The Phonebox Podcast With Emma Conway - 1991...What A Year!: Claire Wetton

Episode Date: December 16, 2024

Who is joining me for the end of season 6 of The Phonebox Podcast EXTRAVAGANZA? Top children's TV writer and my little sister Claire Michelle Wetton. She sings The Bartman, we wonder about the ghost in Three Men & a Little Lady and which of us is Robson and which of us is Jerome.Christmas Songs of the 1990's Episode1990 EpisodeEpisode of the Year with Lou BeckettFor more of me follow @brummymummyof2 on Instagram, YouTube, Facebook and TikTok and follow the @phoneboxpodcast account on Instagram for polls and nostalgic fun.If you have any guest suggestions, topics you would like me to cover email [e-mail] and be sure to tag so I can see where you are listening!#90s #1990 #90smusic Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Switch today. Conditions apply. Details at fizz.ca. Hello and welcome to this week's episode of... Bone Box Podcast. Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, yeah! So that wasn't Madonna. It wasn't Britney. And you know, people listening, driving their cars, cleaning their pants. No, not cleaning their pants, tidying their pants. No, they're not cleaning their pants tidying their pants no they're not cleaning their pants they're tidying their pants drawers um it's not actually madonna britney you'll be able to tell it's my sister claire michelle wetter aka the wetster

aka the wetster called the wetster by absolutely nobody steven's just bought me a festive cup of tea where's my bells oh you're born um michelle classic 90s name i'm emma louise classic 90s name anyway welcome to this very festive episode of the phone box podcast if you are interested in us talking through the top 10 christmas songs was it of all time or was just the 90s i can't remember it was that good of an episode the 90s i think yes we went through each year didn't we went through each year we specifically focused a lot on babe if i take that yes i will leave a link to that in the description um so you can go and check out that festive podcast today we are doing we're continuing on uh run of a recap of each year for the 90s so we've already covered the year 1990 in great depth in fact um people magazine said it was the

best podcast episode they'd ever heard about the year 1990 yeah i heard that as well as voted for by taylor swift and who else matty healy and matty healy they came back together for one last for one last comment and that comment was so if you are new here welcome to the podcast my sister claire wetten has in a few episodes with us um she is a top children's tv writer she's written for horrible histories they have just won another bafta congratulations the audience if you're driving don't clap your hands but if you're cleaning your pants clap your hands in celebration so what i've decided to do we're going to go through the year that is 1991 so claire where were you in 1991 what were you decided to do we're going to go through the year that is 1991 so claire

where were you in 1991 what were you up to what were you doing uh i was in wow at the beginning of 1991 i was at primary school and at the end of 1991 i was at secondary school we're going through changes we're growing into a little lady a little lady I was trying to think of another song with change in it I'm not a girl not yet a woman I wasn't thinking that I still resonate with that song

I was thinking of oh no everything changes but you that would have been another good one someday somebody's gonna make you want to turn oh that doesn't have got the word changing it change your minds someday somebody's gonna make you want to turn around and change your mind okay so and i would say in this period we were singing that song a lot in the car. Do you think? Yeah.

I'm not sure we were. Yeah. I'm not convinced. Okay, so what we do is we're going to go through the top singles, the top TV and the top movies of 1991. We're going to chat through them all and we're going to see if 1991... Oh did we say did we did we have something where we were saying was it pants or was it or have I invented that I can't remember let's say I want to say pants or bants but that doesn't even make any sense. Poo or Yahoo? Gold or Cold?

That also doesn't make any sense. Let's say Poo or Yahoo. Okay, we're going to go with the top songs. Would you like to guess any of them or would you like me to just go through them with you? Because actually these... Is it guess of 1990? 1991, sorry.

Yeah, 1991. Yeah. So I remember year 6 the top songs being Let's Talk About Sex Vanilla Ice Do The Bartman, these were the songs we were singing on the playground and then

over that summer was Bryan Adams have I just absolutely nailed it? You haven't absolutely nailed it, but you've nailed it more than I thought you were going to nail it. We've got a number five. Do the Batman. Do the Batman. Do the Batman.

I feel like I knew all the words. Why can't I remember? Yo, hey, what's happening, dude? I'm a guy with a rep for being rude, terrorising people wherever they go. It's not intentional. Just go with the flow. I can't remember Stephen's phone number. Can I remember the Batman?

