TOFOP
| TOFOP | |
|---|---|
| Presentation | |
| Hosted by |
Charlie Clausen Wil Anderson |
| Genre | Comedy |
| Language | English |
| Updates | Weekly (Usually Sunday) |
| Length | 1 Hour |
| Production | |
| Audio format | MP3 |
| Publication | |
| Debut | 2 July 2010 |
| Website | http://www.tofop.com |
TOFOP (an acronym of Thirty Odd Foot Of Podcast)[1] is a weekly Australian comedy podcast created and hosted by Wil Anderson and Charlie Clausen, and launched in July 2010. Episodes are roughly an hour in length, and primarily consist of casual conversations between hosts Anderson and Clausen on a variety of recurring themes, including film, popular culture, and sport. Also commonly featured in the podcast were humorous personal anecdotes, and detailed discussions on bizarre hypothetical situations. Following significant media coverage in June 2012, TOFOP rose to become the most popular comedy podcast in Australia.[2]
The podcast has over 50,000 followers in 70 countries[3] mostly in Australia and the USA. Anderson and Clausen have made occasional appearances on episodes of TOFOP's "sister podcast," American comedy podcast Walking the Room. This relationship contributed greatly to the podcast's American popularity.
During Episode 83 of TOFOP, released on the 9th of September 2012, the projected long-term hiatus of the podcast was announced.[4] Clausen and Anderson were deliberately vague in detailing the reasons for TOFOP's hiatus, other than the fact that a particular company employing Clausen had objected to the content of the podcast. In January 2013 the hiatus was revealed to have been requested by the Seven Network after Clausen had received a starring role as Zac MacGuire in popular Australian soap opera Home and Away.[5] The show returned in February 2013 under the name FOFOP, a reference to a previous episode and the television show Fringe. However, due to contractual obligations the show returned without Clausen, and instead with Anderson and one or more guests, nicknamed "guest-Charlies".
On 1 June 2014 Clausen returned to TOFOP in Episode 84, after almost 2 years.[6] Each episode of the podcast averages 20,000 downloads.[7]
Guest Appearances
Despite the fact that TOFOP was usually recorded with only Anderson and Clausen present, several episodes also featured guests, including Australian comedians Michael Chamberlin, Justin Hamilton and Tom Ballard. Walking the Room hosts Greg Behrendt and Dave Anthony appeared on several episodes of the podcast, and also collaborated with Anderson and Clausen during the 2012 Melbourne International Comedy Festival, in a live podcast recording dubbed "Super Pod".[8]
Since Episode 52, the podcast introduction featured prominent Australian voice-over artist John Deeks performing a parody of advisory content warnings commonly heard on Australian television.
List of TOFOP Episodes[9]
| Episode | Title | Description | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Super-piss | Wil and Charlie discuss the vagaries of fan mail, the scariness of hillbillies and the redundancy of The Flash. | 2 July 2010 |
| 2 | Donuts & Clutch | Wil and Charlie discuss failed nicknames, new sex moves and the best way to die horribly. | 17 July 2010 |
| 3 | Richard Greico Underpants | Wil and Charlie discuss a strip club that caters for all and the lyrical stylings of Silk. | 21 July 2010 |
| 4 | No Harm, No Foul | Wil and Charlie discuss encounters with the homeless, how The Littlest Hobo could be remade and Osama Bin Laden's obsession with Brokeback Mountain. | 25 July 2010 |
| 5 | Wil "Fish In A Barrel" Anderson | Wil and Charlie discuss frivolous spending, gay penis envy and Wil's potential to one day control the world's avian population. | 1 August 2010 |
| 6 | Dirty Puppet Fucker | Wil and Charlie discuss Splendour In The Grass, the legality of public masturbation and how to survive prison. | 8 August 2010 |
| 7 | Avengers Assemble! | Wil and Charlie discuss the antics of Molly Meldrum, the flaws of an Avengers movie and horrors of a parasitic dick fish. | 15 August 2010 |
