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vote_no: Nov 22, 2005; The rush is on.

How are u posted:

It started out as an overreaction to producer Chris joining the team, now its really more of a term of endearment.

The hell it is!

# ? Feb 14, 2012 01:11

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# ? Apr 19, 2024 08:20

dancehall: Sep 28, 2001; You say you want a revolution

That Dickens pun run was glorious.

# ? Feb 14, 2012 01:13

BigRed0427: Mar 23, 2007; There's no one I'd rather be than me.

I just found out that Bugle is still on the air! :neckbeard:

IM SO HAPPY!

# ? Feb 14, 2012 19:26

bobkatt013: Oct 8, 2006; Youâre telling me Peter Parker is ...... Spider-man!?

vote_no posted:

The hell it is!

gently caress YOU CHRIS

# ? Feb 14, 2012 19:28

Rooted Vegetable: Jun 1, 2002

Lady Gaza posted:

I'm fairly new to the Bugle, so what's this 'gently caress you Chris' about?

Trying to remember the episode number now, but essentially, when the old producer (Tom) left and Chris took full control, Andy read out and email that started out "gently caress YOU CHRIS" and proceeded to state how much the writer missed Tom and hated Chris for various reasons. The next episode had a deluge of people writing in to tell Chris to go gently caress himself.

Since then it's been cakes, tapestries, websites, wiki pages all sent to him all saying the same thing. Tom even visited the UK from Australia and endorsed Chris as the head of the Bugle, to no avail. The last time Andy appealed for calm was when people were turning up at his gigs shouting it.

Rooted Vegetable fucked around with this message at 03:04 on Feb 15, 2012

# ? Feb 15, 2012 02:57

Blackula69: Apr 1, 2007; ＤＥＨＵＭＡＮＩＺＥＹＯＵＲＳＥＬＦ＆ＦＡＣＥＴＯＢＬＡＣＵＬＡ

Andy appealed for calm and then made a joke disparaging Chris like 2 minutes later. I love this show.

I especially loved when Chris challenged the Buglers to a triathlon-off, that was awesome

# ? Feb 15, 2012 16:20

How are u: May 19, 2005; by Azathoth

Blackula69 posted:

Andy appealed for calm and then made a joke disparaging Chris like 2 minutes later. I love this show.

I especially loved when Chris challenged the Buglers to a triathlon-off, that was awesome

And of course somebody wrote in saying how he does tons of triathlons all over the world and would love to race Chris.

Buglers are the best

# ? Feb 17, 2012 01:47

Decius: Oct 14, 2005; Ramrod XTreme

BigRed0427 posted:

I just found out that Bugle is still on the air! IM SO HAPPY!

The moment where you should think about donating them some of the Queen's shilling to keep it so.

# ? Feb 21, 2012 08:28

The Dark One: Aug 19, 2005; I'm your friend and I'm not going to just stand by and let you do this!

The Bugle leaves the control of the Murdoch media empire and suddenly Tom is able to return from his exile. Coincidence?

# ? Feb 28, 2012 06:52

sildenafil: Dec 17, 2004; They're just jealous.

Tom was back one other time, when he and Andy were both drunk. I forget the episode number though...

Edit: Was it the all-London Bugle? Was John drunk too?

sildenafil fucked around with this message at 09:11 on Feb 28, 2012

# ? Feb 28, 2012 09:09

Duckbill: Nov 7, 2008; Nice weather for it.; Grimey Drawer

sildenafil posted:

Tom was back one other time, when he and Andy were both drunk. I forget the episode number though...

Edit: Was it the all-London Bugle? Was John drunk too?

Episode 131, 'Birthday Bonanza'. (TV Tropes is good for something after all!)

# ? Feb 28, 2012 10:01

sildenafil: Dec 17, 2004; They're just jealous.

Duckbill posted:

Episode 131, 'Birthday Bonanza'. (TV Tropes is good for something after all!)

Time to give that a re-listen, thanks!!

# ? Feb 28, 2012 11:29

Kodo: Jul 20, 2003; THIS IS HOW YOUR CANDIDATE EATS CINNAMON ROLLS, KODO

Duckbill posted:

Episode 131, 'Birthday Bonanza'. (TV Tropes is good for something after all!)

TVtropes is wonderful for everything, you communist.

# ? Feb 28, 2012 17:11

Blackula69: Apr 1, 2007; ＤＥＨＵＭＡＮＩＺＥＹＯＵＲＳＥＬＦ＆ＦＡＣＥＴＯＢＬＡＣＵＬＡ

like staring into the minds of completely broken ignorant misanthropes

# ? Feb 28, 2012 23:41

sub supau: Aug 28, 2007

Kodo posted:

TVtropes is wonderful for everything, you communist.

It's especially fantastic if you're a pedophile with Aspergers.

