The Parentheticals make their third appearance on The LIL Show and we don't waste any time before getting blue. Grandmothers are impregnated, evangelicals take on aviation, sexy half-human, half-fish avatars keeps marriages exciting and we compare our Roundheads to our Cavaliers. Guests Gilead and Ollie show Talal and Luc how to properly pronounce "science", make friends on a train, age bitterly and choose between Hasidic Jews and Wall Street bankers for the betterment of mankind. Oh, we also prove that Israelis and Arabs have much more than a foreskin deficit in common. Join us, Fish People!
Enjoy xx
The LIL Show can be heard live on k2kradio.com LIVE every Friday at 6pm GMT.
034 - TYPICAL HERMAPHRODITE FT. STEVE ROE, SOPHIE PUMPHREY & EDGAR FERNANDO
Get on! This week Hoopla Impro's ever-entertaining Steve Roe and Sophie Pumphrey are back bringing The LIL Show a shiny new friend; Edgar Fernando. We sing like dwarves, we compare our genitals to random objects, we explore the world of sex-addicted slugs, we rap, we interview the director of Best Exotic Marigold Hotel and Charles Pipette goes yachting in Epic Saga. Is that enough for ya?
Co-host: Luc Valvona Hosted by Talal Karkouti Enjoy xx
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033 - I AM BANKSY FT. KATY SCHUTTE, JINNI LYONS, TONY HARRISMENT & CHRIS MEAD
You have arrived at your destination... This episode covers everything. From cat-cycles and courtroom dramas to gun control and the true identity of Banksy. We warm up with a game of "Questions Only", take gun toting americans to task with a methodically woven clown metaphor in "Newsish!", hear a song by co-host Luc Valvona which leads to some pretty folksy improv and rob banks in "Epic Saga". Also, our guests give us an exclusive live edition of their podcast "Destination". In it, things go south pretty quick emotionally and geographically.
Do enjoy xx
The LIL Show can be heard LIVE every Friday at 6pm GMT on k2kradio.com and on K2K Radio's channel on the TuneIn app.
032 - WILL IMPROV FOR FOOD
This week the LIL Show gets back to basics. No guests, no gimmicks, just pure LIL. Well, that was the plan. But of course, nothing goes to plan at The LIL Show. Both co-hosts Alex Sievewright and Luc Valvona are here to help Talal Karkouti deal with the onslaught of uninvited guests, free food and a myriad of tangents. All of which festoon this episode with excitement, hilarity and crudeness. What should you expect? Troubled elves, bloody clowns, fugitive clowns, a new Bond theme by Luc, a live Tesco delivery, improvised songs by Panicky Tack and much, much more. Oh, and a blues about eyes.
Enjoy xx
The LIL Show can be heard LIVE every Friday at 6pm GMT on k2kradio.com and on K2K Radio's channel on the TuneIn app.
031 - DEAD ZONE FEAT. HENRI ROE & ED ROE
London Improv is Live & Raptastic! We had a lot of fun this week with the always excellent Henri and Ed Roe. Are they related? Married? Neither? What’s their connection with Steve Roe? We ask all the probing questions you’ve been dying to ask. And some you never would have dreamed of. "Epic Saga" sees Charles Pipette battle a criminal gang of tribal babies, “Movies! Movies! Movies!” gives Silence of the Lambs a new, peculiar twist & “Ask Me no Questions I’ll Tell You no Rhymes” returns for our whitest but most skilled rap battle yet. Also, Ed tells us what it’s like to live in sunny L.A. and let’s us listen in on one of his conference calls, we find out how useful a personal unicorn can be and we sing a blues about airports.
Enjoy xx
Co-Host: Luc Valvona Host: Talal Karkouti
The LIL Show can be heard LIVE every Friday at 6pm GMT on k2kradio.com and on K2K Radio's channel on the TuneIn app.
030 - SHINY, ROUND & SHAVED FEAT. SCOTT CAPURRO & ED KEAR
A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away... Actually it was last week in Kilburn. Scott Capurro and Ed Kear join Alex and Talal on The LIL Show. We chat to Scott about how he made it ok to be gay in San Fransisco (not entirely true), when he learned Huttese for "Star Wars: The Phantom Menace" (he didn't) and what it was like to improvise with Robin Williams on the set of "Mrs. Doubtfire" (that one's true!). Ed Kear reveals his methods of the craft as he describes the development of his character for a gripping scene with Jason Statham in the movie "Spy". He also shares with us a deleted scene from the movie as well as his new YouTube series "Blowing the Budget". We also sing a blues about ISIS and shaved testicles, Scott gets imperial on Simon Trilby's ass in "Epic Saga", "Movies! Movies! Movies!" goes to the Moon and far too much is exposed about Talal's personal life.
Enjoy xx
Co-Host: Alex Sievewright Host: Talal Karkouti
The LIL Show can be heard LIVE every Friday at 6pm GMT on k2kradio.com and on K2K Radio's channel on the TuneIn app.
