Edwin Sammon Of Knowledge
Comedy
About
A comedy podcast about whatever is in the knowledge files and interests of stand up comedian, writer and actor Edwin Sammon. Baking, movies, songs and more!
Episodes
- The Curious Case Of The Blonde Eyebrows
Reviews of movies and ideas for bits and those things becoming internet skits. Plus a reading from a book that you cannot yet take a look at because it's not fully written, but in time I hope you'll be smitten. I'm rhyming all this as it's…
- Revenge Of The Return Of The Podcast Strikes Back!
Hello, it's me! After a looooong time I'm back with a new episode, a new baby, a new house, new complaints and rambles that include silly gooses, empathy vacums, fantasy estate agents and other nonsense all told in as fast a speaking voice…
- Ed And Cara Talk About : The Kate Middleton Controversy
Ed and Cara hold an emergency podcasting session to talk about what seems on the surface to be a PR distaster at best, a deep conspiracy involving cover ups and revenge killings with a sprinkling of affairs and photoshopping at worst. The…
- Valentine's Day On The Holodeck
Ed is back with a brand new microphone and a brand new agenda! To figure out what kind of kinky stuff was happening on the Holodeck in Star Trek the Next Generation and if we are headed in the same direction. Also he has news about his upc…
- Ed And Cara Talk About : The Barbie Movie
Ed and Cara went to the movies and saw the now billion dollar Barbie movie! What did they think about it? Listen and find out, it's a very mild to no spolier discussion on the merits of this unique film. Ed then runs through the top movies…
- Ed and Cara Talk About : The Kardashians
Hey Sammon Skins, welcome to the new season of the show where I will be talking to other human people instead of to myself and/or characters I'm playing, which is also to myself. The first batch of episodes features conversations with my f…
- Barry Gibb Of The Bee Gee's Is Back!
Barry Gibb returns to pay tribute to the late Coolio in his own unique style and tell me of his love for fish oil in jars and the run in's he has hand with alligators in his home in Florida alongside many other strange topics of conversati…
- Brendan Blowhard's Jingle Jangles.
Brendan Blowhard, former professional karaoke singer and constantly unlucky in love Dublin man joins Ed to talk new love, expressions for sale and his new venture into writing advertisment jingles on spec. He shares his latest work in prog…
- Hot Royal Rumblings And Lukewarm Take Grumblings
Poor old Lizzy, the Queen of England, has popped her clogs and they are now being worn by Charles. Some people have very strong feelings about her death, grown men who look like the kind of tough east end of London types are crying over he…
- Return Of The Pod Featuring Heckling Tales And Baby Hitler Murder Fails!
I'm back baby! A soft reboot into season 2! No numbered episodes, More silly stuff, less straight white man gives his opinion episodes and some special movie ones from time to time! Whenever I make them, I put them out, that's the plan! Th…
- #94: Amsterdam Tales Special Edition Pod (Featuring Marrakesh)
It's coming closer to the end of this podcast in it's current form as I realise halfway through telling my story about my first ever trip abroad to Amsterdam that I've mentioned it before on the pod. It's full of extra detail and I talk ab…
- #93: Happy Covid Christmas And A Jolly New Year
It's a New Year and things are looking cautiously optimistic, maybe. I've been living with Covid as Cara tested positive on Christmas Eve and myself and baby Luke soon after so it's been a stressful one. Also, Super Valu never delivered ou…
- #92: Mental Health, Spiritual Wealth, Celebrity Melts.
This week I mention Bressie again in the opening improvised theme tune lyrics along with Ryan Turbridy and I go into a long explanation as to why I don't really have much time for either of them and recount the time I watched a newsreader…
- #91: Swimming Champs, Spotify Rants And Beatle Bants
This weeks episode sees a new high for my six month old son Luke as he becomes already better at swimming than all the other babies his swim class and also and his father. Me. Who can't swim. I also give some recommendations for music not…
- #90: Does Gravy Belong In A Christmas Sandwich And Other Yuletide Musings.
This week I'm hungover and soaking in the lake of my life memories and briefly slagging off Bressie in the process before having a rapping old time and dissecting the very existence of Santa Claus and my loss of innocence as a child when I…
- #89: An American Werewolf In Miami With Barry Gibb
This week I lay down some knowledge about what gruel is exactly as Luke joins me briefly to chew on things and be sampled for a bit of hip hop. I'm wandering the streets with sacks of dirty clothes and I explain why grating carrots is not…
- #88: Passive Aggressive Hecklers, Cancelled Dentists, French Mermen And Jedi Memes.
