Sloss and Humphries On The Road - USA 2 St Louis: Balboa‘s Bagpipes
Episode Date: October 20, 2021After an incredible week of gigs Cream finds himself on a chaise longe in St. Louis revealing to Muggins that it’s actually rare to lie down like this in therapy, and more of a cliche. The boys reca...p their week of shows and tourism, Cream doesn’t see the fuss about Rocky and rails on the theme tune until he hears it done in his native bagpipes.
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from another awesome US city Sloss and Humphries
on the road
Muggins and Cream
creaming muggins
straight thugging
living the dream
that's our intro
fucking muggles
tickling the clit
inside your head
that makes you laugh
they said it can't be done
are we in the same seats
that's hack
oh muggles
accidental rim job
in the park
kiss kiss kiss
or am I just being cynical
just muggled it up
on fucking mugglopedia.
Where have you been since 9-11?
Here we are.
I feel like I'm in therapy.
You look like you're in therapy.
Even though I've never actually,
this part of therapy I've never actually done.
I've never lain on a couch.
Do you not lay on a couch?
No.
In therapy?
Nah.
Like I think that's like... Is this just a cliche? Yeah. In therapy? Nah. Like I think that's like
Is this just a cliche?
Yeah.
Yeah I don't think
I mean I don't
anyone
I know a bunch of people
that have gone to therapy
Bless me.
and none of them
lied out
during it.
I imagine like maybe
like that step
That's such a weird myth.
No no
it probably started from truth.
Like that's probably
like how they used to
like do it back in,
I don't know,
fucking Freud's day or whatever.
Yeah, if you listen on the audio,
which is mostly here,
Danny's on a chaise longue.
Aye.
Because we have fancy hotels these days.
It's a chaise lounge.
It's a chaise lounge.
I'm on a chaise lounge.
We're in America.
We do not put any effort
into foreign words or other people's accents
so I'm on a chess lounge yes in St. Louis St. Louis St. Louis
I think in every single promo video I did for St. Louis I kept calling it St. Louis because
that's how Louis is spelled and it's not how Louis is spelled even though I know it's St. Louis I kept calling it St. Louis because that's how Louis is spelled and it's not how
Louis is spelled
even though I know
it's St. Louis
that's still
it's not St. Louis
it's not how
Louis is spelled
but listen
well you know this episode's now illegal right Light it up and take a breath That's it to me man You can find me In St. Louis rolling on dubs
Well, you know this episode's now illegal, right?
No, I did less than 15 seconds.
Is that the law?
I don't know, probably.
Right, so why would you bring it out?
Did you just pull an arbitrary number and law out of your ass?
No.
That was less than 15 seconds.
Or is that a rule?
Oh, I hope so.
Yeah, I just heard
I heard on another podcast
that played music
that's
that's way less than 15 seconds
I'm sure
I'm sure it was actually
Danny Mac's
damn Daniel podcast
I was listening to
aww
aww yeah lawyer Danny Mac
and he was going through
all of the
which check out that podcast
by the way
it's fucking amazing
he was going through
all of the mint tracks
that come out in 2001
which there are fucking many
good year for music.
Bad year for buildings.
And I think he said we went over 50.
Unless you were a jealous building.
Aye.
Unless I.
Unless you were one of the ones that were, like, slightly shorter.
Yeah.
And now you're just closer to being the tallest by two.
Look, there's a really mean part of,
I suppose there's a really mean part of 9-11.
Most of 9-11 was mean.
Most of it.
But the real villains.
No, but like, you know,
the real heroes were the fire engine
and the police officers and the medics
and all those people.
And the real villains were the terrorists.
And then there was like minor heroes
who were the people that volunteered,
giving out water.
And so there's also minor villains and i think the smallest villain in 9-11 is those in the buildings nearby that went oh we get a better view
the ones that got like a bit of a silver lining they were like do you know we can see the
rockefeller building here now i've never seen before. I can wave at my friend who works in the Empire State Building.
I can sunbathe on my terrace now.
I used to be able to sunbathe here.
And you know they feel guilty.
Like that view is a guilty view.
They're really profiteering in a non-financial way.
You're looking through 4,000 souls to see that view.
So much bloodshed
for you.
So much.
So you can have
a cup of coffee
and go,
ah,
the vista.
There it is,
Central Park.
As if that was,
see how far away
it is from Central Park.
Maybe that did it.
As if you could see
Central Park
if only the twin towers
weren't there.
I don't know,
I've had.
The fucking hole of the CBD, everything in between it.
It would have this perfect just route through the buildings to Central Park.
Maybe, I don't know.
I wasn't there.
We'll never know.
So where else have we been?
We started in, oh, I can already guess what track's about to come up.
Since Boston.
Oh, right, since Boston.
Yeah.
So you don't have...
Oh, we've done Boston.
We've done a Boston one.
Did we?
Yeah, it was the
Shippin' Out to Boston track.
The Dropkick Murphys.
Forrest Griffin's walk-in music.
Do we do that?
I pressed the button.
We were very high.
This is the first podcast
we've done in a little while,
actually, where we haven't been
that high.
Speak for your fucking self.
We'll get on to the edibles
in a second.
Let's finish one of our
conversations. Right. finish one of our conversations
right
and one of them
is therapy so
what was the one
we were just
having oh yeah
where are we
just now
yeah
we're in
we're in
St. Louis
but we
after Boston
we went to
Washington
I'll say
it must be
nice
it must be
nice
to have
the Washingtons
on your side
uh huh
who else were we
in who was that that was Wiz Khalifa oh it was Wiz Khalifa doing a Hamilton To head of Washington's on your side Uh-huh. What else have we seen?
Who's that?
That was Wiz Khalifa.
Oh.
It was Wiz Khalifa doing a Hamilton remix.
Oh, who asked for that?
Was that Hamilton next year?
Wait, wait, wait.
Did Wiz Khalifa fans ask for that
or did Hamilton fans ask for that
or did nobody ask for it
and both sets of fans went,
what's happening?
Why?
Who chose to do this?
Now there's a track called
The Hamilton Mixtape
so it's a bunch of rappers
and R&B artists
just doing versions
of the Hamilton songs.
You'd hate it.
I really would.
I absolutely fucking would.
So the song was
It Must Be Nice To Have Washington
On Your Side
all about George Washington.
I was going to ask what the context was because I was... And then Wiz Khalifa changed it, It Must Be Nice to Have Washington on Your Side. What about George Washington? I was going to ask what the context was.
And then Wiz Khalifa changed it to,
It Must Be Nice to Have the Washingtons on Your Side,
because that's the face on the money.
What was it?
Well, there's a few faces, isn't there?
Benjamin's is hundreds, isn't it?
Aye, but maybe, I thought the Washingtons.
What's Washington?
20 or something.
Like a football?
Five, because he's banging on it with five-ers?
It must be nice.
It must be nice to have a couple of five-ers in your pocket.
I think it's not been going well for Wiz Khalifa.
So where else have we been?
We can talk about each individual place too.
Let's do the round-up first and then we'll do that.
And then... Oh, New York. individual place too let's do the round up first and then we'll do that and then oh
New York
bastard
that'll do
be New York
and Philly
we've been around is what I'm saying iconic places I've done the tourism tip I've been around
is what I'm saying
iconic places
I've done the
tourism tip
I've been fucking
everywhere me
I've been
going off on my
Boris bike
I've been renting
limes
mate
I've just been
fucking
whizzing around
the capital
and that
it was
it was Belter
I had a great time
it was sunny
starting to burn
a little bit but I'm buzzing around on my was sunny. It started to burn a little bit,
but I'm buzzing around
on my scooters and that.
