Ding Dong Club with Karl Chandler

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It's superstar internet teacher/mum BRON LEWIS, and first-time guest (go easy on him, he's new) BRETT BLAKE!

More BIG-TIME comedy gossip, as we tattle about a comedian we know who's been hacked by an ex; I get an unusual podcast guest request; we get into Bron's Mothers Day complaints vs my Fathers Day complaints; I've copped a birthday present that Blakey's jealous of; and we recount the drunken steps of the last time I had a big night out with Blakey.

Plus: Blanket fits in another 5 listener names before she...

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It's our favorite ethnic comedian from the sub-continent, MIKE GOLDSTEIN, and the Ennio Morricone of comedy podcasts, OLIVER CLARK!

I teach Blanket about 9/11; Goldstein tells the epic tale of someone being arrested on his international flight to the US; plus the REAL hot topic... middle seats on planes; Oliver tells us the story behind the Ding Dong Club theme "Gimme That"; I explain the real reason why the Sydney live podcast audience wasn't loud; and we get into my never-ending fascination of cover bands... as we pitch some new songs to one of...

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This week it's the Queen of Queensland comedy, MEL BUTTLE, and the Koh Samui three-way king ROHAN GANJU!

And yes, of course there's more talk of me dealing with people on the door of comedy shows, BUT, I've been absolutely OBLITERATED by a heckle on the way to the podcast; Mel picks apart growing up as an only child and tries to calm my nerves for Blanket's future; and then explains in great detail the fascinating process of dealing with a sperm bank (it's nothing like Abhishek says it is).

This...

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Two classic Ding Dong Club buddies this week, it's DAVE THORNTON and DANNY McGINLAY!

I'm dealing with being badly reviewed on Google Maps; we explore the phenomenon of people that live in shops; we all figure out our shittest places we've stayed when we've lived overseas; and Thorno and Danny have met someone (in)famous at the footy!

Plus there's a BIG announcement in there somewhere!

AND Blanket's back on her bullshit with Patreon names.

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This week, we’ve got one of Queensland’s finest HARLEY BREEN, and one of the top 1000 most powerful people from South Australia: LEHMO!

My parents have finally moved away from Maryborough. I now have no connection with my home town… How do I feel? What is my legacy? Where do I rank amontst the all-time Maryborough greats? How do my guests feel about their hometowns?

And are my parents psychotic for getting rid of something very controversial during their move? Let me know!

Plus there’s Shane Warne talk; ho...

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We're back in the infamous Basement Comedy Club green room, late at night, with infamous comedians LUKE HEGGIE, ROHAN GANJU and ANGUS GORDON... and.. we've had a few.

We deal with all the problems we have with the green room "recording studio"; Ganju shares his love of bananas; then we hear about him being propositioned in Koh Samui!!!; Heggie proposes a new form of gambling; Ganju reboots "Taxi Driver"; and I've had a birthday party in Koh Samui that spills into an extremely problematic go-kart session; and Ganju's fucked up at a funeral.<...

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This week we've got chart-favorite SAM TAUNTON and Queensland's finest DAMIEN POWER!

Is this the DUMBEST episode of 2026? It's GOTTA be!

We obsess about one single DUMB thing for 45 minutes... I won't give it away yet.

Pretty hard to follow it, but we try with: I've seen something weird at the train station; we ask "can you go back and visit your old house?"; plus Damo's wild uni years.

I really have no idea whether this episode is genius, or the work of idiots. MAYBE BOTH. Enjoy!<...

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We're live from Sydney with guests CAMERON JAMES, DANIELLE WALKER and LUKA MULLER!

Cam has gone Full Chando™ with a public poo session; I've found an open micer with the most insane new catchphrase of 2026; Danielle recounts her favorite unhinged open mic comedian; I've got a letter from the Government for turning 50; Luka and Cam have had an unhinged night out together at a concert; Danielle's insane story of her first kiss; and an episode of Australia's longest-running and most-beloved comedy segment "Talkin' Thailand"!

Thanks Sydney!

Plus: Blanket's got an...

