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* StupidStatementDanceMix: Buglers have made mixes of John's many instances of bursting into song, Andy's Florence Nightingale Rap, and even the theme tune. They are, unsurprisingly, awesome.
** A fan favorite is "Boffin in a Coffin" from the end of episode 77.

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''The Bugle'' is a weekly (formerly on hiatus, formerly monthly, formerly weekly) satirical news podcast, hosted by Creator/JohnOliver (until 2016, now a rotating guest host) and Andy Zaltzman, and distributed by Times Online until January 2012; it continues as an independent podcast on iTunes and Soundcloud. New episodes of ''The Bugle'' are released on Fridays, related material continues to appear. It first appeared in October 2007.

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''The Bugle'' is a weekly (formerly on hiatus, formerly monthly, formerly weekly) satirical news podcast, hosted by Creator/JohnOliver (until 2016, now a with rotating guest host) hosts) and Andy Zaltzman, and distributed by Times Online until January 2012; it continues as an independent podcast on iTunes and Soundcloud. New episodes of ''The Bugle'' are released on Fridays, related material continues to appear. It first appeared in October 2007.




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* [[CricketRules Cricket statistics]]. So, so many cricket statistics.



* InformedJudaism: It's a running joke that Andy is a very bad Jew.

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* IndianLaws: Anuvab Pal, one of the most commonly recurring of the new hosts, likes to explain how a sector of Indian law tend to be more of a suggestion, due to the country's widespread if usually polite bureaucratic corruption. For example, in episodes discussing UsefulNotes/BorisJohnson where Anuvab appears, he will often note how most Indians wouldn't think of Johnson's government as unusually corrupt.
* InformedJudaism: It's a running joke that Andy is a very bad Jew.Jew (in the sense that he doesn't go to temple, observe a kosher diet, etc.)



* NewJobAsThePlotDemands: For Nish Kumar, one of the most commonly recurring hosts since the episode 4000 relaunch, who is happy to poke fun at how he cannot seem to keep a job in British comedy, including a {{Quibi}} series.



* PhraseCatcher: Alice Fraser, one of the new hosts, is fond of getting just a touch blue, only for Andy to mock-admonish her with "Family show, Alice."



* RunningGag: Hotties From History, The Audio- Cryptic Crossword and Nick Griffin being a bit of a country loving maniac.

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** Alice Fraser, one of the more popular of the cohosts in the 4000-series, has no small amount of this herself, sometimes causing Andy to cheer her on,
* RunningGag: Hotties From History, The Audio- Cryptic Audio-Cryptic Crossword and Nick Griffin being a bit of a country loving maniac.



* SpecialGuest: Ex-producer Tom, Rory Bremner, and — due to the decreasing frequency of his appearances — the American.

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* SpecialGuest: Ex-producer Tom, Rory Bremner, and — due to the decreasing frequency of his appearances — the American. John featured as the guest host for an episode in 2021, and of course, technically all the hosts save Andy post episode 4000 are special guests to a degree, though some turn up often enough they feel more like regulars.



** I recommend checking out "Boffin in a Coffin" from the end of episode 77.

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** I recommend checking out A fan favorite is "Boffin in a Coffin" from the end of episode 77.


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* ThoseTwoGuys: Whenever Andy and recurring guest host Felicity Ward get on about cricket (this may be why they took their double act about the sport to an entire podcast of its own, Urnbelievable Ashes).


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** It was finally averted for John for real--because his job hosting his [[LastWeekTonight own show]] takes up too much of his time, most weeks.
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* WhatExactlyIsHisJob: John and Andy sometimes derive humour from mocking pointless jobs such as university researchers researching [[CaptainObvious patently obvious]] claims such as "Aggressive people more likely to get in fights".

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* WhatExactlyIsHisJob: John and Andy sometimes derive humour from mocking pointless jobs such as university researchers researching [[CaptainObvious patently obvious]] obvious claims such as "Aggressive people more likely to get in fights".
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''The Bugle'' is a formerly weekly (formerly on hiatus, formerly monthly, formerly weekly) satirical news podcast, hosted by Creator/JohnOliver (until 2016, now a rotating guest host) and Andy Zaltzman, and distributed by Times Online until January 2012; it continues as an independent podcast on iTunes and Soundcloud. New episodes of ''The Bugle'' are released on Fridays, related material continues to appear. It first appeared in October 2007.

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''The Bugle'' is a formerly weekly (formerly on hiatus, formerly monthly, formerly weekly) satirical news podcast, hosted by Creator/JohnOliver (until 2016, now a rotating guest host) and Andy Zaltzman, and distributed by Times Online until January 2012; it continues as an independent podcast on iTunes and Soundcloud. New episodes of ''The Bugle'' are released on Fridays, related material continues to appear. It first appeared in October 2007.
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Andy has recently taken to indulging his predilection for a HurricaneOfPuns on a certain topic. Sausage loving Buglers fear the wurst.

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\n* Andy has recently also taken to indulging indulge his predilection for a HurricaneOfPuns on a certain topic. Sausage loving Buglers fear the wurst.
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'''''The Bugle''''' is a formerly weekly (formerly on hiatus, formerly monthly, formerly weekly) satirical news podcast, hosted by [[Series/TheDailyShow John Oliver]] (until 2016, now a rotating guest host) and Andy Zaltzman, and distributed by Times Online until January 2012; it continues as an independent podcast on iTunes and Soundcloud. New episodes of ''The Bugle'' are released on Fridays, related material continues to appear.

