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[http://answermethis.wordpress.com/ Answer Me This]! is a weekly comedy podcast by Helen Zaltzman and Olly Mann, along with Martin the Soundman, in which they answer questions submitted by the general public. Recorded in Zaltzman's living-room in Crystal Palace, it began in January 2007 and has since become one of the UK's most successful independently-produced podcasts. It has been named Podcast of the Week in the Radio Times, the Times, The Independent and Time Out, as well as receiving plaudits in Q Magazine, the Financial Times, the Sunday Express, the London Paper and Podwatch. The show was nominated for two Sony Radio Academy Awards in 2009 and 2010, and became the first non-musical act ever to play the iTunes Live Festival. They now have a book out called, imaginatively, Answer Me This |
'''''[http://answermethis.wordpress.com/ Answer Me This]!''''' is a weekly comedy podcast by Helen Zaltzman and Olly Mann, along with Martin the Soundman, in which they answer questions submitted by the general public. Recorded in Zaltzman's living-room in Crystal Palace, it began in January 2007 and has since become one of the UK's most successful independently-produced podcasts. It has been named Podcast of the Week in the Radio Times, the Times, The Independent and Time Out, as well as receiving plaudits in Q Magazine, the Financial Times, the Sunday Express, the London Paper and Podwatch. The show was nominated for two Sony Radio Academy Awards in 2009 and 2010, and became the first non-musical act ever to play the iTunes Live Festival. They now have a book out called, imaginatively, ''Answer Me This!'' |
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=== The podcast contains examples of: === |
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* [[Couch Gag]]: Each episode begins with a song featuring two questions, different in every episode. |
* [[Couch Gag]]: Each episode begins with a song featuring two questions, different in every episode. |
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* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Helen. Martin and Olly occasionally fill this role, but less frequently than Helen, who rarely misses and opportunity snark at the pair of them. |
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Helen. Martin and Olly occasionally fill this role, but less frequently than Helen, who rarely misses and opportunity snark at the pair of them. |
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* [[Large Ham]]: Olly, at times. |
* [[Large Ham]]: Olly, at times. |
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* [[Live Episode]]: Episode 100 |
* [[Live Episode]]: Episode 100 |
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* [[Novelization]]: The duo has written a book of answers to questions. |
* [[Novelization]]: The duo has written a book of answers to questions. |
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* [[Jingle]]: Frequent jingles advetising the podcast between the questions, performed by Martin the Soundman and the Answer Me This! Players. These jingles are parodies of styles or permormers; the one imitating The Knife is particularly good. |
* [[Jingle]]: Frequent jingles advetising the podcast between the questions, performed by Martin the Soundman and the Answer Me This! Players. These jingles are parodies of styles or permormers; the one imitating The Knife is particularly good. |
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* [[Special Guest]]: Episodes 37; 84; 131; 149 and 190 had Special Guests in the forms of Pappy's Fun Club; Josie Long; Andy Zaltzman; Ian Collins and Jon Ronson, respectively. |
* [[Special Guest]]: Episodes 37; 84; 131; 149 and 190 had Special Guests in the forms of Pappy's Fun Club; Josie Long; Andy Zaltzman; Ian Collins and Jon Ronson, respectively. |
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* [[Toilet Humor]] |
* [[Toilet Humor]] |
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Latest revision as of 14:48, 13 July 2021
Answer Me This! is a weekly comedy podcast by Helen Zaltzman and Olly Mann, along with Martin the Soundman, in which they answer questions submitted by the general public. Recorded in Zaltzman's living-room in Crystal Palace, it began in January 2007 and has since become one of the UK's most successful independently-produced podcasts. It has been named Podcast of the Week in the Radio Times, the Times, The Independent and Time Out, as well as receiving plaudits in Q Magazine, the Financial Times, the Sunday Express, the London Paper and Podwatch. The show was nominated for two Sony Radio Academy Awards in 2009 and 2010, and became the first non-musical act ever to play the iTunes Live Festival. They now have a book out called, imaginatively, Answer Me This!
Tropes used in Answer Me This! include:
- Couch Gag: Each episode begins with a song featuring two questions, different in every episode.
- Deadpan Snarker: Helen. Martin and Olly occasionally fill this role, but less frequently than Helen, who rarely misses and opportunity snark at the pair of them.
- Large Ham: Olly, at times.
- Live Episode: Episode 100
- Novelization: The duo has written a book of answers to questions.
- Jingle: Frequent jingles advetising the podcast between the questions, performed by Martin the Soundman and the Answer Me This! Players. These jingles are parodies of styles or permormers; the one imitating The Knife is particularly good.
- Special Guest: Episodes 37; 84; 131; 149 and 190 had Special Guests in the forms of Pappy's Fun Club; Josie Long; Andy Zaltzman; Ian Collins and Jon Ronson, respectively.
- Toilet Humor
- Team Mom: Helen often plays this role.
- The Teaser: The First 70 or so episodes had pre-Titles sequences. Some were sketches, while most of the earlier ones were just a pre-titles Intro.