Sowerby and Luff
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The Sowerby and Luff Show is a weekly podcast hosted by writers and presenters Georgina Sowerby and Brian Luff. Georgina and Brian's previous series, "The Big Squeeze," became one of the most downloaded radio shows on the iTunes podcast "Comedy 365"[citation needed], and built an audience of over three million downloads during its first 18 months of syndication[citation needed]. Big Squeeze was also one of the first UK podcasts to get per-download sponsorship from a US company, as well as mobile phone distribution. The Sowerby and Luff show features different sections. The current sections are:
- What's the Question Triv - The classic Sowerby and Luff game where Georgina and Brian try to guess the question from the answers of a children's Trivial Pursuit game
- Scissors, Paper, Anti-Aircraft Gun (as created by Logan Predy) - A variation of Scissors, Paper, Stone where, instead of Stone, Georgina and Brian each say a different item and it is decided which item would defeat which.
- What the Fuck‽ - A game where Georgina thinks of a completely random item (physical or not) and Brian must guess what it is. Previous items have been "The angle at which the Tower of Pisa leans at" and "Yvette Fielding's guilt at perpetrating the shameful hoax that is Most Haunted".
- Name That Bird - A game where Georgina tries to guess what species of bird is making the catchcry which Brian plays. Georgina guessed the bird on week 15 in episode 14 of "The Sowerby & Luff Show." It was a Plover, obviously!
- Name That Bug - A game where Georgina tries to guess what species of bug is making the sound which Brian plays. Georgina guessed the first bug in episode 15 of "The Sowerby & Luff Show," which was a red winged grasshopper, and then the second bug in episode 28 of "The Sowerby & Luff Show," which was a tree cricket.
- Sowerby and Luff's Fully Automated Social Media Network - The segment in which Georgina and Brian read out listener e-mails. It is the successor to Folding the corner over and Sowerby and Luff's In Crowd, from the previous shows hosted by Sowerby and Luff, The Big Squeeze and The Big Big Squeeze.
- Chemical Heaven (now Shaken Not Stirred) - A segment in which listeners suggest cocktail recipes for Brian and Georgina to mix and drink (in one go) on the podcast.
- Celebrity's Russian Roulette - This segment is where they name 6 celebrities and you have to guess which one of them are dead. You then email the answer to them and they pick a winner from the UK which wins a bottle of vodka and a winner from anywhere else and they win a T-Shirt!
- Words that are nice to say - Georgina and Brian say a word, usually sent in by a listener, and repeat it.
- Official Phrase That Is Overused - Georgina and Brian have a word they think is officially overused and say it and then repeat it.
- Sowerby & Luff's Mind Game - The two games they alternate doing are *What The F**k & *What's The Question Triv.. Those two games are explained above!
- People We Like & People We Don't Like - They name a person they like and a person they don't like and discuss why they like and dislike those people. Sometimes they even give examples of why they like or dislike that person as well.
- Are You Happy Now? - Georgina and Brian talk about something that they did for one another and ask each other "Are you happy now?" Then they say yes or no and explain why.
On May 31st, 2007, Sowerby and Luff broadcast the show from the Kalashnikov Club. The show was sponsored by Kalashnikov Vodka, and the theme song for The Sowerby and Luff Show has changed from Curiosity Shop's 'Dreams Of Piccadilly', to The Kremlinaires, 'Miska'.
Brian Luff is a former comedy producer for Channel 4, and Georgina Sowerby has worked as an account manager at Saatchi & Saatchi. For four years, the pair also produced a weekly comedy show on the London fringe called Sketch Club.
Recently, there has been discussion about the Interrobang. A petition was started by Julian Farmer to introduce this to the keyboard, which Georgina fully supports (link to follow soon).
| EPISODE # | OFFICIAL WORD | DESCRIPTION | UNOFFICIAL WORD(S) | DESCRIPTION | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 | Flibberdy Jibbit | Sent in by Richard Goldsmith | |||
| 20 | Colloquialism | Sent in by Ben from California | Bramble | Also from Ben from California | |
| 19 | Incorrigible | Endorphins | |||
| 18 | Popadoxical | This word was suggested by Daniel Backhaus. A play on the word "paradoxical"; not actually a word, but nice to say | |||
| 17 | Cocoa Niblingtons | A listener recently visited "Hotel Chocolat" and purchased this nice to say chocolate treat. | |||
| 16 | Slotted Spoon | This word was suggested by Ivan Brett | Ivan Brett. | See left. Brian Luff thought this name was also nice to say. | |
| 15 | Formicophilia | This week's word relates to a sexual fetish involving ants crawling on one's genitals | Flibbity Jibbit | Georgina liked the sound of this word | |
| 14 | Antidisestablishmentarianism | One of the longest words in the English language. Sent by George in Melbourne. | |||
| 13 | Biggus Dickus | A Character from the movie "The Life of Brian" | Nettlingam | Mark Nettlingam, a listener of and emailer to "The Sowerby and Luff Show" whose name sounds nice | |
| Lady Duck's Ladygarden | Euphemism employed by a listener referring to a female duck's vagina. Georgina liked this word | ||||
| The Dick is Longer than the Duck | The listener's description of the impressive size of the male duck's member | ||||
| 12 | Mellifluous | Sent in by listener Simon Kinlock. Nice, but a little hard for Brian and Georgina to say | |||
| 11 | Unbuttoning | Sent in by Bob Allen from High Wickham. Might get your face slapped. Use with care. | Cellar Door | Suggested by "Reality Check" but rejected by Brian and Georgina as not nice to say | |
| 10 | Marsupial | Sent in by Paul Gambon from Bristol | Steve Bickle | Name of a listener who sent a story about pandas (Official mascot of The Sowerby and Luff Show) | |
| 9 | Oven Glove | Sent in by Michael Burton (very British word) | |||
| 8 | Schmuck | Sent in by Evan Sammit. One of Many Yiddish words that are nice to say | |||
| 7 | Onomatopoeia | Brian and Georgina came up with this one | |||
| 6 | Cunnilingus | Brian likes this word. | |||
| 5 | Kurwa | This Polish word was discovered by Georgina and Brian. Be careful who you say it to. | |||
| 4 | Papa Bouba Diop | Name of Singalese midfield football player who plays for Fulham | |||
| 3 | Hah Yah Bibitty Bobitty Fiddilly Fish | Brian teaches us this exercise used by drama coaches as a warm-up for the voice and mouth. | |||
| 2 | Slo-mo | Nice to say. What else do you need to know? | Ramifications | Georgina pounced on this word. | |
| 1 | Leaky Feeder | This word refers to a wire which allows radio reception in a tunnel | Star-Nosed Mole | This is the original "Word That is Nice to Say" pointed out by a listener |