Class got a little bit high.
I'll bring it very high.
It's good.
Well.
We normally get enough spliffs
to last until the morning and that.
We've got to say,
well, genuinely thank you
to everyone that's come out
to all the shows so far.
They've been
properly incredible.
It's been,
I don't know,
you've had a different
career to me
but this has
been the best
week of my
professional career
I think
oh I mean
the Beacon Theatre
was definitely
a highlight
and also
I'm still
constantly
in awe
and sort of
grateful for the
fact that
like we've
broken America
like very very very few British comics have done that.
It's a difficult thing.
I got you again when we were at the Beacon Theatre.
And you're like, you can count on one hand
how many British actors have performed at the Beacon Theatre.
And then you're aimed off like four.
I think it was McIntyre, Billy Connolly.
I don't even know if McIntyre, Billy Connolly. I don't even know
if McIntyre has that
which is a case.
He has actually.
Has he?
Yeah.
And then you were like,
I think I'm the fifth
because he reigned
the four that you knew.
You're like,
I think I'm the fifth
and then you went on sixth.
Oh yeah,
yeah.
Get it every day.
Get it every day
with stealing
on your accolades.
They've been...
Aye.
Beacon was fucking class.
Some lovely girl gave us some edibles afterwards.
They're really beautifully baked.
Like cakes and stuff, Halloween style.
Have you just ate one now?
Have I?
Yeah.
That was me.
And she was like, be very, very careful.
These are real strong just take one
take one
they take an hour
to kick in
one hour lead in
they are absolutely delicious
like they're without a doubt
the best
the best tasting edibles
I've ever had in my life
aye
by quite some significance
she fucking
underappreciated
how much marijuana
I consume
I hear that
we dusted the box
on the way to Philly
we'd done the way to Philly.
We'd done the drive from New York to Philadelphia and just finished the box,
just trying to make sure.
I thought we're going to do that thing,
you know, where it kicks in
just as you take the second one.
The tale as old as time.
Mine hasn't kicked in yet.
Should I have another?
There's a bit when I was in there
because we pulled over
and we'd stopped.
I was going for a piss
and I'd literally just eaten it
and then I could just feel myself
getting a little wave
and I was like
oh god have I done
have I done what I constantly do
and then
don't be wrong
still high
Is that that hotel
where there was like
I don't know if it was
an African wedding
or something
but everyone was in like
traditional like tribal garb
garb
garb
yeah I think there was
some sort of
definitely not garb
garb garb not garments I think it I think there was some sort of definitely not garb garb
not garments
I think it was
I mean I don't know
what it was
I just remember
like lots of
bright colours
and silks
and then just
being like me
in my hoodie
and my tracksuits
looking like a
piece of shit
surrounded by like
all these
very very
well dressed
or naked
oh man like all done up to the fucking 90s I kept me all these very, very well-dressed, or native-dressed. Aye, oh, man.
Like, all done up to the fucking 90s.
I kept my top on because of my tribal tattoos
in case I was in a rival tribe.
Because, you know, normally when I go to the service station toilets,
I just whip my top off.
Got it.
That's how you pay for petrol.
I'll fucking fight you for the bill.
That's what you yell.
I do yell a lot.
But I kept my tribal tattoos to myself in case I got roped into some,
I don't know, like warfare.
And then...
The thing is, they weren't actually there,
that's how good the cakes were.
Yeah, yeah, they were properly...
They kicked in and they were a nice meal of one,
but I was just always like...
Because, man, I do get worried,
not worried with edibles,
but I do go, right, when's this going to peak in winters?
Oh, yeah, there's nothing you can do
to control it after it starts.
Oh, I mean, you can't drink...
Orange juice.
Drink water.
Yeah, orange juice.
Orange juice with pulp, then that's...
Orange juice with pulp, then that's the best for the leveler.
Then I'll be high.
Then no wonder I've not stopped.
Then absolutely no wonder why I have a marijuana problem.
Because if the cure for marijuana addiction
and getting out of your system is orange juice with pulp,
I'll fucking smoke myself into the grave.
That orange is meant to be the one for acid, isn't it?
For levelling you when you take acid.
Oh, yeah, yeah.
It just seems like such a, like...
Or milk.
Milk?
No, milkshakes for...
Bringing the boys to the yard.
Aye.
Which is another good way to get off the mushrooms.
And then you're like,
boys, help us with this mushroom trip.
Just hope one of the boys
is a paramedic
or something
New York
to Philadelphia
I've done them all
I was trying to think
about the other things
we haven't spoken about
oh yeah
nobody sits like this
in therapy
oh yeah
get back to that
because
I mean I've never
been to therapy
it shows
does it
well I mean
it shows in every one.
I like to do it.
I don't think I'm, like,
I don't think I'm front of the queue for needing therapy.
Aye.
But I think everybody should, like, maybe consider it.
Aye.
But I didn't, I feel like that resource could be better used.
And also, like, it's very hard to find a therapist just now
because they are so busy
which I think is a
good thing
but then also
if you don't have
man there were many
several times
when
and this is why
my therapist was so good
there were several times
when I would just go in
and just like
I could put nothing wrong
and he would be like
alright we're done
like I'm not
I'm not going to charge you
or make you sit down
for 45 minutes to an hour
and just create problems
for no fucking reason
I see
you're completing therapy
no no no
just a couple of times
achievement unlocked
just I would go in
platinum did
and
you know we'd like
the things we normally talk about
and he's like
how are you feeling about those
and I'm like yeah real good
I've done all this stuff
and then
and then he'd be like
right well then
is there anything else and I'm like oh well I guess then he'd be like right well then he's like anything
else and i'm like oh well i guess like i was a bit annoyed by this he was like oh don't guess
like don't like let's not dig let's not just give me money for the sake of giving me money
like if you've got nothing to complain about then enjoy that let's not fucking waste an hour of day
over analyzing i love that you put therapy down to complaining well i, I mean, I'm paraphrasing here.
Oh, man.
So what, like, you know, if you got in for a first session,
like, say if you were in your first session,
I'm the therapist.
Aye.
What would the questions be?
Because, like, does he just start cracking on with you?
No, because you go in
like if you
sign up to
therapy
for a
reason
you go in
and they're like
like when I went in
in January last year
it was like
I've just come off
of this
worldwide tour
where I was away
for way too long
and I
you know
I'm very very angry
because I was
working too hard
I was drinking too much
I was doing heaps
of fucking drugs
I wasn't looking after myself and I was working too hard. I was drinking too much. I was doing heaps of fucking drugs. I wasn't looking after myself.
And I was...
Fractured to sleep all the time.
Aye.
I was reliving fucking trauma every single night on stage
for that dank amounts of cash to an audience I resented
because I didn't want to be there.
And now I hate my job.
And I'm very, very angry at my agent for allowing it all to happen.
And I don't like being angry at her.
And I don't like being angry at the other people involved.
So then he just, like,
kind of fuelled the conversation
until you figured it all out
in your own head.
Aye.
So he just keeps, like...
And then would point out things that I was...
Like, oh, let's go back to that.
You brushed over this.
Yeah, aye.
And then would just, like,
let you talk
and then, like,
sometimes you'd come out
and you'd be like,
I don't know if, like,
I don't necessarily feel...
Don't get me wrong,
it does always feel good to talk about it,
stuff like that.
I've always found that to be true.
But there were times when you came out and you were like,
I don't know if any of that, like, I actually got anything.
But then there'll be a session, like, 10, 15 down the line
where you catch yourself doing something.
