It's Your Funeral (IYF)

About It's Your Funeral (IYF)

Always wanted to hear your favourite comedians talk about how they’d most like to die? Look no further! With host Lorna Woolfson, co-host Daniel Morrow and a different mystery guest each episode, It’s Your Funeral podcast puts the fun back into Funerals and the happy back into endings. ! Follow @IYFpodcast on Twitter to find out more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.

Publisher

Lorna Woolfson and Daniel Morrow

Category

comedy

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

14 May 2022

Latest episode

14 Jun 2024

Latest episodes

13 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   14 Jun 2024

   Emily Walsh

   Episode 4, Season 2 of It's Your Funeral (IYF) hosted by: - Lorna Woolfson and Daniel Morrow In each episode on It's your Funeral, Lorna and Dan (aka the death fairies) arrange the perfect death and funeral (in the style of a game show!) for a comedian. Guests include tv comedy actors, sitcom writers, renowned television writers, stand-up comedians and recent Edinburgh fringe performers. In this episode, the death fairies chat with Emily Walsh, å rising stand-up comedian of New York. Emily was recently featured on Kevin Hart’s Lyft Comics on Peacock, and she performs all over New York, including New York Comedy Club, Standup NY, and Westside Comedy Club. Her solo show Dad Girl had a successful month long run at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and was at New York Fringe Festival 2024.She cohosts the podcast Alone at Lunch, part of the Morbid podcast network on Wondery, and Yeet the Rich, Follow our podcast and tweet us: https://twitter.com/iyfpodcast https://www.facebook.com/iyfpod www.instagram.com/iyfpod Special thanks to http://yelizsecerli.com for the insanely wonderful artwork Thanks to “The Morrow (https://themorrowtheband.bandcamp.com/album/between-the-times)”(the band) for outro music Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.

2. 

   28 May 2024

   Josh Berry

   It's Episode 3, Season 2 of It's Your Funeral (IYF) hosted by: - Lorna Woolfson and Daniel Morrow In each episode on It's your Funeral, Lorna and Dan (aka the death fairies) arrange the perfect death and funeral (in the style of a game show!) for a comedian. Guests include tv comedy actors, sitcom writers, renowned television writers, stand-up comedians and recent Edinburgh fringe performers. In this episode, the death fairies chat with Josh Berry; a comedian, impressionist and writer who has appeared on a variety of BBC Radio Comedy Shows; doing voices on Dead Ringers, The Tracey Ullman Show and The Now Show. He is a regular on Radio 4 extra’s ‘Newsjack’ and appeared on Michael McIntyre’s Show on BBC 1 https://joshberryofficial.com/ "Staggering Hubris by Josh Berry | Eye Books" (https://www.eye-books.com/books/staggering-hubris). Tabby Puffington-White (Marlboro girl from Marlborough college) as an ode the The White Horse, recreates John Denver's classic 'Country Roads, Take me Home'. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFyFZP8O3bo) Follow the podcast and tweet us: https://twitter.com/iyfpodcast https://www.facebook.com/iyfpod www.instagram.com/iyfpod Special thanks to http://yelizsecerli.com for the insanely wonderful artwork Thanks to “The Morrow (https://themorrowtheband.bandcamp.com/album/between-the-times)”(the band) for outro music Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.

3. 

