There is a bloody lot occurring at current. Fortunately, Daybreak French and Jennifer Saunders have a superb joke about butt cheeks.
Launched on Audible in the beginning of October 2020 throughout England’s second lockdown(opens in a brand new tab), French and Saunders: Titting About(opens in a brand new tab) was a part of a swathe of UK comedy releases for Amazon’s audiobook app together with Steve Coogan’s From the Oasthouse: The Alan Partridge Podcast(opens in a brand new tab). They had been a welcome, hearty guffaw-inducing break from the sinking quagmire of tension that characterised heightened COVID-19 restrictions.(opens in a brand new tab)
And now, Titting About is again for Season 3, with six new episodes(opens in a brand new tab) launched on Audible right this moment.
Hosted by comedy legends French and Saunders (identified collectively for his or her iconic comedy sketch sequence French and Saunders launched within the ’80s, amongst glowing solo careers), Titting About sees the whipsmart pair very loosely “selecting a theme and not likely sticking to it,” telling rollicking tales from their childhoods, lauded careers, and adventurous lives, all whereas valiantly trying to stifle giggles.
When you’ve spent quite a lot of time loading up on information podcasts in a fried try to get throughout this hellscape, this mischievous, cheeky podcast means that you can take a break and listen in on two sensible ladies capturing the breeze about their faculty days, childhood household holidays, and the sudden pleasure of cooking frozen peas in vermouth (you learn appropriately).
“Titting About with Fatty is one of the best enjoyable I’ve had with out my incontinence pants on. Which, on reflection, was a mistake. Some comfortable furnishings had been broken within the making of this sequence,” stated French in one of many best press statements I’ve seen. Saunders’ assertion is equally elegant:
“I can’t think about something I’d somewhat be doing than titting about with Daybreak. We each have tits in any case.”
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With six episodes at half-hour every, Titting About is the podcast equal of sitting round for a fast, cheeky chat with a glass of wine in hand, musing over the truth that Saunders used to gather horse buying and selling playing cards as a toddler. It brings the kind of nonchalant conversational bliss I personally crave, deconstructing life’s sillier however nonetheless essential particulars for a second earlier than we dive again into perpetually dire headlines.
The matters lined embrace their greatest and worst comedy gigs; passions and hobbies (together with the curse of being eternally gifted themed knick-knacks emblazoned with no matter canine breed you personal); holidays and the artwork of packing solely a kaftan; the Seven Lethal Sins and lusting after Idris Elba; meals and final meals; and the ol’ faculty days of tremendous mature jokes like this:
French: “Are you able to imagine that they are nonetheless collectively, in any case that bloody shit?”
Saunders: “Who?”
French: “YOUR BUTT CHEEKS!”
When you can hear Bart Simpson-level cackling on the wind, I apologise however can not cease. However it’s moments of levity like this which can be rattling nicely wanted at the present time. I would honesty take heed to French and Saunders debate the professionals and cons of cauliflower all day, which by the way occurs within the fifth episode.
When you’ve bought an Audible subscription, you may take heed to Titting About totally free. If you do not have Audible and crave chatty podcasts to fill your own home throughout lockdown, make your manner by way of this cheerful record — and hold in there.