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June 9, 2022 by Simon Sweetman

I Love This For Vanessa Bayer!

I started watching I Love That For You, a Showtime original comedy that beams through to New Zealand weekly via Neon. (I had to renew my Neon subscription for this – and of course one or two other shows…) I’ve been looking forward to I Love That For You. The show stars and was co-created […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged America, Blog, Comedian, Comedy, Home Shopping, Home Shopping Network, I Love That For You, I Love This For Vanessa Bayer!, Neon, Showtime, SNL, Television, TV, Vanessa Bayer, Want more? Check out my Substack You can also support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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March 17, 2022 by Simon Sweetman

Bob Odenkirk: Comedy Comedy Comedy Drama

Comedy Comedy Comedy Drama Bob Odenkirk Penguin Random House I love Bob Odenkirk. Have done since before I knew his name. He just kept popping up on things. That same face in everything. A mild smirk. A guy who had some sadness, some trauma etched onto him and laced all through his comedy. A guy […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Autobiography, Bob Odenkirk, Bob Odenkirk: Comedy Comedy Comedy Drama, Book, Book Review, Comedian, Comedy, Comedy Comedy Comedy Drama, David Cross, Director, Get A Life, Memoir, Movie, Mr. Show, Penguin Random House, SNL, Stage, Star, The Ben Stiller Show, To follow me in all the right places check out the Linktree right here. And to subscribe to my Substack newsletter “Sounds Good” click here, TV, Writer, Writing ·

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March 7, 2022 by Simon Sweetman

The Visceral Thrill of Eddie Murphy’s Early Stand-Up

Beverly Hills Cop was one of the first video tapes we rented as a family. My mum checked with the guy at the counter to make sure it was okay for us all to watch and his suggestion was that the first few minutes contained a few swears so maybe fast-forward that… After dinner that […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Beverly Hills Cop, Blog, Comedian, Comedy, Delirious, DVD, Eddie Murphy, RAW, SNL, Stand-up Comedy, The Visceral Thrill of Eddie Murphy’s Early Stand-Up, VHS ·

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January 26, 2022 by Simon Sweetman

The Crude Farce of After Life Season Three

I haven’t always had a problem with Ricky Gervais. I was a big fan of The Office – who wasn’t? I think Extras was possibly better, smarter. And, at the time, I was even into his stand-up comedy specials. Each one arriving with special-club buzz. They haven’t aged well. They weren’t really great at the […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged After Life, Ashley Jensen, Blog, Comedian, Comedy, Crude Farce, Derek, Diane Morgan, Extras, https://linktr.ee/Simonsweetman, Movies, Netflix, Review, Ricky Gervais, S.3, Season Three, Television, The Crude Farce of After Life Season Three, The Office, TV, Twitter, Want more? Check out my Substack You can also support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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January 23, 2022 by Simon Sweetman

Wellington Comedy Presents – Friday Laughs at The Cavern Club (Friday, January 21, 2022)

Wellington Comedy: Friday Laughs Cavern Club Friday, January 21 Last year I wrote about attending Raw Meat Monday which felt like a way back in to a comedy scene I had never really experienced. My deal with reviewing comedy was mostly internationals, and some Comedy Festival or Fringe shows. Single acts. Usually big names. The […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 2022, Cavern Club, Comedian, Comedy, Comedy Night, Comedy Review, Friday, Friday Laughs at The Cavern Club, Gig, https://linktr.ee/Simonsweetman, Humourous Arts Trust, January 21, Lesa Macleod-Whiting, Live Comedy, Live Review, Ray O'Leary, Review, Rose Northey, Sameena Zehra, Sarah Courtney, Show, Stand Up, Stand-up Comedy, Want more? Check out my Substack You can also support Off The Tracks via PressPatron, Wellington, Wellington Comedy, Wellington Comedy Presents, Wellington Comedy Presents – Friday Laughs at The Cavern Club, Zach Mandeville ·

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November 21, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

