Ding Dong Club with Karl Chandler

Ding Dong! Two of the best: LUKE HEGGIE and DAVE THORNTON join me, as we go through a big journey including: private schoolboys; Heggie's old weird jobs & match-making; a MAJOR responsible serving of alcohol issue at my local pub; a HUGE additional attraction to the Koh Samui International Podcast Festival; a lot of Pig Island talk; and look, just a lot of general Heggie grumpy private schoolb...

Ding Dong! Welcome to 2026, with a ripping new episode with two asian comedians: MIKE GOLDSTEIN and ROHAN GANJU ! We dissect the most inappropriate guessing game ever; we announce the 3rd guest for the Koh Samui International Podcast Fringe Festival™; Blanket has found an insane look-a-like of me; we help fix Queen and Total Recall; I've gotten some bizarre new comedy roast writing work; and you d...

It's the very best of 2025! You voted for YOUR FAVORITE episode/s of the year, I compiled the hundreds of votes, And I count down the top 5 episodes, With the best bits from the best episodes! Thanks for listening! There is an EXTRA 1 HOUR on the Patreon version of this episode! Join up to Patreon for LONGER main episodes plus BONUS episodes: https://patreon.com/dingdongclubpodcast PLUS: The Koh S...

Ding Dong! Merry Xmas! Here's your present! An episode recorded at Spleen with ALEX WARD and LUKA MULLER ! I find out what it's like when doves cry when I get to talk to a fellow color-blind person (Luka); Wardy's been on holiday in Thailand(!); Luka grew up in a small town with an Australian TV icon; we talk Italian exchange school trips; the Maryborough Energy Breakthrough event; there's more El...

Ding Dong! We're partying like it's 2020 (cos we're on Zoom), with Queensland's own HARLEY BREEN & Perth comedian™ ANDREW WOLFE! We learn a LOT about Steiner Schools; we talk about making new adult friends as a dad; I get invited on a pub crawl; should kids have sleepovers?; we delve into Wolfie's amazing stockbroking past; and we finally find out what happened to the money I gave Wolfie 5 yea...

Ding Dong! We've kept up BRON LEWIS & RAY O'LEARY , forced matchsticks into their eyelids, and kept them awake for a late night pod in the green room at Basement Comedy Club! Bron gets her revenge on an open micer; we deal with the fall out from naming Lizzy Hoo's new comedy festival show title; Blanket writes a letter to God; we discuss the weird haves and have-nots in that night's Basement a...

Ding Dong! We've got two of the best, and both are very keen to check out my coin jar: NICK CODY & LIZZY HOO! Lizzy opens the vault, as we find out about her AMAZING sight-seeing tour of Berlin; her revelation that she has had MULTIPLE family members in "Big Brother"; her undercover mission in Mongolia(!); plus Lizzy's abuse of my coin jar comes back to haunt her... Plus an update on the Perth...

Ding Dong! Blanket's bedroom plays host to two of Australia's best: PETE HELLIAR and DAMIEN POWER! There are updates about my neighbours and our bin wars; I have a big night out at the pub and test my new house's plumbing; we hear about all the times Pete's got into trouble by making jokes (including with Pamela Anderson); my run-ins with vision-impaired people's companions continues; Damien gets...

Ding Dong! We've got the GOAT of Australian standup, DAVE HUGHES , and maybe like the SHEEP or GOOSE of Australian standup, DANNY McGINLAY! There's a LOT to get through: Are we arguing with Hughesy about Joe Rogan?; what do you do when you're too old for ballet?; has my family been blacklisted from schoolkid play dates?; we try to figure out what jobs we can do when A.I. takes over; we get into MY...

Ding Dong! It's two legends of Australian comedy: WIL ANDERSON and DAVE O'NEIL and one legend of Australian comedy admin: Me. There's a lot to get through: Wil's been to see some famous bands; Dave's lost a voice-over job; Wil's had a truly over-the-top case of mistaken identity; Dave has done something never-before-seen at Basement Comedy Club; we try to find out if there IS a gig Dave wouldn't d...

Ding Dong! It's a year of Ding Dong Club! And to celebrate, BEN KNIGHT and ROHAN GANJU are with me in Abbey Road Studios/Blanket's bedroom! We talk Knighty and Rohan's horror movie podcast; more podcast listeners prank me over text; Knighty has an ethnic run-in at an airport; someone tries to fix my hips; Knighty has a rough rural gig; plus Knighty and me try to resolve a MASSIVE comedy feud... Di...

Ding Dong! We're back in the studio/a 6 year old's bedroom, with stars of stage and screen SAM TAUNTON and ALEX WARD ! We go around the comedy world as we delve into the world of Saudi Arabian comedy; Asian comedy; Indian comedy (as Taunts is the victim of a crime!); AND Maryborough "comedy". Plus there's Taunt's awful time-keeping; and his amazing international trip to do a corporate gig for McDo...

Ding Dong! It's the 50th episode, and to celebrate, I've got the two biggest names in world comedy, CAMERON JAMES and DAMIEN POWER! I can't help myself, and I dive deep into everything about Cam's fake surname AND Damien's real surname; Cam's had a man-to-man talk with an Uber driver; we find out about weird character comedy taking over Sydney; and we get a big update on my sponsor child/comedian...

