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Naked Lunch

RINGO STARR!!!! T Bone Burnett! . . . Plus Elvis Costello & Previews of Upcoming Fab Episodes with Peter Frampton & Dogstar!

Naked Lunch

Straw Hut Media

Tv & Film, Society & Culture, Arts

4.8889 Ratings

🗓️ 24 April 2026

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Phil & David are full of Peace & Love to present to you our most Fabulous "Naked Lunch" yet. First Ringo Starr & T Bone Burnett discuss Ringo's excellent new Country album, "Long Long Road"  out now, plus stories about taking a punch from Muhammad Ali when he was Cassius Clay-- The Greatest vs. The Greatest! -- the joy of playing with the frontline of John. Paul and George & the impact of their Liverpudlian wits. Don't miss Phil kvelling when Ringo drums "Get Back" and "Come Together" on the "Naked Lunch" table. Plus Elvis Costello on the greatness of Ringo, and previews of upcoming episodes with Peter Frampton, his son Julian & next week's second serving of Dogstar! For more on Ringo, the new album, his tour dates with the All Starr Band and more, go to https://www.ringostarr.com. To learn more about building community through food and "Somebody Feed the People," visit the Philanthropy page at ⁠philrosenthalworld.com⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

There's no one like you, and there never will be.

0:02.7

From the producer of Bohemian Rhapsody, there are many legends, but there is only one.

0:12.2

Michael in IMAX and Cinemas now.

0:16.7

Phil, I'm here.

0:18.8

I'm still here, David.

0:19.8

You keep looking as if you're expecting someone else.

0:22.7

Hope springs eternal. No, but truthfully, hope springs eternal that we've always wanted this guest on making lunch.

0:29.4

You've been teasing me with him for how many years now?

0:32.9

Well, let's just talk about the day, because it's not the longest of interviews, but it's very special.

0:39.0

And the context is interesting because this happened on a Friday in which Phil, at the last minute, was as he's wont to do, was called in to play a role on a very hot TV show, a great series acting, not as Phil

0:57.9

Rosenthal.

0:58.7

I was working on a big event show, and that was the day that Ringo invited us to join Ringo

1:06.5

and T-Bone for Naked Lunch.

1:08.3

Pretty amazing.

1:09.6

So I actually told this big TV show that this was happening and asking when my call

1:16.9

time was.

1:18.0

The call time was maybe 20 minutes before we were supposed to be with Ringo, which of course

1:25.0

would not have been enough time.

1:26.6

So I told them, listen, I know I just have a couple of pages in this show, but I have an opportunity to interview Ringo Starr.

1:39.2

And they said, let us see what we can do.

1:42.4

By the way, if it was a Holley's, maybe not.

1:45.2

Maybe not.

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