The Union Jack Off with Daniel Muggleton

#19 - Stay Classy, Britain feat. Pierre Novellie

Jerk Offs, sorry about the delay on this I've been on the road in Europe. As a special treat, here's a chat I had with my good friend Pierre Noveille (@pierrenovellie)!

Pierre was supposed to be a regular host on this podcast before he got too busy crushing it, so this is a little excerpt from our second episode where he talks all about class. That's right, CLASS! Poly vs. Posh, living in the Tower of London, we touch on it all the time but this is still the most extensive chat I've had about it. It's not like anywhere else, and Pierre explains it better than most so definitely listen! 

Pierre is doing a bunch of work in progress spots around London, and a run at the Soho in April it's all on his website www.pierrenovellie.com  

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#18 - Adelaide to Edinburgh feat. Ro Campbell

Australia's Ro Campbell (@rocampbellcomic) comes on the podcast - with his notes - to bully me about not watching enough Aussie cinema. 

The 90’s as the highpoint of English culture, Australia’s history of race riots, teaching English in Nepal, being a famous sign-spinner in Edinburgh, eating with Dave Grohl as a roadie and his Mum, becoming Scottish Comedian of the Year when you’re not Scottish, playing pranks on tour with Little Britain and doing comedy in 38 different countries.

You can read Ro’s articles on his time as a roadie among other things on his website www.rocampbell.com and catch him live in February in Malaysia, Singapore & Queensland, Australia. 

Also here's Norman Gunston at Gough Whitlam's Dismissal. Do you agree with Ro that he's the original Ali G?

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#17 - Running like a Welshman feat. Robin Morgan

On the podcast this week is Welsh husband, DILF and funny boy Robin Morgan (@robinjaymorgan)! For those of you who don’t know, I like hating Wales - so do many English people - so I got the most likeable person I could find to sell it to me.

I talk to Robin about how he should be Christian, his parents meeting in Brighton, getting into comedy through tending bar at a comedy club, and plenty of good Welsh stuff (naming celebrities, national history, how they fit into the UK, Family Guy's Welsh racism - all of it!). 

In addition to comedy, Robin's also a very in-demand writer for television with a couple of pilots on the go, you can check out on BBC iPlayer in February - keep up with everything he's doing at www.robinjmorgan.co.uk

Get in touch with me @danmuggleton on Instagram and Twitter, you can get my special on my website www.danielmuggleton.com and the details for the Launch Party January 8th at 2Northdown are here.

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#16 - One Year a Brit feat. Daniel Muggleton

Happy 2019 to everybody, we'll call this a soft open as it's just a quick chat this week before we get back to it on Monday with a guest and more UK talk.

I thought after year it's probably worth sitting down and having a chat about what's changed and what hasn't after living in London for a full year. It's a bit of ramble, but I manage to get through some thoughts on: accents, the food, the weather, drinking culture, London itself and a couple of things guests have said that I've taken to heart.

Thanks for listening in 2018, I promise even bigger/more interesting guests in 2019! If you've got any suggestions or questions, please get in touch at @danmuggleton on Twitter & Instagram. 

As mention, Australian Comedians / Dope Comedy runs in London the first Sunday of every month with the next show January 6th, you can buy tickets right here.

My special 'Let's Never Hang Out' comes out January 8th (album January 11th), you can pre-order it at www.danielmuggleton.com and tickets to the launch at 2Northdown in Kings Cross are available here.

#15 - New Zealand is Loyal because it's Tiny feat. Jarred Christmas

Merry Christmas JerkOffs, or however you celebrated the holiday. Sorry for the delay but we're back with a banger. 

Jarred Christmas (@jarredchristmas) joins me, a good name for a good man. One of the first comedians from New Zealand to move to the UK, seen all over the TV and live circuit, he’s one of the good guys and a pleasure to chat to about how it used to be moving over here.

He kicks off with a quick review of Aquaman (hint: he didn’t buy it), then talks his Dad never taking a sick day, having a rusty haka, seeing Adam Hills, Adam Bloom, Boothby Graffoe, Johnny Vegas & Mighty Boosh in one day at Melbourne International Comedy Festival, being a charity mugger before people hated them, why Australia is too big to be loyal, the rise of Flight of the Conchords, how being a Kiwi helped him in the UK and getting a parking ticket to listen to the All Blacks.

Also, I was completely wrong about Sam Neill, he’s from New Zealand and still lives in New Zealand. My bad.

Please do leave a review or get in touch, I'm on Twitter & Instagram @danmuggleton or you can email me at muggletondaniel@gmail.com. 

Next Australian Comedians / Dope Comedy is January 6th, and you can buy tickets here - and my special launch party is January 8th and you can get tickets here. 