# ? Feb 29, 2012 04:25

bobkatt013: Oct 8, 2006; Youâre telling me Peter Parker is ...... Spider-man!?

So how many puns will be on John Olivers show when Andy shows up?

# ? Feb 29, 2012 04:27

Mr. Squishy: Mar 22, 2010; A country where you can always get richer.

I'm pretty worried about that because Andy Zaltzman sounds nervous in recordings for The Now Show, which is a radio show recorded in front of 50 people, who knows what'll happen in front of a much larger audience. Although he held up in front of a similar crowd on Oliver's special, so I don't know.
Another BBC Zaltzman fact: for a show called 30 Acts in 30 Minutes, which is basically speed dating for stand-up, Andy did the Queen Victoria joke and did not get half-way through.

# ? Feb 29, 2012 16:28

sub supau: Aug 28, 2007

Mr. Squishy posted:

I'm pretty worried about that because Andy Zaltzman sounds nervous in recordings for The Now Show, which is a radio show recorded in front of 50 people, who knows what'll happen in front of a much larger audience.

He's probably nervous about showing up the rest of the show, because bugger me if The Now Show isn't the second most mediocre, vanilla comedy I've heard in years, behind only NPR's Wait Wait Don't Tell Me. Brigstocke's about the only interesting person on that show, usually.

# ? Mar 4, 2012 13:42

BobTheCow: Dec 11, 2004; That's a thing?

I saw John Oliver perform this weekend at the DC Improv, and even though I recognized a good chunk of the bits from being worked on the Bugle, it was still 100% worthwhile. He has an awesome, hilarious stage presence and physical bits that I didn't really remember from his Terryfing Times special, and ended the show by ripping on a drunk woman who kept shouting comments. The bit just kept growing and getting weirder and it was so perfect, he finally wrapped it up and was like "I can't really top that with how I was going to finish, so good night DC!" :3:

# ? Mar 4, 2012 21:17

notaspy: Mar 22, 2009

The american engineer is talking more and more these days, do you think this is due being freed from the imperialist yoke of NI? Did gently caress You Chris get fired along with the boys or just work on the show for shits and giggles?

# ? Mar 5, 2012 15:10

Rooted Vegetable: Jun 1, 2002

notaspy posted:

Did gently caress You Chris get fired along with the boys or just work on the show for shits and giggles?

I think Chris still produces The Game podcast for Times Online

EDIT: Looks like he does: https://twitter.com/producerchris/status/176709042222280704

# ? Mar 6, 2012 02:59

Cabbit: Jul 19, 2001; _{Is that everything you have?}

I can't seem to figure out which episode has the first part of the Edinburgh bit continued in 166C. Anyone know?

Edit: I thought it was 166A, but that starts in the middle.

Cabbit fucked around with this message at 05:18 on Mar 7, 2012

# ? Mar 7, 2012 05:15

Dezoth: Mar 26, 2010

Cabbit posted:

I can't seem to figure out which episode has the first part of the Edinburgh bit continued in 166C. Anyone know?

Edit: I thought it was 166A, but that starts in the middle.

It's the second half of episode 166.

# ? Mar 7, 2012 05:29

Idaholy Roller: May 19, 2009

edit: wrong thread.

# ? Mar 9, 2012 21:01

How are u: May 19, 2005; by Azathoth

That was a great new episode. Its really fun having John and Andy together, you can tell they're enjoying the hell out of it.

# ? Mar 17, 2012 01:08

bobkatt013: Oct 8, 2006; Youâre telling me Peter Parker is ...... Spider-man!?

Lets do some math

quote:

The cannibals in Gtzxla Village were preparing for a party. So Gombo, the chief cook, went to the market to buy some humans to barbecue. The butcher at the market told him that a Chinese cost $59 less than a Mexican. An Indian cost $68 more than a Mexican. Gombo bought 5 of each and paid the butcher $1560. What was the cost of a Mexican?

# ? Mar 17, 2012 01:36

Moo Cowabunga: Jun 15, 2009; [Office Worker.

The American is/was a fantastic character (p.s. thank you for those YouTube links).

# ? Mar 20, 2012 00:05

TACD: Oct 27, 2000

Mordiceius posted:

My favorite moments are when Andy breaks into a string of puns. Just the physical pain John Oliver is in during those is fantastic.

The very first show I listened to (#117) had a seemingly-unending string of dog puns with John Oliver moaning in pain in the background. I was about to tell my friend this podcast was a crime against humanity until Chris jumped in with "MILK JIGGERS" out of nowhere and I practically choked. Loving it ever since.

# ? Mar 25, 2012 00:17

Cloud Potato: Jan 9, 2011; "I'm... happy!"

bobkatt013 posted:

Lets do some math

quote:
The cannibals in Gtzxla Village were preparing for a party. So Gombo, the chief cook, went to the market to buy some humans to barbecue. The butcher at the market told him that a Chinese cost $59 less than a Mexican. An Indian cost $68 more than a Mexican. Gombo bought 5 of each and paid the butcher $1560. What was the cost of a Mexican?

