289: The third degree

Planet Porky

Personal Journals, News, Society & Culture, News Commentary

3.8 • 646 Ratings

🗓️ 8 February 2023

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

It's time for another star-studded Planet Porky podcast with Mike Parry and Lesley-Ann Jones.

On today's episode they discuss: Porky's age, Mike Batt, guitar lessons, The Crying Game, a new Rick Astley album, bullying in the workplace and whether it's acceptable, getting your facts right, Barrett Strong, renaming schools for historical reasons, King Henry VIII, Alan Cumming, John Lennon's solo career, Happy Valley, theology courses, distinguishing between actors and their real selves, novel writing, life experience, Pamela Anderson, and why Irish pubs outside Ireland are rubbish. It's the podcast that's only ever authentic, it's Life on Planet Porky.

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0:00.0	Okay, folks, thank you very much indeed for tuning in again to the Planet Porky
0:29.2	podcast with myself, the Porkmeister, and of course the Rock Chick-Chic writer extraordinaire,
0:36.3	Ms. Leslie Ann Jones. Miss Jones, I have to say that
0:40.5	before we get into the wherewithal and the ways of the world and, you know, there's so much
0:45.8	happening out there now, I've just come across a few birthdays of people, which you have great,
0:52.2	I'm sure you'll have great connections so i mean i look at these
0:56.0	birthdays crop off all over the place and uh i used to be very shy of telling people how old i was
1:01.6	because i thought well you know the older you get the more people think that you're getting
1:06.0	worn out and all that kind of stuff except for the fact that i don't really care now everybody
1:09.9	knows it was my
1:11.6	68th birthday on December the 29th because I, you know, I publicised it widely. And I feel have a good
1:19.8	life. I've got lots more to offer. But if other people think, oh, you know, porkies over it now and all
1:26.0	that, I don't really care. You know, I feel good within myself. But the, sorry, that's a lot of waffle.
1:31.6	No, one of the birthdays I really wanted to talk to you about was Mike Bat, legendary songwriter and composer.
1:39.5	I know he's great friend of yours. And according to the Times' birthday column today, Mr. Bat,
1:46.7	who wrote Bright Eyes and Half Rope Phantom of the Opera, is 74 today. What a life that man's
1:55.6	had. He's a great guy as well, Mike. I saw him last week, actually. We were attending the funeral of the wife of a lovely friend of us.
2:05.7	And so, yeah, bumped into each other there.
2:08.7	He's always upbeat.
2:10.4	He's gone through an awful lot, Mike.
2:12.3	He's had some difficult times throughout the last few years.
2:16.8	But he's always upbeat on it, friendly, lovely to everybody.
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