Be Funny Or Die

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Agendum: Banking Crisis (outtake)

Feb 04 2025 1 mins

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit joelmorris.substack.comI was looking for a sketch that I remembered us doing for Agendum, because it seemed to match the mad mood of the world this week, and I found that we’d never put it out. But I had some fragments of it on the hard drive, and they really made me laugh.So this is a quick chat about how we made thes

Closing The Factory

Jan 28 2025 1 mins

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit joelmorris.substack.comThe second part of our Be Funny Or Die podcast chat with Adam Tandy (Detectorists, Inside No 9, Thick of It) about the state of British comedy production, and why it’s so hard to make funny stuff… even though television’s biggest recent hits (Gavin & Stacey, Wallace & Gromit etc) have been ex

Al Campbell: The Barry Shitpeas Story Pt 2

Dec 29 2024 2 mins

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit joelmorris.substack.comIn the second part of my chat with top directing bloke Al Campbell, we learn why unexpected TV star Barry Shitpeas took an eventual backseat on Wipe (thanks to the actor Kevin Eldon), and how Philomena Cunk was born…

The Muppet Christmas Carol

Dec 23 2024 19 mins

A quick podcast with some ideas about how a Christmas classic weaves its comedy magic by playing it almost straight… This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit joelmorris.substack.com/subscribe

Tales of Geoff

Dec 16 2024 1 mins

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit joelmorris.substack.comGeoff McGivern originated the role of Ford Prefect in Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy and has been in everything from Ghosts to Blackadder, from Back to A Bit Of Fry and Laurie, and here the legendary British comedy titan shares with us a tale of how he got over his fear of acting on camera… b

Al Campbell: The Barry Shitpeas Story

Dec 04 2024 1 mins

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit joelmorris.substack.comThe smashing Al Campbell – directing supremo behind everything from It’s Kevin to Man Down, from Inside No 9 to Cunk – talks about how the original dimbulb pundit Barry Shitpeas came about, and reveals the answer to the mystery of Barry’s trademark bandaged hands…

Chatting to Adam Tandy: sitcom & budgets

Nov 26 2024 1 mins

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit joelmorris.substack.comI’m going to record some pub-table style eavesdrops on chats with people in comedy who know stuff. Loads more of these to come…Adam Tandy is the hugely successful producer behind Inside No9, Detectorists, The Thick Of It, The Armando Iannucci Shows, Alan Partridge and countless other brilliant

The Dead Parrot sketch

Nov 09 2024 4 mins

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit joelmorris.substack.comIn this first edition of the Be Funny Or Die podcast, I’m looking at Monty Python’s Dead Parrot Sketch, broadcast for the first time 55 years ago in December 1969, and wondering what on earth’s going on in there.I want to look at how the sketch’s accidentally perfect balance of familiarity