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I'm the dog My owner had gone. Yeah. Well, I don't I can't answer any questions. Of course. But you can sort of like A obviously you can't get into the nits and the grits of it, right This is a new thing I would saying, knits and grits. U But you consided Yeahah, Yeahah, it's an it was it everything you dreamed it a be more I would describe it as quite an intense Really? Yeah They want to make it immersive and it is immersive, I'll say much Wow I can't tell you any more than that When's it out? October? Wow Yeah. Well That's quite cool is I'd have to sit on what happened to October. So we'd have to trait as and we have a rel to vampire at the same time Bcit. Um, I'm trying think I should give a fuck about the other thing Now, that's exciting, isn't it? Yeah? So actually a real fun thing happened. Well, this is what my highlight was when you're away. So I had a What it happened while I was when I was back. Oh did because it text me straight away Yeah I So so excited. Okay, so you went slliding doors moment. Yeah, it was not a slideing doors moment, no No? It is I'm just hoping this cris. start Yeah, it's h hold we got to stop because this is John everyone. The staff is All John's coming John you are a gentleman, Gentleman, John You know if you were like a group of armed robbers Yeah Yeah. and you'd be like, youo Me S Ramish ring and Athan and I'd be like, Tom the hustler Davis the gentleman John. He'd be the that everyone would like, but qu quite a. What was my one? mean ass from Mean ass from Israng. And you're Tom the Hustler Davis, and these's gentleman, John Mornings have a rhythm You can hear it. Feel it Quaker, we fuel it with one hundred percent whole grain oes and a good source of fiber in every bowl. helpping you turn that rhythm into your soundtrack for a great day. Fuel to start whatever's next. Quaker, official sponsor of VIVA World Cup twenty six Study and play. Come together on a Windows eleven PC. 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Yeah box I was in, you weren't allowed to wear colors. Okay. Owise one hundred percent Andy did anyone please anyy arle fans come up to and mention Panak Can to show I've had a lot of messages online about it positive. next season? U you're better awar that Tom did a really nice thing, makeake sure you wear that.ar. Well Tom and Jhn, I can't take all the credit. John was You can't take any of the credit. You had the idea John went and actually made it happened, Yeah, that's what the sort of thing that Gentleman Johan does for Tonn H house. like you like the Steve Jobs of the Wolfer O. Anyway you yeah So anyway, there a beautiful side indors moment? Yeah it's not I don't it might be a stud indoors, moment. I can't see how it is, but anyway So Lisa, the swan. ye Dropped off Charlie ye at the theatre. and his west end run went over to the Cs Curson. The Csen cinemaa. to have shot with a couple of the other parents having a drink. Yeah. other moms. Who should she spy She came through the door and I will tell you now, I was like what? I literally was like, I was chatting someone. I saw a lace. I was like, o my gosh. Yeah I was like, a double took. Yeah. I What are you doing here of all the people? Well, she said he didn't really speak to her. do you That's her lie can I just say you can have some of your wind ups in life. No one who ever has heard this podcast is going to believe that Lisa walks into the curves and I go We spoke for ages. She said that she tried to get your attention, but she said She said he was clearly busy. I had two weeks of backed up Rangganaathan. inside of me. At leasta got qu By the way, fucking hell Frase ing Oh you had two weeks of orangganathan backed up inside of you But I had a lot of wrong like Rangganaathan backed up his life. You had a Ranganaathan block it. Yeah. and saw Lisa. No, Lisa said it wass very nice see you. you had a chance. We had a lovely chance and apparently the other mums got very excited that she knewed Tom Davis. Really? She's married to Rrish fucking Rangganaathan. Wow. He's just been on traers. Well, I can't check out that all right Anyway, she's delight to see. Yeah, it was very nice. We had a good chat, good catch up Yeah. the curs and chat the cursan. You you know by the way at the cururtson I they gave me the wrong directions to the wrong screen. And I turned up to the root so there was a couple of different screenings there. and I turned up and I stood for like ten, fifteen minutes in what was quite an intense drama. Yeah. Lisa said what were you dressed up you were in costume for S And I was excited because okay, let's just give give you your flowers sir That' be nice You here is to dner podcast. bet last Well you I mean, you do quite well out of this, bearing in mind, you contribute nothing to the organisation and on maintenance of the thing This would be very good for me. Yeah, Anyway, it was good thing to hitch my wagon to. you're one of the leads in a big BBC sitcom. Yeah, yeah yeah It excit, right? Ver exciting. BBC sitcom. BBC one? Can I say Lenny Rush? Yeahah, BBC one Len L T singer. Yeah. so yeah yeah Big BBC one sitcom, tellell us all about it, Ton. So There' some Eric Morcgan books.. They've turned them into a series of like I said or yeah. Yeah. S episodes. very funny, very heartfelt. I think it's a family type show. And Lenny Rush is the main character. Yeah. he's brilliant. Playays Dad Yeah I mean I mean that's the period I'm hitting in my life Yeah. No more goofy best friends. It's playing Dad's now, man. Well how old are you forty seven. Yeah. so I think that's not new, is it Noobbody's going fucking now for forty seven now timeing to start thinking about it. I say I got a script that came in three or four months