029 - CAN I PUNCH CHILDREN? FEAT. GIGGLE LOOP
Get in the loop! Giggle Loop are back baby! But alas, Ed won't be joining Natasha Parrott and Ellie Grice this time. They are joined instead by Ross Walker, a true, Scottish, brute of a man! What fun we have this week! We sing a blues about how annoying children can be, we join the security staff at Sharm al Sheikh Airport as they have an emergency meeting, we help farmers find their stolen sheep and, of course, we expose how Joan of Arc really saved France. What's more, you have the opportunity to witness the friendliest rap battle Kilburn has ever hosted.
Enjoy mother-crushers xx
Co-host: Luc Valvona Host: Talal Karkouti
The LIL Show can be heard LIVE every Friday at 6pm GMT on k2kradio.com and on K2K Radio's channel on the TuneIn app.
028 - THE LIL SHOW SPOOKTACULAR! FEAT. THE SINISTER TALES OF DR. SYNISTRA
Happy Halloween LIL fans! This week, your host Talal Karkouti broadcasts the show live from a graveyard! However, his cohosts and guests never show up leaving him alone and vulnerable. Pretty soon, the haunting begins! Vincent Spice and his cohorts of classic monsters join Talal for the spookiest, strangest LIL Show in centuries! Luckily the ghouls are well trained in improv and even have their own troup, "Falling To Pieces". However, they struggle to keep the humour on a human level and chaos ensues... Featuring classic LIL segments including a blues, Movies! Movies! Movies! and more. But with a beastly twist! Enjoy!
Vincent Spice & Zombie: Alex Sievewright
Count Dracula, Frankenstein's Monster & Igor: Anthony Noad, Andy Childs & Luc Valvona
The LIL Show can be heard LIVE every Friday at 6pm GMT on k2kradio.com and on K2K Radio's channel on the TuneIn app.
027 - HOARDERS FEAT. LEFT FOOT FIRST
LIL to the future! Looming in the background of the recording of this episode is Back to the Future day which kind of influences our improv. Just a little. Join us as we explore the follies of time travel! Discover what happens when you meet your friends in the future and yourself in the past! Wonder as you witness orphans transformed in to household pets! Swoon as we sing a blues about advertising! Cringe when you hear the complications of counselling hoarders! Also! Fugitive hunter Charles Pipette (played by Luc Valvona) returns! Is this just a mild-mannered, everyday English pub? Or the home of escaped, murderous convicts!? Will this all end with an epic monkey battle?! Yes! Yes it will! Find out how on this week's LIL Show.
Left Foot First: Jeff Graham, Heather Hemmingmoore, Simon Piccarillo, Mark Richardson
Hosted by: Talal Karkouti
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026 - PRESSURE BREAKFAST FEAT. STEVE ROE, SOPHIE PUMPHREY & JOEL BUTLER
When I say "LIL!", you say "Show!" Hoopla's very own founder and "Godfather of London Improv" Steve Roe steps in to K2K Studios bringing fellow legends Sophie Pumphrey and Joel Butler along for the ride. Little French boys are abducted for toilet crimes, the Green Lantern meets God, Super Heroes fight bad manners and Marlon Brando visits the studio to recreate some classic moments of cinema! This episode also features a toilet-paper dispenser blues and a brand new, rap-battle feature: Ask Me No Questions, I'll Give You No Rhymes!
Co-Host: Alex Sievewright Hosted by Talal Karkouti
The LIL Show can be heard LIVE every Friday at 6pm GMT on k2kradio.com and on K2K Radio's channel on the TuneIn app.
025 - OLD POPE FEAT. PHIL MANN, SIMON PICCIRILLO & MARK RICHARDSON
London Improv is Live! This week we're joined by the awesome Phil Mann from the awesome "Battle Acts!" and the hilarious Simon Piccirillo & Mark Richardson from the hilarious "Left Foot First" for an especially bombastic show full of fiances, fugitives and fallacies! Identities be stolen, saints be canonised and metal-heads be eulogised.
Enjoy xx
024 - JESUS HORSE CHRIST FEAT. SUKI WEBSTER & LUKE SORBA
You're welcome. Not just because we've recorded another instalment of your favourite live improv comedy show that's on K2KRadio.com every Friday evening. But also for this week's legendary, hilarious guest improvisers Luke Sorba and Suki Webster from the history weavers at "The Vault". You're welcome as well for the free Avengers* movie, free blues and free news. Oh, and let's not forget the revealing insight into the inner operations of MI5, the free Viking lecture, 19th Century, cross-Atlantic soap opera clips and the heart-crushing story of an Aztec romance. OK fine, whatever, say thanks after you've listened. Enjoy xx
Co-host: Alex Sievewright & Luc Valvona Host: Talal Karkouti
The LIL Show can be heard LIVE every Friday at 6pm GMT on k2kradio.com and on K2K Radio's channel on the TuneIn app. *may not be the Avengers you're thinking of. Also may not be an actual movie.