119: A blessing in disguise

Planet Porky

Personal Journals, News, Society & Culture, News Commentary

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🗓️ 4 August 2020

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Mike Parry and Lesley-Ann Jones present the latest look at Life on Planet Porky. Today they discuss: whether it's more important to open schools or pubs, Jimi Hendrix and his connections, the 27 club, Flash Gordon, the songwriting abilities of the members of Queen, Madness, films carried by their soundtrack, the Argos catalogue, John Cleese, the Nolan Sisters, Sam Mendes, Adele's shocking transformation, church choirs, John Landis, werewolves, Halloween (and similar American imports), finding Michael Jackson, the latest programme about Princess Diana and the ups and downs of two of Fleet Street's greats. It's the podcast that doesn't leave anything behind; it's Planet Porky.

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0:00.0	Okay, folks, a very big hello again and welcome to the latest chapter, the latest edition,
0:28.3	the latest block-busting revelations from Planet Porky with myself, the Porkmeister,
0:34.6	and of course, a rocket chick writer, Extraordinaire, Leslie Ann Jones,
0:40.0	Leslie Ann, how are you this fine morning, I was going to say, fine this morning. How are you
0:44.5	this fine morning? Ola Miguel, how's it hanging? Yeah, pretty good, thanks. You know,
0:49.3	I hope we're over the worst of the heat wave. I do not appreciate having to go out in temperatures of 36 degrees.
0:56.4	Although I do find, and obviously we're under all sorts of restrictions at the moment,
1:00.7	but when everybody goes out into the garden at the few pubs that are open and working normally,
1:06.2	I have the inside, the cool inside to myself.
1:08.6	So I'm quite pleased about that.
1:10.4	Just before we get on to a series of juicy subjects, Leslie cool inside to myself. So I'm quite pleased about that. Just before we get
1:11.3	on to a series of juicy subjects, Leslie, and the debate at the moment is whether or not we should
1:17.5	close pubs in order to reopen schools. And I'm very, very much against that. What do you think?
1:23.9	Well, that's because you don't have kids, you know.
1:26.5	You don't get school anymore. Sorry? You don't have kids. You know. You don't get school anymore.
1:28.2	What?
1:28.8	Sorry?
1:29.5	You don't have kids at school anymore.
1:31.3	No, but I brought three children through the school system.
1:34.7	And I'm surrounded by friends with school-aged children who are all tearing their hair out,
1:39.9	not just because they're homeschooling, but because their kids have lost the best part of an
1:44.3	academic year. So we're going to end up with this lost generation, undereducated, missing their
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