S10 EP20: Alan Davies (Video Edition)
6/12/202639 min
Alan Davies joins Captain Carr on Alan Air to swap holiday horror stories, from disastrous trips to Costa Rica and eight-hour holidays in the Canary Islands to celebrity encounters with Sting and Ronan Keating.They also chat about returning to stand-up, comedy heroes, the emotional impact of Alan's memoirs, and being called Alan.✈️ Don't forget to like and subscribe for new episodes every week.00:00 First meeting at Jools Holland's Hootenanny01:20 Alan's dogs Rita and George02:31 The decline of the name Alan04:06 First holiday memories on the South Coast05:16 Favourite destinations: Australia & New Zealand05:39 Returning to stand-up with Think Ahead06:56 Christchurch and touring New Zealand08:42 The shortest holiday ever: the Canary Islands disaster10:39 Costa Rica airport chaos13:07 Costa Rica: rain, dogs and no turtles16:55 Celebrity encounters: Sting and plane etiquette19:04 Madonna's daughter and the Marbella flamenco dress21:53 Ronan Keating and the Antigua norovirus outbreak23:42 Just Ignore Him and writing about grief24:08 White Male Stand-Up and comedy life on the road26:11 Comedy heroes: Jack Dee and Eddie Izzard29:00 Where Alan would spend his final years31:20 Quick Fire Round33:00 Emotional baggage & landing the plane#LifesABeach #AlanCarr #AlanDavies #JonathanCreek #TravelPodcast #ComedyPodcast #CostaRica #StandUpComedy #WhiteMaleStandUp #JustIgnoreHim Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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First 90 secondsAlan Davies· Guest0:00
[upbeat music] Well, I was, I was doing adverts for, for money obviously. And, uh, they ran an- I'm seeing a side to you, Alan.
Alan Carr· Host0:13
[laughs] How much? I'll do it.
Alan Davies· Guest0:16
Do you know... [laughs] [laughs] No, that, that's not the order.
Alan Carr· Host0:19
[laughs] [laughs] Look who we've got on board. Alan Davies. How you doing, Alan?
Alan Davies· Guest0:27
I'm very well, thank you, Alan.
Alan Carr· Host0:28
Do you remember the first time we met?
Alan Davies· Guest0:30
Was it on a- I bet you can't ... was it on a... No, I think it was a film quiz or something.
Alan Carr· Host0:35
No.
Alan Davies· Guest0:36
No?
Alan Carr· Host0:36
Jools Holland.
Alan Davies· Guest0:38
Oh, really? What, the Hootenanny?
Alan Carr· Host0:40
Yeah.
Alan Davies· Guest0:40
Really?
Alan Carr· Host0:41
We were on, and Vic Reeves was on, and he was pissed. [laughs] And every time Jools was going, "Happy New Year," went, "It's not New Year, it's October." [laughs] Do you remember that?
Alan Davies· Guest0:52
Yeah, I do now you mention it, yeah.
Alan Carr· Host0:53
Yeah, yeah. Every time. And then he had to, Jools had to say shut up to Vic- [laughs] ... 'cause he was going, "It's not even New Year's Eve." [laughs] And that was a great line up. Paul Weller, Amy Winehouse- Yeah, yeah ... Rana Montaine, and The Zutons, and they sang Valerie, and I wonder whether that's when Amy Winehouse went, "I'm gonna sing Valerie."
Alan Davies· Guest1:13
Yeah, why not? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah. No, I do remember that. That was good fun.
Alan Carr· Host1:17
Yeah.
Alan Davies· Guest1:17
But was it in Maidstone?
Alan Carr· Host1:18
It, it was in Maidstone.
Alan Davies· Guest1:20
Yeah.
Alan Carr· Host1:20
Yeah. [laughs] God, there's always a catch, isn't there, really? [laughs] [laughs] Now listen, is that dog getting on your tits? Can you hear it? It's putting