History Podcast / PappysFlatshareSlamdown

[[http://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/flatshare_slamdown/ Pappy's Flatshare Slamdown]] is a comedy PanelShow podcast created by and starring British sketch troupe Pappy's. Matthew Crosby takes on the role as host/landlord, and the two team captains/tenants are Tom Parry and Ben Clark. Each team has a guest contestant/house guest.

The podcast was first published in 2011. There have been 5 series, and 4 specials. From 2016 onwards, a new episode is due to be released on the 1st of each month.

* ThatCameOutWrong: Adam Buxton has one in "Council Tax" during Round One, when he has to say the opposite of what he means.
--> '''Adam:''' I love talking to therapists. I love opening up in all kinds of ways. ''[{{Beat}}]'' That came out right.

** Played straight during the Flat Games round in "Bath", when the contestants had to go through the alphabet and eat Cream Eggs everytime they landed on a word that either teammate had in their names. Tom's teammate, Josie Long, couldn't eat Cream Eggs on medical grounds, leaving Tom to eat two Josie's share of the chocolate as well. He ends up eating about 7 altogether, and then ''keeps on eating'' for the rest of that episode.

'''Tom:''' You had a go at Matt for his long anecdotes.\\

* BritishBrevity: The first two series had 6 episodes; and from the third series onwards, there have only been 4 per series. Including the 4 specials, 29 episodes have been released altogether.

* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: Most of their guests have only made one appearance over the entirety of the podcast's run. So far, there have been 55 guests in total to appear on the podcast.

* BerserkButton: Constantly insulting the other team in childish voices will trigger this in Matthew. He cleared both teams' scores after round two in series 5 episode 4.

* BritishBrevity: The first two series had 6 episodes; and from the third series onwards, there have only been 4 per series. Including the 4 specials, 28 episodes have been released altogether.

* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Holly Burn, when she guested in series 5 episode 3.
* CollectiveGroan: A more extreme example happened in series 5 episode 2, when the audience ''booed'' one of the puns.

* DrinkingGame: Series 3 episode 4.

* EmbarrassingNickname: The podcast's official {{Website/Twitter}} hashtag is #flatslam. In series 3 episode 3, Tom jokingly suggests #benders, which has since become the podcast's unofficial second hashtag, much to Matthew's chagrin.

* GenreBlindness: In series 1 episode 1, the Flat Olympics round involved guests Creator/RichardHerring and Andy Zaltzman throwing ham at Tom and Ben. Listeners complained the round was too visual for a podcast. That said, it hasn't stopped them from doing visual things, such as being fed biscuits non-stop for 30 seconds, or hoovering each other's faces.
* IncrediblyLongNote: The long, drawn-out note is a staple of the Quick-Fire Round jingles, bar most of the series 2 ones. This was taken to extremes in series 1 episode 6, when they invited a trained opera singer to participate in that jingle.
** Aside from the Quick-Fire Round, some of the rounds do occasionally involve the panelists having to hold out notes to secure a win. A notable example happened in series 1 episode 4, when Olly Mann held his note for so long that afterwards he pointed out nobody needed to question who won that round.

** The opening sketch for series 5 episode 2. Tom and Ben complain that they always have to fix the problems, and threaten to revolt unless Matthew does something. It's short-lived, as Matthew proceeds to hypnotise them, summarises the structure of all their opening sketches, and subdues them into never revolting again before snapping them out of hypnotism.
** In the same episode, during the Quick-Fire Round jingle, Tom also points out that he always does the singing and forces Ben to swap places with him. Bearing in mind that Tom is the only member of Pappy's who ''can't'' play the guitar, you can imagine how that jingle ended.

* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: Most of their guests have only made one appearance over the entirety of the podcast's run. So far, there have been 53 guests in total to appear on the podcast.

* NotSoAboveItAll: Series 1 episode 6, when [[spoiler: [[{{UnexpectedCharacter}} Matthew appears in the Quick-Fire Round jingle]] to tell Tom and Ben that they would no longer be allowed to get away with the lengthy jingles. How does he tell them? By also singing along to the tune. This is particularly notable as the only jingle Matthew has ever participated in.]]
* OneSteveLimit: Averted in series 2 episode 3, when guest Tom Allen appeared on Tom Parry's team.

* OverlyPrePreparedGag: Tom tells one in series 4 episode 3.

** Creator/TimVine when he made a guest appearance in series 3, episode 2. So much so that at the start of the episode, Matthew told a joke with the exact same punchline as Tim's, and had to watch his jokes for the rest of the episode.
** Averted in series 2 episode 6, when guest Norman Lovett revealed he hates puns.

* RedOniBlueOni: Rob Beckett (red) and Romesh Ranganathan (blue) had shades of this in their appearances in series 5 episode 4.

** Guest Josh Widdicombe had one in series 2 episode 4, when he talked about a former housemate. It was also averted in the same episode with the other guest, Brian Gittins.

