Me1 vs Me2 Snooker with Richard Herring

Frame 90: Anal Embarrassment. It's an exciting time for the Mes with sobriety and fitness adding a new level to the contest and both players start out in high spirits, but a thrilling frame is marred by post match petulance and unnecessary rudeness from the loser, with potentially career ending disrespect (cos you can't say anything these days, with all the politically correct brigade). Hopefully it won't spoil your enjoyment of a wonderful frame on the old green (and possibly slightly warped) board. If there was any way we could edit it out of this live broadcast, believe me, we would.

Frame 89 - No Offence. Richard is terrified one of the Mes might inadvertently bring a Twitter storm down on this sporting podcast by making an inappropriate joke, but will they? Or will they let their snooker do the talking? And when these players are on the practice board, who are they playing? It's an incredibly exciting frame with a denouement that no one could have predicted (apart from one person), which makes all European football look like the moribund multi-person entertainment that it surely is. Over 20 more of these in 2019. Imagine that.

Frame 88 - A Dog and a Dyson. The snooker board is being cleaned and the Mes are 4 months sober, but will this cleanliness count for or against the debauched Me2. I am not going to tell you in this blurb, that would be crazy, but there is incident aplenty, including a curious visitor to the arena (it's Wolfie the dog in a podcast crossover, there's no point in pretending otherwise, she's in the photo). Still a chance to own a signed snooker ball or cool T shirt or sponsor this podcast via our kickstarter www.rhlstp.co.uk/kickstarter. Thanks to all those of you who donated. We hit the target! But still happy to pay for even more podcasts. Please do not watch the terrible two player snooker, which isn't even in audio only. It's an aberration.

Frame 87 - Cat Hair On My Balls. The team are back and raring to go on a rare afternoon frame of self-playing snooker, with one of the Mes really needing a win to keep within passing distance of the other Me. It's a thrilling frame with the shot of the competition thus far and an extraordinary end game that will leave you on the seat of your pants. Also Richard explains how clever it is what's going on here and not stupid like you thought. If you want to get 25 more frames of Me1vsMe2 Snooker in 2019 or see a filmed tournament between the players or get a Me 1 OR a Me2 T shirt (BUT NOT BOTH) or a signed snooker ball in a presentation case or have the arena named after you without having to die or be a shape, then please back our kickstarter http://rhlstp.co.uk/kickstarter before May 5th 2019.

Frame 86 - The Contents of a Cat's Anus. The Mes are back, but do they have an ulterior motive to sell you something? If they do then all they are selling is the best quality audio only self-playing snooker podcast in the world. Commentator 1 has all his allusions to Brexit worked out and ready to go, and the trailing Me has some work to do if he wants to catch up with the leading Me. Balls fly off the board, the board is too close to the wall and there's cat fur everywhere and maybe worse. Meanwhile the babies sleep and Me2 misses alcohol. Enough to lose? Let's let the snooker do the talking. To find out the amazing snooker and stone related rewards in the latest RHLSTP kickstarter head to http://rhlstp.co.uk/kickstarter and pledge to ensure Me 1 vs Me2 snooker gets to at least Frame 111.

Frame 85 - A Lot of Work For Charity. It's been a while but a debacle of a stone clearing podcast has sent the Mes back to the old green board to clear something more reliable, the 16 balls that make up the 6 by 3 snooker challenge. Everyone is finding their feet in this one, but there is some extraordinary play, a new score board, Robot Voice possibly beginning to become sentient and standing on polystyrene. All the elements that fans of a man playing himself at snooker badly will enjoy. And if you want to give to Refuge then here's the link: https://www.gofundme.com/whensinternationalmensday2019

Frame 84: It's About Snookering Time. Yes, they're back. It's been hard to get all the players back in one room for various reasons, but they're back in the arena and hungry for victory, even if they have forgotten how the podcast works, how to play snooker and how to count. But for now, all any self-playing snooker fan cares about is that they are at least returning to the old green board. And hopefully this time they're back for good. It's recorded on Apple AirPods, so if you don't like the sound then complain to Ian Apple, not me. See a 5 frame Me1 vs Me2 tournament/art installation in the extras of Richard's new DVD Oh Frig I'm 50 available here http://www.gofasterstripe.com/ohfrig as a DVD or download. A rare opportunity to see what the players look like and have visuals as well as audio in what was a very exciting event. If you enjoy this podcast you might also like Stone-Clearing with Richard Herring, available on iTunes or here: https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/stone_clearing_with_richard_herring/

Frame 83: Ancient Beam. After the controversies of Frame 82 there are some hirings and some firings into space, but the new blood seems to inject some new super snooker energy into the arena, with an extraordinary level of play which already has some people calling this the self-playing frame of the century. More back and forth that insert a topical reference in here. To see Richard on tour or talking to famous people rather than himself, check out his tour and podcast recordings at www.richardherring.com And to support the snooker please consider making a monthly donation at http://d.rip/richard-herring

