Julian Clary- "They Can't Touch You For It"

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11/22/24 • 42 min

Hello, and resoundingly welcome to an extra-special episode of Tony Slattery’s Rambing Club! This is an auspicious and momentous occasion, for not only is this our fifth anniversary, it’s also the very first Rambling Club to feature a special guest star. That’s right! Joining us to trudge the darkling lanes this evening is none other than stand-up comedy legend and author, Mr Julian Clary.

Buoyed by the presence of a healthy new member, the club rushes off to destination 893: Afro-Asiatic Literature. At least there’s some diversity of subject matter in today’s episode, if not particularly in our panel.

From there we totter gamely to destination 355: Military Science. Are any of our heroes in any kind of position to share state secrets and risk reigniting the Cold War with their insider knowledge on the latest army hardware? Perhaps so; they’re a butch lot.

Then it’s a brisk march to destination 421: English Writing Systems and Phonology, so the chaps break out the dictionary and scratch their heads as they grapple to come to terms with what their lives have become.

Once they’ve finished with their very wrong ideas, it’s time to strut cockily back down the garden path to Tony’s shed, where the cocoa’s on the boil. If nothing else, you can say you spent the hour with two comedy legends (and two halfwits).

And as ever, if you want to know more about any of the subjects covered today, there are some half-hidden trails lurking in the show notes which you can find, alongside a plethora of other goodies, at www.pateron.com/SlatteryLive

Julian’s new book, Curtain Call for Murder, is out now from Orion books, and he is appearing in the lead role in Robin Hood, this year’s pantomime at the London Palladium until 12 January 2025. He’s charmingly reticent about plugging these things in the podcast, so we’ve plugged them here instead.

Tony Slattery’s Rambling Club is a free-associating conversation, sometimes involving very special guests. It drops every Friday on every podcasting outlet known to man. We’d love it if you came along for the walk. If nothing else, it’ll help you get your steps in!

Music composed and performed by Michael Livesley & Andy Frizell

The voice of Pwfthhh- Michael Livesley

www.michaellivesley.com

Series Producer- Erica Lear

Producers- Alan Dyebing & Stuart Morris

Executive Producer- Kris Castle

Series Executive Producer- Mark Strickson

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Music composed and performed by Michael Livesley & Andy Frizell

The voice of Pwfthhh- Michael Livesley

www.michaellivesley.com

Series Producer- Erica Lear

Producers- Alan Dyebing & Stuart Morris

Executive Producer- Kris Castle

Series Executive Producer- Mark Strickson

Join the rambling club and receive your club membership card, badges and access to early release episodes and exclusive club-only perks! www.patreon.com/SlatteryLive

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Previous Episode

"I Don't Want Death Threats"

Hello, and completely welcome to Tony Slattery’s Rambling Club!

Come and join in as President Tony takes us gently by the lungs and leads us on a whistle-stop tour of two special destinations chosen entirely at random with the use of his enchanted bingo machine. As ever, the omniscient voice of Stephen Fry is on hand to let us know where we’re going and what for.

First stop is destination number 735: Sculpture from the 1400s. All of the gang are heavily marbled with fat, but will this translate into knowledge of marble in general? Are they Renaissance men or renouncers of culture?

From there our trio take a running jump at destination 862: Spanish drama. The bingo machine is taking the piss. And since the gang are plumbing the depths of their ignorance today, we add in a third destination so you aren’t getting short-changed on this week’s podcast.

The third destination is 987: the Republic of Venezuela from 1830 onwards. Should they just throw in the towel straight away? Maybe wiser men would. Find out what our idiots three do instead, and then amble gently back down the lane to Tony’s shed, where the coffee’s in the percolator. If nothing else, you can boast to your friends of your healthy country lifestyle.

As ever, if you want to know more about any of the nonsense we spout, there are more details in the show notes which are ready and waiting, alongside your club membership card & badges, and access to episodes a month early, at www.patreon.com/SlatteryLive

Music composed and performed by Michael Livesley & Andy Frizell

The voice of Pwfthhh- Michael Livesley

www.michaellivesley.com

Series Producer- Erica Lear

Producers- Alan Dyebing & Stuart Morris

Executive Producer- Kris Castle

Series Executive Producer- Mark Strickson

Join the rambling club and receive your club membership card, badges and access to early release episodes and exclusive club-only perks!

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Official Website- www.tonyslattery.com

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Next Episode

"You Must Believe In The Satanic Element"

Hello, and extensively welcome to Tony Slattery’s Rambling Club! Come and join in as President Tony takes us gently by the entrails and leads us on a whistle-stop tour of two special destinations chosen entirely at random with the use of his enchanted bingo machine. As ever, the omniscient voice of Stephen Fry is on hand to let us know whither and whence we’re going.

First stop is destination number 842:

Transition and Renaissance periods 1400-1600. An arty subject, our supertramps three like nothing better than holding forth on an arty subject.

From there they proceed to surf the trickier waters of destination 358: Other Specialised Military Forces and Services. Listen to the gang try desperately not to say anything that would piss off the sort of people who could kill them using only a plate of lukewarm spaghetti hoops. Once they run out of guesswork on that

subject, there’s a false start on a bonus ramble when they land on destination 524: No Longer Used. Find out what our ramblers manage to make of that, and then toddle briskly down the garden path to Tony’s shed, where there’s a lovely primus stove roaring away to warm you up. If nothing else, you can use it to kindle a wicker man of your very own.

Tony Slattery’s Rambling Club is a free-associating conversation, sometimes involving very special guests. It drops every Friday on

every podcasting outlet known to man. We’d love it if you came along for the walk. If nothing else, it’ll help you get your steps in!

Music composed and performed by Michael Livesley & Andy Frizell

The voice of Pwfthhh- Michael Livesley

www.michaellivesley.com

Series Producer- Erica Lear

Producers- Alan Dyebing & Stuart Morris

Executive Producer- Kris Castle

Series Executive Producer- Mark Strickson

Join the rambling club and receive your club membership card, badges and access to early release episodes and exclusive club-only perks!

www.patreon.com/SlatteryLive

Official Website- www.tonyslattery.com