Extras v Darkplace and Toast Of London v Gavin and Stacey.
Prepare to get your sides splitting with Andrew and Liam as we tackle the heavyweights of British sitcoms in an episode that's anything but ordinary. This isn't just a rundown of shows; it's a comedic clash of the titans where 'Extras' meets 'Garth Marenghi's Darkplace', and 'Toast of London' throws down the gauntlet to 'Gavin and Stacey'. From Ricky Gervais navigating the star-studded waters of showbiz to Stephen Toast's delightfully disastrous encounters, we're serving up a feast of laughs with a side of nostalgia. And don't miss our take on the 'Gavin and Stacey' Christmas cliffhanger that left us all begging for more.
Ever wondered what happens when sitcom characters feel like they've walked straight out of your life and onto the screen? We've got you covered with a look-back at 'Gavin and Stacey's most relatable scenes.. We also dissect the enigma of James Corden's fluctuating popularity and the genuine charm that had us rooting for the quirky ensemble from Barry Island. Plus, for those who crave a bit of the extraordinary, we celebrate the eccentric genius of 'Garth Marenghi's Darkplace' and the zany brilliance of Matt Berry's gym-obsessed Dr. Lucien Sanchez.
Join us as we step into the sitcom arena, armed with insights, laughter, and a touch of the unexpected. From the surreal satire of 'Toast of London' to the heartwarming moments nestled within 'Gavin and Stacey', we're dishing out a full course of British comedy greatness. So, plug in and let's raise a toast to the sitcoms that have not only made us laugh but have woven themselves into the very fabric of our comedic tastes. It's an episode you won't want to miss – unless, of course, you'd rather watch paint dry (which, coincidentally, might just be one of Toast's less bizarre gigs).
Extras v Darkplace and Toast Of London v Gavin and Stacey.
Prepare to get your sides splitting with Andrew and Liam as we tackle the heavyweights of British sitcoms in an episode that's anything but ordinary. This isn't just a rundown of shows; it's a comedic clash of the titans where 'Extras' meets 'Garth Marenghi's Darkplace', and 'Toast of London' throws down the gauntlet to 'Gavin and Stacey'. From Ricky Gervais navigating the star-studded waters of showbiz to Stephen Toast's delightfully disastrous encounters, we're serving up a feast of laughs with a side of nostalgia. And don't miss our take on the 'Gavin and Stacey' Christmas cliffhanger that left us all begging for more.
Ever wondered what happens when sitcom characters feel like they've walked straight out of your life and onto the screen? We've got you covered with a look-back at 'Gavin and Stacey's most relatable scenes.. We also dissect the enigma of James Corden's fluctuating popularity and the genuine charm that had us rooting for the quirky ensemble from Barry Island. Plus, for those who crave a bit of the extraordinary, we celebrate the eccentric genius of 'Garth Marenghi's Darkplace' and the zany brilliance of Matt Berry's gym-obsessed Dr. Lucien Sanchez.
Join us as we step into the sitcom arena, armed with insights, laughter, and a touch of the unexpected. From the surreal satire of 'Toast of London' to the heartwarming moments nestled within 'Gavin and Stacey', we're dishing out a full course of British comedy greatness. So, plug in and let's raise a toast to the sitcoms that have not only made us laugh but have woven themselves into the very fabric of our comedic tastes. It's an episode you won't want to miss – unless, of course, you'd rather watch paint dry (which, coincidentally, might just be one of Toast's less bizarre gigs).
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Speaker 3:Hello and welcome to episode three of our Sitcom World Cup here at Living With Madeley. My name is Andrew and I'm joined by Liam.
Speaker 4:Yo yo yo, Check this one out, How's things mate Very good, very good Enjoying the World Cup. Some good match-ups tonight.
Speaker 3:Some good match-ups tonight. We've got a feeling the last two are pretty straightforward, but you know you always get shocks in World Cup. So who knows? Two tight ones, I think, there. So today we're going to be discussing extras versus dark plays Garth Marenghi's dark plays and we're going to be discussing the toast of London versus Gavin and Stacey. Two massive shows and two cult hits. I think it's fair to say yeah, quite a good match-up.
Speaker 4:I was genuinely interested on these, which way they're going to go on. These is which way they're going to go. Certainly the two you're going to do probably had the bigger mainstream audiences, whereas exactly what you said, the other two, slightly cultish but did very well on DVD sales yeah, intriguing.
Speaker 3:Well, you're doing, Gavin and Stacey aren't you?
Speaker 4:Yeah, yeah, so the mainstream one in the second part will be me.
Speaker 3:It's been a cracking start, right, I'll start. Anyway, I'm going to kick off. The mainstream one in the second part will be me.
Speaker 1:It's been a cracking start, right, I'll start, anyway, I'm going to kick off with the follow-up to the Office, and this is Extras. And for the woman who made the rain come, sing oh, sing your hearts away as wild sinners in the children play, oh Lord, how they play and play For that happy day. For that happy day.
Speaker 3:That is a brilliant song, liam. Good song. Yeah, I have to thank you for getting me into that album. Actually, you were the one who got me into Cat Stevens and that is a great album.
Speaker 4:It is yeah, it's a really good song. It's better than the Office theme, which we'll come to next episode. Next episode yeah, really good, and it's not a follow-on of the office, by the way, in a sense that these are new characters, aren't they?
Speaker 3:it's just what they did next merchant and gervais yeah, so this series was produced by the bbc and hbo, which I didn't realize, actually, I didn't know hbo and also co-produced it uh, written by rick and gervais and steven merchant both of them starred in it and it follows the life of andy millman, played by gervais, his best friend maggie, who's played by ashton jensen, and his agent darren, who's played by steven merchant, and barry from east edwards, who's uh, who's well, he's played by, uh, sean williamson, obviously, and this is basically about millman desperately trying to be a famous actor and trying to break into the acting world, and every episode features someone famous and there are some massive stars in this. I went through it, like Ben Stiller was the first episode, probably the worst episode, though, for me, I don't know. I just don't think I remember watching it, thinking it's all right, but Ben Stiller, he's really irritating.
Speaker 4:Isn't he the sort of war guy that he's having to talk to all the time? He's quite annoying, like deliberately. So that's how he's written. But yeah, it's not the best episode, I agree.
Speaker 3:Yeah, I wouldn't start from that episode. I think it's a poor way to kick off. But yeah, ben Stiller, chris Martin, kate Winslet, samuel L Jackson, daniel Ratcliffe and obviously, les Dennis, patrick Stewart another one. There's loads and loads of stars in it, but I thought this was a great idea. Gervais is obviously huge by this point after the Office and he uses connections to get major stars, and I think it's a good concept for a show.
Speaker 4:I don't know about you yeah, particularly after the the reality sort of the Office, the mockumentary, I think they clearly wanted to do something a bit different. I think Gervais kind of didn't like that, people saying he was just playing himself so he wanted to do another character, although still not a million miles away. But this is a more sensible, sane man, isn't it?
