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James Acaster talks about his Hecklers Welcome tour, his vision for getting an alligator suit for his musical collective, Temps, and shares how he started his true crime podcast, Springleaf.

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We went to see James Acaster! My boy!

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James Acaster on his appearance in The Great Celebrity Bake Off for SU2C (1/?)

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Repertoire + no context: Recognise

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James Acaster: Repertoire. Represent

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JAMES ACASTER - REPERTOIRE

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Email From James to His Mailing List

Hello everybody!

Today is a good day. I have some big announcements and I hope you’re as excited as I am about them. Music, audio sitcoms and let’s not forget my glorious book! Here we go! 

Temps

I’m about to release some music!

I spent most of the lockdowns of 2020/21 working on music in my flat and am delighted to announce that no,no by Temps will be released on 04/11/22. The track features; Quelle Chris, Xenia Rubinos, NNAMDÏ, Shamir, John Dieterich, Joana Gomila, Laia Vallès and Seb Rochford. It’s the first single from a bigger project and we’ll be putting out a music video to accompany it (filmed by the fantastic Turtle Canyon).

The Temps bandcamp page can be found here:

https://tempsmusic.bandcamp.com/track/no-no And some awesome people will be running social media for all this. You can find that here: https://linktr.ee/tempsmusic This is the first release of many and I can’t wait for you to hear everything we’ve been working on. 

Springleaf

I’m launching a Kickstarter for a brand new audio sitcom!

On Tuesday 1st November, at 10am, I'm launching a Kickstarter for my new comedy podcast SPRINGLEAF (www.springleafpodcast.com) It's a true crime podcast, using undercover cop Pat Springleaf's wire recordings to blow apart the biggest case he ever worked on. It's a ten-part, limited series, scripted audio comedy and it is something I've wanted to make for absolutely years. We've decided to go the independent route to fund it, because we want to have complete creative control and want to make it available for everyone to listen to, not stuck behind a paywall. However, it turns out making scripted comedy is not as cheap as I thought it would be - and we want everyone involved to be paid fairly - hence the Kickstarter. We've come up with some pretty sweet rewards at a range of price levels, things like:

Exclusive video downloads

Backer exclusive mini-episode

Tickets for online events, in-person gigs and the launch party

Badges, signed postcards and stickers

Signed scripts

Personalised video messages from James

Some of these rewards are limited edition, and there's limited early-bird pricing too - to get in first, you can follow the Kickstarter page now to be notified the second it launches on Tuesday. You can also follow @springleafpod on Twitter and Instagram for campaign updates. And if you'd like to support this but money is tight at the moment, then we'd also really appreciate any retweets/re-grams/general spreading the word - it's all-or-nothing funding, so if we don't hit the target by the end of November, we can't make the series. Which, I think you'll agree, would be a real shame. A note from my producer: We've had someone generously offer to sponsor ten Tier 1 Springleaf rewards for anyone who would like to support the campaign, but isn't able to commit the cash. If that sounds like you, drop us an email at [email protected] - no need to justify your financial situation or anything, just express your interest. We'll randomly choose ten people from all those who ask.

James Acaster’s Guide to Quitting Social Media

My book is now available to pre-order in the US and Canada!

It’s been a few weeks since JAMES ACASTER'S GUIDE TO QUITTING SOCIAL MEDIA, BEING THE BEST YOU YOU CAN BE AND SAVING YOURSELF FROM LONELINESS VOL. 1 entered the universe and people all over the world are living their best lives.

Here’s how my book has changed the lives of REAL ACTUAL PEOPLE: *****

‘Laughed so much I nearly choked to death on a Jacobs cream cracker’  ***** ️️️️  ️‘Love this book. Maybe don’t read if you are looking for actual self-help.’ ***** ️️️️  ️‘Had to write this before I tarred my phone and got on a train to a lock up…. Please buy this book, or as I did, listen in audible for that extra special Acaster touch.’  ***** ️️️️  ️‘I used to be a stand-up comedian, then I read this book, quit social media, and now I'm an undercover cop, totally worth £14!’ ***** ️️️️  ️ ‘Following the advice in this book and going full cold turkey offline will of course mean you can no longer post a glowing review thanking James for making your life so much better. That's probably why there aren't millions of five star reviews here.’  ***** ️️

If you haven’t read it yet, why? Unless you’re in North America, in which case, do I have good news for you. My book is available to pre-order now from all good US and Canadian booksellers! Coming 22nd November, so enjoy your precious doom scrolling while you can.

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oh god, someone in the taskmaster reddit pointed out this little mike cameo in one of my favorite james acaster classic scrapes 😂😂😂

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[2021|017] Classic Scrapes (2017) written by James Acaster

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Off Menu x Percival

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Please accept this video of James Acaster attempting to jump a fence at Josh Widdocombe’s stag do

Please turn your volume on

Bonus: James’ reaction after they showed it

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came across this pic of james today and it’s all i’ve thought about. how can a man be so effortlessly cool

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Perfect Sound Whatever, a playlist by Laura Mac on Spotify

Albums from James Acaster's new book 'Perfect Sound Whatever'. (Notes: Un Blonde changed name to Yves Jarvis, this is regarding the album, Good Will Come to You. Kiid by Mal Devisa is missing).

This isn’t yet complete, I’ll be adding more albums to this as I read James Acaster’s ‘Perfect Sound Whatever’. Theres still 32 hours of listening though so great start! haha. 

I can’t wait to pick out my favourites and make my own playlist with my own discoveries added to it. Feel free to share links to your playlists so we can discover music together. 

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Dave launches two comedy podcasts - Hypothetical spin-off with James Acaster and Josh Widdicombe, plus new format with Jordan Brookes

Hypothetical spin-off with James Acaster and Josh Widdicombe, plus new format with Jordan Brookes

The Dave comedy channel is to launch two new comedy podcasts with James Acaster, Josh Widdicombe and Jordan Brookes.

Widdicombe and Acaster’s show is based on their TV format Hypothetical  – but this time they must answer absurd theoretical questions instead of asking them. Each episode will feature a comedian guest host interrogating them on their answers. 

Widdicombe said: ‘I have always thought the main issue with the TV show is that you can see me and James. Delighted we have solved this problem with a spin-off podcast where you only have to put up with our voices.’

Acaster added: ‘After years of delighting in the panic of our guests, Josh and I can’t wait to see how much easier answering hypotheticals is for a couple of cool cucumbers like us. Bring it on.’

  In Look At What You’ve Done, Brookes interviews comedy guests about their life. But while it starts as a traditional chat, the podcast takes a surreal turn as the conversation imagines each guest’s future life right up to death. The broadcaster describes it as ‘This is Your Life, but with an existential, comedic twist’

Brookes said: ‘I’m delighted to have made this podcast, featuring some ridiculously talented comics who were willing/stupid enough to explore the entirety of their lives with me. I hope you like listening to it as much as we did recording it.’

Iain Coyle, head of comedy entertainment at Dave’s parent company UKTV, said: ‘We are delighted to bring these podcasts to the Dave stable. It feels a natural move for the channel to bring the best comedy talent to the ears of the British public.

‘Hypothetical is a brilliant TV show and this podcast isn’t just a great accompaniment to the series but a very funny listen in its own right. And Jordan is a unique talent and I’m so pleased to be working with him on Look at What You’ve Done, it’s a brilliant take on the biographical interview show with some great guests.

Hypothetical: The Podcast launches on May 5 and Jordan Brookes: Look At What You’ve Done will land later in the month.