John Mendelssohn’s World of Hilarity

You’ll laff ’til.you stop, and be reminded of Monty Python, the Firesign Theatre, and other smart absurdist satire, as you listen either to A Rabbi, the Pope, and Jeff Beck’s Ghost Walk Into a Pub, made with a UK audience in mind, or Poking Bears With Sticks, which English-understanders of all nationalities, ages, races, creeds (whatever they are), and sexual preferences are certain to enjoy.

Episodes

Jan 31, 2025

5 min

Hard-hitting journalism at its hard-hittingest! 

Jan 31, 2025

5 min

Jan 31, 2025

3 min

A private detective is thwarted in his attempt to add to his client roster a dame whose legs are 100 meters long. 

Jan 31, 2025

3 min

Jan 31, 2025

3 min

The heteronormative cis male Western hero encounters some rambunctious punks at a Denny's, and teaches them an important life lesson!

Jan 31, 2025

3 min

Air Travel

Jan 30, 2025

Jan 30, 2025

4 min

Jan 30, 2025

4 min

Rhyming Slang

Jul 26, 2023

Jul 26, 2023

4 min

An American newcomer to London learns all about rhyming slang from a local beauty

Jul 26, 2023

4 min

May 6, 2023

4 min

All the pomp, with none of the circumstance!

May 6, 2023

4 min

Apr 16, 2023

6 min

[A Rabbi, the Pope and Jeff Beck's Ghost Walk Into a Pub] 
 
Pater and Grandmother attempt to talk young Tarquin, who seems to be sounding as though brought up in Compton, or some comparable American ghetto, rather than in Surrey, into making a small sacrifice to finance his sister Rubella's education. Rubella, meanwhile, has some text messages she has to send. At the end, we hear, in song, about the self-renamed Tarque 163's favourite meal. 

Apr 16, 2023

6 min

Apr 16, 2023

4 min

[A Rabbi, the Pope and Jeff Beck's Ghost Walk Into a Pub]
 
Mummy 2 comes home from work one afternoon with some heartbreaking news for Mummy 1, only for the handsome gentleman who made her renounce her lesbianism to find Mummy 1 irresistibly attractive. Poor Noah has no no idea what to make of all this. Man up, kid!

Apr 16, 2023

4 min

Apr 16, 2023

5 min

[A Rabbi, the Pope and Jeff Beck's Ghost Walk Into a Pub]
 
American radio's most pompous old pedant comes to the United Kingdom, and there shares his vast expertise with a bright-eyed local lad who has in the past sat on Father Christmas's lap. 

Apr 16, 2023

5 min

Apr 16, 2023

4 min

[A Rabbi, the Pope and Jeff Beck's Ghost Walk Into a Pub]
 
A woman TV journalist who wishes she were almost anywhere else finds herself tasked with getting the "thoughts" of a moronic footballer after a match. Do you know what I mean?

Apr 16, 2023

4 min

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