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Ben Baker hosts a retrospective look back at one of his biggest loves and influences: Viz, the adult comic founded by teenage cartoonist Chris Donald which has made people laugh, guffaw, chuckle, snort and wheeze with its mixture of comic strips, newspaper spoofs, rude words, bottoms, bollocks and general buggering about since issue one, sold as The Bumper Monster Christmas Special, first appeared at a gig in the Gosforth Hotel pub on the 10th December 1979. Musician and podcaster Paul Abbott joins him to discuss that first issue and where it sits in the UK's comic history, reflecting as it has over four decades of fads, trends and Macc Lads revival tours. Although mostly they're just going to laugh a lot at rude words. Enjoy. WARNING: Contains very bad language....though you'd be sad if it didn't. Read the original comic alongside us here: https://bit.ly/3xS08Hx

Welcome to Ben Baker's Christmas Box, a seasonally swanky trip through television's present-wrapped past. In each short episode of my new series I talk to a guest about something that represents the Christmas period to them and today I'm joined by musician, podcaster and composer of my amazing new theme tune Paul Abbott who has brought to the turkey-stained table "Peace On Earth", a 1939 Christmas cartoon all about the very least festive subject imaginable. He's here to expunge some childhood terrors and pass them onto us...Merry Deathmas! SUBSCRIBE TO CHRISTMAS BOX VIA YOUR PODCAST APP OF CHOICE HERE: https://pod.link/1598567940/ Watch Peace on Earth here: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/xuiut Find Paul and his mighty works here: https://twitter.com/Pablovich  And I've just released a new book all about the hits, misses and 'what the bloody hell is that?!?s' that made up the 20th century Christmas TV experience. Find it here: https://linktr.ee/BenBakerBooks.

Do you want to listen to a podcast about rotten Draculas, strange handprints, Pope swapping, TV monkey homing, New Zealand's unusual chart toppers, the art of Star Trek Captain naming and Tom Mix's horse Tony among things? Well, this was indeed the series for you! Sadly this is the final regular episode of "Don't Lets Chart". We've really enjoyed our two and a half years of creating silly list trivia but we both feel we've done as much as we can under the current name. We will return with something different soon but for now its goodbye and a huge thank you for listening to our daft series. Love and Robots, Ben and Phil

.trahC steL tnoD fo edosipe wen eht ot emoclew dna olleH...ahem, sorry, we've been listening to those backwards records again as there's moral panic on the horizon and its coming for your children!!! I mean, it's not obviously. But Ben Baker and Phil Catterall will be exploring some of history's weirdest uproars alongside learning about Gangulphus of Burgundy, the things that happened in Monty Python's wake, toxins, yellow reggae, the 'Cattomeat Bin Animal', Rainbow Parties, chess nonsense, Elvis' last hit singles, foam rolling, Minnesota mascot wars and why you cant even say Christmas anymore. So come ruin your turntable for the true masters of the dark. enif yllacisab s'ti, enif s'tI Listen, share, hit subscribe, drink a vodka up your bum, all that usual stuff. We're a small scale homemade show with just two people so all the support is gratefully received as our current listener base could fit in a shoe.  If you'd like to throw a few quid at us too you can support the show - and get our monthly bonus show, plus access to two whole series not on the regular feed - via this here link: https://www.patreon.com/dontletschart

Hey kids! Do you like facts? Do you like charts? Do you like betraying your country for upwards of £6 and a bottle of Tizer? Then Don't Lets Chart is the podcast for you. Ben Baker and Phil Catterall lead the parade of the past with terrible deals, Beethoven's working titles, the finest in pathologists, money for literally nothing, your best Swedish Idol judge, unfreedom, impressing Jodie Foster, what ET is short for, a talking 12" Nelson Mandela, frame frisking, uprisings and a leather pavillion for everybody. Listen, share, hit subscribe, steal an experimental aircraft, all that usual stuff. We're a small scale homemade show with just two people so all the support is gratefully received. If you'd like to throw a few quid at us too you can support the show and get our soon to be announced monthly bonus show, plus access to two whole series not on the regular feed, via this here link: https://www.patreon.com/dontletschart

