The Frank Skinner Show - Thoughts on Hypnotism

Episode Date: September 11, 2026

Frank and Em are joined by, drum roll, Ruth Husko! The team have thoughts on hypnotism, Ruth’s new part-time job, and Frank being in another panto. If you want to message the show, email us at [e-mail] or WhatsApp us on 07457 417 769. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It's Frank off the radio. It's the Frankskinner podcast, don't you know? Hey there, you're the stars in your eyes. This is Frank Off the Radio. I'm joined by Emily Dean, and Ruth Hosko is back. Me. I don't join in awkward. Follow the podcast on X and Instagram.

You can email the podcast via Frank Off the Radio at Avalonukk.com. What's up? It's Frank off the radio and that posh lady. Oh, yeah. And what's that plus on? That was Paul Pinfold, Jr. At school? I think used to be in danger, mouse.

I probably said that the last time I played him. But who cares. A lot of the people who heard it, they would be no longer with us. I wouldn't be surprised. That's a lovely start to the show. Okay, if you want a lovely start to the show, what about this? You're ready? Brace yourself.

Let's go! I heard that on... It was either magic or smooth. And what happens? The woman played. You know that Shania Twain? And after that first one, she went, let's go.

Well, I think it's because Shania Twain, doesn't she say at the beginning? getting let's go girls she does so it was prefiguring let's go girls but that would have been post let's what's the point of someone saying let's go girls and then her saying let's go but she only says let's go girls she didn't say let's go again no he's saying the DJ said it

what a terrible start with that coming back Frank you can't go in with a review like that in the middle of the thing it's so rude so she neither twice said let's go girls yeah but then after the first this woman shouted let's go as if she just thought of it yes i'm guessing she must have said let's go thinking oh i wonder where that came from i wonder where i got that idea from

even though it had happened 10 seconds before that's my point and i tell what gets me about this is a lot of people would say oh yeah accidental partridge an accidental partridge has become a thing which people who say I would like them to be hit by an accidental cartridge Oh dear From the shotgun Oh dear

Because you think Oh God You've spotted something That isn't perfect So it must be accidental Partrain Oh Accidental twat

Mate What have you been doing The last week It's happened to you You know what it's like I know what you're like I was doing When I was in Edinburgh, I did one of those like gold type radio things, you know,

and I said to the book, what's the gestation period for the songs on this? How old do you have to? When do you think, oh yeah, we can play that on gold now? And there was a formula. They're included one song by a Scottish artist every hour, which I like. Oh, very nice. Delamitri. But they, not always delimitry, but sometimes.

And there was another thing, but he said that some gold stations slip in the odd thing from the last two or three years. God, innovation. Let's go! Something from 2020. You've always got Spandau Ballet Gold as well. I hate to say, but all these music you're talking about, that's what I like to listen to, I'm afraid. I'm not, look, they've all been great.

But I just wondered what else. I like, they've all been great. I like, when, what do you have to be for the door to open to your, for your single to come on there? Well, that's when you're, would they play three lions? Yeah. No.

No, I think that's too. They'll be worried about. I'm guessing, is this wrong that a lot of gold, the majority. If you did a gender thing, that you'd be more women than men. Well, there's one in our house for a start. There you can.

I think so, yeah. Yeah, we're judging by this test. I was right. We'll leave it there. I don't want to start having a survey. We've spent 10 minutes talking about what Ruth should do with her hair next. We did.

That was before we went on. Yeah, I've had enough gallop poll conversation for one day. I love those pre-es. podcast chats because I also discovered and I never knew about this character before about a wrestler who's the most extraordinary man I've ever seen in my life I didn't know anything about him.

Yeah, we were talking about who's the first comedian you saw really and Ruth and I were the same. We both said Monty Python was our first sort of cultural experience of comedy. And mine was Les Kellett who was a wrestler used to be on the telly, but it was genuinely

funny. I'm terrified. And just FYI was born in 1915. Yeah. Well, everyone I like is either dead or not very well. And terrifying. So what's been going on with you then, please? Well, I want to know what's been going on with Ruth Hosko.

