#429 - Czecholate, 11 Years of Silence, and No One Else is Doing This

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Dave, I swear to God,

stop it and close your laptop.

Oh, dude.

It's ridiculous.

Bertie, I'll just, I'll speak to you later.

Right.

I'm not allowed to close Slack now.

Communicate with my producer.

No, not during a live show.

John.

I always communicate with my show.

You'll have to use nods and winks like Jimi Hendrix and Mitch Mitchell.

Okay.

John insists on complete attention from his producers.

Absolutely.

If that means things fall down within the recording, because I can't speak to myself.

Not a problem.

What you should do, Dave, is you get a system like they used to use to beat the blackjack table in Las Vegas, where you have in your thigh, strapped to your thigh, is a little metal sort of Morse code sender.

And then, but beware that I, I'm the pit boss in the casino, if I suspect you of communicating with Bertie, I take you into a back room and hit your hand with a hammer on the table.

Yes.

It's worth the risk, I think,

for the big wins.

I liked it when John was going, boundaries, Dave, boundaries, Dave, boundaries, Dave.

We have boundaries.

Thank you very much.

Your boundaries are too big, Dave.

You let people walk all over you, including me.

This is partly a test.

I logged off at 2.30 yesterday afternoon to take my kids to Milkshake Land because it was their fifth birthday.

That sounds sickly.

That sounds like there's a lot of vomit knocking around.

Well, there was one of our children who was vomiting earlier in the week.

He did,

which was good fun.

What's Milkshake Land?

It's not called Milkshake Land.

I called it that for you two, so you understood what it was.

It's called Shakedown.

Oh, right.

I mean,

that sounds like something that would happen at Heathrow.

Yeah, like stop and search world.

It does sound fun.

Yeah, you give your kids a little block of resin and see how far they can go.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Can they get through security?

Stage one, the sniffer dogs.

Yeah.

And it was lovely.

Do you know what?

Just to spend a bit of quality time with my children on the bottom.

No, I'm not.

I love it.

I love it.

So what happens at Shakedown?

Shakedown is...

got to be careful here because I mean it is a it is a relevant call it milkshake world again

they all go in in their swimming costumes and they get to swim in milkshake And then they can't drown because they just drink the milkshake.

That's a little true.

I used to have a dream about that, but with ale.

Yeah.

What, you dreamt that you were swimming in ale.

Of course, you were drinking.

Yeah, but it was a daydream.

I'd dive into a swimming pool full of sort of pale ale.

Like Scrooge McDuck.

Yes.

Yeah.

People would say, John, John, and then Leeched here and go,

It's fine.

He's going to be fine.

He's going to finish it.

Watch him finish this.

It's mad.

So it was lovely.

And because Cheetah Hume's just trying to get a bit cool now these days.

And there's a bit, there's a contemporary nature to the village whereby Shakedown fits right in.

Whereas five years ago...

You still haven't explained what it is.

Just a burger joint that does milkshakes.

Burger joint.

Yeah.

And it's now next to a Detroit pizza place.

Well, do you know what, Dave?

What's that?

The police raided 235 vape shops and barbers yesterday.

Oh, yes.

Because they're all fronts.

And it solved my question about why there are all these cake shops everywhere.

Well, near me, there's an egg-free cake shop.

That is not, that's not a thing that's in demand.

And it's always full of cakes.

And no one goes in and no one comes out.

And apparently what it is, it's illegal money from money laundering, from trafficking, from all kinds of modern slavery and all sorts of horrible things.

But they run it through a business.

Oh, yeah.

So they're paying corporation tax on it.

Yeah.

But they're sort of legitimizing it.

So these barbers are showing a hunt, taking a hundred grand a month.

And all the genuine hairdressers are going, we, this is mad.

We can't, there's too much competition on this high street.

So we've got 10 barbers here.

Yeah.

But it turns out lots of them are illegal fronts.

Right.

I'm not laying those claims, surely, at Shakedown's door.

But if you start to suspect that Shakedown need a Shakedown,

then maybe

the special forces will come and knock it.

God, they're hiding in plain sight with what they're calling it.

They're laughing in the face of authority, John.

You might as well call it a fraud burger.

But we do need to be clear.

This is

a lot of people who

are

further.

They could be fine.

I'm sure they're fine.

They're fine.

Well, you never know 100%, do you, Dave?

Yeah.

Well, we shall see.

Are they next to the money launderette?

Ah, good.

Again,

more good ideas.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Just, I mean, that's not worthy of the good radio bell, but just have it here just in case.

Just in case I feel I've got my juices flowing.

Yeah, you're warming up towards it.

You've done your first step over.

I'm wearing a full bank jacket.

Yes, you are.

Yeah.

Bertie's actually gone to get the good radio bell.

Well, speaking of illegal activities.

Yeah.

We're just having our BBC magnets installed on the bottom of our

time.

Just don't do that, please.

Product placement.

Just in case anyone's worried that we're

broadcasting on,

I don't know, K-Rock

Radio LA.

Fix radio.

Yeah.

Or.

John!

John's just petulantly, I'll add, taken his little magnet off that says BBC on and thrown it across.

Now some people are going to be worried that he's broadcasting on Russia today.

You need to look at your boundaries and have a strong vehicle.

What are you sticking to?

I just hold it there for the rest of the rest of the day.

He's now sticking in a piece of pieces of paper that says BBC.

John, you were never realistically going to stick paper to a microphone.

Sometimes it works.

If it goes to your head, I should put it on my head.

He's got a piece of paper with BBC written on.

You should write John Robbins Industries.

Oh, he's gone to get his little microphone.

Oh, that's a sad sight, isn't it?

Picking up your your magnet and having to put it back on the bottom of the mic.

I was about to tell you a hilarious anecdote.

Oh, we're always ready for that.

Well, speaking of illegality, Dave and Ellis,

last night I went to a drinks event.

Okay.

And it was absolutely lovely.

Were they selling moonshine?

No, but someone, I thought, just live fast, die young.

Someone handed me a pill and I took it.

Okay.

Just having a nice soiree.

Parasitamol.

It's going to be fine because there's no way John would be in this sprightly mood if he was on come down.

He'd be an absolute nightmare.

Neura Fen.

You think this is a sprightly mood?

You've got a Vim about you that you would not have.

You'd be like

an episode of Alan Partridge because the Mirror Manchester

keeps talking about Lewis Hamilton for two hours.

