219 - Horace de Vere Cole (the Original Prankster)
Do Go On
Matt Stewart, Jess Perkins & Dave Warneke
4.9 • 2.5K Ratings
🗓️ 1 January 2020
⏱️ 66 minutes
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Summary
Born in the 1800s, Horace de Vere Cole lead a life full of pranks aiming "to prick the pompous and the vain", recorded live at the Wardrobe in Leeds, we hear about his greatest hits.
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REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING:
https://www.thevintagenews.com/2019/04/20/horace-de-vere-cole/
https://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/01/opinion/a-fool-there-was.html
http://ahistoryblog.com/2013/05/21/william-horace-de-vere-cole-1881-1936-a-man-of-few-parts/
https://www.express.co.uk/expressyourself/228767/Privileged-prankster-who-died-penniless
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dreadnought_hoax
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horace_de_Vere_Cole
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| 0:00.0 | This episode of Do-Go on is brought to you by me, Math Stewart and my 2020 live comedy show Monkey House. |
| 0:06.3 | I'm bringing it to Hobart for fringe at the edge of the world at the Republic, |
| 0:10.0 | called Pub There on the 9th and 10th of January. |
| 0:13.4 | Then I'm going to the Brisbane Comedy Festival in Brisbane at the powerhouse |
| 0:17.7 | from the 10th to the 15th of March. |
| 0:20.2 | And back home to Melbourne for the Melbourne International Comedy Festival at the Victoria Hotel |
| 0:24.7 | from the 26th of March until the 19th of April. |
| 0:28.8 | You can grab tickets to all of these shows, come to all of them. |
| 0:32.2 | Why not with the Discount Code podcast for our MathsTruordComedy.com slash gigs? |
| 0:37.0 | That's MathsTruordComedy.com slash gigs. |
| 0:39.5 | Anyway, on with the intro. |
| 0:42.7 | This podcast is part of the Planet Broadcasting Network. |
| 0:45.3 | Visit Planet Broadcasting.com for more podcasts from our great mates. |
| 0:58.8 | Welcome to Do-Go on. |
| 1:05.3 | I'm your host, Math Stewart. |
| 1:06.7 | This is a show where we tell you stuff about things and we've got a bloody cracking episode. |
| 1:12.2 | Coming up today was recorded live in Leeds of the Wardrobe. |
| 1:16.0 | A fantastic venue there in the north of England. |
| 1:19.9 | And we had a great time looking forward to you getting to hear it. |
| 1:23.8 | And I'll be checking back in with you at the end of the episode to give you some more facts |
| 1:28.3 | and some questions and shouting out to a few patrons. |
| 1:32.0 | That sort of stuff. |
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