Olaf Falafel: The Seriously Silly Art of Being Stupid

Olaf Falafel gaslit his own mother into believing she had a serious wind problem using a remote-control fart machine with a subwoofer — and has somehow turned that energy into an award-winning career in children's books and stand-up.Olaf Falafel is a comedian, illustrator, and author known for his Edinburgh Fringe shows, the Dave Funniest Joke at the Fringe 2019, and children's books including Old MacDonald Heard a Fart, Poo on a Pogo Stick, and the Trixie Pickle Art Avenger series. His new graphic novel The Far Out Five is out now, and his family show — Olaf Falafel's Stupidest Super Stupid Show, is currently on tour.Why comedians make better children's authors than celebrities — and why the crossover is more natural than the publishing industry admitsThe origin of Old MacDonald Heard a Fart — how singing it on the school run with his daughters turned into an actual book dealHow to achieve the perfect duck fart Why winning the Dave Funniest Joke at the Fringe brought death threats Why Lost is the show he'd erase from history — and the years he spent downloading it on Limewire before the ending stole everything backWhat it means to draw 200-page graphic novels while watching Liam Neeson films as background noise — and why Taken is genuinely one of his favourite moviesConnect with Olaf here:InstagramYoutubeOriginally released under the podcast's former name: Television Times.Find us on social media — links on the About page. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.