TOFOP explained

TOFOP
Hosting:Charlie Clausen
Wil Anderson
Language:English
Updates:Weekly (Usually Sunday)
Length:1 Hour
Audio Format:MP3
Began:2 July 2010
Genre:Comedy
Url: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]

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]

Episode Title Release Date
1 Super-piss 2 July 2010
2 Donuts & Clutch 17 July 2010
3 Richard Greico Underpants 21 July 2010
4 No Harm, No Foul 25 July 2010
5 Wil "Fish In A Barrel" Anderson 1 August 2010
6 Dirty Puppet Fucker 8 August 2010
7 Avengers Assemble! 15 August 2010
8 Underage Friendly 22 August 2010
9 Shit Happened 30 August 2010
10 A Couple of Kookaburras 5 September 2010
11 Pramsport 12 September 2010
12 Kathy Bates To The Future 19 September 2010
13 The Human Internet 28 September 2010
14 Jesusland 3 October 2010
15 Behind The Music. Men. 10 October 2010
16 The Only Gay At The Orgy 17 October 2010
17 Advance Aussie Fair 24 October 2010
18 Innocent Till Proven Spooky 30 October 2010
19 May The Faustino Be With You 7 November 2010
20 I Object 14 November 2010
21 The Vortex 21 November 2010
22 C.R.E.A.M. 28 November 2010
23 A Bridge With Benefits 8 December 2010
24 Pimp My Bog 12 December 2010
25 Entertainment's Hitler 9 February 2011
26 Conspiradiddy 13 February 2011
27 Anna Phil Lactate 20 February 2011
28 Cock Weed 27 February 2011
29 Chonks 6 March 2011
30 Humpa Lumpas 13 March 2011
31 Only Wil Bleeds 20 March 2011
32 Roboctupus 27 March 2011
33 The Anti-Crust 3 April 2011
34 The Pornocalypse 10 April 2011
35 Truth Bombs 17 April 2011
36 Pinguins 24 April 2011
37 We've Achieved Nothing 1 May 2011
38 Shoot, Kid 8 May 2011
39 Bukkaké 15 May 2011
40 Poo Poo 22 May 2011
41 Andimov's Three Laws 29 May 2011
42 Twins 5 June 2011
43 Lay Away 12 June 2011
44 Goat Or Throat 20 June 2011
45 Prime Minister Van Damme 26 June 2011
46 Love vs. The Stockmarket 24 July 2011
47 Matthew, Mark, Luke & Schlong 7 August 2011
48 The Zooey Keeper 14 August 2011
49 Kid Carbon Tax 21 August 2011
50 28 August 2011
51 Hopefully 6 September 2011
52 Bertie Blagowrie 19 September 2011
53 Kim Jong Wil 25 September 2011
54 Ponyism 9 October 2011
55 The Answering 16 October 2011
56 Mrs. T's 20 November 2011
57 Uncle Zom 27 November 2011
58 The Oktober 2000 4 December 2011
59 Aweson 11 December 2011
60 Uppity Monkey 19 December 2011
61 Leprecum 25 December 2011
62 Cloon Clucks Clan 21 January 2012
63 A Mission To India 28 January 2012
64 TOFOB 1 February 2012
65 The Over-Explaining Cyrano 5 February 2012
66 The Prison Clause 12 February 2012
67 Li'l Elvis 19 February 2012
68 Playgoy 26 February 2012
69 Chobelix 4 March 2012
70 Ghost: Ghostbusters 11 March 2012
71 Buckets 18 March 2012
72 Billionaire Baby 25 March 2012
73 Manifisto 1 April 2012
74 Benedict Cumabunch 8 April 2012
Bonus Episode The Death Of Superpod 9 April 2012
75 TOFOW 15 April 2012
76 The Quiz 22 April 2012
77 The Quiz II 29 April 2012
78 The Answering Reloaded 3 May 2012
79 The Answering Revolutions 13 May 2012
80 Catourage 20 May 2012
81 The Really Expendables 8 July 2012
82 No No No 15 July 2012
83 Weng Weng 9 September 2012
Bonus Episode 01 06 14 84 1 June 2014
84 We’re Back, We’re Bad, You're Black, I'm Mad 1 June 2014
85 Vin Diesel's Hannibal 8 June 2014
86 Namaste Bitch 17 June 2014
87 Nonlids 23 June 2014
88 KFCXC 29 June 2014
89Gopher Day 6 July 2014
90 Awesun's Creek 17 July 2014
91 How You Doohan? 22 July 2014
92 Hot Woman and The Enmore 27 July 2014
93 20.32 Centimetres 30 September 2014
94 Undiplomatic Immunity 6 October 2014
95 Pengweng Weng Weng 19 October 2014
96 Crunchy Granola Sweet 28 October 2014
97 Cool Things For Cool People 30 October 2014
98 We’ve Bee-n Here For Years 25 November 2014
99 What Actually 3 December 2014
Bonus Episode Cypress Halloumi Remix 17 December 2014
Bonus Episode Popeapolooza 24 December 2014
100 HOHOHOFOP 21 January 2015
Bonus Episode Superpod 2: This Time It's Recorded 8 April 2015
101 Never Had A Bartman 9 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

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Ziffer . Daniel . 30 March 2012 . Up for a laugh, anywhere, any time . . 30 July 2012.
  2. News: Bennett . Sally . Podcasts Freed the Radio Star . 23 June 2012 . . 30 July 2012.
  3. News: Wright. Gerard. 5 August 2011. Free Wil. Sydney Morning Herald. 30 July 2012.
  4. Web site: 9 September 2012 . TOFOP #83 - Weng Weng . TOFOP . 9 September 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130420173230/http://www.tofop.com/tofop-83-weng-weng/ . 20 April 2013 . dmy-all .
  5. News: Richards. Holly. 17 January 2013. Star role lures Clausen. The West Australian. 21 January 2013.
  6. Web site: TOFOP » TOFOP #84- We're Back, We're Bad, You're Black, I'm Mad . 2014-06-01 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140602201104/http://www.tofop.com/tofop-84-were-back-were-bad-youre-black-im-mad-2/ . 2 June 2014 . dmy-all .
  7. News: Longhetti . Chloe-lee. 31 May 2014. Charlie Clausen and Wil Anderson bound for the US for podcast Thirty Odd Foot Of Pod. News Corp Australia. 2 June 2014.
  8. Web site: Super Pod Melbourne Comedy Festival Page. 24 July 2012. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120419211048/http://www.comedyfestival.com.au/2012/season/shows/super-pod/. 19 April 2012. dmy-all.
  9. Web site: Official Website Podcast Feed. 24 July 2012.