John Mendelssohn’s World of Hilarity

John Mendelssohn’s World of Hilarity

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.

Episodes

January 31, 2025 5 mins

Hard-hitting journalism at its hard-hittingest! 

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A private detective is thwarted in his attempt to add to his client roster a dame whose legs are 100 meters long. 

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The heteronormative cis male Western hero encounters some rambunctious punks at a Denny's, and teaches them an important life lesson!

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January 30, 2025 4 mins
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July 26, 2023 4 mins

An American newcomer to London learns all about rhyming slang from a local beauty

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May 6, 2023 4 mins

All the pomp, with none of the circumstance!

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April 16, 2023 6 mins

[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 favou...

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April 16, 2023 4 mins

[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!

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April 16, 2023 5 mins

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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. 

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April 16, 2023 4 mins

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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?

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