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The All New Basil Bottler Show - Coming Soon

basil bottler — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 20:50:00 +0000

Hello again,
You may well know that I have been doing weekly live shows on United Kingdom Radio, but I have decided that my show on Tuesday 30th March will be my last for them and I will be going out on my own. I have enjoyed doing shows with them, but feel that my style of show (shit, if you like), is not really in keeping with their other shows and leaving will give me the freedom to do anything I like. My new show will remain a live call-in show, but I plan to add more music, comedy and other nonsense. It will still be broadcast on Tuesday evenings from 7.30 - 8.00. My first new show will be on Tuesday 20th April.
To listen live, all you will need to do, is go to my website www.basilbottler.com and click on the Listen Here link. To call in to the show, you can use skype, I'm simply 'basil bottler' on skype.
If you prefer, you can call on 020 3287 1213. You can also leave a voice mail message on that number at any time. My email address is basilbottler@aol.com
I will keep you up to date (and poke you if you like) on my facebook page.
Hope to hear from you sometime.

Love Basil.

I forgot that I've got this blog

basil bottler — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 21:03:00 +0000

It's been a long time since I have written anything here and don't worry, I'm not going to write much now.
I forgot that I've got this blog, but now I'm here, I will take this opportunity to let you know that for the time being I am doing live radio show's every Tuesday evening at 7.30 on United Kingdom Radio.
Why not listen live, and it would be lovely to receive a phone call or text from you.
I still plan to do one of the old style Basil Bottler Show podcasts from time to time.
That's it.

http://www.unitedkingdomradio.co.uk

Love
Basil.

And now, the end is near

basil bottler — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 00:43:00 +0000

Episode 43 will be out mid December, it will be a Christmas special as well as the final show in the current format. I'm not sure what I mean by that, except that there will be changes. I will still do some kind of podcast, but I dont know what form it will take at the moment.
Thats it for now.
Night Night.

October Update

basil bottler — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 00:05:00 +0100

It's October 1st and Episode 41 of The Basil Bottler Show is now available.
I might not do many more shows, I really don't have enough time and in forcing one out every month when I've not really spent much time on it, means they are getting more and more weak.
If I can't produce a show that I am happy with, then I can't see any point putting it out.... There is already far too much shit in the world. I am sorry if the few hundred people who download the show every month are disappointed. I don't really want to stop completely, so hopefully I can still put out some kind of podcast from time to time and I still plan to do the November and December shows as usual. Maybe if someone starts an online campaign to save The Basil Bottler Show and it gets a Million supporters, I might change my mind. If hot women offer me sex to save the show, I will start doing them daily.... and the shows.
I am considering trying something a bit different next year, maybe venturing into stand up comedy and who knows, maybe I'll be shit at that as well.
If anyone is interested in what I'm up to, I will keep you all informed on here, facebook and twitter.
Thanks for Listening
Love Basil.

Its August 8th already

basil bottler — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 17:32:00 +0100

Its August 8th already and still no sign of The Basil Bottler Show Episode 39, well just in case anyone is interested, I'm working on it right now, well I was, but I stopped to let you know that I'm working on it, was working on it and will be working on it.... O Bollocks.
It will probably be out within the week. I am hoping to pop up to Edinburgh next weekend, so I better pull my finger out.
Below is part of a blog by Richard Herring, someone who can actually write interesting and funny blogs, unlike me. I added this section because it says something that I entirely agree with in a better way than I ever could.

Love Basil.

This is why I love the Internet as a broadcast medium, because we had plenty of time to discuss it all properly and in context without having to pander to some fictional listener without an attention span. But also it's not a big enough story to be covered in depth by a national broadcaster, yet there will be enough comedy fans (even ones who don't know who I am) who would be interested in hearing it. As TV and radio get dumber and more averse to risks and at the mercy of focus groups and pathetic images of their average viewer/listener, the Internet is getting smarter (and a lot dumber too at times) and taking chances and putting out the stuff that is interesting to the people who are creating it, in the hope that amongst the 4 billion people on the planet there might be a few thousand who want to tag along.

