Off Menu fan favourite from way back in Series 3, US podcasting royalty and ‘Bojack Horseman’ star Paul F. Tompkins returns to the Dream Restaurant for a Tasting Menu.
The ‘Mr Show’ star, ‘Comedy Bang Bang’ regular and host of ‘Spontaneanation’ joins Ed Gamble and James Acaster to (pretend to) eat a mystery meal from another previous Off Menu guest. Moules mariniere juice with bread sauce and a glug of Bailey’s anyone?
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Off Menu is a comedy podcast hosted by Ed Gamble and James Acaster.
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00:00 Intro
01:49 Paul F. Tompkins chat begins
16:59 Still or sparkling?
31:35 Starter
37:50 Main Course
55:23 Side Dish
1:00:21 Drink
1:10:12 Dessert
1:16:43 Outro
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Some people think this podcast is called Off The Menu but it’s not.
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53:24
“Right here in front of my pancake??”
Ah man I WISH Spont was still going…
Benito, release the Kearns files 🙌🏼 please Benito, thank you Benito.
Shrimpula fried anne rice
There are funnier people in the world (although I can count them on the fingers of one hand), but PFT on a podcast is perfection on a sporting level. Like Michael Holding with a ball in his hand, or Steph Curry from 3.
PaulF is conveniently forgetting that he (kinda) played the devil in a movie once… hmm, perhaps he doth protest too much about the idea of the devil being charming.
And also I just want to add to my last comment that this is potentially the definition of comedy: to have a guest that's so misaligned and to have a conversation that is interesting with two great minds (i.e., the two hosts), but to have the actual framework of the podcast persist. Anyway it's just a thought.
I think a great avenue for this podcast would be if you are able to get certain guests on that weren't necessarily aligned to food or comedy but still run the same format. I think you're burdened on the edge of flogging a dead horse. Not to say that it's not great because I love it and always will, but I'm just thinking about the future: perhaps you could get somebody on that's more of a serious guest (or "serious" in that way) but still run the same format.
We really shouldn't be letting the Devil roam around in Limbo.Too much opportunity for mischief.
I wish PFT wasn't so oppressed. He should escape to the UK, where you aren't allowed to tweet.
46:29 obviously PFT hasn't seen Zac Oyama tempted to eat devilled eggs. The clue is right there in the name!
This was wonderful. Would love to hear someone have Greg Davies' menu haha
one of my favorite pod episodes ever. was struggling not to laugh aloud on the bus
15:53 superb reference to James' set
OH. MY. FUCKING. GOD! The Marco Canora bone broth commercial is in this video, and it's STRATEGICALLY PLACED before the segment where Paul talks about having a colonoscopy! As someone who's been having them since I was 35 (family history of colon cancer) I REFUSE TO BELIEVE THIS IS NOTINTENTIONAL! Clear bone broth is a colonoscopians best friends. (I'm usually vegetarian, but I'm already eating standard jello leading up to a colonoscopy, no reason to pretend it's not made of animals, and consume something nutrition dense enough that I don't feel like death going into it. Also he's 59!? So either he's getting botox, or i need to stop being a vegetarian.)
This episode is so incredilbe, PFT is one of my absolute favorite comedy humans. I have started it three times today, gotten at least to 35 minutes in, realized I wasn't paying enough attention to it considering how good it is, taken it all the way back to the beginning twice before realzing, "I need to be watching this instead of just listening to it" And started it from the beginning again on youtube for the third time. And I Just realized I did finish it when I had it on the other day, but was not in a position at the time to give it my full attention. Also, watching this is making me realize I need to take better care of my skin.
cake boss
Priest have the eat the host if it falls on the floor. That happened to me once. So that makes the putting the host in the child slot machine even funnier to me.
1:12:45 breaking Ed by just say the word “how” Paul may be one of the funniest human beings on the planet… Dude is an improve and conversation master.
I've heard Pork F Scratchings can't reach the eczema, so he has to put Primula on it
I don’t want to look it up but I’m pretty sure that ducks have the corkscrew dealie, do pigs as well? Anyone have first hand knowledge of pig’s hogs?
Every time I watch Paul’s face full of hope fall to disgust at “Shrimp Primula” at 24:19 I absolutely lose it. hahahahaha
I legitimately got an ad for banquet chicken during this episode
this was an insane episode i've made it last 4 days just cs it was so good
PFT IS A LEGEND
Please invite Richard E Grant back and have Romesh sit in the beginning instead of Ed.
15:55 is that "he… OR SHE!" a reference to the bit Acaster does in his Repertoire show? It sounds exactly like how he does it, and I imagine Paul have likely seen those shows.
Burnt Millipede!
I signed up for CVS Extra just for you. 😉
Love me some PFT
Please help.
My boss asked me questions this week.
‘What have you been doing’ etc.
Is it ok for me to help? Or should he submit his inane queries to the ‘yes, how can I help’ service?
Did no one point out that the Racist Olympics would necessarily feature a number of races? People at those events seem to do a lot of racing.
49:35 Pope F Tompkins
I saw a squirrel run into a La Crouset shop in North London once.
54:10 it's more Crepe than Creep
What is this, a crossover episode?