It's been away for a long time. Well, so much has happened. But the main thing is I've had to go back to my part-time job. I thought you were going to say partner. I'm had to go back to my partner. Monnie's dream. eye it off a bit. I'm always the

high earner. Thank you very much. Do you know, they do help split the bills, these partners. Oh, yeah. Yeah,

I never had to take on freelance. Were the high earners, the baddies in the Lion King? Oh, very good. Frank.

I'm trying to get to that. I'm going to call that peak skinner in a good way. In a good way. The laughing hyerna. I mean, if you're a high earner,

you would be laughing. You are. Yeah. So, yeah, I've had to do like a few days freelancing for my old job. Which was what?

Are we allowed to know? They call them sex workers, no. No, I'm joking. It's Elvis impersonator. No, again. It's, I used to design online courses for businesses. So things like, you know, staff training and upskilling them and stuff. So I do that.

Opskilling? Upskilling them, yeah. Oh, I never heard that before. So if they want, if they're saying... Opskilling is good, isn't it? reminds me I did a festival once in Innerskilling It's not the same thing Frank You think you're inner skilling

It sounds like doing you know something for your mental health Very popular So upskilling Oh inner skilling So you've been like It's a place It's a place Oh

Okay Yeah I thought it was like Famously the site of a terrible tragedy of course Was it? I don't know There's a famous military The Royal Inner

The skillings, I think they're called. You might see them marching sometimes, but then again. So upskilling? They love a bit of marching. Do you know what that? Frank, do you know what upskilling means, Frank? I'm guessing it's making people better or better at what they do or giving them new things. Yeah, like teaching them new, if they want to say, you know, become a manager at work or they want to learn new skills at work, new software.

I didn't realise that we had so much responsibility. I feel like the workhouse of Victorian London You have four weeks off this You're going to go back to working like in business What being a working class person in comedy Absolutely Oh man

Well I'm a working class class Oh yeah but I think it's a My advice to you is work harder Well that's charming advice That's what I did I am still I am still writing on the side of course On the side of what

On the side of the upskilling. Clean me. Was he you that wrote, clean me? Oh, Frank. Come on, I'll at least not be one of the cleaner side of vans. He didn't write. You didn't pick if my missus was this dirty. No.

If my missus was this dirty, I'd never leave the house. Bring it back. And I want to write back, well, I suggest you don't. The society would be a much better place if you didn't leave your house. There should be some heckling to graffiti. Oh, why don't we do that? Let's do it. Yeah, but I don't want to get my nails, do I see.

Oh, that's true. So... It'd be good if it was sexist graffiti because you could respond to it, though, with nails, and that would suggest that it was the female voice. Yeah. I know some men have long nails, but they can do their own version of rage.

Nosferatu. Nosferatu, yeah. He had great nails, to be fair. Yeah, he does your manicures. Yeah. He didn't go for jail. No. So my ask.

He was meticulous as well with the shaved head. You never seen Osferotic on a day when there's just a little bit of trouble. Never. He must be every morning. Was he bought, was he born Oswald? Was he? I think he was a Vite guy. Was he a bit?

You know Veech? I think he used Viet like massaged it into his scalp. Was he a bit like you're... That's why the nails went a bit. I'm imagining him a bit looking then like your friend, lovely friend Conn, who played Varus in Game of Thrones. Oh, yeah. When Con was all dressed up for that, was it that ball then?

Well, except that Nosferatu was like almost the one of my time used to call a skelly gog. Was he? He was very, very thin. He didn't look well, Nosfer. I mean, I haven't seen the new Nosferatu. That'd be a good diet, six weeks till Nosferatu. I would so go on that diet, Frank. The Nosferatu diet, epic, right?

We don't endorse dieting. But I would go on the Nosferatu diet. I would, I think that would be okay. Nosferatu and five. When you only kill people for two days. I didn't realise he was... He was people's the inspiration, Nosserato. Well, I haven't seen the new Nosphorato.

I'm on about the old black one. The new Nosserat. Yeah, there's a big popular one now. Isn't it like sexy Nospharatu? Oh, I've got that wrong. I don't like it when they make... Do you know, it's a bit like when they do those biblical HBO dramas and they make everyone so sexy back.