Speaker 3:yeah, yeah, yeah. But obviously the big thing about this is how the actors themselves send the self up. So you got ross kemp in it, who acts like the hardest man in the world. Patrick stewart's basically a pervert. Ronnie corbett's a drugger. I like the George Michael scene you know when George Michael's waiting on Amsterdam East with that baseball cap on but in terms of its core characters, the best two for me are definitely Darren, the agent played by Merchant, and Barry. I just think every scene they're in genuinely every scene is laughable.
Speaker 4:Some of their scenes are really, really funny and there's loads of outtakes, because they can't get through them without laughing, because some of them are ridiculous where he's eating his cake, his agent's eating a cake and he just comes in and has a little bite off the top. I love the joke that it's Barry that everybody else plays, like Les Denny's Kate Winslet, and he plays Barry.
Speaker 2:We don't play Barry.
Speaker 3:It's brilliant that Stephen Merchant's character Darren he's the only one who calls him Barry, Everyone else calls him Sean. I'm going to play a scene, in fact.
Speaker 4:Oh, I'm completely wrong. I've misremembered that and I thought he played the character.
Speaker 3:Oh no, he's not playing Barry, he's playing Sean Williams. He knows there's a brilliant, in fact, steve.
Speaker 4:That could have been a better joke than it was. He should have been playing Barry. I've always found it funny.
Speaker 3:because of that, no, I don't know he's not playing Barry, he's playing Sean Williams, but Williams, sorry. Yeah, he's playing himself. But yeah, he calls him B, yeah, b, I love that Darren B, but yeah, well, I'm going to play the scene in fact now, which is this shows you like, because Andy Millman Gervais' character does know his real name, but Darren doesn't. Anyway, this is from the Ross Kemp episode and it's about how Darren tried to get the same contract for Barry Sean Williamson as Ross Kemp got when he left East Enders to join ITV.
Speaker 5:Hello hello mate, alright. Oh yeah, sorry to interrupt you, it's all right Do you know, barry, all right, sure, How's it going?
Speaker 2:I'm working with a friend of yours at the moment, actually Ross Kemp.
Speaker 5:Oh, is he all right? Yeah, good, I wouldn't mention Ross's name around here. Ross is sort of mud with Barry because it was Ross that persuaded Barry to leave EastEnders. Ross leaves. He goes to ITV with Barry say we want a million pounds or nothing. They chose nothing. Yeah, they went with the nothing option that time, didn't they? And you were upset when you were depressed, couldn't get out of bed for about two weeks. I was livid and, looking back, what I should have done is I shouldn't have given them the nothing option. I should have gone in there. I should have said you know, we want a million pounds, something £500. Exactly, this is it. But live and learn, don't you? This isn't live and learn, is it? Come on, barry, don't start that again. Mate, I've got loads of stuff for you. Really, like what? Well, there's a light flickering in the gents upstairs. Have a look at that. Could you have a tinker with that? Yeah, I could do that.
Speaker 2:That's new fans yeah, yeah, yeah, knock yourself out then Well see you.
Speaker 4:Cheers, all right. Cheers B yeah, really good, like you say, I think they are. I mean, there's some great bits in it. Keith Chegwin is fantastic when he's in it, as is always great. But I think, yeah, that their interaction.
Speaker 3:Sean Willington was such a success. He even does Barry Oakey now, doesn't he Like? This became like his sort of thing. The fact that you thought he played Barry is actually a testament to how much like I don't know how much that got through. I saw him at Tramlines a couple of years ago doing Barry Oakey and he said something like he goes. Who remembers when Janine killed me and everyone went boo?
Speaker 4:Ridiculous, killed me and everyone went boo ridiculous. Yeah, it's really good and, to be fair, I think I think you know gervais gets a bit of stick these days from. I know he's still massive multi-million selling whatever he does, world tours. But there are a few people who've sort of got frustrated with gervais. But I think in this moment he was still top of the tree with everybody, weren't he?
Speaker 3:was very well. Yeah, they were fantastic. This I think it's such a hard thing to follow up a really successful cult sort of show that the Office were Well, I mean, it wasn't massive the Office in terms of viewing figures, certainly not Initial Eye it were really. You know, it was so different.
Speaker 4:And then to follow up with this, like the concept as well that it was about somebody trying to get. Well, basically, Seinfeld, wasn't it? Is it Kirby Enthusiasm, which is the one that's about? It's a sitcom, about trying to get a sitcom made. Is that the first?
Speaker 3:series Seinfeld is the one, Seinfeld yeah.
Speaker 4:But yeah, I like the dynamic that he's just struggling extra and he ends up selling out. I think that there's quite an interesting story in there as well, and I think they do. It's not just funny and it's not just mad moments with celebrities. It's actually pretty well written. But the clip I'm going to play is who are we, by the way, to say? Merchant and Gervais are pretty well written.
Speaker 3:Pretty well written, yeah.
Speaker 4:It's obviously brilliant. And here's my clip. And it features the legend Patrick Stewart. And it's obviously brilliant. And here's my clip and it features the legend Patrick Stewart.
Speaker 7:And yeah, I love this clip. It's about what would happen if these things were possible. What's the story there? Well, I do other stuff, like I'm riding my bike in the park. This police woman says Oi, you can't ride your bike on the grass. And I go oh no, and her uniform falls off and she goes, ah, and she's trying to cover up. But I've seen everything, anyway, and I get on my bike, I ride off on the grass, so it's mainly you sort of going around seeing ladies tits Mainly, and I do other stuff, like I go to the World Cup final and it's Germany versus England and I wish that I were playing.
Speaker 7:And suddenly I am and I score the winning goal and they carry me into the dressing room and there's Rooney and Beckham, and then Posh Spice walks in and plays for love, instantly Sure, and she doesn't know what's happening, but I've seen everything.
Speaker 3:I say this line quite a lot. I've seen everything. Not like it, not like in the way Patrick Shewitt's talking about it but like in a I don't know, like when we're watching a football match, like did you watch it all? I've seen everything.
Speaker 4:And I've seen everything again. I love how it's delivered.
Speaker 3:It's so good yeah, I'm in the World Cup final and I think, oh, I wish I'll play it. And then I am playing Imagine how shit this film would be. Just Patrick Stewart on front score and an header or whatever.
Speaker 4:Yeah, it's just great and they get the dynamic just right. Celebrities come in and really laugh at themselves and, yeah, I thought that was a really really good clip.
Speaker 3:And other actors who didn't appear in extras, despite initial reports they were supposed to be with. Madonna Was supposed to be in it. I don't know what she'd have. Can you guess what kind of character she'd have played? Maybe a? I don't know.
Speaker 4:I reckon she'd have played as someone like Maybe, who has a daughter with her, who keeps saying oh, do you think we're sisters? Look at oh, yeah, but you thought we were sisters. Yeah, yeah, yeah, like try to be cool still. Yeah, brad Pitt. I don't know what they do with Brad Pitt. They have him as like some sort of I don't know closet, homophobe or racist or something, I think. I think he's got such a nice image. There'd be, something quite dark behind the scenes with him.