   14 May 2024

   Matthew Broussard

   It's Episode 2, Season 2 of It's Your Funeral (IYF) hosted by: - Lorna Woolfson and Daniel Morrow In each episode on It's your Funeral, Lorna and Dan (aka the death fairies) arrange the perfect death and funeral (in the style of a game show!) for a comedian in the UK. Guests include tv comedy actors, sitcom writers, renowned television writers, stand-up comedians and recent Edinburgh fringe performers. In Episode 2 of the new season Lorna and Dan are joined by Matthew Broussard : our first U.S.A. based stand-up comedian! He’s performed on the Tonight Show, Conan, Jeff Ross Presents Roast Battle, the Comedy Central Half Hour,. He is also the creator of the webcomic and puzzle app, Monday Punday. RELATED LINKS https://thestandnyc.com/comedians/matthew-broussard https://www.threads.net/@mondaypundayhttps://www.instagram.com/mondaypunday https://www.youtube.com/@brousbrous Follow the podcast and tweet us: https://twitter.com/iyfpodcast https://www.facebook.com/iyfpod www.instagram.com/iyfpod Special thanks to http://yelizsecerli.com for the insanely wonderful artwork Thanks to “The Morrow (https://themorrowtheband.bandcamp.com/album/between-the-times)”(the band) for outro music Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.

4. 

   30 Apr 2024

   Mark Olver

   Welcome to Season 2 of It's Your Funeral (IYF) hosted by: - Lorna Woolfson and Daniel Morrow Each episode on It's your Funeral Lorna and Dan (aka the death fairies) arrange the perfect death and funeral (in the style of a game show!) for a comedian in the UK. Guests include tv comedy actors, sitcom writers, renowned television writers, stand-up comedians and recent Edinburgh fringe performers. In Episode 1 of the new season Lorna and Dan are joined by Mark Olver: a stand-up comedian, television warm-up artiste and occasional broadcaster for BBC radio. He is the regular warm-up on the little-seen Deal or No Deal and has also worked on Kings of Comedy, FAQ U and Ready Steady Cook, Out Of 10 Cats and The Vicar of Dibley. RELATED LINKS https://thecomedyclub.co.uk/comedians/mark-olver https://soundcloud.com/bcfmradio/stand-up-comedy-mark-olver https://www.instagram.com/markjohnolver/ https://www.comedy.co.uk/people/mark_olver/ Follow the podcast and tweet us: https://twitter.com/iyfpodcast https://www.facebook.com/iyfpod www.instagram.com/iyfpod Special thanks to http://yelizsecerli.com for the insanely wonderful artwork Thanks to “The Morrow”(the band) for outro music Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.

5. 

   27 Apr 2024

   Season 2 Trailer

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6. 

   29 Aug 2022

   Helen Lederer

   Welcome to It's Your Funeral (IYF) hosted by: - Lorna Woolfson and Daniel Morrow Each week on It's your Funeral Lorna and Dan (aka the death fairies) arrange the perfect death and funeral (in the style of a game show!) for a comedian in the UK. Guests include tv comedy actors, sitcom writers, renowned television writers, stand-up comedians and recent Edinburgh fringe performers. In this final episode of the season (episode 7) Lorna and Dan are joined by actress, writer, comedian and national treasure Helen Lederer. In the episode, we discover Helen's unique death wish and her plans to sponsor her funeral in order to continue her legacy! Recorded remotely (although within the same house!) on 23rd August 2022 RELATED LINKS https://www.helenlederer.co.uk/ https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/24242781-losing-it https://twitter.com/helenlederer?lang=en https://www.comedywomeninprint.co.uk/ https://www.johnhegley.co.uk/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.

7. 

   15 Aug 2022

   Sadia Azmat

   www.Welcome to It's Your Funeral (IYF) hosted by: - Lorna Woolfson (https://open.acast.com/shows/627d40862078230012635e45/episodes/www.twitter.com/lolcov) and Daniel Morrow (https://www.instagram.com/danieljmorrow/) Each week on It's your Funeral Lorna and Dan (aka the death fairies) arrange the perfect death and funeral (in the style of a game show!) for a comedian in the UK. Guests include tv comedy actors, sitcom writers, renowned television writers, stand-up comedians and recent Edinburgh fringe performers. In Episode 6, Lorna and Dan are joined by comedian and author Sadia Azmat, Sadia is a British Asian who has been performing stand-up since 2010 and this year released her first novel "Sex Bomb: a 'hilarious, raw and poignant' memoir" In the episode, we discover Sadia's "high" hopes for her funeral and the most unusual Eulogist combo. Recorded remotely on August 3rd 2022 with warning for especially explicit material and language RELATED LINKS www.sadiaazmat.com Sex Bomb (https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/Sex-Bomb-Audiobook/B09Q3HGPSY) Podcast - No country for young women (/https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/no-country-for-young-women/id1370978944) DM's are open, (https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0017d8n) co-produced by Sadia Content Content (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxggddpIvXgY6n2jOZTQRH9zELcHjGs7q) with Sadia and Lorna on the writing team Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.

