beanisacarrot @beanisacarrot.bsky.social · 16hI am currently in Manchester. I don’t know the city but there’s an insane number of people selling cups of corn kernels topped with butter in the main shopping area. Either Mancunians love it or it’s the equivalent of American Candy shops in London. Judging by the few customers, the latter. 111
Reposted by beanisacarrotPeople Want Ducks @peoplewantducks.bsky.social · 29/09/2026We've scored the EMB himself, Ed Kavalee. Listen to how he landed Get This, his paneling skills, thoughts on Richard, and more. And was "John" really Ash Williams? Tune in to find out. Please subscribe podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/p... open.spotify.com/show/25c2RiJ... #peoplewantducks #getthis 054
beanisacarrot @beanisacarrot.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Norman Conquest? Norman Lovett, more like. 67314
beanisacarrot @beanisacarrot.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Without saying your age, what is your favourite movie that came out when you were 20 years old? 100
beanisacarrot @beanisacarrot.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Vale Yayoi Kusama. I have been to various of her infinity rooms and they never failed to dazzle me. 151
beanisacarrot @beanisacarrot.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Ash Wednesday bushfires, 1983. Trees in the Adelaide Hills were black for years afterwards. 000
Reposted by beanisacarrotPeople Want Ducks @peoplewantducks.bsky.social · 25/08/2026We're back with more from Tony Martin! In this second part, we discuss the music, management, ratings, debunk some myths and Matt comes clean with a confession. And plenty more. Please subscribe podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/p... open.spotify.com/show/25c2RiJ... #peoplewantducks #getthis 033
beanisacarrot @beanisacarrot.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Vale Dolly Parton. Great music, great vaccines, great lady. 000
beanisacarrot @beanisacarrot.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Feet First. I remain amazed that Network bothered to put that out. 100
beanisacarrot @beanisacarrot.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Loving this. Not just a history of Get This, but a really interesting discussion about the history of comedy on Australian radio. A must listen. 041
Reposted by beanisacarrotChampagne Comedy @tlschampagne.bsky.social · 03/08/2026SIZZLETown, traction and cut-through. Coming soon to @peoplewantducks.bsky.social and @tlschampagne.bsky.social podcasts. @tonymartin.bsky.social 022
beanisacarrot @beanisacarrot.bsky.social · 28/07/2026As others have pointed out, most of the obituaries of Bill Oddie have inaccuracies in them. But the one that’s annoying me the most is when something from The Goodies is called a “skit”. YOU MEAN SCENE! IT’S A SITCOM!!! 000
Reposted by beanisacarrotAdrian Edmondson @adrianedmondson.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Bill Oddie, what a lovely bloke. He wrote us a letter when we started making The Young Ones, wishing us the very best, and warning us against interference from higher up. He didn’t know anyone in the cast personally. It just came out of the blue. Lovely thing to do. 192842460
Reposted by beanisacarrotSamira Ahmed @samiraahmeduk.bsky.social · 27/07/2026www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...bbc.co.ukBBC Radio 4 - Front Row, Bill Oddie, remembered by his friend Graeme GardenBill Oddie remembered, Frank Miller on Batman and Children's Laureate, Patrice Lawrence. 0175
Reposted by beanisacarrotJonathan Coe @jonathancoe.bsky.social · 27/07/2026I went to the same school as Bill Oddie (KES in Birmingham) and there were legends that he'd once arrived at school on horseback and also had put up diversion signs which meant all the traffic along the main Bristol Road had to pass through the school grounds but I don't know if either is true. 1125431
Reposted by beanisacarrotMatthew Sweet @drmatthewsweet.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Farewell Bill, most radical of the Goodies. Present at Grosvenor Square with Tariq & Vanessa. Turned his harassment by the Met into slapstick TV comedy for kids. Angry, hairy, furiously talented. 271468290
beanisacarrot @beanisacarrot.bsky.social · 27/07/2026I feel the ”What’s next?” section could have been better worded, here… 360
beanisacarrot @beanisacarrot.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Going to make time to relisten to these soon. They are excellent. 020
Reposted by beanisacarrotJustin Lewis @whenisbirths.bsky.social · 27/07/2026I love interviews with famous people that were designed for an audience of hardly anyone. Especially when they're archive ones. Bill, in 1980, for I think Imperial College Student Television, just after the last BBC series of The Goodies. www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_6P...youtube.comBill Oddie - 3 March 1980YouTube video by Colin Grimshaw 43813
beanisacarrot @beanisacarrot.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Some great photos in this: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukObituary: Bill OddieComedian and former Goodie who became a noted ornithologist and TV presenter. 211
beanisacarrot @beanisacarrot.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Vale Bill Oddie. There are lots of people out there who hate comedy songs, but they’ve clearly never heard any of Bill’s. Great music, great lyrics, and actually funny. RIP Bill. 293
beanisacarrot @beanisacarrot.bsky.social · 07/07/2026What we need now is a Belgium to Farage’s USA. 100
beanisacarrot @beanisacarrot.bsky.social · 04/07/2026I’ve asked this before, but when is Tommy Wiseau NOT appearing in person at the Prince Charles Cinema? 010