No, I took a pill Dave last night

at a drinks event.

Hey,

I can go rogue.

Yeah.

I can let loose.

You never have and you never will.

I want to expand the unexplored corners of my mind.

All right, then Aldous Huxley.

So, yeah, just letting my hair down a bit and thought, you know, God, keep in touch with young people.

Right.

Feel a bit of love in the room.

Spice?

Meow, meow.

So, yeah, I was

going in pretty hard at the cheese board.

Yeah.

And a few cool cats came up, came up, started chatting to me.

Said, do you want some vitamin D?

And I said, Um, I said, guys,

I actually probably shouldn't be eating all of this cheese because it gives me a rash and my nose goes red if I eat too much, especially aged cheese.

I'm back this, the haciendas, 1989.

Um, I said, I probably should go a bit easy on this Stilton.

And a guy said, Hey, why don't you try this?

And handed me a pill, Dave

of lactase,

which is a pill that helps interrupt allergic reactions to lactose.

Okay.

And you danced for hours and hours and hours.

Did they break it in half or was it the full thing?

The full pill.

Whoa.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

And I took it after I'd even started eating the cheese and you meant to take it before.

Okay.

Out of control.

How are your bowel movements?

Always fine.

Okay.

Never been a problem.

I don't think I have lactose intolerance, but you know, I'm willing to try anything that you say.

So, what do you think you have then?

I think it's a trigger for bad skin.

Aged cheese.

But that would be in a lactose intolerance, wouldn't it?

No, I think it's to do with the histamines.

Ah.

So I probably should have taken a pyriton.

But anyway, just thought, yeah, if you see me be a bit cooler today, a bit more chilled out, it's because I've been

just doing pills.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

At parties.

Pills.

Yeah.

And Then we had a good chat about lactose intolerance and then

until 6 a.m.

Until 9.35 a.m.

And then I drove home.

9.35 p.m.

p.m.

Yeah.

So great.

Cool.

Well, your skin's looking good.

Thanks, man.

So, you know, it is.

Maybe it's worked.

It's worked.

The jacket fits well.

Maybe, maybe, maybe you're a drug guy now.

You're a drugman.

The jacket, I love.

Thanks, Dave.

Is the most expressive item of clothing you own.

And that is a good thing.

You haven't seen my fing t-shirt.

I do have a t-shirt that says Blur R S.

Yeah, the Mogwai t-shirt.

Oh, yeah.

I like Mogwai, but I disagreed with the T-shirt, so I never bought that T-shirt.

What do you mean by expressive?

It's bright, it's got nice patterns on.

Men love this.

I get so many comments from men about this jacket.

Yeah, it's got a bear smoking a cigarette and a dressing gown on it.

Dave, I do pills at parties.

Yeah.

That's the tip of the iceberg.

Yeah.

Were you wearing that jacket as you did the pill?

Big time.

Yeah, it suits.

It would have dovetailed beautifully.

A guy came up to me in an airport, like a 60-year-old American guy, and said, Can I just say I love your jacket?

Really?

Yeah, it would put such a spring in my step.

Yeah.

I would be so thrilled if someone did that to me.

This jacket is the man-whisperer.

Yeah, yeah.

I think men men dress for men.

If you know what I mean.

That's the name of the podcast.

The fashion pod we're talking about.

Because I've got a number of Kagules.

They are for men and women who hike.

But when I wear them to football matches, men will always go, oh, yes.

No woman has ever said that she likes my Kagules.

No, the women, the women.

Actually, hundreds of men have said that they like my Kagules.

The women would say, Are you just off to Penny Fan or are you just just back from penny fan whereas the men go nice kagula yeah nice one yeah yeah yeah

like liam gallagher if i follow liam gallagher wares and nora gallagher wares instagram the comments are all men saying i love those wallabies or they're nice that's a nice shirt it's never women go oh he looks nice ever it's always i always find it quite offensive because a lot of people send me items that get released that they think I'd like to see.

And it's always like the Adidas special, which has got Liam Gallagher's head on the side of it with Madforit on the back of it.

Like, Dave, get these trainers.

I'm like, what?

Who do people think I am if they think I want an Adidas trainer with Liam Gallagher's head on the tongue?

My face on one side and a cat on the other.

I'd rather have that.

It's just,

I think it's a misconception.

Same with muscles.

If you have muscles, other men will have got nice muscles, man.

We're getting very gendered in our conversations for people who take tills pills at dinner parties it's just an observation no women comment on my muscles

they get close enough

they do because it takes you by surprise that's never happened that has happened actually yeah

no it's not

sometimes if you're quick enough and you notice a lady about to sort of brush your arm or gently pat your yeah gently pat your arm in a sort of a playful way you pretense yeah and they go Jesus, what a weed.

Oh my God.

Wow.

You

upstairs now.

But

I thought you were more of a welk than a man.

Well, that's actually really hard and nice and attractive.

If you stand in the right position and tense hard enough in the right lighting and we take the photo in black and white, straight away.

You almost look like you've got a six-pack.

Straight after 20 press-ups.

Straight after 20 press-ups and 10 GHD sit-ups, Dave.

It can be done.

Good hair days.

Good hair day sit-ups.

Good hair day sit-ups.

Have you ever done a GHD sit-up?

No.

Oh, they are a pain in the ass.

Talk to me.

They're fixed against a wall and you have to slot your feet in below two sort of pads.

Right, understood.

And then there's another pad under your butt hips.

Where are your feet?

On the floor?

Are they?

No, against the wall.

So you're suspended.

Whoa.

So you lie like horizontal and then you bend your so your hands touch the floor oh yes

yes that gets the lower abs doesn't it I can't do them really Dave because of my um my tight back yeah and your sacralized verb and my sacral verb

not your verb

well no we call it a sacralized verb oh yeah yeah lumbo sacral verb okay okay okay um so what's been going on in your worlds went to london zoo did you yeah yeah yeah huh took my kids to london zoo Nice.

So many amazing animals there.

Yeah.

Yes, it's known for them.

So many amazing animals.

My son saw the playground.

I was in the playground for five hours.

He chased a pigeon, which he could have done in the house.

Could have done that in the chased a squirrel, which he could have done in the house.

Or the garden.

Or the garden.

And he saw a fox, which he could have seen in the house.

In the bins.

In the bins.

There's where I live in a very fox-dense neighborhood.

