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Off Menu with Ed Gamble and James Acaster

Sean McLoughlin

11 Feb 2026

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Chapter 1: What is discussed at the start of this section?

13.767 - 26.393 Ed Gamble

Welcome to the Off Menu Podcast, taking the Bovril of conversation, putting it in the mug of humour and adding the hot water of friendship. Nice cup of Bovril, James.

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26.862 - 40.983 Sean McLoughlin

Beefy! Beefy boy! That is Ed Gamble. My name is James A. Cassidy. We own a dream restaurant. Every single week, we invite a guest and ask them their favourite ever-starting main course dessert, side dish and drink. Not in that order. And this week, our guest is... Sean McLaughlin!

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41.063 - 45.088 Ed Gamble

Sean McLaughlin, one of the finest comedians in this here land.

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45.189 - 45.609 Sean McLoughlin

So funny!

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45.85 - 54.422 Ed Gamble

So funny! Such a funny guy. I've known Sean for years and years and years. He's always been brilliant. Yeah. And is on tour now.

54.402 - 81.085 Ed Gamble

doing his show White Elephant going all over the place Sean tours Europe he tours the States he tours the UK you've got to go and see Sean if you don't know Sean's work I'd say go and watch some now and then buy yourself a ticket because he is genuinely brilliant I'd say every comic that you like likes Sean McLaughlin yes absolutely he's a comics comic isn't he he absolutely is but increasingly he's becoming the public's comic as well he should be absolutely

81.065 - 92.785 Sean McLoughlin

And here's the thing, Ed. We will chuck Sean out if he says the secret ingredient. I'd like to chuck Sean out. Yeah, it'd be so much fun. Yeah. Because Sean, you know, could be a bit of a curmudgeon on stage.

93.046 - 94.208 Ed Gamble

He's so exasperated.

94.228 - 99.597 Sean McLoughlin

It'd be so great to get him angry and kick him out. Yeah. And this week, the secret ingredient is...

Chapter 2: What makes Sean McLoughlin a notable comedian?

138.488 - 146.462 Sean McLoughlin

It'll be Sean, I believe, interviewing people. But like, that's all we know. Yeah. So he said that he wants to tell us on the podcast. Yes.

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147.164 - 165.678 Ed Gamble

SeanMcLaughlinComedy.com for tickets to Sean's tour. Yep. Let's get into it. This is the Off Menu Menu of Sean McLaughlin. Welcome, Sean, to the Dream Restaurant. Hello, everyone.

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165.698 - 174.073 James Acaster

Welcome, Sean McLaughlin, to the Dream Restaurant. We've been here for some time. My word. Thank you. Thank you, both of you. Good to see you, Sean. How are you? Pretty good.

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174.934 - 194.621 Sean McLoughlin

You two haven't seen each other for years. We were trying to figure out when we last saw each other. I think there was a chance we saw each other at what had then been our agent's Christmas party, and you walked in as I was leaving. Yeah, that's... And I was about to say that, and you went, Sean, and I said, I've got to go, man. Yeah, that sums up our relationship. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

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194.822 - 201.45 Sean McLoughlin

Me and Sean, ships in the night. We'll still, like, honk the horn. Yeah. Yeah, yeah, I'll always honk that horn.

201.67 - 204.294 Ed Gamble

What a couple of lovely ships, may I say. Thank you.

204.394 - 208.171 Sean McLoughlin

Thank you. Beautiful scooters. Yeah, beautiful schooners, me and Sean.

209.092 - 210.334 Ed Gamble

And we saw each other in Manchester.

210.615 - 211.736 Sean McLoughlin

We saw each other in Manchester.

Chapter 3: What is the secret ingredient for this episode?

227.911 - 237.124 Sean McLoughlin

Exacto Mundo. Yeah. Let's hope the class of 92 work out. Fergie? Yeah. Do you support Manchester United? No, I don't, no. Who do you like? I support Queen's Park Rangers.

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Chapter 4: What are the challenges of being on the run?

237.144 - 245.123 Sean McLoughlin

Who do you like? Is that not how people ask? I support QPR and I don't think I like them.

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245.563 - 245.984 Ed Gamble

You know what?

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246.004 - 246.925 Sean McLoughlin

But they are my team.

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247.125 - 256.594 Ed Gamble

Because obviously I don't follow football. I didn't think they were a team anymore. I've not heard about QPR for years. Les Ferdinand. Yeah, that's all I know.

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257.855 - 262.179 Sean McLoughlin

Is this podcast being released in the past? Because every reference is pretty old.

262.58 - 265.883 Ed Gamble

Eventually it will. As soon as it comes out, it'll be in the past.