ago and P amazing series, by the way and it's going to be incredible It's a brilliant I don't think I should say it is, but The scripts are amazing. I read it and the part I'm auditioning for is the sort of lead guys Well was half audition and half an offer And I read it and I'm like, this this u This guy The guy' twenty five, the lead guy And I'm playing his meate. And there's a moment where I'm we're sitting on a sof watching TV and I'm going So what happened last night with, you know, this girl and he's like I don't really to talk about come on man. Did you Did you sh up like that? And I'm like, I'm fucking nearly fifty. This's like such a weird turn. If I'm a fucking nearly fifty year old man hanging out with a load of young kids. is is And then when I got I told message the director and was said, this is lovely I don't think I'm right for it. someone's get sorry. What what the fuck happened to you? What? Y' it's an audition, half audition half offer. No no, I was very sure about a part. so I messaged the director. I know the director. he's a friend I've worked of him once before So I message him and say that this is really nice, but I don't think I'm right for it And then he comes back and hes. I think I'm too old. And he's like, oh shit, I completely Since we last worked together, you've aged like ten years Okay I assume that the same has happened to him. R Yeah he's alsoair. I think it' slightly unfair of him to say No, but I think in his head still thought of' still the same sort of Yeah. it's sort of like unknown. I still think I would say screech. I would argue quite strongly at thirty seven, that's quite weird, they. Yeah, yeah yeah, ye. But you've got to remember also I looked a bit younger and I sort of behaved younger. Yeah. I sort of like, ye, I was a bit more like So you're not doing it now because you did that. No,. You basically rouled yourself out of it. Yeahah, I mean, it would be so fucking creepy. And as soon as then he saw me as being nearly fifty, ye, everything changed. Nearly We're both nearly fifty. Yeah king crazy, right Youre doing anything big for your fiftieth? Yeah, quitting the industry. I'll shut up That' be your prime mate You Old man Rom is going to be your you're crushing it very let me say, I'm very proud of you're crushing it, you smashing it. But old man Rom is going to be a whole new thing O man oldld man Rom is not going to be in the public eye O right Even if you're not in public ar, you'll in public ar, you can't stay out this game to it is in you horses for your veins But O manan Rom is that is the bit I'm looking for. That's sort of the main thing I'm looking forward to. Really? Yeah. It's like a World Cup. Yeah How anyway, we've talked about this too much when are you going to quit? It will quit me before I quit it I'll be thirst this before. I'll be hanging around it. yeah I'll be like, you know Robert Deeniro in Jake Lamotter at the end of Rag and Ballw Yeah got wine dive bars. Robert De Niro needs to stop now, doesn't it I I think Reno is incredible. Yeah, Mter. You know, he's opening a noobu in u where I used to live. Yeah, do you know what? When I watched Raging Ball. I thought to myself, there's only one way this is headed This guy p putting a nebor No Nova. So where was he? the businessman behind Nova I you like you like sushi You're like, shhy and Rutland. You wantan to come to Rutlland I well I got an idea, huh I'm going take Noby and I'm going to take it to Rutland and Stanford That's what he's done. He's taken it to Stanford It's I've never been to Nober. No I haven't. Well' one are the things we could do for our bucket list for our fifteent. But I don't think I can eat anything there M never do vegans suuff at noobi. You might be the first vegan to breach the dowors of Noobi. Okay. Yeah I think, by the way, you should open a big vegan restaurant your fifteeth For my fifties, why would I? Why would I open a money pit for my fiftieth birthday? I ex. M your this is you at the moment. you're extcending. you're getting to Diro levels. You can have your noo. Yeah. Is this a big prank? Tom? No, I swear my life. Tom, let me say this, my besters are behind me. No way. They are. Okay, I'm gonna make a bit of you I think your best years are going to be between fifty and fifty seven In what way? I just think career wise. Yeah it's going be very difficult as I'm going to have disappeared into the You are not disappearing. I'll still do this but We won't do it twice a week. It'll be once a month. I think movies come for you in your fifties movies in my fifties? I think I'm gonna say it now. Okay. I don't think we've even got close to R the Rommish. I think you're a bit like Maradonna Pe thought he' peaked a couut the different times put of the. 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I think it's cool while you're thinking of the name. I don't think it's cool Ray Pler and Dynamo or Steven do a podcast called the Parlor Trick. Right. And every week he learns a new medic. Stehven Tach' Rad P plor T trick. And then he goes out in the public and he does it. and we work up and in the end he's like I was about to shit on it, but that's basically an episode of Robber Romich first How haveave you been anywhere, bro? Good good. I found it very difficult to not be in touch with you. Yeah Ive really I missed you so much. You arere an essential part of my life. M you do you know what as well we had his very deep deep time before you went in. Yeah. that was so I person relationship intensified if Yeah And then you just left. It was actually do you know what? It was a bit like You know when the best character leaves a soap. You know, like when I don't know, exampl, please I don't know like Den left Eenders for or Grum Miture left N you know if