Lots of squirrels near us as well.

You could have just gone to a sort of a rubbish dump.

We could have sat in the kitchen.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

He had a great time on that playground.

And then what happened was

it closes at six.

So at 20 to 6, Izzy'd, obviously, you know, she'd had a great time with Betty.

I'd just been with Steph on the playground.

Yeah, I had a tantrum by mini beasts.

But, you know, I was frustrated.

I said, can I please do lions, gorillas, and tigers?

I've got 15 minutes.

So I sprinted from majestic animal to majestic animals.

Yeah, that's nice.

Tick.

Tick.

Sprint to the tiger.

Can't find it.

Off I go to lions.

Can't find it either.

Back to gorillas.

They're quite docile.

Tick.

Gift shop home.

Were their kids watching and go, mommy, is that a cheetah?

No, that's an Ellis.

Yeah.

God, he's fast.

That's the...

The lesser frustrated Ellis.

Yeah, so now I'm going to have to go my own to make up for what I missed out on.

I'll come with you today.

We can do a bonus podcast at the zoo day.

You're getting it, John.

What would you mean now I'm getting it?

I am it.

You are it, of course.

Yeah, nobody up for that.

I

this is this is maybe a contentious opinion.

Oh, yeah.

I think zoos are hugely overrated.

And I went to the Penzosta.

Well, Pennsylvania zoo, it's a big, it's one of the big players.

It's a Champions League.

This is close.

Level Zoo.

Is it?

I'm fairly confident that's true.

Keep talking, dear.

It just,

like you say, there's usually a big area that should have lions in.

They're not there.

So you just want basically the animals like pinned to a wall and butterflies in a case for your enjoyment.

No, but I'll just...

We should shut them all down.

You're right.

Well, do you know what, John?

They can stroll out in the wild.

Get them, yeah, they can stroll around Cheadle Hume.

Offer a shake.

Stroll around Cheadle Hume.

I like the capybaras.

They're my favourite.

Oh, yeah.

What are they?

They look like enormous gerbils or enormous hamsters.

I absolutely love them.

There's a good bit.

Guinea pigs.

They look like enormous guinea pigs, Dave.

Okay, great.

They're enormous, Dave.

Really?

Yeah.

Oh, I think I know what you mean.

I can picture you on that.

The size of a sort of small Shetland pony or a big pig.

The old Bristol Zoo chain closed in 2022, I think.

And they're moving it to a different spot, the Bristol Zoo project.

Because where are all the animals in the meantime in an Airbnb?

what do they do how do you what do you do with like 2 000 animals while you're while you're moving you probably disperse them around various zoos god bristol zoo was one of the big players wasn't it yeah edinburger zoo london zoo bristol zoo chester zoo chester zoo never rated chester zoo longly to safari park very different whipsnade zoo you're comparing apples and oranges no i'm comparing safari parks and zoos exactly so different just with less fences no yeah No.

I prefer a safari.

Me too.

Bristol's opened in 1836.

You must have gone there all the time as a kid.

Maybe once or twice.

Once or twice.

I'm not that big zoo guy, to be honest.

No.

Birds in cages, I think, is one of the bleakest things you can see.

Yeah, and also the site of one of my worst jokes.

So we saw some Macaws.

And

Betty said

some Macauls, like those sort of parrot things.

And Betty Betty said, Oh, I love Macaulay's.

And I went, The Crisp.

And she said, What?

And I said, Well, sorry, I thought you said McCoy's.

She said,

Why would you do that?

Why would you say that?

And I thought, I'm fallible.

Yeah, you are.

I am fallible.

That's bad humour.

Right, what correspondence have we got?

Because I haven't had time to read any.

So it's up to you.

Should we do a bit of post as a bit of a change?

Well, there's

a lot of Dave's post bag.

Post for me, post for you,

post for one, post for two.

Books on whales, tasty ales,

swansey kits, rare queen hits.

It's time to open post, post, post.

It's what we love the most.

Rip them open.

What's emotion?

It's fun to open post and letters.

Post for me, post for you.

Post for one, post for two.

It's Postman Dave's big sack of post, big sack of post.

Do you know how that is off here?

Yeah.

Yeah, there's a confusion.

What genre would you call it?

Oh my gosh.

I think it defies

legendary genre.

How did it make you feel?

Pretty uncomfortable.

Uncomfortable, Dave.

Sorry, I've got connection problems.

It's all right.

Well, I'll read a Van Morrison story whilst

you sort of stuff for two actions.

I'll be about a new album out, I bet it is rubbish.

Sometime in the 1990s, two of my husband's friends were sitting at the bar at the Palace Bar in Belfast when Van Morrison's security came in and told them that Van was coming in for a drink and they weren't to talk to him or look at him.

Oh, yeah.

He came in and sat next to them, drank his pint while they followed their instructions and then, as he left, turned to them and said something like, well, you're fing boring.

I love it.

That's from Kaf.

Thank you.

Just, there is, I mean, I know that on a global scale, this is having, you know, enormous effects, but there's something about just unchecked white male ego

in a situation like that, where you're like, what a weird life.

Yeah.

This is from Craig in North Lincolnshire.

Hi guys, I'm gonna see Van Morrison at Vicar Street in Dublin.

Oh my god, does it get better than that?

Does it get better than that?

Best venue in Europe, in my opinion, in Dublin around the early 2000s.

The gig was splendid, all the hits, but he played the entire show with his back to the audience.

I can only guess it was the real Van.

It sounded like him anyway.

Much love.

Oh, Craig.

Yes, yes, yes.

Why?

Because the Velvet Underground used to perform with their backs to the audience.

I think that was more to be cool than aloof.

I think Van has a mixture of disdain for his audience and quite bad stage for us.

Why do you have disdain for your audience?

Because

his narrative is he's been ripped off by the music industry because of what happened with

Brown-Eyed Girl.

He must have done all right, though.

I know.

That's the man.

He's worth 100 million.

What?

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Easy.

Easy.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Yeah, that's huge, that tune.

But Brown-Eyed Girl is the 11th highest-grossing song of all time.

What is it?

Yes.

That's a good fact.

I think...

We should go to the zoo together.

I think, I can't remember if it was Stuart McConney did a documentary about the 10 highest-grossing songs of all time.

Spoiler alert, number one is Happy Birthday.

Which I'm not sure I believe, because Happy Birthday is never on anything because people have to pay.

