Into Your Head
Summary: For 20 years Irish amateur humourist, sage, semi-hermetic racanteur, fantastist, socially awkward cat obsessive, energy drinks misuser and husband Neal O'Carroll has honed the art of starting comedic ramblings with no idea how the first sentence will end, never mind what he will say. 800 shows in, he claims he's finally making some progress. Irish comedy podcast Into Your Head's roots include O'Carroll's long enjoyment of classic BBC Radio panel game Just a Minute. From an early age (27) he was starting sentences with “Two Cats walk into a Bar" more frequently than the average man of his demographic, initially in early 2000s humour blog Neal's Belch, which spawned his unscripted yet dialogue-laden Matchstick Cats webomics. By 2006, soon to be former moped operator O’Carroll had noticed saying stuff is easier than writing, and the rest is history. Particularly the first 400 shows which he insists are dreadful. Luckily the series evolved over seventeen years and another 400 episodes to become the free-flowing stream-of-unconciousness humour show it is today. The 2023 reversal of the show's retirement followed a reinvigorating reboot of his Matchstick webcomics at https://MatchstickCats.com - making them more vision-impaired accessible for his ongoing sight loss, even abandoning long trusted MS Paint for MS Paint 3D, although he admits it's relevance for the audio podcast is yet to be understood. And now so can you.
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The argument for urine in fast food, remembering Ireland’s 7-11, artificial panic mechanisms, the problem with ball games, flowers and drugs versus stabbing people, understanding keys, James Joyce’s Ulysses versus Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and more, with your humble proprietor Neal from Ireland. License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported.
A special episode, the content of which is too difficult to describe here. With your humble proprietor, Neal from Ireland, or some version thereof. License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported.
A slightly more over-caffeinated than usual Neal discusses Bandages versus beards, how to use an information kiosk, breaking down in a barber shop, a digital heart, unregulated home surgery, filming The Invisible Man, stabbing a cartoon character and more. License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported.
Degrees of roundness, reasons not to call a spade a spade, bar water management, stuff versus things, 22 Jump Street, analysing chicken crap, the dark ages of television, colourising rain, axe murders versus axe suicides, fish flasks and more, with your humble proprietor Neal from Ireland. License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported.
Teaching cats about pint glasses, from data entry to a patented Professor Stephen Hawkins, a new anti-vomit device, churches doing it in English, competing with the Sistine Chapel and more, with your humble proprietor Neal from Ireland. License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported.
In another extended episode, we look at teaching common sense to architects, cleaning up after the dinosaurs, Europe\’s shiny new currency, a wasted chalkboard, how to know if you\’re in the wrong house, philosophising with a dog and lots more, with your humble proprietor Neal from Ireland. License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported.
In this overly lengthy episode, a look at re-imagining Rio De Janeiro with balloons, cloud beverage storage, why respecting illiterate cats is good PR, ways to make things longer, how to stop starting, walking with a bear on your head, marketing cabbage in cola drinks, a new approach to airport runways, the argument against musicianship, punctuation for dead people (featuring Glen Acton) and more, with your humble proprietor Neal from Ireland. License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommerc0ial-0NoDerivs 3.0 Unported.
Another fine episode of Into Your Head with your humble proprietor Neal from Ireland, who apparently isn’t in much of a description-writing mood today. License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-0NoDerivs 3.0 Unported.
How Columbus laid the way for Satellite TV, Elephant-inspired fashion, how to dissuade a cat from drinking, catering for arachnophobia sufferers and more, with your humble proprietor Neal from Ireland. License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported.
A dog’s eye’s view of the world, regulating wicker, bringing under-cooked steaks to a blood-bank, a fresh idea about wheelchair use, the dangers of over-compensating, language-based duels, duck tours in Space, pride in the Titanic and more, with your humble proprietor Neal from Ireland. License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported.
A machine for managing sit-com enjoyment, dogs who blaspheme, belch-based evolution, a critique of tree genealogy, politically correct cinema snacks, allowing dead trees to rot, a cat in an M&M factory and more, with your humble proprietor Neal from Ireland. License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported.
Back from the podcast’s short Summer break, Neal discusses obnoxious translators, juicing versus vomiting, lessons for the bartending industry from WWE wrestling, living a vagueness-based life, pulling wool over a human’s eyes, drinking cider in front of a pope, transmogrifying weeds, Dr Doolittle’s Achilles’s heel and more. License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/] Attribution: “Neal from Ireland via IntoYourHead.ie “
Unregulated surgical implements, worms versus a worm, Jesus’ baker’s dozen, demystifying Bob Dylan, the future of self-service checkouts and more, with your humble proprietor Neal from Ireland. License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported.
A lesson about misplaced violence, the world before cow sandwiches, a special song for Monday Morning and lots more, with your humble proprietor Neal from Ireland. License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/] Attribution: “Neal from Ireland via IntoYourHead.ie “
Into Your Head\’s seven year anniversary episode! Eggshell carpets, life as an OCD clergyman, how cats avoid hot day scams, life before writing implements, an food pipe, European monkey-nut diplomacy and more, with your humble proprietor Neal from Ireland. License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported.
