Where There's A Will There's A Dave: Recent Episodes
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Will Jessop and Dave Culling meet to talk absolute nonsense for half an hour or so. A comedy podcast, not suitable for minors.
Will and Dave continue their assault on your patience, covering the following topics:
Count Binface; Measuring A Circle; Arthur Kersler; The Acquisition of Knowledge; The Bayeux Tapestry; Elon Musk; Old English; Linguistic Time Travel; The Dark Is Rising; Welsh and John Wilkes (not Booth), all rounded off with a 'wonderful' Party Political broadcast by the one and only (thank God) Nigel Farage.
Don your listening ears and enjoy!
Will and Dave return surprisingly early (for them) with more nonsense, including:
Favourite Teachers; The Lord Of The Flies; The English Syllabus; Sherlock Holmes and the Regret of Creation; Edward G. Robinson; The Owl Service; Comedy legend (possibly) Peter Tavari; Kenneth Moore; "Come Right Up!" (exciting); Innocent Childhood Things; A Completely Forgotten Play; The Reverend Dogworthy and a Pie Eating Ruckus.
Enjoy!
Will and Dave return with a slew of absolute nonsense, including:
Bob Dylan; Downfall and Monopoly; A Hopeful Version of AI; George Formby; A.I. The Movie; The Elephant Man; "Gifting"; The "6,7" Phenomenon; "Shy!" (with accompanying gesture); Australia Day and Medieval Art.
Enjoy!
Will and Dave return with more errant drivel, covering the following topics:
"Staying Alive"; The Bee Gees (but an octave lower); The film "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club Band" (for much too much of the episode) and a social faux pas at work from Dave.
Enjoy!
Will and Dave return to discuss the following array of gobbledigook:
The nature of shout-outs; George Orwell and the pleasures of growing older; Pirate Bay, Napster and Torrent files; The pointlessness of nostalgia; A misattributed quotation to Gandhi; Will's Film Book collection; Will's obsession 1 and obsession 2 - 1) Frame Blow Ups and 2) Getting onto a moving train; All rounded off by a bewildering (for Dave) interview with Lily Cholic.
Enjoy!
Will and Dave finally return with more tosh, covering the following:
An awkward conversation about Human Sacrifice; Misuse of Words; i.e. and e.g; "So"; "And that"; "Miss Burridge's Last Day Out"; An Alec Guinness film that boils Dave's blood; Alternative endings to much-loved redemptive classics, finished off with some idiotic input from new guest star - Andrew Wilnott (whose views we do not condone) and a very frustrating word game.
Enjoy/Endure!
Will and Dave return with more piggywiffle about:
The Election; Rishi Sunak's jacket; "Product"; National Service; Will in disguise and the Chip incident; Dave's funeral story; Taglines 2; Lionel Richie's Hello video; The Central African Republic; Adopt a Donkey; Diogenes; Alexander The Great; Freshers' Week misadventures and a new podcast venture - all rounded up with a new song.
Enjoy!
Will and Dave return in a daze of gory, covering such diverse topics as: Royal current affairs; Heroic 5ths; The works of John Williams; A.I. and ChatGPT; Give My Regards To Broad Street; the vagaries of BT Wifi; "Where are you going?"; all rounded off with a quick chat about movie Car Pursuit.
Enjoy/Endure!
D and W
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Will and Dave return with more shenanigans, discussing:
The Shining; The Magnet; Will's handwriting; Alien; Marathon Man; The Beatles with Cock; Get Back; Graffiti; A dream featuring a "master of disguise'; Kaiju; Narnia; The Inklings; Drunken Jottings; If Dave fancied Will; The Mandela Effect and a very representative Womble outing.
Enjoy!
Will and Dave finally return with more shite.
In this episode they discuss:
Trumpets; Transposing Instruments; Clefs; Barbenheimer; Nepo Babies; Maths; Cubes; Existentialism; Bertrand Russell; Pub names; Hipsters; Malaise and the Inferiority of Vinyl.
