Podbit · Parenting Hell with Rob Beckett and Josh Widdicombe
Tom Davis's stand-up tour is called Spudgun — a nickname he got on building sites, named after the bumbling character from the sitcom Bottom. But a colleague then informed him the term actually means something rather different about watery sperm, which Tom says he covers at length in the show.
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Tom Davis is welcomed back to Parenting Hell, and Rob immediately acknowledges that the previous Zoom appearance was a heavy one — Tom had announced his surrogacy journey on the podcast for what was effectively the first time publicly. Tom reflects on the significance of that decision and the volume of people who still reach out to him about it. The conversation then shifts to Tom's new stand-up tour Spudgun. The name came from a building site nickname, evoking the cowardly character Spudgun from the classic BBC sitcom Bottom. Tom thought the nickname referred to being an idiot or a lumbering loser — until a colleague informed him it also means something rather different and considerably more physiological. Tom confirms this is addressed at length in the show itself. Rob attempts a smooth segue into the subject; Tom acknowledges it as transparently thin.
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