootforwardpodcast.com for all previous episodes and you can donate to us on Patreon if you'd like to support the show! https://www.patreon.com/WorstFootForward

    Worst Foot Forward is part of Podnose: www.podnose.com

    57 min
  • The Third Foot: The Ashes

    It's summer, and one of the great summer sporting events is The Ashes, the roughly-every-two-years cricketing clash between in England and Australia. Ben decides to sit Barry down and tell him the untold story of this event, thus making it now the told story. We learn about cremation, Welsh druids and what this all has to do with Robert Downey Jr anyway.

    Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @VanderLaugh

    Follow us on Instagram: @worstfoot

    Join us on our Discord server! https://discord.gg/9buWKthgfx

    Visit www.worstfootforwardpodcast.com for all previous episodes and you can donate to us on Patreon if you'd like to support the show during this whole pandemic thing, and especially as we work on our first book and plan some live shows! https://www.patreon.com/WorstFootForward

    Worst Foot Forward is part of Podnose: www.podnose.com

    32 min
  • Ep 277: Matt Kirshen - World's Worst Computer

    We're firing up our operating systems this week as we search for the worst computer in history. By our side we've got host of the Probably Science podcast, finalist of Last Comic Standing and award-winning writer for The Jim Jeffries Show: it's Matt Kirshen! We head back 2000 years to chat about the Antikythera, dip our toes into the art-prank world to meet the Persistence of Chaos and welcome back an old friend of the podcast, The Mechanical Turk.

    Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @VanderLaugh @mattkirshen

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    Join us on our Discord server! https://discord.gg/9buWKthgfx

    Visit www.worstfootforwardpodcast.com for all previous episodes and you can donate to us on Patreon if you'd like to support the show! https://www.patreon.com/WorstFootForward

    Worst Foot Forward is part of Podnose: www.podnose.com

    1 hr 8 min

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An encyclopaedia of heroic failure