This week's episode features lots of random rambles and some almost factually correct improv raps about French mermen and Paris monuments. The passive aggressive swimming instructor sage continues, I talk about Star Wars for a few minutes…
- #87: Work, Rhyme And Play, Clapping Handies All Day
It's post Halloween if you know what I mean, I'm making inappropriate jokes when trick or treaters are on the scene, I'm trying to bust rhymes while babies scream, I'm crossing over the Liffey as I'm back on the stand up scene. Also the co…
- #86: How Come There Aren't Any 90's Ghosts? (And Other Supernatural Complaints)
This week's episode is all bout spooky things and real scary things. Why was one of the actors in the Exorcist actually kind of cursed? Is it the scariest film of all time? What's the deal with my old clothes from the 90's and how come the…
- #85: Movie Curses, Flatulent Tales And Lyric Fails
As it's getting closer to Halloween I delve into the supposed curses that have been appropriated with certain movies and the myths around others in the wake of the tragic on set death on the Alec Baldwin starring western "Rust". An opening…
- Extra Sunday Patreon Pod Featuring Jelly Jello Raps And Sean Connery As Batman
It's an extra episode that you could have every Sunday if you wanted to as it's direct from my Patreon page! I'm reacting to the Batman trailer that just dropped like a hot potato with a superhero carved into it's face and the Flash traile…
- #84: For Whom The Zeitgeist Tolls
This episode sees me just ranting in a nice way about the proliferation of negative vibes online and how it can blind you to what you may actually enjoy. I talk about how George Lucas and others have their fingers on the pulse of the Zeitg…
- #83: The Spanish Flea World News Report
This week I am determined that my alter ego "Captain frugal" should be triumphant in his quest for good and cheap nappy bags and win Father of the year. It's probably best to listen to that on 1.5 speed until you get to my theory for how t…
- #82: Bonding With Baby, Scottish Bears And Internet Blackmail
This week I ponder the last Daniel Craig Bond movie being released and whether or not he's an attractive man who needs his face ironed which leads to a discussion about ironing in general. Also, Luke and I attended our first baby bonding s…
- #81: The Mermaid Of Zennor And Other Cautionary Tales
I'm back once again with the podcasting and I'm giving an update on what I've been up to before my son is cuddled out of the room which leads me to write a song about how much of an angel baby he is. There's a thorough dissection of an old…
- #80: Beatles, Pigs, Ice Cream, Fairy Tales And First Drafts
A new theme tune again opens this episode featuring more children's stories being dissected and some Beatles chat after watching the new Disney plus show with Rick Rubin and Paul McCartney that's not a sponsor of the podcast but a great sh…
- #79: Vibe Wizards And Stag Gimps In The Mists of Scotland
I'm back from the Scotland and I have tales from the Edinburgh Fringe including a new stand up bit born out of annoyance and the most unusual audience members I've ever performed to. I talk about having my comedy brain switched on again an…
- #78: Sleeping Babies And Scary Aliens In Tangent City
It's the latest episode where I start talking about my baby boy's sleep habits but go off on several tangents before finally returning to it towards the end. This should be of no surprise to anyone who's heard the podcast before. Tangents…
- #77: The Zeitgeist Review With Cillian And Roisin
I'm joined this episode by Cillian, my nephew who has a new favourite actor who isn't Al Pacino and gives us his two cents on the Black Widow movie. My niece Roisin gives the perfect answer as to why horror films are enjoyable to watch and…
- #76: Holiday Tales, Homecomings And Beach Cops
I'm on the road recording from my bedroom in Birr, Co. Offaly, which turns out to be more difficult than usual. I'm also fresh from a first family holiday with Cara and Luke where we encountered a busybody, some boat wankers and also some…
- #75: Senór Baby Falls Down A Youtube Rabbit Hole
I'm back with a new episode that contains two tiny bits of baby knowledge that are peppered throughout in small doses like a vaccine and are very interesting but there is also a defence of baby talk and why I feel it's ok to talk baby. The…
- #74: Unidentified Flying Objects In Podcasting Space
It's a new episode and I'm keeping the baby chatter to a minimum as I understand how annoying it can be for people to talk about their babies. I actually don't care about anyone else's and that's justified. Plus, there are bigger things ha…
- #73: More Podcasting About Cultural Appropriation And Babies.
Back from a hiatus with some more baby chat but I'm mainly talking about strange and unusual cultural appropriation from an influencer who is white and English but now is Korean somehow. Eighteen surgeries helped. Also, what's going on wit…
- #72: Daddy Issues And Baby Detectives Featuring Luke Sammon
Luke Sammon has finally arrived and I am delighted and in love but also sleep deprived and unsure of what sunglasses are for! The story of his birth is one where I resist the urge to mansplain about the work of Elton John, I feel a potenti…
- #71: Giddy Hot Takes And A Live Stand Up Special From Way Back In 2018!