| 8 | Underage Friendly | Wil and Charlie discuss youthful beatings, regrettable fashion choices and Wil's disdain for the work of M. Night Shyamalan. | 22 August 2010 |
| 9 | Shit Happened | Wil, Charlie and special guest Justin Hamilton, discuss all things Whedon, aural anecdote rape and Adam Sandler's new comedy blockbuster. | 30 August 2010 |
| 10 | A Couple of Kookaburras | Wil and Charlie discuss bad high school plays, suspicious man dates and everyone's favourite children's book, The Happy Toilet Block Sex Story. | 5 September 2010 |
| 11 | Pramsport | Wil and Charlie discuss exciting new modes of transport, Mr. Bad's legacy and premature declarations. | 12 September 2010 |
| 12 | Kathy Bates To The Future | Wil and Charlie discuss the Helpmann awards, get a little gay over high school musicals and give Kathy Bates her greatest role yet. | 19 September 2010 |
| 13 | The Human Internet | Wil and Charlie discuss an invention Stephen Hawking could really use, the wrong way to make a cheese toastie and Charlie's true purpose in life. | 28 September 2010 |
| 14 | Jesusland | Will and Charlie discuss a world of redheaded vampires, the rules of name pronunciation and what could be the world's best rollercoaster. | 3 October 2010 |
| 15 | Behind The Music. Men. | Wil and Charlie discuss Charlie's appetite for books, inventors killed by their own creations and the wonderful world of milk. | 10 October 2010 |
| 16 | The Only Gay At The Orgy | Wil and Charlie discuss how pipes equal instant cred, compare notes on gay bars and discover an addiction worse than any drug. | 17 October 2010 |
| 17 | Advance Aussie Fair | Wil and Charlie discuss meeting their heroes, lame pick up techniques and how to build a vagina out of ordinary household products. | 24 October 2010 |
| 18 | Innocent Till Proven Spooky | Wil and Charlie discuss the not-so-supernatural, the joys of reality TV and Wil's nerdy obsession with Dr. Who. | 30 October 2010 |
| 19 | May The Faustino Be With You | Wil and Charlie discuss imaginary friends, gaycations and having a casual attitude to emergency situations. | 7 November 2010 |
| 20 | I Object | Wil and Charlie discuss Victorian-era junkies, compass-related violence and stuff they're not good at. | 14 November 2010 |
| 21 | The Vortex | Wil and Charlie discuss the joy of Slurpees, Wil's early days of stand up and a place where life and light go to die. | 21 November 2010 |
| 22 | C.R.E.A.M. | Charlie and guest co-host Michael Chamberlin reminisce about softcore pornography, first confessions and the Twitter generation. | 28 November 2010 |
| 23 | A Bridge With Benefits | Wil and Charlie discuss LA celebrity encounters, the strange appeal of sexually ambiguous rock stars and find a new twist on the desert island disc scenario. | 8 December 2010 |
| 24 | Pimp My Bog | Wil and Charlie discuss the flaws of being unbreakable, the joys of medical marijuana and launch a spirited defence of a shamed rugby league player. | 12 December 2010 |
| 25 | Entertainment's Hitler | Wil and Charlie return from the wilderness to discuss sex dolls after the apocalypse, a global fist fight and a man-sized microwave. | 9 February 2011 |
| 26 | Conspiradiddy | Wil and Charlie discuss Aerosmith's modern equivalent, the going price of a death ray and the underwhelming features of the moon. | 13 February 2011 |
| 27 | Anna Phil Lactate | Wil and Charlie discuss the career of MCD, Wil's obsession with nuts and the frustrating lack of explanations in Tron Legacy. | 20 February 2011 |
| 28 | Cock Weed | Wil, Charlie and special guest Dave Anthony discuss dodgy bus rides, the GCC and what's really being hid under the Vatican. | 27 February 2011 |
| 29 | Chonks | Wil, Charlie and special guest Dave Anthony discuss the spectre of socialism, the cult of Glenn Beck and the sad tale of Kevin '07. | 6 March 2011 |
