I am hopping mad and I want something in the middle. Aha! Y'absolutely, y'y, absolutely. Monkey tennis? Bring, bring. There's a new chat in town. I had the last laugh. Don't! Monkey tennis? Little pierced my foot on a spike. With a chuckle, with a chuckle. Oh. Monkey tennis? Radical, awesome. Mega. B-Bongy tennis? tennis okay where's my assistant i do not know monkey tennis

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oh the hell is that look and this is great answer yeah monkey tennis of the net. The people who enjoy Alan Partridge will enjoy this podcast. The people who've never got it still won't get it. Hello, and welcome to Monkey Tennis, the Alan Partridge fan podcast, where we're working our way through Alan's third mighty tome. His Be Here Now. It's Big Beacon. I'm Adam Brooks and I'm joined by Tom Dark.

Shell, gone.

BP, gone.

Nestle, gone.

HSBC, gone.

Nick Alder.

Amazon, gone.

Uber, gone.

Bet 365, gone.

And Tom Stab. Shozone. Retained. And we'll find out why Shoosone is retained later in today's episode. But we're starting out with I shall, which opens with the words, avast, avast. And on reading this, I thought it's immediately obvious this

is going to be a tale of a lighthouse saving the day, surely, to back up Alan's ambitions

of saving this, a rapid lighthouse.

I just want to plant my flag in the ground here. I think this chapter is a real highlight. I'm a big

fan of this chapter. There's going to be a lot of highlights in this episode then. There's some good stuff in here. I think this chapter is a real highlight. I'm a big fan of this chapter.

There's going to be a lot of highlights in this episode then. There's some good stuff in here. My favour's coming. We said last week it was off to a bit of a sluggish start, but I think this is probably the section where it hits its stride, isn't it? But I would say the interesting thing, I'm not sure I fully agree with it being a sluggish start because within the space of four chapters,

he has fully set out the stool of the action that's going to take place. Like, you know, we're in chapter five and we're really in the thick of things happening now. So, I don't know, but yeah, I'd agree, like, there's a lot of fun coming up and a lot of a, I think particularly a chapter like this, with a lot of the action at Estimate Bay Summer Barbecue, I always love it when you get the other celebs name

dropped and the fun you can have with that. Yeah, and we get a real cast of them in this chapter

in the coming words that Adam's going to go through. It comes sticking fast, doesn't it? And also,

I think, I'm not sure if it's just yet,

but one institution in particular comes in for a long and sustained kicking in Big Beacon,

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