Here you go:

code:

c=m-59
i=m+68
5c+5m+5i=1560
5(m-59)+5m+5(m+68)=1560
5m-295+5m+5m+340=1560
15m+45=1560
15m=1515
m=1515/15
m=101

A Mexican cost $101.

# ? Mar 25, 2012 02:17

MinionOfCthulhu: Oct 28, 2005; I got this title for free due to my proximity to an idiot who wanted to save $5 on an avatar by having someone else spend $9.95 instead.

TACD posted:

The very first show I listened to (#117) had a seemingly-unending string of dog puns with John Oliver moaning in pain in the background. I was about to tell my friend this podcast was a crime against humanity until Chris jumped in with "MILK JIGGERS" out of nowhere and I practically choked. Loving it ever since.

"Chris, the Walking Wikipedia!"
"Well, the walking man with access to Wikipedia."

# ? Mar 25, 2012 22:39

Rooted Vegetable: Jun 1, 2002

dancehall posted:

That Dickens pun run was glorious.

Which episode, probably after this one, was it that Andy made a single pun after a good run of decent jokes, and Chris and John both sigh with despair and inform Andy he was doing so well, but then he dived out of a moving car?

# ? Mar 29, 2012 06:12

Stumiester: Dec 3, 2004; "Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent."

Heners_UK posted:

Which episode, probably after this one, was it that Andy made a single pun after a good run of decent jokes, and Chris and John both sigh with despair and inform Andy he was doing so well, but then he dived out of a moving car?

I think if was along thd lines of:
"Like workmen putting folkloric demons into a truck, he was imp-loading". Andy's puns are glorious - I tried telling the Great-ex-picked-A-shins joke to some of my friends, and got some of the most disgusted looks that I've ever seen.

# ? Mar 29, 2012 09:52

Zsinjeh: Jun 11, 2007; :shoboobs:

Speaking of puns, has anyone told Andy of Foerster's syndrome?
He might have a tumor in his brain :ohdear:

"When the surgeon began to manipulate the tumor, affecting those sensitive structures, the (conscious) patient burst into a manic flight of puns."

# ? Mar 29, 2012 16:17

Scorpion 3-2: Apr 2, 2011

Zsinjeh posted:

Speaking of puns, has anyone told Andy of Foerster's syndrome?
He might have a tumor in his brain
"When the surgeon began to manipulate the tumor, affecting those sensitive structures, the (conscious) patient burst into a manic flight of puns."

Looks like you should write them an email. Andy's health could be at risk.

# ? Mar 29, 2012 18:46

Fellatio del Toro: Mar 21, 2009

That article also links to an page on Witzelsucht

Witzelsucht posted:

Witzelsucht, from the German witzeln, meaning to joke or wisecrack, and sucht meaning addiction or yearning, is a set of rare neurological symptoms characterized by the patient's uncontrollable tendency to make puns, tell inappropriate jokes and pointless or irrelevant stories at inconvenient moments. The patient nevertheless finds these utterances intensely amusing.

Of course that could have just as easily been a excerpt from Andy's biography.

# ? Mar 29, 2012 20:17

bobkatt013: Oct 8, 2006; Youâre telling me Peter Parker is ...... Spider-man!?

Think of how many pun runs we lost due to John's dog eating his joke books.

# ? Mar 29, 2012 20:19

slartibartfast: Nov 13, 2002

My favorite Zaltz-pun of all time was something along the lines of "like a German doctor who force feeds people sausages and then x-rays their stomachs, we tend to see the wurst in people."

Still makes me laugh every time I think about it.

# ? Mar 29, 2012 20:23

Zsinjeh: Jun 11, 2007; :shoboobs:

Well I tossed them an e-mail alerting Andy of his potential brain tumor, hopefully they will have him at a hospital soon. Unless this has been brought up countless times over the podcast and I've been deaf to it.

# ? Mar 29, 2012 22:00

sildenafil: Dec 17, 2004; They're just jealous.

slartibartfast posted:

My favorite Zaltz-pun of all time was something along the lines of "like a German doctor who force feeds people sausages and then x-rays their stomachs, we tend to see the wurst in people."

Still makes me laugh every time I think about it.

He also has one about German vegetarians, because they fear the wurst.

# ? Mar 29, 2012 22:22

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# ? Apr 19, 2024 08:20

Grand Fromage: Jan 30, 2006; L-l-look at you bar-bartender, a-a pa-pathetic creature of meat and bone, un-underestimating my l-l-liver's ability to metab-meTABolize t-toxins. How can you p-poison a perfect, immortal alcohOLIC?

God I love tortured puns. Andy having a pun-causing brain tumor definitely sounds like the kind of email they might read, good luck.

# ? Mar 30, 2012 04:00

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