Ep 1: Scroobius Pip
Off Menu with Ed Gamble and James Acaster
Plosive
4.8 • 20.9K Ratings
🗓️ 5 December 2018
⏱️ 73 minutes
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Summary
It's the grand opening of the magical restaurant and the first guest through the doors is Mr Podcast himself, Scroobius Pip. The rapper, podcaster, actor and record label owner talks Ed Gamble and James Acaster through his dream meal, gives advice on pizza hut thriftiness and introduces his own food invention, the Meadsy Base.
Recorded and edited by Ben Williams for Plosive Productions.
Artwork by Paul Gilbey (photography) and Amy Browne (illustrations).
Listen to Scroobius Pip’s podcast Distraction Pieces on Acast and Apple Podcasts.
Ed Gamble is on tour in 2019. See his website for full details.
James Acaster is on tour in 2019. See his website for full details.
Watch Ed and James's YouTube series 'Just Puddings'. Watch here.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hello listeners of the off menu podcast. It is Ed Gamble here from the off menu podcast. |
| 0:05.4 | I have a very exciting announcement. I have written my first ever book. I am absolutely |
| 0:12.1 | over the moon to announce this. I'm very, very proud of it. Of course, what else could |
| 0:16.7 | I write a book about? But food. My book is all about food. My life in food. How greedy |
| 0:22.2 | I am. What a greedy little boy I was. What a greedy adult I am. I think it's very funny. |
| 0:27.0 | I'm very proud of it. The book is called Glutton, the multicore's life of a very greedy boy. |
| 0:32.4 | And it's coming out this October, but it is available to pre-order now, wherever you |
| 0:38.0 | pre-order books from. And if you like my signature, I've done some signed copies, which are exclusively |
| 0:44.8 | available from Waterstones. But go and pre-order your copy of Glutton, the multicore's life |
| 0:49.9 | of the very greedy boy now. Please. |
| 1:09.9 | Bon Appetit and welcome to the off menu podcast with Ed Gamble and James A. Castor. |
| 1:14.7 | I'm Ed Gamble. I'm James A. Castor. This is exciting, isn't it? It's very exciting. |
| 1:19.2 | This is a podcast where we ask a guest, basically, they build their dream meal. Their favorite |
| 1:26.3 | start they've ever had. Favorite main. Favorite dessert. Favorite side. Favorite drink. |
| 1:32.1 | Best drink. Now, this is episode one. So we're obviously getting a few things fleshed out. |
| 1:37.4 | Yes. I went with Bon Appetit there as the opening. I liked that. Are you happy with that? |
| 1:42.6 | Yes. And I am a waiter. Ah, okay. So this is the other thing we should let you know as well. |
| 1:47.6 | We haven't quite nailed the format down yet. And James is insisting throughout the podcast |
| 1:52.8 | that he is a waiter and taking the orders. So each time I guest this week is the wonderful |
| 2:02.0 | Scroobius Pip. Yes. Very exciting. Very exciting. Love Scroobius Pip and can't wait to hear |
| 2:07.8 | what he wants to eat. So James, every time we ask Pip about a new course, James takes |
| 2:12.9 | the order as the waiter. Yes. I'm not sure that we should do that, James. You can't |
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