It's a wonderful and exciting freedom. Traditional broadcasters should be quaking in their shoes and doing something to counter this. But maybe they're already fucked. Why not go out with a bang though hey and produce some stuff you can actually be proud of rather than all the lowest common denominator shit you're peddling. At least then you can go to your death bed with a kind of dignity. It doesn't matter about viewing figures or audience share or column inches, do what is right. If just one executive at the BBC said, "Look, I know this might seem crazy, but let's not give Morden and Horden another great wadge of money to make a second series of their frankly shite programme, let's give it to Stewart Lee to make a second series of his Comedy Vehicle. It's just obviously a million times better and something we can be proud of, rather than ashamed and when we're old men and women, frail and looking back at our lives at least we can say, "I did something right and true and beautiful and prevented something ugly and embarrassing. It's not much. But it's something." Oh an while we're at it, let's give Richard Herring a show as well. He was always the funnier one, as everyone knows."

All right, spoiled it at the end there and I don't know where this strange digression came from. My brain is bewildered by the rollercoaster of Edinburgh.

I'm just saying it's nice to get involved with something that is smart and funny and where the people involved are excited and passionate about what they're doing, rather than looking dead behind the eyes as they do their best to deliver jokes that are beneath them, their rictus grins doing nothing but to betray their desire to be anywhere but where they are now.

I'm doing it again. Knocking TV whilst at the same time clearly still wanting to be on it. But that's OK, because that's the truth. I do love it and would love to do something if it could be on the right terms, but it seems increasingly likely that the Internet is the only place where that is likely to happen.

http://www.richardherring.com/warmingup

Episode 38

basil bottler — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 09:45:00 +0100

I don't know why I have this blog, I never get round to writing anything, either I'm much too busy or I'm a fucking idiot.... you choose.
Anyway, I didn't make it to Iain Lee's Live Shindiggery last Tuesday because of work and I was really pissed off as I was hoping to meet Iain and all the gang of nutters, either I'm much too busy or I'm a fucking idiot.... you choose.
What may or may not be good news is that Episode 38 of The Basil Bottler Show is now available on itunes and elsewhere, if it's not very good, that'll be because either I'm much too busy or I'm a fucking idiot.... you choose.

Love
Basil.

Ermm

basil bottler — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 23:46:00 +0100

I dont know why I have this blog, I cant really be bothered to write anything, never mind, I am now.... but not much.
I am working on episode 37 of The Basil Bottler Show, It should be out mid June.
Thats it, told you.

Love
Basil.

Episode 35

basil bottler — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 20:37:00 +0100

Episode 35 of The Basil Bottler Show is out now.
It's the April 2009 Easter Special.

It was a bit of a rush getting the show done because I have been very busy and on Good Friday I'm off for a weeks holiday in Cornwall, so sorry if it's a bit shit. I did a 5 min stand up in a comedy club recently and although I shit myself and not many people laughed, I may well do another in the not too distant future. I have been calling in to various radio shows again lately, but I expect it will only be a short while before I get bored with doing it again.
The Basil Bottler Show - Episode 36 will hopefully be out in mid May.

Love Basil.

Does anyone read this bollocks?

Fucking Genius.

basil bottler — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 19:54:00 +0000

I have been working on my anti-comedy comedy podcast for quite a while and will soon be releasing episode 34. The Basil Bottler Show was reviewed on an American podcast review show called That Podcast Show and did not go down very well, they slagged it off. I am wondering if my attempts at anti-comedy comedy are just not funny, or is it genius of such magnitude that most human brains cannot comprehend it... Yeah, it's that... Genius, fuck em.

Love
Basil.

Here you can here them slagging me off
http://www.blubrry.com/player/?p=4455

fuck it

basil bottler — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 00:13:00 +0000

Some days I begin to write a blog, but as soon as I start, I think, fuck it... This is one.