Although I went to a restaurant and they played it six times last night.

Oh, that's nice.

Yeah.

There's going to be a lot of Christmas tracks in the top ten, surely.

Just because I can't remember the rest of them yet.

But he said, before we go into the top ten, we need to talk about number 11 because it's really interesting.

So basically, Van Morrison didn't make any money from Brown-Eyed Girl.

Oh, he became a mega hit, which is why he's always writing songs about being ripped off

whilst playing

people at Western Burt Arboretum and using a solid gold mic stand.

So presumably the label made a fortune off of it.

Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.

He was in with real gangsters in the late 60s.

Like literally suitcases to get him out of his contract with Bang Records.

Was it Herb Cohen?

I can't remember, had to turn up with a suitcase with $20,000 in and give it to a mafia guy.

Okay.

And then he made that contractual obligation.

But also, we weren't paying Dave for the tour.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

It is, it is.

Okay.

This is from a non-Reedax.

I'm a chartered accountant for two different institutes and a director for a big Ford accounting firm.

I did my tax return at 9 p.m.

on the 31st.

John needs to chill out a bit.

It's fine.

What?

No, the 31st of what?

Well, I'm assuming January.

Why?

Why would you do that?

A non is living his, her, or their best life.

I think a non is causing unnecessary stress.

I think a non's living it.

I think.

I do my kit text with only three clicks of a button.

Do you?

Yeah.

Three.

Yeah.

Talk me through each click.

Submit.

Yeah.

Panic.

Submit.

And delete.

Log in.

And then

backs transfer.

Yeah.

Okay.

But I mean, obviously, that's because I'm keeping up to date with the transactions as they come in.

Yeah.

Yeah.

I'd like to give a non a piece of my mind.

Throw magnets at it.

Because it doesn't give you enough time to sort anything out if there's a problem.

What if you have to like speak to your accountant?

What if you had to like find a receipt?

This is the thing.

It's all well and good if everything's going to plan.

Do it whenever you like.

But the unexpected.

Genuine question.

Yes, Dave.

How important is the whole receipt part of it, would you say?

Okay, this has been something that's been on my mind.

Same because there's we're going,

we're we are moving toward a cashless society, yeah, bigger and faster than almost every other country on earth, actually.

We're also moving towards a receiptless society, yeah.

Would you like to email a receipt?

That kind of caper.

Yes, so I'm wondering if the actual transaction on a statement, which does count as a receipt if you're taking something back

okay proof of purchase does it yeah if you go to tesco and say i bought this hand fan but i think it could be

dangerous because it's not got a kite mark

off and it took my lip off

um when i was trying to get off with it

as to as practice on the beach on the beach yeah i kissed my hand fans on the beach

If you took that back and said, I haven't got the receipt, but I can show you the transaction for $8.99 on my banking.

Yeah.

I think they do take that.

So I would, I cannot, this, Dave.

Yes, Joe.

This is not tax advice.

But I would like to hear from someone at HMRC as to whether you actually need the physical receipts.

We've been down this route already.

As to whether you need the physical receipts anymore.

You probably do for VAT.

Okay, yeah.

Because you have to claim, you have to know that the company is VAT registered.

And you could hear for them.

You could hear from them in your own time, I suppose.

Yeah, but it's easier to do it through the vehicle of this show.

Yeah.

Okay.

Just think of the listeners.

Another Another quick fun fact.

Yeah.

Something fun.

I don't know.

Let's see.

Receipts.

I probably think you naturally think you just whack them in the recycling part of your bin.

But you're not actually meant to put

your receipts in your recycled paper bin because of the ink on the receipts.

It should just go straight in your normal bin.

What?

Yeah.

I don't believe that.

No, I'm not sure.

Yeah, I don't believe that at all.

So therefore, the only paper you can recycle is plain paper without any ink.

John, I know you've got a problem with my boundaries.

Can I I open my laptop to see if this is true?

Yes, you may.

I have my first bit of brown ink.

I've got a song about boundaries, if you want to.

My kids are taught a song about boundaries at school.

Were they?

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

That's very good.

I'm glad of it.

Please stop.

I don't like that.

I feel uncomfortable.

I need more space.

Oh, I love it.

Will you send me this out on Spotify?

It will be.

Let me find the lyrics for you.

Not around me to take a personally.

It's just a boundary.

It's just a boundary.

That's so good.

I was kissing my son on his stomach the other day and he didn't like it.

And he was thinking that's

good.

Please stop.

I don't like that.

I just thought his boundary.

No, of course I didn't.

Oh, that's awful.

Yes, I did.

I did.

Receipts in the UK cannot be recycled because they are printed on thermal paper which contains chemicals like BPA and BPS.

And they're not easy.

Johnny be taking them.

Yeah.

In tab form.

Didn't we win a BPA?

Yes, we did.

Yes.

They are not easily removed during recycling.

There you go.

Listen, we're laughing.

We're learning.

We're enjoying each other's company.

Okay.

Let's do a mini shame well.

A mini shame well from here in London.

Why are we doing a mini shamewell?

Because it's an email.

It's not an post yet.

Which we've played the jingle for.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

I remember when I was going to uni open days.

This is ADHD, David.

I had to use the toilet.

I'm trying to rescue the show because we've had half-remembered facts about receipts.

No, you're rescuing it by derailing it.

This is good humor.

Let me get through the email.

It really made me laugh.

I remember when I was going to uni open days I had to use the toilet.

I asked the front desk where it was, and they said it was up some stairs on the second floor.

Walked up the stairs and saw a room with a single toilet.

Went in and some guy was in the room staring at me.

I thought it was a bit strange, but I walked in, used the toilet, and then left.

Didn't realise until afterwards, but the uni had accommodation for travelling academics on the second floor.

I'd walk past the actual toilet, then walked into some random guy's hotel room, used their toilet for storming out without saying a word to them.

Imagine how that would make you feel.

As which person?

The person whose hotel room it is.

If you're lying on your bed or something,

doing some work, and then

some stranger comes in as a slasher in your toilet and then leaves without saying anything.

I would say something, and I'm not one for confrontation.

But if someone's storming into my dorm or my room or whatever, you've got to say...

Very weird.

What are you doing?

Anyway, let's have the poster, Div.

Okay.

So, you know, the jingle, the Postman Dave jingle was a jingle we played 10 minutes ago.

Which made Zoff feel uncomfortable.