| 30 | Humpa Lumpas | Wil and Charlie discuss adventures in brothels, short-term slavery and the questionable historical significance of the court jester. | 13 March 2011 |
| 31 | Only Wil Bleeds | Wil and Charlie discuss teenage love letters, the parallels between sport and sex and the pitfalls of an unexpected tearjerker. | 20 March 2011 |
| 32 | Roboctupus | Wil and Charlie discuss parties that never end, vomit as a superpower and why Jesus should have worked out more. | 27 March 2011 |
| 33 | The Anti-Crust | Wil and Charlie discuss the plot of a film that doesn't star Adam Sandler, defend a noted Scientologist and try and find a happy place. | 3 April 2011 |
| 34 | The Pornocalypse | Wil and Charlie discuss a gross misuse of Wil's time, TOFOP's global audience and the hassles of an imaginary girlfriend. | 10 April 2011 |
| 35 | Truth Bombs | Wil and Charlie discuss the how hard it would be to be a mass murderer, the history of the Harlem Globetrotters and how to impress a hot nerd. | 17 April 2011 |
| 36 | Pinguins | Wil and Charlie discuss even more microphone positions, Charlie's dashed puppeteering dreams and their mutual disdain for fantasy icons. | 24 April 2011 |
| 37 | We've Achieved Nothing | Wil, Charlie and special guest Tom Ballard discuss tales of underage drinking, cover band etiquette and dig deep into the digestive tract. | 1 May 2011 |
| 38 | Shoot, Kid | Wil and Charlie discuss what to do with Wil's remains, Ben Elton's musical tastes and the risks of having Hitler as an organ donor. | 8 May 2011 |
| 39 | Bukkaké | Wil and Charlie discuss scrotal ultrasounds, protein-based hair products and the worst name you could give a child. | 15 May 2011 |
| 40 | Poo Poo | Wil, Charlie and special guest Justin Hamilton discuss the rise of the instant expert, the order in which you'd have sex with the cast of Friends and look up nude photos of an obscure actress. | 22 May 2011 |
| 41 | Andimov's Three Laws | Wil and Charlie discuss our new computer overlords, a sex act that sounds like a disease and why gurus need to be up on their current events. | 29 May 2011 |
| 42 | Twins | Wil and Charlie discuss an efficient use of Batman's time, the brand of Brand and try out the TOFOP drinking game for themselves. | 5 June 2011 |
| 43 | Lay Away | Wil and Charlie discuss a new form of sexual currency, Thor's similarity to one of worst films of all time and are baffled by talk of a Police Academy remake. | 12 June 2011 |
| 44 | Goat Or Throat | Wil and Charlie discuss the best way to play insane, Charlie's political ignorance and find out if Terence Trent D'Arby really is bigger than The Beatles. | 20 June 2011 |
| 45 | Prime Minister Van Damme | Wil and Charlie discuss someone who's really better at murder than them, get educated on all things Belgian and ponder the future of smoking. | 26 June 2011 |
| 46 | Love vs. The Stockmarket | Wil and Charlie return to discuss star tours, the worst bit of dialogue in film history the somewhat dubious nature of Noiseworks' greatest hits albums. | 24 July 2011 |
| 47 | Matthew, Mark, Luke & Schlong | Wil, Charlie and special guest Michael Chamberlin discuss death-stopping semen, a bible porn parody and ponder the origin of the diaphragm. | 7 August 2011 |
| 48 | The Zooey Keeper | Wil and Charlie discuss Wil's Terminator-like ability to take notes, devise a curse for a hipster gypsy and submit to the impending apocalypse. | 14 August 2011 |
| 49 | Kid Carbon Tax | Wil and Charlie discuss the deeper significance of hot jam donuts, question Superman's alone time and marvel at the careers of Matt Stone and Trey Parker. | 21 August 2011 |
| 50 | Rise of the Planet of the Muppets | Wil and Charlie discuss slimy lawyers, green energy sex toys and 1994 Oscar winners. | 28 August 2011 |
| 51 | Hopefully | Wil and Charlie discuss an intricate plot to break up with a loved one, ponder the political parallels of the WWE and reveal the identity of a celebrity listener. | 6 September 2011 |
| 52 | Bertie Blagowrie | Wil and Charlie discuss the supernatural properties of batter, make fun of Charlie's beard and introduce Wil's long lost second cousin. | 19 September 2011 |
