#533 - Backing Brittin, Destination Bloob and Dormice! Dormice! Dormice!
4/21/20261 hr 4 min
Two towering national figures dominate today’s podcast; bloobs and David Attenborough. Bloobs because John has realised he lives in heaven and he backs the Chilterns. Attenborough because John’s been watching his new (filthy) TV show and Elis has been having nightmares about knocking him down the stairs.
Three other culturally significant totems also feature: First there’s the new DG who meets John (in a show intro that Elis labels ‘a real case study into the workings of John’s mind’).
Then there’s Steve Coogan and his historic aggressive vibing with Robins.
And thirdly, and probably most importantly, there’s the Cymru Connection. Elis has a new approach to reaching 50%, and all he needs is a complete list of all of Wales’s teachers…
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First 90 secondsJohn Robins· Host0:00
Attention Ellis & John apologists, vibe tasters, hammer legends, and all PCDs, this is a content alert. Here at Ellis & John HQ, we are constantly evolving, like Betamax or MiniDisc. Content that stays still is dead. So after seven years of terrestrial podcast-first BBC broadcasting, Ellis & John is entering the future sphere.
Richard Osman· Soundbite0:24
Why did I let John write this?
John Robins· Host0:25
We're forging a path into a new digital millennium.
Richard Osman· Soundbite0:29
The millennium was twenty-six years ago.
John Robins· Host0:30
From this day thence, Ellis & John will still be available on BBC Sounds, but the Ellis & John world is expanding. And as a part of that globo-splosion- Dave, can you say this? As a part of that globo-splosion, if you're not listening on BBC Sounds, you will start to hear adverts. Some generic, some riffed by Ellis and I, as we dip our toes into the world of independent content creation. [upbeat rock music] Hello, everyone. After wrapping up the morning life drawing class, my PA, Samantha, looked up from her easel as I put on my robe.
Richard Osman· Soundbite1:17
Oh, no.
John Robins· Host1:18
"You're coming along so well, Sam," I said. "Yes, I think it's the extra large canvas. They give me more freedom to draw you accurately." [laughs] "Yes, you've really captured something there.