Chris’s return to football had gone exactly as predicted
Before his first game back, Chris had joked that months away from football would probably end with him immediately getting injured.
That was essentially what happened.
By Tuesday his foot looked bad enough for listeners to start sending increasingly concerned messages.
Scott could not believe it had taken comments from people on Radio 1 to persuade Chris to get it checked.
Chris finally accepted that Instagram’s army of amateur doctors might have a point.
He began sending positive-vibes requests to listeners in the hope that collective energy would somehow have him ready to play again by Thursday.
Even Scott accepted this was less useful than seeing an actual medical professional.
Ollie Ball and Jacob had suddenly become internet stars
The programme then welcomed Ollie Ball and Jacob, two school friends from Bolton whose TikTok reviews had exploded online.
They reviewed food, drinks and almost anything else placed in front of them.
The appeal came from the catchphrases, blunt enthusiasm and the feeling that two mates were simply filming whatever amused them.
Ollie said the whole thing had begun with food reviews in November.
Then he made one with Jacob.
The videos took off.
Before long people were stopping them for photographs and celebrities were getting involved.
Scott reminded them they were now on Radio 1, another sign that the joke had travelled much further than either expected.
Lynx Africa became the smell of adolescence
Scott and Chris asked the boys to review Lynx Africa.
Ollie immediately described the aroma as unbelievable.
More importantly, he identified exactly where it belonged culturally:
teenage boys.
Changing rooms.
Christmas gift sets.
The smell had become shorthand for a whole stage of adolescence.
Scott and Chris treated the review like serious fragrance criticism while knowing almost everybody listening already had their own memory attached to that particular deodorant.
The boys also talked about famous people who had noticed their videos, including footballers and Joel Corry.
For two school mates from Bolton, the internet had accelerated very quickly.
Fast Food Abroad and twisted audio finished the show
Don’t Look It Up moved into Fast Food Abroad, using international menu items that sounded too strange to be real.
Another round used twisted audio, taking familiar songs and making them difficult to recognise.
The quiz gave Scott and Chris the same problem Ollie and Jacob had turned into a career:
ordinary things become much more entertaining once somebody describes or presents them in a slightly odd way.
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