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Frank Off The Radio: The Frank Skinner Podcast

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From Frank’s Radio Days: Cardinal RocherJun 17, 2026

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So I watch the Winter Olympics opening ceremony. Oh me too. What do you think Wow There's lots to dis. Did you watch it Alan? I didn't watch it now. C Can I say General overview? General overview better than the opening ceremony of the suummer Olympics in Lond. No it's more expensive. I thought it was better. It expensive. I just thoughtbsessed by Russians. No, the dancing was better What saying two a seven Was it ice? Some of it was on ice. There was a ballet. It ought to be really. They shouldn't be allowed on any firm surface, I don't think, if it's the winter Olympic. What about when the man from the Austrians delegation fell over? That was aw. Did some fall over? You know when they were coming in They're all coming in and representing their teams. One of the Austrians fell over that upsets me that I didn't watch it now. I didn't watch it because I thought they'd all be really good at slipping.'ve got I have problems with winter sports because it's basically all versions of slipping, isn't it? It's like sk slipping snowboarding slipping. It worked though because as I've said before, there are certain countries which I call the Danny Minogue countries, which are the countries the less the less famous sister of another country. Austria obviously Thilei is Germany. Yeah Oustria is Danny. So if one of those guys slip over it's sort of w But if it'd have been a German, you'd have thought, yeah, well, that serves you right Tly. One of the rings malfunctioned. Yeah. But you know you know what, Orange? Can I say this Anna cooker Exactly the same exxactly the same ring we're having problem with. what is the chances of that exxactly top right D I actually liked the Olympics better with one snowflake.. I think the winter Olympics one should have one snowflake in the corner and the summer Olympics should have the sun, you know with sticks coming off it in a chance drawing. So when you see the Olympic symbols, you know which Olympics you're talking about? That's a good idea. Write that down and put that to the board. I watched the opening ceremony. I thought it was fabulous and My girlfriend I watched it with when the flags appear twenty seven. Oh no, our flag. our flag never looks very good next to the flag Ch say Isn't it? reallyally? And it is quite busy. From a design perspective. Yeah I just think it's a bit yeah it's just a bit British bulldog, isn't it? I know, we all start a campaign to have it revamped, cann't we Yeah, I just think it mayine a bit. maybe just the red cross on the white background. Hang on. Hold on a minute. Well listen, if the if if Scotland gets independ they vote for independence. Yeah, but are we going to have to tip x the St. Andrew Cross out of the You know Well, these are the questions that haven't been answered yet in the big debate. It's a big mad. to have the Union Jack with the St. Andrew's cross if they're an independent country. We might as well have a red dot in the middle for Japan.. Can't have it both ways. Yeah Did we take the Japan what out at some point? historically then? No, but exactly. But you'd agree with me. It shouldn't be in the Union, Jack. I don't know, quite Yeah just l. Don't get me wrong. I want them to stay, but if they want to go, I They're gonna have to take their Inign us all right? This is the weirdest episode ofQuestions I not What about some of those sailors, Frank Oh, I love the sailors little. Wh was this? Oh this was not last night. Oh ceremony. on the telly I thought you met in Scotland, then Can I just say? We had a fabulous weekend once we had Ea an Emma in Scotland with I think, was it nine sents For a country that's having, let's say some issues with gay rights at the moment It was very camp, I thought that opening ceremony. I don't know if it was intentional I was a bit I felt a bit u TipX out, spepeaking of Tip EX, TipX out, starling. I did He didn't get a look And Stalinist. Even the communist, the whole you know communist thing, obviously I was looking for I couldn't wait for the communism to come down because it was all about the history of Russia. and I thought o this will be. And there was some missile action, but I mean generally they some missile action. Generally they played it down. Even the space race I felt was played down, although very exciting when Valentina Terereshkva came out firstirst woman in space. the only person to say that in the world? No, I was genuinely properly excited by that. You love a cosmonaut, doesn't? Do you love a cosmonaut, but a female cosmonaut? Yeah, exactly. took a lot of boxes for you. Yeah. she looked Out of this world. Sturdy You know what I mean? It look