Short Show

Comedy legend Tony Martin is walking every street in Melbourne, one at a time (obviously). Will he get it done? What if he doesn’t? Find out on today’s compact instalment of Short Show.

Big AL and Scott John discuss those moments when things are bad and then a passing stranger makes them worse.  Feel free to email us your kicked when your down moments at shortshowpodcast@gmail.com and we’ll share them on the show.  Follow and subscribe to Short Show to catch regular episodes fresh from the pan.

Today on Short Show it’s comedy producer/ tour manager/ professional clown Frehd Southern-Starr! Frehd is a mainstay of the Australian and UK comedy scene and tells us about her favourite Raw Comedy moment from the last twenty five years and offers some to the point  advice on comedy and life in general. Please subscribe and share.

A special treat for Episode 20. It’s only Tom Gleeson! Top comedian, host of Hard Quiz and Taskmaster, Gold Logie winner, the Australian Fast Bowler... He’s here, briefly, for your pleasure. Catch him live in his new show “Out Of Touch”. Subscribe for steaming episodes twice a week. 

Scot has just been to see Oasis in Melbourne (twice) and offers a review of the show. The shouting, the bucket hats, the jumping up and down in a headlock with strangers! Biblical. 

Not enough food reviews on Short Show for your liking? Well today, Big AL and Scott discuss good and bad hospital meals. Then they get into tales of orderly and disorderly conduct in hospitals. Just what the doctor ordered. Subscribe for new episodes dished up Mondays and Fridays.

Big AL and Scott John spent last weekend at Harvest Rock Festival in Adelaide and have recovered enough to share their tales, here on the latest Short Show. From outdoor standup comedy gigs to lightning storms to meeting Jelly Roll, Pnau, Blake Pevey and Shaboozey. What a weekend. Subscribe for new episodes Mondays and Fridays.

From roller coaster rides that hurt to nightmare dodgem car rides, Big Al and Scott share their worst theme park experiences today on Short Show. Join us as we relive the rides we’ll never go on again. Subscribe for steaming fresh episodes Mondays and Fridays.

What’s the grossest thing you’ve found in your food? In this short, stomach-turning episode, Scott and Big AL swap their worst food horror stories — from cockroaches in chips to a Band-Aid in a burger. Listeners join in with their own shocking discoveries, and we hear about frogs in salads, batteries in burrito bowls, and even rats in miso soup. Food fails ahoy on today’s Short Show. Best do this...

Been trapped on a flight with   the passenger from hell? Big AL and Scott John discuss the do’s and don’ts of air travel and what the worst passengers do to drive us mad.  From rude recliners to stolen armrests, overhead-bin hogs to clicking at flight attendants, we unpack the unspoken rules of airplane etiquette and what drives other passengers and flight staff up the wall. Frequent flyers, this...

We’re enjoying ourselves a lot in this episode. If you enjoy yourself half as much as us, then it’s worth five minutes of your time. Far too much yelling though, if we’re honest. See how you go.

Comedy great Tony Martin is back to talk to us about the glory days of old video shops. He also tells us about Video Land, artist Callum Preston’s full-scale replica of a 1990’s video store at Melbourne’s Immigration Museum. It’s all about video shops on today’s Short Show.

It’s animal corner on Short Show today and we’re talking amazing facts about the echidna. Follow and subscribe to Short Show to catch steaming new episodes on Mondays and Fridays.

Big AL and Scott John remember their school fitness days, doing the Health Hustle and the living hell that was PE lessons.  Follow Short Show to catch episodes fresh from the pan on Mondays and Fridays.

We start today’s episode talking about our dogs TV watching habits then for some reason devolve into doing impressions of dead celebrities coming back as our pets. We’ll be honest, this one may be confusing. Subscribe for steaming new episodes each Monday and Friday.

Comedian Jason Pestell tells Scott and Big Al about spending 24 hours in KMart—a stunt that went viral on Instagram and landed him on Sunrise with Nat and Kochie. All in 4 minutes on today’s  Short Show . Subscibe for steaming new episodes each Monday and Friday.

Big AL and Scott John revel in some golden moments with their seniors on today’s Short Show. Enjoying Short Show? Recommend someone you like check us out, why don’t you? Subscibe for steaming new episodes each Monday and Friday.

Scott has been having trouble sleeping so he consults with Big AL to nut out some potential solutions to sleep woes. If you're looking for help with your sleep patterns, not confident we'll be of any help in the slightest but good luck with it. Subscibe for fresh new episodes each Monday and Friday.

Today Big AL and Scott tell us which wonderful rabbit holes of YouTube they’ve been down this week. Tell us what you’ve been watching in the comments. Fire up the bloody jets! Subscribe for regular episodes.

We chat to our first guest, comedy legend Tony Martin. Tony talks about the origins of The Late Show and how tomake excellent sketch comedy quickly. Hear Tony on From The Hideout and Sizzletown, wherever you get your podcasts. Follow and subscribe to Short Show to catch episodes fresh from the pan every Monday and Friday.

Big AL talks about going bald and shares the latest advancements in hair solutions. Why go bald when you can get yourself a fancy new “hair system”?  Follow and subscribe to Short Show to catch episodes fresh from the pan on Mondays and Fridays.

Scott relives the horrifying moment a rat sprinted up his pyjama leg. Then we pivot from trauma to tactics, offering fairly useful advice on how to catch a rogue rat in your home. Panic, pest control and pyjama-based regret in today’s Short Show. Follow and subscribe to Short Show to catch episodes every Monday and Friday.

Big AL has adopted a foster dog, Brian and chaos follows. From chewing up cherished belongings to terrorizing the annoyed cat, Brian is making himself at home. Brian’s reign of terror, on the first quite good Short Show. Welcome aboard. Follow and subscribe to Short Show to catch episodes every Monday and Friday.

Short Show. The world’s premium 5 minute comedy chat show. Why go on and on for hours? In. Out. Boom. With comedians/ commercial radio wash ups, Big Al and Scott John.