It's a podcast of two halves as, firstly, I tackle a bunch of hot takes on T-Shirt slogans and coffee loyalty cards amongst others and also a sidebar on why dogs eat grass. There's a mini improvised rap before finally a recording of a 2018…
- #70: Rooting, Shooting, Pulling Toothing, Crazy Dreams Before Rebooting
The day of the baby's arrival is fast approaching and I outline the various dental procedures I have gone through over the years that amount to almost exactly the same as childbirth I'd imagine. I also explore why anyone would want to be a…
- #69: Feeling Fine, Back Online, Gasbagging Again For The Umpteen Time
After a long hiatus and with the literal days ticking down to the birth of my first child I ponder the very existence of owning your own human being. I talk about some weird parenting behaviour I've noticed. I about my resemblance to a Lim…
- #68: You Are Ice Cream In My Dreams (And I'm Eating You)
This week I'm talking babies babies babies, so cute you just want to eat them up like ice-cream! But don't, that is frowned upon. Myself and the lovely Cara take a two day antenatal class with a zoom room full of strangers. Will there be a…
- #67: The Jigsaw Of Life Is Completed One Piece At A Time (feat Barry Gibb & MC Red Line Lewis)
The podcast is a year old! To celebrate Ed has a bunch of surprises and jingles in store. There's a celebrity interview with Sir Barry Gibb and he sings Ed's favourite Bee Gees song! Ed gives one of his famous lukewarm takes on things and…
- The Kid is A-OK In The Moon Shaped Honey Computer
Here's a very niche episode from last year that previously was only available to my Patrons and its all about the band Radiohead on the twenty year anniversary (last year) of their divisive and seminal album, "Kid A". With a new introducti…
- #66: Irish Pride Is Just A Loaf Of Bread With Free Salmon Sushi
It's a new and improved podcast recorded for the first time on Garageband which has led to me recording an inspired and pumping new theme tune and my first attempt at putting a silly tune together which I have done in a silly accent for so…
- #65: The Expectant Father Moves In Mysterious Ways
This week i'm thinking back about the old days when Roy Orbison was still alive and cassette tapes were a valid media, how Spring has not quite sprung yet but that hasn't stopped lads from wearing shorts and how a book on becoming a father…
- #64: Kitchen Feng Shui Fun Times Inside The Coffee Cake Dreamscape
This week on the podcast I talk about my issues with internet 'Stans' and how a refunded ticket to a cancelled event led to some crazy dreams from Cara and myself. But before I get around to describing our individual dreamscapes I demonstr…
- #63: The Relaxation Fun time Mindfulness Ramble Hour (In Your Mind's Ears)
This week I eventually get around to talking about the latest pregnancy scan where I get to see my baby boy in profile but not live and in the room but before all that I go on a ramble down various side alleys including whatever the hell i…
- #62: A Smoke And A Pancake, Warts And All
It's a special day celebration as I tell you how I like my pancakes done and what's on them. Plus, what is a shrove anyway? Did I really steal a meal to feed my drinking habit? Yes and no. Also, what does a seventh son of a seventh son hav…
- #61: Captain Hindsight & Professor Google Fight To The Death In The Comments Section
This week the never ending continuous routine of the pandemic has made some people compare this lock-down to the film Groundhog Day but I contend it's not really like that at all and we should be thankful that it's not. But before I even g…
- #60: Wasps, Dogs, Foxes and Techno Fish
This week Ed talks about the horror of dog poop and the mystery of wasp infiltration as well as the fox spotting he has been getting up to. Meanwhile what online snooping has his Father Gerry has been up to? There's a fine line between cre…
- #59: Once More Into The Hullabaloo, Dear Friends
This week Ed is apologetic but hopes you understand that he needed a week off just like everyone else. Ed and the lovely Cara went on a strange but beautiful Sunday afternoon date and Ed also reveals a mystery on his road. The outcome will…
- The Good, The Bad And The Ugly 'Sleeps With The Fishes'
A deep dive into the making of a classic spaghetti western. But why is it called that? How did Eli Wallach almost die several times during production? What was cut out of the movie and reinserted and is it any good? Why did Clint Eastwood…
- #58: Deep Fried Elvis Sandwiches From The Post Apocalyptic Wasteland
It's another episode of the podcast where, this week, Ed finally reviews the horny second half of Bridgerton and gives his two cents on the sequel to Wonder Woman which is set in 1984. Is this a clever reference to George Orwell? No. There…