Greetings off menu listeners James Aacaster here just letting you know that my new

audio sitcom Springleaf is out now wherever you get your podcasts it's got loads

of amazing stars in it and I'm very excited it tells the story of Pat Springleaf the

undercover cop who went undercover into the comedy industry as James Acaster the

stand-up comedian we're talking layers and your friend Ed Gamble might even pop up for a line or two.

Who's to say?

Springleaf, wherever you get your podcasts.

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Trains, now on Uber. T's and C's apply. Check the Uber app. Welcome to the off menu podcast taking the skon of conversation spreading on the jam of humour

adding the clotted cream of friendship and we got ourselves a Cornish scon

podcast James. Oh now why is Ed saying a Cornish scon I guess we'll come to that later listeners.

That's Ed Gumpf? Yes, yes later. Now said Gumpel, my name is James Acaster. We own a Dream

restaurant and every single week we invite a guest in and ask them their

favorite ever start on main course dessert side dish and drink not in that order and

this week our Christmas guest is dawn French we win boy oh oh boy, we have won Christmas. Now sometimes we have a guess

and we're like, I think we might be a national treasured territory here.

I mean, this is the prime piece of national treasure.

Yeah, this is the main...

Unless that sounds disrespectful.

The main bit that Indiana Jones will be after.

Yeah.

The main bounty.

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