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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Religious surveys by supermarkets, when to give up water, one-dimensional faces, zoo-style literacy, artificial feces flavoring, how percentiles don\’t work, how to name a child and more, with your humble proprietor Neal from Ireland. License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported.
Being normal, round things versus square things, ear plug issues, a brief history of masking tape, internal teeth, freezing nuts, nuts in McDonalds, the language of popsicle sticks, entertaining Hitler, how squirrels work and more, with your humble proprietor Neal from Ireland. License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported.
Three dimensional roundabouts, existentialism in cats and lots more, with your humble proprietor Neal from Ireland. License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported.
Bono versus a fly, remembering frogspanwing, more about flies, something about monkey nuts and a lot more about flies, with your humble proprietor Neal from Ireland. License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported.
Sháinne Greoige returns with a unique look at the newspapers and Neal discusses recasting Larry Hagman, starting a country without founding fathers, cat milk versus Murphy\’s stout, how to break eggs, unlimited mutual exclusivity, how to lose Masterchef, Willy Wonka calling the kettle black and more. License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported.
A brief history of reaper-fearing, generic metaphors, sleeping in the desert, generic horses, listener correspondence, generic Guinness, over-rated multitasking, the meaning of life and more, with your humble proprietor Neal from Ireland. Listener Mitch\’s new independent podcast, mentioned in this episode, can be found via intoyourhead.ie/antidisestablishmentarianism. License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported.
Cow chemistry, sheep sociology, pollen versus washing powder, soundstages for cats, brownie politics, a new system for documenting cat names and lots more, with your humble proprietor Neal from Ireland. License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported.
First-time listeners should avoid. Neal discusses how de-evolution works, a circus-style education, paper as a drug, learning about balance from fish scales, Paula Abdul\’s cat and more. License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported.
Corporal punishment in offices, how religious debates occur in the afterlife, applying TV set design principles in the real world, Frankenstein fences, understanding paint tins and more. with your humble proprietor, Neal from Ireland. License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported.
How actors deal with toilet scenes, disease branding, using Latin as filler, filler-free sandwiches, entertaining the vulgar masses, permeable bongo tops, the phrase \”Away in a hack\”, chalkboard fingernail psychology, things they never covered on Oprah, importance versus value, creating fictional universes and more. With your humble proprietor Neal from Ireland. License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported.
Overcoming monkey-nut related vomiting, naming TV doctors, songs about holocaust deniers, serving feces in bars, learning through Latin, recognizing Brian May and much more. License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported.
The Who’s Quadrophenia in real life, why kids should have guns, what tinned apples tell you about going outdoors, knowing too much about dogs, a brief history of agoraphobia, disclaimers versus re claimers, Judge Judy\’s husband, incentives for hygiene, model airways, living down under and more, with your humble proprietor, Neal from Ireland. License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported.
Shaving versus piloting a helicopter, modern attitudes to fingernails, self-administered reprimandation, the mind\’s eye versus jelly, thesaurus crimes, do monkeys bite their fingernails?, the woman on the Pepsi Max bottles and more, with your humble proprietor, Neal from Ireland. License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported.
How to look at a windmill, re-purposing a Post-It, memorable phone numbers, running a pharmacy from a pub, podcasts via telephone, bar philosophy and more. License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported.
Orange according to Stanley Kubrick, furniture delivery logistics, how giraffes get served in bars, pilot episodes, apostles versus disciples, Dragon\’s Den versus Shark Attack and more, with your humble proprietor Neal from Ireland. License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported.