Speaker 3:And Tom Cruise, which I think I'd have loved to have seen that, because Tom Cruise is obviously someone who is like I don't know. A lot of people think he takes himself really seriously. I don't know, he's obviously. I want to say he's most known for, imagine this. He's not most known for this, but he's known for that. Do you know when someone squirted him in the face? Imagine if that were you they could have filmed his being there a complete asshole yeah he goes.
Speaker 2:Well, you're a jerk.
Speaker 3:Yeah, yeah, you're a jerk. And then he can't think is that mad? I mean, you're that mad and you just keep saying the same thing. Then he goes I'll tell you now You're a jerk. He says it like four times.
Speaker 4:You might know that would have been really interesting, because what could, what would he have played up about? And he'd to have had him that he don't really do his own stunts, or something like that, wouldn't he? Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Speaker 3:That would have been interesting, or maybe he'd got a wig on.
Speaker 4:Maybe he'd have a wig.
Speaker 3:Keith Harris turned it down Do you know, keith Harrison Orville? And he said this is not clever writing, it's pure filth. And the place was taken by Keith Chegwin. So that worked out really well, because I bet Keith Harris I mean he sounds like a dick just by that quote, but Keith Chegwin's performance in this is absolutely astonishing and I'd have been amazed if Keith Harris had done it any better.
Speaker 4:It seems to give him a bit of a resurgence as well, doesn't it? Yeah, so yeah it's really good.
Speaker 3:The best scene if you don't get through, I want to play it. I'm not going to play it, but I want to mention. It is when his sister's died and he's playing in Andy Millman's sitcom. He comes in with a massive smile on his face. Why are you so late? Because I've just been burying my sister. I'm so happy he's got out. A sad moment. Yeah, because, no, it's a sad moment, keith, it's a sad moment. So then he looks directly into the camera and says I've just been burying my sister. Chegwin is fucking unbelievable in this and Life's Too Short. But yeah, that's Extras and it is up against your boy. And this only just got through this. It was bottom of the table. I'm delighted it got through, to be honest. And Garth Marenghi's Dark Place.
Speaker 2:I'm Garth Marenghi, author, dreamweaver, visionary plus actor.
Speaker 1:You are about to enter the world of my imagination.
Speaker 2:You are entering my dark place, thank you so, yeah, this is fantastic.
Speaker 4:This is a one series sitcom and it's a horror parody, so we've mentioned this. Did we mention this on underrated sitcoms?
Speaker 3:Yeah, we've talked about this before we did an episode.
Speaker 4:Maybe series two underrated sitcoms and I picked this, but yeah, so for anyone who hasn't listened to that slightly strange dynamic. So it's a story about Garth Marenghi, who's a writer, and he's written a character, rick Douglas. So we get little bits of talking heads where the author's telling us what's happening, but we also are watching this sitcom set in a, in a hospital.
Speaker 3:It's absolutely mad and it's set in the 1970s, 80s, 80s, isn't it?
Speaker 4:yeah, 80s uh, I didn't write that down, but yeah, I'll go with 80s. Um, yeah, written and directed, well written and created by Matthew Holness and Richard Iowardi. Directed solely by Iowardi and Matt Berry's in there. So Matt Berry is going to get another mention later, but he plays Sanchez isn't it. Dr Sanchez. Yeah, it's thrown me because it's saying Todd Rivers, but Todd Rivers is the actor, isn't it?
Speaker 3:Oh yeah this is what we struggled with last time. It's so hard to describe because they're playing two different people. They're playing the actor in the show and the character in the show, and it's all fake. So he's playing Todd Rivers, and what's his name? Sanchez's first name.
Speaker 4:Anyway, yeah, but Alice Lowe plays Madeline, julian Barrett plays a fantastic character, the Padre.
Speaker 2:I love the Padre.
Speaker 4:I've never seen anything else where somebody's called the Padre.
Speaker 3:He does call him the Padre as well. He's got some great lines there where he said You're the most compassionate man I know, rick, and I know God. There's that one where he goes. He goes. What's the church's take on evolution? Monkeys were made to entertain us and that's all Rick and he goes. Yeah, but he says that's all we know, rick.
Speaker 4:Yeah, I thought about having some of his clips. I love that one as well. It's the same as what you just mentioned at the end, where he says he knows God, but he says he's telling him something about what's happened. We think there's a disease going around that's turning people to monkeys. I think he says this is earlier on and he says Jesus Christ, which is obviously like Portuguese Jesus Christ, but I don't know why. I just love it. Jesus Christ, he just says it under his breath. His delivery is fantastic.
Speaker 3:There's another bit slower, obviously, like because this is badly written on purpose. Obviously the show Dark Place, where he's doing a funeral and he's going God, you know he's taking too young god comes at us in different angles.
Speaker 4:Sometimes it comes from the side view, sometimes it comes from above, sometimes it comes from the rear side, just mumbling about nothing yeah, um, only six episodes were shown at a really awkward time, really late, and they didn't do any favors in terms of promotion. They didn't promote it at all, really, but it gathered a bit of a cult following and it got a re-release on channel four and they actually looked at making a film. They asked them, iwardi and, uh, merengue, to make the film. Uh sorry, wholeness, there's all different characters come yeah, it's so hard to get.
Speaker 4:Yeah there's six episodes once upon a beginning, um, which is where there's a portal to hell, opens up in the hospital um. Does hell have fury? I can't quite remember that one.
Speaker 3:Is that the one? What is that? Is that goddamn son of a bitch?
Speaker 4:Objects begin to fly around.
Speaker 3:I'm not quite sure, yeah, it is Cause that's where he kills Stephen Merchant playing the chef. Goddamn son of a bitch, yeah.
Speaker 4:Lunch is delayed. It's chicken. Everyone's asking about the chicken, aren't they?
Speaker 3:Skip the Eye.
Speaker 4:Child is absolutely mad. I'm going to talk about that in a little bit more detail afterwards. It's just insane. Apes of Wrath Nearly played a clip from this one. Yeah, I love Noel Fielding's impersonation of this sort of ape man thing. The chase scene in that is absolutely brilliant. Even if you don't want to watch the series, I'd watch just that chase scene.
Speaker 3:It's on youtube as uh, because it won't work.
Speaker 4:If you know, I nearly did, because it does work in a sense. What I was going to do is say these people are on pedal bikes and I'm going to play the clip because it's all motorbike sounds and skidding and stuff like the best thing is is, uh, dean learner's character.
Speaker 3:What's his name? Oh, come on, what's Dean Lerner's character called? Innit, how you are this character?
Speaker 8:Yeah, Dean.
