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Funny Mummies
Hosted by Jenny Wynter · ENGLISH
Funny Mummies features conversations with some of the funniest mummies around; Comedians, entertainers, and regular women with two things in common: they are funny, and they are mummies. Hosted by award winning Australian comedian Jenny Wynter.
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Funny Mummies: Katrina Davidson
May 4, 202100:46:01Tap to summarizeWonder-human Kat Davidson invites Jen onto her balcony to chat about how hurtling towards fear led her to comedy, swinging from resolutely not having kids to being a doting mama and how she dealt with her dream job going to her hubby. Oh my, and she caps off the episode with one of the greatest comebacks of all time. Join our Funny Mummies Facebook group & get our e-news here:https://www.funnymummies.com About KatKat is Queensland Comedy Royalty, having shared the stage with the world's best comics (Stephen K Amos, Steven Wright and Dave Hughes, to shamelessly name drop a few). She has been a professional improviser since 1993, hosted Gala Events, coached blue chip companies in communication and worked a crowd from the back of a cattle truck. Occasionally, all at the same time! Kat can be heard regularly across Queensland ABC radio and has headlined the best clubs in Australia and Canada. She is also the co-producer of the highly successful Ladies Comedy Nights in Brisbane, can regularly be found at sea performing for huge crowds on P&O Cruise ships and enjoyed sell out seasons of her original shows Untidy and husband and wife co-production He Said, She Said (with husband Stav Davidson) at Wonderland Festival, venues around Brisbane and P&O ships.You can find Kat online here:https://www.katdavidson.com.auFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/katdavidsonstandupInstagram: @mrskdTwitter: @radiokatdAbout Jenny:Jenny is an internationally award-winning comedian and founder of Funny Mummies, who has performed across Australia, the USA and Canada where she trained in comedy with the renowned Second City and Loose Moose Theatre. Her awards include Best Variety Show at United Solo Festival NYC, Excellence in Cabaret at Melbourne Fringe, a Green Room Award nomination for Cabaret Writing and the ABC iView Pitch Perfect Competition. She lives in Brisbane with her British hubby, six kids (half of whom she made herself with the other half outsourced), two cats and a Labrador called Buble. (As in Michael Buble. Not because she's a massive fan, she just thought it was an epic name for a hound.)You can find Jenny online here:www.jennywynter.comFacebook: www.facebook.com/jennywynterInstagram: www.instagram.com/@jenwynterTwitter: www.twitter.com/jennywynterYoutube: www.youtube.com/jennywynterClubhouse: search “Jenny Wynter” Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Funny Mummies: Ask Me Anything
Apr 20, 202100:22:44Tap to summarizeJen answers listeners’ questions, making her a) feel incredibly important and b)fulfilling a lifelong dream and c) creating what is the most self indulgent episode of the podcast (so far!) From surprising gigs to step-parenting advice to utterly random stuff, listen to this completely unqualified Agony Aunt do her semi-best. About Jenny:Jenny is an internationally award-winning comedian and founder of Funny Mummies, who has performed across Australia, the USA and Canada where she trained in comedy with the renowned Second City and Loose Moose Theatre. Her awards include Best Variety Show at United Solo Festival NYC, Excellence in Cabaret at Melbourne Fringe, a Green Room Award nomination for Cabaret Writing and the ABC iView Pitch Perfect Competition. She lives in Brisbane with her British hubby, six kids (half of whom she made herself with the other half outsourced), two cats and a Labrador called Buble. (As in Michael Buble. Not because she's a massive fan, she just thought it was an epic name for a hound.)You can find Jenny online here:www.jennywynter.comFacebook: www.facebook.com/jennywynterInstagram: www.instagram.com/@jenwynterTwitter: www.twitter.com/jennywynterYoutube: www.youtube.com/jennywynterClubhouse: search “Jenny Wynter” Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Funny Mummies: Bev Killick
