537 - Magic Alex, The Beatles' Electric Guru

Do Go On

Matt Stewart, Jess Perkins & Dave Warneke

History, Comedy, Fact, Facts

4.9 • 2.5K Ratings

🗓️ 4 February 2026

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Summary

In the mid 1960s, Alexis Mardas met John Lennon from The Beatles, and the self-professed inventor made an immediate impression. With outlandish ideas like an artificial Sun, paint that could change colour or a force field that surrounded the Beatles' homes for security, he soon found himself head of Apple Electronics. But just how many of these whacky ideas came to fruition? Recorded live at Oasis Comedy Club in Perth.

This is a comedy/history podcast, the report begins at approximately 4:46 (though as always, we go off on tangents throughout the report).

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REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_Alex#

https://www.beatlesbible.com/people/alexis-mardas/2/

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/maharishi-mahesh-yogi-spiritual-leader-who-introduced-millions-including-the-beatles-to-transcendental-meditation-779109.html

https://www.tumblr.com/thecoleopterawithana/695157459703267328/so-ive-always-wondered-about-magic-alex-who

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-9015279/Apple-Electronics-Inside-Beatles-eccentric-technology-subsidiary.html

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0:00.0	Hello, Matt Jess and Dave here. Just to give you a little update on a few exciting things happening very soon.
0:05.5	That's right. We're looking at the rest of the year thinking, let's go to some new places, but we can only go there if we know that an audience will turn up. So wherever you are in the world, you can sign up to our mailing list. There's a link in our link tree on the do go on Instagram. basically you feel out your email and where in the world you would see us and we'll only email you once we're going there. No spam, nothing like that. It's just, for example, you live in Tokyo or let you know when we're doing a show in Tokyo. Please tell us about that. We'd love to go to Tokyo. Oh, man, it would be a dream to go to Tokyo. But we are doing some live shows in Melbourne and Adelaide coming up. We're doing three shows at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival in 2026. This is March 29. There's April 5. It's not on. Sorry, that's Easter. We're not doing that. April 12 and April 19. You can get a ticket to each of the shows or a season pass. And it's very much discounted because you only have to pay the ticket fee once. I tell you what, this is not going to help the rumors that one of us is the Easter Bunny.
0:56.9	We're going to have to pay the ticket fee once. I tell you what, this is not going to help the rumours that one of us is the Easter Bunny.
0:58.3	We're going to have to delete that.
0:58.6	Yeah.
0:59.5	Pretending you didn't hear that.
1:28.9	I'm also doing it. Who knew with Matt Stewart live at the Adelaide Fringe on March the 7th. To me and Serenjai Amana, friend of the show, are doing a run of our new material show, which I think is called Seren Jiamana and Matt Stewart, present Sorrenti, Amarna and Matt Stewart, something like that. And it's on at the Rhinel, March 3rd to 9th and Melbourne International Comedy Festival, April 7th and 19th at the Cooper's Inn. Cannot wait, pumped up. But yeah, get onto the mailing list. Get onto the mailing list. Or if you want to get tickets to any of the shows we just mentioned,
1:52.1	like I said, it's 2026. Go to do episode of Do Go On.
1:53.3	My name is Dev Warnocky.
1:55.1	Perth, how you doing out there?
1:58.7	Oh my gosh.
2:02.6	And of course, I'm on stage right now with Jess Perkins and Matt Stewart everyone. Hello.
2:04.6	So good to be here in Perth. The Oasis Comedy Club. What a great club. What a great time. What a great city. What a great day.
2:12.6	What a great day. If you were to phrase that as a question, how would you say?
2:16.6	Yeah, how would you... Oh, how good is it to be alive?
2:20.1	But yeah, that would have been better.
2:21.7	I was, in that list, I'm like, I need a big one to finish on, and I did day.
2:27.7	And Jess, you was happy to be in Perth as Matt?
2:30.5	I'm fine.
2:31.1	Yeah.
2:35.7	I know what you want me to say. And'm fine. Yeah. I know what you want me to say.
2:37.2	And fuck you.
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