like a woman even now who you wouldn't want to elbow if he's getting on a bus with her. seven sixzerers texted us. You mentioned TipEx earlier, Frank Did you know it was invented by Mickey De Lenz's mother That's from Dan in Southport. Micky Deelz, of course was in the monkeys. Yes. So was Mike Nasmith whose mother invented Tippx. Yeah. I'm afraid you've got the wrong monkey. Oh, was he I hate it and people get the wrong mon. When you get the wr monkey, it's one of the worst things. Yeah. Mike was the one I fancied Who was the one you fancied? I think mine was pered Tk. But, you know, I just liked that because he was so cheap. Yeah Um Speaking of cheap, I watched you know,ve been I've been about to watch the Musketeers You have been about to watch the musc It's got the pali in so I'm interested to see it. Why did he take that part? That must have been before Doctor Who? Yeah. Yeah, it would have be. Yeah. but it was I thought he was good actually, but here's another text in for this morning. Who actually likes bedroom scenes in TV drama? Why do they? You're prudish here. I'm not you It's a sort of prudishness in I just find them tedious and Embarrassing And if I wanted to watch a bedroom scene, I would turn to the internet. Right. Where I'm not saying I do want toet It's not going to it George Harrison. I just think that I don't want I don't want it's a romp is what it is. It's good looking actors and actresses in bed talking about Cardinal Richelau. I mean, who wants that I so this profess. Don't come out to mine then. But don't come around to mind if you don't like that. I'm sorry. it could have been such a I bet there's none of that in Alexander Dumar. Was there a couple of bed scenes were there there? there is. You don't think this some some bed scenes in the book, but you don't think know haven't read. That Musketeers, it's British and it's free. and those are my two worst things when it comes to Telly. I can't bear that. It's just that cheapness. I don't know if it's cheap in fairness. All all I sa it cost a lot to make, but don't the bedroom soon. I don't honestly if anyone enjoys a sort of bedroom, you know talking to a a wench in the bed and the blokes showing his scars from his deweling scars. just like that Yeah. And they all look they feed each other grapes. They all look like Olive and Martine, every every one Remember we went out with Frank, why do they end the bedroom scene? They laugh, they laugh brotally and then they get back to the business again. Just why why? Yeah Why can't we take You know if you watch Challenge channel, there's a big question mark in the corner Can we just bring that in for the bedroom things? So just say why are we having this F Fionna agrees with you. I hate TV kissing scenes. Yeah Why do they bother? That noise of sucking she says that's made. And also there's like music and everybody's beautiful. And also I find that the shape doesn't tend to stop just above where it gets rude The see it goes where it likes sheet Yeah. It's like the sheet I find the sheet ends up in a crumpled ball at the end of the bed. They always have one sheet they're never like have a dou. because you know, you're watching the muscetines I'm thinking Sy was freezing in those old h wases big blanket. one silk sheet they've got under the bed. That's all. And why does the silk sheet go at the angle where it covers the man's his sort of centare heart, let's call it And the lady some Yeah c. Yeah exactly. Always that angle So that's today's T twentyty five degrees. If you two hate the rude bits on teelly text in on not r are they They's like teenagers. Johnn Telford says I agree about the bedroom machines. I also hate them in a novel. I skip past them. Do you? Yeah. I hate them. That's why I love your copy of Lady Chaley's lovever at Imaculate. It is, yeah. Well, that's an argument with Did but dealer both. he' w about the Bad sex awards, you know, when people. And I said I just wish there was no sex in books at all. What does he say? Well, I think we came close upving an argument about it. I think because he likes John O Dyke and stuff. Oh go I know that's all there is in there. It open and go so far as this say that it's not for me. Aaddasi's nich for nich as they say in Germany Right Okay We've also could I have another text in yester? I'd like to try some questions out guy, you know? Yeah This is based on the George Clooney coffee adverts, which is refere. George Cloy. Yeah trusting you should. The George Clooney cooffee adverts. And the question for our readers is how much money does a person need Okay eight, twelve, fifteen. That's the text in U was It was asked many years ago in different guys why was it Tolstoy Well I just do you think George? I know, you're doing a coffee advert It' Gege Cone there? I know, but if George clearly lived to be five thousand and eighteen he would not run out of money. You