Do the Batman. And I always remember we didn't have any way of watching The Simpsons. No, we didn't have Sky. And so we just imagined that it was good and had pictures with pictures of Bart Simpson on and sang the Bart man yeah I remember going on so I don't know if you remember this very very really Claire but we used to go on holidays to Spain and buy Spanish like teenage magazines where you get stickers and all sorts of stuff like that and you couldn't read anything in it because it was all in Spanish all in Spanish and some of the heartthrobs in it was Spanish I didn't mind that but got stickers and I feel like I got a Bart Simpson some sort of toy

or something or did I buy a Bart Simpson's pencil case again never I hadn't watched one single episode no the only thing I remember you getting on the front of a magazine was a bit of the Berlin Wall a bit of the Berlin Wall but i thought i didn't just get one as well i've thought about this over the years a lot why would they be giving a piece of the berlin wall out on the front of a magazine do we think it was that jaunty spanish humor and it was pretend i don't yeah i don't think it was real i think I thought it was real well I did at the time but how many of those magazines must they have sold like where would they have got that much of the Berlin Wall from I don't know if it was a Mandela if I have tried to google this in the

past did they ever give parts of the Berlin Wall away with Spanish magazines and it definitely happened I remember it I remember being really jealous of it research is inconclusive i must have spent all my money on fake bart simpson stuff yeah fart simpson bart simpson number five number four now i think these people have been cancelled as so many people are on this podcast right said fred i'm too sexy yeah this this year was very like there was I'm too sexy let's talk about sex oh I wanna sex you up and being in year six of primary school and having all of the radio being so rude was an absolute thrill I going to actually disagree with you. Did you just sing Push It by Salt-N-Pepa?

No, let's talk about sex. Why was I thinking you sang Push It by Salt-N-Pepa? I don't know. Because that was about sex, wasn't it? Ah, push it. But that was when I was in year six. I don't know why I thought you sang that. I'm too sexy.

Right, said Fred. I think they've why I thought you sang that. I'm too sexy. Why it said Fred. I think they've been cancelled. It's a great song. FanDuel Casino Daily Jackpots. Guaranteed to hit by 11pm with your chance at the number one feeling. Winning. Which beats even the 27th best feeling, saying I do. Who wants this last parachute?

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Yes, so some people are fine with that. I think they were also maybe anti-vaxxers. So they're polarising, polarising characters. They're very, very political nowadays. Who would have thought? Was this the two bald brothers and the one with the hair, or was it just the two bald brothers, or was it one with the hair? I think it was just one of the brothers, maybe.

Richard? Yeah, I think it was the main one. Regardless it's a great song. I in this case I'm going to separate the music from the artist's opinions and say it was a brilliant song. You're a non-political podcast. I'm too sexy and I also really like Don't Talk, Just Kiss. Don't talk, just kiss. Let your tongue rule around. Gross. Okay, number three. The Shoop Shoop song.

Oh, yeah. What? Brilliant song. Brilliant song, a brilliant film. I want it to be Winona Ryder. I love it all. I don't think I was that keen on the film. I think I was a bit too young for it.

I think I found it a bit boring at the time, but the song was a classic. I also can't remember the plot of Mermaids. No, I think it was a bit too grown up. Oh, so is it depressing? Whilst you're talking, all that's going through my head is does he love me i want to know it's just like on a repeat and the song they look so happy when they were doing the little song in the matching outfits yeah i think the song was so like upbeat that you thought the film was going to be and it wasn't

yeah they tricked us with that, didn't they? But it was great. Number two. Also from a film, that's a hint. I'm waiting. Well, it's not. It's not Brian Adams because that's got to be number one. It's not Brian Adams.

It's Garamush, Garamush. Oh, Bohemian Rhapsody, of course, because he died, didn't he? That's the year he died. Oh, so it's not the year Wayne's World came out. It's the year he died. Because I remember when I first started secondary school, that was when Freddie Mercury died. And Miss Inch, the head teacher, got on stage and burst out crying.

And, like, did a big speech about Freddie Mercury. Oh. What? Go on, Miss Inch. I thought you were going to say she got on stage and sang the Bohemian Rhapsody. No, she burst out crying. Oh, I thought it was because Wayne's World was out. That makes more sense.

So it was Bohemian Rhapsody slash These Are The Days Of Our Lives by Queen. Yeah, yeah. That was when he died. Bad times. So number one, though, was from a film. Bryan Adams. Bryan Adams. Everything I do, I do it for you.

Could you please say the, there was a young man from Nottingham. Oh, we got it wrong last time, didn't we? Melissa told us that. Should I Google it? What am I going to Google? What's a young man from Nottingham who wanted to... No, that's wrong.

...push the water? Oh, what a joke. He slipped on a rope. Now... There was a young man... I'm Googling this now. Yeah, we got it wrong last time. We've already done this.

From... But we'll do it again from across the water oh what a joke he slipped on a rope no oh this is there was a rich man from nottingham because i'm doing in the accent christian slater did it in there was a rich man from nottingham who tried to cross the river what a dope dopey trip to New York. Now look at him shiver. There you go. That's it. Beg for mercy, rich man,

is a line from the 1991 movie Robin Hood at Prince of Thieves. Christian Slater says the line as Will Scarlett, and he did say it like, there was a rich man from Nottingham. Great song. Great film.

