Did I find it easy writing a Christmas Special? No. The idea of a podcast episode involving Christmas crossed my mind several times while writing Jelly Trumpet but I always dismissed it. I’m not sure why? Perhaps I thought it was a bit vain, that somehow Jelly Trumpet wasn’t worth it. You can listen to…
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Welcome to Jelly Trumpet, two blokes in a loft in St Albans trying to make a time-travelling comedy podcast. Silly comedy for your listening or reading pleasure. The regular Jelly Trumpet crew are: Mr Jim, the deluded writer, bit of a coward Mr b, a compulsive inventor, only slightly cowardly Queen Eleanor, regal, randy and…
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I was awake at 5:50am. I followed the domestic trail, breakfast and ablutions. Now I write. No. I am typing this trying to explain to myself and to anyone who is cursed with a creative mind. That you and I can follow the ‘ruts’ we have made. That road we travel looking for stories and…
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Staring Mary the Entrepreneur The Startup came about as a ‘sitcom’ I used to publish on LinkedIn. It was my way of dealing with the dross on the network. The idea was to take the p*ss of people being silly. That is talking tosh, marketing speak and the endless thanking of people just to get…
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Jelly Trumpet started as a scripted podcast aimed at helping small businesses and marketeers explore their creativity. Hence, regular items giving tips, interviews of creative people and challenges at home. In between these items were silly comedy spots that I called Riffs. My Business, Conversion Detectives I run a digital marketing agency, Conversion Detectives that…
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This could be the big showdown for Jelly Trumpet. It’s the last episode of the season. Will our hapless crew survive one final challenge to the podcast? I’m always learning stuff from Jelly Trumpet, like some castles have a doorbell. Will Nigel, the giant squirrel, be rescued? Why was he abducted? What is his future?
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The podcast is in BIG trouble. First, Nigel, the giant squirrel goes missing. A mystery is about to unfold and will Jim, Mr b and the Queen be able to solve the squirrel disappearance? Just why is Queen Eleanor practicing her sword play? Will this come in handy? Thank heavens for Queen Eleanor and a…
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Just why do they have a consulting detective in the cupboard under Mr b’s mixing desk? The Quentin Tarantino episode continues with Jim trying a different group of code names, based on fruit. The Queen, bless her, has trained Nigel (the squirrel, the size of a St Bernard dog) to be a ‘sniffer squirrel’, which…
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The podcast is in trouble. Nope. Not from the usual things like Japanese Anime characters or Victorian villains, this is far worse. We join the podcast as Mr b is typing his list of favourite Quentin Tarantino movies.
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A wooden sign creaks in the wind. A shrill scream. Quite an opening for Episode 10. The story takes a dark turn as we discover who is loose in the abandoned Victorian villa. O’ no! There are several plot cliches in the podcast. Still, they are fun, who doesn’t like a cliché or two? O’!…
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