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Two over-the-seas guests, spelling king GUY MONTGOMERY and the weirdly spelled "CARL" DONNELLY!

We all compare notes about weird interactions with podcast listeners (yes, we're talking about you!); Guy and Carl tell their crazy stories about fights they've been in, before we dissect the tale of someone who wanted to kill me at Spleen; Carl unsuccessfuly tries to sell us on England; plus I meet someone with a pretty remarkable surname!

And of course, Blanket helps with the names of 5 Patreon subscribers!

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I shone the comedy signal up in the air and HARLEY BREEN and BEN LOMAS answered!

It's a classic comedy episode: Lomas has performed at a gig that I'm not quite sure he should have performed at...; Harley and Lomas get way too excited about doing comedy on cruise ships and all the dumb stuff that happens on there; Lomas talks about his history of gambling AND drinking; I've had my first sauna; and Lomas has been on holidays in Japan!

Plus: Blanket's got 5 new listener names to rip on!

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Two comedy legends in Blanket's bedroom this week: WIL ANDERSON and DAVE O'NEIL!

We wonder if this podcast (and my child) are about to go full right-wing; coincidentally we also wonder about the career trajectory of our mate Dave Hughes and what he can do next; there's still more news coming out of Koh Samui; we play the Thailand edition of The Price is Right; and my parents are moving house!!!... So what do I do with all my old stuff??

Plus: Blanket's been part of an incident at the pool!<...

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We're back in the studio with NAZEEM HUSSAIN and RAY O'LEARY!

I may have landed back in Australia, but there's still plenty to unpack!

Did Naz come to Koh Samui or not? What did I get for my birthday? What is Ray's deal with airline food? What's someone in the news done with 7/11 toasted sandwiches? What happened to me in the airport on the way home from Thailand? (You can probably guess)

Plus, I teach a crowdwork masterclass after Naz says something bad to some lady at Basement... (To...

Ding Dong, and sawadee ka!

The Koh Samui International Podcast Fringe Festival™ concludes, with the 3rd, but actually first, and yet, final episode of the festival!

We've just come off the party boat after 5 hours of drinking,

The comics are cooked, the crowd are sunstruck, and the tech is non-existant.

There is no way this show should have happened.

Yet here it is.

By reading this far, you have legally signed off all responsibilities for what you are about to hear.

It's looser than loose. It...

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The Koh Samui International Podcast Fringe Festival™ rolls on, with the 2nd, last, and somehow, 3rd episode!

We've changed venues, and the thing everyone's been waiting for has finally happened:

Lawrence Mooney has finally cut loose.

Dave Thornton and Nick Cody try to put together the previous night's reign of terror, as the Moonman fails a feat of strength AND continence; Rohan Ganju reveals what he's spending his (very) small fortune on; Kyle Legacy's had an encounter in a disabled toilet; I've had a physically and psychologically rough massage; AN...

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It's finally here! The Koh Samui International Podcast Fringe Festival™ has finally started!

And this is the 1st episode! ... Wait, or is it the 2nd episode?

The 1st show was MAYBE too f*&ked up to release, so let's cut straight to the 2nd one.

Lawrence Mooney is struggling to remember how to get home and what he did to Kyle Legacy on stage; in fact, there are now THREE Kyle Legacys on stage (or is that really Nick Cody and Dave Thornton in disguise?), as we recount our bo...

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It's Ladies' Day! It's BRON LEWIS and LIZZY HOO!

Bron's been to a cracker of a cruise ship talent show; then we open up the Hoo files and find out about - Lizzy is banned from swimming; why is Lizzy so gay?; plus Lizzy's brother is repping a new amazing cum-related product that we delve deep into the world of; and Lizzy's been on an all-time date; plus Bron's been heckled... good luck heckler!

Are you listening to the best ep of 2026? Is Lizzy going back-to-back??

And: the quickest...

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It's comedy royalty TONY MARTIN and comedy pleb DANNY McGINLAY!