They weren't sexy. They had no teeth. No. They weren't sexy, frankly. They had no shampoo, no beet and no teeth. Yeah, I keep feeling. I know you love biblical times. Well, look, I, um,

Nosferato had terrible teeth, the one from the silent movie. I mean, awful. Yeah. I can only, I remember him walking up the stairs and there's a bit where you see him look through a crack in the door and you see this horrible eye looking out.

It's great. A lot of eyeliner. Yeah, should I feel sorry for him? I've always felt a bit sorry for him, yeah. Is he evil? What's wrong with him, Frank? I think he stirred up a lot of trouble in the village. Oh, that was Goss Ferratu.

He's probably... What about Bross Ferratu? They're moving that way now, aren't they? They could go on a tour with her, and he make up or fake tired and call it Bross Feratu. Now that, I would see. When will I be? I'd be heinous.

I would see that. They should do a Halloween live party and call it that. Yeah. Two of them dressed up. Oh man. So. Some of the ideas that come up on this show. So you've been back in the business.

Yeah. Back in the business world. Do you have to wear a pinstripe jacket with big shoulder pants? I wish. I wish, honestly. No, it's just working from home stuff. Do you interact with members of the human race? Yeah, the rest of my team.

Oh, do teams meet. And they know I have a side, they have my side hustle. Although they're sort of not interested in it, but yeah, they do know. And I heard that Katie and Cecily also have side jobs, don't they? Yeah. These are Katie and Katie Norris and Cecily Hitchcock were on the podcast when I was in Edinburgh. And yeah, they have proper. I mean, I just thought, you know, when I was starting out, a lot of, I had a day

job for a long time. But I thought now, because people are on telly and they're doing podcasts that met millions, I didn't think anyone needed to do it. And I said we're at the very, very beginning, I feel. Good for them, I think. Exactly. Yeah. You should have kept to have someone to run away from. This is what I'm saying. Oh, you know what I'm talking about? Yeah. You should have kept the factory work going as a side hustle. Oh, no. But the good thing about that is, you see,

I say this to David Badele. David Badele left Cambridge University. He worked for two days in a secondhand bookshop and then became a professional comedian. Which isn't even work, by the way. Oh no, actually he was actually knocking down a dividing war. I don't want you to think he was selling. He wasn't, Ruth, in case you do.

He was. He was. He was knocking down a dividing war. And he did that for two days? Two days, not for anyone. Then he was on teller? You know, it was a big job. Do you think the war was? I've been not suggesting enough for anyone working with David Bedeal for two days. You managed several decades.

No, but what I'm saying is, I mean, it must be, it'd be great. When I was working in factories and stuff, that would have been a dream. But it means that when you do get a job you love, that those jobs which made you, well, alcoholic, It's good to have someone to compare. Sorry, everyone. No, but it's good to have someone to compare, you know. I was only saying this to somebody recently. I totally agree with that.

Everyone's got to do a job a bit like that. Hmm. Like, you used to work at Gap, didn't you? Yes, that's the closest I've come to working in a factory. I didn't. I never met you know. I worked at the Gap. Yes, I worked at the Gap and I was a greeter.

I was promoted to Gretor where you say, Hi, welcome to Gap. because they thought someone said, you've got a lovely personality. Oh. And so I would greet them at the door when they would come in. I also...

I used to be the night watchman at Gap. Used to be the night watchman in Rembrandt's time. I used to mind the Gap. Frank, really? Sorry, I'm going to get these out. What is it? Can I ask the question? What is it?

I feel like there's a lot of pums. They're like blackheads oozing out of you. You know, some people, swallow the phlegms and people spit it out. So I think it's healthier to spit it out. That's what I'm saying. No, but my, I learnt a lot. Yes.

During my time at the gap. Yeah, I think he talked about it on the pod. Don't you say he was... I boast about it a lot so people think I'm relatable. Well, I can honestly say that you're not relatable. But also... Thank God for that. I didn't, I must have just forgotten it, but that's what happens, isn't it?

You get home. What, that I worked at the gap? Yeah. Yeah, sometimes your retention fails on these things, and sometimes all of our retention. It's because he's going to the next pun. You know, you're always working, aren't you? You're never off the clock. Exactly.