I tried to watch it recently and it was quite boring. What was boring about it? It was just, it was very slow going. I got about 20 minutes into it and just thought, I've got better things to do with my life. Maybe I just liked it because I had a crush on Christian Slater. I mean, we all loved it at the time.

There were so many ridiculous things. Our favourite at the time was the fact, and this is so nerdy, but they arrived in Dover and they were walking to Nottingham. They were like, we'll be there by nightfall. And they went via Hadrian's Wall. These guys did not know geography.

Not to Nottingham, to Nottingham. To Nottingham. Via Hadrian's Wall. It was a bit aggressive,'t it who was the sheriff it's the man from love actually alan rickman i was about to say tony robinson but that was no that's me marion no alan rickman yeah was it alan rickman or is that a mandela effect yeah no it was alan rickman okay um i think we've covered the songs out of those top five songs what was your favorite so we got we got the bark man but who do that man we got i'm too sexy

shoot shoot song bohemian rhapsody everything could do well i mean bohemian rhapsody is one of the greatest songs of all time isn't it but if we're talking like 90s classic it's got to be brian adams doesn't it it's like so of the era i had it on cassette a cassette single but it was the rubbish ones you know sometimes you got the cassettes you got the cassettes in plastic cardboard like what's that about those ones were only 99p though. I think that was the difference between a 99p and like a 199 single. Do you know what I had? What?

I had the Bartman. Someone gave me, I still remember, I'm a bit bitter about it. For my birthday, someone gave me the Bartman on cassette. Yeah. But they'd taped it off the radio and then drawn a picture of Bart Simpson on a lined piece of paper

and that was my birthday present. And I was like, this is a rubbish birthday picture of Bart Simpson on a lined piece of paper. And that was my birthday present. And I was like, this is a rubbish birthday present. Not even like a plain piece of paper, a lined piece of paper. That is not. You're not being invited to my birthday parties again. I'm going to say if we're going to go poo or boo for rating the year, I'm going to say in music. It was a. Oh, no.

Hang on. Poo or boo boo that's both rubbish Yahoo who will Yahoo for me 1991 was a Yahoo yeah for me yeah definitely Yahoo I think because that year was so specific in my mind of being end of primary beginning the secondary I remember the music from that year very very clearly aoston year and if you don't if you're not from the midlands boston means good right top five shows in 1991 and one of them i don't really remember so i'm hoping that you remember it okay um i'm gonna give you a clue for number five it was a cartoon simpsons no you would have thought that actually what adult orchids had babies in it

Muffy babies no Rugrats oh Rugrats yeah that's a good one oh my god is that right? Oh, it just came up on your head, playing music.

Oh my gosh, it must have thought that me singing was actually the actual real life music. That was Rugrats. I liked it. I liked Angelica. They were mean to her. Oh my God, I was just about to say I liked Angelica. She was not very nice in the programme.

That's why they were mean to her. Yeah, but you know, we liked... I liked Angelica. Tommy. I was a little... Did you say it's Angelica? She had to hang out with a lot of babies. I wasn't the one that spoke like that.

There was, like, who was Tommy's friend? I don't know. He had, like, ginger hair. Yeah. I was going to say Chuck. Chuck. Let's have a look at the Rugrats. So there was Tommy, there was Chuck, there's tommy there was chuck there was

angelica there was like twins wasn't there was it like phil and lil or something yeah god i remember too okay chucky finster angelica pickles tommy pickles stew pickles that's the dad there's suzy carmichael lillian dill pickles dill pickles is a funny name, isn't it? Because, you know, like a pickle. I do, yeah. Deedee Pickles. It was a great programme. I liked it. It's kids' TV, wasn't it?

It was. It definitely wasn't hard-hitting primetime drama. Moving, actually, great segue moving on to hard hitting prime time drama number four Soldier Soldier I don't remember watching this because I was too young

I thought it was a bit boring I remember the phenomenon you can't forget Robson and Jerome I remember it as a cultural moment in time. Was Jill Halfpenny in Soldier, Soldier? Have I invented that? Why wouldn't she be?

I mean, she should be in everything. Fresh from Biker Grove. Everything was better with Jill Halfpenny, I say. I'm sure I was somewhere recently and Jill Halfpenny walked past me. And I think I said hello to her. I feel like when I went to this morning I think Jill Halfpenny was there and I said oh hello and she probably thought I don't know you. Jill Halfpenny um but fresh from, no I don't think she'd have been too young for soldier soldier. Who am I thinking of then? Because she's only a couple of years older than us and I was

11. I don't... She was in EastEnders. Biker Grove. Let's see who else is in Soldier Soldier. There must be somebody famous that I'm thinking of. Soldier... If you know, leave it in the comments on YouTube. I mean, it'd

be too late because... Oh, no. Robson Green, Jerome. No, I don't recognise any of these. I don't know why I thought Jill Halfpenny was in it. Was there one about fire? Maybe she was in that one. London's Burning.