* ThatCameOutWrong: Adam Buxton has one in series 5 episode 2 during Round One, when he has to say the opposite of what he means.

* WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway: Played with in series 2 episode 4, when that episode's Flat Games required the panelists to inhale helium. Josh Widdicombe's voice stayed the same, no matter how much he inhaled, leading him to joke that "when you discover your superpowers, sometimes, it's disappointing".
* WhatTheHellIsThatAccent: Nick Helm's attempt at a Dudley accent in series 3 episode 4 qualifies.
* YourMom: One of the joke Round Ones suggested in series 2 episode 4 involves the panellists making temperature-based insults about each others' mums.

The podcast was first published in 2011. There have been 5 series, and 3 specials. A new Christmas special has been announced, and from 2016 onwards, a new episode is due to be released on the 1st of each month.

* BritishBrevity: The first two series had 6 episodes; and from the third series onwards, there have only been 4 per series. If you also include the 3 specials, then that means so far a total of 27 episodes have been released altogether.
* ChristmasEpisode: There have been two Christmas specials; one in 2011, the other in 2013.

* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: Most of their guests have only made one appearance over the entirety of the podcast's run. So far, the only returning guests have been David O'Doherty (series 3 episode 1, and the 2013 Christmas special) and Helen Zaltzman (series 1 episode 4, and series 5 episode 3), which means there have been 52 guests in total to appear on the podcast.

-->'''Tom:''' I'm not going to do the washing up, Matthew, because I used to work in a seafood restaurant, and I used to do the washing up with a German fellow by the name of Hans. Now, in that seafood restaurant, there was a Hungarian waitress who went by the name of Yourface. Now, Youface was very fond of the fish that were in the tank in that sea restaurant. There was one piece of seafood in particular. It was a little squid. It was a bright green squid, and it wasn't a very clever squid, and oh, Yourface ''loved'' that squid. No-one would eat it because it looked so silly, and it looked so green, and looked so stupid. But one day, a man came in and said, "I want to order that squid"; and Yourface said, "no, not the squid". He said, "yes, kill that squid and I will eat it". So she got the squid, she went back into the kitchen, she picked up the knife, she said, "I can't do it. I just can't do it". The manager said, "unless you kill that squid, you're fired". She said, "I just can't do it". So, they got the washer upper - the German washer upper - Hans, he came over, picked up the knife and said, "I'll do this". He picked it up and said, "I can't do it. I just can't do it". The manager said, "oh no - [[{{pun}} Hans that does dishes is as soft as Yourface with the mild green fairly thick squid]]". [[note]]The punchline is a pun on the old Fairy Liquid slogan, For hands that do dishes can feel as soft as your face, with mild green Fairy Liquid.[[/note]]

The podcast was first published in 2011. There have been 5 series, and 3 specials.

* GenreBlindness: In series 1 episode 1, the Flat Olympics round involved guests Creator/RichardHerring and Andy Zalztman throwing ham at Tom and Ben. Listeners complained the round was too visual for a podcast. That said, it hasn't stopped them from doing visual things, such as being fed biscuits non-stop for 30 seconds, or hoovering each other's faces.

* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: Most of their guests have only made one appearance over the entirety of the podcast's run. So far, the only returning guests have been David O'Doherty (series 3 episode 1, and the 2013 Christmas special) and Helen Zalztman (series 1 episode 4, and series 5 episode 3), which means there have been 52 guests in total to appear on the podcast.

--> '''Ben:''' Well, this is genuinely true, right? I've got a bit of a wierd house, where my room isn't connected with the main house, so I have to go outside to get into my bedroom. True story. And I went for a shower, and realise I'd lost - left my towel, didn't loose it - so I went back into my room to get my towel. I'd left my door open, and there was a cat in my room, and it scared the shit out of me, um...\\

--> '''Matthew:''' I already don't know which housemate I prefer now; Josh, who just tells endless stories, or Brian, who doesn't talk at all.

** The opening sketch for series 5 episode 2. Tom and Ben complain that they always have to fix the problems, and threaten to revolt unless Matthew does something. It's short-lived, [[spoiler:as Matthew proceeds to hypnotise them, summarises the structure of all their opening sketches, and subdues them into never revolting again before snapping them out of hypnotism]].