Enjoy!
Will and Dave talk their usual brand of piggywiffle, covering such diverse topics as:
Viagra; Easter; "Big Sneeze"; Patron Saints; Trenchers; "Ghost"; Andrew Lloyd Webber and Eva Peron; "Grease" and its horrors; the attractiveness of Contempt; Patriotism; Americanisms; Throwing things at Will's head; "Empire Tours" (easily one of the worst ideas Will has ever had) and this episode is rounded off with a thankfully brief appearance from Bliss McKinley.
Enjoy/Endure!
We are grateful to you either way!
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Will and Dave return to discuss the following in their usual, measured fashion:
"Next" week; Valentine's Day; Singing to yourself; OCD; Shoe placement; Curtains; Death by literature; Double handshakes; The number 7; Mental wellbeing in the past; Wine tasting; "Teddy Boys"; Dave's audition for Drama School; The Norfolk dialect all rounded up with some arrant nonsense from Ian Sellers and our new guest, Professor I. F. Snare, Ambiguous Chair of Practical and Theoretical Philosophy at the University of Beckenham.
Will and Dave return (finally!) with a 'special' Christmas episode!
We would tell you what's in the episode, but we wouldn't want to spoil the surprise!
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
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Will and Dave return for more rambling arsecloth, covering such topics as:
The Conservative Leadership Contest; Adolf Hitler and Bunker Mentality; Theseus; The Nero Decree; "Flashed Away"/"Flash Flush"; Old Newspapers; Laurence Olivier; Peter O'Toole's Macbeth; "Pause Awhile". F. R. Leavis's shirt wearing; Colostomy the Incontinent Cat and the adventures of Diode, all rounded off with a less frustrating, but equally barren, conversation with "Hiyababes" Co-Founder, Bliss McKinley.
Enjoy!
Will and Dave return with a more "musical" episode than usual, discussing the following lukewarm topics:
Floppy discs; Holding coats for a loved one; Typewriters; The futility of nostalgia; Christopher Hitchens' "Shoe Report"; Misheard Lyrics; The noise of modern life; Twist And Shout; "Cool"; The Queen; Dave's exam faus pas; Dave's first song; Guess the song quiz (you won't...) and Parlour songs all rounded off with a spectacularly infuriating conversation with Ian Sellers (the most frustrating human ever to have had the breath of life on his lips). :(
Enjoy!
Will and Dave grope blindly through the following topics:
Putin, The Ship's Bike, Lavatories, The Wrong End Of The Stick, Testimonies, The Great Taglines From Novels QUIZ, Saturday Night, Sunday Morning, Yorkshire Shakespeare, Will's Stand-Up, Voiceover Man, all rounded up with a disappointing encounter with Bliss McKinley's answer-machine.
Enjoy!
This episode hits new lows as Will and Dave take on the following:
Technology, Dave telling Will to "BE FUNNY!", Stars Whose Family Take Their Money, Comedy, Will's Phone, Gunslinging/Gun Twirling, Santa, Kurt Wrestle, Performer's Dreams, Othello As Directed By Fiona Shaw and Limericks, all rounded off with a second verbal bout between Dave and Bliss McKinley.
Enjoy!
Will and Dave are back after an enforced hiatus with more crap for your delectation and delight!
In this episode they discuss (among other things):
The 2020s, Disco 2000, Will's funeral (in forensic detail), Gore Vidal, an annoying article in the Times about the 1970s, Cryptic Crosswords, The Beatles' films, Will's glasses, Roy Orbison's early monocle-wearing years, irregular time signatures and the new Sex and the City sequel (in a deeply flawed attempt to be 'topical'). All rounded off with an interview with a new guest - Ian Seller's partner, the inimitable Bliss McKinley.
Enjoy!
After a prolonged absence, Will and Dave return and the nonsense is flowing thick and fast.
In this episode we find out much more about Will's early obsessions - including steam engines, railway stations, character names - via Fiona Shaw's Shakespeare workshop, pronouns, Blake's Jerusalem, innuendo and terrible 1970s shlock films...