might be worried about five thousand and nineteen now That's the thing in it. you might be thinking, What if I get to five thousand? What if I get to five thousand nineteen? Oh there we go. You know I looked at the door then. I thought it coming I do all the vice for everyone. I Cffee with a try. I thought he'll be doing that in the next advert Itay up the money a bit. Coffee youll, George. Cffee in a silk sheet just hanging just below his navel At two hundred ninety seven, Chris has texted Frank, there were certainly no bedroom scenes in Dog Tanyon and the Musker Hounds, which sets the benchmark. deffinitely not. And whereas we know dogs they're never more than six yards away from the physicals. Oh they love a bedroom sc seeing the dogs don't they? I'm glad I don't brought a bedroom. I'm glad someone's brought up dog Tananyion because that is one of the problems I've had watching the Musketeers is every time they say Dar Tanion I have a little bit of going Oh yeah. I thought I've mispronounced that. This is the run wter sky aculious mic that's docular, isn't it? I haven't watched that yet. My problem with the musketeers, you see talk about the bedroom scen's too many clothes, there's hats, there's britches, crisscross shirts, they're all tsed up like turkeys. But I' have a cloak. But as a producer was saying Daisy during the break that those scenes always end with someone having to jump out the window been quite a bit of jumping out the wind. And there was plenty of that. Yeah. And the it's the same in any it was the same in Robin Askquith's confessions of The window cleaner. So it's the same trope The only difference is instead of ' o it's my husband, ' o it's Cardinal Richland. That's the only difference seen the three chocolate theas I I. Oh ye. It's a spin off. Yeah, l to that. I'm panicking about this seron button. Sorry Al was to sound panicking. You know this TipX fact. Yes. which started life as one of those things that everyone knows, which is Frank. Well, it started off from one of our readers who said that Mickey Dowens his mom invented The monkeys. Yeah. Frank and I corrected him? Yeah, we've corrected him with Tipx as it were. we were convinced it was Nymith We're certainly not hard to say as he was sometimes no initially. He was known as Woolhat. Was he? And then we had a couple of texts saying in fact, it's Peter Talks's mom that we were wrong. now at first I thought Nay Nay, Nay Smith, I thought to myself But now I'm thinking that Maybe they talk Sooth so. So I'm not gonna to doubt you. You know we've always been antiggle and the like on this show because we feel that we should that we should Well you can Google stuff you don't know Yeah, but not stuff you don't remember. But we leaving a lot of room for me to Google it Be I didn't know any of it. I ate it in your se a face. So I think we're going to actually Google for. We we do ave Googlen't? Let's do it the first time ever. Should Jingle for it?'m ' seven six o Frank also says I'm sure it was Mickey De Lense. So are you sticking with NatO? I'm sticking with N. one hundred percent it's been slightly swerved but it isn't De Lenses What they're thinking of? Who was circus boy? That's that fact Well Mickey De Lz, I think produced one of I think one of the finest television shows. I' live googling, Frank, as we speak. Metal Mickey. I'm punching in. hold it, bit a bit of music This is what I always Google to. I think when you Google this should just a grow on a computer on keys, Tips. Yeah. I love typing that in Okay the answer is? I think I have an answer. Is it just like advice on how to invent it off your my? TipX was Betty Naysmith Liquid paper, it was called originally. there you go. R I remember that Skinner and Dean Triumfow. Absolutely marvellous. I once saidved the right wing historian David Irving interviewed on the radio. and he said he was he launched what I think they call nowadays a diatrobe whichich I just thought was a very, very poor tribe. But he launched a diatribe against women in general and said you know, they've never invented anything. And the interviewer said, Well, I believe they invented Tippex. said yes, well they'd have to, wouldn't they The implication being they made so many mistakes. Yeah And' firstursday type The the typress of the world he was suggesting? That guy. He is a dreadful man Frank and the three chocolateers adversary would be Cardinal Roscha shortly. Very fine the five for six. Yeah, very fine. O a monkeys themed David Jones was in Coronation Street. That's one of those. Thats another one Yeah. Dinina Sharpel's nephew if I remember, right? Tomorrow morning is knocking. Stock your fridge now. 