I worked in a call centre once for the Liberal Democrat Party. Oh, did you? Yes. My parents really believed in that character building, my parents said. Yeah, definitely. I worked working for the Liberal Democrats. The most middle class idea of the terrible job. That's my equivalent.

You always had a lost for power. I like, thanks, I worked in a glass factory. Well, I worked for the Liberal Democrats once. Well, I worked for the Green Party, and I honestly say my breasts are two cups size big. Really? What are you doing? Oh, man.

Honestly. Come on, this is political anecdotes go. A party leader. hypnotising people to make their breast bigot. It's got to be right. If I met him, I'd say, can you have a go? Like, do you know what I mean? Well, you should have been with us when we went to that Russellty Davis screening.

He was only three seats away from us, wasn't he, Frank? I'd say, look, you were breast specialist, Zach, or would you do, like, biceps and stuff? This is what worries me. You would say that. Yeah. But that's not, I mean, everyone, even you then thought I was going to go downstairs. I did. But what I'm thinking, I've always been very scrawny, chesty.

Can he do that? Can he do buys and tries? I like, even you thought I was going to go downstairs. Yeah, probably enough, I've worked with you for 17 years. Well, you're wrong this time. See, I didn't, and I feel like I've failed there because that's not what I thought. No, that was good. I'm glad you believed in me.

I believed in me. Can you do, my, I don't really want to go up to someone in the Green Party and say, can you do buys? That could go wrong. What, what did he say? What else? Oh, sorry. No, I was just keen. with Zach? I don't want to be one of those people

to talk over women on podcast, Frank. You don't do that, Frank. You don't do that. Could you please just refresh my memory? What was it exactly Zach said about the breasts? Did he say it or did someone say it of him? Well, I don't know the answer to that. But the idea, he was a therapist? That was it.

Oh, it was hypnotist. He hypnotized someone and he said he could make their breasts bigger. It's different to the other. There's no suggestion of Dr. Groper, can I say? You know what I mean? Dr. Cooper. Yeah. I don't fit this any.

There's no suggestion of... Or indeed, Mr. Fiddler. It's more like oddness rather than, you know, darkness. Yes, absolutely. Yeah. I'm not suggesting that he... No, we know Frank. We use the rule of thumb with the measurement.

Frank, we know that. Okay. But hypnotism used to be, poor McKenna, bloke dancing with a brush thinking it's a... Well, I was... I went to a Paul McKenna, I was in the bar. You were quite in with him. I was in the bar at the interval,

and a bloke walked into the bar and went, bach, what, what, what. When it was a bloke who he'd said on stage, you're going to have moments when you think you're a ticket or something. Oh, is it? Oh, I think he would have been a rubbish. What do they call it a paid person who does that? No, you don't even need to do that.

I think people are so desperate to the park. They want to be on stage. I think you're right. Okay. I'll tell you why I don't believe it. hypnotism because it's so... Why wouldn't you get your hair to grow back? It's so...

Not you, obviously, I'm talking about it. Oh, you're about McKenna? Cruel. Come on to that with hypnotism. Maybe Balansky. And then you don't want to like it with a massive breast on your head unless it's someone else is, obviously. And that's not for...

Why don't you believe in hypnotism? Because why is it always associated with absolutely terrible acting? I remember they had someone, they had them sleeping in a shop window and they told them it was their bedroom and then people were at the window and they were saying, hey, what are you people doing looking into the window of my bedroom? No one would have, they go, that's what they do? But hey, this is my bedroom.

What are you doing? Why are you acting like that if you honestly believe it? Well, you're absolutely right. It should have been the best acting you've ever seen. in your life. You'd be using only expletives for a start, if that happened. Yeah. And you'd be wanking yourself into a steam bath.

What is Hed and, what have you had done in Edinburgh? You'd be like, what did you do? It would be method acting like you've never seen in your life. Like to think of things like this. But it's not, this is real people doing real things, but it isn't. It's someone saying, what are these people doing in my bedroom? Who are you saying it too? No, sorry.

Anyway. No, that's exactly what I would do. I'd scream abuse. And I'd pull my bathrobe tighter. I'd change. And also if you were a chicken, do not constantly go, you could just come in and stand quietly in a corner believing that you were a chicken.

