And Finally... with Ribs and Dill-logo

And Finally... with Ribs and Dill

Comedy

And Finally... with Ribs and Dill is a weekly digest of light-hearted bite-size news. Comedians Ribs Norman and Neil David Alexander Dillon trawl the globe - and the entire internet - for the funniest news stories and then do their best to make them even funnier. The show is recorded in one take.

Location:

United Kingdom

Genres:

Comedy

Description:

And Finally... with Ribs and Dill is a weekly digest of light-hearted bite-size news. Comedians Ribs Norman and Neil David Alexander Dillon trawl the globe - and the entire internet - for the funniest news stories and then do their best to make them even funnier. The show is recorded in one take.

Language:

English


Episodes
Ask host to enable sharing for playback control

Episode 62: Green Onion Cereal and the Trifle Revival

7/24/2020
Comedians Ribs Norman and Neil David Alexander Dillon chat about the lighter news stories of the week, including how KFC will soon be printing your next bucket of food, the correct order in which to schedule your day (but they've got the morning visit to the toilet before coffee, so it's clearly wrong), the £200,000 cupboard in London's Notting Hill, the lockdown trifle revival, and the tale of the green onion cereal (which is not oniony enough!). This episode was recorded live in front of...

Duration:00:53:27

Ask host to enable sharing for playback control

Episode 61: 400 Parrots and Nowhere to Go

7/9/2020
Comedians Ribs Norman and Mel Byron* chat about the lighter news stories of the week, including how we actually smell in stereo (bad news for owners of elderly pets), the poor Florida man who is trapped with 400 mean parrots, how the public are using the Queen's holiday home as a toilet, the inept criminals who really did covet their neighbours' belongings, the frankly disturbing news that Bernie Ecclestone is a father again at 89-years-old, and Rishi Sunak's ridiculously expensive coffee...

Duration:00:59:02

Ask host to enable sharing for playback control

Episode 60: Let Sleeping Owls Lie (Face Down)

6/25/2020
Comedians Ribs Norman and Neil David Alexander Dillon chat about the lighter news stories of the week, including how flying robots with bubble guns are going to save the world, the fact that owls really do sleep face down, the man who sued a date over a cold sore, a list of the kinkiest people in lockdown, why K-Pop fans and TikTokers have our vote, the most hated foods you've never tried, the frankly wild news that sales of slippers are soaring*, and the best biscuits with which to recreate...

Duration:00:58:24

Ask host to enable sharing for playback control

Episode 59: Fruity Scofflaws and Books By The Yard

6/18/2020
Comedians Ribs Norman and Mel Byron* chat about the lighter news stories of the week, including how Brexit means we can soon import cheap Tim Tams (Ribs had never heard of them either), the 104-year-old stud tortoise who has finally been given the night off, the racing pigeon who joined the Navy, the secret language of bees (it's quackers), the travesty that is buying books by the metre, how we'll be following the Premier League's example at our next low-turnout gig, the fruitiest scofflaw**...

Duration:00:58:43

Ask host to enable sharing for playback control

Episode 58: The Man Who Sat On A Fish and other unlikely stories

6/11/2020
Comedians Ribs Norman and Neil David Alexander Dillon chat about the lighter news stories of the week, including the dying man who buried $10M-worth of treasure and then didn't die, how your favourite Looney Tunes characters are swapping guns for scythes (that's OK then), how doing the recycling is what makes men gay (along with eating whole cucumbers on park benches*), the £10,000 cat cage, and the man who sat on a fish (so he says). *we've all done it. This episode was recorded live in...

Duration:00:54:44

Ask host to enable sharing for playback control

Episode 57: Beware Dolphins Bearing Gifts

6/2/2020
Comedians Ribs Norman and Neil David Alexander Dillon chat about the lighter news stories of the week, including something exciting that happened to Neil when his boyfriend was on his knees (actually perfectly SFW), the liquid French bread (nicer than it sounds), the bed that thought it was art, how beards are really face armour, the time travelling parcel from the past (they all are really, if you think about it), beware dolphins bearing gifts (the manipulative gits), how a bear was lured...

