Part One: Frank Fay, The Fascist Who invented Stand Up Comedy
Behind the Bastards
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🗓️ 12 August 2025
⏱️ 77 minutes
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Robert sits down with Andrew Ti to discuss the ground breaking performer who created modern stand up comedy and also palled around with the KKK.
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| 0:00.0 | Coalzo Media |
| 0:02.8 | Oh my goodness gracious gosh golly jeepers. |
| 0:09.6 | It's behind the bastards, a podcast about the worst people in all of history. |
| 0:16.1 | And today, the worst people in all of history are me and Sophie because even though this podcast has a video |
| 0:22.6 | version that some of you listen to, we're not going to be on video this week, which will not |
| 0:28.8 | affect the vast majority of our listeners. And you're like, why are you telling it to us? Because |
| 0:33.7 | some people watch this on YouTube and we're going video off. Why? Because I look like |
| 0:39.2 | shit today. And I feel like shit today. I was going to say you're just being sympathetic to me, |
| 0:45.0 | but yes. Well, no, no, because I was the first one to go. I'm not doing video today. I'm not doing |
| 0:50.0 | video today. And then you joined my cause. |
| 0:57.3 | Andrew T. |
| 1:00.0 | Our guest, are you feeling like shit today? |
| 1:05.3 | I am, I am a little sleepy because I stayed up too late watching TV. Oh, you know, I got the Epee Bee Bs a little. |
| 1:08.1 | I was watching Slow Horses. |
| 1:12.2 | Are you a slow horses fan? |
| 1:13.6 | You seem like you would be. |
| 1:15.0 | I watched the first season of it, |
| 1:17.4 | and I love Commissioner Gordon, |
| 1:19.5 | or whatever that guy's real name is. |
| 1:21.8 | And he's lovely in it. |
| 1:24.4 | I'm kind of over spy shows, I guess. I used to love them. I don't know. I guess I need to see, |
| 1:31.9 | it's got to be real different for me to get super, but I watched the first season. It was fine. |
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