From old video shops (of course); affairs with Vanilla Ice; to blue-ray (of course); the Italian Basement Comedy Club; bootleg "Jackie Brown"; the difference between "Picture" and "People" magazines; but we're all leading to an examination of the extraordinary Amish-like, phone-less existance of Tony Martin! How does he do it?! Well, we find out!

And yes: Blanket frustrates me whilst we read out 5 names.

There is an EXTENDED VERSION on the Patreon version of this episode!

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It's only the two biggest Daves in comedy: DAVE HUGHES and DAVE O'NEIL!

There's a lot going on: wild stories from Hughesy's sharehouse days; are the kids still using fake IDs?; the ongoing adventures of Hughesy's podcast van; way too many 80s music references (including a James Reyne update); forget Koh Samui... O'Neil has his own 3 day festival coming up; Hughesy does a gig at the Adult Industry Awards!; and Hughesy is involved in a bird scam! It's a million miles a minute!

Plus: Blanket and I flip the script on...

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We've got those lucky devils TOMMY LITTLE and ADAM ROZENBACHS this week,

As we find out Tommy Little's ACTUAL first name; we pitch ideas for new vape flavours; we talk about Copperart for way too long; I tell the story of the biggest tight-arse I've dealt with in podcasting AND in Koh Samui; and we find out about... Tommy Little's poetry in the toilet?!?

It's another loose, fast, and furious one! Strap in!

Plus: Blanket wants to change her name?

There is an EXTENDED VERSION on...

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Two great guests: We've got ROHAN GANJU from the Koh Samui International Podcast Fringe Festival and KYLE LEGACY from... your couch, probably.

We're at Casa Del Ganju, as we count down Rohan's "Top 5 Things He's Looking Forward to in Koh Samui" (you'll never believe number 4!); Legacy's gotten stuck in a tiny country town; Ganju teaches us about Indian religion; why is Ned Kelly popular?; and Ganju's career as a pizza delivery driver!

Plus: Kids Say the Darndest Patreon Subscriber Names!

There is an EXTENDED VERSION on the Patreon...

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Two great guests: We've got MIKE GOLDSTEIN from Channel 9's "The Hundred" and ZACK DYER from... Jim's Mowing, I assume.

There's a LOT going on: I've locked myself out of the house AGAIN and I'm cosplaying as a homeless man; we talk about where to keep your spare keys; children's books; 3-legged dogs; we find out from Zack if gardeners get as much sex as pool cleaners; Goldstein gets recognised by some parallel universe in-laws; and we get deep into my new life selling fold-up chairs on Facebook Marketplace; which leads into my...

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Get ready for a NO-GOOD, ROTTEN, YUCKY, LIVE episode in Melbourne with guests NAZEEM HUSSAIN, NICK CODY and KYLE LEGACY!

I've decorated the stage with Blanket's dolls and that's handled tastefully by the guests; Legacy has hit a member of Aunty Donna in the head with a golf ball; plus Legacy has ALSO been banned from a pub crawl comedy gig; Nazeem reveals ALL about my acting on his new TV sitcom; Cody's got a wild Chris Lilley story; I try AGAIN to get Naz to come to Koh Samui; and there's another...

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This week, all the way from Scotland we've got CONNOR BURNS, and all the way from Perth Comedy, we've got ANDREW WOLFE!

Get ready, we're off at a million miles an hour as we get caught up in Hurricane Wolfie: we're recording at Connor's salubrious hotel room, as we deal with Wolfie's various issues including his problem with the London Eye; Wolfie's trip to LA; we deal with the new porn ban in Australia; we ponder: who's the hottest historical figure; plus heaps more! Fun!

Plus: Blanket's on a hot streak...

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We're LIVE from Basement Comedy Club in Melbourne with PETE HELLIAR, CAMERON JAMES and HARLEY BREEN!

I've locked myself out of my house with predictably stupid results; there's a crazy Hughesy update; Harley and Pete have been to the doctors (not together); Cam and Harley share some police stories; and I've eaten too many dinners in Bangkok with predictably stupid results. Hooray for live comedyyyyyy!

Plus: Blanket's got a new single!

