TOFOP
| TOFOP | |
|---|---|
| Presentation | |
| Hosted by | Charlie Clausen Wil Anderson |
| Genre | Comedy |
| Language | English |
| Updates | Weekly (Usually Sunday) |
| Length | 1 Hour |
| Production | |
| Audio format | MP3 |
| Publication | |
| Original release | 2 July 2010 |
TOFOP (an acronym of Thirty Odd Foot Of Podcast)[1] is a weekly Australian comedy podcast created and hosted by Wil Anderson and Charlie Clausen, and launched in July 2010. Episodes are roughly an hour in length, and primarily consists of casual conversations between Anderson and Clausen on a variety of recurring themes, including; film, popular culture, and sport. Common features are humorous personal anecdotes, and detailed discussions on bizarre hypothetical situations. Significant media coverage in June 2012 helped TOFOP rise to become the most popular comedy podcast in Australia.[2]
The podcast has over 50,000 followers in 70 countries[3] mostly in Australia and the USA. Anderson and Clausen have made occasional appearances on episodes of TOFOP's "sister podcast," American comedy podcast Walking the Room. This relationship contributed greatly to the podcast's American popularity.
During Episode 83 of TOFOP, released on 9 September 2012, the projected long-term hiatus of the podcast was announced.[4] Clausen and Anderson were deliberately vague in detailing the reasons for TOFOP's hiatus, other than the fact that a particular company employing Clausen had objected to the content of the podcast. In January 2013 the hiatus was revealed to have been requested by the Seven Network after Clausen had received a starring role as Zac MacGuire in popular Australian soap opera Home and Away.[5] The show returned in February 2013 under the name FOFOP, a reference to a previous episode and the television show Fringe. However, due to contractual obligations the show returned without Clausen, and instead with Anderson and one or more guests, nicknamed "guest-Charlies".
On 1 June 2014 Clausen returned to TOFOP in Episode 84, after almost 2 years.[6] Each episode of the podcast averages 20,000 downloads.[7]
In 2017, TOFOP joined the podcasting network, Planet Broadcasting.
Guest appearances[edit]
Despite the fact that TOFOP was usually recorded with only Anderson and Clausen present, several episodes also featured guests, including Australian comedians Michael Chamberlin, Justin Hamilton and Tom Ballard. Walking the Room hosts Greg Behrendt and Dave Anthony appeared on several episodes of the podcast, and also collaborated with Anderson and Clausen during the 2012 Melbourne International Comedy Festival, in a live podcast recording dubbed "Super Pod".[8]
Since Episode 52, the podcast introduction featured prominent Australian voice-over artist John Deeks performing a parody of advisory content warnings commonly heard on Australian television.
List of TOFOP episodes[9][edit]
| Episode | Title | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Super-piss | 2 July 2010 |
| 2 | Donuts & Clutch | 17 July 2010 |
| 3 | Richard Greico Underpants | 21 July 2010 |
| 4 | No Harm, No Foul | 25 July 2010 |
| 5 | Wil "Fish In A Barrel" Anderson | 1 August 2010 |
| 6 | Dirty Puppet Fucker | 8 August 2010 |
| 7 | Avengers Assemble! | 15 August 2010 |
| 8 | Underage Friendly | 22 August 2010 |
