The Treehouse Episode 17 Old Rotten Hat with Danny Baker and me Louise Pepper.

Old Rotten Hat. They don't often explain the titles to the show because they just pull

that out of the air. By the way, very good morning to everybody. Here we go again with another

two hours of fun for Olden Young without the slightest hint of vulgarity. Old Rotten Hat is,

I don't know if your mum or Nan have used to say, it was very, very popular expression.

No, no. Oh, it did. Again, before, you know, Newgate's knocker,

which one I want to say? Newgits, newgits or a newgits knocker. But no, old Rotten Hat was a

catch all phrase before the world became obsessed with vulgarity, nothing matters. Even the most

strenuous of swear words. Old Rotten Hat was a catch all phrase. Who's that you do that podcast

with? Old Rotten Hat. You know, nothing to do with hats or being any kind of, I'll tell you who

took us on the other day down the market. Old Rotten Hat was his name always. It was the marker

for getting someone's real name. And Robert Wyatt, whom God preserve, is third album,

was called Old Rotten Hat. And I don't know if a lot of people know, and it played me his mother

or grandmother. Old Rotten Hat is a catch all phrase for someone who, I the can't remember their name,

or they're not your favourite person. No, my nons ones were Nanooka the North,

or Nanooka the North. And if you had big hair, oh look, it's Nassimover.

I looked her up, they were a silent movie star with big hair. Oh look, it's Nassimover.

Did he move? Did he move? Fysake. That's not been average. Fysake was a good one.

We had been out with Old Fysake. They didn't love one of our sisters mates. Oh, no, she's coming

around and I, oh, Old Fysake. She bring a net boy friend of hers. I'll rot on it. So that's where

we are. And that's all we've got time for this week. We'll see you very, very soon. Welcome everybody.

The standard of emails, I know I say this and I say not some, I'll rot on it to try to get on

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