147: She had her cake and ate it

Planet Porky

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3.8 • 646 Ratings

🗓️ 10 November 2020

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Time for another look at Life on Planet Porky courtesy of broadcaster, Mike Parry and rock journalist extraordinaire, Lesley-Ann Jones.

This episode's talking points include: Remembrance Sunday tributes, Bananarama, Roy Wood, living in a pub, who may be next in line for the Trump dynasty, corresponding through technology rather than face-to-face, generosity in the office not being reciprocated, the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall, Martin Bashir's controversial interview with Princess Diana taking another twist, the anniversary of the suspicious death of Robert Maxwell, wearing nothing in bed, kangaroos, the life and times of Joni Mitchell, the difficulty of editing your own work, speaking multiple languages, fish and chips as part of a balanced diet, John Lennon vs. Sir Rod Stewart, and Linda Lewis.

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0:00.0	Okay, folks, you are listening to the latest episode, the latest podcast, what can I call it,
0:29.6	extravaganza from Life on Planet Porky, with myself, Mr Michael Parry, sometimes known as Porky,
0:36.5	which is very, very unfair reflection of my
0:39.3	physical shape. And of course, with the effervescent and ever there, Ms. Leslie and Jones.
0:46.8	Miss Jones, how are you?
0:48.7	Very good today. Thank you, Mr. Parry.
0:50.6	Excellent. Good. I'm glad to hear that. I tell you what, it was Remembrance Day, wasn't it?
0:56.2	The weekend just gone.
0:58.2	And it was a sad old time there in Whitehall.
1:01.6	Saw a great headline because obviously we all remember the Great Churchill quote about,
1:07.5	you know, never have so many given so much, sorry, never have so many,
1:13.6	the few anyway, never have so many owed so much to so few. Is that right?
1:21.6	Something like that. Yeah, that's right. Never have so many, so much or so few.
1:26.2	I think it was to do with being owed. Never have so many owed so much. It was kind of that way around, isn't it?
1:31.9	Absolutely right. But anyway, the headline I saw in a deserted whitehall, you know, next to the Sanitaph and all that, never have so few turned out to pay their respects to so many.
1:45.8	You know what I mean?
1:46.8	No, I love that.
1:48.0	Yeah.
1:48.2	I was very sad, actually, because last Sunday we were at St. Brides, the journalist church
1:54.9	on Fleet Street for the last live service for the time being.
1:59.5	And our rector, Reverend Cannon, Dr. Alison Joyce,
2:03.7	reassured the congregation that she would be laying reeds on the steps of the altar all by
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