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Where There's A Will, There's A Wake

Here Lies Jennifer Saunders

Where There's A Will, There's A Wake

Sony Music

Comedy, Comedy Interviews

4.71.9K Ratings

🗓️ 14 March 2023

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

There's the showbiz funeral, and then there's the real one. It was a quiet and peaceful death, surrounded by family. With the gentle theme of White Horses blowing through the window. The honour is all ours, Jennifer Saunders. Want the episodes ad free AND extra content from Kathy? 6 Feet Under steps away from fantasy and rifles through your real funeral tales. Head to wheretheresawilltheresawake.com to subscribe.  A Somethin’ Else and Sony Music Entertainment production Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts and follow us at @sonypodcasts To bring your brand to life in this podcast, email podcastadsales@sonymusic.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

So if you've listened to this podcast before, you'll know words like

0:11.0

f***ing f***ing f***ing feature quite heavily. So if you've got kids listening or you're easily

0:19.0

offended, I'd highly advise you to f***ing f***ing f***ing f***ing f***ing f***ing f***ing f***ing

0:26.2

Hello, I'm Kathy Burke, and welcome to this dark corner of the podcast sphere, where darkness falls across the land,

0:34.2

where the wind blows with the faint sound of wailing mourners, a place of unfavonable depths.

0:44.2

I must say, I must apologise for being a little bit late, a little bit out of breath. I've been doing some exuming.

0:50.2

There's a shortage on teeth, what were the old NHS? So I've been doing a bit of digging and yanking out,

0:58.2

not digging and yanking. I've been doing a bit of digging and yanking because these old girls,

1:04.2

they want to keep the false chopper's in when they're buried, but we need them. It's a shortage.

1:10.2

Where there's a will, there's a way.

1:18.2

So as we watch the sun go down on another mortal day, it's time to welcome our guests to this crumbling crypt.

1:25.2

Some podcasts ask their guests for their favourite hobbies, others their dream holiday destinations,

1:31.2

but on this show, we ask our guests to plan their perfect funeral. I mean, it's something that comes to us all.

1:38.2

So why not plan for it now? And joining me today to tell us all about their fantasy funeral is the quite brilliant Jennifer Sonders.

1:50.2

Jennifer Sonders.

1:56.2

No expense spared. Jennifer, my hand jingle. I have to say, it's very nice to see you.

2:02.2

Nice to see you too. Thank you for joining us for a green to come down into my crypt.

2:07.2

Well, it's an interesting subject, isn't it? I suppose it is. It's your right. It comes to everybody.

2:14.2

And not many people do think about it nowadays, I think.

2:18.2

I think in the olden days, there was a sort of set funeral. You knew you were going to get.

2:23.2

But nowadays, because people aren't so religious, you can sort of make it up as you go along.

2:30.2

Well, that's it. And that's the beauty of it.

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