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Russell Howard’s Five Brilliant Things

Al Murray

Russell Howard’s Five Brilliant Things

Avalon

Comedy, Comedy Interviews

4.5567 Ratings

🗓️ 8 January 2025

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

Would you expect to find the Pub Landlord chowing down in a Wagamama? Neither would we but it’s exactly where he’ll be. Al Murray tells Russell why he always has the same noodles, the best place to get pissed in Ireland and a sidetrack into trained cannon musicians.  Al Murray is a proper British treasure. If you only know him as the Pub Landlord then there’s so much more - he gives so much History, explains some fascinating background to percussion (he’s a dab hand percussionist) and is a font of knowledge that refuses to stop spewing interesting stuff all over the podcast floor.  It was a nightmare to clean up but that’s NOT YOUR PROBLEM. As you heard on the podcast Al makes a regular WW2 podcast ‘We Have Ways of Making you Talk’ which you can find HERE.  If you haven’t seen Al live, then you really should. One of the best. Such a great comic. He’s just extended his current tour ‘Guv Island’. Check out the tour dates and get tickets by visiting Al’s website www.thepublandlord.com In our Patreon Show this week, Al answers your questions, telling us which country is best at wars in history ever, he recommends the greatest drum solo ever recorded and Russell tells Al about the best/worst prank that was ever played on him. It is a cruel one. Really spicy. Go to: patreon.com/RussellHoward to get involved. We want to see you there, it’s a lot of fun and you can join for free to start with so nothing to lose!  I believe that’s all the housekeeping. If you’re still with me on this epic reading journey then well done. As a treat, I will tell you that I think the word ‘shoffice’ is the worst in the English Language. And I don’t mind mashing two words together at all, but everything about shoffice is ugly - it demeans two perfectly good words, and ideas, and the word, concept and everything about it is bleak. It’s not a shoffice it’s a shed with a computer in it.  There you go. Some ‘treat’ that was. Until next time, and remember to wrap up warm. You can’t catch a cold by going out dressed like that (it’s a virus, that’s not how colds work) but you will look like a plucked chicken. Bye bye.  Producer: Dan Atkinson Line Producer: Daisy Knight Exec Producer: James Taylor Composer: Fat Lady Music Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

The weight is over. Last One Laughing is back and it's even more brutal than last time. Share your biggest regrets. I don't regret this haircut. What did you ask for? The Shaggy Slim Shady? Joining us this series we have... Romish Wengrenner Nathan, Diane Morgan, David Mitchell, Mel Gedroich, Amy Gledhill, Alan Carr, Bemi Sola, Ike Melo, Sam Campbell, Maisie Adam and Bob Mortimer.

0:21.6

Anyone want a song?

0:22.6

No.

0:23.6

Last One Laughing, new series, dusk, dawn, whenever you're listening to this.

0:50.2

Welcome to five brilliant things.

0:53.0

Who have you got today?

0:53.8

Well, you already know, because it's the title of the podcast, isn't it?

0:57.3

He's a drummer, a historian, a writer and much more.

0:59.8

But we all know him best for his shows as the pub landlord.

1:02.9

It is, of course, the mighty Al Murray.

1:05.3

And here are his five brilliant things.

1:14.1

How are you?

1:15.1

You've got very similar eyes to me.

1:16.8

They look red.

1:18.4

They look blurry.

1:19.8

You know what?

1:20.3

Where were you yesterday?

1:21.3

I was in Cheltenham last night.

1:22.7

We were in Aylesbury the day before.

1:23.8

Then I had a night off for bonfire night.

1:26.3

But the day before we were in, I can't remember. It's like that. You look like the kind of guide that knows where to get fireworks. Yeah, I am. Do you know what I mean? I am the kind of guy knows where to get fireworks. But that's part of the benefit. You know, I'm on my second family, as it were. So there's a real boom in the garden? Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Although what we actually do is there's a, and I'm going to incriminate myself now, is there's a wreck behind where we live. So I, basically, everyone stands in the garden, I go around to the wreck and light the fireworks. Yeah, I knew that. Somehow about you, I knew you were the guy. When you buy them. the joy you feel from setting fire to things. Oh, I absolutely that. Somehow about you, I knew you were the guy. The joy that you feel from setting fire to things. I absolutely like saying, it really is. It's a core part of my personality is setting fire to things. Fire and noise. You look like they're real friends of yours. Completely. Yes, I mean, we'll probably talk about this some more, but yes, fire noise, loud, really loud noise as well. Not subtle, not subtle noises. I have no interest in being seduced by music. I want to be bashed over the head by it.

2:28.3

What a beautiful way of putting it. Do you think, you know when they test fireworks, there must be that thing where, that bit like sort of nuclear testing, when the bangs are too loud, or there's too, there's too much of a whimper? Well, yeah, maybe. I went to a French fireworks display last year. I mean, my in-laws have a place down in the south of France, and we went to like a thing to mark the end of the Olympics, down at this lake in the next village. And you turn up and you think, well, no one's coming to this. And then suddenly there's 5,000 people there, and they're all drinking hot dogs. We're eating their hot dogs and drinking their beer. And then they're this insane firework. Because, you know, France, it's France. the sort of rules apply up to a point and they go, no, it would blow up as much stuff as we possibly

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