It first appeared to thunderous applause in October 2007.

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'''''The Bugle''''' ''The Bugle'' is a formerly weekly (formerly on hiatus, formerly monthly, formerly weekly) satirical news podcast, hosted by [[Series/TheDailyShow John Oliver]] Creator/JohnOliver (until 2016, now a rotating guest host) and Andy Zaltzman, and distributed by Times Online until January 2012; it continues as an independent podcast on iTunes and Soundcloud. New episodes of ''The Bugle'' are released on Fridays, related material continues to appear.

appear. It first appeared to thunderous applause in October 2007.



* BitingTheHandHumor: In Episode 121, Andy plays a Fox News sportscaster commentating while Obama plays golf. It is not exactly flattering to the Fox network. Also, there's an older episode where Andy mentions an article in the [[UsefulNotes/BritishNewspapers Sun]] and says "The Sun is, of course, a cousin of the Bugle—not that we all get on with all our relatives".

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!!''The Bugle'' provides examples of:
* BitingTheHandHumor: In Episode 121, Andy plays a Fox News sportscaster commentating while Obama plays golf. It is not exactly flattering to the Fox network. Also, there's an older episode where Andy mentions an article in the [[UsefulNotes/BritishNewspapers Sun]] ''[[UsefulNotes/BritishNewspapers The Sun]]'' and says "The Sun "''The Sun'' is, of course, a cousin of the Bugle—not ''The Bugle''—not that we all get on with all our relatives".



* CalvinBall: Some of the "marginal sports" covered by Wol such as "The World Doubt Harbouring Championships"
* CloudCuckooLander: The American (always), Andy (sometimes, though more frequent if the cricket is on)
* EagleLand: The American of Ask an American fame seems to be sending up British ideas about the average American: he is jingoistic, well armed and enjoys indulging in capitalist abandon, particularly if it involves buying a jet ski or a large television.

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* CalvinBall: {{Calvinball}}: Some of the "marginal sports" covered by Wol such as "The World Doubt Harbouring Championships"
* CloudCuckooLander: {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: The American (always), Andy (sometimes, though more frequent if the cricket is on)
* EagleLand: {{Eagleland}}: The American of Ask an American fame seems to be sending up British ideas about the average American: he is jingoistic, well armed and enjoys indulging in capitalist abandon, particularly if it involves buying a jet ski or a large television.
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* NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer: Their {{Twitter}} [[http://twitter.com/hellobuglers feed]] mostly features the same type of satire as the podcast, with the label "FACT ALERT" for the bits that aren't.

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* NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer: Their {{Twitter}} Website/{{Twitter}} [[http://twitter.com/hellobuglers feed]] mostly features the same type of satire as the podcast, with the label "FACT ALERT" for the bits that aren't.
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** After the willing of Prince William and Kate Middleton, a RunningGag developed involving John's love for a certain part of Pippa Middleton's anatomy. "Oh, Pippa..."

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** After the willing wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton, a RunningGag developed involving John's love for a certain part of Pippa Middleton's anatomy. "Oh, Pippa..."
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'''''The Bugle''''' is a monthly (formerly weekly) satirical news podcast, hosted by [[Series/TheDailyShow John Oliver]] (until 2016, now a rotating guest host) and Andy Zaltzman, and distributed by Times Online until January 2012; it continues as an independent podcast on iTunes and Soundcloud. New episodes of ''The Bugle'' are released on Fridays, related material appeared until it fell into disrepair.

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'''''The Bugle''''' is a monthly formerly weekly (formerly on hiatus, formerly monthly, formerly weekly) satirical news podcast, hosted by [[Series/TheDailyShow John Oliver]] (until 2016, now a rotating guest host) and Andy Zaltzman, and distributed by Times Online until January 2012; it continues as an independent podcast on iTunes and Soundcloud. New episodes of ''The Bugle'' are released on Fridays, related material appeared until it fell into disrepair.
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* NewJobEpisode: Chris, the replacement for Tom the Producer, appears for the first time in Episode 108. So far he seems a bit perky but we can't label him TheScrappy. Yet...

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* NewJobEpisode: Chris, the replacement for Tom the Producer, appears for the first time in Episode 108. So far he seems He seemed quite perky, but soon became a bit perky but we can't label him TheScrappy. Yet...of a joke Scrappy.



** A recent RunningGag involves John's love for a certain part of Pippa Middleton's anatomy. "Oh, Pippa..."

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** A recent After the willing of Prince William and Kate Middleton, a RunningGag involves developed involving John's love for a certain part of Pippa Middleton's anatomy. "Oh, Pippa..."
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* TakeThat: The "Fuckeulogies" for OsamaBinLaden and a few others.

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* TakeThat: The "Fuckeulogies" for OsamaBinLaden UsefulNotes/OsamaBinLaden and a few others.
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* BitingTheHandHumor: In Episode 121, Andy plays a Fox News sportscaster commentating while Obama plays golf. It is not exactly flattering to the Fox network. Also, there's an older episode where Andy mentions an article in the [[BritishNewspapers Sun]] and says "The Sun is, of course, a cousin of the Bugle—not that we all get on with all our relatives".

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* BitingTheHandHumor: In Episode 121, Andy plays a Fox News sportscaster commentating while Obama plays golf. It is not exactly flattering to the Fox network. Also, there's an older episode where Andy mentions an article in the [[BritishNewspapers [[UsefulNotes/BritishNewspapers Sun]] and says "The Sun is, of course, a cousin of the Bugle—not that we all get on with all our relatives".

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