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What The F*** Is Going On? with Mark Steel

What The F*** Is Going On? With Mark Steel - Ep 151

What The F*** Is Going On? with Mark Steel

Mike J Benwell

Comedy, Society & Culture, News

4.8 • 735 Ratings

🗓️ 7 December 2024

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

Mark is joined by comedian Arthur Smith in this special extended episode, as they discuss his 1991 stage play “An Evening With Gary Lineker”, Arthur’s time teaching in France & many more fascinating stories from Arthur’s life. Get ad-free extended episodes, early access and exclusive content on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/wtfisgoingonpod Follow What The F*** Is Going On? with Mark Steel on Bluesky @wtfisgoingonpod Follow Elliot Steel @elliotsteelcom Follow Arthur on bluesky @arfursmith Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

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0:34.1

we will slide for the denunciation of the clone. Let me put it to you.

0:38.6

Just in the phone.

0:39.7

Yes, he can't.

0:40.5

Hello.

0:41.3

The phone went over the side.

0:44.1

Under the video, we weren't allowed to be.

0:47.0

I just think everyone should be sure.

0:49.1

What the fuck is going on?

0:53.6

Hello, I'm Mark Still.

0:55.6

Welcome to my podcast where each week I am still compelled to ask the question,

1:02.4

what the fuck is going on?

1:06.8

Back in the historic days of the early 1980s, if you were around the comedy scene or the

1:15.2

performing scene, the craziness, whatever you would call it, of the mad venues that would

1:20.0

go on at the time, one of the faces that you would regularly see belongs to a man who I'm going to be talking to for about

1:28.9

an hour called Arthur Smith, a man very much of South London, a man who's sort of quite

1:34.4

commonly known as the mayor of Ballam, is that where, that's where he's lived throughout

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