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It's interesting because I well I say it's interesting.

It's interesting if you're even remotely interested in this next thought

even as I'm saying it I'm losing interest in it but

can that be the trail? This week on Walking the Dog I went out with a very good

pal of mine comic Alan Cochran. Alan and I are co-hosts on the Frank Skinner show on absolute radio.

And I'd heard him talk about his whipet lucky,

but I was dying to meet her,

so I traveled up to Manchester to go for a stroll with them both.

We talked about Alan's childhood, why he went into comedy,

the importance of joking about difficult things,

and why he's actually more eccentric than people realize?

I've worked with Alan every week for the last six years,

and yet I felt I got to know him even better on this walk.

And I found out he's not joking, he genuinely does put on a flat cat to take his whip it for a walk.

I really hope you enjoy it, and obviously you can listen to Alan every Saturday on the Frank Skinner show on absolute radio. If you like this episode of Walking the Dog,

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