In Praise of Tom Scharpling

Some days I reckon Tom Scharpling is one of the funniest people alive. Certainly, Tom Scharpling is one of the great underground wizards of radio, and podcasting. I don’t know how I first heard about him – or when I first started tuning in properly, but he has backstory and projects for days. And as […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Book, Comedian, Comedy, In Praise, In Praise Of, In Praise of Tom Scharpling, Jon Wurster, Meet My Friends The Friends, Podcast, Praise, Radio, The Best Show, Tom Scharpling, TV, Want more? Check out my Substack You can also support Off The Tracks via PressPatron, Writer ·

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November 18, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: American History Lesson

Why did the chicken cross the road? Was it to get to the other side of a racist joke? Why didn’t the watermelon cross the road instead? It was having a smashing time! Corks were burnt, shoe polish was placed on faces – wasn’t that hilarious enough for ya? Tell us another one: The master […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged American History Lesson, Comedian, Comedy, Humour, Jokes, Minstrel, Poem, Poem: American History Lesson, Racism ·

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November 11, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast # 273: Dai Henwood

Hi and welcome to episode 273 of Sweetman Podcast – finding my way back into podcasting after a nearly three-month break. As with last year’s lockdowns I paused the podcast. But we’re back now – at least through until the end of the year. Now – as you probably know, as well as the usual […]
Posted in Blog, Podcasts · Tagged Acast, Anchor, Anti-Vax, Auckland, Carolyn Henwood, Chat, Circa Theatre, Comedian, Comedy, Conversation, Coronavirus, Covid, Covid-19, Dai Henwood, ep.273, Game Show, Hip-Hop, Interview, iTunes, Lockdown, Now We Are Four: Sweetman Podcast’s 4th Birthday, Phone Interview, Phoner, Podcast, Protests, Rap, Ray Henwood, Reviews, Seven Days, Simon, Simon Sweetman, Soundcloud, Spotify, Sweetman, Sweetman Podcast, Sweetman Podcast # 273, Sweetman Podcast # 273: Dai Henwood, Theatre, TV, Twitter, Want more? Check out my Substack You can also support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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September 15, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

R.I.P. Norm Macdonald

Norm Macdonald had died. He was 61. He was diagnosed with cancer nearly a decade ago. He kept it quiet – telling only a few close friends. He wanted privacy. He wanted the comedy to continue when and as it did. He wanted that untainted. Norm Macdonald was a comedy genius, a comedian’s comedian – […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Comedian, Comedy, Eulogy, Norm Macdonald, R.I.P., R.I.P. Norm Macdonald, SNL ·

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September 3, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

The Ben Elton Interview

Earlier this year I spoke to Ben Elton. What a dream. I shared the audio as an episode of my podcast. But there was also a transcript and written piece (for my Sounds Good newsletter). So if you missed that at the time I offer it up here now. I feel like Ben Elton’s work […]
Posted in Blog, Interviews · Tagged Author, Ben Elton, Blackadder, Comedian, Comedy, https://linktr.ee/Simonsweetman, Interview, Podcast, PR, Promo, Sounds Good, Stage, Substack, The Ben Elton Interview, The Young Ones, Want more? Check out my Substack You can also support Off The Tracks via PressPatron, Writer ·

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July 8, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast # 265: Ben Elton

Hi and welcome to episode 265 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T and Yeastie Boys  and thanks to you readers and listeners. Now – as you probably know, as well as the usual platforms (this site, soundcloud, iTunes/Apple) you can get to Sweetman Podcast on Spotify – follow it […]
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July 2, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Meet Raw Meat Monday

Way back, when there were still newspapers, I did a lot of arts-reviewing. What better way, I figured, to make friends, right? You go to shows, say they’re absolutely shit and that the people that just died on stage needn’t bother ever getting up again and you’re paid an enormous amount of money and everyone […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Beginner, Blog, Comedian, Comedy, Fresh, Fringe, Fringe Bar, https://linktr.ee/Simonsweetman, Learner, MC, Meet Raw Meat Monday, Monday, RAW, Raw Meat, Raw Meat Monday, Stand Up, Stand-Up Comedian, Stand-up Comedy, The Fringe, The Fringe Bar, Want more? Check out my Substack You can also support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·
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