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

edmunds is a total wazook of a guy yes yes yes yes and yes it's hotter than the sun they said

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, friends, and welcome to Monkey Tennis, the Alan Partridge fan podcast, where we finally wound our way to the biggest of climaxes for the biggest of beacons, for the biggest of Bacons, for the biggest of Norwich's biggest broadcasters. I'm Adam Brooks and I'm joined by Tom Dark. I want to say that's why I pay you the big bucks, but for obvious reasons, I'm unable to do so. Nick Holder. I've had enough of people. People gang up on you. People go on strike, people don't do what they say they will,

or they do what they say they will, but not in the way they said they would. And Tom Stab.

Oh, and if you're wondering about my one-time bed and breakfaster Cynthia, and if she ever

learned to cook a decent egg, the answer is, I don't know. We didn't stay in touch. Thank you.

So here we are at the end of the book,

and we are quite literally in Tom Dark's hands and Hopping Mad.

We really are.

It's time for Chapter 30, Hopping Mad,

and we are back in June, 2021.

We are placed weeks after the death of Seldom.

And Alan is immersing himself into his work in this time.

In this chapter, Alan gives us the inside track on his explosive exit from the show.

So we're learning that Princess Anne is coming to this time.

He says the news spread like COVID-19.

And that then follows quite a nice, what's the word?

Disclaimer explanation of why COVID is not featured at all, basically.

Because I guess that's always a consideration anybody that's doing anything that covers that period is, do you pretend it didn't happen?

How are you tackling it?

So he says, COVID fans, COVID fans. that period is do you pretend it didn't happen? How are you tackling it?

So he says, COVID fans may have noticed that he's not mentioned it very much.

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