Mike Bubbins
Brydon &
Rob Brydon | Wondery
4.6 • 597 Ratings
🗓️ 20 February 2025
⏱️ 47 minutes
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This week on the pod, Rob is joined by the one and only Mike Bubbins - Welsh comedian, actor, and Elvis tribute artist. They dive into the inspiration behind Mike’s hit comedy series ‘Mammoth,’ where a long-lost 1970s gym teacher is discovered and brought back to life. Mike also shares behind-the-scenes stories from his popular podcast with Elis James and Steff Garrero, ‘The Socially Distant Sports Bar.’ Expect big laughs and an even bigger moustache!
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| 0:00.0 | Now I say in the course of this pot that I'm never happy when new Welsh talent emerges. |
| 0:07.8 | Mike Bubbins comes under that category. You may have caught mammoth. It's very funny sitcom |
| 0:14.7 | about a 1970s gym teacher who gets frozen during an avalanche and is then thawed out in the modern era. |
| 0:24.4 | It's very funny. |
| 0:25.5 | And as we speak, he's writing its second series. |
| 0:28.5 | He's also a very funny stand-up comedian. |
| 0:30.8 | And like me, absolutely adores Elvis, although it turns out doesn't know as much about him as me. |
| 0:39.7 | He also has the most fantastic dress sense, |
| 0:42.7 | so do go to YouTube and check out the 20-minute version of this |
| 0:46.4 | just to see how he looks. |
| 0:47.8 | He is besplendent. |
| 0:49.2 | Ladies and gentlemen, Briden and Mike Bubbins. |
| 1:08.3 | You have a look more than any other comedian that I can think of. |
| 1:15.0 | Tell me how much is projecting a persona for an act and how much is you? |
| 1:20.7 | I think it's about 95% me. Wow. Yeah, I've always liked that. I've always liked that look. |
| 1:26.0 | Always like the 70s, always like sort of Alvis shirts and flared trousers and nice shoes. It really suits you though. Thanks, Rob. No, but it does, though. It really does. Mike arrived in a huge sheepskin coat with a beautiful furry collar. Double-breasted. Double-breasted? No messing up out, yeah. And what were you telling me about its pockets? That's my try. |
| 1:44.2 | I've got several. |
| 1:44.8 | I've got a collection of sheep skins, I'm sure you could imagine. But that is my, that's my train coat. So I can travel like, basically. So I've got a couple of charges in there and some, and some, my wallet, car keys. I can basically, it's like, it's like wearing, like wearing a briefcase. No need for a bag. |
| 1:41.1 | No need for a bag. |
| 1:41.8 | There's no bag. |
| 1:43.3 | I just trouble. |
| 1:44.9 | I mean, the irony is it weighs about 45 pound the coat, but I mean. It is heavy. Mike, let me hold it. Yeah, I did. The coat, yeah? I was on call for. I was on call for. That was. I mean, I'm so slow the tone. So early. Yeah. Leave that later on the show. A lot of my audience are not that bright. Well, they'll struggle. That goes off saying. They'll struggle to get the illusion. We've covered the clothes. Yes. The moustache is an absolute triumph. |
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