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Jon Canter reads his excellently funny story 'The Jewish Vicar' about a man who finds himself in the wrong clothes at the right time. Recorded at the Jubilee Hall, Aldeburgh, in 2012.The story was later developed into a BBC Radio 4 afternoon play starring Stephen Mangan, Claudie Blakley and Pauline McLynn (2014).

Jon Canter reads his excellently funny story 'The Jewish Vicar' about a man who finds himself in the wrong clothes at the right time. Recorded at the Jubilee Hall, Aldeburgh, in 2012. The story was later developed into a BBC Radio 4 afternoon play starring Stephen Mangan, Claudie Blakley and Pauline McLynn (2014).

'The Jewish Vicar' performed by Jon Canter (from SPLASH!)

Jon Canter, comedy writer, reminds us of Bob’s physical resemblance to The Marx Brothers and of his “predictably perverse” humour (“I don’t think I’d heard sarcasm in popular song before Dylan”). He goes on to equate Bob’s Jewishness with his constant restlessness, whilst quoting a Randy Newman song about Bruce Springsteen. Jon somehow manages to relate the work of Dylan to Brexit, via a discussion of Bob’s attitude to “experts”. He praises the genius of Dylan’s early bootlegs and marvels at the man’s extraordinary emotional range (“He’s a Shakespearean songwriter”).Jon Canter is the author of three comic novels - Seeds of Greatness, A Short Gentleman and Worth. He has written stand-up comedy for Lenny Henry, the BBC2 series Posh Nosh for Arabella Weir, comment pieces for The Guardian, along with many radio and stage plays. The fourth series of his comedy ‘Believe It’ (with Richard Wilson) was broadcast recently on BBC Radio 4.Trailer Twitter: @joncanter3Episode playlist on AppleEpisode playlist on SpotifyRecorded 20th September 2018 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

<a href="https://www.pbjmanagement.co.uk/artists/jon-canter" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Jon Canter</a>, comedy writer, reminds us of Bob’s physical resemblance to The Marx Brothers and of his “predictably perverse” humour (“I don’t think I’d heard sarcasm in popular song before Dylan”). He goes on to equate Bob’s Jewishness with his constant restlessness, whilst quoting a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SuHvGnlP344" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Randy Newman song about Bruce Springsteen</a>. Jon somehow manages to relate the work of Dylan to Brexit, via a discussion of Bob’s attitude to “experts”. He praises the genius of Dylan’s early bootlegs and marvels at the man’s extraordinary emotional range (“He’s a Shakespearean songwriter”).Jon Canter is the author of three comic novels - <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Seeds-Greatness-Jon-Canter/dp/0099492849" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Seeds of Greatness</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Short-Gentleman-Jon-Canter/dp/0099492857/ref=pd_lpo_sbs_14_t_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;psc=1&amp;refRID=6CEKQKT796BY7QYY6PWS" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">A Short Gentleman</a> and <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Worth-author-Canter-April-2013/dp/B00QAU0NR4/ref=pd_sbs_14_2?_encoding=UTF8&amp;pd_rd_i=B00QAU0NR4&amp;pd_rd_r=84be5cbc-0c22-11e9-84e9-0f828c410421&amp;pd_rd_w=tNBpf&amp;pd_rd_wg=33Mbk&amp;pf_rd_p=18edf98b-139a-41ee-bb40-d725dd59d1d3&amp;pf_rd_r=GZCZNJEWVHJVXRC3HQWV&amp;psc=1&amp;refRID=GZCZNJEWVHJVXRC3HQWV" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Worth</a>. He has written stand-up comedy for Lenny Henry, the BBC2 series <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/poshnosh/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Posh Nosh</a> for Arabella Weir, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/profile/joncanter" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">comment pieces</a> for The Guardian, along with many <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Boswells-Lives-Radio-comedy-drama/dp/1785294423" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">radio</a> and <a href="https://www.clactonandfrintongazette.co.uk/news/14672861.review-another-comedy-classic-from-writer-jon/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">stage</a> plays. The fourth series of his comedy ‘<a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01h73pg" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Believe It</a>’ (with Richard Wilson) was broadcast recently on BBC Radio 4.<a href="https://youtu.be/fSjGK46uzi8" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Trailer</a> Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/joncanter3" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">@joncanter3</a><a href="https://music.apple.com/gb/playlist/8-jon-canter/pl.u-GgA5oz6F1M6XB" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Episode playlist on Apple</a><a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5L8lMP5CCOz20BrXG4StOe?si=a4b0d7be6cf94817" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Episode playlist on Spotify</a>Recorded 20th September 2018 Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.