it would have been. Gram Mitchell's back. Steve, yeah, and by the way, give it up. What's the problem I just I had such memories of him being like this amazing character. Yeah, he's an amazing character. And then yeah tinil of dust, the sort of magic dust the. I can of just say that I thought he was incredible as Gite Mitchell early days. I thought he reolutionized. I think actually is an revolutionized what? So I think when him and Steephen Fallnon came in, I think they Elevate is so packed in. Yeah. I think the two of them are extremely good. And I think you know, I used to fantasize about being the third Mitchell brother I've told said this before. Yeah, I think it would be a good quite a good proble. Yeah. there would be like I used to think to myself when I was like on this building sites, ccaffolding sites be a moment where Things would get reallyitten on top. Mitchells can find a way out And then sort of towards the end of the u Base They're sort of like, o no, what are we going to do? I don't know. We're up against it. No one can help us. And then you hear this sort of chimme as thequivk door opens. I just hit my voice guy grant And they vot it r and go And I Ty Toby. Yeah, Toby Mitchell. Toby Mitchell. Yeah Grant and Phil are tough guy names They own those nam Grant and Phil No, but Grant and Phil is a different world to Toby. Toby Mitchell is like the third brother went to private school I mean It turns out I'm this sort of like wild guy that's sort of their younger brother who's sort of like been sort of smashing about East London And then we take everyone on and we win. and then yeah Do you think it needs a third brother? Would you been into Oct Toby we will be al right now And I'll probably sort of get on really well with Pete Bill. He was in thatland He said the market sold in Yeah instead Do you think people would go like a scene might go? Sayora So we've not seen you around here before, but you're filling grants. Oh Oh, you already do that? Yeahah s going in M c.ere who you I'll be, I don't know, whichever region is taking that place. They used to be who' the as you guys who used to run the calf back in the day? San Jay? San Jay yeah ye cf. San Jay and G G. yeah Yeah. Yeah, they were nice people. A the cf good g. okay, but that's a weird What you just did was a bit weird. Okay Yeah they were nice, but I'll consider them pful Like they could like, you know, they, you know, they were like, they ran acc and like they were like you, you know, a lot of people think they're going to be like different or whatever, but they were like normal Yeah you go in there. you order food, you get your food. It's like any other like if one of like if a normal person was running it U okay, o I'm not going to be Sano though I'll be like, I don't know Rvy Ry, whoo's that? I've just made it up. Okay. so sorry. is Toby Mitchell based on a real charriage? So hold on We're both made up charris. Okay, so where are we By the way all the characters are made up. So where are we? In the cf? in the cf.re you working in there or you? Why would you assume that Why can't I be a customer? No because I don't know where what Am I coming up to talk to you because you're. Yeah I'm sitting in the cafe and I come up to you, right? youre're' meet Maggan Baker. Yeah Helli Suram. You' the third brother Roy I don' know he's talking about Right Youve got two brothers, haven't you? Yeah, it may be. Anchester that you have Ebody Yeah, I've got two brothers of the sister, What else do you need to know Eingr Where have you been all this timear You ask a lot of questions will you h Past three. The first one I' to asked twice, did you grab yourself for breakfast never seat U yeah, I'll have toast With a little bit of butter please, thank you. Do you want to fall right here for right Well just said that for Yeah, sorry What's your name? What's your date house? My name's Ravi. I don't know what you mean by details exactly Yeah, but what do you do around there Do you own Al Albert Square? Albert Square own you That's what I will say Do you always say that because you've not been here for years? I've never been here in my life. Right. I grew up a tougher part town me with my brothers My mom and my sister What's she call U Stepford. You Gravy Stepford, Yeah And they threw me at the ass when I was first tank so it was too night. You wakeit quite loudly, didn't Where have you been all this time justust getting about m doing stuff We a little bit of time in Spain. Then I heard that my brother's out a bit of trouble so I came back You probably know my name. Yeah, I was going to ask you about your name Why are you called Toby? It's not my real name, it's a nickname So what Well, when I was younger, I used to always have one of those Toby jokks Right and everyone sort of forgot my real name, but everyone rememember that I drank out of Tobbey drugs, everyone just called me Toby. My real name is Kevin Kevin Mitchell the boxer. Phil Grant, Kevin, Makes sense down. Yeah yeah. So a lot of people say I'm the nastiest mitual there ever has been Whose is it W out for people Hey Bill. Andvill then Well, they've not only just met you other now Oh off accident in Garry why I find you so funny. I've literally worked with soon many people way Yeah, they've just met me, but they know what I'm about. And if anyone in the East E's got a problem with my brothers or my sister, Oh my m, I've got a problem with me It seem your family. Yeah, ye Tell tellell everyone you know Abby about that It imagine you're probably friends of here and Bill Okay, shall I let you get back to your eightating? Yeah, thanank If you ever need anything, you know where I am I'm not obviously going to be here, I work at a character if Pil. you know whereere to come. Yeah. I