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Russell Howard’s Five Brilliant Things

Sean McLoughlin

Russell Howard’s Five Brilliant Things

Avalon

Comedy Interviews, Comedy

4.5566 Ratings

🗓️ 15 April 2026

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

He’s often called the Comic’s Comic, he’s a really excellent stand-up and his Five Things are a fantastically esoteric collection ranging from Moshing to Ice Hockey to Star Trek.  Sean hosts his very own late-night talk show, but for free and on YouTube starring one of the funniest comics from the UK and World circuits. It’s called ‘The Sean McTalk Show’ and it’s frankly criminal that you can get this without paying, it’s extremely good indeed - check it out through this link. 🎟️ And please do go to see Russell while he’s on tour with his latest show that’s busting out some rave reviews: Don’t miss this fantastic show of all brand-new material. Find out more at https://www.russell-howard.co.uk 🎟️ You’ve been everything you promised to be and more, so keep on doing all those good things. Thanks babe.  Producer: Dan Atkinson Line Producer: Daisy Knight Exec Producer: James Taylor Composer: Fat Lady Music Go to https://surfshark.com/russell or use code RUSSELL at checkout to get 4 extra months of Surfshark VPN! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:11.3

Hello, my friends. Welcome to Five Brilliant Things where I talk to amazing people about the things they love.

1:19.3

My guest today is a very funny stand-up comedian whose reputation has led him to supporting the likes of Ricky Jervais and Bill Burt.

1:32.8

It's Sean McLaughlin, and here are his Five Brilliant Things. Here we go.

1:34.7

I'm really good, thanks.

1:35.3

How are you?

1:36.0

Very well indeed.

1:38.5

Now, we should start the episode.

1:40.6

We've both got drinks in front of us.

1:44.0

And it turns out that we have a lot of people who listen to the show. Thanks

1:44.5

for listening, but they get very upset when we slurp or drink or belch or make noises.

1:51.5

Really? When you say make noises, do you include speech in that?

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