Scott explores the world’s worst criminal nicknames (the Crutch Bandit tops the list for sheer embarrassment), then introduces a brand new game that asks listeners to guess whether celebrities have more love or hate websites online.
The show opens with a lengthy discussion of the so-called Crutch Bandit, a bank robber in Albuquerque who wore a ninja outfit and crutches while committing robberies — a combination that made him spectacularly easy to identify. Scott argues he’d want a much better nickname if he were going to end up in jail, and compares notes with the team about historically memorable criminal aliases: the Leprechaun Bandit, Arsenic Anna, the Axeman of New Orleans, Ice Pick Willie (a mob hitman whose weapon of choice explained his moniker), and Bender. The conversation also drifts into Scott’s stylist leaving him a note about wearing pants to styling sessions, leading to a tangent about whether people try clothes on in changing rooms without underwear.
The centrepiece of the show is Scott’s new game, “Love or Hate,” which asks players to guess whether named celebrities have more Google results for “I love [celebrity]” or “I hate [celebrity].” Scott tests the game on Zane Lowe and listener callers. Results include: Cilla Black (mostly loved), Dave Pearce (more loved than Princess Diana, surprisingly), Gail Platt from Coronation Street (nearly tied, with slight edge to hate), Mother Theresa (vastly more loved), and George Bush (significantly more hated). Scott notes that only Bush and Gail Platt appear more hated than loved among the names tested — making them less beloved than Britney Spears.
The show also features a segment on euphemistic “shut-up music” played at awards shows when speeches run too long, with discussion of using such music in real life to curtail boring conversations, and a return to older popular songs with surprisingly filthy lyrics, including “Take It Easy” by the Eagles and tracks by the Drifters and Brotherhood of Man.
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