If you're after my special, you can pre-order it on my website www.danielmuggleton.com or if you're in Australia you need this link here: http://bit.ly/2PVOjNL

#14 - In Newcastle everyone's 'Pet' feat. Lauren Pattison

Queen of the Geordie Shore, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne’s favourite daughter, Lauren Pattison (@laurenpattison). A current London resident planning her escape, despite having fallen for a London fella - she’s one of the fastest rising comedians in the UK, have a listen.

Lauren and I cover all the hot button topics issues such as: Australians loving Geordie Shore, bouncers at Gregg’s, calling people darling to be polite, budgeting, university class warfare, a nursery in her high school, budgeting, and how Katherine Ryan helped get her started in London. 

Check out a full list of performances for Lauren's very, very acclaimed show 'Peachy' on her website www.lauren-pattison.com and her debut show 'Lady Muck' is streaming on NextUp Comedy.  

 

Daniel's special 'Let's Never Hang Out' is available for pre-order on iTunes among other streaming services right here: https://apple.co/2Q39VIc 

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#13 - We call Whitechapel 'Brownmosque' feat. Eshaan Akbar

On #TheUnionJackOff this week we’ve got half Bangladeshi, half Pakistani, formerly Muslim and all-London Eshaan Akbar (@eshaanakbar). Who's more exotic to rural British comedy audiences? Eshaan, definitely. 

First off Dan gets schooled on how Bangladesh's independence from Pakistan was almost entirely ignored by the media because the USA was too busy fighting Communism in Vietnam. [The wars do overlap, even though we decide they don't on the podcast - sorry!]

Then we get stuck in: auditioning for the Call To Prayer in a mosque, losing your virginity in a house that you own, the national speed limit and dual carriageways, not being the right type of Asian for the usual narrative, and being a good enough leg spinner to get Australian citizenship.  

Eshaan's show 'Prophet like it's Hot' is on at the Soho Theatre, London in February. Tickets can be bought right here.

Get in touch with Daniel on Twitter/Instagram @danmuggleton, or his website www.danielmuggleton.com - if you want to pre-order his special as he mentioned up top... PLEASE DO IT!

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#12 - Deliveroo to the Tower of London feat. Tom Houghton

This week's episode in recorded live in THE TOWER OF LONDON because our guest Tom Houghton lives there. Seriously, just ask him. 

He's a stand-up comedian, officially known as The Honourable Tom Houghton (@HonourableTom) whose Dad has been knighted... twice. We talk about The Tower of London, living in The Queen's House, trying to order take-out when you live across a moat and two battle gates, Queen's Guard vs Beefeaters, the noble Turducken, going through kidnapping training and having no chance of impressing your Dad. 

Catch him live in London at 2Northdown December 6th - he's a very popular lad so buy tickets now! He's @HonourableTom on Instagram & Twitter, he's also on Facebook.

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Also here's the Wikipedia for Muggletonianism if you fancy giving it a read, created by my ancestors in the UK: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muggletonianism 

#11 - Scottish People Take Pride in their Stereotypes feat. Mark Nelson

Oh boy it's a hot one this week. Jerk Offs you're gonna bloody love it, I'm chatting with Scotland's Mark Nelson about all things Braveheart (he brings it up a few times). 

Mark Nelson (@marknelsoncomic) is one of the great dudes of comedy, he's also gone a bit viral with The News at 3. He's a comedian, father and currently lives in Glasgow and we chat about Rangers vs Celtic, coming from a Tory voting part of Scotland, Gaelic schools and why his mates get up at 4am to start drinking. 

There's a couple of weird moments in terms of sound, sorry about that but it was recorded IN EDINBURGH so it's very authentic. 

London listeners, last Australian Comedians / Dope Comedy of the year Sunday December 2nd at Backyard Comedy Club. Get around that if you're nearby. 

Any tales of Scotland or questions get in touch with me on Twitter or Instagram @danmuggleton and if you enjoy the podcast please do leave a review, subscribe and all the good stuff - or like The Union Jack Off Facebook page. 

 

#10 - It Wasn't No Cruise Ship feat. Nico Yearwood

Episode 10 is here featuring a guest all the way from Barbados... Nico Yearwood! It's 5 degrees in London today, so I really need to know why he moved here.

Nico (@neeksman) is regular on the UK circuit, and resident host at Top Secret Comedy Club in London, it was nice to catch up with him and talk about being bored enough to move countries, why he supports teams in the World Cup, standing up to youths and why he finds dancing utterly ridiculous. 

Grab Nico on Instagram & Instagram @neeksman or his Facebook page. 

If you're in London, last Australian Comedians / Dope Comedy of the year is on December 2nd, I'm hosting with Nick Capper, Sarah Bennetto & Thomas Green on the show // TICKETS HERE!

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