You'd probably be doing that more than anything. Yeah. You'd just sit down. You just sit there and just maybe try and lay an egg. No. But anyway, that's my week. So. Okay.

Okay, well I might do one of these courses. Are you going to stick with it? I think it's just a temporary thing at the minute just while I'm trying to just have a bit of regular income. Because there's still lots of writing stuff going on. All right, all right. I wonder if I could do with some upskilling. I think I could. Maybe I'll do one of the courses.

How much will it cost me? No, no. Well, this is sort of specific to whatever business I'm working for. So this is an energy company. so it's training them on specific things that you just would not need in your life then. Oh, really? You don't need to have some sort of course. Oh, I like energy, though.

Can I say Ruth is wearing a Banks's beer T-shirt, which is West Midlands. I'm glad you told me because I lied and I went, oh, I love it. And I had no idea. It still looks very nice. They had a fabulous, very fine black country slogan, which was unspoiled by progress. How good is that? That's fabulous, isn't it? Wow.

If you could, I wonder, if you were thinking of a person, I wonder who would be best summed up by that. And spoiled by progress. Yes, there are a few people. I can think of some people. I like to think that would have been... Nigel Farage. You've nailed it.

Yeah. You've nailed it. I actually can't better that. Oh, we'll be having that, no, for the slogan. We don't know that. No, I don't think he wants to up front it, I think. I think he's Trojan horseing that. Otherwise, he would have called it the Stasis party.

That's, you're absolutely there. That's him. There was an advertising campaign as well in the 90s. Noddy Holder used to say, you can save your thankses. I'll have a pint of banksies. Do you remember that? Who was saving their thankses and for what purpose?

Well, you'd have to ask Noddy. Do you know him? Well, I've interviewed him. I did a message for the British Army with him at Christmas. Extraordinary campaign. In which I said something like, sorry, I've been very busy just like, what time of the year is he?

And he went, it's clear! Yeah, exactly. He's a very nice man. That must happen to him so often, Frank. I bet he loves it. Can you imagine? I wouldn't leave my house in December.

No, it must be. You get so hoars any fisherman's friend with him all the time. People will shout that at him a lot. Poor naughty. But you know what? I suspect the royalties are pretty decent. A, he earns enough money. Do you know what I mean?

So Shane McGowan's royalties for Ferretel of New York. You say that last time I saw him, he was doing an HR website for the gas board. He'd gone back to that. Shane McGowan's royalties was something like, was it half a million a year? It might have been slightly less than that, but it was a decent wage just from that. And I think, it's Christmas. It's got to be getting closed. Yeah, it's used a lot.

I know. Fair play. Do you wish to hear from the outside world? Oh, yes. Okay. Firstly, we had on Instagram, Frank, a lot of people commenting on your Meltzer T-shirt, Frank. Some saying, oh, I like a bit of thrash.

I'll check them out. Someone else saying, cool T-shirt, Frank. You know, there's always one. There's always one doubting Thomas. Okay. Cron Tab 42 says, I've searched for their music. I won't be doing that again. Could you tell me what Meltzer is and is it a dark metal thrash?

I don't know the terms. It's sort of hardcore, I suppose you'd call it. Okay. It's a lot, you know, it's that sort of, there's plenty of that. And it's, it's, the front man is a guy called Andrew O'Neill. Okay. Actually, can I say a person called Andrew O'Neill?

I'd like to redress the last thing. And they are a comedian. And there's a fabulous book called The History of Heavy Metal by Andrew O'Neill, which I would very much recommend. And they are currently doing a live show, The History of Punk, which is also brilliant. But they are also the lead singer of Meltzer. So when I was in Edinburgh, they played.

And I went. And it was a little dart room. And it was brilliant. It was a brilliant gig. It rocked the place. And, yeah, it was good. Okay, so that's Meltzer. So I am going to check them out

because sometimes I do check out your weird recommendations. I'm not suggesting this one's weird. I don't know if this is quite up your strass. Metallica is as far as I go. That's where I get off. I'd say it's post-Metalika. Okay, fine. If you're going to the centre of the earth.