Because they're just...
You know, therapists do know what's wrong with you, right?
But they can't tell you.
Because people telling you what's wrong with you isn but they can't tell you because people telling you
what's wrong with you
isn't the point
you've got to work it out
yourself
so that you don't regret it
that must be so frustrating
for some therapists
when they're like
you're nearly there
man
so close
my therapist gave me
a round of applause
a year later
after I worked out
that I was a drug addict
like literally
I remember going in there,
like, this is, like, fucking back in January or February.
That must have been so tantric for him.
Such a release.
He was like, you know, he was like,
I was thinking, like, yeah, you know, I'm all right.
You know, we're still locked down, but I'm recording.
I'd been doing Sober January.
And I was like, you know, it's fine, I'm getting
through it, like I definitely miss weed and stuff but, you know, it is what it is.
And he goes, are you going to start smoking in February?
I was like, yeah, yeah, absolutely, yeah, of course I am.
He goes, why?
And I go, I just, you know, it just calms me down, I like it and also, like, the more
I've been thinking about while I've been sober even though like marijuana is not
an addictive
substance and you
can just see his
eyes go wide
and he's like
yeah
yeah that's what
you've been telling
yourself
and I was like
even though it's
not addictive
you can be
addictive to
non-addictive
things like
gambling
not addictive
playstation
not addictive
painting
like fucking
the gym
like you can
get
biting your
toenails
exactly
you can get
addicted to anything
addictive
there are things
that are addictive
and there's people
with addictive personalities
so you can be addicted
to things that aren't
inherently addictive
and he was like
uh huh
like just fucking
like sitting there
with the string
to release the trap
on me
he was like
just get closer
to the cheese
motherfucker
here it is
and then I was like
so I think maybe
I might possibly be addicted to and then I was like so I think maybe I might
possibly be addicted
to marijuana
and he was like
yeah
and then I was like
could you
yeah all your family
came in
but then I was like
could you not have
told me this
a year ago
saved me a lot of money
alright
maybe not a year ago
six months ago
tell me six months ago
I mean
to be fair
I've done nothing about it.
Nah, you're actually getting worse.
Well, it's not necessarily worse, but it's just such a minor addiction. And I'm sorry
to anyone else that suffers marijuana addiction out there, but you can be objective with yourself.
What we are going through doesn't matter like it's the
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recommend Beardedicted to anything
So we got super
high after the New York gig
and then went out with some friends
of yours who are now friends of mine
I've borrowed them
they were fucking cool man
you can say his name
Carl, because he wasn't getting hired
I didn't want to get in trouble for smoking weed
he's literally in Harold
and come on
get the munchies
and he didn't even smoke
no he's off the
he's off the booze
and the weed
just now
because he's
I think he's
so we
we were
basically I woke up
the next morning
I was so drunk and high
right
that I was like
I can't see you
I was like
oh fucking
hope we didn't do anything too stupid last night because we're high and then i just flashed
back to a memory of carl penn and his boyfriend holding me back from punching an old fat chinese
man i and then it was a rude old fat you wasn't fucking very rude it was a very
regret that i didn't regret that i was fucking gonna give him a was a very rude old fat Chinese man. But I didn't regret it. I didn't regret that.
I was fucking going to give him a piece of my mind as well,
which we'll get into that in a second.
No, let's not.
But just to go...
No, we'll, we'll.
Just to go this thought.
I went, I didn't do anything stupid last night.
And then I remembered that and I was like, now we're good.
Now is that right?
It was a solid night.
Now that guy was
rude about
it was just
don't go into
somebody else's
personal life
so like that's
okay
like he was being a dick
he was rightfully being a dick
he was called to that
and then you were asked
not to fight him
that's the end of the story
yeah
ah okay
he was just being rude
he was basically
he was being rude
because of his celebrity
yeah
is what he was saying
and I just fucking
I put the guy in his place
and then we walked off
and the guy decided
to follow her
and she like shouting
go on fuck off then
and all that
and I was like
I'm walking away
for your benefit
so I had to let him
know that
we er
we then also
I can barely fucking
remember this
but there was a guy
that was just literally
just selling like spliffs
on the side of the roads
oh yeah right because we went to the cookie shop we went there was a guy that was just literally just selling like spliffs on the side of the roads oh yeah
because we went
to the cookie shop
we went
there was like
a 24 hour cookie shop
and we went
and just got a bunch
of snacks
yeah
yeah because we were
baked and then
we also got strawberries
yes we did
because I was like
walking down
after the gig
I was like
who the fuck's
buying fruit
at like one in the morning
why have they got
like the fruit store
and then I was like
fire
like four in the morning where both of us were out in the morning why have they got like the fruit store and then I was like fly out like four in the morning
where both of us
were out in the streets
eating strawberries
alright so there's a guy
who was just like
anyone want any weed
and I was like
yeah fuck it
like I'm fucking hammered
at three in the morning
already too high
like I'm willing to be
involved in something
that is almost
definitely entrapment
yeah
sure
and I think
like I think he just
wanted five bucks
for it because I was
just hot I just gave him twenty and I was just like did you wanted five bucks for it because I was just
I just gave him
twenty
and I was just like
did you get that guy
money that would
go with the spliff
yeah
because yeah
he was trying to
sell weed
but we had some
yeah yeah
I was just like
here you go
he's fucking
twenty
and then he was
like oh man
thanks so much
and then he handed
me a pill
and I chased him
down and I was like
no
no I don't
my ecstasy years
I'm going to bed man
yeah and also man my I've absolutely don't my ecstasy years I'm going to bed man yeah man
and also man
my
I've absolutely
taken my last ecstasy
have you
100%
my days are numbered
so very
I'll never touch Mandy
or ecstasy
ever again in my life
I hope
that's a real
hope
you've got a kid on the way as well
you know like
just
forget about that
no oh fuck yeah shit
but i've not man i've not done mdma for like four or five years i did like i enjoyed it three times
and then every other time after that i was i was just like i'm just chasing a high all i am is i'm
chasing a high that i'm never gonna i'm chasing that first time in rockness yeah ecstasy fucking
kicked in and i danced all night.
And then the second time I did it was pretty good.
And also the times we did it in Benidormer class, right?
Those are the fucking three times
I've enjoyed doing Ecstasy.
And then almost every other time after that,
I'm just like,
I'm just chasing more Ecstasy.
I don't enjoy this.
Like I'm just fucking gurning.
I don't understand what people are saying.
I'm sick of speaking to people on Ecstasy
because not only am I aware
that my chat doesn't make sense,
I cannot be fucking arsed trying to work out their shit.
And just people are having intense conversations with me.
Nah, I'm done with it.
Sounds class.
Nah.
You're making it sound weird.
Fucking rude instead.
I do like love and juice and drug.
You probably just do not feel comfortable feeling love.
I used to have a bit like that that didn't work,
which is like, you know how people hate drinking alcohol
because they wake up and they cringe at how horrible or mean they were.
I get embarrassed by it.
I don't like being nice to people, man.
Like, fucking first time I did an X-Day at fucking Rocknest,
he'll remain nameless, right?