Duration:00:54:12

Ask host to enable sharing for playback control

Episode 56: Lobsters With Squeegees and Live Sudoku

5/26/2020
Comedians Ribs Norman and Neil David Alexander Dillon chat about the lighter news stories of the week, including the spurned lover who sent a tonne of onions to her ex, the personalised present that went wrong, how lobsters repel predators with squeegees, why neglected Paris pot plants have Raymond to thank, why men won't wear masks, the fake football supporter row that blew up, the world's most fascinating YouTube channel (live sudoku - it's nail-biting stuff), the world's oldest YouTuber...

Duration:00:53:20

Ask host to enable sharing for playback control

Episode 55: The Wholesome Hole In The Wall

5/18/2020
Comedians Ribs Norman and Mel Byron* chat about the lighter news stories of the week, including a wholesome whole in the wall, why Ribs is going to try to get a job at Twitter, the rise of saucy stories during lockdown (plus the impromptu Ribs & Mel BookClub), the bonehead who broke into a museum, the creepy restaurant filled with mannequins, how to spot a drug dealer (hint: they are now wearing disguises), and if you can't find a drug dealer, the next best thing - penguin poo, apparently....

Duration:00:58:28

Ask host to enable sharing for playback control

Episode 54: Lockdown Cocktails and Asparagus Fortunes

5/12/2020
Comedians Ribs Norman and Neil David Alexander Dillon chat about the lighter news stories of the week, including the discovery that even people in comas don't like the smell of rotten fish, the new language of lockdown (pinot fridgio, anyone?), how asparagomancy can tell the future (as long as it starts with angular letters like V, E and T), that the mere act of giving someone a posh bag turns them selfish, the deluded woman drinking semen by the glass (now there's a lockdown cocktail for...

Duration:00:53:34

Ask host to enable sharing for playback control

Episode 53: Eels Seek Humans for Facetime Fun

5/4/2020
Comedians Ribs Norman and Neil David Alexander Dillon chat about the lighter news stories of the week, including the rise of the rebel botanists, the lonely eels seeking cam-chats, the joyful end of food sharing (Ribs is writing this and she doesn't like to share), the hard-drinking shrew and his lightweight elephant friend, the table in a field laughingly called a restaurant (the whole thing is the restaurant, not the field), how the Swedes are spreading chicken manure everywhere and...

Duration:00:53:14

Ask host to enable sharing for playback control

Episode 52: Angel Delight and the Mushroom Canoe

4/27/2020
Comedians Ribs Norman and Mel Byron* chat about the lighter news stories of the week, including the nostalgic joy of Angel Delight, how to swim indoors, the story of the dopey cannabis grower, the fungal canoe (turns out there is "mushroom" in it - geddit?!), how posh people now have to do their own hoovering, the pillow challenge (which is not resisting smothering your other half during lockdown), and how we're all only really properly dressed from the waist up. This episode was recorded...

Duration:00:55:33

Ask host to enable sharing for playback control

Episode 51: Flamingo BFFs and the Super Size Siphonophore

4/20/2020
Comedians Ribs Norman and Neil David Alexander Dillon chat about the lighter news stories of the week, including how flamingos have BFFs, the chandelier-loving woman suing for discrimination, the longest creature ever found (a siphonophore* that's even longer than Ribs's arms), the 60-year-old who accidentally ejected himself from a jet (closely followed by Neil ejecting himself from the broadcast, but Ribs covered so well you'll hardly notice), the thief who stole a toilet seat (bet you...

Duration:00:53:00

Ask host to enable sharing for playback control

Episode 50: Pregnant Pandas and Naughty Czech Nudists

4/12/2020
Comedians Ribs Norman and Neil David Alexander Dillon chat about the lighter news stories of the week, including the goats who've taken over a Welsh town (all Welsh people are thankful it wasn't sheep or they'd never hear the end of it), the pandas who've finally got it on now that no-one is watching, the Czech nudists who are refusing to wear face masks (and should probably be wearing groin-masks), the monkeys who may or may not have made a raft millions of years ago, and the surprising...

