Andrew Mensah

Russell Howard’s Five Brilliant Things

Avalon

Comedy Interviews, Comedy

4.5 • 566 Ratings

🗓️ 25 March 2026

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Comedian Andrew Mensah joins us with tales of playing Padel with Wayne Rooney, the economics of Air Force One Trainers and why there’s nothing better than sitting down for a game of Articulate. There’s also a fascinating insight into the way British society interfaces with its cultural landscape; Andrew’s account of how he managed to move from the gang culture of his childhood to become well-loved fixture on the comedy circuit is the kind of thing you don’t hear often. Andrew is always gigging around the UK. You can keep up to date with everything at https://andrewmensahcomedy.com Andrew hosts his hugely popular weekly comedy podcast ‘We Saw That’ alongside Gbemi Oladipo. They record live shows at the Top Secret Comedy Club in London then that becomes the podcast. You can listen/watch for free, or get tickets to see the live recordings by following this link. 🎟️ YOU WANT MORE LIVE COMEDY? Russell’s brand new tour show ‘Don’t Tell The Algorithm’ is well underway with rave reviews: Don’t miss this fantastic show of all brand-new material. Find out more at https://www.russell-howard.co.uk 🎟️ It’s the end of this week’s show so please get out there and enjoy the sunshine. You may be out there already, in which case get your eyes off this phone and look up - but not directly at the sun, obviously - and have a marvellous day. Byeeeeeee. Producer: Dan Atkinson Line Producer: Daisy Knight Exec Producer: James Taylor Composer: Fat Lady Music Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:12.6	Hello, my friends. Welcome to Five Brilliant Things where I sit down with fascinating people to talk about what brings them joy. My guest today is a comedian, podcaster and host of the hit BT Sport Show What I War.
1:17.6	It's Andrew Menser, and here he is with his Five Brilliant Things.
1:26.6	Hello, Andrew Mensa.
1:28.3	Now shall we explain the backstory here?
1:30.3	This is a, this is surreal being here.
1:33.3	Yeah.
1:34.3	Because I feel like I've been rejected twice.
1:36.3	And I finally gets a going to date.
1:39.3	I am.
1:40.3	It's going to be underwhelming it.
1:41.3	We've had Andrew booked twice to come on the show
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