beanisacarrot @beanisacarrot.bsky.social · 29/06/2026Vale Penelope Keith. A very elegant and funny lady who I was lucky enough to see IRL a couple of times. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukDame Penelope Keith: The Good Life and To The Manor Born actress dies aged 86The beloved actress starred in classic British sitcoms The Good Life and To The Manor Born. 242
beanisacarrot @beanisacarrot.bsky.social · 27/06/2026Colin From Accounts is crap. Also, I haven’t seen Succession, take that Adelaide’s own Sarah Snook. 110
beanisacarrot @beanisacarrot.bsky.social · 21/06/2026New favourite painting: ‘Le Discret’ (The Silence) by Joseph Ducreux, on display at the Spencer Art Museum, Lawrence, Kansas. spencerart.ku.edu/art/collecti... 121
beanisacarrot @beanisacarrot.bsky.social · 19/06/2026Nice to see that sexist lose so convincingly. But a worrying number still voted for him. 100
beanisacarrot @beanisacarrot.bsky.social · 18/06/2026I have purchased a portable air conditioner and it is coming tomorrow. 🥶 020
beanisacarrot @beanisacarrot.bsky.social · 17/06/2026It’s great that Qantas will start doing LHR-SYD in 20 hours next year, but how long do we have to wait for LHR-ADL? That’s what the kids* really want. * Me. 120
beanisacarrot @beanisacarrot.bsky.social · 11/06/2026I got Czechia and New Zealand in work’s World Cup sweepstakes. Pretty sure I’m never seeing my £5 entry fee again. 010
beanisacarrot @beanisacarrot.bsky.social · 19/05/2026Oh wow, it’s the Japanese O-Bahn. Although the beauty of the O-Bahn is that it doesn’t need the train wheels. 001
beanisacarrot @beanisacarrot.bsky.social · 16/05/2026Some quite obvious choices here - certainly a number from my High School English reading list. Always a shame when they don’t chuck in something left field but great, like Tinker Tailor Solider Spy. www.theguardian.com/books/ng-int...theguardian.comWho’s in, who’s out, and how many have you read? The story behind our 100 best novels listJane Eyre or Wuthering Heights. Ulysses or Catch-22 … Find out which title came top, as chosen by authors, critics and academics worldwide 200
beanisacarrot @beanisacarrot.bsky.social · 15/05/2026Arrived back in London from Australia yesterday morning and went out at lunchtime to pick up some food. Whilst walking up a well known high street, I was asked for change, told to fuck off and had a half-full pipe of Pringles thrown at my feet, all in the space of 30 seconds. It’s great to be back. 230
beanisacarrot @beanisacarrot.bsky.social · 12/05/2026Going through boxes at my parents and came across this original cast Home and Away postcard. To this day I still wonder what it is that Peter Vroom wants us to think about. 130
beanisacarrot @beanisacarrot.bsky.social · 07/05/2026Today’s Adelaide Advertiser handling this sad story with its usual sensitivity. 000
beanisacarrot @beanisacarrot.bsky.social · 01/05/2026Watching “Murial’s Wedding” and had forgotten that she works at a video shop. Except it’s the early 90s and working in a video shop is a drone customer service job and not like the three people who work for those kinda shops these days who are mega film nerds. 110
Reposted by beanisacarrotTony Martin @tonymartin.bsky.social · 30/04/2026What about a return to comedians doing comedy shows? 126812
beanisacarrot @beanisacarrot.bsky.social · 27/04/2026Hey @whenisbirths.bsky.social here’s your book in the Melbourne branch of Dymocks (big Australian bookshop chain). I did not doctor this display but would have if the cover hadn’t been showing. 020
beanisacarrot @beanisacarrot.bsky.social · 22/04/2026If you want to know how Australian television is going, they’re currently asking what your favourite colour of bin is. My Dad thinks blue. 183
beanisacarrot @beanisacarrot.bsky.social · 18/04/2026Helping my parents set up streaming services on their massive new TV and this is an unfortunate login screen. Suggests an all-Andrew line-up. I don’t even want a some Andrew line-up. 220
Reposted by beanisacarrotPeople Want Ducks @peoplewantducks.bsky.social · 02/04/2026People Want Ducks is back for a new year, on this hallowed day of the 20th anniversary of the first episode of Get This! And to celebrate, we’re joined by @thegregfleet.bsky.social! Please subscribe: podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/p... open.spotify.com/show/25c2RiJ... #peoplewantducks #getthis 176
Reposted by beanisacarrotThrough the Square Window @squarewindowpod.bsky.social · 01/04/2026In January, @samiraahmeduk.bsky.social and @gkw.bsky.social visited the home of Graeme Garden to talk about his life in TV for next Wednesday's episode of Through the Square Window. Samira's written about the encounter for our website: squarewindow.co.uk/podcast/grae... 0295
beanisacarrot @beanisacarrot.bsky.social · 27/03/2026What’s the betting his password was password1? 110
beanisacarrot @beanisacarrot.bsky.social · 25/03/2026Watched that Channel 5 Huw Edwards drama last night and shuddering as I think about it. 001
beanisacarrot @beanisacarrot.bsky.social · 23/03/2026And if there was ever a post to quote to plug the Australian screenings of SNLUK, it’s one where I mostly talk about Radio 4’s The Naked Week. 120
beanisacarrot @beanisacarrot.bsky.social · 22/03/2026My take on SNL UK is that it’s about as funny as SNL USA. Weekend Update not as sharp as SNL USA, and nowhere near as sharp as Radio 4’s The Naked Week, which is very much the gold standard for UK topical comedy right now. 030
beanisacarrot @beanisacarrot.bsky.social · 19/03/2026At an AI conference today and less than two hours in, the consensus seems to be “It’s a bit shit, isn’t it?”. 020