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Its Daily mail quotes at the R of the Inent Mariner. They said they said that Colrid says jokeerly. U W water everywhere and not a drop to drink. It I don't I'm not sure it's a gag No. But anyway So yeah, St you So they're saying that maybe he wasn't in an open boat for fourteen. Mbe look maybe. He looked like castter away, doesn't he? He had a big bushy beard. but it was more Adam Buxton, It was more healthy. Yeah, I thought he looked quite good when he got off of the boat and then they gave him a trim and made him look not so good make a mistake. What I do not want is a castaway who is had a shave. You't You don't like your castaway to be made over straight away though just I mean, you got to enjoy the castaway look for a bit You know you've done a couple of chat shows and stuff. Totally. I'll tell you what I found a bit suspicious so fact. after was it fourteen months he was living at sea apparently. Yeah. What I found rather suspect was that when he drifted ashore and then found these villagers who ran towards him with coconut water and a papaya fruit, he apparently put up his hands and said No, no tortilla tororttilla. Yeah. No, I think he said Hadn't he been living on turtle blog? raw fish. H said him m saidave got any turtle blog? Yeah. You when when I saw him without the beard, I really felt let down It was like a castaay, a clean shaven castaway, forget about it. It was like It's like when me and David Berin went to the Moulin Rouge in Paris and they didn't do the canc. No. Yeah. That's terrible. you know, why go? What about when the doctor examined him and said he has no cough, no fever, plus he's not that thin I would have killed that doctor. Yeah, I feelelt I was a C you imagine he's not thatin.' been on ateen months he gets off and you make him bod dysmorphics straight away. Give the guy a break. I have to sign out Tpte around it for a while. I find it very fattening turtle blood. Yeah Yeah The raw fish should counterbalance that though, the sushi, sashami I shouldn I don't know. I should fourteen months of it. But say inia for about thirteen months a. It's a bit nobu two thousand seven. I liked it when they said that no sooner had he landed than locals looted his boat. And I thought that's absolutely terrible. Then I read a little further and it says they took a knife and a long piece of wood. Yeah I thought, now, is that looting? Does that honestly qualify as looting? If you're on the new two hands, it's not looting, is it How did they carry away? the wr H the writer ever hadard the word masked That's what I'm guessing happened there. Fankly know the best news of all, he had the old chattered shorts with the intact Hulk style. He did ye? Yeah. But they were boxes, weren't they just terrible. There was one hole And a Yes. well He'd obviously not been playing sport on the day that he left. otherwise he'd be in a pair of briefs, wouldn't he? And also S You would. I would They said he he was in Mexico, but he was an illegal immigrant. Yeah in Mexico, but Mexico were letting him off because of his you know, his castaway. And then there was even more rumor, which I and this sounds like a makeaking a joke, but I heard on the radio that there was suspicion that he was a trareined guerilla and I misheard gorilla for gorilla. like didn't I did. I thought it's amazing what they can do now isn't it. I want to talk about this student who is doing this biology exam Oh good about it. That is absolutely disgusting. Is or is it? I like it. and No, he decided to ask his teacher for advice. Well, he didn't really. He was a bit cheeky He didn't know the answer to his biology question. Can I tell you what the question was Explain how a nitrogen atom in the upper atmosphere becomes useful to an archeologist trying to determine the age of a bone And That's today's text in, ladies and gentlemen. No, because we we have to sort of read us that all know the answer to that. It' be sureid be carbon diing, weren't it? Yes Yeah I remember Carbin mating What was that That was something we did on the show? I don't know if we ever did it, we were talking about it. Carbon mating was in one of the papers. It was an article. It wass about people who always go out with people that look the same. Like Rod Stewart always goes out with like tall blonde wom me. So yeah, so carbon mating So anyway, chew that over. You can use that in your everyday life. Yeah. So remember my theory was? What was it that Rod Stewart always goes out with women that look like that because he doesn't want to change the girlfriend picture on his W. Come on. Anyway, the student didn't know the answer, so he said since I do not know this, I have a question for you. I just started texting this girl and I know she thinks I'm cute, but I don't really know how to start a conversation with her So I was wondering if you have any ideas He wrote that in his in his exam So to Mr. J. I love the sound of Mr. J. sounds a bit children's TV Do you know what Mr. J said He said impressed by talking about how atmospheric nitrogen can be used to age