TOFOP

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TOFOP
Presentation
Hosted by Charlie Clausen
Wil Anderson
GenreComedy
Language English
UpdatesWeekly (Usually Sunday)
Length1 Hour
Production
Audio formatMP3
Publication
Original release2 July 2010
Related
Website http://www.tofop.com

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]

Contents

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

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]

EpisodeTitleRelease Date
1Super-piss2 July 2010
2Donuts & Clutch17 July 2010
3Richard Greico Underpants21 July 2010
4No Harm, No Foul25 July 2010
5Wil "Fish In A Barrel" Anderson1 August 2010
6Dirty Puppet Fucker8 August 2010
7Avengers Assemble!15 August 2010
8Underage Friendly22 August 2010
9Shit Happened30 August 2010
10A Couple of Kookaburras5 September 2010
11Pramsport12 September 2010
12Kathy Bates To The Future19 September 2010
13The Human Internet28 September 2010
14Jesusland3 October 2010
15Behind The Music. Men.10 October 2010
16The Only Gay At The Orgy17 October 2010
17Advance Aussie Fair24 October 2010
18Innocent Till Proven Spooky30 October 2010
19May The Faustino Be With You7 November 2010
20I Object14 November 2010
21The Vortex21 November 2010
22C.R.E.A.M.28 November 2010
23A Bridge With Benefits8 December 2010
24Pimp My Bog12 December 2010
25Entertainment's Hitler9 February 2011
26Conspiradiddy13 February 2011
27Anna Phil Lactate20 February 2011
28Cock Weed27 February 2011
29Chonks6 March 2011
30Humpa Lumpas13 March 2011
31Only Wil Bleeds20 March 2011
32Roboctupus27 March 2011
33The Anti-Crust3 April 2011
34The Pornocalypse10 April 2011
35Truth Bombs17 April 2011
36Pinguins24 April 2011
37We've Achieved Nothing1 May 2011
38Shoot, Kid8 May 2011
39Bukkaké15 May 2011
40Poo Poo22 May 2011
41Andimov's Three Laws29 May 2011
42Twins5 June 2011
43Lay Away12 June 2011
44Goat Or Throat20 June 2011
45Prime Minister Van Damme26 June 2011
46Love vs. The Stockmarket24 July 2011
47Matthew, Mark, Luke & Schlong7 August 2011
48The Zooey Keeper14 August 2011
49Kid Carbon Tax21 August 2011
50Rise of the Planet of the Muppets 28 August 2011
51Hopefully6 September 2011
52Bertie Blagowrie19 September 2011
53Kim Jong Wil25 September 2011
54Ponyism9 October 2011
55The Answering16 October 2011
56Mrs. T's20 November 2011
57Uncle Zom27 November 2011
58The Oktober 20004 December 2011
59Aweson11 December 2011
60Uppity Monkey19 December 2011
61Leprecum25 December 2011
62Cloon Clucks Clan21 January 2012
63A Mission To India28 January 2012
64TOFOB1 February 2012
65The Over-Explaining Cyrano5 February 2012
66The Prison Clause12 February 2012
67Li'l Elvis19 February 2012
68Playgoy26 February 2012
69Chobelix4 March 2012
70Ghost: Ghostbusters11 March 2012
71Buckets18 March 2012
72Billionaire Baby25 March 2012
73Manifisto1 April 2012
74Benedict Cumabunch8 April 2012
Bonus EpisodeThe Death Of Superpod9 April 2012
75TOFOW15 April 2012
76The Quiz22 April 2012
77The Quiz II29 April 2012
78The Answering Reloaded3 May 2012
79The Answering Revolutions13 May 2012
80Catourage20 May 2012
81The Really Expendables8 July 2012
82No No No15 July 2012
83Weng Weng9 September 2012
Bonus Episode01 06 14 841 June 2014
84We’re Back, We’re Bad, You're Black, I'm Mad1 June 2014
85Vin Diesel's Hannibal8 June 2014
86Namaste Bitch17 June 2014
87Nonlids23 June 2014
88KFCXC29 June 2014
89Gopher Day6 July 2014
90Awesun's Creek17 July 2014
91How You Doohan?22 July 2014
92Hot Woman and The Enmore27 July 2014
9320.32 Centimetres30 September 2014
94Undiplomatic Immunity6 October 2014
95Pengweng Weng Weng19 October 2014
96Crunchy Granola Sweet28 October 2014
97Cool Things For Cool People30 October 2014
98We’ve Bee-n Here For Years25 November 2014
99What Actually3 December 2014
Bonus EpisodeCypress Halloumi Remix17 December 2014
Bonus EpisodePopeapolooza24 December 2014
100HOHOHOFOP21 January 2015
Bonus EpisodeSuperpod 2: This Time It's Recorded8 April 2015
101Never Had A Bartman9 May 2015
102A Podcast From Death Row10 August 2015
103Mad Adam Boory Road15 August 2015
104Biodegradable Gelatinous Mounds23 August 2015
105Clear Eyes, Credit Card Details, Can't Lose2 September 2015
106Extra Butter6 September 2015
107Limp To The G11 September 2015
108It's Miller Time16 September 2015
109Leftovers28 September 2015
110Die Hard 619 October 2015
111Solo Han27 October 2015
112Heyfield Girls15 December 2015
113Everyone RelaXmas25 December 2015
114Everyone ReLAx13 January 2016
115Sussan18 January 2016
116Classic Funeral Suit14 January 2016
117UFO Russ Go7 February 2016
118Aaron Norris Jokes21 February 2016
119President Dick With Eyes13 March 2016
120Foottight20 March 2016
121Good Luck With That27 March 2016
122Donnie Darko 2: Even Darkor4 April 2016
123Rise Of A Machine17 April 2016
124Murderer Vs Murderer24 April 2016
125Gareth Fuq1 May 2016
126Quantum Cop16 May 2016
127Auld Lang Batsign29 May 2016

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