Who knows? So, Soldier Soldier, where was it set? I thought it was set in Newcastle. Maybe that's why I think it was... Was it not like MASH? They weren't at a war? No. Soldier, Soldier is a British television drama.

It was produced by Central. Good. 82 episodes, 1991 to 1997. It featured the daily lives of a group of soldiers in A Company, 1st Battalion, the King's Fusiliers. And did not have Jill Halfpenny in it, but did have Robson and Dromen, who were an absolute flipping phenomenon.

Yeah. Housewife's favourite. If we were Robson and Dromen, who would be Robson, who would be Dromen? And if you say... I'd be Robson. No, you didn't let me speak. I was going to say, if you said I wasn't Robson, who would be Jerome? I'd be Robson. No. You didn't let me speak. I was going to say, if you said I wasn't

Robson, you were wrong. There ain't two Robsons. There's a Robson and then you're the Jerome. Well, you know, arguably, Jerome's had the better long-term career, so... Boy, what's Jerome doing now?

He's been in, like game of thrones and everything well i ain't seen game of thrones so don't count number three dinosaurs do you remember that program that was cute oh yeah that was cute with the baby with the baby was weird wasn't it that was like saturday night prime time telly or tea time telly yeah like five like five o'clock. I don't remember any of the plot of it. Was it just dinosaurs? Was it like ALF? They were dinosaurs.

Okay, it was like an ALF kind of programme. No, because there was no humans in it, was there? Yeah. It was like a sitcom but they were all dinosaurs. That's it really. Just like a normal American sitcom. When did it end?

Dinosaurs. I don't think it was on that long to be honest. Dinosaurs show. Okay. It's quite expensive to make. It was on for three years, 1991 to 1994. I feel like I wanted to have the baby. Oh yeah, it was so cute.

Okay, so they pulled the plug because of budgets they didn't want to reduce the dinosaur cut shots and compromise the show so they decided to cancel it really expensive yeah they were like we haven't got the budget so if you um that was the cute little the little little man he was cute wasn't. Not the mama. You used to say that, didn't you? Whenever the dad came. Oh, it's a Disney show. I didn't know that. Not the mama. That was a really cute program.

I would be on Disney Plus then. Maybe. Now, this is the program I don't know, Step by Step. Step by Step. Yeah, that's exactly right. That's not right, is it? No, I don't know either. Should I Google it? Step one.

We can have lots of fun step by step step by step oh this is an american program sometimes i think these lists are odd it's an american sitcom um let me show you the picture. Do you recognise any of those people? I can't see properly. Maybe it was like, it looked like it's an American mum and dad with loads of kids. Oh, like stepkids? Yes, must be.

Do you think that was, well, Claire, if Soldier Soldier's in the list, we're either having Step-by-step here, because I don't think Americans were having soldier, soldier. Maybe they were. That's what my list says. If you remember step-by-step, leave it in the comments. Maybe it was a cable thing we couldn't watch. And then number one, I'm going to do an action and make a noise,

and you've got to guess what the number one programme is. do an action and make a noise and you gotta guess what the number one program is you ready yeah stop googling step by step put your phone down i can see home improvement home improvement that's a good impression wasn't it yeah what do we think about home improvements i, is it the number one television programme? Claire, it says on... This is a mad list. This is a mad list because I just can't imagine that kids TV... Claire, it says on my list, I've got a spreadsheet.

I've got a spreadsheet. I believe you. I believe you. I don't believe the list. If it didn't have Soldier Soldier in, I would think, this is not... But this is believe the list. If it didn't have Soldier Soldier in, I would think, this is not, but she's on my list. Soldier Soldier was like primetime telly, but all of the rest of them are like after school.

What the list says. I suppose it was different times, wasn't it? It was different times. You just watched what was on the telly. You just watched what was on the telly. There just watched what was on the telly? There was no cable. I mean, there was. Simpsons, and we weren't watching it. But you just watched what was on the telly.

What are you going to say for, is it poo or yahoo? I think it's a poo-hoo. A poo-hoo. No, it was alright. It was alright. I liked it. I watched it. I wouldn't say it was one of the greatest TV shows. It was no dinosaurs.

No, I mean, the whole year was it. The whole year was poo? That's rubbish telly? No, you're wrong. Number one, we liked dinosaurs. Number two, we liked rugrats. Great. Number three, we like Robson and Jerome.

No, look, if I was going to say my top ten animations, my top ten puppet shows, my top ten sitcoms, my top ten dramas, none of these shows would be in any of those top tens. None of them. But do you know what, Claire? It's not all about you well you're saying do i think okay for the world the world i will say what a great year you had i'm so pleased for you for me it was subpar but my opinion apparently isn't important and that my friend is true it's

correct okay i'm gonna go it was a behoo. I liked Rugrats. I liked Robson and Jerome. I liked Up on the Roof. I liked all the nannas and the mums fancying Robson and Jerome. I thought it was a bit of fun. And I liked the Home Improvement man going, oh? Oh?

