The Gentleman's Review (Podcast)
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The Gentleman’s Review is a podcast produced by the stand-up comedian and writer Martin Wolfenden and his friends Andrew Wilson and Thomas Stringfellow. The title was inspired by magazines from the 1920s.
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[edit] Content
The content is a mixed bag of news review, shaggy dog stories and digression. There are also musical interludes in which comic songs written by Wolfenden are played and sometimes comedy sketches are performed during the podcast. These interludes are designed to allow the men to refill their glasses with champagne.
[edit] Regular Themes
During the podcast the men drink Bollinger champagne which they have stated on many occasions is their preferred brand.
In every podcast Martin Wolfenden compliments gay playwright Jonathan Harvey and it has become traditional for Wilson to call Wolfenden a “pitiable kiss arse” whenever he does this.
Extremely offensive language is used during the broadcast and blasphemous views are often expressed.
Wolfenden will move a subject on before the other men have fully explored it which makes them cross and they complain.
[edit] People
Martin Wolfenden is a comedian and writer who writes for obscure publications and performs infrequently in Manchester near where he lives. He was born on the 31st May 1972 in the small town of Halifax in West Yorkshire.
Thomas Stringfellow is a former geologist and now writer who was also born in Halifax in West Yorkshire and attended The University of Durham.
Andrew Wilson is a non practising lawyer and comedy writer who was born in Surrey and now lives in West Yorkshire. He attended The University of Durham with Tom Stringfellow where they were both in St Aidan's College.
[edit] Inception
The original idea for the podcast was Martin Wolfenden’s however he has stated on many occasions during the podcasts that without Stringfellow and Wilson it would not work.
[edit] Episode List
| # | Date | Length | Title | Overview |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 101 | 24th March 2008 | 31 min | Trampolines and Foxes | "This week we discuss whether wet hair makes a lady dirty and the need for trampolines in the city of London" |
| 102 | 6th April 2008 | 51 min | Drunk Man Talking | "This week the chaps drink far too much champagne while discussing big faced horses and Anne Robinson in space." |
| 103 | 17th April 2008 | 44 min | Fizzy Balls | "In this episode Martin learns why the girls in Spain wash their knickers in champagne and the chaps discuss deep fried kids" |
| 104 | 5th May 2008 | 40 min | The Dresser | "In this episode our heroes battle with the most severe hangovers known to man, a groaning dressing table and Andy's squeaky thighs, to discuss poo and something about Boris Johnson being made mayor of London. However that's just made up...isn't it? Oh dear..". |
| 105 | 18th May 2008 | 43 min | Devil Balls and Hand-Me-Downs | "Today Martin banged the arse out of his microphone, Andy confessed to be bigger than his relatives and Tom twanged himself on the head." |
| 106 | 01st June 2008 | 51 min | The Hallucinogenic Palpation Machine | "It's Martin's Birthday so the chaps drink more than usual and talk about spooging on fat men and Ghostbuster knobs" |