266.538 - 281.913 Sean McLoughlin

I mean, you're twisting my melon here. Okay. Yeah, I guess it will be. Yeah, yeah. As soon as this releases in the past. Immediately out of date. That's the sad about podcasts. Yeah. It is one of the great tragedies of podcasts that they do go out of date.

282.253 - 282.673 Ed Gamble

Yeah.

282.693 - 283.874 Sean McLoughlin

Fuck. What are we doing here, boys?

Chapter 5: What is the ideal number of eggs for an omelette?

2770.196 - 2789.103 Ed Gamble

I think three is the received wisdom. a three egg omelette is like a normal sized omelette but that's not enough for me but sometimes four feels like too much so I think we're going to need to find a smaller egg I think you need three and a half eggs you need three and a half eggs three and a half you need three does such an egg exist? three chicken two quail may I?

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2789.143 - 2801.721 Sean McLoughlin

couple of quails in there yeah don't know if I've ever had a quail's egg so that would be a real treat yeah do they fry up the same way? yeah they're just small eggs yeah They're just small eggs. I lost my favourite omelette. It's gone off the menu.

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Chapter 6: Why does Sean miss his favorite omelette?

2802.021 - 2823.182 Sean McLoughlin

Where's that? Ozone. Place called Ozone. That's what I'd always get. I'd get the omelette with trout in it. Really good. So delicious. Not even on there anymore. Is that a breakfast brunch thing? Yeah. Or is that a dinner thing? They just have it there all day. Yeah, yeah, yeah. But like, yeah, I'd get it for like brunch or something. Yeah. Even lunch, I'd say. It was my go-to.

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2823.222 - 2832.71 Sean McLoughlin

I tried other things on the menu, but I'd always circle back to that omelette. My favourite thing on there. Last time I went there, not even in print. That's really, that's genuinely heartbreaking.

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Chapter 7: What are the qualities of a good Ethiopian veggie platter?

2833.091 - 2837.46 Sean McLoughlin

I feel like the omelette needs a renaissance.

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2837.48 - 2838.301 Ed Gamble

Yeah.

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2838.361 - 2839.664 Sean McLoughlin

I think we're falling out of love with it.

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2839.744 - 2846.037 Ed Gamble

You were going to suggest the omelette needs some sort of protection on menus like sort of National Trust, English Heritage type thing.

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2846.017 - 2859.879 Sean McLoughlin

I mean, I'm not opposed. I would say there are probably other things in the country to sort out first. Sure, but we can't do things like that. No, we can't. No, I mean, the thing is, it's the free market. If people don't want omelettes anymore, they don't want them. But when they're gone, we'll miss them.

2860.019 - 2863.044 Ed Gamble

Shout out Spider Crab Omelette at Mountain again, obviously.

2863.064 - 2868.332 Sean McLoughlin

Shall I name the place I go to? Is it going to be inundated with people? Yes. It's called the La La Cafe.

Chapter 8: How does Sean describe his relationship with sugar?

2868.813 - 2878.971 Sean McLoughlin

Fantastic. And they're lovely, incredible people from Morocco who run it. And those omelettes, my, my, my. Now that you've named it, do you want to retract the comment about diarrhea?

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2879.772 - 2888.187 Ed Gamble

Yeah. Yeah. But you're not saying that's the omelette doing that. That's your intestines. Oh, yeah. It's your... Well, I mean, they haven't given me diarrhea.

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2888.347 - 2890.551 Sean McLoughlin

I've chosen... I've had it. Yeah.

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2891.258 - 2901.215 Sean McLoughlin

Cause and effect hasn't been confirmed. You know your body. You know what's going to happen. I go in there. Every time anything enters this mouth, it has to be an option.

2901.435 - 2911.191 Ed Gamble

Well, maybe they'll be so happy that you've given them custom and shouted them out on the podcast that they'll change the name of the omelette. To what? Sean McDiarrhea Omelette.

2911.211 - 2925.698 Sean McLoughlin

Sean McOmelette. Imagine if all the little fans started going in there and go, can I have the Sean McComblet, please? They wouldn't know what the hell was going on. No, they wouldn't. No, but they'd be like, hey, there's bums on seats, people are coming in. There's a lot of people coming in anyway. There's a bus depot across the road.

2925.718 - 2946.415 Sean McLoughlin

There's bums on seats, but they'd be off of those seats pretty quickly. All those bus drivers would get pretty angry once, you know, it gets filled with off-menu fans. They're angry anyway. Yeah. They're always putting on bets and they never win. Someone's been listening while he's been wolfing down an omelette, an avocado omelette. Wolfing. Wolfing it down.

2946.455 - 2950.803 Sean McLoughlin

Does your wife know you're going for those omelettes? My wife, this is a really interesting question, Ed.

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