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Elis James and John Robins

#527 - Ab Merchants, Bleeding VAT and Ladybirdaggedon

3/31/202654 min

It’s a rollercoaster of a show for Elis James. He has the opportunity to rectify recent Welsh footballing disappointment by becoming the only player in Cymru Connection history to connect with 5 people twice.

National pride can be restored, as long as Elis opens his eyes and doesn’t go down a Cymru cul-de-sac. Come on El, a (potentially imaginary) listener’s haircut depends on it!

Plus John plays hardball with the One Show, there’s a trip down the Shame Well that knocks Elis bandy, and Dave finally reveals what he’s known for turning up to parties with…

Send in your whats and wares to elisandjohn@bbc.co.uk.

Clips

The Haircut Stakes Reveal
Don’t Look Right! He Looks
Phone Opens To His Abs
The Connection Kicks Off
“I Am Emotionally Impoverished”
VAT Mic-Drop On Biscuits
The HYROX Waiter Setup

Transcript preview

First 90 seconds

  1. John Robins· Host0:00

    [upbeat rock music] Hello, everyone, and welcome to the Ellis James and John Robins show.

  2. Dave0:21

    How have you been, John?

  3. John Robins· Host0:23

    Oh, it's been a rollercoaster week really, uh, in many ways. Um, I've been doing some, uh, like PR and interviews for my book.

  4. Dave0:34

    Oh, okay.

  5. John Robins· Host0:35

    All of which, for some reason, included walking on the same footpath near me.

  6. Dave0:40

    How, how does that happen?

  7. John Robins· Host0:43

    Okay. Because the wonderful podcast with, uh, Emily Dean- Yeah ...is walking your dog.

  8. Dave0:48

    Yeah.

  9. John Robins· Host0:48

    Um, the interview with The Guardian, the photos were taken outside, so I went there.

  10. Dave0:53

    Oh, you did an interview with The Guardian. Well done.

  11. John Robins· Host0:55

    And then the Observer would also do a feature where you're- It was the Observer as well. [laughs] ... when you're going for a walk. So they all sort of feature in a local spot I drive to and walk- Oh, that's good ... around. Um, yeah.

  12. Dave1:07

    Oh, I can't, I can't... But that's, that's a successful PR campaign.

  13. John Robins· Host1:10

    Yeah. It's decent stuff.

  14. Dave1:12

    It's decent stuff.

  15. John Robins· Host1:13

    It's decent stuff. One show still holding out.

  16. Dave1:15

    Are they?

  17. John Robins· Host1:16

    Yeah, they're playing hardball.

  18. Dave1:18

    Yeah, yeah, yeah.

  19. John Robins· Host1:18

    But two can play at that game.

  20. Dave1:20

    What, so you're gonna say no if when they ask you to go on it?

  21. John Robins· Host1:23

    [laughing] Yeah.

  22. Dave1:25

    In, in the hope that they then ask you to go on again even though there's no fee.

  23. Unknown speaker1:29

    [laughing]

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