I wasn't planning on it, but thanks. Yeah, they're probably a bit more melodic. We've also heard Ruth from Alastair, who's a Presbyterian minister. Is that what he's doing now? The impressionist's work dried up. He's talking about McGowan, obviously. Yeah, go on. I have to say, if I heard that he was doing another job like Ruth...

Would that not shock you? I would say that that would be a job I would say, I could imagine. Presbyterian minister? Yeah, he's got that. Okay, yes, I see what you mean. He's got something of the pulpit about him. Yeah, yeah.

I would agree with that. For several years, well, I think it's okay. He says, enjoyed. It's a bit of praise. I'm going to let that through because the reason he says this is to say, I've enjoyed listening to you from the other side of the world in Wellington, New Zealand. Okay. As a Presbyterian minister, I've had to adjust a bit to Frank off the radio

with some of the language as spicy as the tackies. I'm not complaining. I'm not complaining. Some people do. And this is a minister, just noting, I have to be a bit more careful sharing any direct quotes of my congregation. I think that's fair enough.

I think that's fair enough. Yes, I agree. Yeah. He also has a son who's a bit younger than Biles, who he says has a good sense of humour. He has a question for us, Alistair. What distorted, cliches do you know?

Now, I would say, blessings to you all, by the way, Alistair, brackets, the rev. What a great sign off. I'd love a blessings to you all. Distorted cliches is something I would say Cath, your Kath specialises in. The slight... Well, she said...

So she's... Go on. She said... Well, like... Oh, I can't remember what it was. Well, I'll tell you some... There was something in the headline. that would never be, it wasn't a rabbit. Ruth or probably now.

She'll get it wrong. Was there a goldfish in the headlights? Something like that. I think it was goldfish in the headlights. So that's a classic. Which I think it was a Senator Edward Kennedy quote. Frank. Yes.

Please. I mean, Google it is quite a tale. People that say also for all intensive purposes, that comes up. Have you heard that one? Yes. I don't like tender hooks. Why do they?

They say tender they just don't know. Obviously, they're thinking. They don't understand. I can understand that. I think it's guide ropes, people say, on tents as well. But I think it's actually guy, isn't it? I don't know why. You've got another thing coming.

Yeah. That's another one as well. What's that one? You've got another thing coming instead of think. No, it is thing. No, you've got another think coming. Meaning, I think it's... Oh, they say think.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. It should be thing. But I quite like that one. Do you like that? You've got another think coming. Someone said I was thinking I could stay over tonight. Well, you've got another think coming. In other words, take some time out to re-plan.

It's like you should have a different thought to the one that you've got. Yeah, exactly. I've heard. Ophot-thwarted. Well, it says here. This is what the original phrase, the actual correct phrase is think coming. It's now been standardized to say thing, but it should actually use. be think. It was a 19th century expression.

Think coming. Yeah, that's what it was originally. It uses think as a play. Well, that's because we went around in the 19th century, perhaps. But it's been changed. I thought you were on Gandhi's. It means you need a second round of thought because your first idea was wrong. Think coming.

Yes. I've never heard of that before. So if you think you're staying over, you've got another think coming. And the think is get out my house. Yes. Yeah, I like it. I like it better than think. Many people use thing because think sounds like thing.

Well, also all that glitters is not gold. That's true. Was glisters. You're right, Frank. Let's not get on to glitters. Anyway, I don't trust. I don't trust you. I think we've lost half the audience.

Oh, darling, we do that every week, three minutes in. I wouldn't worry about that. 339 has got in touch. Yes. 339. has sent us the headline from The Guardian saying of the Beio Tapestry a stupefying, thrilling masterpiece

and commented... Three stars. No. Sorry. Late review. It's the latest review I've ever heard. That's ridiculous. That's a very late review.

Yeah. Was it David Badeal's son, Ezra, who said it was rubbish? What? by your capacity. I didn't know. He gave it a bad review. I think, the Guardian thing, oh, thank God for this, because it's a work of art in which the English lose. So we can say, we can praise without having to lie up wake at night thinking we've been nationalist. Oh, I mean, they couldn't believe it when they heard that was coming. They couldn't believe their laugh.

