#525 - Lostalgia, Fornication Nation and Narberth to Nefyn Nude
3/24/20261 hr 1 min
Elis has come off the back of a midi week but that’s not a problem, because the hive mind has another great TV format to which the networks can say “I love it, so I’m going to say ‘no’.”
‘John’s Thoughts’ arrives much to Elis’s confusion, during which John’s also come up with an emotion that’s more complex than nostalgia. “What is this?” asks the Assistant to a Thought Leader about the feature. We don’t quite know yet but it is certainly a great conduit for chin wagging chat.
And in all of that we’ve got a belting Made Up Game which really plays to the boys’ experience in indie commercial digital radio.
It’s elisandjohn@bbc.co.uk if you’ve got a game that could wet our whistles.
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First 90 secondsElis James· Host0:00
[upbeat rock music] Mega. Adjective, slang. Extremely good, great, or successful. Week, a period of seven successive days. I've been having mega weeks, but does the last seven days fit the bill? On Friday, I hosted a fundraising quiz for my kid's school. With my combination of quick wit and ability to read out loud questions that have been prepared for me by someone else, it became apparent from round one, what do you remember about twenty twenty-five? That the dads wanted to be me, and the mums wanted to be with me. [laughing] After I asked which solo female British artist had the most top forty hits in the 1980s, a teacher asked for a quiet word, whispering, "You are such an asset" before pressing a check for three thousand pounds into my palm. I said, "Please, no, I really couldn't." And anyway, depositing a check is a real pain, and she said, "No, it's fine. You can do it on the app these days." And so I said, "Actually, yes, I will accept it then. Thank you." [laughing] On Wednesday, the day got off to an inauspicious start as inspired by Greg James' incredible fundraising activities. I dreamt that we tried to find everyone who had ever wronged John before putting them on trial for comic relief. [laughing] [laughing] Even though court