#258 - Martin Lewis, Operation Snack and Takeaway Tittle-Tattle

Elis James and John Robins

BBC

Comedy

4.8 • 6K Ratings

🗓️ 10 February 2023

⏱️ 140 minutes

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Summary

If the aim of a usual Elis and John show is to deliver ‘your classic 4-4-2’ (anecdote over the top, punchline flick-on, good radio bell finish), today felt more like an adventurous 5-2-1-2 set up. A formation that could bring the whole house of cards tumbling down, but if implemented successfully, it could be beautiful. Pivotal wing backs shuttling on the overlap between classic comedy defence and more exotic consumer advice interpretation attack. New features were given a runout (Hot Gossip), old favourites returned to the side (Backing Britain), some regulars adopted a new position and cameo role before full time (Petty Parliament) and the big man up front was brought on for the last 20 (Martin Lewis). And by jove, the gaffer only went and pulled it off. Long-winded, half-baked analogies aside, another rip-roaring show awaits, with the right honourable Martin Lewis CBE proving yet again what a thoroughly top chap he is. Enjoy.

Transcript

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0:00.0	How was it living next to Mr Palmer's house?
0:03.0	I mean, we had a bomb go off in their garage.
0:06.0	But it was quite frightening.
0:08.0	I'm Livy Haydok, and this is gangster.
0:11.0	The explosive story of John Goldfinger Palmer.
0:15.0	He built an empire in the sun, scamming tens of thousands of innocent people.
0:20.0	I said, how are you? He went, I'm John Palmer.
0:24.0	So I said, you're the con man who's taken all my money, then are you?
0:28.0	A scam that ultimately turned bloody.
0:31.0	When people started to complain, Palmer sent in violent men.
0:35.0	This is gangster, the story of John Palmer.
0:38.0	Listen now, BBC sounds.
0:42.0	BBC sounds, music, radio, podcasts.
0:46.0	Hello everyone, welcome to the L.S. James and John Robbins Show podcast.
0:49.0	We're all back in the same room after last week.
0:53.0	Dave, you fully recovered from COVID, are you negging?
0:56.0	Yeah, I'm Nick City over here.
0:58.0	Do you know what?
0:59.0	It was the, and I've said this, I'll say it, blum again.
1:02.0	It was the inconvenience over the actual COVID.
1:05.0	Yeah, so you went to Illidan.
1:07.0	No, no, I had a sniffle.
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