8. 

   1 Aug 2022

   Arabella Weir

   Welcome to It's Your Funeral (IYF) hosted by: - Lorna Woolfson and Daniel Morrow Each week on It's your Funeral Lorna and Dan (aka the death fairies) arrange the perfect death and funeral (in the style of a game show!) for a comedian in the UK. Guests include tv comedy actors, sitcom writers, renowned television writers, stand-up comedians and recent Edinburgh fringe performers. In Episode 5, YES 5!! Lorna and Dan are joined by “One of the most influential women in sketch comedy”, Arabella Weir. In the episode, we discover Arabella’s vast experience with death and the strict entry requirements she would want for her funeral. Recorded remotely on 8th March 2022 RELATED LINKS https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabella_Weir (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabella_Weir) https://twitter.com/ArabellaWeir (https://twitter.com/ArabellaWeir) https://tardis.fandom.com/wiki/Arabella_Weir (https://tardis.fandom.com/wiki/Arabella_Weir) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bazooka_Joe_(band) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bazooka_Joe_(band)) Follow the podcast and tweet us: https://twitter.com/iyfpodcast https://www.facebook.com/iyfpod www.instagram.com/iyfpod Special thanks to http://yelizsecerli.com for the insanely wonderful artwork Thanks to “The Morrow”(the band) for outro music -- See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.

9. 

   18 Jul 2022

   Sara Barron

   Welcome to It's Your Funeral (IYF) hosted by: - Lorna Woolfson and Daniel Morrow (https://www.instagram.com/danieljmorrow/) Each week on It's your Funeral Lorna and Dan (aka the death fairies) arrange the perfect death and funeral (in the style of a game show!) for a comedian in the UK. Guests include tv comedy actors, sitcom writers, renowned television writers, stand-up comedians and recent Edinburgh fringe performers. In Episode 4, Lorna and Dan are joined by Stand Up Comedian, Sara Barron. https://avalonuk.com/clients/sara-barron/ As mentioned in the episode, here is her official "It's Your Funeral obituary". Sara Barron has died (NO SHE HASN'T!) After hosting the hit US storytelling show ‘The Moth’, she moved to London and was subsequently nominated for a prestigious Edinburgh Comedy Award and a Chortle Award. Sara’s TV appearances include: Live at the Apollo (BBC One), Would I Lie to You? (BBC One), Frankie Boyle’s New World Order (BBC Two), Roast Battle (Comedy Central) and Hypothetical (Dave), 8 Out of 10 Cats (C4), Richard Osman’s House of Games (BBC), Comedy Game Night Dave Gorman: Terms and Conditions Apply, Alan Davies’ As Yet Untitled (DAVE),and Hello, America (Quibi). On radio, her credits include appearances on The News Quiz, The Now Show, and Woman’s Hour on Radio 4. Her two stand-up hours, For Worse (2018) and Enemies Closer (2019) sold out at both the Edinburgh Festival and at multiple runs in London’s Soho Theatre. She was nominated for ‘Best Newcomer’ at the Edinburgh Comedy Awards and at the Chortle Awards, as well as receiving rave reviews from publications including The Times, The Guardian, The Independent, The Evening Standard and The Scotsman! As a writer, Sara has published two essay collections, People are Unappealing (https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/9039/people-are-unappealing-by-sara-barron/) and The Harm in Asking. (https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/207222/the-harm-in-asking-by-sara-barron/) Her writing has also featured in Vanity Fair and on This American Life. Her podcast with husband Geoff Lloyd (Reasons to Be Cheerful; Absolute Radio, BBC Radio 5 Live) is a "Succession Love- in" entitled Firecrotch & Normcore: a Succession Podcast (https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/firecrotch-normcore-a-succession-podcast/id1589742577) She will be missed! (YES SHE WILL!) Warning : Be ready for a little uncomfortable but hilarious toilet humour? Recorded remotely on August 16th 2021 Follow the podcast and tweet us: https://twitter.com/iyfpodcast (https://twitter.com/iyfpodcast) https://www.facebook.com/iyfpod (https://www.facebook.com/iyfpod) www.instagram.com/iyfpod (http://www.instagram.com/iyfpod) Special thanks to http://yelizsecerli.com (http://yelizsecerli.com/) for the insanely wonderful artwork Thanks to “The Morrow (https://themorrowtheband.bandcamp.com/)”(the band) for outro music Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.