But you know one of my mortal fucking enemies in comedy
literally since I was 17 years old, right?
mortal fucking enemies in comedy
since like literally
since I was 17 years old
right
I don't know who you're saying
well
I couldn't have made it
anyway
I'll tell you after
anyway
hold on just say it
okay
he
we were up at Rocknest
and he was there
and I'd fucking taken pills
and they just fucking kicked him
and I went up and
hugged him
and to this fucking day to'd fucking taken pills and they just fucking kicked him and I went up and hugged him and to this
fucking day
to this fucking
day I regret that
to this fucking
day he didn't
he didn't deserve
my forgiveness
he hadn't done
anything
he hadn't improved
as a human being
he hadn't pondered
and self-reflected
on his fucking
country
he was lucky
that I took
some fucking pills
and out of fucking
ecstasy Daniel
decided to forgive him
and you can't retrospectively take
I couldn't turn up the next day and be like
hey by the way just to let you know
I don't forgive you
you wake up in the morning like
I hugged a cunt
I did
I hugged a cunt
I hugged a horrible fucking cunt
and I told him
I was like let's
let bygones be bygones
and he was like
that was really mature of you
and the next day I'm like
fuck I know it was.
And I wish it wasn't.
That's devastating.
I'm fucking gutted.
I've lost the rivalry.
That's absolutely fucking devastating.
You squashed a beef that fuelled you?
I know.
Maybe that's why I've lost my drive later on in my career.
I've just got less people to spite.
Oh, fuck.
I'm sorry, mate.
That's another thing. fucking therapists don't hug
no that's fair
no no
that's been like
I just got in
lie down on the couch
have a good spoon
you know what
it's probably just cheaper
to get a sex worker
less money
get a cuddle
you get to lie down
aye
but they're not gonna
you know
all good therapists are in therapy themselves Get a curl, you get to lie down. Aye, but they're not going to, you know,
all good therapists are in therapy themselves.
And I feel like a sex worker, although probably in therapy,
and although listening isn't good at it or enjoying it.
I think, so you just sit in a chair opposite each other
sit in a chair
or I mean nowadays
it's fucking Zoom
but I definitely did not
prefer the Zoom
like they came in handy
nah there's so much
with body language as well
I feel like they'd miss out
on reading how you feel
by not saying your disposition
yeah I think it's
but then if you
I mean if the only way
to do it is through
fucking Zoom
then you still do it
like there were some points where you just yeah it's better But then, if the only way to do it is through fucking Zoom, then you still do it. There were some points where you just...
Yeah, it's better than not doing it still.
Aye, aye.
I went up the Rocky Steps in Philadelphia.
You did that last time.
Huh?
You did that last time.
What are you talking about?
Last time we went in Philly.
No, we went for the cheesesteaks instead.
We had like one hour to kill,
and it was either go to the Rocky Statue
or it was going to...
I just assumed that you'd gone
when I wasn't with you
because you'd keep doing touristy stuff.
I keep calling them chilli feast steak
and it's doing me fucking tits in.
Philly cheese steaks?
Chilli feast steaks.
I vote that's on you.
It's absolutely on me.
Chilli...
Philly cheese steaks.
There you go.
So this time
I was like
I've got an hour
you're definitely not coming out
not a fucking chance
why would I want to see some stairs
and
it's not about the stairs
what a fucking movie
that's not that great
from ages ago
I like it
it's iconic
I agree with you
it is iconic
but it does not mean it's a good
movie nowadays
I know it's like
it's a big part of
like
many people's lives
and I get that
but now
it's like one of
my first VHS
movies
if it were to
come out right
now
it would be
panned and
shat on
an unwatchable
tripe
it would probably
be seen as
really artistic
if they shot it
exactly that way
aye
it's
whoa you made it feel like an 80s movie aye and I don't think I would I think really artistic if they shot it exactly that way I'm like whoa
you made it feel like an 80s movie
I don't think I would
I think going to the Rocky Steps
would fill me with
rage
as I just watched a bunch of fucking
but you've probably been like platform 9
and 3 quarters
and like hung on to the thing
and pretended you were getting pulled through the platform haven't done that yeah so that's it's like my version of that right so um i i looked at
the map how far away it was right and it was like 1.6 miles or something and i was like looking at
the traffic because it was kind of early evening i was like it's probably gonna be quick i'd walk
there than that and i couldn't find a lame scooter on the app and then i was like it's probably going to be quicker to walk there than that
and I couldn't find
a lame scooter on the app
and then I was like
fuck it I'll run there
because that's what he did
he ran to the steps
and then he ran up the steps
I'll be a bit out of breath
when I get there
I'll run up the steps
I'll be next to the statue
put my fists up
the other fucking 50
50 employees
doing the exact same
fucking thing
there was a few
who were running up the steps
with their phones out
a handful of them
I was like seven or
eight
all with the same
original thought
that we'll come up
with at once
and I get to the
top
statue's not at the
top
no
it's doing the
bottom of the
steps
well that's fair
probably don't want
to carry it all
the way up there
but it just makes
like it's just like
a proper walk of
shame isn't it
when you're like
Wait,
did you not say
when you were on the way up
when I'm like
running up
Would you not have
run past it?
I'm running up
the steps like
God,
even that
theme tune
is shite.
Like,
I know it's iconic
because it's memorable
but God,
what,
just really bad
trumpet playing
is it a trumpet? You're just hurting people's memorable, but, God, what? Just really bad trumpet playing. Is it a trumpet?
Yeah, just hurting people.
Well, like, put it on again.
Tell me.
Right, you take all nostalgia out of this.
You think this is a banger.
What's wrong with you?
It's just fucking 70s porno music, innit?
It's just back when things were fucking hairy and sweaty and gross
and people were being free
but nobody was correcting them
or bullying them for the right reasons.
Everything stunk.
Aye, and you know what?
We're going to make a movie
about a hard man
who's absolutely
mentally challenged
beyond reason
he's got an emotionally
abusive woman
who at no point
during any of the stories
has ever loved him
but because he's
obsessive and devoid
of any love in his life
it's enough for him
and what's this
hard cunt
going to fucking
what was the theme
you know trumpets
you know the least cool fucking instrument,
like just above a harmonica.
Is the harmonica guy busy?
Right, great.
Then we'll get Davey does the fucking trumpets.
What a pile of shit.
There's an instrument between harmonica and trumpets.
It's the accordion.
Oh, aye.
The accordions.
Well, I can't insult accordions
because then I'll rightfully be called out on bagpipes.
Aye, aye.
So I can't.
I've got to stay silent on the accordion.
The accordion's just a bagpipe
that a bit more logistically makes sense.
Like, logistically, the engineer of an accordion,
it's like they've went,
all right, I see what you're doing with a bagpipe,
but we can just do that a whole lot better and more efficient.
I think a bagpipe's way more efficient than a fucking accordion.
Like, with a bagpipe, it's just like,
that's a constant thing of air.
So that's just like having a,
you're blowing it up,
so you've just got constant air going through it.
That's what you're squeezing out.
So it's a constant lung.
As opposed to,
in and out.
Like, maybe for exercise.
Like a pillow.
Yeah.
Like you're trying to get the fire going.
Yeah.
Bagpipes are absolutely way more efficient than accordion.
They don't sound better.
I mean, I like them,
but I respect the only reason I like bagpipes
is for nostalgia reasons,
which is why I would like all of you Rocky fans
to admit that that music is fucking shite without nostalgia.
I wonder if there's a bagpipe version
of it
oh god
do you want us
to try and
find a bagpipe
version
I mean I
don't want you
to but you're
going to and
there's very
little I can
do to stop
you
oh god
does this mean
I have to
fucking fill
time on the
podcast
well in that
case I guess
I'll just
so to
fucking
Boston
we're coming
back on the 26th
you were at
a great
crowd
so please
come and
watch us
do
comedy
again
it's the
same show
so just
tell your
fucking
friends
New York
Dream Come
True
obviously
that was
all amazing
can't believe
it
definitely
going to
try and
get back
again
soon
if you
were unable
to make
the show
and you
want to
make the
trip up
to
Albany
we're
there
next week playing at The Egg
and to the people that have travelled to multiple states
to see us already
three things
one thank you
two you giant fucking loser
and three stop that
I appreciate it
it's amazing
but I mean you don't need to spend that much money
coming to see the same fucking show over and over again.
