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Steve Allen - A Little Bit Extra

It was the Golden Globes! - 12 Jan 15

Steve Allen - A Little Bit Extra

Global

Comedy, Society & Culture

4.3808 Ratings

🗓️ 12 January 2015

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

Just for the podcasters - a little bit extra from the acerbic wit of London's longest-serving talkshow host!

Transcript

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0:00.0

Getting money from clients can feel like trying to wrestle honey from a grizzly bear

0:03.3

that hasn't eaten in days, while an amorous skunk clings to your leg.

0:08.4

Not now, skunky.

0:09.6

But with zero online invoice payments through Stripe and Go Cardless,

0:12.6

you can give customers more ways to pay and keep your cash flow flowing.

0:16.7

Soon, rather than wrestling a grizzly bear, it feels more like you're cuddling a koala bear.

0:21.0

Aw! On a really soft sofa, while watching your favourite soap. Soon, rather than wrestling a grizzly bear, it feels more like you're cuddling a koala bear. Aw.

0:21.8

On a really soft sofa, while watching your favourite soap.

0:24.9

I can't believe she was his mother.

0:27.4

The Healthy Business, search zero with an X.

0:30.1

This is a download from LBC.

0:33.3

Steve Allen's Little Bit Extra.

0:36.1

Morning, everybody.

0:36.7

Welcome along to your free podcast for today.

0:39.0

Well, we have to start, do we not, with the Voice children.

0:43.5

The Voice is the BBC talent program, which has got a few judges who sit in chairs,

0:50.3

people start singing, and then they decide based on what they hear, whether they like them

0:53.8

or whether they don't like them. And some of the judges have said, because to be honest with you, it's only a

0:58.3

joke program. They're not seriously trying to find somebody who's going to be a huge megastar in the future.

1:03.6

It doesn't happen like that. That's why, did you, did you see Sam Smith on any programmes like The Voice or the X Factor? No, you didn't. And that's why none of these people will ever make it.

1:14.4

They'll all have their five seconds of fame and then they'll disappear. Two teenagers, apparently, were humiliated by the judges and campaigners have now questioned whether it's appropriate for young people to be exposed to the stresses and disappointment of reality television. And of course, the answer is, no, it's not. No, it's not

1:32.1

suitable for them in the same way, excuse me, that the X Factor and Britain's got talent are

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