Welcome back!
D and W.
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Will and Dave return (after an enforced hiatus) return to talk absolute nonsense, including:
Kate Tempest, Poetry Night, Romance, A YouTube "Take", Ready To Glare (for what Dave hopes is the very last time...), Prime Ministers Of The Past Who Are Now Deceased - The Quiz Show, all rounded off with a visit from Ian Sellers, the views of whom neither Will or Dave endorse in ANY WAY, SHAPE or FORM.
Enjoy!
Will and Dave return for more nonsensical ramblings from their diseased minds, including:
Royal scandals, Rising Damp, Twerking, Jim Davidson and his ilk, Surnames, Roland Gift as Zippy, Michael Winner wooing, Michael Caine, Yoko Ono having a row with John Lennon, Human Sacrifice, Will's bid for a grant to investigate penis sizes, all rounded off with an interview with Professor A. B. Seeds on the subject of comedy.
All for your aural enjoyment!
Will and Dave discuss their usual myriad topics, including:
Valentine's Day, Hatefood, Scabs, Old People's Homes, The Lighter Side Of Dementia, Electric Razors, Will's Bathing Routine, Hipsters, Will's New Phone, Norman Mailer's Views On Masturbation, YouTube Commenters, Fascist Computer Games and Swastika Painters, all rounded off with some exciting medical news from Billy Sides.
Enjoy!
Welcome to Episode Fifteen!
In it, Will and Dave discuss their usual myriad topics including:
Jury Service, Celebrity impersonations, Lockdown, Radio Commentators, Deja Vu, The storming of the Capitol, Qanon, Alan Bennett's thoughts for the outgoing President, Ineffectual protests, Ready To Glare (alas...), Will's Rescue Complex, Extreme romance and another pointless Youtuber - all rounded off by quite a heated discussion with Bestosterone's Ian Sellers.
Enjoy!
Will and Dave don their Christmas hats and discuss all things festive! What could be more seasonal than listening to these two pillocks waffling on and getting sucked down Tangent Alley?
So pour yourself a sherry, chow down on your Turkey and don your special Christmas ears to listen to an hour of utter drivel (with the occasional interesting fact very occasionally thrown occasionally in)!
Merry Christmas to all and to all a goodnight!
Will and Dave are back to discuss their usual cornucopia of twaddle, including:
Incandescent gob; Gay dinosaurs; Bosie and Oscar; The origins of Camp; Humans; "Blow hugs"; Religion; Musical Trolleys; Rage at inanimate objects; Existential cavemen; 'Chinny-Rec-On'; Regional variations of slang, all topped off with some inarticulate thoughts from Billy Sides.
Will and Dave take on their usual array of subjects including:
Chocolate bars as ice creams; The Zhuh sound; Will's "Regime"; Superstitions; Pearl and Dean; Buttons; Microphones; Gentlemen's Clubs; This Is A Man's World; Dave's audition for Drama School; Incels; "Bestosterone!"; Jordan Peterson; Ignorance; The 'crisis in masculinity' all rounded off with a new special guest - Ian Sellers!
If you like listening to total hogwash, this is for you!
Will and Dave tackle their usual array of subjects with their usual mixture of tangents and stupidity.
Including such hits as:
Outside Brandy Glasses, Golf, Mark Twain, the Deaf, Have A Biscuit, Otto Von Bismarck, Richard III, The Tudors, Cricket, E.T The Extra Terrestrial, Accents, "American Phlegm", Student Stories, A Dance Teacher, The movie "Oh God", all rounded off with Billy discussing the Price of Fame with Dave.
Billy Sides tells the story of his own life, in his own words, in his own way and in his own trousers.
From the Roaring Twenties to the Rutting Twenties, Billy's life is explored, with help from a wide array of people who were there when things were happening, who heard things, who witnessed things, who wrote about things and who now want to talk about the things they heard, witnessed and have written about.
A "Where There's A Will, There's A Dave" podcast special.
