All Talk 6 - How Not To Podcast Like Brand And Fry

25/11/08

Dr. Nostrum

There's another theme appearing, (pause) which is that a lot of the podcast isn't gonna be funny.

Hutchback

Yes

Dr. Nostrum

And actually, actually it's just going to be thinking about things, which is not funny – and does that matter?

Hutchback

No

Dr. Nostrum

No, it doesn't, so you see that.. that's different to, er, people before, because talented people are relentlessly funny, whereas, um...

Hutchback

Whereas...

Dr. Nostrum

...cos they're comedians

Hutchback

Whereas, we're very sporadically mildly...

Together

...amusing.

Dr. Nostrum

Yeah. Now that would be a good ti...

Hutchback

'Sporadically mildly amusing'

Dr. Nostrum

No, that would be a good title for the whole series 'Sporadically Mildly Amusing' (pause) 'You Might Laugh (pause) Occasionally.'

Hutchback

No I think that's being a little bit ambitious. You might occasionally do a half smile.

Dr. Nostrum

Yeah

Hutchback

I would say laughing out loud, that's a, that's (pause) a bridge too far.

(beat)

Dr. Nostrum

Still, there's a lot of editing

Hutchback

Lot of editing

Dr. Nostrum

With a lot of editing...

Hutchback

A lot of editing

Dr. Nostrum

You could get a couple of minutes out of it. (Hutchback is obviously skeptical) No, you could. Why not? A couple of minutes. That's enough for a You Tube series.

Hutchback

It's quite staggering, when you think about (pause) the capabilities of someone like Stephen Fry, or, or Russell Brand even.

Dr. Nostrum

Russell Brand?

Hutchback

Russell Brand, yes, his radio...

Dr. Nostrum

What, you mean the capability...

Hutchback

...show

Dr. Nostrum

...to mainline something that is amusing

Hutchback

Yes, just spontaneously.

Dr. Nostrum

Mm. Well, I dunno, I think some people get a rise out of all sorts of things, don't they?

Hutchback

Yeah, but there's an intellectual (pause) capacity that both of those people have...

Dr. Nostrum

Oh, I don't aspire to any intellectual capacity

Hutchback

No, but that's what enables then to just come out with (pause) surreal and, and – non-sequitors on one hand – and, kind of... (pause)

Dr. Nostrum

Hmm

Hutchback (searching for the words)

...grandiose, (pause) theorizing and (pause) lyrical (pause) narrative on the other. There we go; we came up with some words there.