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198: Pardon my French

Planet Porky

Planet Porky

Personal Journals, News, Society & Culture, News Commentary

3.8646 Ratings

🗓️ 14 May 2021

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Mike Parry and Lesley-Ann Jones are ready to roll out at the fizz as another  top-class soiree on Planet Porky gets underway. 

Today they discuss: Pubs finally reopening, using apps instead of cash to order your pint, worrying tensions in the Middle East, the beauty of Jerusalem, Australia's most expensive pub crawl, the perks of being a cabin crew member, La Croisette, Porky's trip to Monaco, Bob Marley, reggae music, Denise Van Outen, trying to replace Piers on Good Morning Britain, Ray Winstone, the demise of Debenhams, 20 signs that you are posh, texting Joe Royle in Latin, popping to the bathroom, Freddie's finest Queen song, and A-list bread adverts. You won't find anything except the upper crust here on Planet Porky.   

Follow the show on Twitter: @PlanetPorky or Mike is: @MikeParry8 while you can find Lesley-Ann: @LAJwriter.

Or you can email us questions or comments to: [email protected]. We'd love to hear from you! 

Transcript

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0:00.0

Okay, folks, you are listening.

0:24.0

You're tuned in to the latest chapter,

0:26.3

the latest list of adventures from life on planet Porky,

0:29.8

with myself, Porkmeister, and of course,

0:32.2

a rock chick writer extraordinaire,

0:34.9

Ms. Leslie Ann Jones.

0:37.4

And Leslie Ann, as the listeners are listening to this latest podcast,

0:43.7

I'm so delighted to say, it is the last one we'll ever do

0:47.7

whilst the doors of our pubs remain closed.

0:51.4

Whoopi!

0:52.5

Well, I mean, since you've been banging on about it for such a long time,

0:56.7

I actually can't wait for the pubs to open so that you'll find something else to moan about.

1:02.0

Just to shut me up, I see. That's nice, isn't it?

1:04.2

You will look at this week, and I tried to advise the Prime Minister on several occasions.

1:09.2

It was the Queen's speech, and I said, Boris, this is your opportunity, slip in a last It was the Queen's speech and I said, Boris, this is your

1:11.6

opportunity, slip in a last paragraph into the Queen's speech and say, look, I've decided that as we've all

1:17.4

done so very well with the vaccine rollout, as you all behave just so, so well, as lockdown has been

1:22.9

so torturous and painful, I have decided we're going to bring forward the opening of the pubs from next

1:28.5

Monday, that's the 17th of May, to this Friday. And we can all have a great weekend. And that would

1:34.0

have made him so popular. I could have won in the next election on that one alone. But, you know,

1:38.6

of course, he ignored me. Well, rules is rules, as they say. And, uh, you know, he's got Van Tam and, uh,

1:47.1

witty breathing down his neck at all times, hasn't he really? He's got to be incredibly careful.

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