Speaker 4:Lerner? Yeah, but he's not playing. Dean Lerner's the writer, isn't he? I can't remember his name, but he's so odd. Anyway, oh, you know it is Because it's not Wonton, is it? I'm going to have to tell Wonton and he'll be furious.
Speaker 3:What's his name? Bloody hell.
Speaker 4:I'll get it. I'll get it. I have made some notes, you get it.
Speaker 3:Anyway, yeah, I can't remember his name off the. Anyway, he comes cycling up to Douglas and he goes. I thought you were dead, he goes. I guess I'm just too busy staying alive. And he goes flying off edge like two seconds.
Speaker 4:It's Thornton Reed, but yeah, he does like a terrible skidded crash Some brilliant names in there, sorry.
Speaker 3:there's a brilliant bit where Matt Berry goes Douglas to a woman in a Weber hospital room. Then he goes Thornton Reed, it's his full name.
Speaker 4:There's a bit as well, isn't there where they're having a fight? Bear in mind, he's sort of the hospital manager. So Rick Douglas and Sancho having a fight two doctors. He comes in with a shotgun and starts firing it at the roof of the building. Yeah, it's great, it's crazy.
Speaker 3:Is that, when he goes, you're behaving like an ape, a wild ape, a wild ape. Yeah, that's brilliant, that fight scene, by the way, because as they're fighting, they're god. Then there's a real good bit where sancho goes. Oh my god, he's been to the gym, yeah that's a great shot.
Speaker 4:Oh, my god, he's been to the gym. Yeah uh, last two episodes scotch mist, which is brilliant. I think that's the one where they're drinking the water and they're trying to figure out no, that's not that one, but is that the apes one? Then yeah, there's one anyway, where there's something in the water and they're trying to figure out how these people are getting infected and it keeps cutting to the water tank and it's bright, luminous, green, bubbling up. Yeah, oh, I might just have a drink of this water.
Speaker 3:Oh well, actually, now you've said about the water, I think I might have a drink of the water it's so good, it's so badly done, like brilliant lasers, like water, then it goes around, and then water, water, water, water because, brilliant.
Speaker 4:Yeah, anyone who's never seen this? I'm not saying it's for everyone, it's a little bit unique, but I think you should absolutely give this a go If you've never come across it.
Speaker 3:We saw him, didn't we last year, Marenghi, actually.
Speaker 4:Yeah, I went to see him. I went to see him in Sheffield, did you see him?
Speaker 8:Yeah, Leibnall.
Speaker 4:But yeah, it was brilliant. Garth Marenghi Fantastic, fantastic, fantastic. We're trying to be praising them all. I love this, so I'm going to play my clip, but what I'm going to have to do is give it some context, and I appreciate with all the clips you can't see what's going on, but I think if you want a kind of summary of how crazy dark plays can be. So this is Rick Dagless. He's holding an eye child, so it's like just an eyeball baby in his arms that he wants to adopt as his son, whilst singing to the memory of his dead son, who was part grasshopper.
Speaker 3:Ridiculous, isn't it?
Speaker 4:It's crazy, but actually it's a nice little tune and it's quite sad in a weird sort of a way when his kid sings back to him. But yeah, I'll play it now.
Speaker 1:Day draws in tonight, for yonder, stars shine bright. You can be my baby. I hope that is all right. I haven't, but you're dead, that is all right. Daddy, don't forget, I haven't bought your debt. You have a little brother now.
Speaker 3:And one day we'll all meet in Valhalla.
Speaker 4:It's so funny at the end. I mean the Valhalla. I love that line in Valhalla. It doesn't say in heaven, it says in Valhalla, which I think is. I'm pretty sure it's sort of like the Viking heaven, but it's where you go and fight battles every day and finish with a feast every day. I think that's what Valhalla is.
Speaker 3:The best thing about it is it's brilliantly done because you're all expecting heaven, everyone. The best thing about it is it's brilliantly done because you're all expecting heaven. Everyone who's listening to this will be thinking it's going to end with heaven Sin Valhalla. It doesn't even work. Heaven works better as a line. It fits better as a song.
Speaker 4:That is genuinely quite touching a bit. It says Daddy, don't forget me. As ludicrous as it all is, it still kind of does hit you a little bit that line.
Speaker 3:I think yes, apparently, those who die in combat enter Valhalla. Why is he playing in combat? Is he a?
Speaker 4:supercomputer. They're all going to end up in Valhalla, yeah.
Speaker 2:Brilliant.
Speaker 4:So funny and, yeah, that episode is brilliant. It's mad. I can't remember how or why, but at the start there's like a bigger eye thing that's having sex with a man in a room. It's a really weird start and then, yeah, it just becomes mad and it's quite a sad story about his son, skipper. So yeah, that was my clip and I think yeah, Matt. Give it a go.
Speaker 3:Yeah, my one is actually the star of the second episode. I think it's Hello Theory. Actually Could have played a lot of these. So the beginning of every episode, garth Marenghi reads something from his book. That is not related to the episode and it's really hard to pick a clip from this, but when we saw him last year, obviously it didn't go the same as you it does. Basically half an hour of him reading from his book, it was brilliant. Yeah, yeah. So I want to just this is the beginning of episode two.
Speaker 2:Mike stared in disbelief as his hands fell off. From them rose millions of tiny maggots, maggots, maggots, maggots, maggots, maggots, maggots All over the floor of the post office in Leyton Star. Greetings, friend. I hope you're sitting uncomfortably, be it on your sofa, armchair or beanbag, if that's how you choose to live your life. I'm Garth Marenghi, horror writer. You know everyone has a special tone. Mine is being able to write, produce, direct act paint. Other people are good plumbers. That's their gift.
Speaker 3:I love Mike said in disbelief as his hands fell off. What a line that is. Imagine writing that.
Speaker 4:Yeah, I mean, he's kind of renowned as a sort of spoof writer as well, isn't he Like his books are real? He does release these actual books, I think, asghar Marenghi, yeah he does he does his stage show?
Speaker 4:certainly not. I've just seen by the way, I've actually found a note that I made that it's the creeping shores of Shugoth and it's where everybody's turning into broccoli. Yeah, sorry, but that's the one as well where he says the line to the Padre that well, I need to do something because my friend has been infected and she's turning into broccoli. Jesus Christy.
Speaker 3:Jesus Christy. Oh yeah, because Sanchez falls in love with the woman broccoli woman, don't I?
Speaker 4:Yeah, there's some great moments. There's some mad songs in there, I think.
Speaker 3:You thought that very song I'm a one-way lover brilliant song. Then he starts rapping on the adiode. She's cool, like yeah, and he's going, we should be making love yeah, brilliant, honest, I could watch this all day really good.
Speaker 4:Yeah, I've got back into this. I am going to watch a lot of what we said and thanks everyone who's sort of letting us know that they've watched some of these or re-watched some of these. So, yeah, put this one on your list.