Pointless?

basil bottler — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 09:42:00 +0000

Writing this blog seems a bit pointless really, a bit like talking to yourself, maybe It's the second sign of madness.
I had no work at all last week because of the snow and also because no one wanted me, but fortunately I managed to win enough money at Kempton races to pay the bills.
It's about time I started working on Episode 33 of The Basil Bottler Show, so today I will start writing the lyrics for a song that I've been thinking about, It will probably be called Jaws 3.
I have joined Twitter but so far it seems like a complete waste of time, I suppose I might change my mind about it, but I doubt it.
This week I received some nice comments from Watko and Gary on the excellent The Gary Show, which are mostly undeserved, although It does give encouragement and helps me to stop wondering if my podcasts are complete shit... parts of them are a bit smelly.
Lastly, if any radio station bosses are reading this, please offer Iain Lee an afternoon show, lets say 3.30 - 6.30. He is far too good to be stuck with doing just Sunday night. So come on you fucking twats, pull your fingers out and smell the coffee??

That's it,
Love
Basil.

Episode 32

basil bottler — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 20:08:00 +0000

Today I released episode 32 of the basil bottler show, It was starting to drive me made so It's quite a relief that It's gone off to fend for Itself, although I don't fancy It's chances.
I've had a very busy past few days, my podcast show was featured on the Chris Reardon Podcast Show on Play Radio UK on Wednesday and was greeted with favourable comments which left me thinking, fuck my old boots, an Emmy cant be far off.
I have a lovely time this afternoon in the Cotswold's gambling at Cheltenham races and as soon as I have finished this griping and fascinating blog, I am off to see Iain Lee doing stand-up in my home town Bromley. I plan to sit quietly at the back because I wouldn't want the presence of a superstar like me putting him off. While enjoying the comedy, I plan to consume a variety of alcoholic beverages and with any luck I hope to finish the night by participating in some bedroom athletics with at least two beautiful, oiled up, bi-sexual Latino ladies, preferably three. Anyway, that's it, time to fuck off. Its all go.

Hope you enjoy episode 32,
Love Basil.

Happy New Year

basil bottler — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 16:54:00 +0000

What a year its been... a shit one, that's what.

Never mind, I am nothing if not an optimist (mostly nothing) so I'm expecting 2009 to be much better.

So right now I predict that by this time next year, I will have orbited the earth in my manure powered space rocket and The Basil Bottler Show will be No 1 in the itunes podcast comedy chart.

Happy New Year.

episode 31 the christmas special

basil bottler — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 19:23:00 +0000

It's out and It's long... yes I'm talking about my cock, but it also applies to episode 31 of the basil bottler show (christmas special).
It is a joint effort... Craig with the effort and me with the joint.
Thanks to Craig Williams for his contributions and help on this podcast.
Craig's own podcast can be found at http://www.craig.libsyn.com

Please subscribe/download the basil bottler show on itunes, I want to be in the itunes top 1000.

Merry Christmas
love basil.

episode 30 is out now

basil bottler — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 00:13:00 +0000

Episode 30 is out now. Get it on itunes.

Thats it really, I'm not any good at this blog stuff.
I'm off tomorrow morning for a weeks holiday in Wales.

That really is it.

Emergency interim podcast

basil bottler — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 08:38:00 +0000

Today, under torturous circumstances of enormous proportions, I have somehow managed to put out an emergency interim basil bottler show podcast.
I do not want to exaggerate, but the fact that I have done it is a fucking miracle.
To recover from the effort, I intend to advertise for three blonde swedish women to gang-bang me.

The basil bottler show (emergency interim podcast)
is available on itunes.

bollocks

basil bottler — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 21:29:00 +0100

Its all gone a bit shit.
I just started my website and this blog when all of a sudden my computer blew up, completely bollocked.
I'm not sure what this blog is for, how do I find out?

Episode 30 of the basil bottler show will be a bit delayed due to technical problems.

I'm on youtube playing the bongos.

Time for some trifle.

Over and out.

Conceited Twat

basil bottler — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 13:56:00 +0100

I have started my own website at www.basilbottler.com
and this blog - what a conceited twat I am.