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> End of line.
Well, lovely readers. This is it. End of the line.
After 32 regular episodes – and 20 Thumbcast Extras and special shows – we’ve reached the end of the road at Thumbcast Towers.
It’s been a blast, but we’re all talked out for now. And to be honest, 32 episodes is probably about 31 more than we ever thought the show would run for.
So, it’s time to power down the atomic batteries, and stop loading speed into the turbines.
We’re going to record one last episode of the Thumbcast – our final farewell to the surprisingly large number of you who’ve listened to the show over the last 30 months. It may well involve us drinking a lot, so be warned.
The episodes will remain up on iTunes for anyone who stumbles across them, and the website will be updated until the final episode is uploaded, then be archived here for all to read and enjoy.
And no doubt we’ll be back with some other crazy scheme in the future… 
It’s been a blast doing the show, and thanks to everyone who’s been a part of it in whatever way – big or small. We love you all. Even Rich Johnston…
Now That’s What I Call The Greatest Thumbcast Album! Ever!
Ready? Let's Rock!
Greetings, pop pickers!
Want some top notch choons for your New Year’s playlist? Not ‘arf!
Iain and Craig are back with a Hogmanay countdown to get your toes tapping and your imagination jukebox spinning into Bachman Turner Overdrive…
So sit back, put on the headphones and enjoy our sounds of the 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s and 00s – plus the tunes you picked out as your favourites from that decade.
And absolutely no fucking Pat Nevin. Promise.
You can download the episode via our iTunes feed, or click here to listen to it via outstanding internet radio service Spreaker.com
Happy New Year, and see you in 2012!
And incidentally, a happy Christmas to all of you at home!
Well, that’s us shutting down for the holidays. See you on the other side of Christmas, when everyone’s suitably stuffed full of chocolate, turkey and Skol.
Don’t forget, we’ll have a new podcast out on Hogmanay, as we run down the songs that make up the Thumbcast Album. And you can still listen to our Awards show too…
From Craig and Iain, thanks again to everyone who’s contributed to the Thumbcast this year – be it on the blog, the podcast, the videos or chucking in suggestions via Twitter. Happy holidays to you all, and see you on the other side!
Episode 32: Ant and Dec’s Side-Reverse Cowgirl
John Barrowman often feels a little Krankie in the morning after listening to the Thumbcast...
“Don’t talk to me tonight – I’ve got a lot of willpower to deal with…”
It’s the Christmas episode of your European Podcast Award-nominated Thumbcast! You have been warned…
Iain, Craig. returning champion Al Kennedy and a lot of beer reveal the winners and losers of the 2011 Thumbcast Awards – and reveal this year’s Person of the Year, and Fud of the Year.
Plus: John Bishop’s triple jump record, Iain’s MILF list, stadium comedy, the return of the Dalek bottle opener, Craig’s Primal Scream audition, maritally strained Mr and Mrs, Kill Jester, Al’s now-famous wallpaper, John De Lancie’s chat-up lines, Philip Schofield’s Earth 2, Batman’s interns, prolapsing dramas, John Barrowman’s favourite cocktail, The Nerd Minstrel Show …. and the Krankies.
So just how can you spend your holidays in our rambling company? Well, you can click here to subscribe to the podcast via iTunes, or here to download the episode without a certain fruit-based music software package.
Or if you’re so inclined, you can just stream the episode on our player below.
We’re back on Hogmanay with the Thumbcast Album. But until then, everyone involved in the Thumbcast would like to wish you a very happy Christmas and a wonderful New Year.
Episode 31: Cut and Paste Hell
Even the offspring of Zod couldn't face another episode of The Thumbcast...
“Game’s a bogey, I did it.”
Live from New York – it’s Adi Tantimedh!
The screenwriter, comics guru and Bleeding Cool columnist joins Craig (ish) and Iain for a Thanksgiving edition of the Thumbcast. We’ve got reviews of Take Shelter, Saints Row: The Third and Kevin Smith’s Bionic Man, talk the latest rows around the Doctor Who movie, the perilous fate of Community and the controversial comments of the Miller/Millar gang.
Plus we look at the Markham plagiarism row, and cast a glance at the nominations for this year’s Thumbcast Awards.
All that, and: Suitable comics for a Scottish hospital, the Harlan Ellison defence, occupy Black Friday, Johann Hari, satire in video games, allotment movies and graphic novels to kill a burglar with.
So how can you listen to this podcasting pearl? You can subscribe via iTunes here, or click here to download the episode without iTunes.
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