Speaker 3:Right. So the next one came second in its group actually, but again another one that were behind, and it came through at the end and got through, and it is the Toast of London. I think that theme is one genuine. The actual song to that theme is off Barry's 2008 album, witch Hazel. It's a genuinely brilliant song and his music is honestly worth checking out. Matt Barry, it's proper good. It's not like a joke or anything, it is genuine.
Speaker 3:Yeah, he does play with the band, doesn't he? There's some stuff in this where I think it's the first episode I think Morgana Robinson's in it where she sings some. I can't remember how it goes now, but that's a fantastic, some proper catchy. It's not that catchy because I can't remember how it goes.
Speaker 4:I know you're summarising this one. Did you know Morgana Robinson is in all four series as four different characters?
Speaker 3:I didn't know that, to be honest. I didn't know that until today I didn't clock that actually, yeah brilliant, anyway.
Speaker 4:so this is that, by the way. Sorry, just before you get into it, is this another it's not quite another Dark Place, is it? I presume the fact it got more than one series means this is a bit more of a sort of commercial hit.
Speaker 3:I've seen Matt Berry talk about this, actually, and he said he didn't expect Dark Place to get past one episode because of how weird it were. And then he said and this were just as weird. And he says he's absolutely stunned that it got this. You know what I mean? I mean, yeah, he even gets shown in America. He's called the Toast of Tinseltown in America, but yeah, so it's about basically it's written by Matt Berry and Arthur Matthews, who's a co-writer of Far From Ted as well, and it's about Stephen Toast, an actor who's down on his luck after appearing in a controversial West End play.
Speaker 3:It's three series and during the pandemic it had a YouTube channel. It's not a YouTube channel, but the audio skits from it as well, and it's actually. This is probably the apparently there is going to be a fourth season. So this is the first time I think, we've covered a sitcom that's essentially still live and I'll be absolutely delighted if this comes back because it's another one that is so weird. I've been watching it a lot recently and I can't really. It's like an interesting mix of a traditional sitcom and someone who's I won't say a loser, but he's not taken seriously as seriously as he thinks he should be, and then really, really surreal stuff and we get loads of songs that are genuine, like I said, and it's a bizarre show, but it's really down to earth as well, I think. At the same time, I really need to.
Speaker 4:So I've watched some of this in prep for this, just to remind myself of what it is. I don't think I've ever sat and watched sort of in progression. So I started at series one, episode one, and watched it through. I seem to have seen odd episodes here and there and it clearly has some sort of pulling power, because whenever I have put it on I've stuck with it. I've just never sort of gone and done the full series which I think I want to do. Actually, I think when Matt Berry first became big I thought, yeah, it's just him saying funny words.
Speaker 6:It's brilliant by the way, yeah it just sort of says random stuff.
Speaker 4:It's brilliant, by the way, so far. Yeah, it just sort of says random stuff.
Speaker 6:I've seen the Rolling Stones.
Speaker 4:But there's more to it than that and actually, yeah, it seems to be quite good. I mean, I love the dynamic with him and his nemesis Ray Purchase, I think that's absolutely brilliant, Ray Purchase yeah. Yeah, I don't know about you, I don't know, you've done a little bit more on this than me, but yeah, it probably seems like one that's underrated, would you say. I mean, it's a four series, so maybe it is rated, but I think I've underrated it personally.
Speaker 3:I think if you're into Mighty Boosh, if you're into Darkplace, if you're into IT Crowd or anything like that, you'll absolutely love this Same sort of people in it. For a start. Um, my favorite part of this series and I've wrote a few down here is genuinely just the names of some of the characters, and I've wrote a list of my favorite here. So you've got clem fandango. This is my. I mean, he's one of the main characters in a clem fandango. Uh, I'll just tom continental. Tom Continental, russ Nightlife, scott Chestnut, des Wigwam, belinda Bojangles, cliff Bonanza.
Speaker 4:Cliff Bonanza, max Klamm. Obviously, every one of these is a chance for him to give a fantastic sort of delivery of that name, jenny Spasm, ken Suggestion what a nameion Duncan Clench.
Speaker 3:and they're just the ones.
Speaker 4:I hadn't seen that one, I don't think, but you can just imagine him, can't you? Bloody hell, I've got to go off and see Ken Suggestion.
Speaker 3:Ken Suggestion yeah, absolutely fantastic. The clip I'm going to play is the clip that got me into it, which you sent me, and I've nicked your clip here. In a way, you sent me this I'd never nicked your clip here. In a way, you sent me this I'd never seen Toast London.
Speaker 4:I think, it's serious.
Speaker 3:I was crying my laughter when I first saw this clip. You said you've got to watch this one scene. So Toast is doing a voiceover and his producer, clem Fandango, keeps forgetting to press the button that he needs to press.
Speaker 4:Is it Brian Bear or somebody? So, is it Brian Bear or somebody? His producer has got a work experience guy with him. That's who Clem Fandango is, but he's not, because he's been working there three years by this point.
Speaker 3:Oh sorry, is this further on then? Yeah, this is further on. So Clem Fandango keeps forgetting to press a button that he needs to press, so when he speaks, toast can hear him, and this is the clip.
Speaker 7:I can't hear you Press the button. I can't hear you Press the button, you donut, I can't hear you. It's Clem Fandango, can you hear me? Yeah, obviously, if you press the button, what's your problem? You've only worked here for three years. Temper temper, stephen, don't you temper?
Speaker 2:temper me, boy, just do your job, ok, stephen, now the client was very, very specific about the style of the read and the pronunciation of some of the words. Clem's got it all in front of him. We'll take it from here, all right. Hello Stephen, this is Clem Fandango. Can you hear me? You are a fucking star, aren't you? Yes, ok, so this is important.
Speaker 6:The client has expressed that he'd really like you to. Oh fucking hell, you've done it again. You cunt Press. I can't hear you, unless you push the button.
Speaker 2:Stephen, this is Clem Fandango. Can you hear me?
Speaker 7:I dare you to say that one more time. Yes, I can hear you, can you hear me? Yeah, well then, keep your finger on the fucking button. I didn't catch a word of that, all right, and I need to hear again exactly how that client wants me to say this script.
Speaker 2:OK, stephen, so this is important. The client has expressed that you'd really like to stress certain words within the script. Ok, and the words you'd like you to stress are love, f***.
Speaker 3:I've also watched this scene back as we were getting preparation for this.
Speaker 4:That will never not be funny.
Speaker 3:About 25 times. Yes, I can hear you, Clint Fandango. It's amazing. I love how he doesn't say cunt, but he nearly does when he'll say it. He goes press the button, you cunt. He's just brilliant acting all round. I mean, it's just a simple gag in it.
Speaker 4:Every time they're giving him the key point, they let go of the button and he can't hear him. On paper it's probably not a great gag, but the way all that is put together is that is some of the best comedy. His scream at the end is so, so funny.
Speaker 3:But I love how confused Clem Fandango is, and every single time he says's Clive Fandango, can you hear me? Genuinely confused because you are a fucking star, brilliant. What's your clip?
