More podcasts, as promised

As reported on these pages earlier this week, the promised podcasts are upon us:

• from January 27, 2008, we've got the creator and producer of CBC radio's The Debaters, Richard Side (who also happens to be a very funny guy himself).
• from February 3, 2008, we've got American Dwight Slade, who was also the very first stand-up partner of the legendary Bill Hicks. Among other things, Dwight talks quite emotionally about his late friend.
• from July 22, 2007, we've got stand-up comic, writer and stay-at-home son, Phil Hanley, in a feisty tete-a-tete.

New Podcasts!

It's been a long time coming, but we've got two more podcasts up and running. The last one was from the end of December, 2007. But today starts a long process of getting caught up. We begin with a April 20, 2008 return visit from the Tony Randall of What's So Funny?, Graham Clark. Graham now hosts his own podcast (with lackey Dave Shumka) called Stop Podcasting Yourself, but to really get to know the man they call "Graham" you have to listen to our program, which you can do right here.

The second new podcast up is a very fun, and interesting, visit from first-time WSF? guest, Joel Walmsley. The Wombat dropped by our studio on February 10, 2008 and talked about street performing and Brent Butt's first ever time on stage, among other things. Hear that show right here.

Thanks to Raegan Birch over at comedycouch.com for getting these shows uploaded and for hosting them on her site.

Coming soon: Richard Side, Phil Hanley and Dwight Slade.

March 1: David C. Jones

March already? Seriously? That's good, I guess. Only six more months until summer!

Meanwhile, the show marches on. Tonight our guest is Mr. David C. Jones. I figure if you've got a middle initial, you need Mr. in front of your name. Even if that initial is for something as zany and kooky as "Comedy". My guess is he needed the C. in there to separate himself from diminutive dreamboat Davey Jones, of Monkees fame.

This Jones is a man of many, many hats: Actor, writer, producer, director, teacher, comedian, emcee. That's six hats, folks. And not one of them a baseball cap. Tonight we'll be touching on many of these chapeaus. One of the topics will almost certainly be this fascinating bit of merde disturbing Jones was in the centre of. We'll hammer out a solution and be saviours to thespians everywhere. We'll also talk about his upcoming gig in Rome. And he's bringing along the comedy stylings of Dudley Moore & Peter Cooke as well as former WSF? guest, Richard Side. And we'll play those very stylings if our equipment works. That's a promise to you, the listener.