#the bugle

[spideyrambling]

It would’ve been so cool to have Tom’s Peter work for the Bugle too. He would take pictures of Spidey and he would sell them to support May, even though he hates what the Bugle writes about Spider-Man. He would still do it, for May. If May found out she would of course tell him to stop, especially after she finds out that Peter is Spider-Man. She would tell him that there must be another way to get money because she hates J Jonah Jameson and what he says about Spider-Man. But she would appreciate the gesture very much. It would’ve been so cool to have Tom’s Peter have a bit more connection to the other Spideys. It could’ve worked if he had a little more time between becoming Spider-Man and Tony recruiting him for the Civil War.

[theshadowrealmitself]

Peter having a shit ton of cameras all over New York to capture pictures of himself as Spidey, but the cameras get found out and are connected to Spiderman, and the Bugle is having a field day about his (rightfully creepy) surveillance

[lastweeksshirttonight]

apologies if this has been answered before but if john was on tm do you think he’d be better than andy?

Ooooh no I have not answered this, and this is a good question.

I am torn. On one hand, apparently John was crazy competitive last night, and his entire career can be summed up as "using lateral thinking to infuriate your enemies".

On the other hand, John also gets super distracted if you bring up one of his special interests (dictators doing dumb things, horses, LMFAO) and I could see him one hundred percent having a nervous breakdown over having to, I dunno, make a crayon drawing of Greg while hanging upside down in ten minutes.

Mr. Lee also firmly believes John hasn't been on Taskmaster because, direct quote, "he would murder Alex". I kind of get where he's coming from even if I can't totally place why. Alex, unlike Andy, would be within strangling distance of John if he started a pun run. That could make John a very easy first place contender. (/j)

Mulling it over, I think John would perform well, and I think is well capable of matching Andy. Depends on who he's up against.

[whoisduncan]

He is very cute 🙁💗

[are-you-on-email]

I love whenever Andy Zaltzman has Nish Kumar on the Bugle, and I think Andy enjoys having him on as a cohost too, because Nish genuinely loves what Andy does.

I know he was a Bugle listener and fan first well before he became a cohost, but that man is genuinely a fan of the Bugle and of Andy Zaltzman's outlandish extempore comedy monologues (affectionate). He might be the closest a Bugle cohost has come to tolaterating—maybe even enjoying—a pun run.

He listens to Andy's ramblings and has such a blast listening to them, it almost works to remind you how absurd Andy's monologues are, makes you wonder how on earth he keeps coming up with this stuff and where he brings it from, I think with the sheer volume of bullshit Andy throws out at breakneck speed, it sometimes takes an appreciative Nish Kumar marvelling at Andy's artisanal bullshit to realise and relish the work Andy does.

And my god, it makes the Bugle ten times more enjoyable for me. So definitely, Nish is in my top 2 Bugle cohosts who aren't Andy and John Oliver aka relaunch era Bugle. I love the joy Nish gets from hosting the podcast because clearly he is simply a fan who happens to be seated inside the podcast. Good for him.

[crawthornsharkinson]

So I've been going down the blorbo rabbit hole in regards to Andy Zaltzman and I so enjoyed this week's Bugle I've decided to do the entire back catalogue

Episode 1 was October 15th 2007. Zaltz is discussing the Iraq war with John Oliver.

[ahomoeroticopening]

I promised I’d put the photo up if he won, so here it is, a starstruck 21 yr old me, now 7 years ago at the Melbourne comedy festival