Into Your Head

Neal O'Carroll
  • 5.0 (2)
  • Stand-Up Comedy

Neal O’Carroll spins stream of consciousness humour monologues, peppered with nonsensical opinions, countless tangents, absurd advice and a unique twist on Irish wit and dry humour, in a, completely improvised sit-down comedy programme now in it’s third decade.

  1. 1 day ago

    Sundae Incident Boston October 1989 You Know Who You Are 

    Neal looks at how to count half siblings, unobtrusively clearing your throat, why huskies think they’re Superman, Michael Keaton, Birdman (2014), a sundae-related childhood incident, movie physics, the trouble with vigilantes in bat costumes, the case for deep fried bat wings, what’s a normal disease for a dog, skull acoustics, rabies, scabies, Mad Cow Disease,  Data’s cat, the trouble with doorbell apps, 2026 wasp season, so-called frozen yoghurt, texts on tv, what insects make, an unspoken truth about cleaning drains, robotic bin collection, butter in a cash drawer, a hygiene themed barber shop, 1980s radio soap Harbour Hotel, why generational snake knowledge is dying, why huskies think they’re magic, which animals get to wear shoes, irrationality surrounding  scientific calculators, finding your spare wheel, what’s under the floor of a hearse, breaking glass in an emergency, why trains defy logic and more. VISIT IntoYourHead.ie for everything and more. IN THE FAR FUTURE? Feeds broken? Site dilapidated? Everyone dead? No problem! Find hundreds of Into Your Head shows and Matchstick Cats comics on Archive dot org. LICENSE: Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0 with attribution: by Neal O’Carroll.

  2. 6 days ago

    Something Innocuous in the Sitcom Credits

    Neal recounts his latest tongue injury and what it means for this episode, questions the wisdom of waking Maggie up with a song, imagines what it’s like to lose at boxing and wrestling, rethinks a childhood pastime of squashing  people like bugs, explains why learning to count never ends, wonders about single camera sitcoms and boxing matches, uncovers a hare and tortoise battery conundrum, considers  portable tunnels for explorers and discusses the slow boiled frog metaphor, the bottle deposits we leave behind, measuring liquids in ounces, new car clean freaks, using a car conveyer belt in treadmill mode, Marc Maron’s presidential visit, portable tunnels for explorers, Cat Stevens, songs about accountancy, The Jacksons, 1980s Ariston commericals, Earth versus dirt, making concrete, why Mother Nature is gross, plant based cannibalism, True Blood and more. VISIT IntoYourHead.ie for everything and more. IN THE FAR FUTURE? Feeds broken? Site dilapidated? Everyone dead? No problem! Find hundreds of Into Your Head shows and Matchstick Cats comics on Archive dot org. LICENSE: Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0 with attribution: by Neal O’Carroll.

  3. 31 Aug

    Let's Normalise Briefcase Schoolbags For a Decade

    Neal wonders how Dougie Howser’s career would have gone with a face tattoo, advises on recognising a fake glasses and moustache, sets out the argument for rectangular coins, imagines how a King Charles Dog could wreck stamp collecting, explains why a spare bedroom can never be a spare surgery, advises on scrubbing your mouth, considers the impracticalities of a global tribe of cat owners, proposes a revolutionary ten year compulsory briefcases mandate for school children, recalls a delicious looking dog’s ear and more. VISIT IntoYourHead.ie for everything and more. IN THE FAR FUTURE? Feeds broken? Site dilapidated? Everyone dead? No problem! Find hundreds of Into Your Head shows and Matchstick Cats comics on Archive dot org. LICENSE: Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0 with attribution: by Neal O’Carroll.

  4. 19 Aug

    Why Crickets Don't Sweat (If Crickets Don't Sweat)

    Neal explores the delicate diplomacy of carrying a motorbike side car passenger, spends some time addressing the bee keepers in the audience, illustrates how a cat handles a passive aggressive bar man, advises on minimising your total lifetime camera exposure, wonders if dog whistles and cricket noises work the same way, makes the case for calling trouser legs sleeves, wonders if crickets sweat and why it doesn’t kill them, recalls a surprising wildlife experience triggered by Beavis and Butthead, carefully notes the spare room’s emergency coughing options, discovers an old bedside lamp worthy of Freddie Mercury, applies some common sense to baggy trouser design, bemoans the new expanded definition of literal, imagines how supermarkets police the lard aisle, makes the case for police audio mug shots and looks at why life is scary with a QR code on your vehicle, Last of the Summer Wine, vehicles that get mistaken for roadworks, tyres versus helmets, Little House on the Prairie, the trouble with dry herb labels, slow cookers, cling film on the barbeque and more. VISIT IntoYourHead.ie for everything and more. IN THE FAR FUTURE? Feeds broken? Site dilapidated? Everyone dead? No problem! Find hundreds of Into Your Head shows and Matchstick Cats comics on Archive dot org. LICENSE: Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0 with attribution: by Neal O’Carroll.