artifacts, works for me every time. Good for mister Jase. He's a bit of a comedian. He's brought him, But he could have responded in an angry way. You know your socks up, young man. This is not a joke. But you know we could He's taken he's joined in a bit, but he's also reminded him, You know what? you get more out of them like that. Yeah I think you'll find he's murked him That's what the you used call it. Is it? You've been murked. What does it mean say? I don't know, but Rio Ferdinand did a sort of stunt show where he did pranks on fellow footballers and he'd say at the end You know Pranks are greatay Yeah, aren't they? He say David Beckham, you've been murked, son what you said? Ohar. David Becker misses that band. He doesn't miss the training. No, It miss is the banter. I think he still does that. Can I just say I agree with Mr. J. I'd be very impressed if someone knew about atmospheric nitrogen. Really? Wouldn't you? I think they were a lot cleverer than me. S see what that kid has done, he's still, you know, this girl she's not going to be interested in the academic side. It's all about, you know whether I'm whether I merk people or not. And I think I agree. I think although you know, I remember sitting talking to a girl at Warret University on a bench. Oh yeah. And I was being my most witty and fascinating And she kept looking up at my shoulder and there was some man digging literally digging a hole a young man with his shirt off. And was he stealing focus somewhat? He was completely stealing it And honestly, I was ha fight if I'd taked it It would have been I could have just put it as a one man show or would you? I worry that mister J has set a precedent now that if kids don't know the answer in exams, they just ask the teacher a stupid question and then the teachherers sort of obliged to answer. Yeah, but he wouldn't have got any marks, would? He'd have lost a whole section there All right. there's any children list. R right, sir. A whole section. Would you ever ask a teacher, a teacher about dating advice I told you about Mr. Orchard that teacher when he brought his girlfriend to the school hockey.? I love the sound of Mr. Orchard. He walked around then. He walked around. I think he's from the West countountry. He walked around with I've told you this. he had his hands folded behind his back with one index finger sticking out just sticking out of the folded hands and his girlfriend held on to that index finger Like like when you see children doing the crocodile down the straight thing, like she just held onto his index finger and walked with him. it was Honestly, I thought that was gonna thow to a science teacher for dating advice. biology Yeah the quest I know what you mean. if I was having troubles with my relationship, I wouldn't find Professor Brian Cox I can't imagine you would have found him about Why are they doing atmospheric nitrogen? We used to do life cycle of fly We never did that We did the fishing industry in Scandinavia. L. That's all I remember that we did at school. Rat autopsy, Lved that. We did autopsy. Rat autopsy, they were great. Did you do that? They were? I'm not being rude, but that was a bit expensive for your school probably. No I had to buy the animals in. you are being rude, but you're probably right No, one thing we are plenty of is rats So we did that. Loo back now, it feels awful that we did that. but at the time I didn't even think about it. At the time it was great, wasn't it? We used to have an African up. It used to be an African clawed toad boiling forever boiling in the corner of the biology lab, like an eternal flame Yeah, like a boiling cylinder of water. It's all swoellen up. I mean, I'm going to take Emily's tone here and so I would have thought that would' have been a bit expensive for your school to. I think it had I had fallen in. I don't know if it was. I think it had just come to West Bromwich from Africa. I think they just put the ket on and it took a shortcut. You know when have when you have a soft drink and there's a nat is landing on the top of it It's like that I' bays That's one thing I found about the Olympic O cinema and the bloat got up and talked about Russia, the Russian representative. Yeah. You never get people statesmen being modest about their country. They never say, you know, we're nothing special, Russia, but you know we're trying out. It's always the fabulous country we have to try to see. You think o do We' nothing special. I'm not sure it's in the Russian DNA to come out Hey, hey, we're not But'd never a all But you know, David Cameron will say and you know, British industry with the cont with the envy of the you'd never say, you know, things haven't gone so well in this contest five people aren', you know, they don't care as much as they used to but we're battling on, you know, and it's all, you know, we're all friends Why don't people