Carly Rae Jepsen’s one-way follow
Scott brought back Who Follows Who?, the game exposing awkward gaps between celebrities who appeared to be friends or close colleagues. Carly Rae Jepsen and Owl City had made the international number-one single “Good Time” together, yet their Twitter relationship only went in one direction: Carly followed Owl City, while Adam Young did not follow her back.
Danny Howard discovered a similar imbalance much closer to home. He followed Trevor Nelson and spoke to him regularly when their programmes crossed over at Radio 1 and 1Xtra, but Trevor did not follow Danny. Danny tried to sound unconcerned, while remembering how quickly Zane Lowe had corrected an earlier omission after hearing it discussed on air.
Most of the available Friends cast followed one another, with one exception: David Schwimmer followed Matthew Perry and Lisa Kudrow, but not Courteney Cox. A listener suggested Schwimmer’s friendship with Cox’s former husband David Arquette might explain it. There was no equivalent Destiny’s Child scandal, as Beyoncé, Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams all followed one another.
Dan takes over the Radio 1 office
Chris had found a website which endlessly repeated Alan Partridge shouting “Dan” across a car park. Whenever somebody left their computer unattended during lunch, he loaded the page and turned up the volume. Opening it on several machines created a badly synchronised chorus of Dans across Radio 1’s open-plan office.
The prank was filmed for the Radio 1 Facebook page, where viewers described it as genius and noticed the unfortunately positioned hole in Chris’s jumper. Listeners quickly copied him. One attempted it on the display computers in an electrical shop, while others reported it spreading into offices and libraries around the country.
Donkeys, Dear Scott and a haunted house
A caller provided evidence for Scott’s theory that donkeys had once been fashionable household pets. Her nan’s friend carried photographs of the donkeys he had kept during the 1960s, including one sitting on his bed. Scott remained convinced that the animals were due a comeback after seeing an old film which suggested they were intelligent, affectionate and potentially useful for carrying shopping.
In Dear Scott, one listener clarified that Beccy had never encountered Snow Patrol lyrics above somebody’s bed, although Pitbull lyrics were another matter. Another said the show’s French-accent experiment had inspired a move to France, where even a northern rendition of Chris’s baguette phrase seemed to work better than it ever had for him. A family in Australia had also adopted “Bisch Bash Bosch” without anybody around them understanding why.
Scott’s flat, meanwhile, appeared increasingly hostile. A section of ceiling and its light fitting had fallen into the living room, a vase had dropped near him in the kitchen and the alarm had sounded at 1am despite not being set. After hearing the stories, his flatmate placed a teddy bear above the kitchen skylight so Scott would look up and think the house had acquired something even more sinister.
Greg James plays Radio 1 Real or No Real
Greg James joined Scott and Chris for the final Radio 1 presenter edition of Real or No Real. Mistajam really had acted in the 2001 revival of Crossroads, playing kitchen assistant Minty Sutton before establishing himself at 1Xtra. Trevor Nelson had not been airlifted on to Nelson’s Column for a 1990s Radio 1 feature, and Gemma Cairney had not attended an East London party dressed as the concept of jealousy.
Sara Cox had not entertained a rain-delayed Wimbledon crowd with “Bohemian Rhapsody”, despite everybody wanting the story to be true. Nick Grimshaw had, however, owned an imaginary camel as a child. He held its invisible lead at shoulder height and even made his mother wait outside shops with it. Greg and Chris both finished with 20 points.
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