yeah. Yeah. folks. Cheers Rs. Cheers. What I call you Toby or call me Toby, otherwise, yeah, that's what my name is in the credits. In Well you're back in the fourth order, haven't you? Kevin And seen well that sort of needed I would say we needed to give that a bit of narrative drive. that didn't really go anywhere No And we're live on Match Day as Doug reaches for a buffalo wing. He's got it. Oh and he's gone for a can of Pepsy too. What a finish! There's no doubt about it. It just tastes better. Match Days deserve Pepsy I seen it I just watched I didn't watch it. I saw the clips from soccerades And sow Tom Hiddlestom was in it He's very much become the new King of Sccharid You sort of very much that's become his. Well, I mean, can we talk about this Arceal of Von the Lg Yeah. Shout Asle. Can I say by the way I had no animosity. There's a lot of animosity towards us. So I will say there's a number of people who seem to have jumped on the B band wagon But you know, I had this there's a lot of anger about that and I'm like the world is a very sad place at the moment And if someone finds a little bit happiness by putting on an arsenal shirt and celebrating, I don't think that should be any animosity. So are you now talking about becausecause you're qu annoyed that people have jumped on the arsenal bat. I' not really annoyed about it. I just find it Well, when you came in today, said who are all these cs on the Arsenal fans You by the way, do this thing, well, you turn out to me and say, you know that's not how it went down. it didn't sound like that. And then you do this and people go, Oh come L, you should to but. No, you didn't say that. But there's yeah, no, but there's an outcry. So as a part of me thinks if you're not a footballan, and You have now seen this this What has been quite an incredible outpouring of joy I think in otherwise what has been quite a joyless year so far. Yeah. I think why not just go along and celebrate? Bose, I think I don't quite understand the kicking arsenal getting from Like there's this awful thing about Laura Woods a journalist had written. and I was like, you know, about Everyone on the panel on TN T being ar so fans of supporting the English te, was't I remember watching Man United in the Champions League final when they did the treble and everyone no one was there was no one on that going. Well I hope B Mit went Everyone was support you. I thought there was a time and place where China did that and I know I think it's partly because Arsenal kind of I think Arce also've got a lot of celeb fans. Yeah, which makes them less endearing Yeah, in truth. I think we've got a couple of You know There's a really massive helmet that supports him in Pers Morgan. Yeah, right? So that makes him less popular. Yeah And then play a certain brand of football that people don't find that opeinion. Yeah, but can I say that when you weren' playing that brand of football and you were playing the brand of football It was a lot more open and entertaining and great. Everyone was like a greater watch will never win anything. I know. and that they weren't getting the level of hate that. No. But Man United had that, but if you go back, Man United had this I think her social media obviously plays a part R Ran Yike was the first team yeah, that In my lifime I was in Liverpool, I was a bit young for that man un I dominated. Everyone hated United city I think you know, have had that to an extent PPs kind of save them a little bit because I think everyone realizes what attribute Gardioda as being for the Premier League. I think that I think when it comes to sort this hatred for Arsenal. people see them in it Yeah, and I doort I sort of don't mind it as an Astophan. I kind of, I don't really if people That' not I prefer to be hated and be an amazing team that are in Champions League finals than to be regarded as like Smpathy because you've rey it Let's talk about this a little bit Yes You' One of the worst things that could possibly happen to a football team Yeah, maybe Except for what fingers cross is going to happen to say is that you got relegated. Yeah. How are you feeling? I will say that actually I think in a sense it might sound a bit insane. I think it's awful for to an extent. I actually don't think it's the worst thing in the world and a basis that I think there needs to be like a Big change at the club I think there needs to be the Yeah, hopefully with this means that we can get a new ownership in also means that we can get rid of a lot of players who want extortionate money and start I think actually start bringing through a few you you excited Yeah, becauseuse I mean there's nothing can do about it. I mean, I sort of watched some something really aggressive sort of videos and stuff and I think to myself, the w is It's very little. I made my peiece with just sitting in the stands and shouting really loudly drunk was not really going to have a mass effect on whether we won leagues or what I mean, if if that was the case, West Ham would have won everything. Yeah because we you know, as you've been but you have no control over that. You've got to go with the go you know and I think we were rightly relegated, I think We weren't very good side this and we haven't been for the last few years. Yeah. So It is what it is. I actually got a kind of look you know I'm looking forward to sort of not getting absolutely pumped or A a season without VAR is going to be absolutely a dream. Yeah I I was gutted that Spurs didn't get relegated. Yeah. that was journey for the first time It's sad that sppurs didn't go down and Spurs fans watching or listening. I wanted your team to get relegated bottom of my heart I wanted to see you go down U, but it wasn't happened. We're not When Arsenal won the league, which