Paul F. Tompkins (Tasting Menu)
Off Menu with Ed Gamble and James Acaster

Paul F. Tompkins (Tasting Menu)

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 7, 20261 hr 17 min
  • Interview
  • Comedy

Fan favourite from way back in Series 3 of Off Menu, US podcasting royalty and ‘Bojack Horseman’ star Paul F. Tompkins returns to the Dream Restaurant for a Tasting Menu. Listen to Paul’s original episode Listen to Paul F. Tompkins’s podcasts ‘Spontaneanation’ and ‘Threedom’ wherever you get your podcasts. Follow Paul on Instagram and TikTok @pftompkins Don’t forget, video episodes of Off Menu are out every Wednesday on our YouTube. Off Menu is now on YouTube: @offmenupodcast Follow Off Menu on Instagram and TikT...

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Hello, it's Ed here from the Off Menu podcast that you are listening to right now. You'll know that I'm doing a brand new stand-up comedy show on tour next year, Fresh Hell. And we are delighted to announce that we are doing two more shows at the London Palladium Friday the 19th of March, Saturday the 20th of March.

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You got to come to these shows. They're going to be great. They're on sale now. Ed Gamble dot co dot UK for ticket details.

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Welcome to the off menu tasting menus. We get a fan favourite back on the podcast. We give them the menu of another fan favourite and they react to it. This week our returning fan favourite guest is...

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