Welcome to the podcast that tries to charge head first through today via the distraction of yesterday with lists, trivia and thirteen litres of Old Ianson’s Dad Botherer up the park. In today's episode we're taking a look at April 20th throughout the years and learn why Street Fighter The Movie The Game did not need to exist, who has the annually best bottoms, when Macbeth was first misquoted for comedy value, what a pineapple farmer might be, who came afoul of a "swamp rabbit", how you could lick a James Bond, when the Red Baron was a dog, what Phil's closest lookalike is, how to tell the "unpasteurised milk" joke, what George Burns and Captain Tom have in common (other than that) and there's the tragic history of Davey Dirtbox. Plus much more all packed into a very funny half hour in which you might learn something but only if you read an encyclopedia whilst listening. Listen, share, hit subscribe, wear a tie that stinks of chicken, all that usual stuff. We're a small scale homemade show with just two people so all the support is gratefully received. If you'd like to throw a few quid at us too you can support the show and get our soon to be announced monthly bonus show, plus access to two whole series not on the regular feed, via this here link: https://www.patreon.com/dontletschart

Want to learn some genuinely true facts from this date in time but also like silly people making jokes about Slimer's buttocks, sexy elephants and the Fuse bar throughout? Then "Don't Lets Chart" is your podcast! Its quite the trunk laden episode too with the internet's most burning questions about peanut-eating pachyderms alongside a visit to Pope Martin, 1962's biggest novelty hit, the perfection of tap dancing, Bobby Brown's unfortunate stomach troubles, cannibalism in comedy, the most misquoted movie moments, Metallica taking on the internet, a ban from the ping pong council, the possibility of a 'Jeff Erson', needless references to You Bet!, tear-pumping poetry and much more. But no Darren Day. This podcast is hosted by Phil Catterall and Ben Baker and was produced by Ben. It is not in any way sponsored by the Fuse bar. Because it was discontinued in 2006. And if you like this, please please tell your friends. Listen, share, hit subscribe, fight a bear, all that usual stuff. We're a small scale homemade show with just two people and listener numbers are way down during the pandemic so all the support is gratefully received. If you'd like to throw a few quid at us too you can support the show and get our soon to be announced monthly bonus show, plus access to two whole series not on the regular feed, via this here link: https://www.patreon.com/dontletschart or Kofi here: https://ko-fi.com/dontletschart

Don't Lets Chart is a podcast that looks at the current day in history, shakes it for interesting trivia and then spray paints "BUMS" over the top of it. In this look at the April 6ths of time, Ben Baker and Phil Catterall learn about America's furry millionaire, Tartan Day, Napoleon's more petty acts of sulking, celluloid filth, Olympic pigeon bothering, the true inventor of the Pog, Steve Video Plus, boxing for peace, how Teddy Roosevelt definitely sounded, the early days of animation, ABBA's rise to Eurovision dominance, New Beer's Eve, the sadness of Spare Dad Three, patently untrue patents and lots more on the way. Plus our resident robot is here with his topical take on the news. Listen, share, hit subscribe, fight a bear, all that usual stuff. We're a small scale homemade show with just two people so all the support is gratefully received. If you'd like to throw a few quid at us too you can support the show and get our soon to be announced monthly bonus show, plus access to two whole series not on the regular feed, via this here link: https://www.patreon.com/dontletschart

After the success and feedback on the pilot episode, we've decided to launch Game For A Quiz as its own show with a unique feed (e.g it will not be posted here!) and social media stuff. If you missed the first show, here's a small trailer for what we do. Then please go follow us on the podcast app of your choice and get the freshly minted second episode pitting Noel Edmonds against Brucie! You can manually add the RSS feed here: https://anchor.fm/s/54cd644c/podcast/rss Or listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1IYe28JjR4U7Lge0IeyPDu Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3fD1gYl Breaker: https://www.breaker.audio/game-for-a-quiz-the-gameshow-showdown RadioPublic: https://radiopublic.com/game-for-a-quiz-the-gameshow-sho-Wd9pR7 ....with more to come! Please support our first spin-off and let us know what you think on Twitter @GameForAQuiz

