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* PsmithPsyndrome: Herman Goatsheep, owner of a Burgon Dispensing plant in Frinton, whose full name is Herman "Baaah"[[note]]Actual sound effect of a sheep bleating.[[/note]] Goatsheep. Although the "Baaah" is supposed to be silent, he can still hear it if you forget to pronounce it.
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* HypocriticalHumour: In one sketch, Morrissey complains about being called racist simply because he's joined the Ku Klux Klan.
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* HypocriticalHumour: In one sketch, Morrissey {{Music/Morrissey}} complains about being called racist simply because he's joined the Ku Klux Klan.
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* RattlingOffLegal: Some of the [[ParodyCommercial spoof commercials]] have a spoof disclaimer tacked on as well.
--> Maycausedrowsinessdizzinessdisturbancesintheforceanddeath.
--> Maycausedrowsinessdizzinessdisturbancesintheforceanddeath.
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* LIsForDyslexia: Greg Haiste has some attacks of this: Once when asked to read the closing credits and another time when helping to present ''What's on in Leighton Buzzard''. Also, when he gets angry, he sometimes starts to attempt spelling out words:
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* LIsForDyslexia: Greg Haiste has some attacks of this: Once when asked to read the closing credits and another time when helping to present ''What's on in Leighton Buzzard''. Also, when he gets angry, he sometimes starts to attempt spelling out words:words, with dubious results:
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* LIsForDyslexia: Greg Haiste has two attacks of this: Once when asked to read the closing credits and the other time when helping to present ''What's on in Leighton Buzzard''.
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* CreditsGag: Some of the earlier shows feature completely made-up credits at the end. Later shows do credit the people who have actually taken part, but often continue including some made-up credits as well. One episode goes as far as crediting everybody who has taken part, plus a number of invented people as well - everybody that is, except for [[SmallNameBigEgo Greg Haiste]].
* LIsForDyslexia: Greg Haiste hastwo some attacks of this: Once when asked to read the closing credits and the other another time when helping to present ''What's on in Leighton Buzzard''.Buzzard''. Also, when he gets angry, he sometimes starts to attempt spelling out words:
--> '''Greg''': You'd better write me into something soon, or there'll be trouble! T R U I B L S F - trouble!
* LIsForDyslexia: Greg Haiste has
--> '''Greg''': You'd better write me into something soon, or there'll be trouble! T R U I B L S F - trouble!
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** Also this episode:episode, after having dyed the carpet in his hotel room ''"a more relaxing, holistically therapeutic shade of pink"'':
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* CausticCritic: Peter Pilbeam, the show's resident hotel reviewer. Although some of his criticism is rather outlandish, it has to be said…
--> Well the first thing I noticed when I got to the hotel, was the awful stench. This later turned out to be the result of a sandwich that had been left in my pocket for several weeks, but nevertheless it did not bode well.\\
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When I entered the hotel, the owner greeted me with what I'm sure he thought was a smile. But to my mind, it was a grin and I find grins highly irritating. After I'd explained the difference to him in some detail, he still wasn't smiling, but he wasn't grinning either and that was an improvement.
--> Well the first thing I noticed when I got to the hotel, was the awful stench. This later turned out to be the result of a sandwich that had been left in my pocket for several weeks, but nevertheless it did not bode well.\\
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When I entered the hotel, the owner greeted me with what I'm sure he thought was a smile. But to my mind, it was a grin and I find grins highly irritating. After I'd explained the difference to him in some detail, he still wasn't smiling, but he wasn't grinning either and that was an improvement.
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* ComicallyMissingThePoint: One example is Peter Pilbeam, the resident hotel reviewer:
--> To cap it all, I was very offended at the end of my stay, when I was expected to pay the bill. I found this both awkward and uncomfortable, especially as I had no money. I was then moved to a room that looked almost like a prison cell, which I'll be reviewing next week. And let me warn you: It's not going to be pretty! Thank you!