Mar 30, 202101:01:41Tap to summarizeFirecracker of a human Bev Killick teaches Jen things about boob puppetry that blow her mind and her mammaries. They also talk about the incredible power of having to hustle for your goals, and mothering a child with mental illness. Keep your arms within the carriage please, as this rollercoaster episode is about to depart.Join our Funny Mummies Facebook group & get our e-news here:https://www.funnymummies.com About BevBev Killick is from the bold and brassy school of stand up, delivering a non-stop energetic set every time. She has worked with Weird Al Yankovic, Wayne Brady, Brad Garret and is in high demand as a touring comedian. Touring with Puppetry of the Penis, MICF Roadshow, and hit musical theatre production Busting Out! She is the first ever female stand up to perform for the troops with Forces Entertainment. Bev is also an actor and has appeared in many television series and films – Preacher, It’s A Date, Kath and Kim, Jack Irish, Sunshine, Drunk History, Kinne Tonight, The Very Excellent Mr Dundee, That’s Not My Dog to name a few. Also featuring in hit commercials – Mars Bars, Iselect, Coles and Berlei. Bev has made many guest appearances on popular television such as The Project and Studio 10. You can find Bev online here:https://alist.com.au/artists/bev-killick/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BevKillickOfficial/Instagram: @bevkillickTwitter: @bevkillickGet tickets to Bev’s Melbourne International Comedy Festival Show here: https://www.comedyfestival.com.au/2021/shows/bev-killickAbout Jenny:Jenny is an internationally award-winning comedian and founder of Funny Mummies, who has performed across Australia, the USA and Canada where she trained in comedy with the renowned Second City and Loose Moose Theatre. Her awards include Best Variety Show at United Solo Festival NYC, Excellence in Cabaret at Melbourne Fringe, a Green Room Award nomination for Cabaret Writing and the ABC iView Pitch Perfect Competition. She lives in Brisbane with her British hubby, six kids (half of whom she made herself with the other half outsourced), two cats and a Labrador called Buble. (As in Michael Buble. Not because she's a massive fan, she just thought it was an epic name for a hound.)You can find Jenny online here:www.jennywynter.comFacebook: www.facebook.com/jennywynterInstagram: www.instagram.com/@jenwynterTwitter: www.twitter.com/jennywynterYoutube: www.youtube.com/jennywynterClubhouse: search “Jenny Wynter” Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Funny Mummies: Ellen Briggs
Mar 23, 202100:38:45Tap to summarizeThe hilarious Ellen Briggs cracks Jen up about cults, celebs moving into the Byron Bay shire and her comedy journey. If you like your podcast fly-on-the-wall-while-fly-watches-girlfriends-hang-out then you’re gonna love this one. Join our Funny Mummies Facebook group & get our e-news here:https://www.funnymummies.com About EllenEllen Briggs is an author, comedy writer, and professional MC but where she is most at home is on the stage doing stand up comedy. She was a Raw Comedy national finalist and won a National Foxtel competition that was voted on by peers and managers in the industry. She has never looked back. Ellen regularly performs as a comedian and MC at venues all over Australia. Ellen has performed alongside all of the big names in Australian comedy and toured South East Asia with Arj Barker and Gordon Southern, as well as having sold out shows all over Australia with her show Women Like Us (with Mandy Nolan). The pair co-authored a book “Women Like Us” which needed a reprint in the first week!You can find Ellen online here:https://ellenbriggs.com.auFacebook: https://facebook.com/ellenbriggscomedian/Instagram: @ellensbriggsTwitter: @ellen_briggsAbout Jenny:Jenny is an internationally award-winning comedian and founder of Funny Mummies, who has performed across Australia, the USA and Canada where she trained in comedy with the renowned Second City and Loose Moose Theatre. Her awards include Best Variety Show at United Solo Festival NYC, Excellence in Cabaret at Melbourne Fringe, a Green Room Award nomination for Cabaret Writing and the ABC iView Pitch Perfect Competition. She lives in Brisbane with her British hubby, six kids (half of whom she made herself with the other half outsourced), two cats and a Labrador called Buble. (As in Michael Buble. Not because she's a massive fan, she just thought it was an epic name for a hound.)You can find Jenny online here:www.jennywynter.comFacebook: www.facebook.com/jennywynterInstagram: www.instagram.com/@jenwynterTwitter: www.twitter.com/jennywynterYoutube: www.youtube.com/jennywynterClubhouse: search “Jenny Wynter” Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Funny Mummies: Fiona O'Loughlin
