THE OH! ZONE
Musical comedy sisters Nicola and Rosie Dempsey – aka Flo & Joan – talk us through their favourite TV and current listening habits
We’re watching…
Nicola & Rosie: Life fly by in a beautiful tornado. And on telly it’s Euphoria, Cheer, Rupaul’s Drag Race, And Just Like That... and Shameless.
The funniest person on TV is… Nicola & Rosie: First place: The White Lotus’s Jennifer Coolidge. Runner-up: Schitt Creek’s
Moira Rose (Catherine O’hara).
Our guilty TV pleasure is… Nicola & Rosie: We don’t feel guilty about the TV we watch, it keeps us alive and thriving.
The artists we’re listening to are…
Nicola: Meat Loaf. And Griff. A classic combo.
Rosie: DJ Honey Dijon’s new song and Burt Bacharach.
The best film ever made is… Nicola & Rosie: The Witches.
It made us not scared of mice – because what if it’s actually a child?! And Anjelica Huston is perfection in everything.
Also, a shout-out to Barb &
Star Go To Vista Del Mar, which is the best film of this century.
Our karaoke track is… Nicola: Silence.
Rosie: Dancing Queen, shouted from a high table across a less-than-busy bar on a very sober night.
We’re currently reading… Nicola: Windswept And Interesting by Billy Connolly.
Rosie: I’m reading [Pam & Tommy actor] Nick Offerman’s book Where The Deer And The Antelope Play. Nice guy, even nicer book.
The podcast we can’t live without is… Nicola: I can live without podcasts. I think we could all live without podcasts if we had to. Take away my crisps, though, and I’d have a horrible time. I guess that’s not an answer to this question, but it’s a fact about me nonetheless.
Rosie: But if we had to choose one, then Desert Island Discs is bulletproof.
The show we could watch over and over is…
Nicola: TV show – 30 Rock.
Vegas show – Bette Midler: The Showgirl Must Go On. Circus show – Cottle And Austen’s Circus, 1997.
Rosie: Better Things.
The audiences of Sweet Release can expect…
Nicola & Rosie: A big mix of funny songs, us chatting like normal not-sweaty humans, fire cannons and wind machines (budget depending). Come along, you’ll have a good time.
Flo & Joan are on the road with their new show Sweet Release. For full dates and tickets, visit floandjoan.com