** Also this episode:
--> As I was putting on my bicycle clips and getting ready to leave later in the day, I was heartened to see that my overnight work on the carpet in my room had been discovered, as all of the staff had come to show their appreciation by throwing a generous amount of fruit my way, obviously trying to make up for the mistake they'd made at breakfast.
--> To cap it all, I was very offended at the end of my stay, when I was expected to pay the bill. I found this both awkward and uncomfortable, especially as I had no money. I was then moved to a room that looked almost like a prison cell, which I'll be reviewing next week. And let me warn you: It's not going to be pretty! Thank you!
** Also this episode:
--> As I was putting on my bicycle clips and getting ready to leave later in the day, I was heartened to see that my overnight work on the carpet in my room had been discovered, as all of the staff had come to show their appreciation by throwing a generous amount of fruit my way, obviously trying to make up for the mistake they'd made at breakfast.
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* MixedMetaphor: Greg Haiste's character is prone to this:
--> '''Greg''': I don't want to blow my own xylophone…
--> '''Greg''': I don't want to blow my own xylophone…
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* TheUnintelligible: The Head of Podcasts during his phone calls in the second series.
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* VerbalTic: Don Durbridge, the man who claims to have become slightly odd and who is now going around randomly shouting "Biscuits!".
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* AccentUponTheWrongSyllable:
--> '''David Lynch''': As usual, Keith Chegwin is with our outside broadcast, you nit. Sorry, that should read, with our outside broadcast unit.
--> '''David Lynch''': As usual, Keith Chegwin is with our outside broadcast, you nit. Sorry, that should read, with our outside broadcast unit.
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* ArchEnemy: Phil Oakey and Gary Numan in the ''Human League of Justice'' sketches. In the first episode, Numan wants to regain the top of the charts by using a Number-One-Alyser-Ray. In the next episode, he's taken Susan Ann Sulley and turned her into a "Numanoid" in order to defeat the Human League and steal their fan base from under their feet.
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* ArchEnemy: Phil Oakey and Gary Numan in the ''Human League of Justice'' sketches. In the first episode, Numan wants to regain the top of the charts by using a Number-One-Alyser-Ray. In the next episode, he's taken Susan Ann Sulley and turned her into a "Numanoid" in order to defeat the Human League and steal their fan base from under their feet.noses.
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--> '''John''' (''reading out a letter''): Dear Dredge, I'm a big fan of the Nothing To Do With Anything Show, but feel that the main supporting actor, Greg Haiste, is somewhat underused. What do you propose do to about it? Yours hopefully, Greg Haiste. Well Greg, we've taken everything you've said on board - and completely dismissed it.
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--> '''John''' (''reading out a letter''): Dear Dredge, I'm a big fan of the Nothing To Do With Anything Show, but feel that the main supporting actor, Greg Haiste, is somewhat underused. What do you propose to do to about it? Yours hopefully, Greg Haiste. Well Greg, we've taken everything you've said on board - and completely dismissed it.
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* SmallNameBigEgo: Greg Haiste's character, who feels he's clearly one of the greatest actors around. Unfortunately for him, nobody else shares that view…
--> '''John''' (''reading out a letter''): Dear Dredge, I'm a big fan of the Nothing To Do With Anything Show, but feel that the main supporting actor, Greg Haiste, is somewhat underused. What do you propose do to about it? Yours hopefully, Greg Haiste. Well Greg, we've taken everything you've said on board - and completely dismissed it.
--> '''John''' (''reading out a letter''): Dear Dredge, I'm a big fan of the Nothing To Do With Anything Show, but feel that the main supporting actor, Greg Haiste, is somewhat underused. What do you propose do to about it? Yours hopefully, Greg Haiste. Well Greg, we've taken everything you've said on board - and completely dismissed it.
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* ParodyCommercial: A regular feature, often for [[AcmeProducts K-Tel]] products.