Will and Dave gabble on incoherently about:
Daniel Spry, Ear Fiddling, Plate Smashing, Memories, School Discos, Puff The Magic Dragon, Immortality and Friendship, Puns, Steven Berkoff, Fred Dineage, Shakespeare, Toy Orchestra, Will's Drumming, the Sex Pistols, Ageing, Sexuality, Dating, Dave Being Mean To Will and Urban Myths, all rounded off by Billy Sides with a little chat about Rebellion.
Will and Dave ramble even more incoherently than usual on the following topics:
Notes for Dave, An imaginary Harem, Dennis Norden, Ouija boards, Will's hair, Rogue accents, A new name, Imperialism, Josiah Dent, 70s bawdy films, "Who would you rather snog?" Lister and Listern and all rounded off with a less than successful game of "In My Pants" and some notes on Respect by Billy Sides.
Will and Dave talk their customary brand of crap, including:
Serena Skyborn; Synesthesia; Scalectrix; The Pantheon of the Overrated; Bob Dylan; Working in a piano showroom; John and Paul; Oh Yoko; Gandhi;Stalkers; Taxi Driver; The Green Ray; de Clérambault; Assassins; Will's noises; Love lives; Crushes; Terms of Endearment; "It sucks arse" and Trombone Playing all rounded off by some wise words from Billy Sides on the subject of "Respect".
Will and Dave talk about: Ghost towns, £50 notes, Cashing In, The French Language, Louis XIV, Mis-spelling, Portering, Words of Comfort, Youtubers, Harmony Nice, Nominative Determinism, Fortune Tellers, New Age Spiritualism, Hauntings, The Derivation Of Jizz, Innuendo, Celebrity Culture, Oral B, Advertising, Sonic Dyslexia, "I Speak As I Find", Rustling, Washing Machines, Simps, Incels, Chads and Byron.
Will and Dave talk through the following array of subjects in no detail whatsoever: Van Der Walk, Eye Level, Ready To Glare (Again..), Horses, Sapiens, Species, A Pretentious Opera, James Bond, "Sidesplode", Sonic Dyslexia and Online Dating, all rounded off by "Mildly Eccentric" Billy Sides.
Will and Dave discuss: the Dark Web, Ready To Glare, Hair sniffing, Tattoos, A Cruel Prank, "Twatman", Imaginary Girlfriends, Mopping Things Up, The Eroticism of Despair (Again...) and an unfortunate incident at a funeral, rounded off by some wise words from "Mildly Eccentric" Billy Sides.
Over FaceTime (hence slightly naff audio) Will and Dave talk absolute rubbish about: Nostrils, Ways to Die, Dreams, Freud, Vagina Dentata, Sexual impotence, Drama school pretentiousness, Nietzsche, The Death Of Max Wall, Old age, Single Sex Schools, Boys' showers, The Summer of '85, Swedish Culture, Theatrical Shows and a Mad Chef. All rounded off by the one and only Billy Sides. 45 minutes of utter bollocks.
NOT SUITABLE FOR MINORS:
Will and Dave (at a safe recording distance), discuss Sleeping Tigers, China, The Eroticism of Despair, "Misery" and "Vicking Hat", Work"mates", Prime Ministers of the past who are now deceased, The Cambridge Spies, Sapiosexualism, Teaching English, John Wilkes Booth, Schooldays, "Do Smash The Plate", Pet Peeves and Sir Anthony Blunt in the Big Brother house, with some concluding remarks from Cockney career criminal - "Mildly Eccentric" Billy Sides.
Will and Dave talk wall-to-wall bollocks on a wide variety of topics:
Language, Gilbert O'Sullivan, Alice In Wonderland, Phrases, The word 'literally', SPLINK, Star Wars, "Chad" and "Nick" and Reg Kray's Book Of Slang, before being joined by a special guest - notorious East End gangster - "Mildly Eccentric" Billy Sides, who delivers his thoughts on the Coronavirus pandemic.