3.1 Gags in Space - the Cosmic Comic Intrusion

Season Three is here! - heralded by a global mystery in Seoul. A strange box has appeared on the stage of k-pop supergroup JeanStarz. Let's pray it's not an alien music box...Once again The Big Muddler brings unwholesome variety to your ears. New this season is a phone-in where the callers sound oddly familiar. But that's as far as the novelty goes. Otherwise it's the same mirthless parade of old routines. Some Listed Jokes, of course, plus marine soap opera Great Crustaceans, where Spider's got a new song that, again, seems oddly familiar. Oh, and there's a new member of the band.Our trip to Muddler Live comes from Walthamstow Folk Club, and it comes with a rare tidbit - a parody of that music hall classic If it Wasn't for the 'Ouses in Between, written by Norfolk's finest - the Kipper Family. I learnt this treat from London legend John White (who I think was 101 years old, honest, when I last saw him perform it). Oh, and apologies, again, to anyone offended by Verse Two. This week's advertiser is Ruislip Robots, with an important product upgrade notice. The architect of this asinine assembly is - as always - Matthew Crampton. Check out incriminating evidence at Do get in touch via thebigmuddler(at)matthewcrampton.com. I'm also on the anti-socials: matthew.crampton on instagram and MatthewCramptonStoryAndSong on facebook. Do explore the excellent spoken word recordings of Musical Concepts: https://musicalconcepts.net/genre/spoken-word/Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night (Dylan Thomas) read by Richard Burton (1955) on Poetry Classics: Great Voices Alto ALN1918 https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/7990331--poetry-classics-great-voicesOde To A Nightingale (Keats) read by Robert Donat (1958) on Poetry Classics: Great Voices Alto ALN1918 https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/7990331--poetry-classics-great-voicesCrowd Medium.wav by Audionautics -- https://freesound.org/s/136978/ -- License: Attribution 3.020160308_07.tourist.talk.flac by dobroide -- https://freesound.org/s/339765/ -- License: Attribution 4.0Child Laughing by SergeQuadrado -- https://freesound.org/s/636955/ -- License: Attribution NonCommercial 4.0Muzak 3 by TeffyD1 -- https://freesound.org/s/752531/ -- License: Attribution 4.0Do get in touchSupport the show