13 episodes
The Tumbler's Willy Podcast Starburns Audio
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4.9 • 23 Ratings
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‘Tumbler’s Willy’ is the longest-running TV drama in the world - so how come you’ve never heard of it until now? Maybe you’re a cultural sloth, or perhaps you’ve just been busy chasing your dreams. Whatever, now’s your chance to discover what you’ve been missing for the last 120 years.
Join American sitcom writer Andy Bobrow and UK children’s author Andy Stanton as they take a deep and incredibly dumb dive into this most British-est of shows. If you’ve got any sense at all, you won’t believe your ears.
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Special Bonus Episode with the Binge Boys
Andy and Andy made a special guest appearance on the Binge Boys podcast. It was an utter disaster. We hesitate to play you any portion of this absolute horror show of an interview, but we have managed to cobble together a few decent minutes. Check out the Binge Boys here. Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram, and of course at Tumblerswilly.com
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Episode 12 - Happy Birthday, Mr. Tumbler!
In our Season One finale, we talk about Tumbler's spectacular 12 hour-long 114th anniversary TV special. Airing on Christmas Day 2016 and honouring not only Tumbler’s Willy but also Sir Isaac Newton and (accidentally) James Bond, it was a glittering and emotional night of stars both past and present, alive and dead. That's all for now, Tumbleheads! Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram, and of course at Tumblerswilly.com
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Episode 11 - Over To You
We've got mail! In this episode, we answer a number of questions sent in by Tumbleheads all around the world. It's a grab-bag episode of The Tumbler's Willy Podcast, and we guarantee bags will be grabbed. Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram, and of course at Tumblerswilly.com
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Episode 10 - Back to the Land: The David Hunch Story, Part 2
No advance fanfare. No publicity. Just David Hunch and Simon Feathers traveling around Britain in a little wooden wagon pulled by the faithful shire horses Jiminy and Rhubarb, and a stripped-down cast of characters including Tumbler himself, Postmistress Millie, Hoffman the angry German barkeep, and a brand-new character, the Magic Wizard. Through these intimate, spiritual shows, performed to crowds of one or two hundred villagers in fields and meadows, David Hunch sought a deeper communion with his audience than TV could ever provide. And yet, within the space of just a few years it was all to go horribly, spectacularly wrong. Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram, and of course at Tumblerswilly.com
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Episode 9 - Wise Beyond His Years: The David Hunch Story, Part 1
Tumbler's goes looking for a new director, and they find one by sticking a pin in a map. Hear the story of wunderkind TV director, 8-year-old David Hunch and how he completely remade Tumbler's with the help of his trusted accountant, 6-year-old Simon Feathers. Together they take Tumbler's on the road once again reinventing the show that reinvented the entire concept of reinvention. Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram, and of course at Tumblerswilly.com
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Episode 8 - The Garden Party
At the start of the 1982 season, a new character, socialite Helena Brooke-Partridge, delivered a line that every Tumblehead now knows by heart: “Let’s have a garden party.” But behind the seemingly endless preparations for this spectacularly predictable party, there lurked a chilling agenda. Find out how Tumbler's Willy got itself caught up in a quintessentially 80s scandal. New episodes on Tuesdays. Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram, and of course at Tumblerswilly.com
Customer Reviews
Hilarious! If you need a pick-me-up you MUST listen
Within minutes I was gasping with laughter, and I’m old and jaded with comedy, it’s rare for anything to make me laugh out loud. Hours later I’m still giggling. Comic genius Andy Stanton sure knows how to tickle a funny bone.
Hilarity ensues…
As an old Anglophile, discovering A Tumbler’s Willie” has been a sheer delight. Sit down for half an hour with a pail of scotch and lend an ear. You shan’t be disappointed.
My favorite podcast.
In my social circles, I’m known as the biggest Tumblehead. I’ve been part of Willy Nation for as long as I’ve had memories, and probably earlier. I am laughing the hardest when I listen to this long overdue account of Britain's greatest cultural emblem. Thank you, Andy and Andy, for the biggest smiles I have all week. Life is funnier because of you two.