James Acaster Returns, Again! (2024) | Part One
The Comedian's Comedian Podcast
Stuart Goldsmith
4.8 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 12 January 2024
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
He probably needs no introduction if you’re listening to this pod, James Acaster returns again!
In the first half of this two part special, we discuss embarking around the country with the Off Menu live tour, developing the phenomenally successful format for television, and why that might not be the best thing.
We also delve into James’ self-produced podcast series, Springleaf, what success looks like and the forbidden topic of money…
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| 0:00.0 | Hello everybody welcome back to the show this is Stuart Goldsmith this is the |
| 0:06.8 | comedians comedian podcast and it's 2024 and I did almost nothing to |
| 0:11.4 | celebrate Christmas or the new Year in podcast terms. |
| 0:14.4 | I had a very nice time with my family, thank you very much. |
| 0:16.6 | In this episode, James Acaster re-re returns to the show, and this is a two-parter. We're going to drop both parts of these in quick |
| 0:25.3 | succession so you won't have long to wait but what can we say about James? |
| 0:30.4 | Lovely James Acaster needs no introduction because if you're listening to this |
| 0:34.4 | pod you will know him intimately if you are someone who's only just discovered him |
| 0:38.4 | oh boy arguably best of his generation not my words my words, but everyone else's words as well. |
| 0:45.0 | In the first half of this two-part special, |
| 0:47.8 | and if you join the insiders club right now, |
| 0:49.8 | you can watch the entire episode, both parts, |
| 0:52.2 | on actual video, in my actual kitchen very |
| 0:54.8 | much not a studio but good camera quality and the link is in the bio the bio |
| 0:59.6 | why am I saying bio they're the notes. The links in the show notes. |
| 1:03.0 | We're going to discuss embarking around the country with the off- menu live tour, |
| 1:08.0 | what with him and friend of the pod, friend of mine, Ed Gamble. |
| 1:11.0 | We're going to talk about developing the phenomenally successful format |
| 1:14.5 | for television and why that might not be the best way to go. So we're going to get stuck |
| 1:20.5 | into this. This is the first half. It's a two-parter. |
| 1:23.0 | Please welcome back to the show. |
| 1:24.4 | Jane, take custody. |
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