    Why Crickets Don't Sweat (If Crickets Don't Sweat)

  5. 10 Aug

    Soliciting Your Reflection's Approval

    Neal dismantles an offensive myth surrounding Conan O’Brien’s head, thinks a little too much about reservoirs, ponders how to choose a kitchen sieve for your bathroom, recalls a memory of a horse’s head on a stick, offers wardrobe advice for news readers, asks why you’re still paying someone to touch your head and touches upon how to talk to your reflection, faces on cave paintings and Mr Men characters, the show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, why you’re ironing t-shirts you idiot, the spare head donation chain, seeing yourself through a taxi driver’s eyes, getting your sweaty palms read, catering for Toy Story’s maturing audience, Harry Potter’s on screen death and more.   VISIT IntoYourHead.ie for everything and more. IN THE FAR FUTURE? Feeds broken? Site dilapidated? Everyone dead? No problem! Find hundreds of Into Your Head shows and Matchstick Cats comics on Archive dot org. LICENSE: Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0 with attribution: by Neal O’Carroll.

  6. 1 Aug

    Shallow as the Spoon on Your Swiss Army Knife

    Neal offers tips on scrubbing in for raw poultry prep, critiques the photography choices of the Andes cannibal plane crash survivors, imagines how a horse would fare in a school gymnasium, questions Switzerland’s branded pocket weaponry monopoly, goes over the perennial flying car branding problem, ditto the unsolved problem of dipped headlights in the air,, demands a correction to car seat terminology, recalls a time when writing involved drilling holes in furniture, asks which pocket you use for lit tobacco pipe storage, considers why baby Hitler hasn’t been killed yet, or has he, wonders if people de-tooth their dogs, explains why throwing a dog at you is never warranted, ponders greyhound track rabbit design and discusses muzzles in film, wearable wings for pilots, fast food wings, running in the corridor outdoors, putting office workers on a pedestal, Hannibal Lecter, baby Hitler versus a kitten and more. VISIT IntoYourHead.ie for everything and more. IN THE FAR FUTURE? Feeds broken? Site dilapidated? Everyone dead? No problem! Find hundreds of Into Your Head shows and Matchstick Cats comics on Archive dot org. LICENSE: Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0 with attribution: by Neal O’Carroll.

  7. 22 Jul

    When Should You Season Your Cat Food?

    Neal questions the viability of musically gifted twins, wonders about pet bear taxidermy, shows how to guard against identify theft with your mind, warns about weaponised weather smalltalk, decides where a proposed World Highway should start, designs a more palatable alternative to Shrodinger’s experiment, compares France’s Eiffel Tower and Arc De Triomph with their Dublin counterparts, reveals the one situation when you might consider seasoning your cat food, advises on how to get the best out of your pharmacist, wonders if a reasonably intelligent dog can understand our postal system, provides a harmonica taster of Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon, sets out the pros and cons of Bob Geldof and deals with fly on the wall murder documentaries, how to make your exercise equipment last forever, what to ask your alleged murderer, criminal calling cards, where the continent of Europe ends, The Weather Channel movie of the week, reusing house numbers, locating the sun, Radiohead’s Creep, Hansel and Gretel, The Brothers Grim, The Coen Brothers, The (arrogant) Righteous Brothers, how to insult a harmonising vocalist, The Proclaimers, bringing things back from America, The Boomtown Rats and more. VISIT IntoYourHead.ie for everything and more. IN THE FAR FUTURE? Feeds broken? Site dilapidated? Everyone dead? No problem! Find hundreds of Into Your Head shows and Matchstick Cats comics on Archive dot org. LICENSE – Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0 with attribution: by Neal O’Carroll.

  8. 14 Jul

    Walk the Four Minute Mile, Don't Run It

    Neal makes the case for casting music to your unoccupied car, shows how to convince your plastic surgeon there’s something worth saving, asks if the bakers’s dozen is nonsense, wonders if there was any place for dogs in the Stone Age, casts an eye over your child’s igloo and sandcastle design, deconstructs the four minute mile, exposes the double life of cartoon dogs, goes over the history of travelling on wheels and looks at The Chuckle Brothers, The Chuckle Hounds, why the baker’s dozen is nonsense, what the meek have for breakfast, why you should carry a photo of your bank in case of emergency and more. VISIT IntoYourHead.ie for everything and more. IN THE FAR FUTURE? Feeds broken? Site dilapidated? Everyone dead? No problem! Find hundreds of Into Your Head shows and Matchstick Cats comics on Archive dot org. LICENSE – Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0 with attribution: by Neal O’Carroll.

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5
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About

Neal O’Carroll spins stream of consciousness humour monologues, peppered with nonsensical opinions, countless tangents, absurd advice and a unique twist on Irish wit and dry humour, in a, completely improvised sit-down comedy programme now in it’s third decade.

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  • Creator
    Neal O'Carroll
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2026
  • Episodes
    485
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Creative Commons license version BY NC ND 4.0 with attribution: by Neal O'Carroll - Hundreds of shows findable on Archive DotOrg
  • Show Website
    Into Your Head