Ben Baker has always been fascinated by the world of pop parodies - musical spoofs or pastiches of existing bands, singers and genres - from "Spitting Image" to "Horrible Histories". In this first edition he looks at three and a bit decades of ribbing directed at the Mancunian mouthpiece that is Steven Patrick Bulbous Overcoat  Morrissey and The Smiths.  A misunderstood and unfortunately all too understood character that many have taken great delight in aping or paying tribute to, including Radio Active, Who Dares Wins, Frank Sidebottom, Mitch Benn, MJ Hibbett, The Mary Whitehouse Experience, Mystery Science Theater 3000, Bill Nye The Science Guy, Armando Iannucci, Harry Hill, Jay Foreman, Darrell Maclaine and...Bernard Manning?!   --------------------------------------------- Why Cant I Be You? is written and produced by Ben Baker. All clips come under review as fair use and are copyright their original sources. Got someone in mind you'd like me to cover in a future "Why Can't I Be You"? Or spot any Moz-mocking that I've missed. Let me know on Twitter @BenBakerBooks. And remember the lesson of The Smiths. Just because a bunch of wankers like it, doesn't mean that it's shit....

We've all got a favourite game show. Like the BBC point based one hosted by the lad with the ears or its ITV rival in which a chaser chases some contestants in a chase...I forget the title. (Speed 2?)  But which is the BEST quiz or game show ever? Well, that's what Ben Baker and Christine Coulson are hoping to find out in this new series pitting two examples of the genre against each other.    In this first episode both put forth a mighty example of shows that used time in an interesting way with Christine's choice of Paul Daniels' multiple choice classic "Every Second Counts" and Ben going with the lesser known daytime series "1000 Heartbeats". The programmes will be put through their paces on the things that truly matter like host, set, interactivity, prizes and, most important of all, if you can sing the name of the show to the theme tune... -------------------------- We watched two specific episodes to review and if you want to see them too, you can watch "Every Second Counts" (10th May 1986) here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1Xcq272trg  Whilst the first episode of "1000 Heartbeats" is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ceMEQCym-lM   . You can see pictures from these shows and other game show nonsense we like here: https://www.instagram.com/gameforaquiz/  And if you liked this first episode, have ideas where we should go next or any general chit chat, contact us at our Twitter feed here: https://twitter.com/GameForAQuiz

Phil loves big giant fighting space robots. Ben has never seen the appeal. Now, after years of in-fighting and insults, Ben is finally conceding to try and understand his friend's genuine obsession with the whole Transformers franchise. As an outsider he's going to learn about all aspects of the Autobots and Decepticons' long history of interplanetary punch-ups over the past four decades from the good to the impossibly rotten.  And we start our journey at the very beginning with the opening three-part mini series from 1984 "More Than Meets The Eye". On the way we'll- - learn how YouTube are taking their cue from TV-am; - explore why oil rigs are dangerous and not a right laugh like you thought;  - debate how important a "The" is when discussing massive robots; - uncover the Gordon Brittas of the Decepticons;  - rage at the toys that never were; - investigate how Ronald Reagan, "Kidd Video" and Richard Pryor fit into all this;  - question if a "rear axle" equates to a part of the human body; - reveal which one of us hates Muppet Babies; - and scratch our heads to see so very many wet robots. So if you're a robo fan or metal sceptic, there should be something for you in here. Now to take you for the ride of your life.... ------------------------------------- "Transformers 101: The Education of A Robophobe" is presented by Phil Catterall with Ben Baker who edited it together. If you want more or want to suggest where in the franchise we should go next, let us know via @dontletschart on Twitter or [email protected] ------------------------------------------------