Nearly.
I mean...
Does that do it for you more?
I don't know. It does it for me more, absolutely.
Let her finish.
I mean...
Weirdly makes it better
than it's the last.
I wasn't even looking now,
but...
Makes it so much better
than it's the last day
and I don't know why.
Is that some reverse sexism?
Probably.
Well, probably because, like,
when you see... Is it maybe, like, sexist, like, oh, look, a bird can date now. Is that what reverse sexism? Probably. Well, probably because, like, when you see...
Is it maybe, like, sexist, like,
oh, look, a bird can do it now?
Is that what it's like?
No, but normally when you do see, like,
especially someone in fucking, like, you know,
who spends most of his time up in Scotland
and has for the past fucking ten years,
like, when we see bagpipers, it's normally on the Royal Mile
and there's fucking people in the kilts and whatever,
like, and it's always so official,
it's always, like, the the tattoo it's something like that
very rarely do you see
like a fucking casual
bagpiper
so I think that's what this
is more of
maybe it's that you're a big sexist
and you're like
oh cracking three fun bags
like that's
that's definitely possible
I love how they put my bag
on her armpit
oh god I wish that were me
just being blown constantly I wish she's got me my bag on her armpit I wish that were me just being blown constantly
she's got me testicles on her armpit
the bagpipe
I would have
I'd have no desire to
learn
how to play the bagpipes though
if you could
clock one instrument
it's gotta be I mean it just's got to be
I mean it just
it has to be the piano
oh you want to tickle
the ivories do you
I want to fucking
play Nelson's Teeth
I just wanted like
because you can just
when you're walking
through Central Station
or whatever
St Pancras
you can
yeah but also like
there's just
you can add dabble
and then do a little bit
of fucking
can't fight the moonlight
you know
you fucking go around
someone's house they've got one
and you're like oh you know
I did when I was younger and then you just fucking
belt someone else and then everyone
like sings
I just
I don't know I think it would be
also anyone who knows how to play the guitar
is a fucking
pedo
nobody learned the guitar for good, honourable reasons.
Everyone did it for cash.
Just to make it clear, everybody who can play the guitar is a pedo.
That's your current stance.
That's my stretch.
Okay, okay.
No, no, no, I'm attracted.
All those talented people.
Oh, they're talented, hey.
Do you know what?
Like, somebody that doesn't know the industry
could easily just go,
like, say stuff like that about comedians
as if we're, like, two-bit fucking magicians.
Oh, man.
And they would be right about 50% of comedians.
Man, you think I don't know why people think some comedy,
why some people think comedy sucks?
Like, man, there is, like,
there are the people that are very, very good at comedy,
like the best ever do it.
And then there's all the people in front of them making way more noise that the public don't get to see because they just go,
oh, if the only thing, and this isn't an insult to any of the comics
that play on any of the shows,
but if you're only ever watching prim time fucking stand-up right at fucking five to eight p.m bbc filtered edited garlic and bread all that
like man if that's the stand-up you're watching then the only your only fucking gateway of course
you think stand-up is shit and of course you're not going to go to the fringe and of course you're
like well i just i don't like stand-up comedy
it's not for me
and I've always
but well
because you haven't seen
Stanhope
you haven't found
what's for you
but not even
just fucking stand-up
man
there's better comics
out there
Zoe Lyons is out there
like if you don't
like Mike Birbiglia
all these
I mean I know
Mike's big now
but to a normal
everyday person in the street
they don't know
who fucking Birbiglia is I've never seen like Phil Nicol smash a room.
They don't know fucking
they don't know Tim Minchin.
Most of them
well I mean I guess Bo Burnham's now.
They absolutely do.
But like you know
they just don't know all the fucking
really really really good
stand-ups out there
because they've just been fucking witnessing
sanitised TV stuff.
Sanitised fucking TV shit.
Or like the live stuff
that they go to
might just be one of these
open mics that's thrown on
like
but to be fair
anyone that goes to
I will say this
any audience member
that goes to open mics
and laughs at those things
you're a good
good person
thanks
who are those guys
because like
we needed them
early doors
absolutely
we're so grateful for them
yeah
because like when I watch
because you might be
about to get tortured
aye
and they don't lose faith
I think
you're getting charged
two quid
and you're about to like
literally have fucking
pins put under
any of your fingernails
they're like
this could be good
or this could be awful
and they sit there
for like two and a half
hours at a time
I guess for them
for them like
some of the times
like they like seeing
a bad comic
I can't watch a comic die
unless i know them and then it's funny yeah like i like i will always but if i'm at red raw would
you love watching me die yeah oh god of course i would you've never seen it 13 years uh-huh
i'm not the best but i'm the most consistent like Paul Dummett Constance
7 out of 10
every game
you can trust him
7 out of 10 performance
no but
the reason it's fun
to watch your fucking
friends die
is because you've seen
your friends fucking kill
so you know it's wrong
Elliot Steele
watching Elliot bomb
is always funny
Elliot Steele
on late and live
funny
because he's a good comic
we got that everyone
around to watch
we're like Elliot's bombing come watch. We got that everyone around to watch. We're like,
Elliot's bombing,
come watch.
We gave him that and I still stand by
that we did him a favourite
that day.
We gave him one of the
worst days of his career
and then it was out of the way.
He's like,
bruv,
why did you do that?
And I'm like,
because this is your low.
This is it.
I put my arm around him
when he came off stage
and I went,
I've wiped your name
off the chalkboard
so no one will know
it was you.
But so I think... Did Nick Cody not have something of it as well because Nick Cody went on after him,
smashed it and he was wearing the exact same like blue jeans black t-shirt and he went well
it wasn't the outfit. So, but I can't watch if I'm at Red Raw or I'm at a new comedy night.
You can't watch someone new, Bowman.
You can't watch someone new or, I've obviously keep on fucking,
I can't watch bad comedy.
Bad comedy fucking creates me the wrong way, man.
Like if I'm at the, you know, the stand or fucking any, the Glees or whatever, right,
and there's a comic that I don't think is good on and they're not doing well in the room,
I get really angry because I'm like, and I don't think is good on and they're not doing well in it, I get really angry
because I'm like,
and I shouldn't think this way,
but I'm like,
you're a fucking thief.
You're a stage time thief.
You've been in this fucking game
for 15 to 20 years or something.
You've not changed your fucking material.
You're not doing anything new.
You're just sucking up stage time
because people respect you
because you've
earned a certain
level of respect
several years ago
you've not updated
it fucking since
and now you're
taking stage time
off of younger
hungrier fucking
comics who deserve
it more than you
do and a lot of
the time with
fucking new comics
like if you man if
you're still shit
right and you're
like man don't
get me wrong I
know how hard it
is to become a good comic right we're allowed to bomb and you're allowed to, right, in your, like, don't get me wrong, I know how hard it is to become a good comic,
right?
We're allowed to bomb
and you're allowed
to continuously bomb
until you get good.
You've got to figure it out,
find your voice.
Aye, aye.
But there is a point when,
I mean,
that's the game we played
in the car all the way up,
you and me and Elliot
on the way to Liverpool.
Oh yeah,
that was a really cathartic game
that,
but really cruel.
