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My Mate Bought A Toaster
Laura Smyth
Another week, another album of Amazon deep cuts.
My guest this week is the comedian and former teacher Laura Smyth.
Sadly, she's not Rusty Lee, but once we're over that we can really get stuck into her fascinating stories of education, literature, nits, babies, music and apple slicers.
Look here's the first thing she bought if you fancy listening to that in the background of this podcast?
Also if you fancy going to see Laura's fabulous show down at the O2 then here's a link to buy some of the few remaining tickets.
And if you fancy some of the pure joy of watching this show in all its visual glory then head over to our YouTube! And Subscribe (no charge, it's free, nothing to pay)
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And see you next time for Phil Wang!
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2. Chris Hall
42:23||Season 9, Ep. 2Hello hello hello and welcome back to another online shopping tour - this week it's the turn of the wonderful Chris Hall.He's not only an excellent stand-up who is on tour literally right now, he's also brilliant over on the old Instagram where he pumps out endlessly hilarious clips. Go and give him a follow!Chris takes us on a whistle stop tour of his life on board cruise ships, his time as a gym instructor, and reveals his true love who he shares a bed with every night.If you'd like to see the episode check out our YouTube (subscribe, subscribe, subscribe etc) and don't forget to bung us a follow on TikTok or Instagram - basically wherever you like to Doom Scroll.Next week it's Laura Smyth's turn and that episode is already on our Patreon, if you feel like splashing out.Ok all the best kind regards see you next weekToastPS - our episodes are recorded and filmed at Gramercy Park Studios. If you're ever looking for central London studios for recording pretty much anything go and check them out, they're ace.PPS - nothing to say here, just love writing PPS.1. Babatunde and Leonie Aleshe
54:01||Season 9, Ep. 1Hello and welcome back to a brand new series of My Mate Bought A Toaster! Thanks for dropping in to hear another set of fabulous guests have their online purchase history scoured and perused and invaded by an inquisitive man called Tom Price. This week - a first for the podcast, a married couple! Prepare to spend an hour in the company of just the BEST people, and Tom. Babatunde and Leonie are infectiously funny, and clearly, disgustingly in love.We go on a tour of noise cancelling headphones, Great Debaters the movie, Glass TV stands and (deep breath) we find out how old Leonie was when she stopped being breast fed.Don't forget to drop us a subscribe over on YouTube NOWWWW. It's free and full of fab vids of the show which are dropping all the time. We also have a Patreon with a few upcoming eps already installed and ready for you!And obviously give us a follow on TikTok or Insta for even more vids and clips from the show.Thanks for listening gang, and welcome back to a SUPER exciting new set of guests.Next week - Christopher Hall!That's it for nowToast Out xxxSeries Nine Coming Soon!
02:52||Season 9, Ep. 0Oh look who it is then? Anyone up for listening to a BRAND NEW SERIES of My Mate Bought a Toaster? We've got a brilliant bunch of guests on the way, starting on Thursday October 17th with the fabulous Babatunde and Leonie Aleshe. A married couple! Will they survive this forensic examination of their shopping history? Yep, they really will. Will it be hilarious? Of COURSE!We're then dropping new episodes every Thursday so make sure you subscribe and each week a delicious slice of Toast will await you every morning. In the meantime get yourself over to our YouTube and subscribe please.And go and give us a follow on Insta or TikTok?And we'll see you every Thursday morning bright and earlyLots of loveT xx23. The Best of Season 8
01:05:53||Season 8, Ep. 23What better way to celebrate hot weather, expensive travel, annoying tourists, relentless children and lost sunglasses than by dropping a little cheeky Best of Series 8 on your feed. It's to cheer you up and help you on your merry sunburnt way. Here you'll find some of the highlights of what's been going on this series where once again we've ploughed through people's purchases in order to find their true life stories waiting in between the receipts. We've got big buys (why did Katherine Ryan get SO much vinegar?) and we've got tiny buys such as Stephen Merchant's charming gift of a little toy plane for his fully grown, adult, parents. There's just something about looking across an entire span of someone's Amazon Purchase History that brings out their life's highest points - such as Marcus Brigstocke flying through the air on a tv show knowing he was about to catastrophically break his leg. But we often find life's most terrifying and lowest moments too - a simple weighing scales bought by Emmanuel Sonubi was, it turns out, the first thing he bought after he very nearly died of a massive heart attack.It's a rollercoaster ride, this shopping snooping business. Thanks again for listening and see you a bit later on in the year!22. Stephen Merchant
51:09||Season 8, Ep. 22Here we are then - the end of series 8! And what a way to climax with Stephen Merchant. Perfect sentence, that. Enjoy another romp through a purchase history which takes in toilet brushes, tiny planes and huge TV shows.21. Katie Norris
54:50||Season 8, Ep. 21Look everyone it's the brilliant Katie Norris! Funny, feline friendly and frank - it's another glorious fact finding memoir involving a lot of products bought on Amazon. Highlights this week include a cage, a map and a wand. And much, much more. Katie is doing Edinburgh this year so if you're up there make sure you check out her show. She's ace. Go see her before she's obscenely famous!20. Dr Ranj Singh
01:00:17||Season 8, Ep. 20It's Dr Ranj look! And he's only gone and allowed us to have a nose through his Amazon purchase history. Prepare for a story of medicine vs art, hair vs grooming and why Shane Richie vs Dick? There is much you'll love in this episode, which will shortly be up on our YouTube so subscribe while you're there. It's miraculously free. And thanks again to the glorious wonder that is Dr Ranj Singh. A man of medicine and musical theatre. What a combo. You can go and see him live in & Juliet now.19. Kat Shoob
52:11||Season 8, Ep. 19This week it’s the turn of superstar radio DJ Kat Shoob to let her co-host, and host of this podcast, Tom Price into her Amazon account. Prepare yourself for stories of unread books, crystals and a seriously neglected telescope. Also - and this is a first - an actual Spice Girl pops up at the end. It’s very exciting.