Did you like Robson and Jerome as singers rather than as... Yeah, because we were too young to watch... You didn't even watch the TV, though. Yeah, we were too young. Oh, God, man. Chill your boots. Right, we're going to go on with films, and I'm going to do top ten films,

but I am going to whiz through them. Okay. Number ten, Commitments. Yay or nay? Yay? I haven't seen it in a long time. The Commitments was a great film. Maybe I should re-watch that.

I reckon I'd like that. No, I just want to shout Mustang Sally. Mustang Sally. That should be top ten. It is, man. My teeth are repeating myself. Yes, Mustang Sally, The Commitments, great film. Number nine, Indiegarten Cop.

Oh, absolute classic. Oh, this is already a good year what's the premise what's the premise can't remember what's the premise is a is a policeman who has to look after the kindergarten class so he has to see the kindergarten class why does there need to be a reason for arnold schwarzenegger being around lots of children. I don't know. I guess maybe he was protecting one of the kids. I can't remember. It says,

A tough cop, Arnold Schwarzenegger, must pose as a kindergarten teacher in order to locate a dangerous criminal's ex-wife who may hold the key to putting him behind bars. Did he fall in love with the ex-wife? Maybe the kindergarten teacher i think we need a re-watch i think we need to re-watch commitments first kindergarten cop second number eight naked gun two and a half oh i have very very fond memories of this film because my friend laura sharp we went for her uh birthday her 12th birthday to watch it and her dad sat next to us and he laughed throughout it as if

he was going to have a heart attack it was a 15 claire he'd smuggled you in he was like he couldn't breathe he was laughing so hard and so we were just laughing at him i don't really remember thinking that at any point it was funny but because he was laughing so much it made you giggle it's it's a thing that we talk about still that day that eddie sharp nearly died so the naked gun two and a half the smell It. I did have it on VHS. Can't really remember the plot. I mean, there is no plot. It's terrible. Were they on a plane?

Oh, no, I think I'm thinking of aeroplane. Although I think they might have gone on a plane at some point. I remember the poster, was he like sat on top of a gun? Yeah, you can't see it. He's flying through the air. His legs are stretched and he's like. Sat on top of a gun. He's got his feet on two like bombs.

Oh. Maybe it was the first one. Lieutenant Frank Drebben discovers that his ex-girlfriend's new beau is involved in a plot to kidnap a scientist who advocates solar energy. Well, there you go then. Number seven. We wouldn't have seen this at the time in 1991, but Sleeping with the Enemy. Great film.

Yeah. Have you ever? I don't think you will have, but I have in the past lined up all like my sins of soup and stuff and thought oh no i'm like the man from sleeping with the enemy i'm thinking of the hand that rocks the crowd or remind me of sleeping with the enemy is she is um well the plot is a librarian fakes a death to escape her abusive marriage and start a new life elsewhere but her husband manages to track her down. So she's with this like hot man and he makes her have all the tins face in a certain way. Like he's really abusive towards her

and she pretends she drowns and then starts this lovely new life. And then I presume he finds her. Is there a bit where she's like, you think he's dead on the stairs and then he opens his eyes. Is it that film? Because I love that film, whatever that film is.

Maybe. Or is he on a boat? And then he reaches out and grabs her ankle. Probably. That was a real trope in those days. I feel there's another film where people are on a boat and somebody goes, oh, it's on a boat. Maybe that's Sleeping With The Enemy.

It's a great film. Ginny Roberts. I think we need another rewatch. Let's do all these apart from Naked Girl. The Addams Family. That's a Addams Family that's a good one that's a good one that's it again

featuring the legend that is Christina Ricci as Wednesday Addams con artist plan to fleece an eccentric family

using an accomplice who claims to be their long lost uncle spoiler he is their long lost uncle oh when he puts the light bulb in his mouth and it glows great film number five however i know this man i've i've claimed this man's been cancelled before and i do apologize it's another kevin costa movie

he's not been cancelled he's dancing with wolves never seen it could tell you what it's about i don't think it's got wolves in it i know that much a lieutenant assigned to remote civil snore outpost war outpost so it's question is a purpose after making contact with a neighbouring sioux settlement oh i've never seen it yeah i think we we started watching it but wolves in it right so my memory of it is is that we do you remember when you're on holiday in spain a lot of a lot of memories in spain and you would have bars that would say at 3 p.m on wednesday we're gonna play adam's value values at thursday at 2 p.m we'll play dancing with wolves and i think we were like we're gonna go and watch dancing with Wolves.