| 9 | Shit Happened | 30 August 2010 |
| 10 | A Couple of Kookaburras | 5 September 2010 |
| 11 | Pramsport | 12 September 2010 |
| 12 | Kathy Bates To The Future | 19 September 2010 |
| 13 | The Human Internet | 28 September 2010 |
| 14 | Jesusland | 3 October 2010 |
| 15 | Behind The Music. Men. | 10 October 2010 |
| 16 | The Only Gay At The Orgy | 17 October 2010 |
| 17 | Advance Aussie Fair | 24 October 2010 |
| 18 | Innocent Till Proven Spooky | 30 October 2010 |
| 19 | May The Faustino Be With You | 7 November 2010 |
| 20 | I Object | 14 November 2010 |
| 21 | The Vortex | 21 November 2010 |
| 22 | C.R.E.A.M. | 28 November 2010 |
| 23 | A Bridge With Benefits | 8 December 2010 |
| 24 | Pimp My Bog | 12 December 2010 |
| 25 | Entertainment's Hitler | 9 February 2011 |
| 26 | Conspiradiddy | 13 February 2011 |
| 27 | Anna Phil Lactate | 20 February 2011 |
| 28 | Cock Weed | 27 February 2011 |
| 29 | Chonks | 6 March 2011 |
| 30 | Humpa Lumpas | 13 March 2011 |
| 31 | Only Wil Bleeds | 20 March 2011 |
| 32 | Roboctupus | 27 March 2011 |
| 33 | The Anti-Crust | 3 April 2011 |
| 34 | The Pornocalypse | 10 April 2011 |
| 35 | Truth Bombs | 17 April 2011 |
| 36 | Pinguins | 24 April 2011 |
| 37 | We've Achieved Nothing | 1 May 2011 |
| 38 | Shoot, Kid | 8 May 2011 |
| 39 | Bukkaké | 15 May 2011 |
| 40 | Poo Poo | 22 May 2011 |
| 41 | Andimov's Three Laws | 29 May 2011 |
| 42 | Twins | 5 June 2011 |
| 43 | Lay Away | 12 June 2011 |
| 44 | Goat Or Throat | 20 June 2011 |
| 45 | Prime Minister Van Damme | 26 June 2011 |
| 46 | Love vs. The Stockmarket | 24 July 2011 |
| 47 | Matthew, Mark, Luke & Schlong | 7 August 2011 |
| 48 | The Zooey Keeper | 14 August 2011 |
| 49 | Kid Carbon Tax | 21 August 2011 |
| 50 | Rise of the Planet of the Muppets | 28 August 2011 |
| 51 | Hopefully | 6 September 2011 |
| 52 | Bertie Blagowrie | 19 September 2011 |
| 53 | Kim Jong Wil | 25 September 2011 |
| 54 | Ponyism | 9 October 2011 |
| 55 | The Answering | 16 October 2011 |
| 56 | Mrs. T's | 20 November 2011 |
| 57 | Uncle Zom | 27 November 2011 |
| 58 | The Oktober 2000 | 4 December 2011 |
| 59 | Aweson | 11 December 2011 |
| 60 | Uppity Monkey | 19 December 2011 |
| 61 | Leprecum | 25 December 2011 |
| 62 | Cloon Clucks Clan | 21 January 2012 |
| 63 | A Mission To India | 28 January 2012 |
| 64 | TOFOB | 1 February 2012 |
| 65 | The Over-Explaining Cyrano | 5 February 2012 |
| 66 | The Prison Clause | 12 February 2012 |
| 67 | Li'l Elvis | 19 February 2012 |
| 68 | Playgoy | 26 February 2012 |
| 69 | Chobelix | 4 March 2012 |
| 70 | Ghost: Ghostbusters | 11 March 2012 |
| 71 | Buckets | 18 March 2012 |
| 72 | Billionaire Baby | 25 March 2012 |
| 73 | Manifisto | 1 April 2012 |
| 74 | Benedict Cumabunch | 8 April 2012 |
| Bonus Episode | The Death Of Superpod | 9 April 2012 |
| 75 | TOFOW | 15 April 2012 |
| 76 | The Quiz | 22 April 2012 |
| 77 | The Quiz II | 29 April 2012 |
| 78 | The Answering Reloaded | 3 May 2012 |
| 79 | The Answering Revolutions | 13 May 2012 |
| 80 | Catourage | 20 May 2012 |
| 81 | The Really Expendables | 8 July 2012 |
| 82 | No No No | 15 July 2012 |
| 83 | Weng Weng | 9 September 2012 |
| Bonus Episode | 01 06 14 84 | 1 June 2014 |
| 84 | We’re Back, We’re Bad, You're Black, I'm Mad | 1 June 2014 |
| 85 | Vin Diesel's Hannibal | 8 June 2014 |
