#616 - When the Whistle Blows

Michael and Us

Luke Savage and Will Sloan

Tv & Film

4.6 • 668 Ratings

🗓️ 21 April 2025

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

Sure, he's incredibly annoying now, but how funny was Ricky Gervais in his prime? We return to our old mandate of interrogating things we liked when we were teenagers by revisiting his acclaimed sitcom EXTRAS and its Christmas Special. PLUS: Did you know that Will wrote a book? Join us on Patreon for an extra episode every week - https://www.patreon.com/michaelandus Pre-order Will's book ED WOOD: MADE IN HOLLYWOOD USA - https://orbooks.com/catalog/ed-wood/ While you're there, why not also order Luke's book THE DEAD CENTER? - https://orbooks.com/catalog/the-dead-center/ "The British Monarchy Will Not Survive Late Capitalism — And Harry and Meghan Are Proof" by Luke Savage - https://jacobin.com/2021/03/british-monarchy-neoliberal-age-prince-harry-meghan-markle

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0:00.0	Well, TikTok, a long clock I'm going to be late.
0:04.3	Quarriage toast, kids, car, love the spigots.
0:07.3	Factory floor, what a chore, another week's graft.
0:10.1	And 50 times a day I hear,
0:11.8	whatever happened to my dreams is this the life I chose.
0:16.0	The highlight of my bloody day is when the whistle birds.
0:19.0	Well, welcome to Michael and us.
0:20.5	I'm Will Sloan, here as always with.
0:22.3	Luke Savage, welcome back, folks. How are you doing today, Luke? I'm doing all right. I suppose you're
0:27.0	asking me because we're not actually in the same room on this one. I feel it's best to just sort of
0:32.4	break the fourth wall right out of the gate here and explain that because otherwise I feel like you asking me
0:38.3	how I'm doing would seem a bit artificial and I never want to misrepresent things for our listeners.
0:43.7	You're absolutely right. I appreciate the accountability there. I know our listeners do as well.
0:48.7	It's true. We're just launching into the conversation, you know, colds through a Zoom window.
0:53.6	Even though we're in the same
0:54.9	city right now, the reason is because I just got back from 48 hours in the city of New York City.
1:01.2	I got in in the morning and we're doing it on Zoom because it's the afternoon. We're all tired.
1:08.1	We're just carving out time for this, our day job. So you live kind of a jet-setting
1:12.8	lifestyle these days. And I guess, you know, for those who don't know, Will has been in New York,
1:17.5	as he said, the past 48 hours. Every so often, you know, he has the irisistible urge to fly to the
1:23.9	Big Apple, go to the Statue of Liberty, take the Staten Island Fairy.
1:28.6	That's what you're doing, right?
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