10. 

    4 Jul 2022

    David Quantick

    Welcome to It's Your Funeral (IYF) hosted by: - Lorna Woolfson and Daniel Morrow (https://www.instagram.com/danieljmorrow/) Each week on It's your Funeral Lorna and Dan (aka the death fairies) arrange the perfect death and funeral (in the style of a game show!) for a comedian in the UK. Guests include tv comedy actors, sitcom writers, renowned television writers, stand-up comedians and recent Edinburgh fringe performers. In Episode 3, Lorna and Dan are joined by (Emmy award winning) comedy writer David Quantick, who has surely written some of the funniest TV shows ever including The Thick Of it, Spitting Image, On the Hour, Blue Jam, TV Burp and Veep. In the episode, we discover David's complicated relationship with Twitter, music and ageing. We also discover his razor sharp wit and why Chris De Burgh wins! Recorded remotely on October 12th 2021 with apologies for occasional poor Zoom quality on David's audio RELATED LINKS Wreckless Eric - A Dysfunctional Success - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1396720.A_Dysfunctional_Success Time Trumpet - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0840965/ Follow the podcast and tweet us: https://twitter.com/iyfpodcast (https://twitter.com/iyfpodcast) https://www.facebook.com/iyfpod (https://www.facebook.com/iyfpod) www.instagram.com/iyfpod (http://www.instagram.com/iyfpod) Special thanks to http://yelizsecerli.com (http://yelizsecerli.com/) for the insanely wonderful artwork Thanks to “The Morrow (https://themorrowtheband.bandcamp.com/)”(the band) for outro music -- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.

11. 

    20 Jun 2022

    Stuart Laws

    Welcome to It's Your Funeral (IYF) hosted by: - Lorna Woolfson and Daniel Morrow (https://www.instagram.com/danieljmorrow/) Each week on It's your Funeral Lorna and Dan (aka the death fairies) arrange the perfect death and funeral (in the style of a game show!) for a comedian in the UK. Guests include tv comedy actors, sitcom writers, renowned television writers, stand-up comedians and recent Edinburgh fringe performers. In Episode 2, Lorna and Dan are joined by comedian, actor, director and writer Stuart Laws for some very funny if not slightly grubby, inappropriate death-y chat. (The episode includes some in-depth sex chat and might not be suitable for the young or infirm!) In the episode, we discover Stuart's very exclusive funeral guest list and we also uncover the possibility that Stuart has "won" It's your Funeral and that we no longer need to carry on (spoiler alert -we do carry on!) Stuart might also win the award for the most random eulogist. Recorded remotely on November 16th 2021 with apologies for some occasional internet -induced glitch-iness at the beginning and end RELATED LINKS Stuart Laws:https://www.stuartlaws.com (https://www.stuartlaws.com/) Apocalypso double act: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7_L5z6Y0f0 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7_L5z6Y0f0) Turtle Canyon Website: https://www.turtlecanyoncomedy.com (https://www.turtlecanyoncomedy.com/) Content Content trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSq-oS1vKHM (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSq-oS1vKHM) “I can’t believe it Fletch”clip: shorturl.at/JMNVX The Journey: https://www.stuartlaws.com/the-journey-play (https://www.stuartlaws.com/the-journey-play) Christopher Nolan: shorturl.at/oQTWZ Imagine (Celebrity version): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lgNPGH1rXI (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lgNPGH1rXI) Ronnie Fucking Pickering:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0dcv6GKNNw (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0dcv6GKNNw) Coco Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ga6RYejo6Hk (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ga6RYejo6Hk) Follow the podcast and tweet us: https://twitter.com/iyfpodcast (https://twitter.com/iyfpodcast) https://www.facebook.com/iyfpod (https://www.facebook.com/iyfpod) www.instagram.com/iyfpod (http://www.instagram.com/iyfpod) Special thanks to http://yelizsecerli.com (http://yelizsecerli.com/) for the insanely wonderful artwork Thanks to “The Morrow (https://themorrowtheband.bandcamp.com/)” for outro music -- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.

