Jessica Rowe and Denise Drysdale are two peas in a podcast

If there was a record for laughs a minute then Jessica Rowe and Denise Drysdale would be undisputed world champs.

When the television personality and entertainment legend get together the giggles flow like champagne, and there’s even the occasional trademark snort from Rowe.

There’s a 21-year age gap between the unlikely pair – Drysdale is 70 later this year and Rowe is 48 – but a common love for fun and laughter, which blossomed when the pair were panellists on the set of Channel 10’s morning program Studio 10, has another life in its own chart-topping podcast One Fat Lady and One Thin Lady.

Their weekly offering, which has just reached more than 200,000 downloads, is recorded around Rowe’s dining table in Sydney or in the hotel room of Drysdale, who commutes from her home in Queensland to work.

“What you hear on the podcast is exactly what happens in real life,’’ Drysdale says.

Rowe agrees, saying it’s fun and easy.

“There’s no extra agenda or carry-on,” she says. “It’s like dropping in on a friend. It is just Neesie and I chatting, having a great laugh and finding a lot of joy in the everyday things in life.

“I love doing it – it brings me such joy.’’

The pair had never met before they began working together three years ago, but Rowe’s husband, newsreader Peter Overton, worked with Drysdale on the Ernie Sigley Show and Ernie and Denise in the early 1990s.

“We wanted to have fun doing something together,’’ Drysdale says. “The podcast is a continuation of the friendship.

“I feel like I’ve known her forever, I could be her mother! It’s so hard to meet good people and make new friends when you’re older, so it’s like a gift from heaven. On set, she took me under her wing because I hadn’t worked to script for a very long time.”

Rowe says the pair clicked over a common love of fun and silliness.

Drysdale also mentors self-confessed “crap housewife” Rowe who, she jokes, missed out on the tidy gene. When Drysdale visits she takes control of Rowe’s kitchen. A grateful Rowe says her friend’s tips about stove temperatures have resulted in fewer burnt dinners, while the introduction of panko breadcrumbs has been a “revelation’’.

Rowe and Drysdale will take their show on the road later this year for a series of live podcasts around the country. One Fat Lady and One Thin Lady will also feature on Virgin’s in-flight playlist from next month.

“We’re also available for conferences and Las Vegas gigs. Everything,’’ Drysdale laughs.