No Such Thing As Hans Gruber's Silent Night is the 353rd episode of No Such Thing As A Fish, the 41st episode of the seventh year, and the 53rd episode of 2020. It features regular presenters James Harkin, Andrew Hunter Murray, Anna Ptaszynski, and Dan Schreiber, and was recorded at Kings Place in London.
Description[]
Dan, Anna, James and Andy discuss crap cracker jokes, Zen monk Grinches and the dangerous world of carol singing.
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Facts[]
- Every year in the UK, a joke committee gets together to whittle down a shortlist of jokes that they think are unfunny enough to put in Christmas crackers. (Schreiber)
- In the 1880s, to defend against attacks on nativity scenes, one priest issued knuckledusters to his congregation. (Ptaszynski)
- When asked this year, 21% of people said they didn't want Christmas carol singers visiting their home because of coronavirus. Another 55% said they didn't want carol singers regardless of coronavirus. (Murray)
- Jim Carrey's makeup for the Grinch was so onerous to apply, the studio brought in one of the CIA's experts at enduring torture to help him get through it. (Harkin)
Trivia[]
- This is the 2020 Christmas Special of Fish.
- This is the first Live episode since Episode 342: No Such Thing As A Presidential Fight Club, as live events had not been possible due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
- This is the first non-working from home episode since Episode 342.
- This is the third episode of Fish to be recorded at Kings Place, after Episode 139 and Episode 342.