Red Richardson: Bombing in America, The Battle of Jutland and a Watermelon

Red Richardson gets the moustache treatment on arrival and tells Harry the real story behind his Tonight Show appearance with Jimmy Fallon — the sanitised set, the Rockefeller Centre security, and why a podcast clip got more reaction than national US television ever did. Sarah the AI Bot runs through Red’s path from a near-miss Harry Potter audition (lost to Daniel Radcliffe) to his viral Stay Toxic sketches and a US tour built off Instagram alone. This week’s Theme of the Week welcomes naval historian Andrew Choong Han Lin to mark 110 years since the Battle of Jutland. Red tries his luck in What’s in the Watermelon? and Gary delivers yet another classic in his joke corner. 00:00:00 – Drone Shots 00:01:55 – The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon: how he got booked, the “clean” set and bombing in NYC clubs 00:08:03 – Why TV did nothing but a podcast clip blew up overnight 00:10:48 – AI chat 00:11:32 – Sarah the AI Bot: the Harry Potter audition he lost to Daniel Radcliffe 00:15:34 – Sarah’s second update: Edinburgh Fringe, the Stay Toxic sketches and the US tour 00:17:44 – Growing up around comedy and how he got into stand-up 00:21:34 – Sarah’s third update: podcasts, ad campaigns and the Rik Mayall family connection 00:23:18 – Theme of the Week: The Battle of Jutland with naval historian Andrew Choong Han Lin 00:44:48 – What’s in the Watermelon? 00:49:37 – Gary’s Joke Corner 00:52:14 – Butterfly In Blue Jeans "Red Richardson" by Wikipedia contributors, used under CC BY-SA 4.0. Derived from the Wikipedia article on Red Richardson. / This work is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.