Michael Dapaah

Russell Howard’s Five Brilliant Things

Avalon

Comedy Interviews, Comedy

4.5 • 566 Ratings

🗓️ 30 July 2025

⏱️ 53 minutes

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The YouTube sensation, the brains behind Big Shaq and the international hit 'Man's Not Hot' - it's Michael Dapaah and he's in the studio to tell Russell about his Five Brilliant Things. Michael's Brilliant Things include Bernie Mac (which has an unexpected story about Michael meeting Dave Chappelle in Ghana?!) and his ex-girlfriends. Michael talks in the show about his new project 'Comfortably Speaking' and that show began just a few days ago, with his first guest being music superstar Mabel. You can check all that out on his YouTube channel here. And if you enjoy this podcast, you can get it with the brakes off by joining our Patreon where you get the whole thing without adverts, you get an extra exclusive show every week and you get it all a day before everyone else. It’s super easy to join and it costs less than one cup of fancy coffee every month. Click this link to join or just have a sniff around: patreon.com/RussellHoward That is all that! Thanks for being you. Don't go changing. 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 and welcome.
0:10.0	On today's show is a comedian who's become internationally famous for his grind parody, Man's Not Hot.
0:16.0	It's Michael Dapper and these are his five brilliant things.
0:26.9	Nice to meet you, man.
0:27.9	Nice to meet you, man.
0:28.5	How are you?
0:29.4	Amazing.
0:30.6	How are you?
0:31.2	Good answer.
0:32.6	I am.
0:34.5	The sun cheers me up no end.
0:36.6	I think it cheers everybody up.
0:39.1	He's crazy. Everyone's just in a good mood in Britain when the sun comes out, right? Did you see the water fountains in the kids? It's one of
0:45.8	the great sights. So there's like a water fountain around the corner and whenever it's sunny,
0:49.8	there's just screaming children running through water. Oh, I think I've seen it before, but I didn't actually see it today because I think I came out through like a different... This is it. I come out through a different end. But whenever it's sunny, there's kids there now, the hardcore kids are the kids that are there when it's raining. Yeah. What are there kids that when training? Every so often. And they're, you know, the kids that really love it. And I often wonder about those kids. Yeah. That are they here on a sunny day ago, look at these part-time. Yeah. Do you remember me? They're not here when the weather's shit. Have you got children? No, not yet. Have you?
1:27.8	I do, yes.
1:28.6	Oh, beautiful.
1:29.5	Yeah, he's not quite at that level yet, but it's funny. Every time I look at those fountains, I sort of think there's going to come a time where I'll be able to drop him off. He can run around there. I can do the show, come back, find him drenched, happy. That's it. Yeah. I got a nephew though
1:43.1	Yeah
1:43.6	And I've got like
1:44.5	Eight God kids
1:45.9	So yeah
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