is like amazing obviously loved it, loved it and it was great for the kids and all that. The amount of abuse I got Like, first of all, from people saying since when we were an Arsenal fan. But that same things. Secondly, people go in Why are you even an arronrofat doesn't make any sense. I've got of messages like that after it happen And it's all of occurred to me that that is just what happens when If you support a rival team Yeah and then you see somebody supposedly supports a team that's one and you don't like him then like there's like a An anger in you that like you're trying to get you're trying to get rid of. Do you know what I mean? Like I think like with football, it brings out this kind of but don't you think this is a thing where they start? I think when it comes to that right's like so I watched All these videos of Arsenle fans crying when you won the league. Yeah. Arsenle fans crying when youreost the Champions Leue final. Westam fans sobbing when they you know went down And then when say you go to a funeral, right and you stand in a funeral and you look around, And the same men that have maybe lost a family member or a friend will be standing there stonewalled. They won't be crying. because they don't kind of know how to deal with that emotion They know if their football f and football team is successful or unsuccessful. They know almost that within a group they can they can release that as a valve that's almost not frowned upon in society to go, I'm just going to cry now. I can like there's guys that I was watching you know, the West Sam game, and I'm like, I can know man. You know, this might be about a little bit more than your football team Yeah relegated. I do think it is I do think it's more than that. I am I took Theo and Alex to the Champions Lague fininal That must have been amazing. So F of all, big shout out to TNT for invir Yeah. shout out to TNT So I said to Alex and Theo, we're going to the Champers Leag final. They're buzzing, right? Alex in particular. I mean, they're both all my kids are asker fans Alex in particular. Alex is A know is incredibly Alex is very much reminiscent of what I was. Yeah, he's Hcore Yeah. he's much he's a much bigger arster fer than I am proper. I was like that yah when I was younger So He's buzzing There was something about your and you you h I don't, you know, obviously little Gs like Little. Yeah, can I say by way football wise? tried play she's started playing little football tournament Yeah. playays football on a Saturday And the other day was like, look, you really need to If you don't want to play this, we won't come. But if you want to play it and she's like I want to play football you need to commit and play the games. So she's like, can you come and stand by the side of the pitch because it's a lot they aren't the girls like or three years older. Yeah. So it's like, okay. and then she played and she scored like two goals. and I team won this little tournament And I was like, I was genuinely welling up. and she was coming over to me I showing her pictures little gold celebrations that she'd been watching. Yeah. And I was like, o my God, this is This is insane. like your little girl's so into football. Yeah' like when are we going back? When are we going back? I was like even now I feel quite emotional about. Yeah I was a big real football dad By the way, there was other dads who are like Kick her getet a ball of grr, getet a ball. I' like, your daught's three years old I very the King Gary and me came up I'm already seeing little signs now that you're going to be a problem on the sidelines Yeah, no doubt I will. Anyhow. Anyhow The boys were so excited to go that it made me nervous. So we're flying out to be the pest on the morning of the game. Yeah. Lace and Charlie Stan in England. Yeah I I couldn't get the boarding passes printed off before I got went to the airport. B who's getting boarding passes printed off? sorry, not printed off downoad. So I couldn't get the boarding passasses downladed onto my phone So then I'm like So then I'm on the way to the airport and like if I was going on my own, if I got like I'm very ill about you something happens to me. So if I go to the if I go there and they go, you can't get on this flight, I go, okay, I'll watch it. You know, like I'll be disappointed but whatever Because it was the boys. Yeah. the pressure I was feeling like I want to deliver a great experience for my kids.. So like we're going to the airport and I'm almost ruining our journey to the airport because I'm so anxious about I'm worried that I'm going get there and they're going to go sorry you're not checking you thisook the flights were that comfy inter. They've been booked through the thing And then likeike you had to check him via the app Yeah. And because it was like really complicated because I was doing multiple passengers it was a bit funky So I thought I'd checked in, but I couldn't get a boarding pass onto my phone rightight? So I on turn on I thinking this is the morning of the game There's no way I'm going to get another flight. If this and the least was going to be wrong You've checked it like I don't know what you're worrying about Like we've done this load Yeah, But if I'd been on my own I wouldn't have cared but it's not yeah because we' such a big deal. We're in a taxi on the way to the airport and like them We're looking at Alex goes you right My kid is saying this to me What the fuck is wrong with me man So I go T to go Yeah, I'm just a bit worried because I couldn't like check in on the thing.' I'm just a bit nervous because I want you guys to And he goes, but you've got the boarding passer on your phone. L he hadn't understood the story And I go, no, I haven't been able to do. And he went ' o