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S2 - E5 - Housewarming - (feat. Mark Brewer)
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Brush off your space boots and warm up your vocal cords as we welcome back the ever-entertaining Mark Brewer for his guest spot on our All-Exclusive Podcast. We kick things off in typical fashion, reminiscing about past injuries, and diving headfirst into the hilarity that ensued when Mark questioned MJ's knowledge of the song 'Bubbles' during our demo day. But it's not all fun and games when Mark steps into the podcasting arena; his astute insights and unique flair add spice to every conversation.
Ever wondered if songs referencing the moon could be considered a genre? Well, we take this tantalizing question to task with Mark and Henry as they explore classic tracks sporting lunar lyrical content. We travel from the misty banks of 'Moon River' to the silvery glow of 'Blue Moon', pondering Mark's ambitious plan to weave these moonlit melodies into a singular album. But hold onto your hats as we veer off into the realm of moon landing conspiracy theories and the wonders of Google Earth. And for those feeling a bit earthbound, we share our cringe-worthy public bathroom tales and advice for handling dating disappointments.
As we rocket back down to Earth, we delve into the world of coins and musical theatre. We turn over the Royal Mint's new coin designs, and speculate about their potential for teaching kids to count. Not to be outdone, our theatrical exploits take center stage as we share our reviews of a recent show featuring the legendary talents of Bernadette Peters and Bonnie Langford. Wrapping up this wild ride, we touch on fitness regimes, surprise awards, and even a dash of bandit golf. It's official: Henry's the new 'moon song curator', so buckle up and enjoy this whirlwind journey through laughter, wisdom, and the utterly unexpected.
Mark Brewer Returns to Exclusive Podcast
Speaker 1This episode is being brought to you from the new house, jack's house.
Speaker 3Yes, is there that little theme tune for Duh-duh-duh-duh Jack's house?
Speaker 1You've got the obsession recently that we have to have a theme tune for everything. I just I feel like everything does need a theme tune to manage. I think it'd be good.
Speaker 3Because then you never know when it's been recorded from where.
Speaker 2I can't believe, boys, that we're back Six months plus. I think it must be about that. The last time I sat with you doing a podcast, I had my hand in the air. You did.
Speaker 2I'm just and you're demonstrating that for us now I am showing you that my hand is up with the scar boys, how does your hand feel now? Well, funny enough, it's pretty good to get the hand, Apart from the lack of strength I do, yeah, but you know, I don't know how many people now are showing their own wounds, their hand wounds. That people had to say in my brain and, quite honestly, most of them look a mess when mine. I have to say look at that you barely notice it, you can't even notice.
Speaker 2People can't even see it. So a little scar that goes from the middle of my palm.
Speaker 3It's a miracle.
Speaker 2Well, I am yet again.
Speaker 3And I know you still haven't got full strength because we're having to open bottles of water for you.
Speaker 1Yes.
Speaker 2Well, weirdly, because I was having to use my left hand, I actually what do you call it?
Speaker 1What is that actually you're?
Speaker 2doing. I ruined my left hand. But I haven't got a lot of strength. I actually pulled something in my left hand.
Speaker 3Now you've really got the full use of either hand.
Speaker 2Don't use your imagination, Henry. I was pulling something in my hand.
Speaker 3Oh God.
Speaker 2Literally, I pulled a ligament in my hand, so now both hands haven't got full-on strength. So it is true, when someone offers me a bottle, I stand there trying to open it for about a minute or so and I get fed up.
Speaker 1Well, on that note, welcome to Mark Brueh's episode of the All-Exclusive Podcast.
Speaker 2It's the All-Exclusive Podcast. I've got some tea as well, so if you hear me slurping, Henry will probably edit it.
Speaker 1Press play.
Speaker 2What brings me back? This is your treat. What brings me back, Mark?
Speaker 3I mean, it seemed like you really don't actually want to be here, because every time we've been talking about this episode.
Speaker 1Every time we've talked about podcast, we go. Why am I coming back?
Speaker 2Yes, well, it's true, because last time we did an episode, the episode went on forever, so much you had to do it for two bits. And then suddenly I'm thinking surely the boys would ask me back, knowing that this could be a long afternoon.
Speaker 1But you've been a re-accurating guest though, mark, because you weren't only on those two, you also interviewed me and Jack on both of our part, one and two. This is actually your seventh episode of the All-Exclusive Podcast.
Speaker 2Almost feel honored, do you?
Speaker 1hear that cat there in the distance. There is a cat outside the door, mark, but you aren't letting us let the cat in because you're allergic.
Speaker 2No, because I'm allergic, and if only people who know me well know me well. I've gone into a house where my eyes have started streaming and I start sneezing realised I've got an allergy.
Speaker 3I thought you were just getting emotional about your seventh episode.
Speaker 1No, I'm not going to murder them now. But what were those words? That was a.
Speaker 2No, because.
Speaker 3I've just thought of what you said Do-do-do-do yes emotional yes, Well no.
Speaker 1You. We were just having this conversation before we started the recording, Mark. What was the conversation? What's your problem with me saying gorgeous?
Speaker 2Well, today I sent, I said to Henry, I'll see you up. Well, it wasn't. It went like that Henry, at 2.50 in the morning, literally AM, sends me podcast Mark, and then he puts Mark as if he I've not responded, as if, like I should have answered him. And then I did eventually answer him this today, saying Saying yes, henry, I will see you at 4pm. And then he replied strangely gorgeous yeah, but is that something that you reply something like?
Speaker 1That's gorgeous. Yeah, that's gorgeous.
Speaker 2But it isn't, is it? It's not a word that it would be the good nut, and you've used gorgeous for cup of tea just now.
Speaker 3Yeah, like, are you changing your personality slightly? Are you going to start using the word gorgeous on a? That doesn't change my personality.