-->'''Tom:''' I'm not going to do the washing up, Matthew, because I used to work in a seafood restaurant, and I used to do the washing up with a German fellow by the name of Hans. Now, in that seafood restaurant, there was a Hungarian waitress who went by the name of Yourface. Now, Youface was very fond of the fish that were in the tank in that sea restaurant. There was one piece of seafood in particular. It was a little squid. It was a bright green squid, and it wasn't a very clever squid, and oh, Yourface ''loved'' that squid. No-one would eat it because it looked so silly, and it looked so green, and looked so stupid. But one day, a man came in and said, "I want to order that squid"; and Yourface said, "no, not the squid". He said, "yes, kill that squid and I will eat it". So she got the squid, she went back into the kitchen, she picked up the knife, she said, "I can't do it. I just can't do it". The manager said, "unless you kill that squid, you're fired". She said, "I just can't do it". So, they got the washer upper - the German washer upper - Hans, he came over, picked up the knife and said, "I'll do this". He picked it up and said, "I can't do it. I just can't do it". The manager said, "oh no - [[spoiler: [[{{pun}} Hans that does dishes is as soft as Yourface with the mild green fairly thick squid]]]]". [[note]]The punchline is a pun on the old Fairy Liquid slogan, For hands that do dishes can feel as soft as your face, with mild green Fairy Liquid.[[/note]]

* [[EmbarrassingNickname Embarrassing Hashtag]]: The podcast's official {{Website/Twitter}} hashtag is #flatslam. In series 3 episode 3, Tom jokingly suggests #benders, which has since become the podcast's unofficial second hashtag, much to Matthew's chagrin.

* GenreBlindness: In series 1 episode 1, the Flat Olympics round involved guests RichardHerring and Andy Zalztman throwing ham at Tom and Ben. Listeners complained the round was too visual for a podcast. That said, it hasn't stopped them from doing visual things, such as being fed biscuits non-stop for 30 seconds, or hoovering each other's faces.

* OverlyPrePreparedGag: Tom does one that really takes the biscuit in series 4 episode 3.

* NotSoAboveItAll: Series 1 episode 6, when [[spoiler: [[{{UnexpectedCharacter}} Matthew appears in the Quick-Fire Round jingle]] to tell Tom and Ben that they would no longer be allowed to get away with the lengthy jingles. How does he tell them? By also singing along to the tune. This is particularly notable as being the only time Matthew has ever participated in a jingle.]]

* ThatCameOutWrong: Adam Buxton has one in series 5 episode 2 during Round One.
--> '''Adam:''' I love talking to therapists. I love opening up in all kinds of ways. ''[{{Beat}}]'' [[{{ItMakesSenseInContext}} That came out right]].
* TheNapoleon: Matthew, although this is less prominent in later episodes. See the above BerserkButton example.
* TheStoic: Romesh Ranganathan, to an extent. That said, he [[NotSoStoic amusingly breaks his persona]] in Round One, with rapping that really needs to be heard to be believed.

* TheNapoleon: Matthew, although this is less prominent in later episodes. It's still there though; see the above BerserkButton example.

* [[EmbarrassingNickname Embarrassing Hashtag]]: The podcast's official Website/Twitter hashtag is #flatslam. In series 3 episode 3, Tom jokingly suggests #benders, which has since become the podcast's unofficial second hashtag, much to Matthew's chagrin.

* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: Most of their guests have only made one appearance over the entirety of the podcast's run. So far, the only two returning guests have been David O'Doherty (series 3 episode 1, and the 2013 Christmas special) and Helen Zalztman (series 1 episode 4, and series 5 episode 3), which means there have been 52 guests in total to appear on the podcast.

* LampShadeHanging: The opening sketch for series 5 episode 2. Tom and Ben complain that they always have to fix the problems, and threaten to revolt unless Matthew does something. It's short-lived, [[spoiler:as Matthew proceeds to hypnotise them, summarises the structure of all their opening sketches, and subdues them into never revolting again before snapping them out of hypnotism]].

* VerbalTic: "Shocker" gets thrown around quite a bit by Tom and Matthew, usually as a [[{{CollectiveGroan}} reaction to a terrible joke]], or an anecdote that doesn't really go anywhere.

* {{Jingle}}: Each round has its own jingle.

* BritishBrevity: The first two series had 6 episodes; and from the third series onwards, there have only been 4 per series. If you also include the 3 specials, then that means so far a total of 27 episodes have been released altogether.

* TheNapoleon: Matthew, although this is less prominent in later episodes.

''"We're going to have a have a FLATSHARE SLAMDOWN!"''

The podcast was first published in 2011. There have been 4 series, 3 specials, and a fifth series is being released in January 2015.

* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: Tom and Ben are prone to this trait.

** At the end of the Beef Brothers round, whoever had their argument read out would win "a checkbook and Ben", and have a chance to do some strange activity with Tom related to that episode's theme.

Pappy's Flatshare Slamdown is a comedy PanelShow podcast created by and starring British sketch troupe Pappy's. Matthew Crosby takes on the role as host/landlord, and the two team captains/tenants are Tom Parry and Ben Clark. Each team has a guest contestant/house guest.

* GenreBlindness: In series 1 episode 1, the Flat Olympics round involved guests Creator/RichardHerring and Andy Zalztman throwing ham at Tom and Ben. Listeners complained the round was too visual for a podcast. That said, it hasn't stopped them from doing visual things, such as being fed biscuits non-stop for 30 seconds, or hoovering each other's faces.
* NoIndoorVoice: Fanshawe Standon.