The quotidian humdrum

Giles Coren Has No Idea

The Times

News & Politics, News

4.3 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 10 February 2023

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Giles and Esther skim the week's papers; from increased ADHD diagnoses and why we don't laugh enough, to the return of Fawlty Towers and the benefits of BeReal. Giles recounts his favourite 70's sitcoms and Esther tries to hold back the laughter when thinking about her children falling over and walking into doors.

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0:00.0	Ooh, I need to do a B-Real.
0:02.0	It came on me, but I want to do the podcast in it, right?
0:05.0	You know?
0:06.0	B-Real's cool.
0:08.0	Um...
0:09.0	Ting, ting, ting, ting, ting.
0:10.0	Do me and Ben.
0:13.0	You can do a smile a little bit later, you see.
0:15.0	Yeah.
0:16.0	Oh my god.
0:17.0	So look.
0:18.0	My smile is pretty, pretty, pretty wack.
0:31.0	It's no joke.
0:32.0	It says, Daily Mail.
0:33.0	Half of us can't record the last time we laughed.
0:35.0	Oh, yes, that's a very sad story.
0:37.0	You were meant to laugh then.
0:39.0	We've got to give everyone a giggle, because your infectious laugh is that I have to give a
0:50.0	comic performance so that you laugh.
0:52.0	No, that's horrid.
0:53.0	Yeah, that's better.
0:54.0	We need, we might think we're known for our sense of humour.
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