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''The John Dredge Nothing To Do With Anything Show'' is a [[PodCast comedy podcast]] by British comedian Creator/JohnDredge. It gradually evolved out of a number of different approximately five-minutes-long programmes which were originally published on ''Comedy 365'' and are now mostly archived on the ''[[http://404media.blogspot.de/ 404 Funny]]'' podcast ([[http://funny404.libsyn.com/ archives here]]). Many of the shows regular characters first appeared in one of those predecessor programmes.
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''The John Dredge Nothing To Do With Anything Show'' is a [[PodCast comedy podcast]] by British comedian Creator/JohnDredge. It gradually evolved out of a number of different approximately five-minutes-long programmes which were originally published on ''Comedy 365'' and are now mostly archived on the ''[[http://404media.blogspot.de/ co.uk/ 404 Funny]]'' podcast ([[http://funny404.libsyn.com/ archives here]]). Many of the shows regular characters first appeared in one of those predecessor programmes.
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''The John Dredge Nothing To Do With Anything Show'' is a [[PodCast comedy podcast]] by British comedian Creator/JohnDredge. It gradually evolved out of a number of different mostly five-minute programmes which were originally published on ''Comedy 365'' and are now mostly archived on the ''[[http://404media.blogspot.de/ 404 Funny]]'' podcast ([[http://funny404.libsyn.com/ archives here]]). Many of the shows regular characters first appeared in one of those predecessor programmes.
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''The John Dredge Nothing To Do With Anything Show'' is a [[PodCast comedy podcast]] by British comedian Creator/JohnDredge. It gradually evolved out of a number of different mostly five-minute approximately five-minutes-long programmes which were originally published on ''Comedy 365'' and are now mostly archived on the ''[[http://404media.blogspot.de/ 404 Funny]]'' podcast ([[http://funny404.libsyn.com/ archives here]]). Many of the shows regular characters first appeared in one of those predecessor programmes.
* ChristmasEpisode: ''The John Dredge Nothing to Do with Xmas Show''
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* PaperThinDisguise: Town crier Derek [[Characters/DoctorWhoAliensAndMonsters Dolak]].
* RadioVoice: During an interview, the interviewed character sounds as if he's on the telephone - until John reminds him that he's actually in studio with him.
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* OneSteveLimit: Averted in ''The Aliens That Came From A Completely Different Planet To Earth'': It features both Jeff and Jim, who are constantly getting mixed up by the other characters - occasionally even they themselves can't get their names right.
--> '''Jeff''': A flying saucer, Jeff?\\
'''Jim''': I'm Jim, you're Jeff.\\
'''Jeff''': Sorry, that's the trouble with having two characters with similar names, Jeff.\\
'''Jim''': Jim.
* PaperThinDisguise: Town crier Derek [[Characters/DoctorWhoAliensAndMonstersDolak]].
Dolak]]. Although John is getting a bit suspicious…
-->'''John''': I must say, you rather remind me of someone.\\
'''Derek''': Well, I am well known locally.\\
'''John''': Your telescopic manipulator arm in particular looks familiar.\\
'''Derek''': What? This little thing? (''boing'')\\
'''John''': Yes.\\
'''Derek''': It's just there for show, John! JUST! THERE!! FOR!! SHOW!!! (''exterminates a tree'')
* RadioVoice: Duringan one interview, the interviewed character sounds as if he's on the telephone - until John reminds him that he's actually in the studio with him.
--> '''Jeff''': A flying saucer, Jeff?\\
'''Jim''': I'm Jim, you're Jeff.\\
'''Jeff''': Sorry, that's the trouble with having two characters with similar names, Jeff.\\
'''Jim''': Jim.
* PaperThinDisguise: Town crier Derek [[Characters/DoctorWhoAliensAndMonsters
-->'''John''': I must say, you rather remind me of someone.\\
'''Derek''': Well, I am well known locally.\\
'''John''': Your telescopic manipulator arm in particular looks familiar.\\
'''Derek''': What? This little thing? (''boing'')\\
'''John''': Yes.\\
'''Derek''': It's just there for show, John! JUST! THERE!! FOR!! SHOW!!! (''exterminates a tree'')
* RadioVoice: During
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* {{Catchphrase}}: David Lynch saying "Beware of the yellow eagles!"