It was on like a little tiny screen in a bar. And then we just got bored halfway through. So is it about somebody who's going to like a settlement to kill people and then he makes friends with the people that he should be killing? I don't think we were watching it close enough. I know he goes to like Native American. Okay. And then he befriends them, right? He befriends them, but I don't.

Maybe I need to give it a watch. I know. Maybe I need to give it a watch. It's got, it got, it's got eight stars where the, some of the other ones have got six. Kindergarten cop got 6.2. So maybe we need to give it a go. I think at that age,

we were too young to really understand the nuances of whatever was going on in that. No, because we were just like, used to see him as Robin Hood. So we were like, what's this all about? Where are the wolves? Okay. number four.

Three men and a little lady. One of my all-time favourites. That got a 5.5 stars. What? I think I went to see this for my birthday, for my 11th birthday at the cinema. Waiting for a start of fall. Waiting for a start of fall. Yeah, birthday party when I was 11.

You did, yeah, because I remember going. Three ex-dads quickly discover how empty life is without their little lady and go to outrageous lengths in their efforts to win their daughter back in this critically acclaimed and equally charming sequel. Tom Selleck, Steve Guttenberg, Ted Danson. 1919. What's the song they sing when they go, now close your eyes and get some sleep

what's the beginning of that there's these sweet dreams yeah that's the first one but the second one they do a rap to her when she's going to sleep i do love the song waiting for a start of fall that steven and i were going to have that as our first dance at the wedding it's quite hard to dance too it's quite so we didn't well we did practice with it i like the little fiona shaw uh cameo as the head teacher at the school yeah that's fun isn't it i like fiona shaw yeah she's an absolute quacker yeah i forgot that yes she was good if you had to marry one of the three men would it be selick guttenberg or damson i think at the time it would have been guttenberg now it would be selick what about damson what about him he's lovely isn't he married to somebody famous uh diane from cheers no he's not married to diane from cheers ted danson's ted danson has um has he's married to somebody famous let me see who it is

ted danson or he's with somebody famous. Ted Danson. Because he did go out with Whoopi Goldberg, didn't he? Girlfriend. Girlfriend. Searching, searching. His wife is Mary Steenberg. Now, you're going to say you don't know who that is, but you do know who it is.

What's she been in? in oh she's been in loads of things how can i make you work out who she is i can just have a look that just looks like a woman oh could you see her then look oh yeah they're married yeah she's been in a lot of stuff hasn't she yeah but but again i can't think of one single thing was she in parenthood with um steve martin or was that that's diane keaton oh no that's that's uh we should not be doing a podcast we don't know anything we do know soon we're going on this journey together what what You can't be talking about the cast of Parenthood. What are you talking about, man? I don't even remember that. I'm a brain of other stuff.

Heck, Parenthood cast. Laura Lai was in it. No, that can't be right. Oh, maybe she was. Oh, I think there's a TV show, isn't there? We want to catch this film. I think she was the mum in it. Yeah, she looks like the type.

What does that mean? She looks like the type. What does that mean? She looks like the type who would play a nice mum. She's got a nice mum face, doesn't she? Yeah. Yes, it was her. It was her. So you take that back, actually. I do need a podcast because I knew the right answer and I knew that she was her it was her so you take that back actually I do need a podcast because I knew

the right answer and I knew that she was in it I knew she was in it with at the top thank you very much and she was probably

about 23 yeah probably about 23 pretending to be like a 40 year old take that back Parenthood is a great film actually right But Parenthood is a great film, actually. Right.

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Oh, no, I'm going to do another. Oh, no, no. Pretend you didn't hear that. You didn't hear that. I'm going to do another impression. Lollies. Silence of the Lambs. Yeah.

That's a great film. Have you seen it? I don't think I have, you know. I don't think that would be your kind of film. I think I read the book. Oh, she read the book. I know. Are you sorry?

That's my answer about films. My answer often about films is, yes, I did read it. Even I hate it about myself. I haven't watched the film, but I did read the book of Naked Gun two and a half. When I was younger you had to pay for films whereas you could get books from the library for free.

So you went to the library and rented out the Silence of the Lambs? I think so, yeah. I think I got it from the library. Young FBI cadet must receive the help of an incarcerated manipulative cannibal killer

to help catch another serial killer a madman great film I've definitely seen the French and Saunders version of it basically it's the same you've read the book if Anthony Hopkins says here's a scenario French and Saunders version of it. It basically is the same. You've read the book, you've seen the French and Saunders version.

If Anthony Hopkins says, have you seen, if you, okay, here's a scenario. You've just written a horrible histories episode, guest starring Anthony Hopkins. You're there for the day of the film and he comes up to you and he says,

I don't suppose you've seen Silence of the Lambs and you'll say, no, Anthony, but I read the book and I saw the French and Saunders version and he will say to you, just as good. Same, same, same, Anthony, but I read the book and I saw the French and Saunders version and he will say to you, just as good. Same, same, same.

