John Mendelssohn’s World of Hilarity John Mendelsohn
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You’ll laff ’til.you stop, and be reminded of Monty Python, the Firesign Theatre, and other smart absurdist satire, as you listen either to A Rabbi, the Pope, and Jeff Beck’s Ghost Walk Into a Pub, made with a UK audience in mind, or Poking Bears With Sticks, which English-understanders of all nationalities, ages, races, creeds (whatever they are), and sexual preferences are certain to enjoy.
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Rhyming Slang
An American newcomer to London learns all about rhyming slang from a local beauty
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The Coronation of Charles 3.0
All the pomp, with none of the circumstance!
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SELLING TARQUIN’S KIDNEY
[A Rabbi, the Pope and Jeff Beck's Ghost Walk Into a Pub]
Pater and Grandmother attempt to talk young Tarquin, who seems to be sounding as though brought up in Compton, or some comparable American ghetto, rather than in Surrey, into making a small sacrifice to finance his sister Rubella's education. Rubella, meanwhile, has some text messages she has to send. At the end, we hear, in song, about the self-renamed Tarque 163's favourite meal. -
NOAH’S TWO MUMMIES
[A Rabbi, the Pope and Jeff Beck's Ghost Walk Into a Pub]
Mummy 2 comes home from work one afternoon with some heartbreaking news for Mummy 1, only for the handsome gentleman who made her renounce her lesbianism to find Mummy 1 irresistibly attractive. Poor Noah has no no idea what to make of all this. Man up, kid! -
ASK DR. KNOWLEDGE [UK]
[A Rabbi, the Pope and Jeff Beck's Ghost Walk Into a Pub]
American radio's most pompous old pedant comes to the United Kingdom, and there shares his vast expertise with a bright-eyed local lad who has in the past sat on Father Christmas's lap. -
THE POSTGAME INTERVIEW
[A Rabbi, the Pope and Jeff Beck's Ghost Walk Into a Pub]
A woman TV journalist who wishes she were almost anywhere else finds herself tasked with getting the "thoughts" of a moronic footballer after a match. Do you know what I mean?