and The way he said ' o, I was like, o Godd, he's were now worried. Yeah Fo, by the way the coolest mini if I tell you Theo, absolute textt see Oanganathan behavior. Yeah.'alking up and go, what are you worried about? said the Bonfoxs, dad. This is how we do it every time. Why do you think it's going to be different today Wow, because you're just going to go up there. and go did it and go and then we're going to get on the plane. And also like Yeah, it's probably one thingah. I might out some y it yeah. Anyway, just chew yeah. J shouldn't me that yeah holding your face. Listen, ye It say ain't your first road here, son Is going beide buddy boy? Oh thanksfy, o mate. cheers Um Anyway it was totally fine B Can I say it way also single dad in Yeah. Yeah. How was that? Because they're old enough now, right? You don't know. But they're old enough, but we went we got to Budapest, we flew with Becket And u there I can imagine by the way, Becket's great flight company Yeah, he's good j J, ye Yeah. I mean he's a slake for a lot of him. Anway was he I also beck it would be great for our company. No he is, but he slept. That's still good company. I like to watch him with his eyes closed So we get there, ourur flight was on the tarmac for an hour and a half before leaving. Why So we' del I don't know there's some lot of flights sc. So we're delayed We land and we've got to go straight to do an interview. Yeah Go and do the interview. B boys go with you. Yeah. amazing Go back to the hotel Go to the hotel check in and There wass like a little cocktail thing beforehand and then we go to the game Go to the little cocktail thing. The food there is for people, for adults Yeah Aspirational grown ups. Yeah, right They wanted to feel like they're a fancy things. All that, you know, like kind of capaprazy kind of cups and all that. Yeah, yeahah. So anyway Theo and Alex, they don't fuck they want to work Of course I'd tell my nes before football. Yeah. I got read the room, mate. Hey, read the room. So we go to the pizzaas in here. Go down to the ground Do another pitch side interview of Laura Woods Then we go sh by the way, La Woods I think one of the best sportsers fantasticredible. fantastic E sport by the way. Yport. M, have you seen stuff on Kabi I haven't seen unbelievable yeah. What she knows about Tamil Nado Really? No. Okay. I would I would' be shocked for Laura Ws. C love. like. She's one of the best red. Like she literally does all of research Shout La Woods. Yeah, Sh La Woods. Anagona. Yeah, yeah, yeah, but regardless of that. Anyway, so go to the box. They've got fancy food in the box Again, the boys don't want any of it, right There's some breadsticks. I'm starting to get nervous now because it's quite hot Yeah We's been a long day. we got the You're on the booze as well. I was absolutely fucking wankkered. The kids are coming up some shat up booy But but a canon We far with one of your ban Sort of sounded like you almost went for the Flintstone steam tin Anyway, so so they didn't like any of the food, right? Yeah And so they hadre breadsticks. I'm getting them took breadsticks, right? bak you The biggest game of football and you're going. Did you have a fucking b? Because they didn't want any they didn't want any breadsticks. Fair. I e one of them. No fair they nicious boy. They didn't want any of the food. but was was that was by the way, corporate that side ofable I it's not changed. Just give everyone pi mess. I know. And also just fucking just have a bucket of chicken nuggets and chips. You know what I mean? Anyway, so the boys don't eat anything apart from like seven breadsticks apiece, right So then the game finishes, there's some game. There's some after party stuff going on or drinks all like rp dr. I just said the boys go we want to go back to the hotel. G back to the hotel this point the boys, since we've got our I got the boys we got the boys breakfast at Gatway. Yeah Then they've had seven breadsticks, right? So now I'm starting to get a bit nervous at how much these boys are Rum, It's ler. boys eatater. I really don't like You always go to that voice when you imp personate E La? No why? Be it's my woman voice for E La wife, at least this is Iest she ye S show me Lis's voice no That's not that far away fromrom I can't do a lase in persononation. It' hard. you do a cat imp personersonation? Well, she's a bit more like that, I guess. She's a bit more, I don't know I gone Not without really offending the woman I love most in the world. Anyhow, she calls and she's like, I've b the Lisa is very chilled out about her. She's a chill by the way, I can tell you this. when she I saw her, I was like Oh you' so chilled. Yeah. Lise is very relaxed. She's not even asking me what the boys are eating. She's just like No know, she's not You got this. C't we does she know that? We just had some breadstick. I know it was essentially being. I get back to the hotel. I say don't worry bz, I' get some room service. I find that room service closed. What Iust say There was a time. You stayed in a hotel, The rooom of service is twenty four seven Those days are gone. Yeah. What is that? I don't know. some hotels you go to. Yeah. ten o'clock finish C say what like what happened to the night chehef You what I mean? That's job there, for. It's a fucking joke, manate. And By the way, all anyone wants for room service after ten o'clock is deep fried chip. Yeah, deeep fried chit and brass. That's all you want. Like notight. Oh my God, such a Blake Russell brand like you or good boys at a football. All right, I know he's my shigang bo thought Ive got a little trait. M Alana. Oh this is tragic. So So u ust just going to sit in the colder and brush my hair No room service Yeah, sides the boys Oh my God They they have age as