Stall It with Darren and Joe

Joe McGucken goes full professional talking head this week, and Darren is only too happy to wind him up and let him go.And it all begins when one listener baits him into making the case for getting rid of traffic lights, which Joe needs no second invitation to get right on board with. It’s not long before we end up with the rules of the road being everyone gets the right of way, no buses and a city mired in chaos and confusion.And that’s before we get to the death of the 123 bus.The rats are back, and being given far better press than we gave them last week – although things take a somewhat sad turn. Sad and silly, and we also get some strange Michael Jackson rat trivia.Send all of your questions, comments and rage bait to stallit@goloudnow.com

There’s a wave of plagiarism hitting our ever original hosts, with everyone from Keanu Reeves to James Corden under suspicion. They’re exploring their legal options, armed only with some vey amateur legal counsel. Overall, Joe is just dying to sue someone.We receive a very thoughtful gift from a listener, and Darren has a stunning update on his pursuit of Fontaines DC.That’s just the tip of the celebrity schmooze iceberg this week, as it becomes apparent there has been a fundamental shift in the Stall It universe.Joe delves into the data on marriages and somehow that leads to Darren declaring a strange attraction to the Eiffel tower.And there is much curiosity about Eoin’s time away, which was suitably low key – low key enough for Darren and Joe to create their own version.Send all of your questions and comments to stallit@goloudnow.com

We’re pretending to be dentists, drinking the wrong things, considering tennis and golf as healthy new starts, and thanking the listeners for giving us brief breaks from the misery of daily life.Darren makes a tough call on a questions about life with a rat and we take on the world of talent shows, with the help of some loyal friends. And we wrap it up with a  tour of strange Irish town names and get reminded of a very interesting piece of Dublin street name trivia that links Coolock to the Moon landing.Send all of your comments and questions to stallit@goloudnow.com

Darren's back from his holliers in Tenerife with a full review and it's a mixed bag and almost getting mowed down by mobility scooters was a real issue. There were 'dick mugs' though so all was not lost. Joe comes across a food eating challenge and they debate the best techniques for taking on a two foot burger and we got to hear about his poor Mam's trip to the hospital thanks to soem didgy hair dye.Remember the show 'Goosbumps'? Well Joe introduced it to his little fella and it does not go well. Send all of your questions and comments to stallit@goloudnow.com

If you put ice in your milk, there is help out there...just not on this week's bonus episode. It seems it's a thing and Darren also gets to introduce Joe to 'microwave milk film'...yum!The lads get to be anyone for a day and Darren's dream to be Roy keane ends up in contract negotiations with the F.A.IA listener reveals she met Joe at EP and further lets the cat out of the bag regarding his real personality. Has he been lying to us the whole time? Send all of your questions and comments to stallit@goloudnow.com

Poor ol' Joe falls victim to an audacious crime and proceeds to get stuck into clampers while he's at it and Darren gets to re-tell his famous story of The Great Chicken Roll Robbery.On the back of accidentally almost doing a runner, Joe takes us down memory lane to Mosney and the infamous bar where you could enjoy your chicken and chips whilst being mooned at.A documentary about superfans gets the boys musing on the Irish attutude to celebrity and there's not one but TWO mentions of Marty Whelan.Send all of your questions and comments to stallit@goloudnow.com

Thanks to a listener question, the lads get to nerd out on some fo their favourite Fr Ted lines and episodes.They also get to imagine their lives in the Royal Family/Mexican drug cartel which results in a tear inducing rendition of Cadle In The Wind.A listener accuses Joe of being an agent of chaos and needless to say...chaos ensues.Send all of your questions and comments to stallit@goloudnow.com

Joe gives us the low-down on his weekend at EP including a suprise hello from a personal hero and a less pleasant run-in with another.Darren's reveals his hands on apprach to goldfish and ahead of his holidays we get a full itinerary from himself which may involve a pirate ship and a respectful ttitude towards whales.He also gets an extensive to-do list from Joe involving penis themed drinking utensils...naturally. Send all of your questions and comments to stallit@goloudnow.com

In this bonus episode the lads dive into the curious world of Pokémon cards and Darren shares his own attempts at being a sports card shark. Joe navigates the complexities of kebabs, sauces, and the ever-contentious topic of MSG comes up again. Plus we learn that there's a quite shocking lack of sprouts in the shops and Darren is NOT happy man!Send all of your questions and comments to stallit@goloudnow.com

Darren almost has brush with a life threatening illness but still found time to go to go to Oasis where he has an odd encounter with a burger bun.We get to follow Darren's epic and incresingly drunken journey across town which leads to the discovery of Ed's fandom of Buzzballs.Amy gets a sent some weird emojis, Joe has a run-in with a dodgy builder and we finally settle the debate of who is better...Oasis or Robbie Williams.Send all of your questions and comments to stallit@goloudnow.com