Mar 9, 202100:48:44Tap to summarizeComedy Legend Fiona O’Loughlin joins Jenny in a deeply personal chat about finding out who your real friends are, substance use disorder and the courage to reveal even the darkest parts of yourself. And that’s just the funny stuff!Join our Funny Mummies Facebook group & get our e-news here:https://www.funnymummies.com About Fiona:Fiona made her start in comedy despite the odds, while raising five children and living in Alice Springs! She went on to become an internationally touring award-winning talent on the stand-up stage as well as an in-demand media personality. She has appeared countless times in the Melbourne International Comedy Festival All Stars Gala, as well as on ‘Hughesy We Have A Problem’(Network Ten), ‘Sunrise’ (Network 7), ‘Good News Week’ (Network Ten), ‘Spicks and Specks’ (ABC), ‘Dirty Laundry’ (ABC), ‘Celebrity Apprentice’ (Nine) and more. In 2018 she was crowned Queen of the Jungle on Network Ten’s “I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!” You can find Fiona online here:https://fionao.com.auFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/FionaOLoughlinFanPageInstagram: @thefionaoloughlinTwitter: @FionaOLoughlin_About Jenny:Jenny is an internationally award-winning comedian and founder of Funny Mummies, who has performed across Australia, the USA and Canada where she trained in comedy with the renowned Second City and Loose Moose Theatre. Her awards include Best Variety Show at United Solo Festival NYC, Excellence in Cabaret at Melbourne Fringe, a Green Room Award nomination for Cabaret Writing and the ABC iView Pitch Perfect Competition. She lives in Brisbane with her British hubby, six kids (half of whom she made herself with the other half outsourced), two cats and a Labrador called Buble. (As in Michael Buble. Not because she's a massive fan, she just thought it was an epic name for a hound.)You can find Jenny online here:www.jennywynter.comFacebook: www.facebook.com/jennywynterInstagram: www.instagram.com/@jenwynterTwitter: www.twitter.com/jennywynterYoutube: www.youtube.com/jennywynterClubhouse: search “Jenny Wynter” Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Funny Mummies: Mandy Nolan
Feb 23, 202100:45:12Tap to summarizeComedy Goddess Mandy Nolan joins Jen to chat feminism, being onstage as a political act and gives Jen an insight into being a ‘good’ mother that blows her mind.Join our Funny Mummies Facebook group & get our e-news here:https://www.funnymummies.com About Mandy:Mandy Nolan is an author, stand up comedian, journalist and mother of five. She is a regular columnist for the Byron Shire Echo and has appeared on ABC's Q&A, SBS's Mums The Word & About Women and is in demand as a corporate and club performer around the country. Nolan performs regularly at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival with her shows selling out and is the co-creator of Women Like Us, a smash-hit stand-up comedy show which has toured nationally to sold out acclaim. She has been recently named as the Greens' Candidate for the Federal seat of Richmond. You can find Mandy online here:https://www.mandynolan.com.au https://www.mandy4richmond.com https://womenlikeus.com.auInstagram: @mandy.nolanFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/mandynolancomedyAbout Jenny:Jenny is an internationally award-winning comedian and founder of Funny Mummies, who has performed across Australia, the USA and Canada where she trained in comedy with the renowned Second City and Loose Moose Theatre. Her awards include Best Variety Show at United Solo Festival NYC, Excellence in Cabaret at Melbourne Fringe, a Green Room Award nomination for Cabaret Writing and the ABC iView Pitch Perfect Competition. She lives in Brisbane with her British hubby, six kids (half of whom she made herself with the other half outsourced), two cats and a Labrador called Buble. (As in Michael Buble. Not because she's a massive fan, she just thought it was an epic name for a hound.)You can find Jenny online here:www.jennywynter.comFacebook: www.facebook.com/jennywynterInstagram: www.instagram.com/@jenwynterTwitter: www.twitter.com/jennywynterYoutube: www.youtube.com/jennywynterClubhouse: search “Jenny Wynter” Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Funny Mummies: Jane New