Speaker 4:Yeah, here's my clip. Yeah, it's another slightly mad. I mean, this is just normal dialogue within the show, but think how insane this conversation is.
Speaker 6:Who? Who does she look like? Bruce Forsyth, bruce Forsythe, bruce Forsythe. Yes, it's quite an uncanny likeness. They've done a radical makeover of her entire body, except for her left hand. The police arrived before they got to that, so her hand is still. Yes, it's a sole reminder of her quintessential African beauty. It's obviously rather traumatic for Kikini because she absolutely hates Bruce Forsythe, although I must say actually I'm a bit of a fan.
Speaker 7:Well, who isn't All-round entertainer?
Speaker 6:So what are we talking here?
Speaker 7:Palladian Brucie Generation Game Brucie or Strictly Brucie it's.
Speaker 6:Generation Game Brucie. Oh, although resembling Brucie from any era is bound to be traumatic for an attractive African woman. Given this latest surgeon she went to, a scrupulous character goes by the name of Bezos Fafun.
Speaker 7:Bezos Fafun, bezos Fafun I haven't heard that name in a while Really Bezos Fafun was a pseudonym sometimes used by a rival of mine, a total prat by the name of Ray Purchase, ah yeah.
Speaker 4:To finish on a. That's not even the joke. The joke is somebody's slowly had enough surgery. They turned into Bruce. Forsyth except one hand. Bruce Forsyth. Yeah, beezus Fafoon. It's such a crazy name to give out as just normal like, and it doesn't say, oh, that sounds insane. I think I know that name, it's just brilliant.
Speaker 3:It goes by the name of Beezus Fafoon. I know that name. It's just brilliant. It goes by the name of Beezus for Food. I know that name. It's repurchase, isn't it? It's another great name. It's repurchase Beezus for Food Fantastic Again. I'm not going to lie. I've not watched every episode of this, and I should. I am going to. I love it. Every time I watch it, I love it. I. I don't know why and I don't know why, but I am going to watch this. This is something that I'm going to when I go away in a couple of months. I'm going to lob it on my laptop and go through all series. I think.
Speaker 4:Yeah, really good, brilliant, and it is up against Gavin and Stacey.
Speaker 3:Let's play the theme. They think of that. Do you know at the end, wait for the window you do. Yeah, yeah, that's only played at the end, actually, not the beginning. It's an instrumental version at the beginning of it reminds me so much of the early doors thing. Sometimes when I think of early doors I think of that theme.
Speaker 4:I'm thinking about it yeah, I can see that they do sort of blur, don't they? Uh, gavin and stacy, written by james corden and ruth jones, directed by christine gurnon um three series. So I actually thought they'd done more than that. They did a series and a special, and then they did another series and finished on a special. So it started 2007 and the last time we saw them was 2019.
Speaker 4:Effectively, I mean, as it says in the title, we follow, or we start the journey anyway, with Gavin and Stacey as the main characters, played by Matthew Horne and Joanna Page. But actually what's great about this is the main characters actually are the side characters, so to speak. So Gavin and Stacey don't get as many of the big gags. They're well involved, but I mean James Corden as Smithy, ruth Jones as Nessa and Rob Brydon as Bryn really steal the show in this. I mean, gavin's mum and dad are really good. There's just fantastic side characters. There's characters who only get a couple of lines in the shows. There's Doris, there's Dave Coaches. They don't get much to do, but what they do get is brilliant. And I think again it's another one. Just from a refresher, I'd kind of forgotten how good it was.
Speaker 4:I mean Bryn in particular. Rob Brydon is an absolute star and do you understand why would you not almost kind of make him the star? Do you think he's clever? Do you think he works better as that side character who can come in and out?
Speaker 3:It'd be interesting if they did a spin-off. Would it be as good? I'm not sure. Maybe you just need those little bits Because he is the best character in it, I think, anyway, yeah there's an incident with his nephew that's a weird thing nobody talks about in a tent where something happened.
Speaker 4:It's an ongoing thing.
Speaker 3:We never actually find out, do we?
Speaker 4:Because there's a brilliant bit of big coaches.
Speaker 3:He goes look at your soup, because after that I know what went on in that tent. And he's like looks so ashamed but nobody knows what went on in this tent.
Speaker 4:It's brilliant, yes, I mean, and it could be that one day they do a special and it comes out and the joke could be something like he spilled soup on him, because this is slightly surreal, despite the fact it's much more real than a dark place or a toast of london. It's very much set in a real world, but the characters are are absolutely larger than life.
Speaker 3:I would say, though, are all the ones that have gone through, and I might have missed one. I think this is the most family orientated show. I think my, my mum and dad watched this. You know what I mean. I don't know if, like my mum, will be watching any others on this list. You know what I I mean. I think you could the sort of thing that I can imagine, almost like what Fools and Horses used to be, where people got round and watched it.
Speaker 4:Yeah, yeah, I wouldn't disagree with that, and I think there's characters like Pam, so Alison Stedman plays Pam who by the way, looks absolutely fantastic for her age. You can't remember how old she is, but she looks great, 20. And yeah, I think there's because there's bits in there like where they're at a protest and she sort of stomps over really aggressive music and just knocks over a sign. It's like you think she's going to go and attack someone or sort something and she just knocks the sign down and starts cheering and everybody's sort of punching the air.
Speaker 3:What are those two called the unbelievable, the funny couple? Is it not Tim and Dawn? It's Dawn and someone, isn't it?
Speaker 4:yeah, so Dawn Sutcliffe and Pete Sutcliffe, so Julia Davis.
Speaker 3:Oh yeah, that's another thing, because they're the shipments, aren't they the shipments? The West and the Sutcliffe?
Speaker 4:yeah, yeah, I mean some people have said that was unnecessary sort of to write. Why did they need to rename serial killers? And I know they've just said, well, why not?
Speaker 3:almost don't really put much thought into that he used to work with a guy, manager at work actually, and his name was Ian Huntley. That's a fact. But it wasn't him, was it no?
Speaker 4:well, no, no, no but the joke with Air is that they all have serial killer surnames. But that's never mentioned. It's never a thing. They never notice it within the show. It's just for the audience to have that joke. It's split between Essex and Billericay, so you've got Gavin coming from Essex, you've got Stacey coming from Billericay, so we move from one to another. There's different scenes where they're chasing each other from one bit to another, but the sort of side story which is almost the biggest story is Smithy and Ness. So their best mates end up kind of getting together. It's a weird. They hate each other, don't they?
Speaker 3:they get pissed and have sex, basically, and end up with a kid but but then find out they've got lots in common.
Speaker 4:They're both sort of really into the food. And yeah, there is. And actually I saw a comment today that said I love Gavin and Stacey because this was when James Corden was still likable Do you know what, when we did this poll, a lot of people because this be it's London into second place.
