This is Steve Allen's A Little Bit Extra, leading Britain's conversation. You're listening to our podcast of Steve Allen.

Morning everybody, welcome along to your free podcast for today. Isn't it exciting? Is it exciting? I watered the baskets yesterday at a very nice time. And oh, I forgot to mention. This might be the first time you've heard me today. So it's pinching a punch for the first day of the month. Or failing that, just pinching a punch.

Okay, call it an assault.

I don't mind.

I love the person who wrote to me the other day saying,

I think Steve Allen should be reported to the police for breaking lockdown.

And as I say, I'm so bored with kind of trying to reiterate to people.

I didn't need to do lockdown ever because I'm an essential service.

Okay, but you do get some people who are slightly missing in the brain department.

They're not really the brightest.

Sorry?

Yes.

I mean, the government approved me.

It's as simple as that.

So all of this, Steve Allen, should be self-isolating.

These people must live in some funny little world inhabited by probably

drink, cigarettes and let's just call it substance, shall we? Because that's the way it only goes.

Martin Lewis reiterates he's got no interest of becoming the full-time host on GMB. I don't think it was

ever in the offing, darling. I mean, seriously, I did see you on it, and I like him as a guest.

As a host, no.

You do get, you get exactly the same in radio.

You get people who are, I've had people, I can remember one of my guests years and years ago,

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