| 53 | Kim Jong Wil | Wil and Charlie discuss how Australia could become a feared superpower, experiment with misdirection and are horrified by a nursing home with a view. | 25 September 2011 |
| 54 | Ponyism | Wil and Charlie discuss how to best introduce a fetish into a relationship, confess to their lack of manliness and question the health risks of 100-year-old weed. | 9 October 2011 |
| 55 | The Answering | Wil and Charlie give rambling A's to your Q's. | 16 October 2011 |
| 56 | Mrs. T's | Wil and Charlie discuss the great animation war, the heyday of Hey Hey and how to deliver a devastating heckle. | 20 November 2011 |
| 57 | Uncle Zom | Wil and Charlie discuss a potential biblical food franchise, put a new spin on the zombie genre and examine the ramifications of a new alien underclass. | 27 November 2011 |
| 58 | The Oktober 2000 | Wil and Charlie discuss a human Muppet movie, the unexpected sex appeal of having a fatwa on your head and how Cate Blanchett may have inspired the Nazi movement. | 4 December 2011 |
| 59 | Aweson | Wil and Charlie discuss an unconvincing way to end a boring conversation, the moral dilemma of sex with a shape-shifter and a bold new image for the ABC. | 11 December 2011 |
| 60 | Uppity Monkey | Wil and Charlie discuss the optional extras available in the Batmobile, come up with a variation on Celebrity Apprentice and send Wil on a mission to Mars. | 19 December 2011 |
| 61 | Leprecum | Wil and Charlie discuss a plan to make Junior an internet sensation, try and find a way to fit Robin into the Nolanverse and receive a surprise visit from a TOFOP favourite. | 25 December 2011 |
| 62 | Cloon Clucks Clan | Wil, Charlie and special guest Justin Hamilton talk about recasting the role of dad, try and rank the Batmen and come up with a new measurement of time. | 21 January 2012 |
| 63 | A Mission To India | Wil and Charlie discuss soup-related hazards, run through a list of celebrities Wil would let spit in his mouth and ponder over Charlie’s ill-fated steps towards the priesthood. | 28 January 2012 |
| 64 | TOFOB | Wil and Charlie give you Thirty Odd Foot of Bonus. | 1 February 2012 |
| 65 | The Over-Explaining Cyrano | Wil and Charlie discuss the darkside of Drover’s Run, chart the evolution of taboo sex acts and nominate Banksy as the leader of the human revolution. | 5 February 2012 |
| 66 | The Prison Clause | Wil and Charlie discuss how they’d split research for the show, praise the amazing work of Jim Stynes and lay down the ground rules for messing with someone’s Old Lady. | 12 February 2012 |
| 67 | Li'l Elvis | Wil and Charlie discuss an unfinished conversation, get ready for the debut of Taboo and find out what a man’s best friend really is. | 19 February 2012 |
| 68 | Playgoy | Wil and Charlie discuss the golden triangle of porn, herald the arrival of the iJoke and delve into Charlie’s short-lived career as a superhero. | 26 February 2012 |
| 69 | Chobelix | Wil and Charlie discuss a poor interrogation technique, size each other up for a fight and take a trip down memory lane with some indomitable Gauls. | 4 March 2012 |
| 70 | Ghost: Ghostbusters | Wil and Charlie discuss new microphone issues, share trampoline etiquette and try and make a deal with the devil. | 11 March 2012 |
| 71 | Buckets | Wil and Charlie discuss girls gone Wil, street level superhero drugs and the tomb of the unknown rodent. | 18 March 2012 |
| 72 | Billionaire Baby | Wil and Charlie discuss their dream levels, marvel at Australia’s reptilmarsupimammals and discuss the benefits of a publicly appointed vigilante. | 25 March 2012 |
| 73 | Manifisto | Wil and Charlie discuss the Hunger Games, the era of everyone having an opinion and the alternative endings of Die Hard with a Vengeance. | 1 April 2012 |
| 74 | Benedict Cumabunch | Wil and Charlie discuss the most electrifying man in sports-entertainment history, the copyright issues associated with the batsuit and some very Paatsch-y reviews. | 8 April 2012 |