Jul 1, 202000:26:38Tap to summarizeJen chats the highs and challenges of sex work with Tassie comedian, erotic fiction novelist and sex worker, Jane New. This was recorded as part of a Covid19-inspired podcasting experiment “Let’s Talk,” but I loved our conversation so much I asked Jane if we could release it on Funny Mummies and she thankfully agreed!Fun fact: this was recorded the evening before Covid19 stuff in Australia really went to shit. Jane said it’s amazing to have this episode recorded as it takes her back to literally the moment before everything in her life changed so dramatically. Fingers crossed we have the chance for a follow up episode sometime soon!Jane got hooked on comedy at the age of 64 at a comedy night with an Over 50s Singles Meetup Group. She won RAW Comedy Tasmania in 2018, “accidentally”. She has written a number of erotic fiction novels and writes and performs about sex and sexuality.You can find Jane online here:https://www.facebook.com/JaneNewComedy/You can find Jenny online here:www.jennywynter.comFacebook: www.facebook.com/jennywynterInstagram: www.instagram.com/@jenwynterTwitter: www.twitter.com/jennywynterJoin the Funny Mummies community on Facebook at https://facebook.com/groups/funnymummies or our website at funnymummies.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Funny Mummies: Emily Kristopher
May 3, 202000:35:16Tap to summarizeEmily Kristopher is an Australian actor, model and writer working in Brisbane. She is most well-known for winning the QLD State Final of the RAW Comedy competition (Melbourne International Comedy Festival, SBS2). In February 2017, she made her La Boite Theatre debut as ‘Lana' in Michelle Law's ‘Single Asian Female'. She also won both ‘Best Cabaret' and ‘Best Cabaret Artist’ at Queensland's Short + Sweet Festival (Brisbane Powerhouse) in 2015.Emily has received a Del Arte Charts award (Favourite Leading Female Performance, 2016) for her role of ‘Billie' in ‘Nice Work if You Can Get It. In addition to performing, Emily enjoys showcasing her writing talents as co-founder and producer of Flowers Theatre Company.Her first full-length play ‘The Mayne Effect' (Anywhere Theatre Festival), broke records with its rapid sell out season and rave reviews. Her award winning second production ‘The Train Tea Society', featured a live steam train in the show (a first for Queensland).You can find Emily online here: https://www.facebook.com/emilykristopherAnd Jen and Em’s comedy antics together here:You can find Jenny online here:www.jennywynter.comFacebook: www.facebook.com/jennywynterInstagram: www.instagram.com/@jenwynterTwitter: www.twitter.com/jennywynterJoin the Funny Mummies community on Facebook at https://facebook.com/groups/funnymummies or our website at funnymummies.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Funny Mummies: Lucy Peut
Apr 20, 202000:36:38Tap to summarizeLucy Peut cracks Jen up with her deadpan musings and also shares her deepest secrets including her particularly dubious method for honing comedy material!Lucy Peut is a mother turned law student and comedian.You can find Jenny online here:www.jennywynter.comFacebook: www.facebook.com/jennywynterInstagram: www.instagram.com/@jenwynterTwitter: www.twitter.com/jennywynterJoin the Funny Mummies community on Facebook at https://facebook.com/groups/funnymummies or our website at funnymummies.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Funny Mummies: Cal Wilson
Apr 5, 202000:44:36Tap to summarizeWe’re on a boat! Cal Wilson and Jen squeeze into Cal’s cabin while performing on a cruise ship, and chat expectations before and after kids, the endless push/pull of career and munchkins and more.Cal Wilson came across the Tasman in 2003 and has gone on to become one of Australia’s most popular comedians, a perennial favourite on television shows such as Spicks and Specks, Good News Week, Thank God You’re Here, and more recently Have You Been Paying Attention? and Hughesy We Have a Problem. Her stand up shows are as engaging as they are hilarious, often bringing the audience’s stories to life alongside her own.In 2018, Cal was invited by Netflix to the Montreal Just for Laughs comedy festival in Montreal to record a Netflix Original Comedy Special which was released in early 2019. Cal was also in the writers’ rooms for the first two seasons of The Weekly with Charlie Pickering . In 2016, she landed one of her dream jobs as an ensemble cast member in Whose Line Is It Anyway? Australia alongside some of the country’s brightest improvisers.Cal continues her national touring and is returning for her 5th year as the Melbourne live show host of the worldwide smash-hit storytelling podcast The Moth.2019 also saw Cal become a very serious children’s author, penning two books called “George and the Great Bum Stampede,” and “George and the Great Brain Swappery.”Twitter: @calboFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/officialcalwilson/Instagram: @calbowilsonJoin our Funny Mummies facebook page here:www.facebook.com/groups/funnymummiesYou can find Jenny online here:www.jennywynter.comFacebook: www.facebook.com/jennywynterInstagram: www.instagram.com/@jenwynterTwitter: www.twitter.com/jennywynter Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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