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241: The big picture

Planet Porky

Planet Porky

Personal Journals, News, Society & Culture, News Commentary

3.8646 Ratings

🗓️ 4 February 2022

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Mike Parry and Lesley-Ann Jones get stuck into the latest topics making the news on Planet Porky.

They include: Chinese New Year, a new take on an old George Harrison song, public performance royalties, Ronaldo's extravagant birthday present to his partner, Frank Lampard's appointment as Everton manager and the personal challenges it may provide, Simon Cowell's latest accident, Ronnie Wood's art, the delights of Paris, whether Greta Garbo is a has-been, Porky's plane landing drama, Concorde, The Spectator magazine, 70 years of Queen Elizabeth II, a mysterious paint spillage causing havoc in the neighbourhood, dental work, overusing the mental health excuse, and the shared joy of baby news. It's the podcast that is admired by young and old alike, it's Life 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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1:00.3

really exciting adventure from life on planet Porky, with myself the Porkmeister, and of course,

1:06.7

the redoubtable, irrepressible, rock chick writer, extraordinary, is Leslie Ann Jones.

1:13.7

And Miss Jones, I think I'm right in saying you are fresh from celebrating the Chinese New Year.

1:20.8

Gong Hefaxhoy.

1:22.6

Sorry, I didn't know that I've done anything to upset you lately.

1:27.6

That's what we always say in Chinese New Year, which is basically happy lunar New Year.

1:33.2

I've got a lot of wonderful Malaysian Chinese friends who date back to when we were about 17, long, long time.

1:41.8

And when we lived in the big former family home for 21 years, we always hosted a big Chinese New Year

1:49.0

party, which all the men did the cooking.

1:52.1

So they would all come with pre-prepared things.

1:55.1

They're brilliant cooks these guys.

1:57.0

And then they would finish them off in my kitchen.

1:59.3

And the women would do the desserts

2:01.1

and lay the table and everything.

2:03.4

And then we'd have karaoke.

2:05.1

And we always had a professional karaoke machine delivered

2:07.9

that a guy would come around and set up

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