Speaker 1Ask Maren James McCullough at any note that I have for my album and he sends it back.
Speaker 2I respond with stunning or gorgeous or we have met MJ now and I can understand.
Speaker 1How was your first experience meeting?
Speaker 2MJ, mark, no, MJ was full on a full on personality. I do love that about someone who actually is brilliant on the piano, because sometimes you think some people on pianos are a bit of a nerd or be. I've met some strange pianists in my time, yeah, I think one or two, and then suddenly there we are, mj, really full on. He just didn't know bubbles though, did he.
Speaker 1No, you did keep and I've got a video of you because you showed up to the studio on our demo day to drop Sky off because we were doing a duet. And then you walk in and it's been caught on camera. You walk into a day which, for those of you who've recorded music before or just know working to a deadline, can be a really stressful thing, and I only had the studio for eight hours to record 10 tracks that were all original arrangements. And then Mark Brewer shows up and goes MJ, have you learnt bubbles?
Speaker 5yet and I had to sing it to.
Moon and Old Songs Discussion
Speaker 2No, he didn't know it, but I'm looking forward to your album. Thank you, mark. Do you know that I am going on a campaign? Did you what? I'm on a campaign at Potters as well.
Speaker 5Do you know that?
Speaker 2Bring back the old songs. What old songs? Well, I'm thinking if Henry's going to do an album.
Speaker 1But you're saying you're going to do an album. I think I'm going to do an album, so it'll be like a rival a.
Speaker 2Wyvel, wyvels, but my songs will be old songs With.
Speaker 3Wyvels Old, old really old.
Speaker 2With Wyvels, for instance, I suddenly was sitting there only today. Moon, the moon songs, henry. How many moon songs do you know?
Speaker 1What songs with the word moon in them? Moon.
Speaker 3River Moon River is the obvious one. I see a bad moon rising Blue moon.
Speaker 4You knew just what I was there for and I'm saying to you we're going beyond that.
Speaker 2Old songs like by the light of the silvery moon, silvery moon, can you do that? I love to croon, silvery moon. No, I love to croon. I love to croon, henry, come on. But it went on. It's like shine on, shine on harvest moon.
Speaker 1Harvest moon.
Speaker 2No, you're not going to do that. It's not a song that you have to repeat things. What was another one? Obviously with moon in it.
Speaker 3I honestly have no idea what's going on.
Speaker 4Have you turned it into some sort of wheremore, Fly me to the moon and let me play a lovely song.
Speaker 2Yeah that's still swing. I'm talking about really old songs. We were sailing along Down moon night bay. See, I'm just saying these old songs. I'm going to do an album of old, old songs.
Speaker 3I'm not trying to be like. I feel like I might be having a breakdown.
Speaker 1All Mark can think of is old, old, old songs, Old old songs which I'm going to do an album of, like a chance war to see like we put them both in the poppin' shop. Yeah, let's do that and see who sells more.
Speaker 2But you are spending thousands and thousands on PNS.
Speaker 3That's why it would be funny if you were album one, yes, but it might even be me playing. You would some sort of dictaphone.
Speaker 1Yeah, mark sat there with his phone on voice memos. Yeah, just going.
Speaker 2Whatever the songs are that you sing, we prove a point that we're losing all these old songs and my oldest.
Speaker 3We're just gaining new songs, though. Is that not how that works?
Speaker 2I know the new songs aren't that good, but no no, I'm not making a point that I like, are you saying?
Speaker 3there's not enough songs about moons these days. No, I'm just saying, that's what's going on.
Speaker 2I like that. No, I was thinking of the moon songs which brought that up.
Speaker 1You're saying this as if moon songs is a genre.
Speaker 2That's not a genre. I think it should be.
Speaker 1It's just like moon songs.
Speaker 2Well, old moon songs.
Speaker 1But they've got no relevance to each other.
Speaker 2I have to tell you I know there's a young boy singing in a little sort of a meditation. Well, you were live during the moon magic, they gave us a medley of songs with moon in it, and it suddenly occurred to me that not a lot of people would know these songs unless you're old, that's true.
Speaker 3And how were you during the moon landing?
Speaker 2Mark the moon landing watching it on TV. What happened there? I actually think.
Speaker 1I was watching it.
Speaker 2Oh no, I was watching it black and white because it was black and white.
Speaker 1Yeah, you were. Only what 30?.
Speaker 2Thank you, Henry. What was I in the moon landing 19.
Speaker 1It was 69. 69. So you went 19. 57.
Speaker 210, 12. What was that? I was working out 57, the year I was born. Then I went, oh yeah, 10. And then it was 69. So I was 12 watching it.
Speaker 3Yeah, wow.
Speaker 2Do you know? I think a lot of people now think it was fake. Yeah, they do. I have seen a lot of conspiracy theories.
Speaker 3Oh, I love a conspiracy theory. Yeah, what do you think about that then, mark? What's your opinion on the moon landing? Do you think it was fake? Would?
Speaker 2it be fun if it was fake. There's a lot of Because multi-millions sat watching him take his first step, taking his first step on the moon, and they bounced. You remember that one moon and you suddenly see that. What was it? What was the famous words? As he's saying it, one small step for man.
Speaker 1Clearly very famous. One giant leap for man.
Speaker 2Yes, you remember it. I haven't got that in my head you were there. Yeah, I can remember moonsong yeah.
Speaker 1I can remember the songs about it.
Speaker 2Not that nostalgic word, no.
Speaker 1But what I'm saying is would it be fun if they actually it's so much faked In a studio I've got no time for stupid conspiracy theories like that, because logistically you cannot shut that many people up about something you know it was quite an extensive thing. There's so much evidence that it did happen.
Speaker 2Surely you should be able to get a telescope, a giant, one of these fantastic telescopes.
