Better late than never, that's what they say, right? We're back with a slightly delayed finale to series 3 - apologies for the delay, live got in the way, Christmas happened, David got stuck in America, and circumstances generally became extraneous.... BUT - we can offer you now, the full version of our random word generated Nativity - see how words like GLUE, MOUTH & SCREW have shaped the story of Christmas.... Listen now (in January) or save it up for December this year - it's entirely up to you - like a choose your own adventure book...NOT ONLY THAT - but regular listeners will know that we run a song competition / contest to help showcase all of your songs - and now we can unveil the runners up & winner of that contest. Obviously we're not going to tell you who that is in the blurb, you'll have to listen and find out! Thanks for listening to our little podcast so far, we'll be back again soon in 2023 for series 4, and we've already got some exciting guests lined up! Happy Christmas! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's nearly Christmas, but we're not getting festive just yet - we've got far more pressing business to attend to, including a return of Masters of The Scene to the Song Contest / Competition, another building block on the way to the Nativity, and Phil discovers how to write a song with AI. But most important of all, we speak to the amazing comedian, writer and 1990 East Leinster under 14 triple jump bronze medalist DAVID O'DOHERTY. We hear how David got started, how he embraces the DIY ethos, early Edinburgh collaborations, recording an album in his car, and modestly avoid mentioning his many award wins.Find / Support us at;http://www.songsinthekeyoflaugh.comhttps://twitter.com/keyoflaughhttps://www.patreon.com/songsinthekeyoflaughhttps://ko-fi.com/songsinthekeyoflaughhttps://www.instagram.com/keyoflaugh/Find David online at;https://www.davidodoherty.com/https://phlaimeaux.tumblr.com/showshttps://www.instagram.com/phlaimeaux/https://twitter.com/phlaimeauxhttps://davidodoherty.bandcamp.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's Episode 7! We're back to talk more about the music found in animations, in part 2 of that particular conversation, another building block in our Nativity, and usher in a competition entry from Rhoderick LandNOT ONLY THAT - BUT ALSO! We speak to the multi talented songwriter, guitarist, singer, comedian and actor - the marvellous GERALDINE QUINN!!!Geraldine joins us down the line from Australia to tell us all about her latest projects, Christmas gigs, and some festival reminiscing with Phil. We're trying something new this series, so here's the plan;We're still going to upload all our episodes to this podcast feed, for free, as always - BUT - if you want early access to them - you can sign up to our Patreon over at https://www.patreon.com/songsinthekeyoflaughIf you subscribe to our Patreon, you could have been hearing this episode last week!Find / Support us at;http://www.songsinthekeyoflaugh.comhttps://twitter.com/keyoflaughhttps://www.patreon.com/songsinthekeyoflaughhttps://ko-fi.com/songsinthekeyoflaughhttps://www.instagram.com/keyoflaugh/Find Geraldine online at;http://www.geraldinequinn.comhttps://linktr.ee/geraldinequinnhttps://geraldinequinn.bandcamp.com/https://ko-fi.com/geraldinequinnhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCptoaV7Y25m2Ozw6ZUEVwPwhttps://twitter.com/geraldinequinn Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's EPISODE SIX! Welcome back to Songs In The Key Of Laugh - this week we delve into Electronica, take another chunk out of our Nativity, hear another song contest entry and receive a visit from one of the hottest new comedy music acts on the circuit, it's Archie Henderson - aka - JAZZ EMU!! Archie takes us through the process of creating Jazz Emu, in collaboration with his video director Hunter Allen, the story behind his live show, and how the Jazz Emu has evolved from Tik Tok videos into a fully fledged character, complete with Ewi! We're trying something new this series, so here's the plan;We're still going to upload all our episodes to this podcast feed, for free, as always - BUT - if you want early access to them - you can sign up to our Patreon over at https://www.patreon.com/songsinthekeyoflaughIf you subscribe to our Patreon, you could have been hearing this episode last week!Find / Support us at;http://www.songsinthekeyoflaugh.comhttps://twitter.com/keyoflaughhttps://www.patreon.com/songsinthekeyoflaughhttps://ko-fi.com/songsinthekeyoflaughhttps://www.instagram.com/keyoflaugh/Find Jazz Emu online at;https://www.jazzemu.com/https://jazzemu.bandcamp.com/https://qrates.com/projects/27888-digital-spoolhttps://twitter.com/thejazzemuhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCM-Imt636hk4nHrXKwxR7XAhttps://www.instagram.com/thejazzemu/And go & see his show, 'You Shouldn't Have' (December 2022) at The Soho Theatre - https://sohotheatre.com/shows/jazz-emu-you-shouldnt-have/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's Episode 5 Already! Can't believe we're halfway through this series! Thanks for coming back for more - and you're in for a treat this week, it's the wonderful TIM VINE - joining us down the line from his prop filled home, we dig beyond the puns, and speak to Tim about the role music plays in his comedy, from his squeaky shoes, to his favourite ladder, and the time he almost wrote a song with Mark E. Smith! We're trying something new this series, so here's the plan;We're still going to upload all our episodes to this podcast feed, for free, as always - BUT - if you want early access to them - you can sign up to our Patreon over at https://www.patreon.com/songsinthekeyoflaughIf you subscribe to our Patreon, you could have been hearing this episode last week!Find / Support us at;http://www.songsinthekeyoflaugh.comhttps://twitter.com/keyoflaughhttps://www.patreon.com/songsinthekeyoflaughhttps://ko-fi.com/songsinthekeyoflaughhttps://www.instagram.com/keyoflaugh/Find Tim Vine online at;https://www.timvine.com/https://twitter.com/ RealTimVinehttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwgr5u9C9ehXjn98UP1_meA Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's Episode 4! And we have an interview with the wonderful FLAT AND THE CURVES (or at least 3 out of 4 of them, for what will become obvious reasons). Find out all about this amazing new band, and what Charlotte was listening to in the womb, as well as another building block in the improvised nativity musical, and another competition entry - this week from Nate Ziller.We're trying something new this series, so here's the plan;We're still going to upload all our episodes to this podcast feed, for free, as always - BUT - if you want early access to them - you can sign up to our Patreon over at https://www.patreon.com/songsinthekeyoflaughIf you subscribe to our Patreon, you could have been hearing this episode last week!Find / Support us at;http://www.songsinthekeyoflaugh.comhttps://twitter.com/keyoflaughhttps://www.patreon.com/songsinthekeyoflaughhttps://ko-fi.com/songsinthekeyoflaughhttps://www.instagram.com/keyoflaugh/Find Flat & The Curves online at;https://flatnthecurves.com/https://twitter.com/ fthecurveshttps://www.instagram.com/flatnthecurves/https://open.spotify.com/artist/2IRjF1rSA4X46I6q7mQojshttps://www.facebook.com/Flatnthecurveshttps://www.patreon.com/flatnthecurves Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Series 3 is rattling along at quite a pace - we're at episode 3 already!!! And David & Phil are talking about Comedy lyrics this week - along with another building block on their 2022 Nativity.There's a song contest entry from Plastic Jesus, and we talk to the wonderful PAT CAHILL!We're trying something new this series, so here's the plan;We're still going to upload all our episodes to this podcast feed, for free, as always - BUT - if you want early access to them - you can sign up to our Patreon over at https://www.patreon.com/songsinthekeyoflaughIf you subscribe to our Patreon, you could have been hearing this episode last week!Find / Support us at;http://www.songsinthekeyoflaugh.comhttps://twitter.com/keyoflaughhttps://www.patreon.com/songsinthekeyoflaughhttps://ko-fi.com/songsinthekeyoflaughhttps://www.instagram.com/keyoflaugh/Find Pat online at;https://twitter.com/patcanbefoundhttps://www.instagram.com/patcanbefound/C For Coconuts; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKV8xAUQFrMChicken Shop: https://vimeo.com/69026214Tumour Dog: https://vimeo.com/87005535And buy his show 'Uncle Len Needs A New Part For His Hoover' at Go Faster Stripe, here;https://www.gofasterstripe.com/cgi-bin/w.cgi?showfull=42308 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome back to Songs In The Key Of Laugh!Series 3 is rocking along with the wonderful AMY WEBBER!This week David & Phil look at the humour in the music of the 1950s, and revisit some of their favourite tracks of the era, before diving into the second part of this series' improvised Nativity.This week's interviewee is the multi talented AMY WEBBER, a previous Audience Choice Winner and, more recently, a finalist in the Musical Comedy Awards who has been making us laugh on Instagram for some time now - we find out all about her process, and get to hear it in action - and now you can too!And we have a competition / contest entry from The Midlife Crisis Orchestra - with a track called 'Cringe Dad'...