Episode 63
The Coleslaw Episode
Show broadcast on 25 April 2015
Two things to tell you this week team. Number 1 - get ready, brace yourself. Producer Dave is back! It's The Dream Team. Robins, James, and post-honeymoon Dave. Number 2 - sure there's all the regular features (a tense low-scoring Winner Plays On, more A Robins Amongst The Pigeons, Textual Healing, a bumper double edition of Email of the Species), but mainly this week it's all about coleslaw. You'll see.
Podcast intro
In reference to last week's episode, some listeners have written in to defend triple denim (or 'threnim') as worn by Producer Vin, and even quadruple denim ('quenim').
John's introduction of Elis
"To my left is is the first man in 450 years to be banned from the Isle of Anglesey. "
Conversations and riffs
Producer Dave is back from his honeymoon in Thailand so time to catch up on his wedding day, which Elis and John attended. Dave's dad was great value and he and John came up with an idea for a 'pub shed'. His mum told John about a young Dave's Baywatch fascination. There was a lot of coleslaw.
Elis and John's newly increased profile has led to some random gifts or free samples being sent to them at the Xfm office, including some artificial grass sent with no explanation.
Text-in topic
Listeners text and tweet during the show on this week's topic.
What celebrities have you known in real life?
Textual Healing
A listener calls the show with a problem.
An anonymous female listener feels self-conscious about getting changed in front of a woman she used to go to school with, after her 'body pump' class.
A Robins Amongst the Pigeons
John reads aloud from his autobiography.
Chapter 24: A Tale of Two Cities. John's life in London. John meets his future girlfriend at a soirée.
Winner Plays On
Elis and John face off in the weekly quiz on topics of their choice.
George Orwell (Elis) v the Sierra Cosworth (John). John wins 1-0.
Email of the Species
Listeners' emails into the show.
Paul Merton admits that you have to have email at some point. On the other hand, a writer in the Huffington Post believes email is on the way out!