Adam Roche

Attaboy Clarence

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Join Adam for talk about classic movies and old-time radio shows, featuring a specially selected episode each week.

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Adam Roche

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Podcast website

www.attaboyclarence.com

Latest episode

Jan 5, 2026

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Episodes

Episode 43: Go Ahead, Remake My Day 12.04.2016

Attaboy Clarence returns with... ...a visit from Adam's dog! Hygiene tips with Stinky Sue! Canterburys of every variety! News of a Hitchcock competition! A song about a cat that isn't rude in any way! Mrs Evans, the woman who just loves some orange juice! And reviews of three classic movies that have seen remakes in recent years: Out Of The Past (1947), The Big Clock (1948), and Brewster's Million...

Episode 42: Champagne For Ronald 11.08.2015

This week, Ronald Colman takes centre stage as Adam presents reviews of three of his movies, along with a double bill of his radio appearances. Elsewhere, there's a listener with a superhero name, some macho shampoo, a rapping uncle and some terribly translated movie quotes! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode 41: A Devil Of A Time 05.08.2015

This week the Devil pops up in three movies, pimps receive some wonderful news, the Brighton Strangler returns, and Adam's father helps him to get rid of a cold-remedy Genie! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode 40: Ealing Good 21.07.2015

This week, Adam is going through a midlife crisis, plus reviews of three Ealing classics, and a golden piece of radio entertainment... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode 39: Jimmy The Gent 14.07.2015

This week: how not to improve classic movie lines, birthday celebrations, news of future specials, an amicable split, mailing lists and Cagney, Cagney, Cagney! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode 38: Good Lawd! 07.07.2015

In this episode, Adam puts a whole new slant on Shakespearean names, enters a competition live on air, and creates a new classic movie fan (with your help)... We'll take a look at Humphrey Bogart's chilling 1951 thriller, 'The Enforcer', Mickey Rooney's preposterously befuddling attempt at going gangster in 1950's 'Quicksand', and take a trip through the creation of the Earth, hand in hand with "D...

Episode 36: Basil The Great 19.05.2015

This week, we're going Full Rathbone, as we look at three of his films, as well as a double bill of a very special radio show, starring Basil The Great himself as... well, you'll see... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode 35: Shock, Horror! 12.05.2015

We're looking at three classic horror movies today, as well saying some thank yous, hearing a couple of classic ads, and eavesdropping on a very unique conversation... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode 34: Kapow! 05.05.2015

This week, Adam guides you through three Golden Age superhero serials, and flings around the Canterburys like nobody's business. Radio entertainment comes courtesy of The Shadow... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode 33: The Worst of The Best 21.04.2015

Adam bucks the popular trend by presenting 'The Worst Movies of 1939', a list that includes Boris Karloff as a Chinese-American-English-Chinese-ish detective, a Laurel-less Hardy being stalked by a lovesick elephant, and two horror icons in the worst film ever reviewed on Attaboy Clarence! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode 32: Red, Green, Blue, Yellow and White! 14.04.2015

Surprise! Attaboy Clarence is back a week early, bringing reviews of 'Angel On My Shoulder', 'Confession', and 'Mr Blandings Builds His Dream House', as well as news bulletins and high-fives aplenty! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode 30: Who Do You Think You Are Kidding? 10.02.2015

This week, we take a trip to merry old England for reviews of three classic British movies, as well as news of a new podcast, classic ads, and useless (w)rapping... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode 29: This Is Getting Serial... 03.02.2015

This week, we descend into the grim realm of serial killers on film, as Adam brings you reviews of 'Lured', 'The Spiral Staircase' and Fritz Lang's terrifying 1931 masterpiece, 'M' Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode 28: The Con Is On! 26.01.2015

Classic cons are on this week's menu, with three brilliant examples of confidence tricks from Hollywood's Golden Age, PLUS Adam brings you the latest headlines, corrects a terrible wrong and presents a classic slice of radio from Lux Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Attaboy Clarence Christmas Special 22.12.2014

The Christmas Special, featuring special guests Boris Karloff, Lauren Bacall, Dean Martin, Basil Rathbone, Frank Sinatra, The Muppets, Humphrey Bogart, John Barrymore, Rudy Vallee, Orson Welles, Bing Crosby and The Brighton Strangler... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode 26: Attaboy, Clarence 15.12.2014

Meet Attaboy Clarence's youngest fan, get the lowdown on the podcast via a 1940's BBC announcer, a cockney pub landlord, and a Dutch porn star, and hear a review and a radio adaptation of Adam's favourite movie ever Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode 25: A Wicked Woman 08.12.2014

This week hear Lugosi vs Connery, an end being put to happy piano, and reviews of two noirs, 'Phantom Lady', and the shocking 'Leave Her To Heaven' starring the breathtaking Gene Tierney as a pathological lunatic. Radio comes courtesy of Barbara Stanwyck and 'Suspense'... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode 24: I Write With A Goose Quill, Dipped In Venom 01.12.2014

This week, Adam pays a musical tribute to an email, shares his joy at winning an award, tells you all about Mr Clifton Webb, old-fashioned bartenders, and sets a listener the "You have failed, Monk!" challenge... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode 23: You Have Failed, Monk! 24.11.2014

Classic radio adverts, reviews of 'The Phantom Creeps' and 'It Happened Tomorrow', and a classic episode of 'You Bet Your Life', starring Groucho Marx. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode 20: The Man Who Disappeared 06.08.2014

Episode 20: The Man Who Disappeared And with that, we arrived at Episode Roaring 20! IGNITE the flames of passion as Adam douses you in the passionate fumes of the sexiest advert ever produced! COOL thyself with the (snore) droning tones of (zzzz) an instant buzzkill… but try not to fall asleep on your keyboarddddddddddddmkgbjnkogyuhilp,;.l;.//; DELIGHT in this week’s animated Film Club choice, a...

Episode 19: Big Shots! 22.07.2014

Episode 19: Big Shots! In the final episode of Attaboy Clarence’s teens, we’re focusing on some classic action movies! THRILL to reviews of ‘The Mark of Zorro’, ‘Pimpernel Smith’, ‘The Roaring Twenties’ and ‘Captain Blood’! FROWN when you hear what’s the menu for the delightful people who’ve made Adam’s birthday dreams come true! RECOIL at the thought of Adam’s definition of Kreml Hair Tonic! WATC...

Episode 18: Heavenly Creatures 15.07.2014

This week, we’re in the arms of the angels…. Movieland was obsessed with them in the 1940’s, so we take a closer look at three prime examples of the afterlife, as seen in the movies ‘A Matter Of Life And Death’, ‘The Bishop’s Wife’, and ‘Here Comes Mr Jordan’. We’ll hear an urbane reaction to the first Film Club choice, as well as details of the newest addition. Vintage adverts come in the form of...

Episode 17: Who Is Number Fifteen? 08.07.2014

Welcome back, everyone! Forget your Ariana Grandes and your Miley Cyruseses, why didn’t the ‘Spry’ song ever permeate the national consciousness? Not only that, but it’s ‘Summer Money Time’, a time to be consistently interrupted. Adam deals out lashings of High-Octane 80’s-High-Fives to all the good folk who’ve been making his days lately, and the Sexist Advertisement Klaxon once again rears its p...

Episode 15: They're Here! 28.05.2014

Sci-Fi Week! Four classic sci-fi films reviewed, an increasingly drunk Basil Rathbone and the full unedited version of Orson Welles' 1938 broadcast of 'The War Of The Worlds' Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode 14: Obsession 20.05.2014

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