Duration:00:58:30

Ask host to enable sharing for playback control

Episode 49: The Pub Where Nobody Knows Your Name

3/18/2020
Comedians Ribs Norman and Neil David Alexander Dillon chat about the lighter news stories of the week, including the glorified cake tester (at the glorified rate of £50 an hour), the Spotify lullaby playlist with added terrifying clown laugh, the curly tale of the pig pedometers, the pub where nobody knows your name, the family who "accidentally" ordered too many toilet rolls, the 7-year-old who clearly has never been told not to take sweets (or payment thereof) from strangers, and the dog...

Duration:01:03:34

Ask host to enable sharing for playback control

Episode 48: Cordon Bleu and the Duck Army of China

3/9/2020
Comedians Ribs Norman and Neil David Alexander Dillon chat about the lighter news stories of the week, including the shocking alleged behaviour of men in Indonesian swimming pools (involving their little swimmers), how Neil is employing dogs in the fight against Corona virus (be worried, he is an actual nurse), how Cordon Bleu got its name, the duck army of China, how to make ice cream less accessible to orange people, and the real life money laundering operation with really, really clean...

Duration:00:53:51

Ask host to enable sharing for playback control

Episode 47: Champney's Magic Apple Pies & the Great Henge Heist

2/25/2020
Comedians Ribs Norman and Neil David Alexander Dillon chat about the lighter news stories of the week, including 50 things girls should do before they're 5 (pressure much?), the great henge heist (but really how Greece wants their marbles back, the bad sports*), how you can get your own free beer goggles (purchase necessary), Champney's magic apple pies, and the Glasgow dog walker without an actual dog. WARNING: this week's podcast contains descriptive imagery of Ribs** that you may find...

Duration:00:55:49

Ask host to enable sharing for playback control

Episode 46: Cunning Cuttlefish and The Great Potholes of Blackpool

2/14/2020
Comedians Ribs Norman and Neil David Alexander Dillon chat about the lighter news stories of the week, including the world's largest collection of pizza boxes (it's inside Neil's flat - only joking), how cunning cuttlefish leave room for dessert (but said dessert is shrimp, so not that clever if you ask us), the similarly cunning fox who broke into the Houses of Parliament (but "climbed" the escalator, so clearly not very clever either), how Blackpool Council has such enormous potholes it is...

Duration:01:00:22

Ask host to enable sharing for playback control

Episode 45: The Not-So-Little Owl and the Billboard Dater

2/6/2020
Comedians Ribs Norman and Neil David Alexander Dillon chat about the lighter news stories of the week, including how people have got up a real head of steam over a new job at the Tate, a high tech way to feel the weather (no, not Windows), billboard dating, great news for the unfaithful (and lovers living with their parents), and the not-so-Little Owl who couldn't get off the ground. If you like what you hear, you might want to check out our website (ribsanddill.com), follow us on Instagram...

Duration:00:54:00

Ask host to enable sharing for playback control

Episode 45: When Needlefish Attack!

1/28/2020
Comedians Ribs Norman and Neil David Alexander Dillon chat about the lighter news stories of the week, including when needlefish attack*, why Ribs should get a job on the new men's makeup counter at John Lewis, the daring rescue by three masked furries, how a frozen iguana might make a good murder weapon, why Wetherspoons might not be the best place to take the kids if you want more than two drinks**, the dastardly dentist operating from a hoverboard, and the Spanish alcoholic bears (no need...

Duration:01:07:18

Ask host to enable sharing for playback control

Episode 44: The Angry Arsonist Tortoise

1/10/2020
Comedians Ribs Norman and Neil David Alexander Dillon chat about the lighter news stories of the week, including job news for polite weirdos ("civil" service, innit?), what we'll be buying in 2020 (it all sounds all very middle-class - baba ganoush, anyone?), why Neil fears guns (sensible) and old people (somewhat odd), the cost of a pauper's funeral, the perfect job for the sweet-toothed among you, and the angry arsonist tortoise. If you like what you hear, you might want to check out our...

Duration:01:07:06