--------------------We're trying something new this series, so here's the plan;We're still going to upload all our episodes to this podcast feed, for free, as always - BUT - if you want early access to them - you can sign up to our Patreon over at https://www.patreon.com/songsinthekeyoflaughIf you subscribe to our Patreon, you could have been hearing this episode last week!Find / Support us at;http://www.songsinthekeyoflaugh.comhttps://twitter.com/keyoflaughhttps://www.patreon.com/songsinthekeyoflaughhttps://ko-fi.com/songsinthekeyoflaughhttps://www.instagram.com/keyoflaugh/Find Amy Webber online at;https://www.amywebber.co.ukhttps://twitter.com/AmyWebberSophttps://www.instagram.com/amywebbersinger/https://soundcloud.com/amywebbersingerhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UClJm2WcDDhuVC3N0jEyP2lg Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome back to Songs In The Key Of Laugh! David & Phil are back for a third series, and we've got an amazing interview lined up with JONNY AND THE BAPTISTS. But that's not all - we're starting another improv musical, this time, however - there's a structure - we're heading towards Christmas and so - welcome to the SITKOL NATIVITY! There's also the return of the Comedy Song Contest, and there's a strong start with an entry from Los Angeles' TALL BOY SPECIAL and their song Mrs. Di Martinez.We're trying something new this series, so here's the plan;We're still going to upload all our episodes to this podcast feed, for free, as always - BUT - if you want early access to them - you can sign up to our Patreon over at https://www.patreon.com/songsinthekeyoflaughIf you subscribe to our Patreon, you could have been hearing this episode last week! Find / Support us at;http://www.songsinthekeyoflaugh.comhttps://twitter.com/keyoflaughhttps://www.patreon.com/songsinthekeyoflaughhttps://ko-fi.com/songsinthekeyoflaughhttps://www.instagram.com/keyoflaugh/Find Jonny & Paddy online at;https://www.jonnyandthebaptists.co.uk/https://jonnyandthebaptists.bandcamp.com/https://twitter.com/jonny_baptistshttps://www.instagram.com/jonnyandthebaptists/https://www.patreon.com/jonnyandthebaptistshttps://open.spotify.com/artist/7lkxFNh8xzfGnp86zX5sec?si=d1cBljyyQQiykMdyMKNG0w&nd=1 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome back to SONGS IN THE KEY OF LAUGH - with this bonus episode for series 2 - we present MONSOON - an improvised dictionary musical. For our second series, we improvised a song each episode. We'd take a dictionary, choose a word at random and write a song around that word. With each episode, and each new song, we built a narrative, and now we've gone away and polished it all up, ready to present to you MONSOON - THE MUSICAL! Join David & Phil on their journey from the land of Weasel, hear as they are shipwrecked by a Monsoon, rescued by pirates, tapdance, juggle, hop and more. Will David be re-united with his love, Sumo? Listen & find out.It's quite silly. Written & Performed by Phil Nichol & David Tims. You can listen to the original, dictionary-spawned demos on the episodes of Series 2. The words we landed on were....1 - MONSOON - https://play.acast.com/s/songs-in-the-key-of-laugh/series-2-ep-1-adam-buxton2 - JUGGLE - https://play.acast.com/s/songs-in-the-key-of-laugh/series-2-ep-2-isy-suttie3 - NOODLE - https://play.acast.com/s/songs-in-the-key-of-laugh/series-2-ep-3-kunt-and-the-gang4 - TRANSFORM - https://play.acast.com/s/songs-in-the-key-of-laugh/series-2-ep-4-jude-perl5 - SOMETHING - https://play.acast.com/s/songs-in-the-key-of-laugh/series-2-ep-5-earl-okin6 - AUDITION - https://play.acast.com/s/songs-in-the-key-of-laugh/series-2-ep-6-huge-davies7 - SUMO - https://play.acast.com/s/songs-in-the-key-of-laugh/series-2-ep-7-fred-cooke8 - HARDSHIP - https://play.acast.com/s/songs-in-the-key-of-laugh/series-2-ep-8-david-eagle9 - FIRE - https://play.acast.com/s/songs-in-the-key-of-laugh/series-2-ep-9-lily-phillips10 - SOLVE - https://play.acast.com/s/songs-in-the-key-of-laugh/series2-ep-10-compeition-roundup Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome back to our 'bonus' episode, where we reveal the winners of our Songs In The Key of Laugh Competition / Contest... Listen back to all the previous episodes to hear the entries in full - and tune in here to find out who we chose as the winners of this years' contest. We also speak to the winners of last year's contest - Canadians In Space, who treat us to a live rendition of their award winning song from series 1 - 'Only Next Door'. And - ON TOP of all of that - we speak to the venerable, glamorous & hilarious FASCINATING AÏDA, from backstage on their current tour. At the time of writing, they're still on the road - you can get tickets & find out more at https://www.fascinatingaida.co.uk/ Oh, and there'll be a bonus-bonus-bonus episode soon, where David & Phil will present the finished product from their improvised musical.... Stay Tuned! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As we reach the end of our second series, it's time to reflect on the entries to our song contest / competition.The winners will be announced in our bonus episode, which will land on the 1st June (co-incidentally, the 55th Anniversary of the release of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - if you want to start to get your conspiracy theories around that, Beatles fans!)In the meantime, you can listen back to our entries in full on their respective episodes;Episode 1 - Funky Munch by Shed Jam Studios - https://shows.acast.com/songs-in-the-key-of-laugh/episodes/series-2-ep-1-adam-buxtonEpisode 2 - The Ballad of Derek & Dorothy by Danny Malone - https://shows.acast.com/songs-in-the-key-of-laugh/episodes/series-2-ep-2-isy-suttieEpisode 3 - Glimmer Of Romance by Ashley Frieze - https://shows.acast.com/songs-in-the-key-of-laugh/episodes/series-2-ep-3-kunt-and-the-gangEpisode 4 - Grandma’s Story by Mark Johnston - https://shows.acast.com/songs-in-the-key-of-laugh/episodes/series-2-ep-4-jude-perlEpisode 5 - White Pube by Masters Of The Scene - https://shows.acast.com/songs-in-the-key-of-laugh/episodes/series-2-ep-5-earl-okinEpisode 6 - Didit by Edi Johnston - https://shows.acast.com/songs-in-the-key-of-laugh/episodes/series-2-ep-6-huge-daviesEpisode 7 - The Butt-Lift Bossa by Solfa Carlile & Alison Arnopp - https://shows.acast.com/songs-in-the-key-of-laugh/episodes/series-2-ep-7-fred-cookeEpisode 8 - Venus by John Witcher - https://shows.acast.com/songs-in-the-key-of-laugh/episodes/series-2-ep-8-david-eagleEpisode 9 - Casual Fling by Rosalyn Miller & Yasmine Latkowski - https://shows.acast.com/songs-in-the-key-of-laugh/episodes/series-2-ep-9-lily-phillipsEpisode 10 - Pedantic by Kayleigh Jones (this episode) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's #SITKOL day, and this time we're getting the band back together! Long time listeners will know that David used to play keyboards for cabaret sensations, THE RUBY DARLINGS - and here we have one of those darlings joining us for Songs In The Key Of Laugh - it's LILY PHILLIPS!!!Beyond that, Phil & David get all scatalogical, continue work on their musical, and discuss some of their favourite filthy comedy songs. Check out present-day Lily at https://www.lilyphillipscomedy.com/ Support the podcast at https://ko-fi.com/songsinthekeyoflaugh and https://www.patreon.com/songsinthekeyoflaugh Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Two Davids for the price of one? This week Phil & David (Tims) are joined by DAVID EAGLE and his accordian. We take a look at some comedy song gems, attempt to do Sinatra in a Dawson style, continue writing our musical, and check out this week's competition entry - Venus from John Witcher. And on top of ALL THAT we take a deep dive into the world of David (Eagle)'s career, in another long form interview. Find more on DAVID EAGLE at https://www.davideagle.co.uk/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we are joined by Irish whirlwind, FRED COOKE - hear all about Navan's football song, while David & Phil continue to write their musical and we have a competition / contest entry from Solfa Carlile & Alison Arnopp Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week David & Phil add to their musical, discuss comedy duos & hear the latest competition entry - this week it's from Eddy Johnson. All of that, and we take a step into the wonderful world of HUGE DAVIES ! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What a week! David & Phil talk Chaucer, Shakespeare, Ancient Greeks & much more - there's a competition entry from Masters Of The Scene, there's something brewing in the latest part of Phil & David's improvised musical, and we talk to one of the greatest elder statesmen of musical comedy - the musical genius and sex symbol that is the incomparable, EARL OKIN who joins us down the phone to talk about his remarkable career. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we travel to Australia to speak to the amazing JUDE PERL, who is coming to the Melbourne International Comedy Festival - we hear all about her Participation Award, her Christmas EP, and her advertising career, which isn't what it appears to be. Phil & David continue work on their musical whilst paying tribute to the Doug Anthony AllStars & Baterz. There's a contest / competition entry from Mark Johnson, and so much more. Enjoy! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, David & Phil talk to the undisputed king of songs about wanking in travelodges. But he's so much more than that. Taking in two consecutive top 5 christmas singles, with what is - frankly - a statement of fact, and maintaining a hugely loyal fanbase through his brilliant youtube videos & live shows, we welcome KUNT AND THE GANG to Songs in the Key of Laugh to talk about his career and, of course, THAT song... On top of that, there's the ongoing musical project, and the latest entry in our Songs In The Key Of Laugh song contest / competition. Enjoy! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ISY SUTTIE joins us for this latest episode, and we learn all about how she got her start in musical comedy, and hear some of her early work with Infinite Drift... It's a doozy! Also, hear our latest competition submission, as well as some of David & Phil's favourite sounds, and BEAN FACTS! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.