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Steve Allen - A Little Bit Extra

If Russell doesn't want to perform, he doesn't have to

Steve Allen - A Little Bit Extra

Global

Comedy, Society & Culture

4.3808 Ratings

🗓️ 1 May 2018

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

A little bit extra, every weekday morning, from LBC's longest-serving presenter.

Transcript

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0:00.0

And now the weather. Scattered showers will give way to more scattered showers, but there may be a period in between where it's just grey.

0:08.7

It's always grey, isn't it? That's why I travel with Monzo. I can use my card to spend abroad with no fees, so I can plonk myself on a beach far away from grey and spend with my Monzo card like I never left home.

0:22.0

Hello, Beach Bar.

0:23.7

Now to Liam for the sport.

0:25.7

Monzo, the bank made for travel.

0:28.2

UK residents Tise and C supply.

0:30.1

This is a download from LBC.

0:33.3

Steve Allen's Little Bit Extra.

0:36.1

Morning, everybody.

0:36.8

Well, we survived, didn't we? We made it through to Tuesday. First of May, pinch punch, punch, first day of the month, no returns, usual kind of thing. White rabbits, you know, I don't think you want to chuck into the equation. But it was okay, actually, wasn't it? It was a bit windy, as I was crossing the road to Waterloo Station, I had to hang on to my hat. But we made it. It was okay. And here we are for date.

0:56.7

Apparently, the time we get to the weekend, and this is the bank holiday weekend,

1:00.2

it's going to be all lovely.

1:02.9

Yeah, whatever. I don't care anymore.

1:05.9

Right, in the frame today, Russell Brand's mother is battling a life-threatening injury and doesn't look

1:14.3

very good. So he's cancelled his tour. She had a car accident, I believe. So he's actually

1:20.6

done a message saying, one here, rebirth, delayed or cancelled due to my mum's accident. Should we hear from Russell Brown?

1:30.0

What he had to say? Hello, my mum's been in a really serious road accident and has sustained what

1:34.7

called polytraumatic injuries. That means numerous life-threatening injuries. So I won't be able

1:39.9

to do the rest of my rebirth tour. If you've got tickets, they'll be refunded or possibly rescheduled,

1:47.1

but I can't really imagine that.

1:48.2

I certainly can't imagine performing at the moment,

1:50.6

because I feel too sad and connected to this.

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