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Just like his real-life counterpart, Creator/DavidLynch, the show's "partly acclaimed avant-garde film director and weather forecaster": Amongst other things, he made a ten-hour film about a talking lamp, followed by a sequel about a talking bell. Later, he transformed his kitchen into a room for storing gold bars.
--> '''John''': Why, it's amateur film director and avant-garde weather man, David Lynch. If you don't mind me saying so, David, you look like you've been dragged through a picket fence backwards.\\
'''David Lynch''': That's one of my hobbies, John.\\
'''John''': Well, apart from being dragged through a picket fence backwards, what have you been up to recently?\\
'''David Lynch''': I've been nailing things to other things, John.\\
'''John''': Why?\\
'''David Lynch''': I don't know. I suppose I'm just naturally gifted at that sort of thing.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Just like his real-life counterpart, Creator/DavidLynch, the show's "partly acclaimed avant-garde film director and weather forecaster": Amongst other things, he made a ten-hour film about a talking lamp, followed by a sequel about a talking bell. Later, he transformed his kitchen into a room for storing gold bars.
--> '''John''': Why, it's amateur film director and avant-garde weather man, David Lynch. If you don't mind me saying so, David, you look like you've been dragged through a picket fence backwards.\\
'''David Lynch''': That's one of my hobbies, John.\\
'''John''': Well, apart from being dragged through a picket fence backwards, what have you been up to recently?\\
'''David Lynch''': I've been nailing things to other things, John.\\
'''John''': Why?\\
'''David Lynch''': I don't know. I suppose I'm just naturally gifted at that sort of thing.
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* AwesomeButImpractical: The Gasmobile:
--> (''sounds of Gasmobile being powered up'')\\
'''Gasman''': Atomic batteries to Power. Turbines to speed. Ready to move out. Let's go!\\
(''Gasmobile breaks down'')\\
'''Gasman''': On second thoughts, we'll take the bus.\\
'''Robert''': I'll get me Oyster card then.
* BatPhone: The ''Human League of Justice'' can be reached via the Leagueophone, while in the ''Gasman & Robert'' sketch, Gas Commissioner Gordon uses theGas Phone Gasphone for calling Gasman.
--> (''sounds of Gasmobile being powered up'')\\
'''Gasman''': Atomic batteries to Power. Turbines to speed. Ready to move out. Let's go!\\
(''Gasmobile breaks down'')\\
'''Gasman''': On second thoughts, we'll take the bus.\\
'''Robert''': I'll get me Oyster card then.
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* NoSenseOfHumour: Hans Keller:
--> '''Hans Keller''': Before we continue further, I must give a special mention to Radio 3's very own "Smiley Miley", who buried my car in ze sand yesterday as a so called "prank". Needless to say, I immediately contacted ze police und expect ze subsequent court proceedings to result in a custodial sentence. I bet he isn't smiling now.
--> '''Hans Keller''': Before we continue further, I must give a special mention to Radio 3's very own "Smiley Miley", who buried my car in ze sand yesterday as a so called "prank". Needless to say, I immediately contacted ze police und expect ze subsequent court proceedings to result in a custodial sentence. I bet he isn't smiling now.
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* WrittenSoundEffect: During the ''Gasman & Robert'' sketch:
-->(''various fighting noises and the Batman TV theme tune'')\\
'''Narrator''': Hell! Blam! Thwack! Kvetch! Block! Ftwang! Twerge! Genug! Etcetera!\\
'''The Broker''': Curse you, Gasman! You have overpowered me with your onomatopoeic fighting noises.
* WrittenSoundEffect: During the ''Gasman & Robert'' sketch:
-->(''various fighting noises and the Batman TV theme tune'')\\
'''Narrator''': Hell! Blam! Thwack! Kvetch! Block! Ftwang! Twerge! Genug! Etcetera!\\
'''The Broker''': Curse you, Gasman! You have overpowered me with your onomatopoeic fighting noises.