100% cruel.
Really cruel.
But it's just,
if you have...
Well,
given people
that pay 45
weren't we
just like
just decided
like doing a redundancy
on people
just comedy
comedy needs to
fucking clear out
the industry
just suffered
for two fucking years
and all the comedians
that should have
retired
didn't
say their name
say their name
and like clear up
your desk
sorry man
you're great
we love you
that joke you used
to do about the thing
one of the best
off you fucking pop though
you've got your 20 years
yeah we'll put your name
on the wall
of course we will
nice little PL
no
there's a cake
we're going to celebrate
you're going
we're sad to see you leave
but leave you must
enjoy your retirement
yeah we know you're 34
enjoy your retirement
enjoy your fucking
get a hobby
go on
off you pop
get out of here
spank on the bum
for old times sake
but em
we'll not retire though
we could end up
being like left behind
and then just
cling on to that rock
it's one of my
biggest fears in comedy
like what was the
when I was out for
I was out for dinner
with
my
my
my
god listen to this
fucking sentence I was out for dinner with my my God, listen to this fucking sentence. I was out for dinner with my publicist
and my PR.
God, who have I become? And it was really fun because they've never met before, but
they're both New Yorker
they've been working in New York
for like 34 years
so they both just know of each other
and then they both start reminiscing
about people like they might have both worked with
over the years
but for separate reasons
and was it like
well like Colin and Hicks and all that
was it like
oh yeah yeah
like proper like historical greats
yeah yeah
and then some people I'd never heard of
and man
fucking
Pierre Gethers
my publisher
told me one of the
scariest things
I've ever
like a heart
this is
he could have been
holding a torch
under his face
like the Blair Witch Project
right
just talking about
and he went
oh you know
I did this comic
and even
my publisher
was going
oh man
so this comic
back like
20 years ago
he was amazing
like he was like
fucking smashing it constantly like he sub amazing like he was like fucking smashing it
constantly like he's he subverted it uh he would he was on all the gigs he was getting tv breaks
and stuff watching him live was like a fucking master class i was like what happened and he went
just one day he just fucking stank you just stopped being funny he just stopped being funny
and he kept going for like another
10, 12 years
and just the audiences
slowly dwindled away
but some people
would still go there
because like for so long
they thought he was just
like subverting it more
and like maybe the point was
he was being shit
and they were just like
desperate
but he was just getting
worse and worse at stand up
completely fucking lost it
and I was like
that can happen
I didn't know that could happen.
Fuck me, man. That's like
as horrifying as
like, you know,
you could end up with locked-in syndrome.
Aye.
I can lose my pure essence of me being.
Aye, all fucking movement.
And you're just frozen in a bed while your
mum just whispers, I wish you would just die.
And you're like, oh. I wonder if you're still having the funny thoughts in your mum just whispers, I wish you would just die. And you're like, oh.
I wonder if you're still having the funny thoughts in your head
and then you'll say them out loud and no one laughs.
And you're like,
or do you think you'd stop even finding yourself funny?
I don't know, because I always think,
I think I would because,
I am one of my own harshest critics.
Oh yeah, because I'm my biggest fan.
I really make myself laugh.
I'm saying it now.
I, like, man, like, I mean, you've been with me on this tour
when I'll fucking, like, fucking rant and complain about this fucking show.
Like, I've got very high standards for myself.
So I hope that's
what keeps me from going down that track like even when i have because you i mean you know what it's
like when you have a gig and you come off stage and fucking like natalie or cara whoever's in the
audience will be there and they'll be like that was amazing and i'll go i hate it and they're like
how could you have hated that i'm like because you've seen five gigs and I've done ten thousand
that was a bad example
because Natalie and Cara
are really good now
at like seeing
if we're having a bad time
while we're having a good gig
aye
but they'll still
but
they know
they know when we hate it
but that's why they tell us
that it was a fucking good gig
because like
otherwise
you're being harsh on yourself
yeah yeah
that was grand
yeah I'm like
it was fine
it was a nice
it was a yeah who gives a shit like it was fine it was a nice how was it
yeah who gives a shit
like it was an audience
they laughed at the fucking bits
like I wasn't the right
fucking headspace or whatever
but you know
I can objectively tell you
when I've done my worst
I can tell you
when I've done my best work
and I can tell you
when I've had a really
fucking good audience
and you know
sometimes I do
I was about to say
sometimes I do my best work
to a bad crowd
but I don't think that's true
oh no that's no no I know my best work to a bad crowd but I don't think that's true.
Oh no, that's, no, no, I know I have.
I had a gig in Glasgow when you were doing the Fringe at the Festival Theatre. I opened for you and then blasted Glasgow.
Oh right, like this year?
This year. I opened for you, blasted over to Glasgow, right, and I was on and there
was this, there was this big guy, I can't remember if i've told you this story before on the
podcast i don't think i have i should stop doing that every time i tell a story and just tell it
twice um and he was just like arms folded here there's just looking at this right and the rest
of the gig was going class but all i could see was him you know in your head like that's what
you point out and i just thought i'm just gonna have fun with this i'm just gonna try and make
him laugh right and in me trying to make him laugh just made everything
I did a bit bigger
a little bit more
confident and all that
I never broke him
right
he never laughed once
right when I whacked off
but I whacked away
just going
I've just had one of
the best gigs I've ever had
because I was trying
to fucking get him
to break
aye
aye you steal into the
you know what I mean
we're like the fucking
yeah
the dumbest
one of the dumbest
days of our career
when you, me and Steel
took fucking acid
off Ari Shavir
at the last year's festival
yes
and we didn't fucking sleep
and we didn't fucking eat
and we all went on stage
that day
both me and Elliot
had really good gigs
I had one of the best gigs
of my career
mine was great
I remember which room
I was in and everything
I remember
and I don't remember fucking sets I remember every bit of that room I was in and everything I remember and I don't remember
fucking sets
I remember every bit of that
because I was feeling
fucking awful before
and having fear
you know when you're
behind the curtain
before you go on
there's 400 people
in this crowd
and I'm on a fucking acid
come down
and a bunch of
other fucking shit
like and I've been
drinking for an entire month
like I haven't shat solid
in three fucking days
I haven't slept and the only thing I've had put my stomach since acid last night is four sips
of iron brew because that's all my shrunken stomach can handle and then go on stage and then
just I think because you're so present you're just so hyper fucking present uh that I mean that was
my that was my secret to fucking doing good gigs on
when I was sad on the X tour. You just took a massive vape head before you went on.
I would look you dead in the eyes and I would take an obnoxiously large lung
full of marijuana because I would go right I've got to pay attention to every
fucking second of this now like I can't rein this in I can't coast.
You know I remember which day that was the day after the acid day
right
it was 2016
and it was the day
the nominations came out
for the
for the fringe awards
right
so
because me and Elliot
decided we'd go to each other's gigs
because we're on back to back
I think it was like his first
then mine
and just out of moral support
I'd go to his
he'd go to mine
right
we're fucked
went to Moss Kitchen
got a curry couldn't eat any of it.
Oh, of course.
And just sat over our curries, both.
We're not talking to each other.
Head in one, like literally palms pushed into our eyes like that, right?
And we're there for like half an hour.
And it's one of the busiest spots in the Edinburgh Festival for artists.
So many artists would have walked past and spotted us.
And we would have just looked like
we took not being
nominated really
badly
like really
fucking badly
can't touch
our food
can't talk
to each other
I can't stomach
this my name's
not on the long
list
it wasn't even
on the long
list
and then everyone
walking past was like look I I don't even know why they're devastated all
they've done all month is taken drugs how could they possibly think that looked a bit premature
when they were celebrating last night i remember that nate also because you and elliot done the
right thing he's went home and just were high in the house.
