This week, we dissect another traditional folk song, as we meet an aristocrat with terrible navigational skills and an adulterous wife. I tell the story of how, at primary school, I was the leader of a criminal girl gang. We journey back in time 4000 years to experience the world’s first stand up comedy show. A gig in a grammar school takes an unexpectedly dramatic turn. And there’s a desultory ditty about dim sum.
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This week, more innovative games and challenges for you to get involved in. We discuss imperial measurements, I wonder around a park talking about my genitals, there’s a lengthy dissection of the traditional folk song Matty Groves, and I inadvertently sabotage another comedian’s gig with some unintended slapstick.
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In November we (The Young’uns) hosted an event in Middlesbrough to celebrate our fortieth birthdays and twenty years gigging together. This week’s podcast features a little interview we did with one of our famous fans, Felicity Finch, who plays Ruth in BBC Radio 4’s The Archers. There’s also an appearance from North East folk band The Unthanks, who treat us to a very surprising performance, giving us an exclusive sneak preview of their exciting new album..
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This week we meet The Jesus Geezers, a cockney gospel band. Ellie has a weird dream about me and Billy Bragg. I unearth my childhood diaries. And I recount my unusual experience with an A-list celebrity in a cupboard.
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Ellie and I return with semi-regular feature spammer time. There’s the clockwork-regular contribution from star pupil Olivia. Tales of door-based debacles and rude awakenings involving guns, explosions, sirens, and a duck. Plus paranormal experiences involving kids and a cat. I narrowly avoid being punched, and I inadvertently cause chaos in a swimming pool and get myself into hot water with some peeved parents. And of course it’s the reveal of our boundary-pushing mystery sound contest.
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This week, I have an odd experience at a urinal. I blind a computer programmer. Ellie has a medical mishap. There’s a poem from the perspective of a piece of chewing gum. We take a walk in the park where we chat about my meeting with Jason Donovan, plus there’s more goose news, and we meet an arse-scratching squirrel; you’ll have to listen to discover if the squirrel is scratching its own arse, or the backside of me or Ellie. We’ve been looking after our ten-year-old nephew this weekend and it’s certainly been eventful. We have our first listener complaint and I enlist the services of Frank Skinner to defend my honour. Our street becomes embroiled in a bin-based drama. Plus, in yet another example of paradigm shifting podcasting, there’s a mystery sound competition. And more chat about Vegetables, Biscuits, Birds And Le Creuset.
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Ellie’s fame is on the rise, and she receives a potential new career opportunity. I am surprised to find myself doing a stand up gig in a sex club, which was a very weird experience indeed. This week’s games involve guessing vegetables, identifying birds, and more biscuit-based fun. Ellie has an encounter with another blind man. A trip to the barbers gets unexpectedly political and also sexual. I’ve got some gossip involving Jasper Carrott and Iron Maiden, and there’s another surprise song in the park.
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Ellie sees an odd and intriguing tattoo. I experience a footwear farce. I get accidentally insulted by an enthusiastic audience member. Ellie has more shelf news. I attempt to create a dance hit by sampling the radio. My recent stand up gig takes a very unexpected turn. We hear once again from the Nottingham swingers, and one of our regulars, Olivia, is back, and she’s got thoughts and a challenge.
Warning: Contains Pelvic Thrusting.
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A comedy gig is derailed by a soap opera style scandal. My park walk this week takes an unexpected turn, as I come into contact with some errant drama students. I sing a song about a sexually frisky dog, and take you on a dramatic London adventure, involving a flirtatious train traveller and an incident at the National Portrait Gallery. Ellie celebrates International Women’s Day with some feminist-themed book recommendations. There’s another example of a technological regression masquerading as technological progression. I inadvertently insult a divorcee and confuse an audience with a non sequitur about apple crumble. Find out what Ellie’s been doing to cause her thighs to ache, and how I’ve been keeping Ellie’s mother up at night. Plus we revisit our feature Ellie skinner’s ON The Shelf, and play a variety of surprise games.
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I get rather lost in a park, where I commentate on a tennis match and have a Whitney Houston-based encounter. We have stand-up clips from Bradford and Doncaster. We’re in London, listening in to conversations between sweary students and argumentative pensioners. There’s a new feature, Ellie Skinner’s On the Shelf, and the return of the catchily named Technological Regression Masquerading As Technological Progression. And yet another guide dog story.
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