John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme - series 7!

[Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g]

Started last night. Link to i player here. Well up to standard, I thought. My daughter and I went to a recording a few weeks ago and some of what we heard (the opening sketch, for example) was in ep 1. More good stuff to come!

[raglansleeve]

Loved it. Howled at the gnu sketch.

[allegretto]

I liked the biscuit story!

[BlackAmericanoNoSugar]

Thanks for this thread, I'm off to listen now. He's so funny.

[BlackAmericanoNoSugar]

I have a pronunciation app on my phone. I have just looked up 'gnu'.

[SinisterBumFacedCat]

Thanks, will look this up on the radio player app.

[MikeUniformMike]

Surely you gnu how to say gnu.

[BlackAmericanoNoSugar]

I thought I g-knew how to say g-nu, but it turns out that I thought wrongly. 😄

[YoureAllABunchOfBastards]

Oh, we bloody love John Finnemore. The kids quote him endlessly. The gnu had me in bits.

[Fiderer]

My children & I are all Cabin Pressure fans, we often have a Travelling Lemon game on & quote stuff at each other. Flew back here last week & had a "My armrests" back & forth, "Arm-rests is hyphenated".

Have stayed away from other JF stuff because he's Arthur. Should I?

[Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g]

No, you're missing out, @Fiderer. Double Acts, his two-hander plays, are absolutely excellent. He has had two series of those now. I think there have been six plays in each series and he has acted in one play in each series. In series 2 he acted with Michael Palin, which was great.

The Souvenir Programme doesn't always hit the mark but it hits a great deal more than it misses, which is more than you can say for most radio comedy. Here's his view on The Archers, which even a total addict like me can see is spot on.

He has a great ensemble doing JFSP and a lot of running gags from series to series. Well worth a go!

[Fiderer]

Gasp0de Thank you - have found them all on Audible.

[AlbusPercival]

I love John Finnemore.

He's just so bloody clever. Was in stitches last week. An resisting the urge to google gnu

[AlbusPercival]

I couldn't stop giggling at "my grandfazzer voz dee svedesh shef on the moopets"

[BigGreenOlives]

JF is wonderful, so clever. He is on Twitter & tweets from time to time.

[YoureAllABunchOfBastards]

‘The Moopets made me laugh lots. And the personal assistant ‘well, she is quite distinctive..’

[Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g]

We were at the recording for that coming round the mountain sketch, @YoureAllABunchOfBastards! Also the gnu and Freud sketches from last week. Great stuff.

[Cheguevarahamster]

Love John Finnemore. My two boys are Cabin Pressure addicts. I went to see a recording which was brilliant.

[Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g]

A Cabin Pressure recording, @Cheguevarahamster? Very envious, if so! I applied but was unsuccessful.

[Cheguevarahamster]

No not a cabin pressure recording. Sorry. I wish!! It was a JFSP recording..

I only discovered Cabin pressure after it had finished.

[parrotonmyshoulder]

Freud sketch was great.
My favourite ever is the Pachelbel’s canon sketch though!

[RhinestoneCowgirl]

Yeah I googled gnu...

[allegretto]

Gasp0de Thank you - have found them all on Audible.

Thank you Fiderer too! I had never thought about them being on Audible and have just bought the second series of Double Acts that I was dying to relisten to.

[sagamartha]

Cabin Pressure is on again.

They're going to Timbuktu. And Arthur is being helpful.

[Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g]

@sagamartha, bliss! I think my favourite is Ipswich, but the standard is so high all the way through.

Anybody else still listening to JFSP? I really enjoyed last night's. The animal designing sketch was genius.

[Cheguevarahamster]

Loved his last show. Very funny

He is on tour this year - Richmond , York and Birmingham. Brilliant!