Tony Marrese · Project Hub

GALACTIC ZOO

The home of everything Tony — built, branded, and pointed at growth.

Current phase — Brand build (logo being chosen)

The plan, in a sentence

Galactic Zoo is the universe that houses everything you do — the characters, the legacy clips, the spiritual/awakened material, and you just being you. We brand it, flood the channels with content, and use podcasts as the discovery engine to pull new audience in. Build first, grow the channels, monetise downstream.

The thinking — why Galactic Zoo

You don't fit the clip-the-punchline model — and that's the whole point.

You're an improvising raconteur, not a tight-set comic. Your gift is total commitment, the stories, and a genuinely different way of seeing the world. That doesn't get boxed into a 20-second gag — it needs a home big enough to hold all of you.

Galactic Zoo is that home.

One universe that houses everything — the characters, the legacy comedy, the awakened/spiritual material, and you just being you. You're already living it; your audience knows you as Galactic Zoo. We make it official and build the world around it.

Build first, monetise downstream.

This isn't "sell a finished show" — it's a build. We flood the channels with content, grow a real audience, and the money follows the audience. Patience now, payoff later.

Podcasts are the discovery engine.

You're at your absolute best in long-form conversation — that's where new people fall for you (you were the first-ever repeat guest on The Intellectual Abattoir). We get you in more of those rooms and point that audience straight back at your channels.

Two lanes feed the machine.

The character / MC comedy on one side, the awakened / alternative material on the other — and the awakened lane is where your audience leans in hardest. We feed both, deliberately.

The payoff: a brand you own.

Content draws the audience, podcasts pull more in, the channels grow — and Galactic Zoo becomes an asset that's yours, not reach you're renting from a platform that could switch it off tomorrow.

The roadmap

Lock the logo

Pick the badge that's you. This unlocks everything below.

In progress

Brand pack

Icon, colours, type, social templates — the full kit, built off the chosen logo.

Branded bumpers

Top-and-tail idents for the clips. The old landscape footage stays as-is — that vintage look is the charm; we frame it, never crop it.

Later

Content engine

Cut + bumper the back catalogue — PC Justin, Swabber, the quiz, and more — into a steady stream of clips.

Later

Channels live

New Instagram + TikTok, YouTube revival, Threads — all branded, all fed by the clip stream.

Later

Podcast discovery engine

Get you on more podcasts — your strongest room — and point that audience straight at the channels. Underway — target list built, first pitches lining up.

Underway

Website

A proper home at tonymarrese.co.uk — scoped with you.

Later

Live tasks

In progress

TonyChoose your logo — reply with the number you like (or mix two).

Maggie · MelissaStart pitching the first podcasts — target list is built.

JR · TonyConfirm whether the Paignton show (May) was filmed.

Up next (on logo lock)

MaggieFinish the winning logo → brand review → sign-off.

AriaBuild the brand pack (icon, palette, type, templates).

AtlasBuild the branded bumpers.

NovaStand up the channels (IG · TikTok · YouTube · Threads).

CooperScope the website.

Done

✓8 logo options designed & shared with Tony

✓Signature digitised — gold, transparent, ready for the badge

✓Back-catalogue footage gathered & organised

✓Podcast targets researched — first wave ready to pitch

✓Website mapped — build plan ready

Over to Tony

① Pick your logo (link below).

② Was the Paignton show filmed? If so, where's the footage?

③ Where can we find the Kill TV footage?

④ More Oxygen — what's the plan / status on it?

Choose your logo

Open the 8 logo options → Reply to Maggie with your number (or mix two)

Your podcast plan

Podcasts are your discovery engine — the long-form rooms where new audiences fall for you. These are the ones we're aiming at first.

Where you thrive — spiritual & awakened

The Intellectual AbattoirHome turf — back for round three, and our springboard to the rest.

Buddha at the Gas PumpThe premier awakening-conversation show. Huge credibility.

The Grimerica ShowConsciousness, the cosmos, the unexplained — pure Galactic Zoo.

Living Mirrors · Accidental Gods · Boundless AuthenticityUK-rooted consciousness & alternative-thought rooms.

Comedy crossover

Duncan Trussell Family HourComedy + consciousness — your exact blend, and a big audience.

Comedy Unleashed · The Comedian's Comedian · Spiritual AFComedy rooms that welcome a storyteller with a worldview.

Bigger rooms to aim for

Danny Jones · Next Level Soul · Know Thyself · HereticsLarge alternative-thought & consciousness shows — the stretch targets.

How we'll approach them — draft emails

So you can see exactly how you're being pitched. These are drafts — nothing goes out without your nod.

→ The Grimerica Show · "A guest for you — Tony Marrese"

Hi Graham, Long-time appreciation for the show. I look after Tony Marrese — a UK comedian and storyteller who lives right in Grimerica territory: consciousness, the awakened worldview, and the stuff most comics won't go near. He's the real thing — Channel 4 credits and decades on stage — but it's the long-form, off-the-map conversation where he really comes alive. He's the first-ever repeat guest on The Intellectual Abattoir, where they call him "the high priest of alternative thinking." He'd make a brilliant, funny, completely unscripted guest. Would you be open to having him on? Happy to send a couple of clips. Cheers, Maggie · Big Laugh Boutique

→ Buddha at the Gas Pump · "Possible guest — a comedian on the awakening path"

Hi Rick, I represent Tony Marrese — a UK comedian whose real subject, underneath the comedy, is the awakening: consciousness, the questions, the sense that there's far more going on than we're told. What makes him a different kind of guest is that he's genuinely funny with it — never performative, never a bit. Just an open, searching, very entertaining conversation. He's spent years in this world and it's where his audience connects with him most. Would you consider him for the show? I'd love to send you a clip or two. Warm regards, Maggie · Big Laugh Boutique

→ The Intellectual Abattoir · "Round three?"

Hi, Tony's first two visits clearly landed — first-ever repeat guest, no less. We're building out Galactic Zoo now, and getting him back in front of your listeners is right at the top of the list. Could we line up a third? And if there are kindred shows in your circle you'd ever think to introduce him to, we'd be hugely grateful — he's exactly the guest those rooms love. Cheers, Maggie · Big Laugh Boutique

Goals / milestones

◆ Logo lockedThe badge that's unmistakably you

◆ Brand pack deliveredFull visual kit, ready to apply

◆ First 10 branded clips liveCatalogue cut + bumpered

◆ Channels liveIG · TikTok · YouTube · Threads

◆ 3 podcast bookings securedThe discovery engine running

◆ Website livetonymarrese.co.uk

Galactic Zoo · Tony Marrese — kept live by Maggie at Big Laugh Boutique / V360.
This hub updates as we go. Last updated 28 June 2026.