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Richard Herring's Leicester Square Theatre Podcast (RHLSTP)

RHLSTP 597 - Mark Simmons

Richard Herring's Leicester Square Theatre Podcast (RHLSTP)

British Comedy Guide

Tv & Film, Arts, Comedy, Performing Arts

4.75.8K Ratings

🗓️ 4 February 2026

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Summary

RHLSTP #597 - University of Bee-Keeping - Richard is back at the Podcast Room where he is chatting with one-liner king, Mark Simmons. They discuss the difficulties of producing a good succinct joke, how rarely Richard manages it, how the language used can serve as a hidden copyright sign in the DNA of the thing and what can be done if someone nicks a good one to make into a greetings card. Plus the perils of being the support act for a sore-throated Seann Walsh, whether the man at Pret fancied or pitied Richard, living with a poltergeist and the importance of giving your audience something to laugh at. Plus why it’s fun to punctuate one-liners with patience testing nonsense. 


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0:00.0

Welcome to my podcast feed. Thank you so much for listening and helping out. If you want to help us some more, become a badger at Gofastestripe.com slash badges. You get loads of bonus stuff. Look, we've got gigs coming up with Rahalister Bert. Come and see it live if you can. Matt Baines just gone up and we had to cut some out of that because it was too juicy gossip. So if you come live, you can see all the stuff that gets cut out.

0:23.0

On the 8th of February, I'm at the Lester Comedy Festival. some out of that because it was too juicy gossip. So if you come live, you can see all the stuff

0:21.3

that gets cut out. On the 8th of February, I'm at the Lester Comedy Vespole with Fathia El Gauri.

0:27.0

Fantastic on Taskmaster. I've made very good friends with her. She's amazing. And Rob Orton,

0:32.3

on 18th of February, I'm at the Chelmson's Theatre with Vitorio Angeloone and another taskmaster star Stevie

0:39.3

Martin not that one but even better than that one the 23rd of February I'm back of the

0:44.5

Lester Square Theatre with Jamila Jamil and to be announced 16th of March of Lesnar

0:49.5

Square Theatre David Mitchell and to be announced that's the last few tickets available there

0:53.4

and 20th April don't know who's going to be on yet but back last few tickets available there and 20th April.

0:55.0

Don't know who's going to be on yet but back at the Leicester Square Theatre.

0:57.7

Please support us if you can by coming to see a live show or buying a badge or just listening to

1:03.2

as many episodes and as many adverts as you possibly can. Tell your friends about the podcast.

1:07.8

We're keeping our head above water but for how long It's up to you. Use it or lose it,

1:12.8

my fan, friends. And here is the podcast you selected.

1:20.3

Hello, my finest friends. Welcome to the podcast room and another episode of Richard Herring's

1:26.3

lovely, silly, tangerine podcast that can meet

1:30.7

everyone's calling hullisterpah and my guest there's no people who don't like my

1:36.4

standup will be delighted there's no stand up mark that do i have to sit here listen to you do

1:40.9

stand up no i'm excited i'll do it in the i'll do it in the actual show. We'll talk about some stuff. Anyways, Mark Simmons, who's probably, sorry, he's probably best known, first of all, for his appearance on One for the Road with Sean Walsh. Oh, yes. Which I think I watched when I had Sean Walsh on. Yeah, yeah. And I watched the... Is it more than one episode?

2:20.5

I found one episode. It's just one episode. Yeah, we were hoping that it might get made into something else. It's good. And I believe that someone at the channel liked it. Yeah. And then the classic, they got sacked or left and then no one wanted it. Yeah. I think they like the buddy, like, vibe with Sean and I.

2:20.5

Yeah, and it's... or left and then no one wanted it. Yeah. I think they liked the buddy, like, vibe with Sean and I.

2:23.8

Yeah, and it's, you know, you're both, I mean, him especially.

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