Which made Zoff feel uncomfortable.

Izzy, have you heard the Postman Dave jingle before?

It's good stuff.

Long, yeah.

That's what they said about Be Here Now.

No one said it was good.

In its time, no one said it was good.

It was years later.

I actually think it's unfairly maligned, Be Here Now.

I listened to It's Getting Better, Man, the other day.

Kiss me.

Yeah, I thought this is music.

This is a lovely letter.

A lot of effort's gone in here.

A lot of effort's gone into this correspondence, so it's nice to receive.

And it's from Peta.

Hello, my snappy little whippets.

I hope this parcel finds you well.

Its appearance in Postman Dave's big sack of posts is the results of many years of listening to your show here in the Czech Republic.

The affection I've accumulated for you all erupted in an impromptu reenactment of your recent made-up game, Search and Deploy.

That's where you led it around the studio looking for stuff.

Oh, nice.

Instead of searching the studio, I scoured my apartment in an attempt to find some sweet, sweet gifts to deploy on you as a little thank you for all the joy and solace you've provided me over the years.

I believe an autographed photo of your friend of mine, Emil Zatopek,

this is for Ellis, will tickle Ellis' love of East European Cold War era runners.

Look at this.

Goodness.

Wow, hey.

That's actually me.

He can't even hold it.

I'm holding out for him to take.

He won't take it.

He's one of my all-time sporting heroes.

Give me three facts about Emil Zatopek in a boundaried and concise way.

Won the marathon at the 1948 Olympics, and it was the first time he'd ever run a marathon.

Extraordinary.

He didn't know how to pace himself, so he thought, Well, I'll just run alongside the fastest person and then win at the end.

What?

That's genuinely what I think about when I enter the London.

And then, after 13 miles, he said to the bloke, he went,

is this a normal pace then?

And the guy said,

The guy said, Oh, no, it's usually much faster than this, as a joke.

And he went, All right, then, off I go.

And he just sprinted past him and won by sort of 10 minutes.

That's great.

If you only have that one fact, that's great.

Fact number two, please.

Slight

misremembered fact.

A lot of people think he used to train with his wife on his back.

Oh, yeah.

But it's actually quite hard to find evidence of that.

Right.

He used to recharge using Pilsner.

Oh, lovely.

And he stuff.

he

was the first marathon runner of his kind to use interval training.

And used to have cold showers.

It might be worth a few quid.

It might be.

The book Today We Die a Little by

about Emil Zatpeck is a fantastic read.

And I'm going to give the author due credit.

I think it's called Richardson.

Yeah, I think he's called Richardson Thing.

Richard Asquith, who wrote Today We Die a Little, Emil Zatabek, Olympic Legend, Cold War Hero.

It's an absolute extraordinary book about about an extraordinary blow.

That means the world.

It's worth about 200 quid.

Don't know what noise to make.

Just to keep on making the noise of a train.

I am delighted with that.

So there you go.

Very moved.

So Petsa carries on.

Though the paper is from the 50s, the ink on it is pure 70s.

That's a 70s.

70s ink, has it?

70s ink.

He kissed the picture.

This is intriguing.

There's also a story behind its signing involving a potential West German undercover agent, communist secret police, and a maximum shunting in an Olympic legends kitchen.

And I've just bought Starzi Land.

Which, by the way, explains the strange way the capital E is on Emil, the way it's been written.

He's quadruple looped it.

He's quadruple looped the blooming thing.

But as it pales in comparison to your gripping anecdotes, I won't bore you with it.

So

we need to know about the communist secret police, the undercover agent, and the three looped.

We've been very lucky.

We've had some.

Each spoke about seven languages, hasn't you?

That's a bit.

Anyway, we've been very lucky.

We've had some really lovely, amazing things.

Someone once sent me an original t-shirt from the Freddie Mercury tribute concert.

Unpublished photographs of Freddie Mercury live on stage, which are still on my wall.

Yeah.

But this is a really

quite a lot of chocolate.

But this is our love.

I'm going to go for a run tonight.

I I might start saying to Lila before athletics on Wednesday, today we die a little.

Just to

seven-year-old.

But sometimes she's giving up halfway through some of the runs.

She needs to know how important it is.

You should read the book.

Boundaries, Dave.

I don't like it.

You should read the book because it will inspire you.

The Futuristic Laser Disc here.

Which has also been sent in.

You've also found contains the 2021 Czech biopic of Zatopec.

Cleverly titled Zatopec.

There's lots of running on Cinder tracks in it.

Bliss.

Strangely, it hasn't been released on DVD anywhere except in the US.

Hmm, America.

So I had to source it from eBay.

There's a lot of effort that's gone into these gifts.

It's very, very generous.

Other online marketplaces are available, of course.

So there's a DVD there.

And I think it would be only fitting to repay the effort that Pet has gone into

here by getting other listeners to try and beat that effort.

And we can have a competition.

Yeah.

Who sends John John the best thing?

Yeah, we could do that.

Don't feel you have to, though, listeners, because it's a bit of fun.

Uh, David, can we talk about the chocolate?

Okay, he's coming

as you will certainly agree.

The last item, chocolate, also fits neatly into the Zatopec theme.

Here's another fact for you, Alice.

As he's famously known for eating the delicacy at least once in his life, as shown in the aforementioned film, right?

So, Zatpec eats chocolate or has eaten chocolate at least once in his life, that we know.

So, he's a fan.

Yeah, isn't Czech chocolate?

Checklate.

It's checklate.

John, that's good.

You don't get to touch it first.

You've got the autograph from the laser desk.

Oh, it's a lovely package.

Petter says he's a top.

Simon Cole chocolate ears, checklatiers.

Oh, it's beautiful.

Can I just finish off his credentials, Jack?

Petter.

Sorry.

No, not check.

Petter.

Top Czech PCD, two times retro wanna.

So he's gone round every episode twice.

Is it P E T A?

P-E-T-R.

Oh, that would be Peta.

Yeah.

Man, I think that Peter Czech.

Live vibe tasting planner project 2026.

I don't know whether you've got anything planned for 2026.

Considering I've got two Easter brownies and half a bar of Tony's Chocoloni to get me through today, should I open this beautiful thing now or should we save it?

I think you should save a lot of what's in front of you.

Can I see that letter?

That's that me.

That is.