| 86 | Namaste Bitch | 17 June 2014 |
| 87 | Nonlids | 23 June 2014 |
| 88 | KFCXC | 29 June 2014 |
| 89 | Gopher Day | 6 July 2014 |
| 90 | Awesun's Creek | 17 July 2014 |
| 91 | How You Doohan? | 22 July 2014 |
| 92 | Hot Woman and The Enmore | 27 July 2014 |
| 93 | 20.32 Centimetres | 30 September 2014 |
| 94 | Undiplomatic Immunity | 6 October 2014 |
| 95 | Pengweng Weng Weng | 19 October 2014 |
| 96 | Crunchy Granola Sweet | 28 October 2014 |
| 97 | Cool Things For Cool People | 30 October 2014 |
| 98 | We’ve Bee-n Here For Years | 25 November 2014 |
| 99 | What Actually | 3 December 2014 |
| Bonus Episode | Cypress Halloumi Remix | 17 December 2014 |
| Bonus Episode | Popeapolooza | 24 December 2014 |
| 100 | HOHOHOFOP | 21 January 2015 |
| Bonus Episode | Superpod 2: This Time It's Recorded | 8 April 2015 |
| 101 | Never Had A Bartman | 9 May 2015 |
| 102 | A Podcast From Death Row | 10 August 2015 |
| 103 | Mad Adam Boory Road | 15 August 2015 |
| 104 | Biodegradable Gelatinous Mounds | 23 August 2015 |
| 105 | Clear Eyes, Credit Card Details, Can't Lose | 2 September 2015 |
| 106 | Extra Butter | 6 September 2015 |
| 107 | Limp To The G | 11 September 2015 |
| 108 | It's Miller Time | 16 September 2015 |
| 109 | Leftovers | 28 September 2015 |
| 110 | Die Hard 6 | 19 October 2015 |
| 111 | Solo Han | 27 October 2015 |
| 112 | Heyfield Girls | 15 December 2015 |
| 113 | Everyone RelaXmas | 25 December 2015 |
| 114 | Everyone ReLAx | 13 January 2016 |
| 115 | Sussan | 18 January 2016 |
| 116 | Classic Funeral Suit | 14 January 2016 |
| 117 | UFO Russ Go | 7 February 2016 |
| 118 | Aaron Norris Jokes | 21 February 2016 |
| 119 | President Dick With Eyes | 13 March 2016 |
| 120 | Foottight | 20 March 2016 |
| 121 | Good Luck With That | 27 March 2016 |
| 122 | Donnie Darko 2: Even Darkor | 4 April 2016 |
| 123 | Rise Of A Machine | 17 April 2016 |
| 124 | Murderer Vs Murderer | 24 April 2016 |
| 125 | Gareth Fuq | 1 May 2016 |
| 126 | Quantum Cop | 16 May 2016 |
| 127 | Auld Lang Batsign | 29 May 2016 |
References[edit]
- ^ Ziffer, Daniel (30 March 2012). "Up for a laugh, anywhere, any time". The Age. Retrieved 30 July 2012.
- ^ Bennett, Sally (23 June 2012). "Podcasts Freed the Radio Star". Herald Sun. Retrieved 30 July 2012.
- ^ Wright, Gerard (5 August 2011). "Free Wil". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 30 July 2012.
- ^ "TOFOP #83 - Weng Weng". TOFOP. 9 September 2012. Archived from the original on 20 April 2013. Retrieved 9 September 2012.
- ^ Richards, Holly (17 January 2013). "Star role lures Clausen". The West Australian. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
- ^ "TOFOP » TOFOP #84- We're Back, We're Bad, You're Black, I'm Mad". Archived from the original on 2 June 2014. Retrieved 1 June 2014.
- ^ Longhetti, Chloe-lee (31 May 2014). "Charlie Clausen and Wil Anderson bound for the US for podcast Thirty Odd Foot Of Pod". News Corp Australia. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
- ^ "Super Pod Melbourne Comedy Festival Page". Archived from the original on 19 April 2012. Retrieved 24 July 2012.
- ^ "Official Website Podcast Feed". Retrieved 24 July 2012.
External links[edit]
- Official website
- TOFOP on Liberated Syndication
- TOFOP on iTunes
- Wil Anderson website