#522 - Fast Twitch Diplomacy, Jeez & Onion and To Do With The Weavers
3/13/20261 hr 15 min
The studio is wafting with sandalwood and intense male musk because Dave’s got a new scent, something which is causing John much nasal fascination.
But yet again, the big story is a huge Elis James week. What a run he’s on by the way. He’s had a completely genuine standing ovation at one of London’s coolest comedy gigs. Further still, he’s performed the finest bit of house jobbery he’s ever done, with plumbing tape elevating this above Mega Week.
Elsewhere, Adrian brings the boys some significant crispy content and John’s even sacking people who no longer work with him. We also have potentially our most round about chat ever in addressing some correspondence. From cumin and white pepper into the meaning of creativity to horses and penguins, back to the email.
Want to add to the larder of email content? Well get it to elisandjohn@bbc.co.uk
And do check out Saturday’s Bureau for crying out loud. Only on BBC Sounds.
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First 90 secondsDave Masterman· Host0:00
[upbeat music] This is lovely from your, um, calendar.
John Robins· Host0:10
Is it?
Dave Masterman· Host0:11
Yeah, smell that.
John Robins· Host0:13
Do you know, that's a bit like Hugo Dark Blue. [laughs] It's got a vanilla note.
Dave Masterman· Host0:18
It's got a lot of vanilla.
Elis James· Host0:19
Hello, listeners. [laughs] Thank you very much for downloading this episode of Ellis and John. It's a very metrosexual podcast, this.
John Robins· Host0:27
I haven't heard that word- I know ... since my 2018 Edinburgh show.
Elis James· Host0:33
Why... What happened then?
John Robins· Host0:34
No, no.
Elis James· Host0:36
That...
John Robins· Host0:36
Yeah, yeah, yeah. I used that... I was-- Well, it was my hilarious opening- Oh, yeah ... about the man bag.
Elis James· Host0:43
Yes.
John Robins· Host0:43
And how that sort of gone out of fashion.
Elis James· Host0:45
Yeah.
John Robins· Host0:45
The term metrosexual.
Elis James· Host0:47
It has. It's quite a nineties term for men who are willing to sort of cut their nails [laughs] and not be dirty- Yeah ... and have a man bag.
John Robins· Host0:55
Um.
Dave Masterman· Host0:55
Who was, who was... Go on.
John Robins· Host0:56
So I'm just gonna give the notes, Dave, of this- So I've- ... fragrance you've, you've, uh, handed me.
Dave Masterman· Host1:01
What's happening here, Dave?
Elis James· Host1:02
I've given John... So I've got a little tester aftershave and- Oh, yes. ... it's, it's my new scent.
John Robins· Host1:08
So- It's my new scent.
Elis James· Host1:09
It's my new personality.
Dave Masterman· Host1:10
I was gonna say that you smell absolutely ravishing, Dave.
John Robins· Host1:12
[laughs] We have- Fabulous.
Dave Masterman· Host1:14
Thanks.
John Robins· Host1:14
The first note is vanilla.
Dave Masterman· Host1:15
Oh, massive. It's like just one big Walls ice cream.
John Robins· Host1:18
[laughs] The second note- It's a nineties...
Dave Masterman· Host1:20
Dave smells like a ninety-nine.
John Robins· Host1:21
The second note is lavender, actually, Dave.
Elis James· Host1:23
I can, I can smell it.
Dave Masterman· Host1:24
I only smell like an old lady.
John Robins· Host1:25
And the third note- Let me see if lavs is in...
Dave Masterman· Host1:28
'Cause I, I checked this out yesterday ...
John Robins· Host1:29
the