Frame 82: Snooker Wars: A New Hope. It's been about 8 months and the arena has moved and the table has gone from London basement to Hertfordshire attic and nobody involved can remember what is involved in this podcast or what the rules of snooker are. But we're back motherfuckers with a frame wrought with controversy. Is the snooker board true? Is commentator 2 still on board? Where's the snooker scorer? Is Robot Voice booted up. Who will win? See an exclusive pre-match video on the secret channel accessible for Dripsters http://d.rip/richard-herrring or monthly badgers www.gofasterstripe.com/badges See Richard on tour (will there be any interval snooker) www.richardherring.com/ohfrig/tour

Chris Evans (Not That One) Trophy 2017 REPLAY - I Hate St Alban. After the missing pink controversy in the original CE(NTO) Trophy 2017, the National Self-Playing Snooker Convention has insisted on a replay of this crucial annual tournament, this time at the venue that was once know as the St Albans Arena (but is of course now renamed forever). It's a war of attrition and a difficult frame to listen to, let alone watch. But who will be the ultimate victor and take home the cup (it's actually a potato)? And why is this so much more excruciating with an audience? Three more chances to see THE BEST - alas without interval snooker at the Leicester Square Theatre, 8th-10th June: https://leicestersquaretheatre.ticketsolve.com/shows/873558949/ - RHLSTP will return very soon.

Me1 Vs Me 2 Snooker Special - Chris Evans (Not That One) Trophy 2017 - Who Sunk The Pink? It's an exciting day for self-playing snooker, as finally the sport is played in what was once a bastion of two player snooker, the Reading Hexagon. 500 people crammed into the venue to watch Richard Herring do stand-up and at least 100 of them stayed to watch the main event, the snooker, played under a tight time frame, during the interval. Herring was tired and unimaginative, but thankfully he could let the snooker do the talking, in this fascinating, but controversial frame on a much too small snooker board in which one of the players nearly lost his manhood or his trousers. It is all as embarrassing as it sounds. But that is part of the appeal. Onwards to the time when this is how Herring makes his living and becomes a self-playing snooker billionaire. Come and see Richard on tour. There is chance of a rematch at St Albans area on the 12th May. http://www.richardherring.com/the_best/tour If these prove popular enough we may tour just the snooker at some point. (Photo by Dave Dogfaceboy). WARNING Sound quality is terrible. Audiophiles will get what's coming to them.

Frame 81: The Blue Incredible Hulk. A week has passed in your humdrum lives, but only minutes have gone by in the Me vs Me Snooker universe as these two giants of the game play their 76th frame against each other (at least in this particular tournament - I am sure none of us have forgotten the embarrassment of the Me3 Apostasy). It's another corker of a frame which leaves the players as emotional wrecks with the souls of poets. It has to be heard to be believed. Though would have been better if you could have watched it too. See Rich on tour at http://www.richardherring.com/the_best/tour or pay to see AIOTM before anyone else at http://www.gofasterstripe.com/aiotm

Frame 80 - A Child's Organ. We've been away for a long time, but now for the first frame of 2017 the players and commentators have reconvened, having found a mutually agreeable space in their diaries, to play the 80th frame of Me vs Me snooker, in this long-running battle to find the best Me on the old green board. There has been some damage to the board and the room is littered with toys, but it's a thrilling frame. You will find out about an impending frame at the Reading Hexagon and all of Richard's stand-up tour dates http://www.richardherring.com/the_best/tour and the impending move into a brand new arena for future matches. It's like we were never away.

Frame 79: Big Brexit. After the death of arguably the greatest sportsman of all time, Me1 and Me2 must get back together for a frame in honour of that man, but also it's timely as they have the chance to play for whether the UK stays in Europe or Brexits. But which player will play for each side (even Richard isn't sure) and is it oddly apt that the snooker board is surrounded by childish things as they try to settle the most childish of debates. It's one of the most ridiculous frames of self-playing snooker you will ever hear and I promise you it was all for real. It's also the longest. And accidentally brilliant performance art. Which is apt ahead of the Mes appearance at the Tempting Failure festival of transgressive art that is happening at the end of July. Details here: https://www.facebook.com/events/508451952696150/

Frame 78: It’s Better Than Drinking Alone - After a heady night and a kickstarter triumph, the players relax with a little drink. It seems to hit them hard though and they both make uncharacteristic errors. And when you think how characteristic errors are for these players that is pretty amazing. It’s a denouement that beggars belief and will raise questions about collusion, betting patterns and off-shore tax havens. See Rich and the Mes (after the show) on tour. All remaining dates at www.richardherring.com/happy_now/tour