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* ArchEnemy: Phil Oakey and Gary Numan in the ''Human League of Justice'' sketches. In the first episode, Numan wants to regain the top of the charts by using a Number-One-Alyser-Ray. In the next episode, he's taken Susan Ann Sulley and turned her into a "Numanoid" in order to defeat Phil Oakey and steal his fan base.
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* ArchEnemy: Phil Oakey and Gary Numan in the ''Human League of Justice'' sketches. In the first episode, Numan wants to regain the top of the charts by using a Number-One-Alyser-Ray. In the next episode, he's taken Susan Ann Sulley and turned her into a "Numanoid" in order to defeat Phil Oakey the Human League and steal his their fan base.base from under their feet.
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** On ''The Daily Dredge'', the Prunes from Omicron 3 want to invade earth, but have to phone in and ask for the way.
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** In a later episode, ''The Human League'' has to prevent a race of evil aliens from stealing all the synthesizers in the world:
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* AlienInvasion: Several:
** On ''The Daily Dredge'', the Prunes from Omicron 3 want to invade earth, but have to phone in and ask for the way.
--> '''Listener''' (''calling in''): Yeah, they need to take the A14. That'll take them directly from Omicron 3 to Prestwood Town Centre.
** In a later episode, ''The Human League'' has to prevent a race of evil aliens from stealing all the synthesizers in the world:
--> '''Phil Oakey''': But don't they have / any synthesisers of their own?\\
'''Secret Service Head''': Their synth pop technology is way behind ours. They've only just mastered the [=LinnDrum=].
** And finally, on the ''Nothing To Do With Anything Show'' itself, there's the ongoing series of ''The Aliens That Came From A Completely Different Planet To Earth''.
** On ''The Daily Dredge'', the Prunes from Omicron 3 want to invade earth, but have to phone in and ask for the way.
--> '''Listener''' (''calling in''): Yeah, they need to take the A14. That'll take them directly from Omicron 3 to Prestwood Town Centre.
** In a later episode, ''The Human League'' has to prevent a race of evil aliens from stealing all the synthesizers in the world:
--> '''Phil Oakey''': But don't they have / any synthesisers of their own?\\
'''Secret Service Head''': Their synth pop technology is way behind ours. They've only just mastered the [=LinnDrum=].
** And finally, on the ''Nothing To Do With Anything Show'' itself, there's the ongoing series of ''The Aliens That Came From A Completely Different Planet To Earth''.
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* BatPhone: The ''Human League of Justice'' can be reached via the Leagueophone, while in the ''Gasman & Robert'' sketch, Gas Commissioner Gordon uses the Gas Phone for calling Gasman.
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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Usually averted, as most characters based on real-life celebrities appear under their real names.
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* ReadingTheStageDirectionsOutLoud:
--> '''Policeman''': Right, I'll get down to the nick and we'll be in touch as soon as there are any developments. (''sound of car door'') Exits in police car.
--> '''Policeman''': Right, I'll get down to the nick and we'll be in touch as soon as there are any developments. (''sound of car door'') Exits in police car.
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* CaptainErsatz: Two different sketches parodying Franchise/ScoobyDoo: ''Doggie Doo, What Kind Of Dog Are You?'' and, even more thinly disguised, ''Scooby-Don't''.
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''The John Dredge Nothing To Do With Anything Show'' is a [[PodCast comedy podcast]] by British comedian Creator/JohnDredge. It gradually evolved out of a number of different mostly five-minute programmes which were originally published on ''Comedy 365'' and are now mostly archived on the ''[[http://404media.blogspot.de/ 404 Funny]]'' podcast ([[http://funny404.libsyn.com/ archives here]]). Many of the shows regular characters first appeared in one of those predecessor programmes.
After a special half-hour-long ChristmasEpisode in 2011 - called appropriately ''The John Dredge Nothing to Do with Xmas Show'' - the first official episode of the ''Nothing To Do With Anything Show'' was published in May 2012. Since then, four series, each featuring six episodes, have been produced with the help of producer Richard Cray. A number of other comedians and actors have had recurring appearances in the show as well, including Anna Emerson, Greg Haiste, James Shakeshaft, Max Dowler, Will Franken, Anil Desai, Miles Eady, Katy Slater, Mark Davison and a lemon meringue pie.
