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Steve Allen - A Little Bit Extra

A Double Trouble Little Bit Extra - 20 Aug 14

Steve Allen - A Little Bit Extra

Global

Society & Culture, Comedy

4.3808 Ratings

🗓️ 20 August 2014

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

Just for the podcasters - a little bit extra from the acerbic wit of London's longest-serving talkshow host!

Transcript

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0:00.0

This is a download from LBC, Steve Allen's Little Bit Extra.

0:06.3

Morning, everybody, welcome along to your free podcast for today. I have to warn you now,

0:09.8

the eyesight has actually deteriorated since I've put the eyedrops in at six. I'm now getting good vision in one eye, but very little in the other.

0:16.7

But luckily, I've memorized all the stories, and we've got so many from yesterday.

0:22.2

We've had a quick sort out of yesterday.

0:25.2

Honestly, there's a small rainforest here to try and get through.

0:27.3

So let's plow on and go through.

0:30.9

First of all, because Celebrity Big Brother is on, the viewers are down.

0:32.3

0.94.

0:38.8

That's nearly down a million from the January show, which is absolutely appalling. Now, whether it picks up, I don't know,

0:44.9

or whether you're just bored with it or you've had enough, I do not know. So down nearly a million.

0:52.9

Even, I notice that bit on the side, under a million people are watching it. More people look at the test card. I mean, they might as

0:54.6

well ditch it straight away. I don't know who does bit on the side. Is that Ryland? That's why

0:58.0

people are turning off in their droves. Contrary to what you might read in the press. And it

1:01.5

tends only to be the press for Channel 5, and it tends only to be the pieces like OK

1:07.8

magazine who run with it. Nobody's interested in Rylan Clark. You're really not

1:11.1

interested. Judging by the sort of feedback that I get, you know, and I'm, I think I'm fairly on the,

1:16.5

on the money with this one, to get under a million at 1120 at night when this program is supposed

1:21.5

to appeal to the terminally stupid. They're generally up at that time. And that's why you've,

1:25.9

I've seen some of the audience members in there.

1:29.3

They look as though they've come out of a rehab unit.

1:31.0

But anyway, not so good.

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