About this episode

In this episode, Johnny Vaughan and Gavin Woods explore absurd made-up military legends created by their listeners.

A man called Edith, a colonel archbishop, and yet more proof that the Bloomin’ Legends audience may be every bit as unhinged as the people on the main leaderboard. The Extra Legendary Bit is where Johnny Vaughan and Gavin “The Woodman” Woods dive into your messages, your made-up masterpieces, and the gloriously absurd listener creations that somehow feel weirdly plausible. What You’ll Hear in This Episode: 🎖️ Men with women’s names at war – listeners send in brilliantly overblown military heroes with names like Edith , Hilary and Anastasia 🪖 Fake military legends with very real detail – from Gallipoli to Monte Cassino, the backstories get more elaborate, more eccentric and more ridiculous by the minute 🥄 Billiard cues, horseradish and whiff-whaff paddles – the sort of detail that makes these invented war heroes feel alarmingly believable 📬 Listener legends at full power – Johnny and Gav celebrate the audience’s growing talent for creating the most absurd military men in British history If you love funny true stories, comedy podcasts, military history, absurd British humour, listener messages and made-up legends , this episode of Bloomin’ Legends is for you. Got a story that…

People in this episode

Hosts: Johnny Vaughan, Gavin Woods

Topics covered

• absurd military legends
• listener creations
• comedy
• British humour
• military history
• made-up stories

Keywords

• military heroes
• listener messages
• comedy podcast
• British history
• absurd stories

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Organizations: Global

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