The lads are on Today Fm this week (well kinda) and naturally the age old question of whether you wash your legs in the shower rears its hairy limbs.Joe's pronunciation of a particular word gets called out and needless to say he deals with it calmly and maturely.In an effort to separate themselves from their doppelgangers, we learn what Darren's ramen noodle order is and they take the time to redraw the map of Ireland.Send all of your questions and comments to stallit@goloudnow.com

Does your business need a sales injection? Well sit back and marvel as one of Ireland's biggest internet sensations shows what he can do to bring your profits to the next level...especially if you're a fish monger/pool hall.Joe reveals what he'd envest his Lotto millions on and Darren reveals an awkward encounter whilst interviewing folks on the street.They consider their career options in the future and it's fair to say it won;t be the building trade for Joe.Also if you're thinking of going to the cinema they have some VERY honest reviews of the latest releases. Send all of your questions and comments to stallit@goloudnow.com

This week we get to hear Joe's exclusive recipe for his thankfully niche 'Crack Beer'. Please do NOT try at home.A chat about prison brings up a legendary cornflake related viral moment and Joe has a typically unique view on life behind bars.A listener has a fascinating fact about 'Hillbillies' and Darren makes a shocking revelation about the whereabouts of his previous creations.Oh there may be some Spice Girls karaoke so fair warning.Send all of your questions and comments to stallit@goloudnow.com

This week we get a mini deep dive into one of the greatest live TV moments in Irish history, their mutual love of Podge & Rodge and Joe reveals a potential collab with the legendary Dustin The Turkey.With Oasis in town the lads discuss ticket prices and the craft/dangers of bunking in.Darren's thirst for the celebrity circuit gets called out and things get tasty when he reveals the REAL reason he can't go to E.PSend all of your questions and comments to stallit@goloudnow.com

One listener asks Joe for parenting advice on how to be honest with a child growing up in a world as bleak as Joe sees it.Darren admits a deep fear of beans that uncovers a childhood trauma, and he takes great joy in a question about scrapping with a badger.There’s a claim birthday cakes and parties are middle class and we have another strike over the buses and trains debate(s), which leads to Darren wondering about being stalked by a number 9 bus.There’s  call to bring back a 90s TV classic and we hear about Joe’s encounter with a listener.And we ask, who’s cleaning the Port Tunnel?Send all of your questions and comments to stallit@goloudnow.com

We give you a bit more context on Darren’s deep hurt over some critical comments from listeners.Joe’s trying to explain elevenses but Darren’s only interested in 4am ham and a smoke.We call for closing the internet at night and argue for the social benefits of shutter the information superhighway after dark.Darren reacts to PJ Gallagher’s impression of him, and he’s keen to get his own version of events on the record.Joe’s been at the dog hotel and his pet’s been upsetting the hosts. Now he’s wondering if he should have got a Tamagotchi instead.We get all sorts of pet stories, from McGuckens walking rabbits around town, to urban legends about tigers in Dublin apartments, and a story of an out of control famous chimp.And one listener makes the point Joe has a bit of a claymation look about him.Send all of your questions and comments to stallit@goloudnow.com

Darren feels under attack from the listeners and we have responded by caving to pressure. And so we are bringing you our longest ever bonus episode. Are we intentionally dragging it out? We absolutely are.We wonder about the longest songs, podcasts and other examples of people taking far too long to get to the point, as we take a very long to get to the point, and all just to make a point.There’s chat about eggs for breakfast, a claim Darren is the celebrity grim reaper, and one listener wonders if Joe and Darren might take on the work of doing a deep dive episode, which leads us to wonder if we could sit through Joe’s version of history. And an awful lot more, because we have a lot of time to fill. We hope you don’t have to be anywhere in a hurry.Send all of your comments and questions to stallit@goloudnow.com

Joe battles with an old foe this week, as Darren wrestles with adjusting to a whole new level of fame.We get to hear Joe’s latest conspiracy theory, this one is about the trains and it goes all the way to the top (apparently).Darren’s wondering how he can embrace global fame and still be seen as an ordinary man, and we wonder just how many people around the globe have seen his face.We consider a Face/Off style situation, with Joe taking over Darren’s life for a week with the goal of supercharging his career with some shameless networking.And we look back at our sporting histories, from kids karate to underage football.Send all of your comments and questions to stallit@goloudnow.com

Daren encourages us to dive into a full episode of funny sounds and theme song games.Darren thinks he can make a snack box, but not a chicken ball.A listener’s sighting of a stuck truck causing chaos has us remembering our own excruciating public humiliations, from Darren being trapped in a lift to Joe finding himself in a traffic standoff.Send all of your questions and comments to stallit@goloudnow.com

We get a real insight into the lifestyles of the internet famous this week as Joe and Darren give us a behind the scenes look into two very different events they were invited to with two very different results.Joe gets snared wearing a Liverpool jersey by some eagle eyed lisnteners and his excuse has him sweating...quite litereally.We discover one of Joe's ancenstors could have been a baseball player and Darren has an outrageous invasion of privacy issue whilst out eating Thai food. Send all of your questions and comments to stallit@goloudnow.com