well. Yeah attrition is important. They go, donon't worry, dad We'll ass some Chris and go slle So now I've got by the way, both of spirits are dropped, right? Yeah.s Yeahah Biggest Yeahah. So theyve watched the biggest game of their lives. They've watched Arenal L's, biggest game of their lives Breakfast. Seven bread sticks Bag of crisps I mean, yeah. The next morning Yeah. I wake up and I think this is unacceptable U by the way, I might be wrong in assuming this Knowing you, like, I think you've had a few beers in you I'd like two bears. For two bears int you? I know your anxiety and I know how you're neurosis is I don't think you'd have slept much just on a basis. not even the g losing the game But the thought of your bys' not eating And that level of It fucks me up. I can imagine The neosis of how your mind works is like can I I'm not a very good dad. Can I get m? This ist good fathering I text Lisa. The words. I've got my phone up. I text Lisa the words I don't think I'm a very good. Even though you've literally given you your boys an experience they'll remember for the rest of their lives. They'll literally turn around to their kids and go, I'm rem mom to Jagner with dad It was an amazing day. Yeah, we lost, but what a game. So the next morning, I'm freaking out yet, right? I don't want my boys to be hungry. Yeah They've had a bad eating day yester. Yeah. So I just want to treat them. Yeah They're asleep. they're absolutely knacca because they're such a month to die. Yeah. I go to delivero. There's no delio in Budapest. Going to Uberates, there's no Uberates in Budapest But room service is still closed. Room service is not is not basasically, I looked at room services way, by the way European breakfast can eat my ass Yeah here. Okay It's weird way of phrasing it but I agree with the sentiment I end up downloading A Hungarian deellivery And then I Alex loves McDonald's Yeah. I order about three tons of McDonald's, right? Wow. The boys are still as slate Yeah I go downstairs Wait for the McDonald's. Yeah. C upstairs openpen the door Boys Gott some McDonald' The look on their face it was like You know, in Frodi's sitting on the bed at the end of Lord of the Room Gamf walks in. Yeah yeah Wow. What moment. It felt incredible. Whatent Sat there by the way, bed picnic pnic we all can't be a bad picnic. Luckily really fat cinemac plant, unfortunately, there are no vegetable burgers in Hungarian McDonalds Did it alone or right Alana ate what she was given, which was whatever fries fell off the bed What would you eat then if you got it? I just had a portion of fries ' traragic, isn't it? S sad? Yeah, but you know what? your boys ate well. Loved it with them read a screening of this thing I've done Ladies first. I watched it by the way. watched it on the plane on the way back from Budipest. Congratulations, I think. You know what I still It's still a novelty to me that my friends in films Well, yeah, I mean, mean a little bit yeah, It's his brother. Yeah, yeah yeah, his brother in law, I mean, that's how much we know. His brother in law, so. His brother in law that you had an accident or something. that's why you like that in the film, right? Yeah, ye yeah. ye, which is yeah, raced eebrows.. But we went to the Premiereour screening of and u No one was around to scry with me So Lou from off the curb, lovely Lou She was like L was like, I'll come I'll you Ill get very nervous, social anxiety about these things. Yeah. I find them very pictures and all the yeah, it's not my vibe So Lou comes along as is ammand. And whats she mainly doing to make sure you don't do the task in Fury thing You know that three fucking guys joked about that O obviously that's become a thing that we've talked about free of the camera guys So we go along and Amanda Amary, lovely Amanda comes as well. So and Jim, Jim came along to watch. Jim. Yeah They gave me a ticket. so I was like, I've got ticket. you want to come watch this gym and Jim was like, Yeahah yeah. whyy have you become such good mates?ike, you've can play golf with Jym Wh why wouldn't you be good friends with J? Yeah, I like Jim, but I've never socialised with him. Well, this is me. I socialize. I'm sniffing about John at the moment. You know, that's how lonely I am. Well, what a big Oh I don't mean about that but I'm love. Okay. All right ye I mean, I was like literally, I was yeah. anyyway, L, so we're there and There's a guy and he had sort of like Hors deuves, or whatever you call him, and he had these prawn ones carrying around at Bum highigh. So he's sort of carrying around quite low and he's walking past people's houses with these prawns and Lou pick one I don't have one. And I said, Geez L, And she was like, What do you m? said, Look, he's holding the tray. And then what do you think's happening out of people's asses? Farts It's some farts on prawn, you're up for it, man You know, I just think it's an insctic farts, coughs You what I mean? Dad there's more smelly gases down there. right? And he s the same thing to carry a tray, not like that's why they carry them like that, you say. He's like that. He's just holding them like that And Por Lou was just, oh my go, I't think about that. I was like yeah. Yeah, why would you? Yeah ye Yeah. I mean I said that's a belly bomb You don't what's going to happen there You could that could that could come back you ha't Yeah? So poor low was She was qu worried about it So I'm like they were weird little Is that the end of the story, right? Yeah She wass fine. That's the story about you going to see ladies first is that They're carrying the little volevance at ar highight. Oh yeah. I mean, the film was good I think's good fm. It's a fun thing. Wasman Pike, by the way, absolute legend. Wasman Pike' is incredible, right? She's