Right.
Well, me and Elliot
couldn't get up the stairs
of the Gilded Balloon.
Well, this is what happened.
I was following you guys, right?
Because you went to the loft bar
which is at the top
of the Gilded Balloon.
But Natalie was like
galvanising our friends
from the different shows
they've been to.
And it relied on me and Natalie
coming in with them
because we knew Fred works
at the front house at Loft.
And we're like
look there's fucking
six of us
we've only got a plus one
of each of them
but like
mates rates can well
come in
so they needed me
and Natalie to be there
so we waited outside
to get Natalie's friends
and then
while we're waiting
for the elevator
the doors opened
and you and Elliot
just looked scared
and you went
we're going home
and you ran past us
we did go up in the elevator
that was right, because Fred
and Dickie, bless them
they saw it and it was a fucking
busy, busy night, it was like a
Friday or a Saturday and they still
had fucking patience with us being just
children at this point when they were trying to do their jobs
but Fred was like, what drugs
are you on? And I was like, acid
and she was like, man you do not want to was like acid and she was like man you do not
want to be in here and I was like I didn't think
we did and she put us straight back in the elevator
and she went go home
like have fun but like that's not
for you and me and Ellie were like yeah yeah yeah
you bust past me
you bust past me and I had to
stay out
because I had guests
and I went in right plus like Mary mary and maxwell and brett and
everyone right they knew the clip i was in so they were like right let's find a spot outside it was a
dry night right we'll go on the roof terrace put the bags down this is where we'll keep the bags
you just sit with the bags as if you're one of the bags and we'll create a circle around you
and that means when we're chatting that new one's like getting so i just sat there and people were like taking turns and sitting doing and just like i was i was being
babysat essentially the problem with this rule is you have to get out the toilet at some point
and it was like i'm a fucking mount doom getting through this like fucking barrage of people like
all people you recognize and know and hardly know and you you've known them for ages but can't
remember their name and just stuff that would like be
shite if you are on the ball
but super shite when you're out of your mind
right
and I'm going to the toilet
and now who was it
you know Mark Dolan
aye
Mark Dolan just got right up in me face
right
and we're like
Kai where have you been
I haven't seen you all festival
have you been avoiding us
and his face was just like
fucking moving and melting and that and I couldn't process and all festival. Have you been avoiding us? And his face was just like fucking moving and melting and that.
And I couldn't process.
And I just went, nah, mate.
I just fucking liked it.
Probably thinks you hate him.
Nah, nah.
I hope he...
Who knows?
Don't even know him that well.
I don't think I know.
Wait, who is Mark Dolan?
He's that guy that's like...
He was on fucking...
Is he the one that's talking about right wing now?
He was on an internet video
like snipping up masks and all that
and went quite viral snipping up masks.
Oh, yeah, he used to host Balls of Steel.
Yeah, he's on GB News.
He's on that.
Yeah, that's a lot.
But anyway, I just was like,
no, I can't handle that.
I just fucking...
I just intentionally pied him and whacked off
because I couldn't cope.
Maxwell was mint because he was just like... He was very like... He knew what I'd be going through and whacked off because I couldn't cope you know Maxwell was mint
because like
he was just like
he was very like
he knew what I'd be going through
and he just tacked us through it
and he was like
it would be alright
but fucking what a relief
when I finally got everyone home
I don't think
I've taken my last acid
no
like I think that
like
but I also don't think
I don't say that
as in I'll be doing it
within the next
I don't think I'll be doing it
in the next 10 years
but I reckon like when I'm when I'm older and like within the next... I don't think I'll be doing it in the next 10 years, but I reckon when I'm older and when the kids have moved on,
I'll definitely be getting back into...
I'm going to be a weed gardener when I'm 50.
I'm just going to be a fucking...
Once my kids are old enough and they know what I'm doing is not okay,
that I'm just going to be a granddad stoner.
That's just how I want to see my years years it'll be like just in time for your arthritis
and all that
and at that point I won't care how young I die
because I've got all the fucking painkillers here
so I think in that time
you're not trying to buy time at the end of your life
no not at all
man if I
if I die I'll be gutted, right?
Because I've got so much left to do in life.
But if I were to die within the next fucking 10, 15 years,
I've achieved a lifetime's worth of shit.
That's why I'm not that fussed about turning 40.
I remember when I turned 30 as well.
I took stock of what I've done in that last decade,
and I'm like, ah, you know what,
I'm fucking,
I'm ahead in years.
Aye, aye.
So I might do psychedelics again
when I'm older.
Maybe not, but.
You know what,
I need to do them properly.
I've mistreated psychedelics.
I've used them as party drugs.
No, there was that time
you made your 2CV
during the lockdown.
Oh yeah, that was right.
That was a good one.
That was the correct way
of doing it.
We had a great day.
When I've done it
at Glastonbury,
the mushrooms
and the 2CB,
it was amongst other things
and it was like
getting on it.
Ben and Norman
was spiked.
That was a party.
The other night
in Liverpool,
that was like
the tail end of a night.
Yeah,
it was just a suicide
for no reason.
I didn't put any thought
into any of those
not a single
didn't look at your watch
didn't ask anyone
what the plans were
was just a
yes man
in the moment
do you want a drink
yeah
I thought it was
going to be
fucking arcade
well
I have a book out
you can buy my book
I mean I know
most of you have already
and please keep
Instagramming about it
I'm very aware
that my Instagram
is annoying at the moment
because it's just me
posting about
how successful I am
that's the only way
to get another book deal
is to
is to prove that it's
successful
and that like
there's a
big tour that goes with it
so I am just going to be
a bit more like that what are you going to write if you get another book deal
um well i mean probably something about fucking i am wholly unprepared to be a father but i still
reckon i'll nail it uh really yeah the fucking confident fucking well just no i think the whole
like like I think
like I think the book
would be called
something like
you know
look if they can do it
aye that's always
been my theory
like
man
that's always been my theory
don't get me wrong
it's definitely the hardest
thing people do
as individuals
aye I don't want to
take credit away from
people that have done it
because it's like
it's amazing that they've
done it but
sometimes I look at a guy
and I'm like
I'm going to be alright
aye
man I know
so many fucking
absolutely
balls to the walls
dog shit parents
and I'm not close
to these people
but also like
one of the raised orders
did you check the product
like you're saying
half the day you can do it
but did they do it
to the standard
that you'd hold for yourself
yeah man
there's a bit in the book
where I rightly talk about
man I used to be
properly fucking
judgmental about
all the
underage pregnancies
in Fife
and then like
literally a year ago
I did genuinely
check up on all the
classmates I had
that either
got pregnant
or got somebody
else pregnant
and every single
one of their kids
turned out to be
sound
at university
like really
yeah so
man I've got
a handful of friends
that had kids at 15
and their kids
are solid adults now
they're like good adults
like you fucking
trust them in society
which is good to know
it's good to know
I think the moral is
like
kids can survive
shite parents
like you know
but as well as like because you have kids young doesn't necessarily mean you're shite parents. Aye. Like, you know. But as well as, like, because you have kids,
young doesn't necessarily mean you're shite.
No, of course.
It means you're inexperienced at life.
Aye.
So, like, you've got less to impart on the children.
You're, like, you're at a serious disadvantage.
But I think, like, if a kid's raised with love...
Oh, absolutely.
My point was I was entirely wrong in that belief.
Yeah, yeah.
