Daniel Foxx

Russell Howard’s Five Brilliant Things

Avalon

Comedy Interviews, Comedy

4.5 • 566 Ratings

🗓️ 14 January 2026

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Why is it the ruder the waiter, the more it gets Daniel Foxx excited? The laconic comedian is here to explain the beauty of surly service, the simple serenity brought by a scented candle, and you’ll experience some of the worst ASMR in podcast history. Russell also relates the time Louis Theroux gyrated aggressively at him. That’s worth the admission fee alone. Daniel’s latest tour ‘How Lovely’ is about to hit UK theatres, so to get yourself a whole evening of this very funny comic please check out where the tour is near you and book tickets - you can find it all HERE. Also there are still a handful of tickets left for Russell’s brand new tour show ‘Don’t Tell The Algorithm’. There are shows across the whole UK in 2026: You can book tickets at https://www.russell-howard.co.uk And we said in the show we’d link in the show notes to the comedian/chef George Egg’s cookbook, which can be found HERE, and very good it is too. That’s it for today, thanks for popping in, hope you’ve enjoyed the tea and biscuits. Thank you for taking off your shoes at the door and putting on the ceremonial slippers, shin-pads and fez. You looked radiant. Until next time. 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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0:00.0	Hello my friends, welcome to Five Brilliant Things, where I sit down with fascinating people to talk about what brings them joy.
0:14.0	My guest today is a stand-up who's amassed a huge, devoted fan base with his online sketches.
0:19.0	He is Daniel Fox. Daniel is going to be talking about rude waiters, cold weather, candles,
0:25.2	and bizarrely his deep, deep desire to have a nine-foot husband.
0:30.1	Here it is.
0:31.2	It's Daniel Fox with his five brilliant things.
0:41.5	Here we are. Daniel, nice to meet you. Lovely to meet you.
0:42.5	What a lovely jumper.
0:44.5	Thank you, yeah.
0:45.5	I think it's lovely.
0:48.5	I think I look a little bit like if an old English sheepdog got slashed. Yeah.
0:54.2	It's kind of the, there's a,
0:55.8	it has sort of like suicidal badger. Yeah, a little bit of that. Yeah, a little bit of that. But I'm quite... How are you, um... How are you washing that, if you don't want me asking? As of yet. This is going to be very frustrating and people are listening. Yes, I'm wearing a sort of black and white jumper with slashes in it, basically.
1:13.4	I don't really know. I haven't had to as of yet. This is it's like second wearing out. Right. Yeah, so when the time comes... Where did you get that from? There will be other questions, but I'm really taken with your jumper. I found a company called Or Two.
1:28.7	Shout out to Or Two.
1:29.9	And they just, I'm on like a perpetual hunt for menswear that's not boring and also
1:36.1	isn't £3,000.
1:37.6	Because most men's jumpers and just clothing generally, if it's like a jumper with even a
1:43.2	slightly different cut to it, or a little
1:45.0	cut out, or anything interesting, it will be £900 plus. Have you considered buying regular
1:52.3	sort of jumpers and t-shirts and just cutting them yourself? Yes, and that's what I've started doing.
1:55.9	Yeah, and like stitching things into it. I'm on an embroidery kick at the moment. That's my new
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