Speaker 3I know you're going to go with this. It's not.
Speaker 4And see the flag.
Speaker 3See the United States flag. I'm not sure that's how it works.
Speaker 1No, the telescope is that. That's not really. You can't really do that, can't you? It isn't a massive zoom. It isn't like zooming in on a camera.
Speaker 2Google. From the satellite can Google to out to your house and see someone, and if I was walking out at that time and waving, they would see me waving. That's not technically true.
Speaker 1But, Isn't it? No, it isn't live.
Speaker 2No, but at the time they took the picture, if I was standing that moment, waving what I'm just pointing, at Google Earth is just lots of different pictures all put together.
Speaker 1We now bring in our representative from Google Earth to comment on that.
Speaker 3We now also bring in our representative from NASA. Nasa, get them all in.
Speaker 1I told a few people that you were going to be on the podcast today and they have sent down SolanZe.
Speaker 2Now, that's just a идеiki question. You haven't answered the question yet.
Speaker 1You didn't ask yet literally given you confessions.
Speaker 2So the only difference is I'm taught like a priest, don't I? I've felt like we had a.
Speaker 1I've not spoken to any priests.
Speaker 2Well, I've, I've never come to church. When you were young, henry.
Speaker 1I used to have to go to chapel all the time.
Speaker 2Yeah, did you used to argue with the priest as well? The fact you argued with all your teachers? No, that's not quite right. Well, I've read the book. I know the Bible. I've read it. I'm sorry he didn't mean that this is yeah.
Speaker 1So would you like a couple of confessions?
Speaker 2and questions Go on. Then yes, if you feel that so this and. Have you just made these up?
Speaker 1No, no, no, no, these have actually been sent in by genuine Okay. Some of them people completely unrelated to pastors. Some of them could be staffed and they could be guests. It's anonymous, mark, okay, so this first one's fairly mundane. Someone has put and we can all add our input here. I sometimes wear my clothes uncomfortably for a while on purpose, just because it feels so good to fix them after a while or so.
Speaker 3What does that even mean?
Speaker 1So they wear really uncomfortable clothes or wear them in a weird way.
Speaker 3No, they're quite clarifying. What do you mean? Wearing clothes in a weird way, Harry?
Speaker 1Well, if you like, okay, for example, I mean I get If you're wearing your clothes.
Speaker 2Some people just wear clothes constantly, don't they?
Speaker 1But I do wear clothes pretty quickly. Please take them off and clean them.
Speaker 2I'm terrible for bringing that up to someone. So is that the same jumper you've worn for three days now?
Speaker 1Yeah, I think what I mean, what they may mean, is, you know, like when you're wearing an ankle sock and it slips down, you know, and it's that horrible thing of uncomfortable.
Speaker 2In your shoe. Yeah, and you're still walking.
Speaker 1And there are various other things like that. You know, when you like put on a jumper or something, it's a bit twisted at the back and you need to, you know, correct it a bit, or things like that, so they wear their clothes uncomfortably, so they can just correct them. How do you feel about that, mark?
Speaker 2It would never happen to me. Well, no, that isn't why you're here. What I'm saying is as soon as something is uncomfortable in your foot clothing, it irritates me so much, I have to correct it straight away.
Speaker 3So are you saying that you should fix that problem? If you're uncomfortable, you should fix it.
Speaker 2Yes, yes, what on earth are you doing that person? Why would you sit there? Being uncomfortable it's very supportive what. I'm sorry, it's just not. What's that supposed to be supportive then? Yeah, that's kind of why you're here. Oh okay, yes, I would wear it.
Speaker 3I thought it was like advice.
Speaker 1Well, yeah, it is advice and support. Here's another one.
Speaker 2Was that like wearing your pants back to front?
Speaker 1Yeah, if that's uncomfortable for you, mate, I don't know.
Speaker 2I mean, I haven't done that, but I'm trying to get an image of what is someone doing to give us that question, Anyway move on.
Speaker 1I forgot to press the lock button on the train while sat on the toilet.
Speaker 4Oh, wow.
Speaker 1Of course, it opened for all those to see. To make matters worse, the train hadn't left the platform and I could see police officers, as well as the public, having a laugh at my expense. I've never been in a train bathroom since.
Speaker 3What do you say about that man? What would you do in that situation?
Speaker 2Probably go into a song because I mean come on A song, you've got to do something. You've got to distract what like umpumper. Distract the fact that someone's looking at you sitting on the toilet, but it has happened to me. What's happened to you before? Not in the train, I can't sit on the train but I mean you go to the toilet and you go and you're bursting and then suddenly you realise that the lock doesn't shut.
Speaker 3So you're trying to, or you do that awkward thing of holding it.
Speaker 2You're awkward to try to hold it or use your foot. And you're holding it and you're still trying to do it and you know that someone's always going to walk in and try to. Not, they don't want to, we no, they want to go and use the toilet. And you're like, goodness gracious, but I have a knack of now singing loudly what I say to let people know that I'm in the toilet.
Speaker 1What song do you sing? Well, whatever's on me, one of the moon songs.
Speaker 2Do you notice when I came in today?
Speaker 1I was going. Just to translate, he's singing the opening song from La La Land.
Speaker 3You weren't going to the toilet at that time, though.
Speaker 1Or was he?
Speaker 3Or was he?
Speaker 4Have you no, but I You're a part of retirement age.
Speaker 3Have you got yourself some incontinent pads?
Speaker 2Funny enough, no.
Speaker 3No, I haven't.
Speaker 4It's not yet.
Speaker 2Not yet Not yet, but I won't have an issue putting them on. No, if I thought that was something that could happen to me, I do not understand what the point of that is. I like People should prepare for the worst.