| Bonus Episode | The Death Of Superpod | Wil, Charlie, Greg and Dave try to come to terms with tragedy. | 9 April 2012 |
| 75 | TOFOW | Wil and Charlie discuss nearly all things Superpod, plan a party for T-Baggers and reflect on the career of Larry Pickering. | 15 April 2012 |
| 76 | The Quiz | Wil and Charlie discuss a reimagining of the Batman-mythos and take a couple’s quiz. | 22 April 2012 |
| 77 | The Quiz II | Wil and Charlie revisit the couple’s quiz. | 29 April 2012 |
| 78 | The Answering Reloaded | Wil and Charlie follow up a beloved original with a patchy second effort. | 3 May 2012 |
| 79 | The Answering Revolutions | Wil and Charlie conclude with an improved, but still underwhelming, third instalment. | 13 May 2012 |
| 80 | Catourage | Wil and Charile discuss how to put together a set list, a potential sequel to Avatar and the era of perpetual adolescence. | 20 May 2012 |
| 81 | The Really Expendables | Wil and Charlie return to discuss an obscure Australian sports-comedy radio team, the alternate dimensions of Fringe and a little film you may have heard of called The Avengers. | 8 July 2012 |
| 82 | No No No | Wil and Charlie discuss word-a-day toilet paper and find out that when it comes to the battery situation, it takes an idiot to catch an idiot. | 15 July 2012 |
| 83 | Weng Weng | Wil and Charlie discuss a fun alternative to wind farms, an anti-climatic computer demonstration and the future of TOFOP. | 9 September 2012 |
| Bonus Episode | 01 06 14 84 | T-Bagger Justin Hobson has been doing a gritty reboot of TOFOP. He also did this. 01 06 14 84 #RISE | 1 June 2014 |
| 84 | We’re Back, We’re Bad, You’re Black, I’m Mad | TOFOP Rises. Wil and Charlie discuss how everything is better with Batman, Aussie blokes called Robbo, The Amazing Racist, non-observational comedy, blackboard betrayals, Cypress Halloumi, Under The Hipster Dome and how ignorance is bliss. May contain Wil using the word figuratively way too much. Sorry about that. | 1 June 2014 |
| 85 | Vin Diesel’s Hannibal | Wil and Charlie discuss ligature with attitude, Home Talking Away Bay, why It’s A Lunderful Life and Hannibal Hannibal Hannibal. | 8 June 2014 |
| 86 | Namaste Bitch | Wil and Charlie discuss living in The Insecure Country, religious ecstasy (and other drugs), being too old for Tinder, Cosmos-politan life, Cool Katts, Eau de Ramona, disappearing butter and come up with yet another ridiculous merch idea. | 17 June 2014 |
| 87 | Nonlids | Wil and Charlie discuss Indiana Jones and The Holy Grail, President Who, Late Night Political Wars, RUFOP, why Wil hopes Andrew Bolt is right, the very Dewey Decimal System, Jesus' twin and Talking TOFOP. | 23 June 2014 |
| 88 | KFCXC | Wil and Charlie discuss checking the inputs, dogs in the cradle, Charlie’s new ad campaign, Geelong’s Buddha, McGame Of Thrones, Double Halloumi, blue from eht neck up, other uses for your sunglass case, going in balls first and being nearly never nude. | 29 June 2014 |
| 89 | Gopher Day | Wil and Charlie discuss Thirty Odd Foot Of Fight Club, the World’s Worst Reviewer, excellent adventures and bogus journeys through time, Shane Carruth’s Blended, the one flaw in the Transformers movies, Stab World, Chris Nolan’s Turducken and find out why Charlie is Cool As Ice. | 6 July 2014 |
| 90 | Awesun’s Creek | Wil and Charlie discuss James Vanderbat, why bankers are wankers, Charlie’s dream interpretations, why South Park is the modern-day Shakespeare, celebrate Wil’s career on Home and Away and reveal why Andrew Bolt must hate his children. | 17 July 2014 |
| 91 | How You Doohan? | Wil and Charlie discuss Must Hate Dogs, Ah The 80s, Mrs. Doubtfire Begins, The Greatest Show On Earth, Haders gonna hade, indoor work with no heavy lifting, Iggy Australia, easing yourself into a meat dress and the day the donuts died. | 22 July 2014 |
| 92 | Hot Woman and The Enmore | In the final TOFOP for this season, Wil and Charlie try to finish some stories. Special guest intro by former Guest Charlie Felicity Ward. | 27 July 2014 |