12. 

    6 Jun 2022

    Sarah Kendall

    Welcome to It's Your Funeral (IYF) hosted by: - Lorna Woolfson (www.twitter.com/lolcov ) and Daniel Morrow (https://www.instagram.com/danieljmorrow/) Each week on It's your Funeral Lorna and Dan (aka the death fairies) arrange the perfect death and funeral (in the style of a game show!) for a comedian in the UK. Guests include tv comedy actors, sitcom writers, renowned television writers, stand-up comedians and recent Edinburgh fringe performers. In Episode 1, Lorna and Dan are delighted to be joined by Australian comedian, writer and BAFTA nominated actor Sarah Kendall (https://twitter.com/Sarah_Kendall). Sarah has already spent most of her life worrying about her eventual demise and so this experience was just one more depressing nail in the coffin (so to speak!) Sarah relays her unique interrogation methods with her pre-teen children, the singular dancing event that shaped her entire career and her desire to have her eulogy delivered by a puppet Warning! Some extremely funny content in this episode. Recorded remotely on April 26th 2022 RELATED LINKS https://www.channel4.com/programmes/taskmaster/on-demand/70912-001 (https://www.channel4.com/programmes/taskmaster/on-demand/70912-001) https://play.acast.com/s/filmstobeburiedwith (https://play.acast.com/s/filmstobeburiedwith) https://www.ninaconti.net/ (https://www.ninaconti.net/) https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/news/6195/frayed-series-2/ (https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/news/6195/frayed-series-2/) https://london.thecomedystore.co.uk/event/old-rope/ (https://london.thecomedystore.co.uk/event/old-rope/) Follow the podcast and tweet us: https://twitter.com/iyfpodcast (https://twitter.com/iyfpodcast) https://www.facebook.com/iyfpod (https://www.facebook.com/iyfpod) www.instagram.com/iyfpod (http://www.instagram.com/iyfpod) Special thanks to http://yelizsecerli.com (http://yelizsecerli.com/) for the insanely wonderful artwork Thanks to “The Morrow (https://themorrowtheband.bandcamp.com/)” for outro music Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.

13. 

    14 May 2022

    Trailer Introducing "It's Your Funeral" (IYF)

    Always wanted to hear your favourite funny people talk about how they’d most like to die? Look no further! With host Lorna Woolfson, co-host Daniel Morrow and a different mystery guest each episode, It’s Your Funeral podcast puts the fun back into Funerals and the happy back into endings. Season 1 features a host of big names from the world of comedy in the UK, including tv comedy actors, sitcom writers, renowned television writers, stand-up comedians and recent Edinburgh fringe performers. Follow @IYFpodcast on Twitter to find out more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

1 ratings

Spotify

4.9 / 5

9 ratings

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