Speaker 3There's a bit of advice there. If you feel like that could happen to you, bonus advice Prepare for the worst.
Speaker 2I tell you what, when you've had an upset stomach and you've had a con on stage on a show and you suddenly think, of course you don't forget, the show must go on. It's not the fact that normally you could stop, do anything, any other job, it wouldn't be bothered.
Speaker 1Yeah, there's Morris Dancing Shorts, Mark.
Speaker 2Wow, I tell you now yes.
Speaker 1You've got one more confession from someone.
Speaker 2Yes, have you got something that's realistic, though?
Speaker 1No no, no, these are all real. Oh are they. They've been sent in to us.
Speaker 2What happened to the person who was on the toilet? Why did you know? Well, they were embarrassed. Well, I feel very sorry for you, madam. I would be embarrassed as well.
Speaker 1Well, we don't if it was a man or a woman, so we can't assume.
Speaker 2Oh what then, Well, it's probably a man then.
Speaker 1Here's the final one. I got stood up on a date, so the next day. It's a shoe jack, that's not me, it is, it's a jack and it's on a date. So the next day I went well.
Speaker 2You got stood up on a date.
Speaker 1This is a less jack-ass acting to tell us because I got stood up on a date so the next day I went out on a date with his best friend, loll. He's acting mad and jealous now but I honestly don't care.
Speaker 3Not me, was it you, henry?
Speaker 1It wasn't me. So this person got stood up on a date, so the next day you went out on a date with their best friend. What do you think about that? I like that.
Speaker 2I think if you get stood up and they don't want to know, then you prove a point. I like that. I think that's sort of saying well, you didn't want me and now I'm going out, I've had a date with your best mate. I like that.
Speaker 3I could never imagine standing someone up.
Speaker 1No, that's bad, isn't it? All of the.
Speaker 3Have you never done that? No, I've never stood anyone up, have you, mark?
Speaker 2No, I'm trying to think, because obviously you've got 20 years, not even that. You've got about 15 years of dating in your lifetime, henry, you're 19. Therefore, you've only got about three or four or five years. Me, I'm talking about 40 plus years. I'm trying to get back all those wives and dating and things. And have I ever stood one up? I tell you what? Because life's different now and I'll give you the reason why.
Speaker 1Surely, like you've been on a phone and you're chatting to someone, and then the chat ends and you was Well, yeah, that's just being aired, mark, how would you deal with it with being aired?
Speaker 2Yeah, that's what I'm saying. I mean it's like I don't think he knows, what that means. The thing is, when you ask someone out for a date or when you're going for a date, it doesn't really happen like that now, does it?
Speaker 3It's not yeah, it's not a case of you arrange your time at a place and then, if never, the people are there.
Speaker 1Well, I mean, sometimes it's like that. It is, but I suppose you're always in permanent contact a lot of the time but you are in contact all the time, so you know someone's going to be late or you know someone can't make it anymore.
Speaker 3Another big thing. So, mark, what's your opinion on Henry's new haircut? Because it's a lot shorter than.
Speaker 1I haven't put much in it today, so it's gone a bit tall.
Speaker 2Yeah, I think most people will love it. Thank you, I think most people will love it, because it was a mess before, wasn't it Jack?
Speaker 1It was too much, it was too out of control. Yeah, I'm enjoying it right now. I've not put anything in it, but last night it looked fit no-transcript.
Speaker 2I don't know if I'd ever look at my hair and go with that looks fit.
Speaker 1It was smouldering, I don't know and to be honest, my hair is really rubbish at the moment.
Speaker 2I was only thinking today I need to go to the barbers. This was. I looked at it through the mirror and went should have gone to the barbers today because it's half-term.
Speaker 3Kids are back.
Speaker 1Immunonotely I mean it's slightly blurred in this photo because of the mirror, but it looks good there.
Speaker 2Fluffy.
Speaker 5Yeah.
Speaker 2You are one of the fluffy heads you do look a bit miserable in that photo Well, I was working.
Speaker 3What are you?
Speaker 1working. There's me and Michelle. Look at how good it looks.
Speaker 2Actually it's pretty good. Are you going to post that so that we can see that? Yeah, you should post that while we're talking.
Speaker 1If that is fit, isn't it Mark?
Speaker 2Well, it's fluffy yeah.
Speaker 3Look at those shoes. Are they the new ones?
Speaker 1They're my Louvets.
Speaker 2Shall I just explain. Yesterday, look at this All I got from my wife. She went to Noich to buy Adidas, samba, declan whatever, declan this is what you wanted. It was about £90. £120 at the most was expected.
Speaker 1We're not revealing the price on here because my mother's listening, I'm not.
Speaker 2And I was going like, wow, that's a lot of money, because, again to me, £120 on shoes or trainers is quite a lot. Then Henry rolls in.
Speaker 1He rolls in.
Speaker 3You did quite well there, Mark.
Speaker 2I know I had to concentrate, and is when he's brand new on what's to make.
Speaker 1They're from Louvets.
Speaker 2I mean, I don't even know the make. Louvets Gorgeous make. He made me try them on, even though his size is two sizes more than me. Yeah, so it was like a ski. A ski, I acted up, but she really was comfortable.
Speaker 1They literally feel like you're walking on a cloud.
Speaker 2But for £1,. Come on seriously, who would buy a shoe?
Speaker 1They actually came. This is the first time that I've had shoes that have come with individual dust bags. So usually when I've bought my off-whites last year they come with one dust bag that hold both shoes. But this is actually really helpful because when you think about it, if you put them both in there then the dirt will still get on the other shoe. That's on the other shoe. So now I have two individual dust bags that when traveling I put them in their own Louvets branded bag.
Speaker 2I have to ask my mate, jeff Watson he's completely obsessed with shoes and trainers as well and see if he's got a Louvets.