It's very very thoughtful very

oh and some little stickers of dogs for you john i assume they're for you so you've got some lovely little stickers of dogs because he's got a sense of humor better

he knows how to push the boundaries of humor you're challenging me dave you have the stickers of the

dog stickers it's because we're the little whippets oh there we go of course wow we well thank you so much ellis is going to cherish that i really am a picture of emil's attitude i don't know what to do do i take this home No, you chuck it in the bin.

Or do I leave it in the studio?

I think you take a complete love.

That's got to go pride of place.

Next to your signed picture of John Charles, I got you.

Yeah.

Is it not a lovely studio?

Then Petter can see it each week as he sees our socials on BBC Sounds.

I think, Ellis, you get to do what you want because it's your Prezi.

Oh, dear.

Oh.

We need to start doing some emails soon.

We've just put him in a pickle.

Well, why don't you have it take it home and then bring it in or vice versa?

It can move between the studio and at home.

Do you know what?

I'm.

That's not going to happen, is it?

We can take it home.

I am going to take it home, do you?

Yeah, it's funny.

I'm going to leave it on the table for now.

Why don't you put it next to the good radio bell for this episode?

Right, oh, this is from Sam.

Hi, gents.

Saw this while searching for a new audiobook to listen to.

Is John now the subject of Wordle romance fiction regards Sam?

This is by Amy James.

A heart-warming and humorous romance in which an unlikely couple fall in love.

Over Wordle?

A five-letter word for love.

A novel by Amy James, read by Katie Costa.

Oh, let's think of five-letter words for love.

That's fun, isn't it?

Keep going.

27-year-old Emily doesn't have a lot going well in her life right now.

She dreams of a creative career, but works as a receptionist in an auto shop.

She longs for big city life, but lives in a small town on Prince Edward Island.

She craves a close group of friends, but is stuck with irritating, car-obsessed co-workers.

what emery does have is a 300 plus day streak on the new york times wordle but one day with only one guest left and no clue what the answer is she's forced to turn to one of her irritating car obsessed co-workers john for help and in doing so realizes that he might not be so irritating after all

that's not john then

as they make their way word by word towards towards a 365-day streak, Emily's drawn into a surprising romance that will take her outside of her comfort zone and challenge everything she thought she knew about happiness, success, and love.

Format e-audiobook, file type MP3, published by Harper Audio, duration 9 hours 33 minutes.

Steve, someone's written a love story about me.

Your car obsessed, John.

I know it's me too.

I'm obsessed with my car.

He likes his car.

I like my car.

You like cars, though.

Yeah, but I would never, I don't like want, I don't.

If I said Nissan Leaf, you'd have an opinion.

I'd have an accurate image of a Nissan Leaf in my head.

Okay.

But I don't lust after a sort of a Mercedes or anything like that.

I've come up with some five-letter words for love.

Kissy.

Yeah.

Cares.

Amore.

Adore.

Lusty.

Adore is a good one.

Ador is great.

And

five M's.

Yeah, pretty decent week on Wordle, actually.

I'm actually beating the bot by 0.2 less average steps.

Yeah, so I'm not sweating anything.

And you shouldn't be.

Is there a Wordle bot?

Oh, well, this is interesting.

It's funny you should ask that, Dave.

Yeah, there's a robot.

There's a robot made by scientists and code,

which is 100%

good at Wordle.

Dave.

So what are you then if you're beating it by two steps?

This is the question on everybody's lips.

Am I the world's most eligible bachelor?

Nope.

Most literate bachelor.

Just get my stats up.

Read my analysis.

Oh, yeah.

So, sorry, this is interesting.

Wordle bot averaging 3.6

guesses over the past two weeks.

Johnny JR John Robbins, human flesh and blood and bone,

3.4.

So that's 0.2 better than a robot made by scientists and code.

Well done.

Thanks.

Well done.

That's like awesome.

That's a John Wins Again for next week.

It's a John Wins Again for next weekday.

Absolutely.

Let's chat to Adrian and then read out a very helpful email, Dave.

Good idea.

I'm just about to eat some of that brownie that's been sat there for an hour.

Okay.

Sucks.

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By the way, I should say this commentary of every ball of every championship match live via the BBC Sport website and app, as well as on Smart Speaker.

Also on the website, the live text commentary keeps you across all the day's stories.

Ellis and John are

coming up directly.

How are you, fellows?

Well, I've just done a whole brownie full of mini eggs, so I am about to hit the roof.

Oh, no, quick talk, talk before it hits.

It's going to hit the roof.

You've got about 25, 30 seconds, haven't you, before you?

How is it possible to provide ball-by-ball commentary on every single county match at current funding levels?

How is that possible, Adrian?

It's because of the unique way we're funded.

It makes it possible.

I didn't know that was even out there.

Every ball, every county.

Yes!

Come on!

It's good.

Let's do it.

Absolutely.

Summer's here, Adrian.

We got mini eggs in our brownies.

Okay, and now the crash will come.

And so Ellis can take over.

Does his face physically change?

Ball by ball, they come.

God, when will it end?

When will the county championship end, Adrian?

We're being stretched our limits here.

Yes, this sugar rush is going on a bit longer than usual, which is to my dismay, really.

How well are West Brom playing at the moment, Adrian?

Oh, very poorly.

Bring us back down to Earth.

Very, very

middle.

Between crash and high is West Brom's current form.

Because you're playing Cardiff on the 26th of April away.

How do you think that's going to go?

We could be on the beach by then because I think if we lose to Watford tomorrow,

having had the heartbreak of a 96-minute winner conceded to Bristol City on Tuesday night, we're five points off the sixth playoff place and desperation.

Where was that then, AJ?

Where was that down Ashton Gate?

Did you go watch it?

No, I couldn't.

I couldn't watch the watch.

You get messed up after.

You go down North Street, you get messed up.

I can mess myself up in an empty house after

an injury time performance like that.

I go down Rose and Crown after going Ashengay, sometimes end up in a bloom canal.

No, we're a good bunch, though.

We're a good bunch down there.

Just don't, you know, if you step out of line, we'll knock your teeth out.

But, you know, we're decent folk.

Ellis, have you ever been to football with him?

No, John's never been to football match.

He's too scared.

I've been to one football match.

Which one's that?

Chesham United versus Hayes and Yedding.

Oh, of course, yeah, because John's a Hays and Yedding Ultra.

I'm a Hays and Yedding Ultra, AJ.

It's going to be an Ultra.

It's like a double ultra.