Speaker 3:Actually, we got a few comments saying how the fuck is Gavin and Stacey be in Toast to London into second place. Actually, we got a few comments saying how the fuck is Gavin and Stacey beating Toast to London. And another someone else said that bag of shit's winning. You know that group. That's ridiculous and I can't help thinking that it is because of James Corden, because this is I think this is he always is not objectively a good sitcom. But I'm surprised, if you like the other stuff on the list, that you can't get something out of this.
Speaker 4:Yeah, I don't understand. It's a little bit love-hate sometimes with this one. I don't know. Some of the others we've done are a little bit cultish. This just seems to be people either absolutely love it and it's the best thing they've ever seen, or they just don't seem to get it. That's just my experience. It doesn't seem to sit in a light. Yeah, it's all right.
Speaker 3:Yeah, the people who don't like it just like that shit. And I genuinely think because James Corder's obviously huge, he's in America. Well, he was in America and stuff. He probably. I might be wrong here, but if someone did the top 10 most hated actors, I reckon he'd probably get in it. If someone voted, if the public voted. It's mad how much he's changed, because in this, when he first started, he were really quite cool, weren't he? And he were really well liked and I don't really know exactly what happened.
Speaker 4:Yeah, yeah. Yeah, I don't know. I don't know if it's just I don't know. You hear rumours. There's probably rumours about all sorts of people. Isn't there, but I heard he's a bit hard work around.
Speaker 3:Yeah, Bryn had to take into one side Rob Brydon. In real life there's an interview with him and he said basically, you're becoming way too big headed. You know, this is not you. This is not the guy that I did the sitcom with. And I actually sat him down and told him it'd be good if you did it as Bryn. And I tell you now James, you can't be going around. No, you're a smashing lad, you're a cracking boy. You can't be going around. Yeah, so I don't know what happened with James Corden, but definitely his shadow looms over this, I think in a way where people do, but he is one of the best characters. He's brilliantly acted in this.
Speaker 4:Yeah, really good. Yeah, character perfect. I mean, obviously he wrote it for himself, so it makes sense, but yeah, it's perfect for the role and what I've just seen there, by the way. So, in typical madeley fashion, big error there that I said uh, so billerickey is actually part in essex and it's barry island, isn't it?
Speaker 3:oh shit, yeah, of course it is. Yeah, so that did sound right to me as well. I didn't pick up on that. Yeah, sorry, um, and yeah it's. You know, I think as't pick up on that, yeah, it's all right, and yeah, it's.
Speaker 4:You know, I think, as you said, I think that the strengths of this are it's much more to me, it's much more accessible. Exactly what you said you could watch this with your parents. You could watch this with a teenager. There's something in there for everyone. And yeah, I don't know, for me it's all about Bryn, but I think people love Mick, don't they? Gavin's dad?
Speaker 4:he seems to be a really well-loved character and, yeah, you probably know of this, it feels a little bit more mainstream, even though, surprise me, it's only had three series and it started off on BBC Three, didn't it?
Speaker 3:It was one of those. It wasn't produced to be this big new sitcom, it was just talked away on BBC Three innit.
Speaker 4:Baby Cow Productions, which I think that's Steve Coogan's one, isn't? It yeah that's right, yeah, and yeah, like you say, you never know. With this one you said one of the others is technically still live, which is Toast to London, is it?
Speaker 3:Yeah, that's right yeah.
Speaker 4:Well, they keep talking about bringing this back. May come back live at some point, but as it stands, we've not seen them since the Christmas episode 2019.
Speaker 3:Yeah, which were decent. I don't think it was one of the best episodes that, but it wasn't. It didn't. It wasn't like sort of nah. They've done now the last sort of Fools and Horses episodes I thought were pretty shit. Why don't you think nah?
Speaker 4:Well no, they finished it really well, didn't they, when they became millionaires?
Speaker 3:No, but I mean after that, yeah everything after that, yeah. You were just like nah, you've done it. I didn't really feel that with that. I don't think it was as good as the earlier episodes, but it wasn't sort of the point where I think it's completely finished.
Speaker 4:Yeah, I think they very deliberately have left it so that it can come back again as well. So from what I remember and I haven't watched the last one ever I don't think there's any sort of big groundbreaking moment that would be hard to come back to, would there? Because I think doesn't Smithy go and stop the wedding? Is that the end of Series 3?
Speaker 3:No, in the Christmas special I mean, we're getting massive spoilers. A lot of people aren't seeing it.
Speaker 4:But in the last one he proposes to Nessa and we don't know, if she says yes oh right, so so actually that's almost written that there probably will be more yeah, yeah it's brilliant, by the way, nesta.
Speaker 3:Another good bit about nesta is she knows like random celebrities, don't she like? So she'll say, and I said to pete townsend, where's the book? Do you know? I?
Speaker 4:mean stuff like and they're all like sort of quite big, aren't they slight?
Speaker 3:and and I said oh, andre, stop dancing around with your shirt off like yeah, sort of big names that she's come across when she's getting married to dave coaches. Uh, john prescott is actually in the in the church.
Speaker 4:You're like all right, john yeah, I mean there's some sort of running gags that to me lose their way a little bit. I mean stacy's mum's always trying to make people omelets, which I know some people say, oh, it's brilliant. I love how she's always offering to make omelettes, but yeah, that that faded a bit for me. But, as I say, some of the side characters Bryn, pete and Dawn are absolutely brilliant. And their passive aggressive relationship is is so well written.
Speaker 3:I think Pete and Dawn, I think, should definitely have a spinoff. I think that would be. They're almost like they, absolutely. It's a bit like that couple of Father Ted who hate each other, but like a more realistic version of that Unbelievable though.
Speaker 4:So so yeah, I'm going to move on to my clip. I struggled a little bit with this one. I think some of the ones that aren't sort of moment heavy, almost it's more just in the dialogue, and the full episode is where the humour sits. But I think this is great. It's a bit obvious. Apologies if you think, oh, they're not going to play that. I've heard that loads of times, but it does seem to sum up the show quite well. It's Smithy on top form and it's him coming in as the family are going to order an Indian.
Speaker 8:We're getting an Indian. What are you facing? Chicken boona, bag of chips, keemadan and nine poppadoms. I'm just going to stick it on the table. You know Whoa right. Okay, what is it about a group of people ordering an Indian or a Chinese or something that it's somehow unexpectable to eat your own food that you order yourself Like? Why do we have to? Why are we all just Well, because it's nice? No, it's not Not. Someone probably Stacey will have ordered a korma. Am I wrong, mick? Am I wrong? No, she has actually, exactly, and in my book, a korma is pointless, it's futile. I won't touch it, but I can guarantee that Pete's already ironed up my booners. Am I wrong, pete? Have you thought about my booners? Well, yes, but they're my booners.
Speaker 8:You want a had enough of it. It's the same. Last week I went for a chinese with chinese's missus. They're all dipping into mine going, oh yours is really nice. I'm like, yes, it is, that's why I ordered it. In fact, forget it, I want no part of it, I'll order mine. I'll eat it in the car.
