London: Please Hold
You know the old compliment, "I’d listen to him read the telephone book aloud"? Comedy performer Saul Henry is taking it very literally. Swapping the comedy circuit for a microphone and a 1939 London telephone directory, Saul abandons his trademark irreverence to deliver the ultimate exercise in deadpan restraint. No chat, no analysis, and zero punchlines, this effortlessly engaging MC is sitting down to simply read a vintage phonebook, line by line. It’s a brilliant collision between a naturally warm comedian and the driest source material on earth, resulting in an oddly hypnotic, deeply soothing auditory time capsule.
Episodes
Apparently, reading the phone book is the ultimate test of endurance. I'm trying to bring it to life as something closer to an art form.
In this inaugural episode, we begin our journey through the August 1939 London Telephone Directory (Letters A-K). Expect names, titles, vintage exchange names, incredibly short numbers, and the strangely captivating rhythm of a bygone metropolis.
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We return to the streets of pre-war London with another dive into the 1939 telephone directory. In this episode, we navigate more 'A' names uncovering a cross-section of capital life just months before the outbreak of the WWII.
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Doxing the names, places and numbers of a metropolis of memories once again
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In this fourth instalment of London: Please Hold, comedian Saul Henry continues his hypnotic, line-by-line reading of the August 1939 London Telephone Directory. Picking up exactly where we left off—climbing out from the bottom of the Abbisses—we wade deeper into the 'Ab's, making our way steadily (but very slowly) toward the 'Ac's.
Along the way, we uncover a strangely soothing litany of pre-war businesses, military pe...
Episode 5 picks up exactly where the alphabet left us in the 1939 London telephone directory. Settle in for another instalment of vintage phone numbers, addresses and soft narration.
There ought to be a collective noun for a group of Abbots, a conclave would be the obvious choice... but I do prefer the alliteration of An Assembly of Abbots. Or in this instance Abbotts with a double B AND a double T!
In his sixth instalment, Saul continues his meticulous, deadpan journey through the vintage 1939 London telephone directory; beginning with an extensive list of branches of the historic footwear retailer Abbott's Phit-Eesi Ltd.
Join Saul as he recites details of the forgotten residents, obscure companies, and prestigious pre-war addresses of the aristocracy, clergy and everyday folks that once populated the capital. From the ...
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