Ding Dong! We're out of Blanket's bedroom and into a high-rise hotel room to hang with LAWRENCE MOONEY and LEHMO ! We hear about my adventures with a tram nutter; Lehmo's boning from a legendary TV show; we link Lawrence Mooney with my orgasms; we all share our experiences copping slurs in the country; and UH OH I've had an inevitable run-in with the owner of our hotel for the Koh Samui Internatio...

Ding Dong! That's literally the sound of the doorbell as I visit JOEL CREASEY 's city apartment with DANIELLE WALKER ! We hear about Creasey's NEW accidental stage name; not one, but TWO INSANE dating stories from Danielle (one involving IKEA, and one involving having her material stolen); Creasey's dating stories PLUS him working with me on an Amazon special; and we learn more about Joel's parent...

Ding Dong! Call in the content police, cos this show is GUILTY... of being pretty good!!! NAZEEM HUSSAIN and MIKE GOLDSTEIN return to the Basement Comedy Club green room as we get stuck into Goldstein's surprise new ethnicity; some great new chemistry-based ideas for the 2026 Koh Samui International Fringe Festival; some incredible stories about Goldstein and Naz getting scammed in Asia; AND my ne...

Ding Dong! How do they do it?? It's yet ANOTHER super-funny episode, as DAVE THORNTON and RAY O'LEARY return to Ding Dong Studios/Blanket's bedroom, We find out about my mum's bizarre phone etiquette; Blanket's made her own video game; and Ray has become the face of a massive new international ad campaign... which opens up all sorts of questions about bodily functions. God almighty, this show is s...

Ding Dong! It's yet ANOTHER red-hot episode, as TOMMY LITTLE returns and TROY KINNE makes his DDD™ (Ding Dong Debut)! I've been forced to deal with the social ramifications of how I greet people; Kinne explains how the insides of his body are all hooked up wrong; I've had HEAPS of feedback on marathon runners listening to podcasts; plus, a HUGE development as Ding Dong Club makes a MASSIVE investm...

Ding Dong! Get ready for the most frustrating story/s of 2025! NICK CODY, LIZZY HOO and LUKA MULLER are dragged into recount my INSANELY FRUSTRATING adventures on my last trip to Thailand. Did I pick the easy way out at ANY point in my trip? No. But does making the right decisions make funny content? Also no. Cody, Lizzy and Luka pull their hair out as they hear my misadventures with missed ferrie...

Ding Dong! Absolute faves BRON LEWIS and HARLEY BREEN are back again, and it's another 11/10! Maybe a 12! Bron's mum has a (f*cked) way with words; I've had a late night accident (no, not a poo-jogging one); Blanket has thrashed me in a battle of the minds; we hear the INSANE history of Harley's bad ideas for comedy shows; I've overheard a world-first conversation on a plane from Koh Samui; and I...

Ding Dong! LUKE HEGGIE and DAVE THORNTON have joined me in the green room, late night, after a red-hot Basement Comedy Club Saturday night show, and some could say, we've had a few. We're coming in hot!!! We dig deep into Heggie's Dunlop Volley obsession; I intro Heggie on stage in a particular full-on way; we trash an Olympic champion; I've had a Coldplay concert-type scandal at the comedy club;...

Ding Dong! Is this our funniest episode ever?? It's late, there's drinks, and it's HARLEY BREEN and ROHAN GANJU ! Harley meets Knight Rider's KITT; I encounter someone who doesn't seem to know what McDonalds is; we all reveal our weird minor disabilities... including my wife's BIZARRE one; Rohan's headmaster is dead; I have a run in with a Thai Uber driver; and is my daughter a God-botherer? Plus:...

Ding Dong! We're in the office at Spleen Bar, with Benjamin Netanyahu Jr himself, TOM BALLARD and first-time Ding-Donger JOHN CRUCKSHANK ! We've got a bunch of Cruckshank stories about working as an electrician; I pick a side in the middle east; we discover a little more about Spleen Bar's DJ list; we tackle Ballard's controversy in the news a few months back; I've joined a new weird Facebook grou...

Ding Dong! It's Legends Week, with guests GLENN ROBBINS and DAVE O'NEIL ! We work on a definitive list of who should see your penis; we find out how the general public treats Glenn Robbins; O'Neil's been doing comedy in Japan!; I've been visited by a mysterious wedding guest; Glenn's run-in with Yahoo Serious; another instalment of "Talkin' Thailand"; and most importantly: I try to get to the bott...

Ding Dong! This week it's first-time Ding Donger ADAM ROZENBACHS and Mr Comedyyyyy himself, BEN LOMAS ! It's Lomas's birthday; Rozie's mate had an epic parenting fail; Lomas's adventures in TV warmup; I've picked a fight with my new neighbours ALREADY over bin night; plus a BRAND-NEW segment on the show (that will feel eerily familar)! Plus, Blanket changes her name! Join up to Patreon for BONUS e...