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Alan Carr's 'Life's a Beach'

S9 EP41: Chris McCausland (Video Edition)

Alan Carr's 'Life's a Beach'

Keep It Light Media

Comedy, Places & Travel, Society & Culture, Comedy Interviews

4.8 • 6.2K Ratings

🗓️ 24 October 2025

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Stand-up and Strictly superstar Chris McCausland joins Alan for a laugh-out-loud chat about spies, underpants mud bombs and holiday chaos! ✈️ From applying to MI5 to nearly missing a flight from Rome, Chris shares travel tales, his early days on the comedy circuit and growing up in Liverpool. His hilarious new book "Keep Laughing" is out now. Plus, how Eddie Izzard inspired both him and Alan to become comedians, and the twist on traditional games he plays with his daughter on the road.  00:00 intro 01:35 Chris’s book Keep Laughing 01:55 How both Alan and Chris became stand ups thanks to Eddie/Suzy Izzard 04:44 Blastaway and alcopops growing up 05:23 Chris playing Kerplunk, Connect Four, I-spy and Ear-Hear with his daughter 07:10 Chris explains what dustbin mange is 08:38 Chris applied to be a spy 10:11 The comedy tour circuit Alan and Chris did back in the day 12:00 Chris’s travel show seeing the Wonders of the World - Niagara Falls 14:22 How Covid made them have time off, clapping for the NHS and selfie hair cuts 17:04 Chris’s Liverpool’s history and hidden gems 18:33 Birmingham’s historic parts and Alan turning scouse after seeing John Bishop 19:42 Chris’s holiday disasters - the German Festival to see The Deftones 22:06 Nearly missing the flight back from Rome 24:30 Chris explains Underpants mud bombs. 25:23 Alan does his research and has read the book, unlike other interviewers.. 28:03 Since Chris lost his sight he’s more of an adrenaline junkie 30:58 Chris’s wife is Brazilian so what did Chris think of Brazil? 34:10 Making our descent and the quick fire round  #LifesABeach #AlanCarr #ChrisMcCausland #ComedyPodcast #TravelPodcast #StandUpComedy #BritishComedy #HolidayStories #PodcastUK #FunnyMoments Please subscribe and review. Thanks, Alan. xx ‘Life’s A Beach’ everyone’s favourite travel podcast is here to give you all the vitamin D you need. More celebrity passengers unpack their travel suitcases dishing the dirt on their holiday high-jinks. Buckle up, sit back and enjoy the inflight entertainment!! A 'Keep It Light Media' Production Sales, advertising, and general enquiries: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠hello@keepitlightmedia.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

And the game was to see how many pairs of underpants you could explode before they

0:08.0

spotted you and chased you.

0:09.5

I bet when you'd be doing pro-over this, everyone just talks, what was it like on strictly?

0:14.5

And I'm like, tell me about Dustin Mains.

0:18.0

Oh my God.

0:19.3

Look who we've got on board.

0:37.5

It's Chris McCawson. How you doing, Chris? I'm good out. I'm, um, you know, come and do the podcast in my house. Yeah. I thought he must have, must have a real high-end recording studio in his house somewhere. And there I'm sat on your couch holding me on microphone. Well, you were a bit worried about the microphone because it was heavy.

0:38.5

It's quite heavy, in it?

0:54.1

I mean, it's not a microphone that you're typically old. It's one that belongs in the stand, but you can't afford the stands yet. No. Are you, Chris? This is so rude. I'm just saying, I thought the podcast was going, well, that's why I'm here, but you can't afford your own stands. Well, I'm not made of money.

1:12.0

And you were worried, though, about it is a proper microphone. It's not shaped like a dildo. We're not showing you up, you know. I'm going to be alternating hands throughout this podcast. It is heavy, though. I get your, I get what you're saying. It is heavy. It is. It's not a microphone that is designed to be held for an hour. Good job. It's just 30 minutes, isn't it, Chris?

1:17.9

Yeah, all right. Anything else should like the slag off? You're quite judgmental, aren't you?

1:26.4

Do you know, I mean, for a guy that can't see anything,

1:28.6

you know, I can't see the things to be judgmental.

1:30.6

I might as well be judgmental about the things I can feel.

1:36.1

Listen, can I just say about your book? Keep laughing.

1:39.3

Oh my God. It's so funny. So nostalgic.

1:43.6

We have the same life. Do we? Yeah, I'm not saying

1:47.8

you're a raging homo like me, but you are. We worked in a call center. You're born

1:55.5

1977. I was 976 in June, in June, cool, and we both saw the same comedian that inspired us to do stand-up. I saw Eddie Isard, definite article. Yeah. I was going down Shaftesbury Avenue. And he did that, he did it at Shaftby Avenue. And it was one of those five-pound student tickets. And I went in there, and there was no seats. And I stood stood at the back and I stood up for three hours.

2:20.3

I watched him and he was just so amazing and it made me want to do standout.

2:27.0

And I'm reading your book.

2:28.7

Oh my God, you're the same experience.

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