Speaker 4Because I don't think even Jeff would spend that much. But he might do.
Speaker 2He might do, Don't want to feel it. He's got one whole room in his house that is Dedicated to shoes. It is With trainers. Not shoes, but trainers.
Speaker 1I'm going to buy a jacket pair for his birthday.
Speaker 3Are you?
Speaker 2Are you? Well, you're getting more than me. I've got a balloon that said 75. You did, and now you're going to talk about buying him a pound pair of Shh.
Speaker 3It's one of those things he's going to promise He'll work to Louvets he won't Louvets.
Speaker 1Very good brand name for you, louvets.
Speaker 2Louvets.
Speaker 1Louvets no, but like it isn't Louvets, you've got to like Louvets, Melt into the words Louvets. Melt into the vowels.
Speaker 3Well, obviously you're very grateful for those trainers then, Henry. So why don't we go into the next segment?
Speaker 5Get ready, we're going to Gratitude Corner Gratitude Corner.
Speaker 2It's not much of a jingle, is it? I am thrilled to be part of the Gratitude. We are grateful. Is that? That was my shoe? Actually, it's a big, big, big big.
Speaker 3Yeah, well, me and Henry are both grateful for Christine for bringing us some after eight minutes.
Speaker 2Can I apologise? I hit most of those.
Speaker 1Oh no, we've got two more.
Speaker 2I kept thinking do they not know that I like these?
Speaker 3chockers. No, this is it.
Speaker 2I saw it and I didn't realise, Christine, that you said them.
Speaker 4So actually you're also grateful for it, I am gratitude, oh no grateful.
Speaker 1So, christine, we're grateful for you. No, no, no so.
Speaker 3Christine.
Speaker 4Let's tell the story first, though.
Speaker 3Yeah obviously. First of all, we were doing the pre-show on Friday evening and we let you sing Henry Thank you, which most people were shocked about. But then Christine stood up and said I've got you a present, and they'd been individually wrapped, not each after eight.
Speaker 2In Marvel wrapping paper. In Marvel wrapping paper each box.
Speaker 3She handed one to Henry, handed one to me. We opened it live on stage and we said Christine, we're grateful for you.
Speaker 1No, Mark, you can join in Because you ate them, you're. Okay, I'll try that again. So, christine, christine, no, no, no, just for you.
Speaker 3I will do it for you at the end, Christine.
Speaker 5we're grateful for you For you, no, no.
Speaker 1More of a like a for you, for you. Okay, jack, take it again.
Speaker 3Sorry, Christine. Christine, we're grateful for you, for you.
Coin Designs and Musical Theatre Experience
Speaker 2You just went on a bit more. You went you.
Speaker 1I'm grateful for the Royal Mint, who recently announced their new coinage for the United Kingdom of Great Britain, and what have they got on the? Coins, this time On the 20p coin, officially soon to enter circulation, the brand new coins that they've just announced.
Speaker 2Yeah, yeah, I saw a little bit of.
Speaker 1it Is a puffin no On the new 20p coin. So it's burnt. Well, no, just that one is a puffin, we're so grateful for you. So the two pound coin is a national flower.
Speaker 2Yeah.
Speaker 1Well, national flowers. The one pound coin is bees.
Speaker 2Not one.
Speaker 1The 50p coin is the Atlantic salmon. The 20p coin is a puffin, the 10p coin is a cappicale, a cappicale.
Speaker 2What. Which is what?
Speaker 1A cappicale is a grouse A grouse, a grouse, a grouse.
Speaker 4This is all for you to say. Well, I don't want that.
Speaker 1A fivep coin is an oak tree leaf, a twop coin is a red squirrel and a onep coin is a hazel door mouse. Do you ever see a red squirrel?
Speaker 2No, they're endangered. That's what.
Speaker 1I'm saying that's the new onep coin. Which is what An owl no a squirrel. That's a red squirrel. Oh, is it? No, it's not.
Speaker 2That's the door mouse.
Speaker 1Sorry, that's the door mouse. That's the squirrel. Oh well, that looks like a squirrel.
Speaker 2But what I don't understand is that the royal mint are doing this?
Speaker 1For what reason? Apparently, to help children to learn to count. I'm like well, it's money, not an advocate.
Speaker 2Children, get your door mouses out.
Speaker 3Nobody goes. Oh, I love a grouse, mummy. No, because we don't even. Mummy, look at this grouse. I want a cat in it, I thought that we could recognize.
Speaker 4Look at the cappicale.
Speaker 3Yes, You're really enticing children with an oak tree leaf. There's the puffin I mean I feel the all exclusive podcast.
Speaker 1Someone who works for the royal mint must be listening to this.
Speaker 4Of course they are, because Can I see the others that wouldn't have?
Speaker 3happened if it weren't for Nothing says children learning than a salmon 15 pence and some national flowers. What is the puffin then? We've shown you the puffin. That's the puffin there. Oh right, we had a rather exciting Wednesday, didn't?
Speaker 1we Loved it. I absolutely loved it.
Speaker 4I I'm not sure you loved it.
Speaker 1I basically kidnapped you both, correct?
Speaker 2You convinced us that the friends of some time.
Speaker 1Some time's old friends.
Speaker 2Yes, the friends. See, I would say it backwards, but we didn't know what we were expecting. I was saying to Jack, you're not going to love this. We even sort of said are we going to hate this show?
Speaker 1Well, I basically forced you to spend 150 pounds of tickets. Yes, that's true.
Speaker 2And can I point out, henry, I'm grateful for you. I'm not that grateful because, henry, I moaned about the seat. It was too close. It was very close Because, literally, I had to lift my head up to watch, and then you've got this like on.
Speaker 1At the very high. It was the picture of Stephen Sondheim. You didn't need to see that for the whole show.
