Tag: 2008
David Hasselhoff rings in from Los Angeles to chat about his new social network Hoffspace, his upcoming UK visit, and a distinctly odd movie idea that Scott dreams up after hearing several bizarre stories about snakes emerging from toilet bowls. [...]
Scott reflects on taking his maths GCSE exam live on air with the team, while emotional listener Ellie Barry from Cirencester bids farewell to her surname on the eve of her wedding — complete with a parody of Elton John's "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road." [...]
Scott challenges Beccy to persuade a complete stranger to lie for her on the street, while Lloyd returns with his Magic 8 Ball to predict the Euro 2008 quarter-final results. Plus, the team discovers gummy sweets shaped like lighthouses—sweets that look decidedly un-lighthouse-like. [...]
Two listeners share bewildering messages from the same persistent online dater whose elaborate, over-the-top first contact email becomes the unlikely centrepiece of the show — set to music for full effect. [...]
Beccy is sent to find a complete stranger at Oxford Circus to impersonate her father when her boss calls during a fake sickie, plus Lloyd returns as the show's irreverent 12-year-old football expert to preview Euro 2008. [...]
Beccy faces an uncomfortable choice between revealing embarrassing secrets from friends or eating bizarre exotic foods while blindfolded in a tense game of Truth or Dare, plus the show calls chemists with deliberately awkward product names and revisits some memorable listener stories. [...]
Chappers claims to be reporting live from Old Trafford cricket ground in Manchester for the England vs New Zealand Twenty20 match, but the team is deeply sceptical of his story — especially when suspicious background sounds emerge. Meanwhile, Lloyd returns with more football facts, and there's another hilarious Barryoke performance. [...]
BBC News reader Kate Silverton joins Scott on his "My Name Is Scott" repentance feature, turning the tables by revealing she's caught him red-handed—making drunk audio clips of her sound ridiculous on air, which she's now forcing him to make increasingly awkward phone calls to apologize. [...]
Scott considers changing his name to Malcolm Bonkers after meeting a listener with that actual surname, while the team investigates a viral clip of a reporter who swallows a fly live on air and has a complete breakdown. [...]
Scott gets a spray tan applied live in a pink tent on the show while Beccy joins in, and darts legend Phil Taylor calls in from Robbie Williams' Hollywood house—plus it's Barryoke Friday. [...]