No Blue Monday
Scott refused to accept the idea that the third Monday in January had to be miserable.
He began with upbeat records and asked listeners to ignore the annual Blue Monday coverage.
Charlie from the Isle of Man opened the show by revealing that he had applied for First Dates ten times without success. He then nominated his brother, who received a reply immediately.
Scott said that was painful, although perhaps not as painful as his friend being rejected by Naked Attraction.
Rylan’s phone on Michael McIntyre
Scott had appeared in Rylan’s Send to All segment on Michael McIntyre’s Big Show.
Michael sent everyone in Rylan’s contacts a message offering a spa trip involving Botox, waxing, a colonic and a couples’ massage.
Scott replied: “Free Botox, I’m there,” before adding that he was not bloated, just fat.
He had forgotten about the exchange until his reply appeared on television while he was eating spaghetti bolognese.
Rylan had also been horrified when he realised a dating app was visible on his phone during the segment.
Messages sent to the wrong person
Listeners shared texts and emojis that had gone badly wrong.
Andrea tried to send her son and his husband a rainbow flag for their fifth anniversary, but accidentally selected the flag of Bolivia.
Rachel messaged a pest-control worker asking him to return because cockroaches remained in her home, then accidentally added a kissing-face emoji.
Thomas said his 81-year-old father had embraced emojis but ended almost every message with a cowboy, regardless of the subject.
Scott also heard from people who had sent complaints about colleagues or family members directly to the person being discussed.
The Birthday Game: Rosemary
Rosemary celebrated with her Highland pony, which she described as large, chunky and extremely difficult.
Her first Birthday Game spin produced The Monkees’ I’m a Believer, number one on her birthday in 1967.
She accepted it immediately because it came from her preferred era.
Scott noted that the group had not played the instruments on the original recording because the producers did not consider them good enough.
Rosemary received the birthday balloon without needing a second spin.
The Music Police
Scott reopened Corinne’s long-running Music Police case.
She remembered a layered female vocal, possibly taken from a show tune and sampled at the beginning of another record.
Previous suggestions had included Harry Styles’ Watermelon Sugar, Daft Punk’s One More Time, Fatboy Slim’s Praise You, Aztec Camera’s Somewhere in My Heart and House of Pain’s Jump Around.
New suggestions included Public Enemy’s Harder Than You Think, Robbie Williams’ Radio, Shanks & Bigfoot’s Sweet Like Chocolate and Bob and Earl’s Harlem Shuffle.
None was correct.
Scott formally left the mystery as a cold case, although he promised the Music Police would continue investigating.
Handover
Scott handed over to Sara Cox after admitting Corinne’s unidentified song was beginning to occupy far too much of his brain.
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