Stop showing off Well, this is the sort of text that we're more likely to read out, although it does contain praise. This is Stephen S No. This is Stehen Su This is the Chinese detective. No. Dear Frank, I enjoyed the show last night standing by the bar but was mesmerized by your choice of shoes. I think that's someone that's seen your stand up. but instead of saying it was really funny. did you were well shod. Did you have your caramel broges on? But it does make I think I did' a. It does make you wonder, doesn't it The mind as, you know what I mean, they've drifted away a bit if they start looking shoes We got a text earlier about my hoodie that I wore for my g last night. I'm going to read it now. It's to Steven Sue They want to say Good morning to our guys and girls. Morning. Also, they want to wish Alan a happy birthday. D done if we say and girl. No, I don't think we can. I'm sorry about that, Stephen. We didn't know you saidir We went to see Alen yesterday at the comedy bunker. Alen yesterday is that the rec could us imagine. We sat in the front row and me and my wife enjoyed every minute he was on stage. sorry it's pro my wife Oh They want to go and see you now, Frank. but theyve mainly said they love Allan's hoodie. It makes him look younger than we thought. That's nice. I do feel like I've turned nine I've turned thirty nine today and Let's not discuss people's ages. It's a bit unnecessary. When I started this show I was younger than you. That's a weird thing, isn't it? I have worn a hood. I think it's like Emily, it's bit like, you know when a four hundred meters starts and you're the on the outside lane and you think You think well know, I'm well ahead of you. And then you find that when you get around to the streight, it's all levels out and everybody's the same. What about when I lied about my age once? and then onnce? I don't do it anymore. I lied once and then Frankie Boyle appeared in the room. I was with some friends and he said Oh, he went to Sussex, I went there as well. So you must be So who do you know someone? so I started talking about all these people? I didn't know any of them 'cause I'd lied. Oh no. I don know, it was awful. I just walked out of the room. I thought I can't be friends with him. Well shouldn't have done that. Of all the outrageous things he's done finally we've got him That is right up there H is Frank Skinner absol radio special day We are because Lucy Hamlin has tweeted us to say I'm listening to Frank on the radio in a budget hotel. who said romance was dead? Oh nice. I h I woke up on my thirty ninth birthday and think I' looking for that In a forty four pounds a night hotel. Liv in the dream. Yes, Indeed. stop. And it's a good bargain, but I'm not sure it's quite the high achieving lifestyle I'd pictured for myself for Youing your own house. Yeah. Did you have ever hire a car outside? I did, yeah. I thought you might And a year ago when it was my birthday coming up, Do you remember we had a conversation? S a year ago was your birthday. It was Yeah, but on the show I said, Oh yeah, it's my birthday tomorrow and you said, what age? And I said thirty eight and you said better get famous soon. You remember I said that. But once again you've completely ignored my advice. Oh, I don't know about that.'ve But that is your nextography autobography frame.ed sorry, I said that. I played a minor role chann on a sitcom on a channel that most people don't have. I've done my bit, surely that count. Yeah, but of course the word on the street is that sitcom iss going to be massive and winl loads Can I say I saw a trailer of that sitcom? Did you? And I actually llled. You never. I did. How could you've se a trailer of it and I haven't. I mean it doesn't seem kind of a big deal. You' connected W. So the same Amazing. When you say llled, you mean with one el. wasn't in the trailer. Did did just kn it off. It was a hot room Oh yes, it's goodes So you know, when you did that job, you're just slipping off yoube. I've got a bit of a birthday present gaff to reveal to you guys A Dean gaff. Yeah, six weeks ago, January six. made a mistake. wouldould it be a Dean Gaff? That's great Six weeks ago, January sales, I took the liberty of going onto John Lewis' website and buying myself some articles of clothing They arrive a couple of days later. I open the John Lewis parcel and in there is a George Clooney Nespresso coffee maker. I hadn't read the label and it was addressed to my wife, but she hadn't said to me, I've ordered something from John Lewis, Don't dare open it. was your surprise? Yeah. Who orders? Soorry went six weeks in advance. pointint of order. When you say George Cloy in thisprress of coffee maker, can please say it with the right tone of vice? I haven't seen the advert, but you can. Go on. No. Okay. donon't give the people what they want. All the time I've been talking about Yeah George