{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/646204ca41a73600110c86d5/692879b7c4da9138ec3d7b72?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Olaf Falafel: The Seriously Silly Art of Being Stupid","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/646204ca41a73600110c86d5/1776873436546-220afbd1-a26b-4203-8a67-a5f0d605430a.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Olaf Falafel gaslit his own mother into believing she had a serious wind problem using a remote-control fart machine with a subwoofer — and has somehow turned that energy into an award-winning career in children's books and stand-up.</p><p>Olaf Falafel is a comedian, illustrator, and author known for his Edinburgh Fringe shows, the Dave Funniest Joke at the Fringe 2019, and children's books including Old MacDonald Heard a Fart, Poo on a Pogo Stick, and the Trixie Pickle Art Avenger series. His new graphic novel The Far Out Five is out now, and his family show — Olaf Falafel's Stupidest Super Stupid Show, is currently on tour.</p><ul><li>Why comedians make better children's authors than celebrities — and why the crossover is more natural than the publishing industry admits</li><li>The origin of Old MacDonald Heard a Fart — how singing it on the school run with his daughters turned into an actual book deal</li><li>How to achieve the perfect duck fart </li><li>Why winning the Dave Funniest Joke at the Fringe brought death threats </li><li>Why Lost is the show he'd erase from history — and the years he spent downloading it on Limewire before the ending stole everything back</li><li>What it means to draw 200-page graphic novels while watching Liam Neeson films as background noise — and why Taken is genuinely one of his favourite movies</li></ul><p><br></p><p>Connect with Olaf here:</p><ul><li><a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/olaffalafel\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram</a></li><li><a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/@OlafFalafelArtClub\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Youtube</a></li></ul><p><br></p><p>Originally released under the podcast's former name: Television Times.</p><p>Find us on social media — links on the About page.</p>","author_name":"Steve Otis Gunn"}