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Le Show

Le Show For The Week Of September 28, 2025

Le Show

Harry Shearer

News, Society & Culture, Music, Politics, Sports, Tech News

4.6972 Ratings

🗓️ 28 September 2025

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

On this week’s edition of Le Show, Harry brings us regular features like News of A.I., News of Smart World, News from the Land of 4,000 Princes, News of the Olympic Movement, Truth Social Audio with Donald Trump, The Apologies of the Week, and News of the Atom. He also considers Donald Trump’s former career as a real estate developer and pays tribute to Danny Thompson of Pentangle, a fellow bass player and good friend.

Transcript

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0:07.9

Ladies and gentlemen, a non-ironic opening for this week's edition of the show.

0:16.2

I lost a great and dear friend this past week.

0:22.3

I had the great advantage of having seen him only last month when my wife and I were in London.

0:29.0

So it came as a bit of a shock.

0:32.6

The legendary UK bass player, Danny Thompson, who was in his own particular way of describing someone he admired

0:46.9

was a diamond geyser.

0:51.3

Geyser is sort of cockney slang for character or a person.

0:55.5

And he was indeed.

0:57.5

Funny, hugely talented, generous to a fault, a ray of light.

1:05.0

So while we discuss all of the not nice people in the world this week, a musical salute to Danny Thompson,

1:15.7

who started his lengthy career helping to form a progressive folk group in the 1960s called

1:25.9

Pentangle.

1:28.9

Danny Thompson on this week's edition of Hello,

1:31.3

welcome to the show. Sally go round roses

1:51.3

Sally go round the roses

1:54.1

Sally go around the rosy

1:56.9

Sally go round the beauty roses

2:00.0

roses they can hurt you

2:02.6

Roses they can hurt you

2:04.6

Roses they can hurt you

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