Speaker 2No, but I didn't know that it was there. Till I stood up, I went. I've missed that.
Speaker 1You have the very privileged position of now saying that you have been within touching distance of Bernadette Peters.
Speaker 2Well, she looked at me two or three times, by the way.
Speaker 1I bet.
Speaker 2And she? How could you tell? Well, because she In between the gaps, she was saying hello, mark.
Speaker 3I couldn't see her mouth move. Well, I did.
Speaker 2I watched her Bonnie Langford as well, wasn't she good.
Speaker 1She stole the show for me. Her singing I'm Still here from Follies was an absolute vibe. Mark, what was your favourite song? We're going to go around the table, so, jack, be prepared.
Speaker 2I love the Swinney Todd I did love the Swinney Todd, I think mine.
Speaker 3I've said it before and I'll say it again I really enjoyed sending the clowns because it was lovely to see somebody do it properly.
Speaker 2Oh, yes, Henry, because we hear you sing that a lot.
Speaker 1You hear me shout it.
Speaker 2Yes, but she was doing it the. It was fantastic, it was really good. No, but I think the I even mentioned the fact that it was a good show to go and watch because you were seeing all these musicals and all the great numbers from musicals.
Speaker 3What I really enjoyed about it was the simplicity of it all. It was like it was a very basic set and that was what I think really worked for it. Do you know what I mean? It was very simple. You had the big band behind them and it was just a really nice, very clean and very Do you think that's where lots of things are going that way with these shows, I mean?
Speaker 2we watched Oklahoma to almost a nothing set.
Speaker 1Sunset Boulevard. I watched the other day. I booked it again in the interval because it was just astonishingly brilliant. But no set, it's a black box. It's a black box, but I mean it's beautiful and I want to take you both to go and see that as well, actually at some point.
Speaker 2Can't wait for that expense. But Fiona Hardy, if you get to listen to this, you won't like it, yeah.
Speaker 1Fiona Hardy and I don't see eye to eye on something. Actual experiences.
Speaker 2I love the fact that there was a handful of five or six young people in the show, that when you go to see a musical and you see that you don't know Hardy any of these people. But the show was brought up with cast that were in their 50s, 60s and the matureness of them and the performance that's why we bring up Bonnie Langford. But everyone who had a number because in the second half was almost emphasising individually everyone had a song but their performance were fantastic and then you put that. So I think, henry, I should be singing more.
Speaker 1I think so.
Speaker 2By the light of the.
Speaker 3I made a mistake. I say you should sing more. I don't think it's moon songs.
Speaker 1Before the show started, I made the mistake of teaching Mark part of a song which, luckily, at the end they did a sing-long version of it. So the song goes like this you ready, Mark?
Speaker 5Yes, I'm ready.
Speaker 2I've said the words already.
Speaker 1And this is the flavour of what to expect at my concert at the pheasant tree.
Speaker 5Isn't it warm, isn't it rosy Side by side.
Speaker 1No, no, no, no. Mark Mark what.
Speaker 2Watch for the visual cue, because you came in way too early.
Speaker 5Oh right, I was just getting the point over, it's just by side by side.
Speaker 1No, not by side by side, okay, fine.
Speaker 5Isn't it warm, isn't it rosy Side by side.
Speaker 2By side. No it's faster, that's beautiful.
Speaker 3How many times are?
Speaker 1we doing this, take 17. I'm going to take it round twice. It's going to be Mark first, then you Jack. Come on. Okay, but it's just side by side by side.
Speaker 5Just by side, right.
Speaker 1Mark, you're first okay.
Speaker 4I can't wait. What a day.
Speaker 5Isn't it warm? Isn't it rosy Side by side by side, that'll do. Sorry, Ports in a storm comfy and cosy Side by side by side.
Speaker 3That's the all explicit podcast. Jack did it better than me.
Speaker 4Jack did it better than me.
Speaker 2I totally ruined it, but I thought Jack was going to be the echo of by side, by side.
Speaker 3I thought that was a little better, but you know the end of it.
Speaker 1It's like by side, by side by side by side.
Speaker 5Wait, let's do it like go round.
Speaker 4Right One, two, three by side by side by side by side by side by side by side by side by side by side by side.
Speaker 2Henry. By side Went for the big note.
Speaker 3Henry nearly freaked out in the theatre Because we were just I mean, you were mostly talking quite loudly we were asking for sweets and we got some fruit pastels and some different. I got a beer.
Speaker 2It's not. It's not like what are you doing.
Speaker 3We were just chatting to the world. The drinks are fine.
Speaker 1But Mark was shouting at everyone.
Speaker 2No, I was being very kind. I was being very sociable with people around me.
Speaker 1That was the problem.
Speaker 2Henry, you don't do that sort of thing.
Speaker 1And then you got, you know, sweets, that I actually moved Mark away from me and because we had another seat, because Claire couldn't make it, it was a buffer zone. I then put a barrier between me and Mark, because I did not want anything to do with this kind of canapé snack selection that you felt you needed to do during the performance.
Speaker 3We had a great time.
Speaker 1I had a lovely time as well, so I think we all won we did and it was nice just called.
Speaker 3It turned out that nobody had looked. Henry said no popcalls. Nobody really wanted to sit next to Henry, not even your own dad. We pushed your dad to sit next to you.
Speaker 1But we were very kind as well, because we're all quite tall people my dad isn't. He's tiny, but we're all quite tall people and there was a little lady behind.
Speaker 4There was a little tiny kind of tiny little lady Welsh lady, by the way.
Speaker 1Yeah, welsh. And she said oh, can the smallest person sit there, do you mind? I turned around and I went. I'm actually going to make your day. No one's going to sit there. For you madam, just for that one lady. I gave her a complete, clear view.
Speaker 2I tried to get the £150 for it.