Same. It is exactly the same. Number two, Terminator 2, Judgment Day. I feel you really like this. I don't know why, but I absolutely loved this film as a kid. And I had like the collector's edition box set. You did? In like a big like Term box set you did of it in like a big like terminator you did

with like a booklet and everything i love the weirdo and i watched terminator 2 thought it was the best film i'd ever seen it like it blew my mind and i had never seen terminator 1 and then i watched terminator 1 and i hated it. I don't know. Do you think it was Edward Furlong? In Terminator 2, the Terminator's nice. In Terminator 1, the Terminator's horrible. I didn't like that. He was much of... But as like a young girl, so you'd have been like, I don't know, maybe 12 or whatever.

11. Being obsessed with Terminator 2, Judgment Day is really weird. I loved it. I absolutely really weird. I loved it. I absolutely loved it. I thought it was the best thing I'd ever seen. But that's because the rest of the time I was watching Blooming Home Improvement. My standards were low. Did you read the book of Terminator 2?

I didn't, but I would if there was one. If I went to the library and there was a 7 out of 2 book. I mean, I read the booklet that came in the collector's edition tin. Have you still got the collector's edition tin? I don't think so. I feel like... You belong to the HS. I feel when mum and dad moved house, there was like several boxes

and I had a mooch in the box and I'm sure it's in one of them boxes, you know. Is it? That would be an absolute joy to look at. Yeah, I'm sure it's in one of those boxes. I haven't seen that film in years joy to look at yeah i'm sure it's in one of those boxes i haven't seen that film in years and years and years so i would quite like to watch it again and think what was it about this that i love so much because i don't like action movies but do you like terminators only when they're nice i really didn't like terminator 1. Okay, Terminator 2. Right, number one is... Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves. There was a rich man from Norton...

It's like a full circle from Norton. Robin Hood decides to fight back as an outlaw when faced with the tyranny of the Sheriff of Nottingham, starring Costner, Freeman and Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio. It wasn't as good as Made Marian, let's be honest. Oh, I liked it. I did. I think I went and saw that.

But it wasn't as good as Made Marian and Merry Men. I think I went and saw that in the cinema. No, it wasn't as good as Made Marian and the Merry Men. But it was still a pretty good film. So I've not really got much to say about it because I think we covered all we needed to do when we talked about Christian Slater just doing that one. There was a rich man from Nottingham.

I think, like, when I watched it again, the beginning was quite violent and, like, Morgan Freeman had his hand chopped off or something and I was like, this is a lot less fun than I thought it was going to be. Yes. And, oh, what's her name? Maid Marian. I think she gets, stuff happens to her as well, doesn't it?

It's not like a fun jovial. You're right. And also, two hours, 23 minutes. That's long for the 90s. That's a long film. Oh. How long was Terminator? The Terminator was two hours 17.

Dancing with Wolves, three hours. Yeah. Naked Gun, one hour 25 minutes. Thank you very much. So Costner had two of the top films in that year. Two of the top films. And then the next year was that Bodyguards. We're not doing next year that's the

end of next year is i don't want to i don't want to ruin it but he wasn't a bit of a run wasn't he so he had the number five film and he had the number one film well done kevin if you're listening well done kevin yeah the bodyguards but we won't we don't want to pick okay so out of the top 10 films what are your top three well terminator obviously i've already forgotten what they were oh for the garden cop yep oh three men and little lady also one of my all-time favorites yeah other films in the top 20 uh arachnophobia misery that's a good film i remember someone had, for their birthday party, like a pirate video of arachnophobia to watch. And I was like, I don't want to watch it.

It's a PG. It's a PG, that is, you know, arachnophobia. Backdraft, Misery, Green Card, Highlander 2, The Quickening, Awakenings, which is one of the saddest. Have you ever seen Awakeningsings i don't think so um dr saw is a pioneering new neurologist who wants to take a risk and give his patients who suffer from um encephalitis sorry if i pronounce that wrong a drug use of parkinson's disease so basically there is like kind of there's a man in a perpetual catatonic state,

as it says there, and he uses this drug, and it means that he's not in the catatonic state. But it also makes him really violent. So in the end, I think they have to stop. Yeah, it's really sad. It's a really, really good film. Robert De Niro, Robert Menendez, dead again. You know, we didn't discuss just,

I don't know if we discussed it before the ghost in three men a little lady because that's a huge thing i have discussed it i have did i did a reel of that on my instagram yeah and i and i said there is a certain generation that will see will think one thing when they see this, and it's him walking past. But it's clearly a cardboard cutout. So obviously. But I wonder whether nowadays it's a clearer image, like we've got better screens that we can see what it is, because at the time we were 100% convinced it was a ghost.

