165: Cop a mouthful of that
Planet Porky
Planet Porky
3.8 • 646 Ratings
🗓️ 19 January 2021
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
Today they discuss: Bridget Rowe, the controversial life of Phil Spector, Californians, Easy Rider, Katie Price's caring duties, Fergie signing with Mills & Boon, the Fake Sheikh, Pete Waterman and his artists, Paul Young, having a close relationship with your literary agent, female authors, why attractive women are more likely to be believed in harassment cases, Brian May's lost gift and why sentimentality is so important, programme fairs, being fined for leaving food on your plate, and ordering too much just because you can. It's the podcast that will leave you full to the brim but always wanting more - it's Life on Planet Porky.
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| 0:00.0 | Okay, folks, you are listening to the latest episode, the latest edition, |
| 0:26.3 | latest chapter of life on planet Porky, with myself, the Porkmeister. |
| 0:31.1 | But of course, the star of the show, as ever, the wonderful, the, I would say, excitable, |
| 0:38.8 | because you get excited sometimes. Yeah, she's getting excited now, and I haven't even introduced her. Ms. Leslie Ann Jones, |
| 0:44.8 | the rock chick extraordinaire. And I think you've got, you've got something to celebrate |
| 0:50.1 | today, Leslie, and haven't you? Because you spend most of your life hunched over a desk, |
| 0:54.4 | knocking out words, but you may be able to take a bit of a break now, I understand, for the next |
| 0:58.4 | couple of days. I handed it in. The latest has gone to my... What did you hand in? You notice? |
| 1:04.9 | Yeah, to myself, because I'm self-employed. No, to my editor and publisher, my wonderful |
| 1:10.5 | editor and publisher. She is now |
| 1:12.5 | in receipt of my latest book. And what a relief. I sat for over 10 hours yesterday trying to |
| 1:19.8 | nail that last chapter because I always leave the final chapter until the end, obviously |
| 1:24.4 | until the end, but I have to then read the whole thing through that I've |
| 1:27.9 | done already so that I can, so that I can shape the final chapter properly and give the reader |
| 1:33.4 | a satisfying conclusion. A satisfying conclusion indeed is what we're all looking for in life, |
| 1:39.9 | isn't it? It's a family show. I'm still searching for a final conclusion, believe me. |
| 1:46.6 | Anyway, listen, we've got a bit to talk about in Fleet Street this week. |
| 1:50.1 | People like our Fleet Street stories because it's a sort of, you know, a demonstration of the life we've led, |
| 1:55.3 | and we've all met some very interesting characters. |
| 1:58.0 | One interesting character we both met, but I think you knew better than me, |
| 2:01.6 | was a lady called Bridget Row, who at 70 years of age, has sadly succumbed it is, |
| 2:07.1 | it appears, from COVID-19. Bridget, I knew her as editor of the Sunday people. She was another |
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