Speaker 1From her, from her I said look, we've done that.
Speaker 2I've sent my wife home. That's going to ask for your £150.
Speaker 1Mark got his card reader out. She'll have done it really well.
Speaker 2No, I did, it was a good day. She'll have done what Always a journey home.
Speaker 5Yeah, it's boring.
Speaker 2Because you get excited. You go into London, you're eating.
Speaker 1We had a great meal at Billy's, don't we, bill's?
Speaker 2Yeah, billy's Still had a great meal. All we're saying is we get into the show, watch the show and then it's that journey home. It seems to take forever. Yeah, it did take a long time and then of course I'm the one who's driving the boys home from Norwich.
Speaker 3Thank you, Mark. Yeah, allowed me to have a drink.
Speaker 2Jack have a drink.
Speaker 1We had coconut dreams on the train home.
Speaker 3We did Some Marks and Spencers coconut dreams In a can.
Speaker 2Yes, was it a gin and tonic?
Speaker 1Yeah, I also had a gin and tonic. Yeah, in a can.
Speaker 3Because, there was a gin and tonic in my car and a massive bag of watsits In a can yeah.
Speaker 1Clever, it was there.
Speaker 2Accusing me of drinking secretly drinking and I went. That's not mine.
Speaker 3Did you leave it in his car? I think I did, actually it did.
Speaker 2You left a, can I?
Speaker 4wondered where that went.
Speaker 2Yes, in my car.
Speaker 4Anyway, it was a great day.
Speaker 2And I'm grateful I was still in Gratitude Corner.
Speaker 4Are we doing that?
Speaker 2Yes, no, because we weren't going to have it.
Speaker 3Introducing us to Sond Time. We're grateful.
Speaker 2To you, to you, thank you, henry.
Speaker 3Patterson, yeah, and Stephen Sondheim, we're grateful to you.
Speaker 1We're always grateful for Steve.
Awards, Fitness, and Random Questions
Speaker 3Steve. Yeah, tell you another thing that happened Busy week, really busy week over the last few days. We also got given an award, henry.
Speaker 1Oh my God, we did.
Speaker 3We got given an award, there was a speech, and what would?
Speaker 1what kind of award? Kirsty read the speech and Kirsty is general manager and she wearing a lovely glittery number.
Speaker 4Well, I heard the speech.
Speaker 2I thought it was a very comical, fun speech that she wrote and I think it was written by Mike Scott. Yeah, it was written by Mike Scott. Yeah, it was written by Mike Scott.
Speaker 3And Michael Henry was really going on about Kirsty's outfit. Kirsty looked great. Yeah, we sat down for the team awards meal and, yes, we were awarded with a pin badge and a bottle of wine and some chocolate, and what was the award for, I probably would have gone for the chocolate. What was the award for specifically? What was it? I think just happiness. It was like a special mention, henry, it can't be that. It would definitely wasn't for happiness If people know you, henry you're never happy.
Speaker 3They read out a category for happiness and we both ruled ourselves out.
Speaker 2Oh, chugly out of the happiness.
Speaker 1Yeah, basically every award that they read I thought was for us, and Shane would then look at me with disappointment in his eyes. Sadly there wasn't a punctuality award, otherwise I would have definitely won that.
Speaker 2You would have 100%. Not, I would have been waiting for you to come.
Speaker 1Don't even wait to get accepted, henry.
Speaker 2I was not here. He was late. Anyway, well done the boys. Thank you, Mark, Very excited because 40 years and I've never won an award.
Speaker 1Next year could be your year I doubt it, I'll probably be dead.
Speaker 3We'll do one of those in the Maori awards, special mention Post-mortem. Put it on the coffin, yeah.
Speaker 2And that's for you.
Speaker 3In amongst all the Bonofi pie, the Bonofi pie.
Speaker 2I have been doing Joe Wicks every morning because I had a health checkup this week. Oh, gosh. And I'm very grateful to you.
Speaker 1We're not doing that anymore.
Speaker 2Oh, we're not doing that. Well, she told me that everything was just too high my blood pressure just a bit too high, my sugar's just a bit too high. Cholesterol just a bit too high.
Speaker 4You're just your two grams short. Your voice is just a bit too high.
Speaker 2And then I explained it all, but that obviously I don't do enough exercise, which is why I now do Joe Wicks Every day, every day. And I don't feel like doing it. I hate doing it.
Speaker 4Because it's just a bit too much.
Speaker 2And then the sugars. The sugars, which doesn't help because I know, with Claire going away, I'll probably eat a little bit more biscuits and more chocolate, because I'll get them in, Because Claire will just throw them away if I get them. And what's the other one?
Speaker 3that I did do. Would you say that you are grateful for Joe Wicks? Then no, no.
Speaker 2No, because you're cheats.
Speaker 3Joe Wicks is a cheat he gives you an exercise, and he doesn't do it for the full hour at the time he actually stops and then so makes you break.
Speaker 1So would you say that you're actually fitter than Joe Wicks?
Speaker 2Well, joe Wicks, eat your heart out. Mate, I'm doing the full exercise and you actually, in a one minute exercise you probably do about 30 seconds. I'm doing the minute, joe, the whole minute. You tell him Look, mark, we he looks like me, though, doesn't he?
Speaker 1He does, he does. We soon have to wrap this up, because we're going to eat before bingo.
Speaker 2Have we started yet?
Speaker 1Yeah, We've just been it.
Speaker 2Oh right, I thought we were going to do the podcast. This is the podcast, oh well let's do it.
Speaker 1Well, that was kind of it, but I just want to ask you a question, because you've answered.
Speaker 2Do you want me to sing by the light of the silvery moon again? No, no not yet.
