Episode 43
Fake Excuses, McCartney News and some Special Toilets
Show broadcast on 6 December 2014
A bumper podcast for you this week - so many belters! Elis confronts a harsh truth concerning his hero Paul McCartney, John regales us with stories of the working-class Bullingdon Club, and Producer Dave needs your help to skive off playing football. Plus a quickfire quiz, impressions of a funk legend and an extra special message for our youngest podcast devotee. Of course there's John's Memoirs, Winner Plays On and Teenage Fan Club too, and a producer league table in Femail of the Species.
John's introduction of Elis
"In the dweeb corner, in the M&S jeans and H&M hoodie, twice South-Walian welterweight semi-finalist, it's Elis 'The Plough' James!"
Conversations and riffs
Mellor update - In Pret, talking to Nazeem.
Quick Fire Quiz.
John's dream about pipe tobacco.
Paul McCartney: meat free Monday's. Elis discovers that Matt Dyson has met Sir Paul McCartney.
Text-in topic
Listeners text and tweet during the show on this week's topic.
Producer Dave needs an excuse to not play football.
Elis: "I've lost my bag".
Teenage Fanclub
Listeners' teenage obsessions around bands, films, crushes at school, etc, and their creative endeavours related to expressing this.
Queen fan club magazines.
A Robins Amongst the Pigeons
John reads aloud from his autobiography.
Chapter 5: Rebel with a Cause - non-uniform day.
Winner Plays On
Elis and John face off in the weekly quiz on topics of their choice.
John Lennon (Elis) v The Motorway Service Stations of England and Wales (John). John wins.
Email of the Species
Listeners' emails into the show.
League table of podcast producers.
Nephew "Charlie" listens to the podcast and says "Quallo".