The works.

Yeah, he's a double ultra.

Two different teams.

He loved it.

Okay, and where are the swans this weekend, Ellis?

Let me think, because we beat Plymouth very convincingly.

He doesn't know.

He's not a real fan.

We beat Plymouth very convincingly last night, and we are away at Sunderland on Saturday.

I mean,

you've got to salute.

You've got to salute the swans who are making that journey.

It's called a gut is when I went to Sunderland.

It was horrible.

It's just kind of a third from bottom, and they're playing new lit in the season.

I was wondering, hmm, I can't wonder.

Well, we'll see.

We can discuss this further before then.

Okay, well, I hope, John, before you start, I hope

your sugar crash crush has corrected itself and you're back on the upward slope.

It's like global equities, your mood swings when you start.

Buy the dip, Adrian!

Buy the dip!

Oh, God, Dave, I've eaten another half a brownie.

Obviously, John...

has done fantastically well to quit the booze.

Oh, so brave.

So brave.

You are.

Dave, I'm very bra I'm one of the bravest little soldiers in the world, unless there's someone else quite close to me.

And now, obviously,

he's in the middle of his chocolate addiction.

It's ma ass.

So when the chocolate addiction eventually gets dealt with,

what now?

I'll have to have a booth or something, like a little pod.

Like a sex cod in the office.

Yeah.

In the studio.

like those in japan you know they have those little sort of oh yeah it's just a single bed and a curtain and a pod for like sort of stressed office workers yeah people who go out on the lash and miss the last train home but obviously you eat chocolate throughout the records so when you become a sex addict

so it'll be like ellis read

three emails

Oh man.

I don't know.

We've just got to keep finding more nourishing outlets, haven't we?

And stop trying to change the way we feel with chocolate, Dave.

But actually, it's okay to change the way you feel with chocolate because chocolate's lovely.

I think it's okay for finding a bit of joy in chocolate.

Can we become addicted to lettuce or something, maybe?

Like a big iceberg.

The thing is, if I don't have it in the house, I'm okay.

But if it's in, it's gone.

Yeah.

If it comes through the front door, it's going out of the back door.

Dave,

I cannot exist with anything sweet in my house.

Yeah.

But out of sight, out of mind.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Makes the heart grow fonder.

Yeah.

And that fond heart

lands at this table every Friday afternoon.

It's not timing the market, it's time in the market.

Say it again.

It's not timing the market, it's time in the market.

Right.

Warren Buffett.

I saw two girls today on the platform at the train station with their mum, and they were obviously right in the centre of the wee and poo stage.

Yeah.

Singing songs about pooing on the train, poos being in the loo, weeing on each other on the train.

I was laughing so much, but I didn't want them because it's my kind of humor in a way.

Is it?

Well, it's just so joyful when you don't often hear that stuff in public.

No.

And then and then I noticed in a pushchair, there was a sort of probably eight-month-old baby just staring at them with that look of complete awe.

Yeah.

Like besotted with his sisters, but just not quite understanding what was happening.

Yeah, it was great.

What would you say, six years old?

That seems prime.

Five to six, I was like, five to six, I think, is prime.

Threatening to eat each other because they were strawberries.

And then one saying, I'm not a strawberry, I'm a banana.

Yeah.

And then it was poo-poo banana.

It was poo banana.

Pooh nama.

My son, if

anything happens to him that's good,

for instance, I gave him a biscuit the other day.

He goes, Bestie in my life, be me.

yes

that's nice

yes the baby the baby makes me laugh at the end yeah and just to think in about 10 years time they'll hate your guts yeah oh my lord betty often says i apologize because i can feel it coming oh does she been like three or four years time if i'm grumpy with you i'm sorry does she say that yeah yeah yeah that's remote where the hell is she getting that emotionally intelligently intelligent than me that'll be remarkable yeah yeah she's like i I don't mean it.

But

I probably will go through it, so sorry.

Is she the cleverest person in the world?

She's the cleverest person I know.

Huh.

He knows me, Dave.

Yeah, and I know John.

Yeah, and you never apologise for your Dave.

Yeah.

No.

I don't even apologise after it's happened.

Never apologise, never explain.

You know that bit last week when I was just really frosty and snippy with you?

I'm glad.

Have you learned your lesson?

Do you even know what the lesson is?

Yeah.

That's my concern.

Oh,

it'd be nice to have kids for an hour

at that age.

Very common, I think, opinion, that.

Yeah, I was grumpy with my parents when I was a teenager.

It never occurred to me it was because of hormones and puberty and all that kind of stuff.

I didn't say anything between 1994 and 2005.

Right, we got a lovely email.

We've got a lovely email from Grace in, I'm guessing in response to our very well-received credit credit score special,

which has been nominated for various awards in communication.

Yeah, coverage of an event.

Coverage of an event.

It's the racing from Cheltenham,

the inauguration of Trump, and the credit score special.

John's credit card meltdown.

It's not credit card meltdown.

Credit score meltdown.

But it was, yes, go.

It got resolved.

Yes, 8 a.m.

the following day.

8 a.m.

the following day.

We were at the max.

Okay.

Anyway, Grace says, hello, you lovely trio.

I'm getting in touch after Friday's credit score special.

And firstly, can I say which other podcast could move so seamlessly between Guff prenups to credit scores via double curry?

That's my argument.

No one else is doing this.

That's my argument.

That's great banter casting.

That's great banter casting.

I work for National Debt Line, a debt advice charity, and wanted to send a quick message about anyone worrying about their debt or finances.

Sadly, we know many people wait a long time to seek support.

It's not uncommon for people to wait over a year to get in touch.

And worrying about the impact on their credit score is something people tell us has been part of why they don't get in touch sooner.

Interesting.

While credit scores are of course important, if your debts have become unmanageable or you're struggling to pay household bills, the best thing you can do is speak to a debt advice charity.

They will never judge anyone's situation and will help you work out the best option for you and give you practical next steps to take.

Someone we've helped recently said the following to me.

When you think something is the end of the world and you phone a debt advice charity and they help you realize it isn't and there's something that can be done, that's invaluable.

I hope that gives anyone listening to this reassurance and hope that no matter the situation, there is help out there.

You might not be able to name my charity.

Of course we can, Grace.

It's the national debt line.

But if you don't want to shout it out, you can direct people to moneyhelper.org.uk, which is the government-run service where people can look up debt advice charities to contact.

