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Two stand‑up comics who “love” comedy… except for when they absolutely hate it.

In Episode #9, John Hastings and Larry Dean spiral through:

• Why every good comic secretly resents comedy at least some of the time
• The pain of bombing with your favourite bits while the “easy” jokes kill
• Audiences happily giving notes to comics they’ve never seen… but not to doctors
• AIDS as a joke topic, “as funny as AIDS” comments, and why PrEP 100% belongs on the NHS
• Wild takes like “AIDS is God’s punishment” – and why that logic completely falls apart
• “Bum flu”, “nose beers”, HEV, and the best/worst slang you’ll hear this week
• Domino‑thinking anxiety: how a broken satnav becomes a £600 lifetime guilt investment
• The “economy of guilt” with siblings and why sometimes the argument is worth more than the money
• How to accidentally stay friends with people you wish you could quietly dump
• Scotland vs England vs Canada vs Germany vs Russia: national myths, Braveheart, empire denial and who “killed all the funny people”
• Larry’s blackout drinking stories, meeting famous people he doesn’t remember, and why he had sympathy for Dahmer for about 3 seconds
• Why John looks like the worst stag‑do punter in every comedy club he walks into

This episode is basically two stand‑up geeks doing what they do best: over‑thinking everything, turning trauma into bits, and never sticking to a single topic for more than 30 seconds.

Hosted by:

John Hastings – @JohnHastings

Larry Dean – @LarryDean

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In Episode 8 of The John Hastings Larry Dean Show, the boys go from Edinburgh Fringe sensitivities to World War I Canadian war crimes to full‑blown psycho exes, without ever touching the brakes.

In this episode:

• Larry’s first week of the new Edinburgh show and why audiences now worry about comics’ self‑deprecating jokes more than the comics do
• Australian festival crowds who demand a sexuality disclaimer before every punchline
• How English people think every country is just “their mate Craig” and why Scotland weirdly loves Canada
• Psycho Canadians in wartime:
• The trench “food then grenades” story
• Juno Beach, D‑Day, and why Canada went early and ruined it for everyone else
• Petty national pride: did Scotland or Canada invent the telephone, and can Larry’s exes claim his award nominations?
• Breakup body maths:
• Why Larry loses weight and his exes gain it
• John’s theory that if nothing changes after a breakup, you’re probably a murderer
• The “astronaut training for escape” rule: getting hot right before you leave someone
• John’s divorce montage: quitting smoking, juice cleanses, obsessive squats and screaming matches taken in the Comedy Store car park between spots for OnlyFans models
• Psycho ex paranoia:
• Larry’s “I didn’t hire a window cleaner” moments
• John’s coke‑fuelled married stalker who hacked his email, turned up at 5 a.m., then followed him round London gigs for months
• Why effort isn’t love, why some of your ex’s friends secretly agree with you, and how John and his current wife refuse to get on the argument roller coaster at all

Plus: autism “diagnosed” via T‑shirts, emotional manipulation in relationships, and Larry trying to trap John into admitting he’s always right in his marriage.

Follow the hosts:

• Larry Dean – @larrydeancomedy
• John Hastings – @thejohnhastings

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