The first pub nights back were already taking their toll
Listeners in parts of England had spent the previous night returning to pub gardens.
By Tuesday afternoon, some were messaging Radio 1 to say they were exhausted and wanted to go home to bed.
Scott and Chris recognised the problem immediately.
A year without normal nights out had reduced everybody’s tolerance.
People had approached reopening with the enthusiasm of a major event and were now discovering ordinary weekday drinking still had consequences.
Peppa Pig sounded completely different when explained literally
Jessie returned to the show’s growing collection of children’s TV explained by adults.
This time she tackled Peppa Pig.
The description opened by pointing out that the programme had reportedly been banned in one country after concerns about imitating behaviour associated with the character.
Then came the actual plot.
Peppa is a pig.
Her brother is George.
There are Mummy Pig and Daddy Pig.
Friends are various other species of animal and everybody coexists without the normal rules of the food chain appearing to matter.
Peppa’s great passion is jumping in muddy puddles.
Scott and Chris accepted all of this sounded normal only because millions of people had grown up with it.
The whistling scene turned Peppa into a gangster
Jessie highlighted the famous moment when Peppa phones Suzy Sheep to ask whether she can whistle.
Peppa explains the technique.
Suzy immediately produces a perfect whistle.
Peppa’s reaction is to hang up.
Presented as children’s television, it is funny.
Described by an adult, it made Peppa sound like a volatile gangster who could not cope with somebody outperforming her.
Scott and Chris also tried to remember whether they had once met the voice of Peppa Pig on a night out.
They became increasingly convinced they had met former voice actor Harley Bird but could not remember where or why.
The Who Game produced Terry Tibbs and Mystic Meg
The Who Game returned with a particularly strong collection of memories.
Old television and internet names came flying back.
Terry Tibbs resurfaced with his unmistakable way of speaking.
So did Mystic Meg.
Scott could not resist the obvious joke:
where did Mystic Meg go?
She never saw that coming.
The feature worked best when one sound or name instantly brought back an entire period of television.
This was one of those rounds.
Pitbull or Shakespeare remained absurdly difficult
Don’t Look It Up brought back Pitbull or Shakespeare.
The principle was still almost too silly to explain.
Hear a quote.
Decide whether it came from an Elizabethan playwright or Mr Worldwide.
The fact the game remained difficult only made it better.
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