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Brydon &

Reece Shearsmith

Brydon &

Rob Brydon | Wondery

Comedy

4.6597 Ratings

🗓️ 12 July 2023

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Rob is joined by guest Reece Shearsmith to discuss their love for Mel Brooks and his masterpiece "The Producers," in which Reece played Leo Bloom. The pair share anecdotes about working with Peter Kay, tributes to Ronnie Corbett, Griff Rhys Jones impressions, and Rob attempts to secure a role on Inside No. 9…  


Transcript

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0:00.0

Well, this is a good one.

0:02.0

This brings us up to all three front-of-camera gentlemen of the league, and not including

0:09.8

Jeremy Dyson, but this means now we've already done Mark Gators.

0:14.3

We corroborated what he said with Steve Pemberton, and now we get to spend time with the wonderful Reese Shearsmith.

0:23.4

I arrived late.

0:25.0

We were at a third-party location.

0:28.7

I had a bit of a hoo-ha with a washing machine repair

0:33.1

and some cat business that meant I got to the studio after Reese.

0:40.4

And I felt terrible.

0:42.2

And then I had to go to the Lou, keep him waiting even longer.

0:45.4

You wouldn't have known it from his sunny disposition.

0:49.3

We talk about a lot of stuff.

0:51.7

Not so much about the League of Gentlemen.

0:55.5

A little bit about Inside Number 9, but I'd covered a lot of stuff. Not so much about the League of Gentlemen, a little bit about inside number nine, but I'd covered a lot of that with Steve Bemberton, who coincidentally,

1:01.0

I spoke to the day before. At the time of recording, he was appearing in the West End in

1:06.8

the unfriend Stephen Moffitt's play, which will have finished by the time you're listening to this.

1:13.0

So good luck with that, DeLorean.

1:16.0

See if you can go back and see it.

1:18.5

We cover so many things.

1:19.9

I loved our conversation.

1:21.4

I hope you do too.

1:22.9

Here we are.

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