amaz Can I say chat about you Your name is Two or three conversations about you. What was say? withith Rosman Pike? One with Rosman Pike? Yeah. and with Wosman. what was with Gaby Rosley Another one I can'tember I was talking to Gaby I think there was someone who overheard me Gabb Rost talking about amazing you are. Can I just say, I' If you want a hpe man, If I go to things, I would speak I often speak about how much I do you' an incredible person you are Well, I've heard you on a couple of interviews recentough. Re nice. Re? Yeah because that's what I believe. I've got this point. I try not to mention it. Yeah I know. Yeah. better inv. mean What do you mean yeah, you know I don't need that like No, I don't need you to know, I feel like you have to do that. I get asked about you quite a lot. and when people ask me, I I told him what exact. I know, you created a new story about traitors. Was that for the King's trust? Yeah. Yeah How's that going with the kingst?ood I had to do stand up in front of I saw you giving Anna Deck a bit. wasas that that Yeah that was terrifying. How you follow the king ardanner I kept some getting pushed bumps back in the order finally was they said, all right, we're coming to the end of the night, but we still wouldn't need to go on So the king's going to say a few words and then we'll just bring you on to do your stand. because' following the king at his essentially the fiftiet birthday of the King's Trust and also but a way Not doing my mater any it was a material I'd written for. I'd written with Chat Dan Becket. We'd written this five minutes set for this event So I was like, oh my gosh, this is's not when you got to try and remember it all and number two, you'll then in a sere where you' follow it. like essentially the king speaks and the knight's over. and then we're just going to squeeze you between the king and then characters. W Stewart and Ronny Wood and Geles Holland are going to do a medley of songs Hell this feels like such an an eax exper. Did it go right It went okay. Yeah. I mean, I was I've I mean What was he wr now U be out a de bit about you me but then I likened the king's trust to what the king's trust has achieved and what I haveve achieved very self deprecating I mean, I had a few other jokes have not been able to make the cut. I'll show you them one day, if you want to see them Yeah I'd love Yeahah I guess a private session is what is that what you're getting at? O just go into your house and show that you and the boys are. Yeah, cool cool. It's very cool though It's a very cool thing to do. Yeah. Yeah it's good. do you know what actually We had a we had a lad who did my the first year we did the course who joined the course and was kind of lost in the world and quite lost and hadn't done very well at school and didn't really know what we wanted to do. and we spent a year mentoring him and he's now just got us like he's doing a masters in screenwriting He' had some poems but like published I found that quite humbling. It just shows you how easy it actually is, isn't it? Okay, no, that's really s. I didn't expect you to be. Yeah That's a really amazing story. I mean doing in all series, you're doing great work. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Re really enjoy that Yeah.. Can you do a closer please? Of course who sticks Break off the col of branches of the same tree and throw them in a river They the river takeem upon its waves, of course Current as they blasted away. under the bridges and the cousin trees. til they hit the sea. turbancy with a toust Last and Rry Well Goes one way, the other two it goes another one find itself foreign shores. Cal A movie The other one finds itself in the banks of the timene in Newcastle Alas, alas these twigs will they see each other again I just realize this is stick ban Oh Are these stick immigrants Isn't Both sticks just land on a beach One makes a friend with a cat crab, the other with a Another thing that you'd find on a beach on a bag of crisps But often they miss each other Trouble about things is and life is sometimes you get pulled away from the thing you love the most. And sometimes you build a life around it One becomes a a mast in a sandcastle, the other one becomes a scratchy stick for an old man called Clive Tulser. Both of them often think of each other. when I see him again. Then a big storm comes and some wind picks up the stick from Sandcastle and blows it across the English Channel catches the wind and spirals all the way to Newcast where the old man scratching his back is like, I've got an itchy leg too I wish I could find another stick. And as he looks down He sees his other stick picks it up and starts scratching his leg And then he puts the two sticks down upon his table As he goes to bed One stick, let's the other stickking guys We meet again, o friend And the truth about life is sometimes you can be pulled away from the things you love the most if you're tru meant to be together come back to each other So this man, he has specialistics. so he won't ever use the one on his back for his leg. No, no, because obviously yeah Yeah, you don't use this Yeah. I mean, he could know he's doing it at the same time. He can' Okay, sometimes. I mean asentially as I started doinginner, I realized it was the whole of the stick m. It sells quite really sad, isn't it? anyway? It' quite no sportil. Is it a happy ending? Yeah, happy ending and actually goes on life mission. I think. Have you seen sequel is that for us far? Anyway. thank you so much for watching and listening to the Wolf and Owl P cast. So next time I see you will be the email special Wolllfalpod at go. com if you'd like to contribute. Bye. Thanks friends.
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