Sea shanties had exploded over a single weekend
Scott and Chris returned after a few days to discover their timelines had completely changed.
Sea shanties were suddenly everywhere.
Celebrities were joining in.
Remixes were appearing.
The viral version of *Wellerman* had become one of those internet moments which seemed to go from niche to unavoidable almost overnight.
Chris had not simply watched it happen.
He had started messaging people.
Chris sent 220 Kid a sea-shanty voice note
On his day off, Chris contacted producer 220 Kid and suggested somebody needed to turn the trend into a proper remix.
Then Chris went into a spare room, recorded himself singing a rough sea-shanty part and sent the voice note over.
Scott was dragged into the project too after receiving a message asking him to record a verse and chorus.
What began as messing around on WhatsApp quickly became a finished track.
Nathan Evans joined the remix too
The team also brought in Nathan Evans, the Scottish postman whose rendition of *Wellerman* had helped push the sea-shanty craze into the mainstream.
Scott was amazed that a few messages over a weekend had turned into a record involving Nathan, Chris, Scott and 220 Kid.
The first proper play felt like one of those Radio 1 moments where an internet joke had suddenly become an actual piece of pop music.
Chris modestly pointed out that his technical contribution had mostly been one voice note.
The Who Game brought back Tumblr, boat shoes and free landline calls
Monday’s Who Game returned with a rapid run of forgotten habits.
Posting on Tumblr.
Running out of phone credit.
Using the family landline after 6pm because calls were cheaper.
Boat shoes.
Changing a Facebook relationship status and waiting for everybody to notice.
The feature remained strongest when the item was not ancient — just recently obsolete enough to make everybody realise they had stopped thinking about it.
Don’t Look It Up went into international fast food
Producer Grace hosted a Fast Food Abroad round.
Scott and Chris learned that Australian McDonald’s had sold a ham pocket and were disappointed it was not called a McHam Pocket.
A deliberately stereotypical French Pizza Hut question involved baguettes, mushrooms and snails.
The quiz mixed real international menu items with fake ones, forcing the pair to decide which ideas were too ridiculous even for fast food.
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