Brain Cigar podcast (Peter Baynham)

[SteveDave]

A friend told me about this this morning and I've been chuckling at the first episode from the kick off.

I see it's mentioned there- https://www.cookdandbombd.co.uk/forums/index.php/topic,87633.0.html but...go.

[Huxleys Babkins]

[tag]Brian Cigar[/tag]

[spaghetamine]

really enjoyed this as a bed-time listen, parts of it reminded me of a cosier version of blue jam

[Cold Meat Platter]

Only listened to a bit but it reminded me very much of the meandering weirdness of his and Morris' convos on the R1 music show. Which then just made me think: WHY ISN'T MORRIS ON/DOING THIS?

[M-CORP]

Only listened to a bit but it reminded me very much of the meandering weirdness of his and Morris' convos on the R1 music show. Which then just made me think: WHY ISN'T MORRIS ON/DOING THIS?

I'm asking that question as well, but I'd hazard a guess that Morris is unlikely to do a rambly podcast or radio show; I imagine him viewing it as pointless, non-innovative repetition of his earlier material. Of course, I'd love to be proved wrong and hear him doing a podcast/radio show again (but he should of course do whatever piques his interest).

Anyway, I liked this. Need to listen to it again and actually concentrate on it because some bits lost my feeble mind, but I enjoyed the bit with

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Julia Davis

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, as well as the return near the end of the ol'

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Blue Jam Club News (different context, similar gags).

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[Thomas]

As above, the format naturally invites reference to those brilliant surreal chats in the Music Shows - which means Jeremy Simmonds will inevitably be (even subconsciously) compared to Morris as these go on, especially if he's cast in the no less-nonsense authoritarian role.

Baynham is delightful in those original conversations, and remains so here - I've laughed a few times, especially at the logic of

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trying to contact Bono solely because his usual babysitter wasn't available

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. I've just read that there are only six episodes of these ready for release - hopefully it rolls on, could do with something to complement Athletico Mince's impressively ceaseless march.

_{Then the two podcasts will collide, resulting in Mortimer & Baynham's Brain Mince.}

[Sexton Brackets Drugbust]

Baynham's so good at grounding a whimsical or outlandish concept with a really perfectly observed turn of phrase or believable detail that sells the entire conceit.

[Cold Meat Platter]

Fucking hell that R1 music show where Pete is in Edinburgh just popped into my head, the one where he goes bersek and starts shouting "YOU OLD BASTARD! YOU OLD BASTARD!"  at Morris and runs out of the studio. Even though I heard it years later, not live, it was sublime.

[AzureSky]

Get up at 4am to see the castle wandering around having a wank.

[Cold Meat Platter]

Slump

[Epic Bisto]

Thanks for the heads up.  Anything Baynham's involved in will always be worth checking out.

[SteveDave]

Too gorgeous!

[sevendaughters]

this is funny!

[bobloblaw]

think this has been shared already but just in case, it's a must-read, if only for the tidbit of Baynham being The Day Today's unofficial horse-namer

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2021/jun/15/we-did-our-bit-biden-elected-peter-baynham-writing-borat-brass-eye-alan-partridge-bowie

[amateur]

Listened to the first episode.

Really wanted to like it, and there were some great moments, but I don't think I can take any more podcasts that heavily feature two men arguing. I find it exhausting.

Some lovely moments from Peter though. Maybe I'll give the second a go in the hope it'll be gentler.

[BeardFaceMan]

I'm really enjoying this, it's nice to hear Pete performing again, so I went back to listen to some of the Chris Morris R1 shows. That was a mistake, I forgot just how much of his radio work involved pranking people, can't be arsed to search through each episode to find the funny Pete & Chris bits.

[zomgmouse]

These have been great so far. Incredibly silly stuff. Especially enjoyed the Thomas the Tank Engine anatomy stuff, and as Thomas (no relation I assume) mentioned, the Bono babysitter stuff was threads of gold.

[Pink Gregory]

Wonderful line read -

"They don't do it like that any more."

THUD

"What the *fuck* is that."

[bobloblaw]

the Jack Nicholson story conjured up such vivid memories of unexpected Saturday morning telly bookings that I could almost picture it as real. A Proustian rush of a mainstay of my childhood that can never return. Quite moving in its own silly way

[Hat FM]

read this as brian cigar and was expecting an alan partridge type character presenting a show. was getting annoyed that my podcast app search didnt seem to work properly.

[sevendaughters]

I really quite like the Architecture of Bacon.

[Thomas]

I think I detected vocal traces of

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Steve Pemberton

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in that last ep.

[Epic Bisto]

the Thomas the Tank Engine anatomy stuff

I shouldn't have listened to this at work, because

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the development stages of foetal trains

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and

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what mother trains do with the runts of the litter

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made me giggle like a right twat.

[Natnar]

That "Hello Hello Hello" thing they start and end episodes with is incredibly creepy.

[SpiderChrist]

That "Hello Hello Hello" thing they start and end episodes with is incredibly creepy funny.

[ChillingDemon]

I'm absolutely loving this, I have to say. The most recent episode, with the malfunctioning heat-seeking robot, featured a genuinely unsettling performance by Baynham (in addition to it being hilarious). I love the way it has a rich vein of darkness running through it; the Nicholson anecdote seemed quite believable, and the description of the Romanian amusement parks based on British sitcoms was solid gold, I thought.

[Captain Z]

Just in case anyone else was only paying attention to the website, it appears that they gave up on updating it after episode 3. There are actually 6 episodes available through the podcast sites, e.g. https://audioboom.com/channels/5053035

[non capisco]

the description of the Romanian amusement parks based on British sitcoms was solid gold, I thought.

Loved the detail of someone wandering around dressed as Paul Hogan because they'd based the sitcom theme park on a VHS copy with the adverts left in.

A real mixed big for me, though. Some great ideas (anatomy of Thomas the Tank Engine comfortably the funniest section) but a fair amount of obtuse and meandering stuff that left me cold to the point of actually finding it quite annoying (that 'Throat' shite, pretty much all the little interstitial bits)

[Avril Lavigne]

that 'Throat' shite

Odd thing of them constantly hanging a lantern on how it's not good, but still including it in every episode.  I can't complain though because it's great to have Pete back writing and performing center-stage.

[non capisco]

Yeah, agreed. I loved his performance of rising panic at the malfunctioning robot in the last episode straight after deliberately fucking about with the buttons.