{"id":655,"date":"2017-05-30T15:36:29","date_gmt":"2017-05-30T14:36:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/standupcomedyarchive\/?p=655"},"modified":"2017-05-30T15:36:29","modified_gmt":"2017-05-30T14:36:29","slug":"histcompod-episode-10-captain-jj-wallers-publicity-shot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/standupcomedyarchive\/histcompod-episode-10-captain-jj-wallers-publicity-shot\/","title":{"rendered":"Histcompod Episode 10 &#8211; Captain JJ Waller&#8217;s Publicity shot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Episode 10\u00a0of \u2018A History of Comedy in Several Objects\u2019 is now available on <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/gb\/podcast\/a-history-of-comedy-in-several-objects\/id1210414720\" target=\"_blank\">iTunes<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.acast.com\/ahistoryofcomedypodcast\" target=\"_blank\">acast<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In this episode we\u00a0look at at a range of <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.kent.ac.uk\/Record.aspx?src=CalmView.Catalog&amp;id=BSUCA\/JJ\/1\" target=\"_blank\">evocative posters and photos from Captain JJ Waller<\/a>, alongside an exclusive interview. In the course of doing so, we find out about the links between Covent Garden street theatre and alternative cabaret, and hear just how\u00a0he managed to carry the weight of two London double decker buses on his chest.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_662\" style=\"width: 635px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/standupcomedyarchive\/files\/2017\/05\/BSUCA-JJ-001-001-1-A.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-662\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-662\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/standupcomedyarchive\/files\/2017\/05\/BSUCA-JJ-001-001-1-A-1024x729.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"445\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/standupcomedyarchive\/files\/2017\/05\/BSUCA-JJ-001-001-1-A-1024x729.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/standupcomedyarchive\/files\/2017\/05\/BSUCA-JJ-001-001-1-A-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/standupcomedyarchive\/files\/2017\/05\/BSUCA-JJ-001-001-1-A-768x547.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/standupcomedyarchive\/files\/2017\/05\/BSUCA-JJ-001-001-1-A-624x444.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-662\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Promotional flyer for Captain JJ Waller (front cover), with an image of JJ Waller, taglines &#8216;Oscar Winning Busker&#8217; and &#8216;You too can have a body like mine&#8230;&#8217;<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Don\u2019t forget to get involved! You can contact us via\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:standup@kent.ac.uk\" target=\"_blank\">standup@kent.ac.uk<\/a>\u00a0or tweet us at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HistComPod\" target=\"_blank\">@histcompod<\/a>. You can search the online catalogue for more information about the holdings of \u00a0the British Stand-Up Comedy Archive at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/archive.kent.ac.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/archive.kent.ac.uk<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Images of some objects featured on the podcast can be found on our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/britishstandupcomedyarchive\/albums\" target=\"_blank\">flickr site<\/a> in the \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/britishstandupcomedyarchive\/albums\/72157680653167655\/with\/33166952770\/\" target=\"_blank\">History of Comedy in Several Objects<\/a>\u2018 album.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Episode 10\u00a0of \u2018A History of Comedy in Several Objects\u2019 is now available on iTunes and acast. 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In the course of doing so, we find out about the links between Covent Garden street theatre and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40164,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[140933,179464,140932],"tags":[140933,140854,140938,164155,179465,140932,179467,179466],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/standupcomedyarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/655"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/standupcomedyarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/standupcomedyarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/standupcomedyarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/40164"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/standupcomedyarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=655"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/standupcomedyarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/655\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":663,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/standupcomedyarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/655\/revisions\/663"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/standupcomedyarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/standupcomedyarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=655"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/standupcomedyarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}