Tag: Strictly Come Dancing
Maya Jama denied doing Strictly in 2018, rejected claims that her snoring made Stormzy sleep in another room and confirmed that being half-Swedish did not earn her 50% off at IKEA. [...]
Ben’s date stopped replying immediately after he revealed his small cheese, tomato and bacon pizza order, leaving Ghostbusters unable to discover whether the pizza was responsible. [...]
Scott came back from two weeks away obsessed with Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa before tangled celebrity relationships inspired a new feature about exes swapping partners in small towns. [...]
Aston Merrygold announced his Strictly place on the show, then accidentally thanked “Comedy Dave” on Twitter instead of Chris. [...]
Ben gets another chance with Erin and asks which ice cream or lollipop best represents her personality. [...]
Danny Mac takes a soaking while Scott rings former players to ask whether the tooth in the Bingo bin belongs to them. [...]
A favour becomes a soaking
After weeks of support during Strictly Come Dancing, Judge Rinder agrees by text to play Innuendo Bingo for Scott. No publicist appears to have explained the format, and his repeated question about why he must get wet suggests the commitment was made before he understood it.
Rinder arrives openly reluctant and briefly looks capable of walking out. He nevertheless fills his mouth with water, faces Chris and completes the clips, protesting at both the material and the st [...]
Cardiff orders a much smaller tree
Cardiff Castle's main Christmas tree was announced as 40 metres tall but turns out to be 40 feet. Against the castle it resembles a Ferrero Rocher ornament, and nearby reindeer appear disproportionately large.
Listener John has seen it in person and confirms that the tree is pleasant but hardly an enormous city landmark. Scott calculates that a genuine 40-metre tree would stand close to the height of the Statue of Liberty, making the original promise implausibl [...]
Chris is refused at the dump
Chris's latest attempt at adulting takes him to the local dump, now hidden online beneath a much grander waste-management title. He carefully sorts a car full of cardboard only to be told there is “absolutely no chance” of leaving any more that day.
The rejected load has to return home with him. Scott enjoys the reversal: a place created to receive unwanted possessions has refused Chris entry because his rubbish is the wrong kind.
Rinder enters the Blackpool bubble
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Scott returns with airborne mash
Scott returns from holiday looking suspiciously refreshed, although he insists nothing has been altered. His principal discovery is much less glamorous: mashed potato mixed with gravy tastes completely different on an aeroplane, and he now considers the strange in-flight mush one of the highlights of the trip.
He also recognises a very posh former Apprentice candidate on the flight without remembering his name. Hours of searching finally identify the man as Raj D [...]