Ep 249 - Stone Cold Motherless Last
Once again, Sales has belatedly slouched towards something everybody else watched years ago. This time - appropriately enough - it’s Slow Horses. Crabb has been galloping around the MOAD.
Read MoreSales and Crabb look back on 2018. Recorded live at the ANU on Sun 9 December.
Read MoreRecorded live at the Heath Ledger Theatre in Perth on September 15th.
Read MoreSPOILER ALERT. This entire episode is about the final season and the finale of The Americans. Normal chatting will resume next episode.
Read MoreSales has been staying up half the night devising her own script for the final season of The Americans. Crabb declares Sales is never to read bedtime stories to her children after she discovers the full darkness of Sales’ imagination. With the Sydney Writers’ Festival coming up, the cult leaders have plenty of reading suggestions.
Read MoreCrabb’s faulty oven catches fire at an inconvenient time and such is her incandescent rage that she goes on a social media rant at the manufacturer. Sales, seeing an opportunity to soothe her friend, turns to the piano and writes a new and more appropriate jingle for the oven company. We have chosen to bleep out the name of company involved to protect the not-so-innocent. Oh and Crabb has finally gotten around to watching a few episodes of The Handmaid’s Tale. Under His Eye.
Read MoreSpoiler alert! Crabb and Sales watch the first episode of the new season of The Americans and tell you all about it. The conclusion: "it has to end in catastrophic doom!!" The chat then turns into a Richard-Fidler-love-fest. Sales reveals that a few years ago she was lucky enough to conduct a rare interview with him about his life. (Brenda has proof on a USB stick).
Read MoreIt is Sales' birthday! Plenty of cry laughing and clanging with mentions to scoffing pizza on live TV, having a late dinner with Armando Iannucci plus Brad Pitt channelling Zoolander. (Dedicated to Mark Colvin who passed away 11 May 2017)
Read MoreThe 50th episode! Surely not? There is plenty of clanging, including some competitive clanging over Armando Iannucci. Sales has been getting chummy with Iannucci and Bill Nighy, while Crabb has been hanging out with the world’s 50 best chefs. There is an hysterical meltdown over a list of the 2017 AFL players’ names.
Read MoreIt is one week until Christmas and the year is nearly over. Grab a glass of champagne and some snacks and join Crabb and Sales a they discuss the best of 2016. (Hang on! How long is this episode!?)
Read MoreCrabb and Sales watch the first Clinton and Trump presidential debate in a secret tropical location. 48 hours later, while drinking cocktails, they assess the debate. Discussion then switches to holiday reading.
Read MoreCanberra Writers' Festival. Recorded in a bathroom. Without microphones.
Read MoreChristmas is here, so it's time for Crabb and Sales to tell us what they thought of the year. Find out their picks for best movies, television, recipes, books and articles. Plus Crabb may have just found the ultimate way to prevent Sales from throwing out her Christmas gift.
Read MoreCrabb and Sales are in Canberra getting their glam on for the Mid-Winter Ball. Even in a hotel bathroom, these bunglers still manage to crack each other (and us) up. Stay tuned for television and book recommendations.
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