Speaker 3:I'm out yeah, I love that. I mean I love there's a lot of bits where cordon's brilliant at this, where he's like takes a piss out of, like him being a, you know, a greedy bastard. Basically he takes the piss out of his own weight and stuff. And there's a fantastic scene where he goes, uh, when he says, like gavin says, I don't want chips for his meal, he goes I'll have his chips I nearly had this clip, yeah, but it works so much better with a visual.
Speaker 4:I love how he's demonstrating it. He says, yeah, he orders a baguette, doesn't he? And says this is gavin baguette. Says I don't want chips and he says I'll have his chips, but then he's terrified that, sorry, you do. You want to describe this, it's yours, you haven't mentioned yeah, no, it's fine.
Speaker 3:It's like when he he basically says he's gonna, uh, he'll have his chips, and he does. But he goes honestly like you just make it as if you're gonna make a normal baguette and chips, because because if you don't give me all these chips, I will know how many chips. Because don't just like, put me couple more on, because I will know how many chips.
Speaker 4:Yeah and then all that he says to her. At the end he's sort of demonstrating with his hands how to do it. He says so put both down, plate them up with the chips on two full portions of chips. Then put his chips on my plate.
Speaker 3:So in-depth about it? And is that the great scene where he's all about killing himself? He's not being serious about it, to be fair, because how many new refs would it take to kill me off? And, captain, just goes, someone your size quite a lot man. But, yeah, brilliant, he's fantastic. This is definitely the the peak of cordon's career in terms of you know how good he is um, just just a very quick mention as well.
Speaker 4:So sharon smith plays his sister and she's fantastic in it as well. Yeah, love that as a name, ruder. Yeah, it kicks off, it doesn't it? Because it says she's told Stacey to call her Smithy, and he's absolutely furious. Yeah, they told you they're my mates, you're Rudy, and Rudy's not even your real name, it's Ruth. Yeah.
Speaker 3:Rudy Rudy's, not even your real name. My clip does feature Bryn. This is where they've dropped Stacey's gonna live in London and um with Gavin, so they've dropped her off, sort of for the. I think it's for that the final time. Obviously, things happen after and they're driving home in the car. This is Bryn and Stacey's mum goodbye, my friend.
Speaker 1:You have been the one, you have been the one for me.
Speaker 8:I'm so hollow baby, I'm so hollow you have to have James Blunt all the way home. I'm so hollow.
Speaker 1:What is your problem with him? He's got a cracking voice. He just likes to listen to something a bit more uplifting. That's all I'm so hollow.
Speaker 8:Can you just have the one about the wise men by the sea?
Speaker 1:Then you're changing. She said to me Go, stay on me. Won't you tell me what the wise men said when they Came down from heaven, smoking nights or seven On a ship that they could fly? There's no use for the movie, it just don't make sense. I'm gonna escape from you, gonna be free of you, and now you know there's no way out. All I'm down. Really sorry, this is a moment.
Speaker 3:To be fair, you get more out of, if you see it, because he's so sad, brim, when he's going. Goodbye, my, my friend, you have been the one and she's just looking around. There's a brilliant bit. Where you can't get an audio is when she goes. Is it going to be james bond all the way home? And he, just he gives her the dirtiest look. Yeah, it's brilliant. He's got a cracking voice like brilliant.
Speaker 4:There were three wise men trying to have some fun really there's a bit that didn't really work for a clip that I wanted to play. It's another slightly obvious one, but it's absolutely fantastic. So they go to stay for a stag do in Wales, in Barry, and some of the lads are staying with Bryn. He lives across the road from where Gavin and Stacey's well, stacey's mum lives, but Gavin comes in the morning to visit and Smithy has got his shirt off with Bryn. They're in this sort of makeshift gym in Bryn's spare room sweating with his shirts off. He says I can't do it anymore, bryn, I can't do it. He has to give him a motivational talk. You've come up against the wall, my boy. You can't go round the wall, you've got to go through the wall. And they start doing loads of that aggressive ways. But then Gavin comes in. They sort of hug each other and like they're all sweaty and horrible and then Bryn's rubbing him down on the floor, rubbing his tummy down.
Speaker 3:There's a thing throughout. It isn't there where they're like is Bryn gay or not? You're not actually sure whether he's gay or not. Plays it brilliantly well.
Speaker 4:He's a really well written character yeah, there's a little bit of mystery about him, but he's just a really sort of likeable character and he's deadly serious like hello. My boy, gavin, can't wait to sort of give him a big hug and, like I love, it as well, when really minor things make him happy, like we'll get the internet.
Speaker 3:I was chatting to my friend on the internet so like brilliant. But yeah, so that's Gavin and Stacey. That's the four matches. Sorry, two matches, two matches, and the next episode is going to be the final, the grand finale.
Speaker 2:No, it's not.
Speaker 3:It's going to be the last of the group stages. Yeah, the grand finale. No, it's not. It's going to be the last of the group stages. Yeah, the grand finale of the group stages. That's such a confusing concept.
Speaker 4:The grand finale of the group stages.
Speaker 3:Yeah of the group stages. Imagine Des Lydon saying that I'm like welcome. Tonight. It's the grand finale of the group stages.
Speaker 4:You've been saying that every game. Semi-final Final.
Speaker 3:It's the round of 16 as well, not the group stages. You've been saying that every game semi-final, final, final. It's not the. It's not the.
Speaker 4:It's the round of 16 as well, not the group stages anyway, so the next yeah, yeah, sorry, sorry, but what I meant, though, is I see what you mean. It's the final episode before people get to vote for the next round semi-final.
Speaker 3:final, yeah, but anyway. So the next matches are going to be the Office another favourite, I think versus the IT Crowd, and then the big hit and we've not planned this, but the last thing that we're going to discuss is Alan Partridge. I'm Alan Partridge versus the Inbetweeners. I think it's going to be a massive showdown, so I'm looking forward to that, and then, as soon as that's released, you are going to be able to vote on what you think are the best.
Speaker 4:that are all these, but we'll get on to that another seven day vote and then we'll come back with quarter finals. A bit more detail. We'll pick out our favourite episodes. Yeah, we'll go through an episode. Yeah, we're not doing mid weeks because we're trying to get these sort of first four out quite quick, but we are getting some good feedback. We are getting some good. Well, we are still getting some abuse for people who've not read the sort of terms and conditions, but yeah, yeah, for the most part, we're all getting some good interaction from people. So, yeah, keep listening and yeah, send us any clips you like and any any of these that you've got into more recently or or didn't like. But we might have tempted you in because I suppose that's what you're trying to do. We're hopefully trying to sell you these. It's something to go away and look at yeah, definitely right, leo.
Speaker 3:Thank you very much and I'll see you next time.
Speaker 4:Yeah, if anyone wants to get in touch with us, send us anything. Find us on twitter at living with made one, or you can send us an email at living with madeley.