Fantastic news. I do like the way they've bothered to sort of go. They've gone into raptures, a stupefying, thrilling masterpiece. Oh, God, the American bicentenary and now this. Yeah. What a great time. This has been for the Guardian. I hope we look after it well.

We've got bad form giving things back, obviously. So, you know, on their head be it. We're not good at giving. What about if we get this? The Elgin tapestry. So we've, someone said, I'm not sure, I'm not sure it's well enough to travel. It's very fragile documents. Do you know what?

We just leave their messages on red. We just don't ever get back to them. Yeah, and then put it in the window so it just really fades. I suppose they don't wash it, do they? No, they don't. They don't. Can I just say that's the most, very honk? That's the most fabulous thing I've ever heard about the Bay of Tapas Street.

What about the dough wash it? They don't wash it, do they? No, they don't wash it. No, they don't wash it, babe. Yeah. French, French. They are watching. Can I read one of these outside worlds?

Did you do? It toys into having to. You do you, honey. Get on to me. God, she's gone so corporate since she's been back in the business world. Coffee. Sorry, I've just been one of those people to put their head around the office door. That's what Nass Ferrati was doing.

He was. I can't be anyone. I'm just doing a Starby's run. Come on then. That'd have been Ness Ferratu. Oh, the cons again. I'm going to save this one for the next one. No, I want to hear it.

This is the most puns you've done in your lifetime. By the way. I wouldn't count on that. This is from Danny. To Frank, you did an amazing turn in the 2000, the year 2000 Panto was buttons in ITV, Cinderella. Do you remember? I remember it. I remember it.

When do you think you'll come back to pantomime? It's a secure bit of work for a few months when we all have our bills to think about. Also, any celebs you'd like to be cast with? Well, I mean, if I am in Panto, then you'll know that, yeah, that I'm sort of metaphorically designing websites for an energy team.

Who would I most? Well, in that one, I was Bottons and Samantha Janus. Januse, I think she became. Oh, I think she didn't like the poetry. Samantha Januse was Cinderella. The ugly sisters were Paul Merton and Ronnie Corbett. Lovely. I mean, it was star.

Yeah, stop studded. Yeah, there was loads of people. Sean Phillips was the evil stepmother. A bit of RSC. She was married to Peter O'Toole. Yeah, she's a very fine in the Welsh theatre. Okay. Anyway, who would I most like to be with now?

I think, oh, it's difficult. Well, that's all right. You don't have to answer immediately. Who could have been it with me, do you think? Well, that's a difficult question. Are you asking me who would accept the gig? I'll tell you who I can see you working with. very well. What I would like, and I hope you'll take this in the right way, is the roles,

just to do with time passing, I would like Josh Whittaker in the role of buttons. I think it'd be a great button, with you as Baron Hardup. Oh, I can't believe. I've lost me buttons. You're so perfect for buttons. I added a joke that when anyone said buttons, I said, oh, sorry about that and fall past my trousers. And this is why he's not back in HR, designing, But they love a bit of that. Yeah. Do they still love it, Frank? I don't know what they love now.

Frank, would you not be comfortable with Baron Hardop? Do you think that's offensive? Does he do anything, though, Baron Hardham? Well, he does when you play it. He's not really much, is he? Yeah, but you would change that for him. You could change that role. Well, I don't know.

If they offered Hard Up, I think I'm quite so sorry. But I'm not Hard Up. No. What's the opposite? You flush. Yeah, Baron Flosh, I'll play. I don't know. I don't think it'll come to that.

We're all assuming it'll be Cinderella as well. Well, you've got to think who would play a very modern Cinderella. Who would I be in Snow White? That's what you want to ask yourself. My suggestion we'd just get a really tall Snow White and sort it all out. Greg Davies at Snow White. Then we can relax for Foxx's out. The Guardian, four stars.

Stupefying, thrilling. Yeah, tall. A new winter change is blowing Frank Skinner podcast. I'm not totally sure how it's going. Thanks for listening to the podcast. Make sure to like and follow so you never miss an episode. And if you want to get in touch, you can email the podcast via Frank Off the Radio at avalonuk.com.

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