''TOFOP'' (an acronym of ''Thirty Odd Foot Of Podcast'') is a weekly Australian

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created and hosted by

Wil Anderson William James Anderson (born 31 January 1974) is an Australian comedian, writer, presenter, and podcaster. Early life William James Anderson was born on 31 January 1974 in Sale, Victoria, and grew up on a dairy farm near Heyfield, Victoria.< ...

and

Charlie Clausen Charlie Clausen (born 31 July 1977) is an Australian actor most known for his role as Jake Harrison on ''McLeod's Daughters'' in 2003 and as Acting Sergeant Alex Kirby (TV character), Alex Kirby on the police drama series ''Blue Heelers'', whic ...

, and launched in July 2010. Episodes are roughly an hour in length, and primarily consists of casual conversations between Anderson and Clausen on a variety of recurring themes, including; film, popular culture, and sport. Common features are humorous personal anecdotes, and detailed discussions on bizarre hypothetical situations. Significant media coverage in June 2012 helped TOFOP rise to become the most popular comedy podcast in Australia. The podcast has over 50,000 followers in 70 countries mostly in

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and the

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. Anderson and Clausen have made occasional appearances on episodes of TOFOP's "sister podcast," American comedy podcast

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. This relationship contributed greatly to the podcast's American popularity. During Episode 83 of TOFOP, released on 9 September 2012, the projected long-term hiatus of the podcast was announced. Clausen and Anderson were deliberately vague in detailing the reasons for TOFOP's hiatus, other than the fact that a particular company employing Clausen had objected to the content of the podcast. In January 2013 the hiatus was revealed to have been requested by the

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after Clausen had received a starring role as Zac MacGuire in popular Australian soap opera ''

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''. The show returned in February 2013 under the name FOFOP, a reference to a previous episode and the television show

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. However, due to contractual obligations the show returned without Clausen, and instead with Anderson and one or more guests, nicknamed "guest-Charlies". On 1 June 2014 Clausen returned to TOFOP in Episode 84, after almost 2 years. Each episode of the podcast averages 20,000 downloads. In 2017, TOFOP joined the podcasting network, Planet Broadcasting.

Guest appearances

Despite the fact that ''TOFOP'' was usually recorded with only Anderson and Clausen present, several episodes also featured guests, including Australian comedians Michael Chamberlin, Justin Hamilton and

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hosts

Greg Behrendt Gregory Behrendt (born July 21, 1963) is an American comedian, talk show host, author, and musician. His work as a script consultant for the HBO sitcom ''Sex and the City'' paved the way for co-authoring of the New York Times bestseller, ''New Y ...

and

Dave Anthony David Sean Anthony (born August 26, 1967) is an American comedian, actor, screenwriter, and podcaster. He is best known as the creator and co-host of the comedy podcast ''The Dollop'', in which he tells notable stories from American history to h ...

appeared on several episodes of the podcast, and also collaborated with Anderson and Clausen during the 2012

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, in a live podcast recording dubbed "Super Pod". Since Episode 52, the podcast introduction featured prominent Australian voice-over artist

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performing a

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of advisory content warnings commonly heard on Australian television.

List of TOFOP episodes

References

External links

* {{official website, http://www.tofop.com *
TOFOP
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''TOFOP'' on iTunes

Wil Anderson website
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