The team debuts a brand new feature designed to finally make Laura cry, after years of trying and failing to reduce her to tears on air — and they surprisingly succeed with an unexpectedly emotional video clip.
This episode sees the introduction of “Make Laura Cry,” a new running feature on the show. The team starts by discussing the film Beaches with Laura, noting that she regularly watches the emotional 1980s tearjerker starring Bette Midler to deliberately make herself cry. They play a famous clip from the film, but Laura manages to keep it together despite the sad scene.
The conversation then veers into other topics, including discussion of Big Brother and the mounting complaints about the show (the numbers kept fluctuating wildly on rolling news coverage), which leads Scott to joke about deliberately offending listeners to generate complaints and therefore boost ratings.
There’s an extended section with a character called Steve 30, who’s ringing in to discuss being sacked from his job at a pressure cooker manufacturing company after just four and a half days. The story unfolds through a series of mishaps: leaving 15 minutes early on his first day (following advice from a book about not being a soft touch), taking extended pipe breaks, not wearing the required uniform jacket, and causing a fire alarm incident involving a scented candle — all of which he disputes as wrongful dismissal grounds.
The “Make Laura Cry” feature returns toward the end, with the team finally succeeding by playing what appears to be an emotional homemade or sentimental video clip involving someone talking about their dad and family memories. This time Laura does visibly tear up, making it a genuine win for the feature.
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