The Old Fools

People say to me, Steve - you're the producer of the Old Fools Podcast, is it even possible to pick highligts from what is already 100% audio gold? The answer is ... yes. Except I suspect I'll have upset someone by leaving one bit or another out of this. Money cannot buy this kind of entertainment. Which is fitting as we don't make any money from it. Here is a selection of funny bits from a very funny show. Ian and David are joined by a host of fantastic female co-hosts. If this is your first exposure to the show ... scroll back and find the full episodes. You won't regret it. Old Fools is now on a break for a few weeks. Enjoying the $23 we made in advertising revenue. Trebles all round.     Drop us an email: [email protected]  

Delighted to welcome back the brilliant, actor, writer and all round top turn, Laura Shavin to the Old Fools. She joins Ian Martin and David Quantick pointing and l aughing at things that surround them. Big things - ideas, political ideologies, emojis... all the big stuff. This week we continue to laugh at American politicians while taking a swing atemojis, TG Jones/WH Smith and learning a thing or two about Tamworth. Yes, you heard, Tamworth.  Contact us: [email protected]  

Week 8 of this season and we're still here. This week joined by Liz Buckley - head of A&R at super-cool Ace Records. This week Ian Martin, David Quantick and Liz bring Easter Trees, Americans eating mustard, a bomb disposal robot, "Adolescence" and Chessington World of Adventure under the microscope. And some discussion on whether or not Paul McCartney is a wanker (spoiler alert: he's not). Please subscribe to The Old Fools wherever you get your podcasts. And tell a pal. Leave a review or comment. You know, all the usual slightly desperate requests.  The Old Fools is a Giddy Goat production. Because somebody has to be reponsible.

Comedy writers David Quantick and Ian Martin are at it again - finding things that they find irritating or confusing to grumble about, this week in the company of legendary journalist and ruthor, Sylvia Patterson. Micro plastics, football stadiums, the modern inability to own anything, getting rid of useless species and barely remembered mid-80s punk bands. They've got the whole world in their hands, which they're going to scrunch up like a piece of waste paper and chuck in the bin, whilst swearing. Contact us with your feedback. Or keep it to yourself. We don't mind [email protected]  

This week's guest is journalist and broadcaster, Sali Hughes. She joins comedy writers Ian Martin and David Quantick to grumble their way through another week. Has something got right up your hooter, this week? Find out if it's the same things that are driving them to distraction. Each week The Old Fools, Ian and David are joined by a female co-host to bring witty, extremely sweary conversation to a grateful podiverse. Can you tell I have to try and write a new description every week after spening a day editing? It's not as easy as it looks. We love getting your email - no, really - we do! Contact us at [email protected] The Old Fools is a Giddy Goat Production

What happens at the end of the bear hunt? Does anyone know? David and Ian don't - click through to find out why.; This week's guest is showbiz literary agent, Kate Haldane. Can you tell the difference between a vape and a Manic Street Preacher's B-side? "This is brilliant" - Stuart Maconie Two of the UK's leading comedy writers (Veep, The Thick of It, loads of other things) take a prolonged grumbly look at the week's news and give it a sweary satirical swipe. Contact us on: [email protected]  

Rebecca Front - actual UK comedy royalty - joins Ian Martin and David Quantick for another array of comic rants and opinion mostly inspired by another week surviving in a mad world.  SPECIAL FEATURE: Podcast exclusive SOS messages - got someone you need to get hold of in a hurry? Maybe we can help (we can't) Get in tocuh with us on Bluesky, Instagram, Facebook or email: [email protected]  

Advetisments are driving Ian even closer to the edge than most things. David has put himself in the Prime Minister's shoes and ths week's co-host, Lisa Holdsworth has been thinking about wild pigs. Another funny romp through the slightly strange brains of Ian Martin, David Quantick - comedy writers with actiual prizes to their names - and Leeds's brilliant screenwriter or note: Lisa Holdsworth. And for one week only: producer Steve says something funny. You can contact us on Bluesky @oldfoolspod or by email: [email protected]. We're on the other platforms, too but we like Bluesky. A Giddy Goat Production.  

Another slice of comic conversation from some older people who still give a damn about the world. Have you heard of the film "Birdbox"? Doesn't matter - Ian has. What do you think of jazz? Do you know what Boomerangst is? Would you like to hear a song about it? And what about Saoirse Ronan for the vacant post of Archbishop of Canterbury?  This week's episode will take you on a journey of comic discovery that you didn't know you wanted to take and may never want to come home from.  Joining Ian Martin and David Quantick on a return visit is writer and script editor, Jenny Landreth. We think she's ace. Guaranteed not vulgar. Contact us - we dare you: [email protected]

Have you tried Dr Pimplepopper? No, neither have we. And neither do we intend to. Emma Kennedy joins Ian Martin and David Quantick for a new series of their brilliant grumble through a week's news. Three very funny people let off steam for your entertainment.  Thankfully, once again, Quantick has a soulution to everyones problems. It involves Jane McDonald. Email us: [email protected]  

Kicking Christmas up the wazoo in the only way the Old Fools know how. Ian Martin and David Quantick are joined - on a return visit - by brilliant screenwriter, Sarah Phelps. Paul McCartney! Folk Songs! Today I Learned! Prince Andrew! Three people having a brilliant laugh. Quite near Christmas. Join us. This is the end of Season 1 of The Old Fools. Join us again in the new year. If the producer can be bothered, he'll set up some social feeds for the show. Together we're going to raise the average age on Tik Tok by about 30 years. Contact us: [email protected] Like, subscribe, tell a friend. A Giddy Goat Production