Clooney on this show. Yeah anecdote must have been burning a ho thing. I've got one of them. I've got one of them And is he right to advertise it? Oh, yeah it's good. It's great, isn't it? I' so good I've actually used up all the little cartridges so now I need to do some Oh, I've got loads, I'll give you some ' Brilliant they're cheap. like an espresso club chat, Frank. Yes I ate coffee anyway. So I don't care about it. expensive. One thing they never seemed to do on the adverts is show George Clooney rush into the bathroom going, well, that was a good espresso. Espresso. I said espresso. to say espresso aren't your deskcots. Cup of chino So where did you happen? Did you pass it all back up again No, I said to my wife, Why don't I just give you the money for it and you get me another present as well She said, suddenly you've taken over presresent by president. No. No. So there's no surprises. I mean I've been dropping here Pably many. P'er quly on carp stamps do that come on stumps. Well, we met by Mess from. I was I love those. Green shield stamps my nana used to get. I was in the spirit of all things birth Desque when I arrived at Absolute this morning The Cckkerels that was outside taking a photograph of the lam post I didn't ask why Apparently he's putting together a dog hearing exhibition But But he was taking a photo of a lap. Yeah ye. And I had part into. There was a moment where I thought he was going to walk in with me into the radio station. and I said, do you mind actually treading water out here a be Wh I go and sign your card at reception? Oh fine. And I think I think you said didn't you spoilt it there. Spoiler alert. Now I know there's going to be a card. Yeah but you didn'tew anyway, didn't you? D want a card? we going to keep up this hollow prig tent. whyan to just sitting right in front of each other? subjects of your advice about better get famous soon a year ago. Oh't keep But it is relevant because I feel like I might have done a thing this week that could have jeopardised that and I'd like to just air it and see what you two think whether or not I made a catastrophic decision You know I've recently done a sitcom. and it's there on the CVot before. And it's written by good people. It's it's going to you know, look quite good on the old CV. I was offered an audition this week Oh lovely. that frankly clashed with an osteopath appointment that I had And I decided not to go because I felt certain that I wouldn't get the role. What was it for It was for Hollyws as a dishy doctor And I just think For all, I'm not gonna to beat myself up about my appearance. It's allright, but I think I'm an acquired taste. I think you have to look at my face for quite a while before it becomes okay. No, I think you're quite re one Hansson. No, no, no. I'm never going to beishy Do doctor in Hollywooks. do you think Be honest, be totally honest. I would I mean in different circumstances. I think it would have been a waste of like two hours. They wouldn't have casted me as a dishy doctor in Holly Oooks that have gone with somebody that's You''re scandy hot. No I thinkn't you I mean I'm not saying you' George L wind the windows down when you're in the car with this is more the thing I want from world Laders when they're talking about their country Well's kind of slightly more measured approach. Yeah. saying, you know, we're all right, you know I mean I think we're a bit of an acquired taste. But if the Rsia had said that, we're a bit of an acquired taste th Rossia, I accept that. you know. If you like vodka and gas, then we're we're your guys. But other than that were you know, we're difficult. An aggressive looking fonts He love an aggressive for. Yeah the wrer does lookressive. No wonder most of them don't even get baptized. I No I think you're a handsome man. I don't knowinitely And you have a dishy doctor look looks. You're the sort of person I can imagine giving prescription drugs to teenagers. I hardly hope. I'm going to give it a caveat. I think you're very good looking in oh my God, have you seen Alen? have you seen that child's dad way. You know what I mean? Is that bad Yeah I just don't think that would get me cast in Hollywooks again was Would you have been in it for several I think it I think it was about four apps plus maybe more, I don't. You were popular if it was popular. How you guys have gone a bit industry with yours. Yeah, I don't know when it would TX, but the industry too I think you know, you'd look younger as well because you know you don't need bow tops on the forehead if you've got that big mirror thing on elastic that they have the doctors think it was a gynecologist for a lot I think alsos they older it's I think't they all used that? Do they? a kilomet mirre on the floor, right' done lastastic. That's absolutely the do Doctor's badge. Is it? 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