And I objectively, I was fucking incorrect.
Anyway, the book's called Everyone You Hate Is Gonna Die.
Buy it.
Fucking, it's on audiobook.
Oh, man, one of the funniest things.
I mean, this isn't that funny, but I laughed because I was high.
Somebody got me to, wrap your head around this,
somebody got me to sign their audiobook.
How do you even get that done?
So they had the audiobook, right, and they took a screen grab of the audiobook, around this somebody got me to sign their audio book how do you even get that done so
they had the
audio book
right
they took a
screen grab
of the audio book
and then they
went to edit
picture
and then I
signed
on the screen
hi
yeah sure
yeah what does it
matter if it's
ink or if it's
pixels
and I was like
I didn't mind
that never would
have counted
I'm like that's
really stupid
and lame
but it's like
man it works
that counts
so you can buy
all those things
and then
it's the only time
I'll be checking
my DMs
signing your
audio book
sounds like
you're going to
do a sign language
version
which would be
weird because
I mean if you
can see sign
language
you can read
that's right which would be weird because I mean if you can see sign language you can read.
Aye that's right.
But there's people watching this podcast.
Right. So if you're deaf but you can read why would you need to go just to see the guy signing it?
Just to see me signing the book? It just might be easier to like watch it than read it i mean maybe i don't know i feel like you think do you
think watching sign language would be easier than reading a book no i reckon reading is way easier
you can definitely you can because watching a film's easier than reading a book.
Yeah, but you can, yeah, but you're taking it all in.
Like, I figure you're also limited
by how fast somebody's hands can move
and how fast you can be when doing sign language.
Like, you can read however many words a minute.
Like, we can all...
Such a slow reader.
It's so annoying.
I'm a...
Cara fucking inhales.
Ah, yeah, I don't know how
fucking Natalie
takes any of it in
she mustn't
she's like
fucking short circuit
is that what Cara's like
no
that's the reason why
Cara doesn't
like Cara doesn't read
because also
she gets obsessed
with books
so she's like
if I read a good book
I'll not
I'll give up
everything else
until I get to the end
of that book
like I'll not fucking eat I'll not go to fucking work I'll just I don't like everything else until I get to the end of that book like I'll not fucking eat
I'll not go to fucking work
I'll just
I don't like stopping
in the middle of a chapter
it feels weird
I've got ADD
I can do like
you can stop
in the middle of
you think you've got ADD
no no
but that's what people
fucking say
but man I'm reading
four books
I'm literally reading
four different books
at the moment
and I'll pick up
whichever one I'm in the mood of
and I'll find halfway through chapters I was going the mood of and I'm fine halfway through chapters.
I was going to say,
because I wouldn't just start watching a series, right,
but then just keep stopping in the middle of an episode of the series.
Yeah, I do that all the time.
You could do that if you had to.
I don't like to do it.
I don't like to watch an episode
unless I've got time to watch the episode
and consume it as it's supposed to be consumed.
I'm kind of the same with chapters.
No, sometimes for me, because I'm just of the same what chap does no sometimes for me
because I'm just
so fucking desperate
to appear well read
and smart
because that's what
I think will make me
a smarter person
I'm just like
just read
when you can read
even if it's five minutes
yeah even if it's
just consume
just get it into
your fucking head
and even if you
don't retain it all
at least you can say
you read the book
and that counts
I fell off with
reading at the minute
I'm reading very slowly
getting through books I've got stuff on the the minute I'm reading very slowly getting through books
I've got stuff on the go
but
I'm watching Shite
and playing Divinity Original Sin 2
I need to do that as well
what's it called
recommend it to them
Divinity Original Sin 2
it was out for a season
and it was apparently
fucking class
and it's now out
on the old
Stitcheroo
song
I'll get that
for backstage
tonight
er we've had some dad jokes haven't we aye em Stitcheroo song I'll get that for backstage tonight eh
we've had some
dad jokes
haven't we
aye
your dad
is so into
bondage
that he committed
an act of terror
on American soil
because he thought
Guantanamo Bay
sounded pretty kinky
your dad
buys tabs
and skins
and then makes
his own rollies
your dad wipes his bum with a knife and fork Your dad buys tabs and skins and then makes his own rollies.
Your dad rips his bum with an apron fork.
Your dad is still being sued by women for his five-year-old fashion endeavour, high heelies.
Your dad has two mams in a trench coat.
I think that one's been done before.
Has it?
I think so.
It does feel common.
Or maybe it was just a bunch of things in a trench coat.
Yeah, because we'll have to do that a bit.
Your dad goes to SeaWorld and when the instructors say any question,
he goes,
if dolphins are so smart,
then how come none of those cowards will play me at chess
while holding a backgammon board?
That's a good one.
Until I've looked at the end.
I'll do some post-editing.
No, no, I'll do it again.
I'll do it again.
Do it again.
Your dad goes to SeaWorld
and when they ask any questions,
he says,
if dolphins are so smart,
then how come none of those cowards
will play me at chess
while holding a bat gammon board?
I mean, just leave it in.
They'll know.
They'll know the second one.
I was never going to edit that.
Why would you?
Your dad loves a hairy beaver
your dad doesn't put
the tea bag in first
he puts an egg in
oh
uncracked
then tea bag
then hot water
then he drinks his tea
by the time he's done
boiled egg
straight out of
Sports Direct man
it's like a screwball
you know when you get a screwball
you get a bubblegum
yeah it's the council estate screwball I'll have a council screwball You know when you get a screwball You get the bubblegum Yes the council estate screwball
I'll have a council screwball please
Just an egg
In a sports direct mug of tea
Have you heard of egg in a cup?
What like
It sounds like you don't
I got told it was a Scottish thing
But Natalie
Said do you want egg in a cup
And I was like eh
She was like
Yeah you just get like
Soft boiled egg
And some toast
And tear it up
And just mash it in a cup
So you've got like
Egg on toast in a cup
Like with bits of torn up toast
And like soft boiled egg
Egg in a cup
Nah What's that Tory shite Tory No it's not Tory at all and like a soft boiled egg egg in a cup nah
what's that
Tory shite
Tory
no it's not
Tory
it sounds really
pov
I mean it's
new Tory
aye
what kind of
new Tory
nah
your dad says
guesstimate
a lot
like any chance
you can get
it's because people
keep asking for
dick pics
at Big's
we'll give you a
guest man
guest man
your dad is flexing
in his passport photo
he can just tell
by the vein on his head
oh no
his arms are in
and whenever he gets up
to
because he's doing
fucking
he's giving it that
in the photo
and then when he gets up
to customs
he's just like
just in case
you don't
recognise me
he's got a
tattoo of his
face
on his
bicep
well so
that is the
St.
Louis
episode
hold on
let's fucking
next one is
going to be
where
let's find
out together
that's not you googling your own name Daniel
that's just typing your own name into your phone
which will not give you the results
you want
there must be an easier way
than just going to my own website
well we're going to be off for
a couple of days and then we're going to be
are you getting it there
he's got it up
I'll tell you one thing I don't know if this is And then we're going to be... You're getting it there. He's got it up.
I'll tell you one thing.
I don't know if this is... Maybe just what we're on with,
but the internet in Australia and America
has not been that great this time.
I don't know if something's been going on, guys.
It feels like it's getting shitter.
So we're off for a couple of days.
So I've got some other work.
And then we've got Atlanta, Indianapolis, Pittsburgh, Albany, Concord, Boston again, Grand Rapids, Cincinnati, Ann Arbor and Chicago.
And then all of the dates available on digestloss.com.
You wankers.