There is an EXTENDED VERSION on the Patreon version of this episode!

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Two interstate guests today, it's Triple J's LUKA MULLER and Grumpy Old Cunt FM's LUKE HEGGIE!

Heggie and I have been BLANKED from a major comedy festival event; I'm going out of my mind organising comedy festival venues and doing the door; we compare our school holidays growing up compared to Blanket's; could I be related to Luka?; as we hear about his flight to Bali; and we get Heggie's hot flight tips!!!

Plus: Blanket's back with 5 Patreon names!

There is an EXTENDED VERSION on the Patreon version...

Ding Dong!

It's comedy festival time, so we've got two internationals in town: ANGELLA DRAVID (as seen on "Taskmaster NZ"), and KYLE LEGACY (as seen on your couch, probably).

We're back in Blanket's bedroom, as we find out about Legacy's trip to the "small people" nightclub in Thailand; we find out about Angella's SPICY receptionist job; then Legacy's drug-testing at his lifeguard job in the US; and then... we get Angella's simply INCREDIBLE story about meeting a much older man in a chatroom, moving countries to get married... and THEN the story REALLY kicks off...

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It's basically another reboot of Sex and the City, with me, NIKKI BRITTON and DANIELLE WALKER! Us three gals chat it up, as we revisit the chat about my house being haunted; discover Nikki's relationship with the afterlife; Danielle's sexting gone wrong; my name's been doing the rounds of comedy group chats with an insane allegation; and I've had a run-in with some audience members at a show. It's all very, very silly.

Plus: 5 more Patreon subscribers get the Blanket treatment!

There is an EXTENDED VERSION on the Patreon version...

Ding Dong!

We're LIVE from ADELAIDE, with a red-hot audience, with ROVE McMANUS, BRON LEWIS and LEHMO!

I've flown in, caught the bus, grabbed some bubble tea, and we're straight into the episode: Lehmo's been named in a VERY important and powerful list; we find out from Rove about the final days of "The Project"; we find out that I'm about to make my ACTING DEBUT on a proper ABC TV show (for real!!); we find out the story of an... 'imperfect' man besotted with Bron; I'm trying to plan Blanket's birthday party... and, inevitably...

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It's a very yucky episode this week (sorry), as ROHAN GANJU and first-timer ANGUS GORDON join me in the gutter.

We talk about Rohan and Angus's shared start in a comedy competition, and how they've worked together in a catering company, which sounds nice, but goes downhill from there, as we discuss the girl I met who works in a Perth K-Mart who cleaned up a filthy pie, which takes over most of the episode... Apart from the yucky story I tell about getting a massage from a Thai pensioner.

Sorry...

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I've got two guests that are both on the verge of being new dads: BEN KNIGHT and CARL DONNELLY! That's right: instead of being close to their wives, they're giving birth to content with me instead!

To be fair, Knighty tries every trick in the book to get out of the podcast; we talk about comedians having a REAL job; Knighty's got a kids book out (rare for a comedian); I'm trying to do job interviews with idiots; Knighty's doing sex scenes in movies AND doing voiceovers for it!; we delve into Carl's...

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Dads don't hang out at BBQs and talk anymore: they do podcasts.

I'm joined by HARLEY BREEN and DANNY McGINLAY!

I'm back from my trip to Bangkok with Milan, and I'm feeling rough; lucky I've got some mates to rain shit on me! :)

I have to defend my Liverpool wardrobe (from both my guests AND my child); we all learn about cigarettes; Danny has performed to the Australian Prime Minister; and, (you're welcome in advance) there's a massive international incident saga thanks to my fast-and-loose attitude towards prescription medicine...

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We're live from PERTH! The home of comedy! The place so nice, they named it once! Live from Oasis Comedy Club!

We're in Comedy HQ with three FABULOUS guests, WIL ANDERSON, RAY O'LEARY and ANDREW WOLFE!

One of our guests is running late, but it's OK, we have the Australian Comedian of the Year™ on our side, and we hear about his travels around the world; plus we hear about the potential guests that Ding Dong Club WAS offered...; Milan and I are flying to Bangkok straight after the live podcast an...