Ian Martin and David Quantick tear caustic lumps out of each other and the week's news stories - They're joined this week by novelist and screenwriter, Jenny Colgan. This week Ian takes aim at the 'poetry' that's become ubiquitous on railways station whiteboards, Jenny brings up Dick Van Dyke and Coldplay and David gets cross about nearly everything. It really is a sweaty hoot from soup to nuts. If you're reading this and enjoy the podcast please give us a rating and review if your pod provider allows that kind of thing. You can also email us on: [email protected] The Old Fools is a Giddy Goat production.

David Quantick (Veep, NME, more or less every newspaper) and Ian Martin (Veep; state pensioner) and this week's guest co-host, Miranda Sawyer tumble, swearing through a weeks of fetid news. As usual, the conversation sparks off in a multitude of anarchic, hilarious directions. News meets popular culture meets two old fools. A Giddy Goat production.

Ian Martin (writer and, this week, Covid sufferer) and David Quantick (horse) are joined by writer, performer, voice over artist and podcaster, Laura Shavin. They spin the random topic generator and end up discussing AI, horse, AI horses, Christmas films, Black Friday, Gregg Wallace (inevitably) a godless heaven and end up falling out over Band Aid. Should you feel the need you can contact us by email: [email protected] Language rating: fruity from the outset and throughout

David Quantick and Ian Martin squabble and swear their way through a short list of things that have caught their attention. This week 's guest co-host is Leeds's finest, writer Lisa Holdsworth. Two self-confessed old men, Quantick and Martin meet online with a brilliant guest. John Prescott died this week, there was a new 'word of the year' announced, an idiot bought a banana for $5 million, it snowed a bit in some places and David gets a chance to tell his David Bowie story again. Ian also gets to tell a story about Damien Hirst's genitals. Now that's variety. Bowie clip: https://youtu.be/Bvkkicig7is?si=amW0jucWDnG-qbTX Email us: [email protected] Strong language from the outset and throughout. A Giddy Goat production

Late, this week - but here at last. David Quantick and Ian Martin are joined by PR professional and children's' writer, Gina Rozner to comically pick over the bones of another week's events and irritations. Together, they cast a cold eye over Bob Dylan's trousers, the apparent agony of being a writer, leaving Twitter without making a song and dance about it, Jim the dog and a bee somewhere you might not expect one. "There's a pleasing edge of Derek and Clive to proceedings' - The Daily Telegraph "Why do they have to swear so much? - Random listener "Shouldn't all your shows be this funny?" - Producer's wife Yes - that's a real review from The Daily Telegraph. Award-worthy foul language throughout A Giddy Goat production

David Quantick and Ian Martin squabble their way through a week of news in the company of Scottish screenwriter, Andrea Gibb. Beards, lighthouses, Gary Barlow's son, American unpleasantness, self care, Tolkien, public service poetry. It's clear this is another wide-ranging, swear-peppered grumble-fest. "There's a pleasing edge of Derek and Clive to proceedings' - The Daily Telegraph "Why do they have to swear so much? - Random listener "Shouldn't all your shows be this funny?" - Producer's wife Yes - that's a real review from The Daily Telegraph Sort of topical, cultural rants and conversation from the point of view older people who still give a damn about the world around them. The inside pages of the broadsheets: Entertainment, broadcasting, nature, science, obituaries, lifestyle, environment, business, fashion, health. Strong language throughout A Giddy Goat Production

David Quantick and Ian Martin play host to writer and past-Chair of the Writers' Guild of Great Britain, Gail Renard. They swear their way through Gail's extraordinary career and then pull apart some topics from the week's news. Each week there are sort of topical, cultural rants and conversation from the point of view of at older people who still give a damn about the world around them. The inside pages of the broadsheets: Entertainment, broadcasting, nature, science, obituaries, lifestyle, environment, business, fashion, health. Hartley hare. Strong language from the start and throughout.

David Quantick and Ian Martin are joined this week by screenwriter, Sarah Phelps (The Sixth Commandment, A Very British Scandal, Ordeal By Innocence) to unpick their own angles on the news. And try to work out which of them is the poshest. In this edition the new adaptation of Jilly Cooper's The Rivals gets picked over (well, no one else seems to be talking about it.. ) as do suggestions for changes to the NHS, comedians in amusing vehicles and the upcoming elections on boths sides of the Atlantic. Sort of topical, cultural rants and conversation from the viewpoint of older people who still give a damn about the world around them. The inside pages of the broadsheets: Entertainment, broadcasting, nature, science, obituaries, lifestyle, environment, business, fashion, health. Strong language from the beginning and throughout.

Ian Martin (writer: The Thick of It, Veep) and David Quantick (Music journo and comedy writer) are joined by writer and editor, Jenny Landreth to pull apart a few things that have bothered them, this week. Sort of topical, cultural rants and conversation aimed at older people who still give a damn about the world around them. The inside pages of the broadsheets: Entertainment, broadcasting, nature, science, obituaries, lifestyle, environment, business, fashion, health. Producer: Steve Doherty Giddy Goat Productions Ltd 2024