What I think it is, is because we went to see Three Men and a Little Lady once. We were going to have to wait another two years for that to come on the telly. And we were convinced it was a ghost. It was a ghost of a little boy. And it's just Ted Danson in the top hat. I believe that TV is a better quality now. And that's how we can tell that it's not a ghost.

Because it really did look like a ghost at the time. Maybe they're like doing a cover up and maybe it was a ghost. Yeah, maybe they went back and refilmed it. Maybe they're like, Ted, right, I know this sounds a bit weird. Could you put, dye your hair from white to reddish, put a top hat on, we're going to take a photo, we're going to have to refilm this whole scene. Yeah.

I think that makes more sense. Makes more sense of it not being a ghost and being a cardboard cutout. And also, who has a cardboard cutout of themselves? Well, the thing is, that character probably would have a cardboard cutout of himself, wouldn't they? Yeah. Okay, so overall, with films, do we think it's poo or do we think it's yahoo? Yahoo, I think.

I think yahoo. Good batch. In general, we are going to go with films, yahoo. We're going to go with songs, yahoo. And we're going to go with programmes, poo-hoo. Poo-hoo. So kind of half and half. One sec, I'm'm just gonna grab something is it a cardboard cutout of ted danson

with um a top atom i've got who are we going to out of tv song and film awards smash it's power winner people people who are not watching, my sister has actually got a Smash Hits Reader's... I forgot you even had that. A Smash Hits Reader's poll winner award. Woo-woo! That I purchased. That she bought. I didn't win it, unfortunately.

So who are we going to give that to for the whole thing? Well, right. It's a difficult one. I know who I'm giving it to. Oh. I was going to say, Kevin had a good year, didn't he? But also, you know, we didn't even register

on a Schwarzenegger had a good year as well. He had Terminator 2 and Kindergarten Cop. He had a cracking year. Yeah, but one, Kevin Costner's fit two he had two films in the top ten and the top one

single was only number one because he was in the film so for me I think Brian Adams would argue that but for me 1991 has got to go to Kevin Costner what about Bart Simpson? Do the Bart man know? Bart off.

I'm going to give it to Ted Danson's ghost. He's still got a place in our hearts. He's still got a place in our hearts and I have nightmares. So that was 1991. It is Christmas. We will be broke up for a couple of weeks and then I am back with a brand new season at the start of January.

We've got some great guests coming up, Claire. I've already recorded a couple of episodes. It's been wonderful. So we've got some good guests. Thank you so much for tuning into the podcast. This year has been an absolutely amazing... Your support has been wonderful we were nominated for an award which was amazing i had some great guests on the episode of the year where um as

according to spotify wrapped was with lou beckett so i'll leave that in description as well go and check that out we had some absolutely amazing how can i forget start kick top start of the year interview and let loose bad boys in absolute legends he's now in books for this as well well don't put limits on him get him in every band every band would be better with a bit of the back opening you know what type that could use i tell you there's only three of them i tell you what i don't think i don't think he listens to this podcast but he has got to be one of the nicest people i've said it about 50 times he's so nice he always direct messages he loves his dogs he's great get him in every band put him in every oh and we will be going to watch the Robert Williams film over Christmas. So let us know if you're going to go and see that because we plan to, don't we?

Yeah, can't wait. Yeah, I can't wait. I saw on the news, and I am going to mention this in another podcast, so you might hear this story again. I saw on the news, and by news I mean TikTok, that a Real Housewives of New York-er, so we're getting even more, like, less of a reliable source, went to see it.

She didn't even know Robbie Williams was. Said it was amazing. Oh, good. Cried. She said she cried for the last five minutes. Then the lights went on. Who was sat next to her? Robbie Williams.

Oh, I don't believe that story. Do you know what? Somebody in the comments actually said, that never happens. That was one of the comments, well, that never happens. I'm with that person. That's a made up story. Do you know what though?

The other day, and this is absolutely true, I went to the cinema to see Wicked and I cried. And when the lights came up, Ariana Grande sitting next to me, looked to the other side, Jeff Goldblum. I couldn't believe it. That never happens. I think it was the premiere, Claire. I think it was the premiere.

A Real Housewives of New York is not going to lie on the news. Do you know what? If she'd never heard of Robbie Williams, how did she know it was Robbie Williams next to him? Because he's not in the film. Maybe it was just a chimp. Maybe it was a monkey. Maybe it was Cuddles, Orville's friend.

No, that's Michael Jackson's. Oh, no, that's Bubbles. Bubbles. Cuddles the monkey. Anyway, aren't we going to see it? I trust Carol from Real Housewives of New York. She was married to one of the Kennedys. She ain't going to lie.

She was down in the drain. Yeah, no politician or politician's wife has ever lied about anything. Right, and on that note, congratulations, Kevin Costner. Congratulations, Ted Danson. Have a Merry Christmas. Claire's actually going to sing us a song and it's going to be... Is it an original or is it a Christmas song or what do you want?

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