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No scams this week... Just getting two pro comics to come to my kid's room to talk for an hour for free. Wait, that kinda sounds like a scam.

It's LEHMOOOO and ADAM ROZENBACHS!

The boys are fresh off the golf course, so we give our takes on golf (whoa, 3 middle-aged blokes talking about golf?!), so expect big thoughts on mental health, cheating, and the best way to smash a windscreen; plus Blanket's bootlegging TV shows; Rozie's school excursions; Lehmo's mouse-ridden childhood home; I'm pushing for a beer sponsor; are Blanket's...

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It's nearly a TWO HOUR EPISODE! Holy shit, you're welcome!

It's Ding Dong royalty NICK CODY, and sperm bank teller ABHISHEK MISHRA!

Take the rest of the week off, you've got 120 minutes to deal with here. And there's a LOT.

So: Cody's been to Thailand; me and Cody are in doghouse with our wives; Cody makes his debut as a travel influencer; I act like a backpacker in my own house;

And then... the entire episode gets flipped on it's head, as Abhishek tells us the story...

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It's Ding Dong Debutante HE HUANG, and African nationality guesser extraordinaire, DAVE O'NEIL!

We learn HEAPS about China; Blanket's been fed a beer(!); He Huang has toured Koh Samui; we find out about a parental dating app; an insane story about He trying to cure depression; and O'Neil has a right of reply about his African guessing game!

Great fun. Get into it, IMHO.

Plus: Blanket talks about her new drinking problem.

There is an EXTRA 10+ MINUTES on the Patreon version of this episode!

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It's Ding Dong Debutante LLOYD LANGFORD, and Hall of Famer, People's Choice Award-winner SAM TAUNTON!

It's a mega episode, there's so much to get through: Lloyd's start in comedy opening for... (gulp) Russell Brand; Sam finds out where he placed in the Ding Dong Club best of 2025 charts; Taunts has been the victim of a massive DIRTY crime happen between two supermarkets in Northcote; plus Chando and Blanket find themselves in the middle of a robbery!!!

It's an absolutely HUGE episode!

Plus: Blanket returns with her new single!

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Two of the best: LUKE HEGGIE and DAVE THORNTON join me, as we go through a big journey including: private schoolboys; Heggie's old weird jobs & match-making; a MAJOR responsible serving of alcohol issue at my local pub; a HUGE additional attraction to the Koh Samui International Podcast Festival; a lot of Pig Island talk; and look, just a lot of general Heggie grumpy private schoolboy entitledness.

Good stuff!

Plus: the best/worst "Let's Talk to Blanket" of all time!

There is an EXTRA 10+ MINUTES on the Patreon version...

Ding Dong!

Welcome to 2026, with a ripping new episode with two asian comedians: MIKE GOLDSTEIN and ROHAN GANJU!

We dissect the most inappropriate guessing game ever; we announce the 3rd guest for the Koh Samui International Podcast Fringe Festival™; Blanket has found an insane look-a-like of me; we help fix Queen and Total Recall; I've gotten some bizarre new comedy roast writing work; and you demanded it: the return of "Talkin' Thailand"!

Wall-to-wall laughs! This is a hot one!

Plus: I confront Blanket over my look-a-like!

There is an...

It's the very best of 2025!

You voted for YOUR FAVORITE episode/s of the year,

I compiled the hundreds of votes,

And I count down the top 5 episodes,

With the best bits from the best episodes!

Thanks for listening!

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Ding Dong! Merry Xmas! Here's your present! An episode recorded at Spleen with ALEX WARD and LUKA MULLER!

I find out what it's like when doves cry when I get to talk to a fellow color-blind person (Luka); Wardy's been on holiday in Thailand(!); Luka grew up in a small town with an Australian TV icon; we talk Italian exchange school trips; the Maryborough Energy Breakthrough event; there's more Elf on the Shelf talk; my wife has held a party with strict rules; and Luka finds out that being on this podcast has just cost him hundreds...