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Today's guest is a stand-up comedian who's earned a rep as one of the best gag writers in the business.

He's probably best known for being one of the last mock the week regulars.

It's Reese James, and here is five brilliant things.

Here we are. Rees James. How are you?

Very well, thank you.

Good. Are you enjoying this weather?

It's no, because it's tricky. It's... You don't look like someone that wears shorts. Yeah, I try to avoid, unless I'm doing some sport, I do try and avoid wearing shorts. Yeah. What's the gossip? What's happening? Nothing's happening. Really? Nothing's happening. The usual, I'm going to Naples on Thursday. That is the usual. The usual. You're known for that. Just, just swanning around Italy. What were your Mafia links? Yeah. Well, actually, I am going to potentially meet the Mafia because my cousin is going out with a girl from Naples, from a village outside Napoli, and my whole family are going to meet her family. but we don't know anything about it except they make well I think this is in inverted commas they make their own limoncello that could mean anything could yeah yeah of course that can't mean yeah that can't just mean you got a lemon tree but when you go to buried under the lemon tree that's what I want know. But also going to meet the family in Naples is huge.

He can never leave her.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Yeah, exactly.

So the whole family's going?

Yeah, but it's not a massive family.

So it's like that's, what's that?

That's eight of us.

You going talled up or?

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