Thank you, Grace.

And thank you, Grace.

I remember my time in the gambling addiction world, and debt advice charities do great work, as do the Citizens Advice Bureau.

And

avoiding a problem does not help.

So get out there and chat to someone who knows what you're going through.

That's put a spring in my step, that

email.

Yes,

great work.

Great work in some of the most terrifying circumstances one can find themselves in.

From debt advice to Pierce Brosnan.

No one else is doing this.

No one else is doing this, Alice.

Who's this email from?

No name.

I was enjoying a new drama this week when I was shocked to find Piers Brosnan playing none other than D.I.

Robbins in his new show, Mobland.

It turns out D.I.

Robbins has turned his back on Law and Order and is now residing in a big country house overseeing a huge crime enterprise.

See for yourself on Paramount Plus.

You can't mistake that Irish lilt.

Let's hear it.

Well, you'd better pray.

Oh my God.

That's amazing.

That's poor.

That's poor from Brunholm.

Brosnan's Irish.

He's also an actor.

He's an Irish actor doing an Irish man.

Why is he taking inspiration from D.I.

Robbins?

Well, I would say D.I.

Robbins is a better Irish accent than Bronholm.

Oh, the way you say Heathrow as D.I.

Robbins makes me laugh every time.

Dave, desperate to tease forward to the Bureau de Change.

I can see him.

He's on the starters' blocks, ready, set.

Go.

Here you go, Dave.

If you want to hear more, D.I.

Robbins, then join BBC Sounds every Saturday morning for the Bureau de Change of the Mind.

Yes,

it's just, we've got so many writers working on that, haven't we, Dave?

Oh, night and day.

Monday to Thursday.

best in la yeah but it's costing us dave they're on 700 quid a day yeah four days a week yeah there's ten of them and he's irish that's 28 grand a week dave yeah but worth every blumming penny worth every blump and 10 minutes of creative brilliance on the bureau de change

right then everyone speaking of um creative brilliance we might have to take some time now to do a bit of writing

um because we've come to the end of the show haven't we we've come to the end we're going to do accents accents another time?

We've run out of time for accents, haven't we?

We have run out of time for accents.

We can just maybe it's a lovely tease, isn't it?

That we've got a little some it's a terrible tease because we don't really know what we're doing with it yet.

No, we don't.

But the but we've not uh we've not forgotten the UNESCO collect World Cup of Accents, have we?

There's something that I described

in particular, Alison, who called in on the Comedy Connection.

I described her as having a UNESCO World Heritage accent.

Yes.

And I think a lot of people in Tlenetli have UNESCO World Heritage accents.

And so there is going to be a feature coming.

I mean, I want to get Alison back on the phone.

I'd get her to read the phone book.

Love it.

You might be able to with how the features panning out, but we'll.

I mean, I know Noah.

Celebrating the great and good of accents around the world.

Right, John?

Just taking his big jacket off.

Get a bit sweater.

I love it.

Well, you got knitwear on underneath a pretty thick cream jacket.

It's a waffle top.

Dave,

talk to your blooming fashion podcast about waffle tops.

There isn't one.

There should be.

Me, Phil Dunster.

He's in a Lecoq Sportif polo.

You're in a Patagonia t-shirt.

I'm the fashionistic.

I'll be honest, I've not tried today, John.

I like Patagonia.

The problem with Patagonia t-shirts is they're often very baggy.

That's the fashion now.

I know, but it doesn't suit me.

I think one of the one of the, not a problem, if you like it, Patagonia have a lot of logos on the back.

Big old logos.

Again, and it's a really nice design to put it on the front.

I'm not a big logo back guy.

Neither am I, because it makes you look like you've been to the 1991 Reading Festival.

Yeah.

But it's in.

And you waffletop's nice, John.

Thank you.

Can you see me making my pecs dance, Dave?

Oh, no.

Alice, give me that microwave glass.

They don't make a noise.

Yeah.

No.

Yeah, you can.

You're barely nitro from gladiators.

Right.

Who does a pec dance brilliantly?

Hannah Swoons.

I need a coffee.

John Arnold.

Oh, no.

No.

As night follows day.

This this is much quicker.

I've just eaten about 700 calories of chocolate.

I watched, and I helped.

You did help, didn't you, Dave?

And Ellis helped a bit.

You're weak.

You are weak.

I'm not weak.

I did rope climbs this week.

Did you?

Yeah.

You can't do legless ones, though.

No.

No.

Tricky.

He's gone.

He's gone.

He's alright.

He's alright.

Just needs the coffee.

I need water.

John.

Do you need more chocolate?

Alice, are you mad?

No, Well, no, I'm trying to get him through the next, through the burrow and through the.

I'm good.

I'm good.

I'm good.

I'm good.

I'm good.

Slap her on the face called Shower.

I could do that, actually.

I used to do that before my tour shows.

What, you'd slap yourself in the face?

I'd slap myself, yeah.

Would you?

Yeah, no, it's a good thing.

Do you do it to your body?

Yeah.

Tibetan Buddhists do it.

It

sort of gets their energy going.

In fact, I will just...

You know, I loved that show.

But the idea of you slapping yourself in the face before going on and talking about alchemism for our office every gig.

Every single gig.

Every gig.

I can see your pecs moving then.

You do it like this.

It looks like you've forgotten your wallet.

You do that.

And then you're like, right, I can do this gig now.

Come on, Guilford G-Life.

I'm going to go to the Luke's then.

I've got to do some writing.

Okay, can someone wrap up the episode?

Thank you very much for listening.

Thank you very much for downloading.

We'll be back with you on Saturday.

That's disgusting.

We'll be back with you on Saturday with the Bureau Deschange of the Mind, and we've got lots of very interesting developments in that.

And then, of course, on Tuesday.

And if you're next to a radio, for God's sake, listen to us on Five Life After Aging because it all counts.

John's off to play Boggle in the Boggle.

Yeah.

Anyway, love you lots.

Goodbye.

Sucks, the new musical has made Tony award-winning history on Broadway.

We demand to be home.

Winner, best score.

We demand to be seen.

Winner, best book.

We demand to be quality.

It's a theatrical masterpiece that's thrilling, inspiring, dazzlingly entertaining, and unquestionably the most emotionally stirring musical this season.

Suffs, playing the Orpheum Theater, October 22nd through November 9th.

Tickets at BroadwaySF.com.