Tag: 2007
Scott and the team wage war on a frustrating mail order company by keeping their customer service rep on hold for over four minutes, complete with voice changers and an impersonation of Emeli Sande — then discover a bizarre pattern of listeners whose exes only date girls with specific names. [...]
Scott sets up a quirky quiz game to finally force Jenny's reluctant ex-boyfriend Nick to collect his belongings he's left scattered around her flat for three months — with the twist that he wins back items if he answers questions about his former girlfriend correctly, but she destroys them if he gets them wrong. [...]
Scott tests his theory that power plates were invented purely so men could watch women jiggle, and later discovers Tooth Tunes — a toothbrush that plays music through your teeth. [...]
Scott and the team dive into Canada's unlikely national sport of competitive pillow fighting, play Laura's new quiz game "The Biggest Loser" where yes-answers spell out L-O-S-E-R, and attempt a sticky new game involving fizzy drinks and pop sweets. [...]
Scott attempts to sell paparazzi photos of Laura to The Sun after she attends the Sony Radio Awards, then the show features a hilariously uncomfortable Chelsea Football Club interview where players struggle to admit another teammate is good-looking. [...]
Scott discovers a brilliantly named 1950s American toy dog called Gaylord (complete with bone), and launches a running bit asking listeners to call in naked — which, despite it being 4pm on a Friday, yields several willing participants. [...]
Scott attempts to reform a rude motorist with a Susan Jeffers self-help tape prank, and then falls victim to an elaborate wind-up from Jo Whiley involving a fake voicemail message recorded on the street. [...]
A chaotic show filled with genuinely unsettling American gun-rental adverts, an extended debate about what Brazilians are actually named after (with surprising geographical analysis), and multiple callers confessing to creating MySpace pages for their cats — written entirely from the cats' perspective. [...]
Scott and the team head to a pub garden near Radio 1 for a bizarre game involving a paintball gun, an apple, and Laura's head on the line — all decided by a William Tell trivia question. [...]
A chaotic show packed with Dalek voice boxes, a surprising theory about melon-buying habits, and an apology for Jo Whiley accidentally swearing on air during a bingo game. [...]