The show is available for download on the [[http://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/john_dredge_show/ British Comedy Guide]] and it has also been broadcast on radio on some independent radio stations in the London area. Some additional written material is available on [[http://johndredgeblog.blogspot.co.uk John Dredge's blog]].
The show can best be described as surreal SketchComedy with lots of audiophonic weirdness, similar to Radio/TheGoonShow, [[Creator/KennyEverett Kenny Everett's]] work or Radio/TheBurkissWay. It also features a number of recurring characters and Shows Within a Show, the latter usually appearing once per series.
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!! The Nothing To Do With Anything Show and its predecessors contain examples of:
* AcmeProducts: K-Tel
* AsHimself: Greg Haiste and Anne Emerson are both playing fictional versions of themselves.
* CaptainErsatz: Two different sketches parodying Franchise/ScoobyDoo: ''Doggie Doo, What Kind Of Dog Are You?'' and, even more thinly disguised, ''Scooby-Don't''.
* LIsForDyslexia: Greg Haiste has two attacks of this: Once when asked to read the closing credits and the other time when helping to present ''What's on in Leighton Buzzard''.
* PaperThinDisguise: Town crier Derek [[Characters/DoctorWhoAliensAndMonsters Dolak]].
* RadioVoice: During an interview, the interviewed character sounds as if he's on the telephone - until John reminds him that he's actually in studio with him.
* RecurringCharacter: Being a sketch show, loads of these.
* SoundEffectBleep: As the ''The Adventures of Basil the Cylinder'' sketches are supposedly a children's series, Nigel the Parallelogram's swearing is treated thus.
After a special half-hour-long ChristmasEpisode in 2011 - called appropriately ''The John Dredge Nothing to Do with Xmas Show'' - the first official episode of the ''Nothing To Do With Anything Show'' was published in May 2012. Since then, four series, each featuring six episodes, have been produced with the help of producer Richard Cray. A number of other comedians and actors have had recurring appearances in the show as well, including Anna Emerson, Greg Haiste, James Shakeshaft, Max Dowler, Will Franken, Anil Desai, Miles Eady, Katy Slater, Mark Davison and a lemon meringue pie.
The show is available for download on the [[http://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/john_dredge_show/ British Comedy Guide]] and it has also been broadcast on radio on some independent radio stations in the London area. Some additional written material is available on [[http://johndredgeblog.blogspot.co.uk John Dredge's blog]].
The show can best be described as surreal SketchComedy with lots of audiophonic weirdness, similar to Radio/TheGoonShow, [[Creator/KennyEverett Kenny Everett's]] work or Radio/TheBurkissWay. It also features a number of recurring characters and Shows Within a Show, the latter usually appearing once per series.
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!! The Nothing To Do With Anything Show and its predecessors contain examples of:
* AcmeProducts: K-Tel
* AsHimself: Greg Haiste and Anne Emerson are both playing fictional versions of themselves.
* CaptainErsatz: Two different sketches parodying Franchise/ScoobyDoo: ''Doggie Doo, What Kind Of Dog Are You?'' and, even more thinly disguised, ''Scooby-Don't''.
* LIsForDyslexia: Greg Haiste has two attacks of this: Once when asked to read the closing credits and the other time when helping to present ''What's on in Leighton Buzzard''.
* PaperThinDisguise: Town crier Derek [[Characters/DoctorWhoAliensAndMonsters Dolak]].
* RadioVoice: During an interview, the interviewed character sounds as if he's on the telephone - until John reminds him that he's actually in studio with him.
* RecurringCharacter: Being a sketch show, loads of these.
* SoundEffectBleep: As the ''The Adventures of Basil the Cylinder'' sketches are supposedly a children's series, Nigel the Parallelogram's swearing is treated thus.
