The Big Muddler
The Big Muddler
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Stand by your beds! The Big Muddler is here, delivering a delicious dose of old-style radio comedy. Sketches ... silly songs ... improbable stories, corralled by the unusual mind of Matthew Crampton. It's a variety of nonsense - and we all need variety.
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The show primarily focuses on comedy through sketches, music, and humorous storytelling, with specific episodes exploring themes like the fictional truths of Stonehenge, unusual outcomes at mating laboratories, and fantastical narratives involving soap opera characters. It also intersperses musical performances and witty commentary, enhancing the entertainment value while addressing fantastical and ridiculous scenarios.
Stand by your beds! The Big Muddler is here, delivering a delicious dose of old-style radio comedy. Sketches … silly songs … improbable stories, corralled by the unusual mind of Matthew Crampton. It’s a variety of nonsense – and we all need variety.
Welcome to The Big Muddler's Seaside Special – recorded before a bubbly crowd at the gorgeous Manor Pavilion in Devon. It's August 2025 and Sidmouth Folk Festival has bravely scheduled a live recording of this 'comedy podcast' by festival veteran Matthew Crampton. But would such strange radio work live on stage? Find out for yourself…
There are Listed Jokes, a chorus singalong, two classic songs from the music hall – The Hole in the Elephant's Bottom and Your Baby Has Gorn down the Plug'ole – plus an episode of antique podcast The Rest is Jollity. These have been edited down from a full, fulsome show.
NOT included is a feature on The Unexpected Emergence of Animals in Folksongs (which appeared in The Big Muddler Episodes 2.1 and 2.3). Sadly the contribution of West of England correspondent Denzel Rumpo was not judged fit for inclusion. And a special seaside version of soap opera Great Crustaceans will appear in the next episode – Live from FolkEast festival.
Special thanks to Ross and Nikki Henrywood of Barleycorn Productions for sound. Thanks too to Tash Daly of Sidmouth Folk Festival for booking this nonsense, and to Rosie Thomas, who nobly supports the 'talent' at the Manor Pavilion during the festival.
Responsibility for the creative content of this show rests entirely with Matthew Crampton, who's very sorry and promises not to do it again.
Next episode out soon.
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