Some Laugh

This week Marc is joined by comedian Scott Bennett. Having now appeared on Live at the Apollo, Mock the Week and the Royal Variety Performance, Scott reflects back on the massive leap of faith he took to quit his comfortable job to pursue his dream before any of those opportunities seemed likely. They discuss working from home, balancing personal and professional life, and which bit of Scott's...

This week Marc chats to Australian comedian Tom Witcombe. They discuss Tom's penchant for writing killer gags and how he feels about being described as "flirting" with offensive, talk about the importance of addressing the elephant in the room in comedy, and Tom reveals why his background in advertising has actually been helped by doing stand-up rather than the other way round. Plus, Tom recounts...

THIS FRIDAY 20th March Marc is performing stand-up at Glasgow's King's Theatre. Remaining tickets here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.atgtickets.com/shows/marc-jennings-bread-and-circuses/kings-theatre-glasgow/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠This week Marc chats to "Writer's Cramp" aka Ian G S Smith. Ian discusses how posting a few motivational videos led to him becoming a TikTok star in his...

Double Hunner, Still A Stunner. The boays bring in 200 episodes of the pod by addressing the tragic fire at Glasgow Central before Marc discusses going to the premiere of James MacAvoy's new film "California Schemin'" while he was Clydebank Steamin', and Steve and Stu reveal how the costumes they wore whilst filming their latest sketch led to some unfortunate encounters. Plus, Marc shares his "I...

This week the boays are joined by comedian Mark Nelson. Mark recounts his experience of going to all three nights of Oasis's residency at Murrayfield last summer, reminiscences on seeing Scotland at the Euros and looks forward to the prospect of this summer's World Cup in the USA. Plus, they chat stag do's, Mark reveals the questionable act he nearly performed at the request a now world-famous...

The boays are joined by comedian and star of Chewin' the Fat Karen Dunbar. Karen discusses how her childhood TV ambitions and drive to put herself manifested in being cast in the hit series (if not quite "Global Domination"), recounts her time performing live doing prank calls and karaoke "when it had just came oot", and talks about her most popular characters from the iconic Scottish sketch...

The boays are joined by comedian Hal Cruttenden. Hal chats about middle-aged dating, his journey from acting into stand-up comedy (including recently playing Winston Churchill) and turning up to stand-up gig during an armed siege. Hal also reveals what he said to the Queen after performing at the Royal Variety Performance, how his name became synonymous with doing multiple shows a night, and...

This week Marc and Stu are joined by comedian Joe Heenan. Joe discusses the decadence of the comedy scene back in the 90s and early 2000s, reveals how one of his many viral tweets led to the Daily Mail dubbing him "The Worst Dad in Britain", and recounts how he was recently punched in the face by an audience member (not for the first time) who barged backstage after taking inexplicable exception...

This week the boays are joined by comedian Ryan Cullen. Ryan discusses some of his dad's madcap antics, from impersonating a police officer to an attempted greyhouse race-fixing which went horribly wrong. Plus, Ryan chats about his experience running and performing at various Roast Battles, how he and his uni pal Donie O'Sullivan (now of CNN) broke a major corruption story on campus, and the time...

The boays are joined by comedians Christopher MacArthur-Boyd and Rosco McClelland for a classic "wide ranging discussion", touching on ninja swords, Mick Hucknell, Red Dead Redemption, window cleaners, Everybody Loves Raymond and Lorenzo Amoruso... among other things. Plus, Marc defends the time mistakenly used dishwasher tablets to wash his clothes and Rosco takes us down his US Civil War rabbit...