| 93 | 20.32 Centimetres | Wil and Charlie discuss why everyonebody should relax, cockadoodledos and don’ts, Kim Jong Ilympics, brekkie reccies, courtesy fingers, kiwikipedia and being probed and prodded. | 30 September 2014 |
| 94 | Undiplomatic Immunity | Wil and Charlie discuss McGemma, Skeeting: The Musical, Irish-ish Accents, the pipe-smoking terrorist and pitch Get Out Of Jail Free: The Diplomatic Immunity sitcom. | 6 October 2014 |
| 95 | Pengweng Weng Weng | Wil and Charlie discuss The Podvengers, Arm The World, Welcome Back Otter, Going All The (Nor)Way, Plucka Dinklage, Dicks Balls and Moons and speak to the Former Youngest Person On The Planet. | 19 October 2014 |
| 96 | Crunchy Granola Sweet | Wil and Charlie discuss why the Wil Anderson model is dead, adventures in the Isle Of Mull, Ice Ice Charlie, Cypress Halloumi, and then a break. | 28 October 2014 |
| 97 | Cool Things For Cool People | Recorded in front of a live audience at the LA Podcast Festival 2014, Wil and Charlie are joined by Guest Charlie Number One Dave Anthony, and Guest Charlies Matt Kirshen and Gareth Reynolds. (With guest intro by Graham Elwood, cameo by Steele Saunders and non-appearance by Ash Williams.) | 30 October 2014 |
| 98 | We’ve Bee-n Here For Years | Wil and Charlie return to the Pod Cave… But Don’t Call It A Comeback. | 25 November 2014 |
| 99 | What Actually | Wil and Charlie discuss Talking Footy, Recipe For Disaster, Butch Vig’s TOFOP, Insecurity Questions, I Just Want Justice: The Charlie Clausen Story, Adam Sandler’s Nature Boy, Business Classy, Planet Of The Traipse and celebrate 99 episodes of Professional Prodcasting. | 3 December 2014 |
| Bonus Episode | Cypress Halloumi Remix | T-Bagger Justin Hobson got together with Cypress Hill and put this delicious tribute together. | 17 December 2014 |
| Bonus Episode | Popeapolooza | In a very special Christmas bonus episode of TOFOP, Wil and Charlie are joined by Charlie's Mum. | 24 December 2014 |
| 100 | HOHOHOFOP | In A Very TOFOP Christmas Wil and Charlie celebrate the 100th episode of TOFOP live at the Sydney Comedy Store. Starring John Deeks as Santa Claus and introducing Melissa as The Stenographer. | 21 January 2015 |
| Bonus Episode | Superpod 2: This Time It’s Recorded | Recorded live at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival Wil and Charlie are joined by Dave Anthony and Greg Behrendt for Superpod 2 (with special guest star John Deeks as John Deeks). | 8 April 2015 |
| 101 | Never Had A Bartman | Wil and Charlie discuss 37 Pages, K-FOP, When Will Bros Be Famous (Again), The Worst List Of The Best Action Films, Losing The Trailer Thought, Marky Blackmark, Charlie (Not A Professional Entertainer), Monica Lewinsky's Bartman, The Popele's Champion and Jedish Knights. | 9 May 2015 |
References
- ↑ Ziffer, Daniel (30 March 2012). "Up for a laugh, anywhere, any time". The Age. Retrieved 30 July 2012.
- ↑ Bennett, Sally (23 June 2012). "Podcasts Freed the Radio Star". Herald Sun. Retrieved 30 July 2012.
- ↑ Wright, Gerard (5 August 2011). "Free Wil". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 30 July 2012.
- ↑ "TOFOP #83 - Weng Weng". TOFOP. 9 September 2012. Retrieved 9 September 2012.
- ↑ Richards, Holly (17 January 2013). "Star role lures Clausen". The West Australian. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
- ↑ http://www.tofop.com/tofop-84-were-back-were-bad-youre-black-im-mad-2/
- ↑ Longhetti, Chloe-lee (May 31, 2014). "Charlie Clausen and Wil Anderson bound for the US for podcast Thirty Odd Foot Of Pod". News Corp Australia. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
- ↑ "Super Pod Melbourne Comedy Festival Page". Retrieved 24 July 2012.
- ↑ "Official Website Podcast Feed". Retrieved 24 July 2012.
External links
- Official website
- TOFOP on Liberated Syndication
- TOFOP on iTunes
- Wil Anderson website
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