Speaker 1You've answered many of our quick five questions, have I? Yeah, go on, but there's one in particular and I know I'm doing this in the wrong order there's one in particular that I just need to know the answer to.
Speaker 2Cool.
Speaker 1If you had to hide my lean class.
Speaker 2My lean class.
Speaker 1Yeah, I'm not even going to just say I'm resort. What was she on recently? The TV she was actually at. I didn't tell you this. She was at Sometimes Old Friends the day before us. Oh God, wouldn't that be hilarious.
Speaker 3I know We'd have found her. We would have found her.
Speaker 2We almost found her.
Speaker 1She was within touching distance.
Speaker 2And she probably would have gotten the same train.
Speaker 5Yeah.
Speaker 2Because she would have gone back to Norwich Norfolk, wouldn't she? So, anyway, mark, does she live close to us? I don't know. I don't know if she still lives in Norfolk, where, oh my gosh, my wife is calling me. You can't believe it. Hello, darling, are you really ready? Yes, yes, what are we doing? Going out to eat? Well, you said that. That's why I never cook, jonathan. Well, we're going out to eat. I mean, jack was offering to cook and I said no. No, because I need. You can do that if you want. No, I want to spend time with you, darling, because you're away. For 10 days I've been telling everyone that you are away. I'm going to really miss you.
Speaker 2I'll really be upset there must be something else that you're thinking about there, because you know, I mean, that's not the same mark that I know. Well, there you are, darling Thanks. So I am literally. Yes, we've got two or three minutes left and I'll be on my way, okay, well did Jack.
Speaker 3when he come, I'm all right. Thanks, I'm cooking for Henry. He's here.
Speaker 2I turned down Jack's offer and Henry. By the way, claire loved my chicken casserole. Oh, it was all yours, that's right. I'm glad you like that and the dumplings.
Speaker 3Claire, I love your kale. Lots of love, darling Goodbye. What a lovely cameo. What I thought what was you going to?
Speaker 1ask me when would you hide my lean class?
Speaker 3In a game of hide and seek. In a game of hide and seek.
Speaker 1You've got to hide her. She can never be found.
Speaker 3In my shed my because nobody has got it in there.
Speaker 2No, it's DIY. I don't do anything. I really don't use the shed. In fact, do you remember I bought the shed on?
Speaker 1lockdown. Yeah, I do, you tried to put it up in the wind.
Speaker 2I mean I won't put it up in the end, but to the shed fairy, the shed fairy put it up.
Speaker 4But no, that's where my lean class would be.
Speaker 2I'd even make it a little chair for that little.
Speaker 1How considerate I?
Speaker 2would, I would and go and visit her most days.
Speaker 3I've got a question for you. If you were given an elephant and you couldn't sell it or give it away, what would you do with the elephant?
Speaker 2I would open a pet zoo. Yeah, I would say come and see my elephant and charge people. Yeah, people look at this trunk. Well, it's something you would have to do, wouldn't it? Because if you can't sell, it.
Speaker 4Where would you keep?
Speaker 2it what I would make? A very high fence. Obviously not me, but the shed fairy would come and put a little fence and then open up for open house for coming. Mind you, the park next door to my house, that's convenient. I'd deal for that. He could pick up that tree that you're trying to get rid of. Keep nudging that bloody great big tree I've got yeah.
Speaker 1If there was a fire in your house, a fire, all of your families say, if everyone's out, yes, but you can only take one item with you. What are you?
Speaker 2taking I would take my golf trophy.
Speaker 3Your one golf trophy.
Bandit Golf and New Role
Speaker 2What my golf trophy? Why why? Because, I'm not a winner. I'm really not a winner Is it, the only trophy. You have Well all golf trophies. They all believe I'm a bandit.
Speaker 1You've never won a team award, no, never won anything.
Speaker 2No awards, so I've actually, because my high handicap I'm a 28.
Speaker 1I tell you, what that means.
Speaker 2Well, it's the highest it could go. Mind you, it can go up even higher. At one time I'd put a dress on to get the ladies handicap as well, just to make a point and play golf in a dress. Some of your golf and I won, by the way, with a 35. People want to team with me, henry because I'm a bandit.
Speaker 1I won a team with you, I would play golf regularly.
Speaker 2I'd play it once in a blue moon.
Speaker 3I think that would be a good little day for us three when we played golf Five lakes. I think we should add that to the road promises list. A slot should go for a game of golf.
Speaker 2Yes, as long as I've got a buggy, because I don't want to walk it anymore.
Speaker 1We can get you a buggy. Look, mark, is that it? It's been an absolute plage.
Speaker 2Well, I'm amazed, before you get it. Before you get it, I've got something else.
Speaker 3I think we need to give you a new role within our all-exclusive board table.
Speaker 1Thank, you, board of directors, thank you.
Speaker 3And today we've decided what's your choice.
Speaker 1You're going to be our new moon song curator.
Speaker 2Thank you, Henry.
Speaker 1So you.
Speaker 2Do you want a?
Speaker 1list of songs. The moon songs.
Speaker 3I also think, though I'm hearing as well as saying I think oh God, you've done that.
Speaker 2I think we should.
Speaker 3We will twirl you in your agony aunt thing.
Speaker 2So if anybody Therapist A therapist.
Speaker 3If anybody has got any small concerns on their daily lives and they want to put it forward for Mark's therapy sessions, send them in, obviously on Facebook.
Speaker 1You can send them in on Messenger, or we'll also put an anonymous link on Facebook for you to send completely anonymous messages to us as well.
Speaker 3So you can send in your Anything you want to hear Mark's advice on. It's like a little advice section from Mark and you can confess things. You can ask for advice on something. You can just update him and see what he is going to respond with.
Speaker 2I think I'm loving that I've got to retwire sometimes.
Speaker 4By side.
Speaker 2I've heard I crumbled at the end.