"You Must Believe In The Satanic Element"
11/29/24 • 48 min
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.
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
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!
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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.
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
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
Twitter/X: @SlatteryLive
Instagram: tony_slattery_official
Fanfaronade Productions © 2024
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Julian Clary- "They Can't Touch You For It"
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
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
Twitter/X: @SlatteryLive
Instagram: tony_slattery_official
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"That's Not Britt Eckland's Bottom"
Hello, and unflaggingly welcome to Tony Slattery’s Rambling Club! Come and join in as President Tony takes us gently by the orifices 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 guide us down the trail.
First stop is destination number 637: processing dairy and related products. Fortunately, as is well-known, Tony’s milkshake brings all the boys to the yard, so he is well able to take the lead on this one.
Then, whisking us away, and none too soon at that, the magic bingo machine takes us on to destination 296.4: traditions and rites. Wait, when did the bingo machine start using decimal points? Never mind, we can have a lovely chat about the private rituals we each perform in the comfort of our own bathrooms, and then toddle briskly down the garden path to Tony’s shed, where we’ll be popping the kettle on. If nothing else, it’s a soothing noise to help work the caffeine through the old system there.
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
Tony Slattery’s Rambling Club is a free-associating conversation, sometimes involving very special gusts. 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
Twitter/X: @SlatteryLive
Instagram: tony_slattery_official
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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