(Audio Only) The lads are back at Alistair’s

Listen in to Richard and Mark as they enjoy their latest jolly good natter, talking about Dr Who and taking questions from listeners to try and clarify whether they are related.

If you have any questions, you would like us to answer on are next episode or  Send us a email to ajollygoodnatter@gmail.com & ‪@ajollygoodnatter.bsky.social

Transcript

SPEAKER_03 0:04

Very kind of you to join us again. We are simultaneously doing um a live TikTok because uh as you can see, uh my friend who always remembers his name is here. What's that? What's your name again? Well, while while he's considering what his name is, uh my name is Richard Story, and you are very welcome to our latest podcast uh episode of a Jolly Good Natter over coffee and biscuits. And as you can see, we are once again at the famous Alistair's American Diner in the Crystal Palace Triangle. And Oz and his fantastic mum have just served us up the most wonderful lunch. I had macaroni cheese. What did you have?

SPEAKER_02 0:39

I had two chicken breasts and potato breaders.

SPEAKER_03 0:42

There we are, you see. So we we are full of nutrition uh and all the energy that we need to give you a scintillating new episode of this extraordinary series. So, the way it's gonna work is we're recording over there on YouTube, and we've got all you live TikTokers here. Um and so if you have any questions, you can type them in on here, and we will do our best to answer them. But just while we're waiting for those TikTok questions to start flooding in, um I've got to tell you something that happened this week on a previous TikTok live.

SPEAKER_02 1:08

Okay, well, my name is Mark Cameron, just to let you know.

SPEAKER_03 1:12

Thank you for telling me because I always forget.

SPEAKER_02 1:14

Well, I I had to look in my phone. Did you?

SPEAKER_03 1:18

I worry about him. I do, I worry about him continually, constantly and continually both. You see, right?

SPEAKER_02 1:25

Yes, what happened? Yes, you're welcome. Um yes, uh so uh yeah, what happened on your previous TikTok live?

SPEAKER_03 1:32

Yes, well, someone came onto the TikTok live a few nights ago and I noticed that the little avatar, the little picture thing they have by the side, um, was of uh of Doctor Who's TARDIS. And I noticed that. And so I I said to them, Oh, are you a Huvian? As in a follower of Doctor Who? That's the word they use. Yes. And he said, Yes, he was, and asked me if I was, you see. Um, well, I'm not really anymore, but I used to be. When I was a little lad, see, I grew up with the third and fourth doctors, which was uh John Pertwee and Tom Baker. They were they were they were my they were my guys. And in fact, uh when I was very little, I used to dream that one day I might become John Pertwee and become Doctor Who and save the universe from all the nasty invading dialects and cybermen and all the rest of it. See anyway, uh yeah, as I say, I've lost touch with it now. But see, back then, this was compulsive Saturday night viewing. Because every episode, if you recall, it would finish on a cliffhanger and you had to wait a whole week, go through all of school to find out how the cliffhanger ended. Not like now, where you can watch on catch up whenever you want.

SPEAKER_02 2:33

I know it's different now, isn't it? Yeah, because with TikTok, uh TikTok, Netflix, you've got uh Amazon Prime, you can watch all the episodes all in one bundle.

SPEAKER_03 2:42

Exactly, which you could just could never do back then. Yeah. And the thing was, if you missed it, Monday morning you'd walk into school and they're all talking about it. And and you you're the one left out thinking, well, I I missed it, you know. Uh and one of the most dis dismal, miserable feelings. I remember uh as a family would be out on the Saturday afternoon, and for some reason we were late back, and I'd be looking at my watch thinking, are we going to get back in time for Doctor Who? Yeah and sometimes we did and sometimes we didn't. And it was almost you know, sometimes you'd get back just in time to catch the last five minutes, and that was even worse in the way.

SPEAKER_02 3:11

It was, it was, yeah. There we go.

SPEAKER_03 3:16

Yes, yeah, yeah. Didn't they realise we had Doctor Who to watch?

unknown 3:19

No.

SPEAKER_02 3:20

I never watched and uh someone asked me a question in the chat here.

SPEAKER_03 3:24

Oh yes.

SPEAKER_02 3:25

They did. I forgot who it was.

SPEAKER_03 3:28

Oh, here was someone who's there.

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I can't read it. Oh, Severus. Hello, Severus, nice to see you.

SPEAKER_03 3:34

Severus is one of my regulars.

SPEAKER_02 3:35

Oh, hi there, Severus. Nice to see you.

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Severus says, Mark, do you prefer Doctor Who or Harry Potter? There you go.

SPEAKER_02 3:42

I'm probably gonna upset some people, but I actually prefer Harry Potter over Doctor Who.

SPEAKER_03 3:48

Well, you've just upset me.

SPEAKER_02 3:49

Yeah. That was my aim, to be honest.

SPEAKER_03 3:55

Anyway, I just thought I'd mention that with you. And that all sprang out of the fact that somebody on here had put a little Doctor Who TARDIS thing on the thing. Now look, Digger Daz is here. Now, Digger Daz is one of my favourites because he's always coming out with these little jokes. And he says, I crush fizzy drink cans for a living. It's so depressing. So depressing. Yeah, yeah. Well, I quite like it. Yeah, yeah. Um, right, okay, so what else do we have here? Because there were quite a few. Um oh TC says uh they love David Tennant, Doctor Who. Of course, he did it twice, didn't he? Yes, he did. Two bites of the cherry there.

SPEAKER_02 4:29

Some people say he was even one of the best Doctor Who.

SPEAKER_03 4:32

Yeah, well, I mean, everyone has their favourite, don't they? I mean, as I say, Tom Baker was definitely my favourite.

SPEAKER_02 4:37

Was he the one with the sort of fuzzy hair?

SPEAKER_03 4:40

Yeah, and the long scarf.

SPEAKER_02 4:41

Yes, he was. I do remember that. Yes.

SPEAKER_03 4:43

And in fact, he's still alive now in his 90s, but but he's lost a lot of weight. He's very gaunt now, but but still in good spirits and everything. Um, but you see, Aditja, who also is one of my regulars, hello Aditia, nice to see you. He says, I saw Tom Baker at Comic Con. There you go, you see. Um I don't understand what that question means, Red Rocket.

SPEAKER_02 5:02

I think that means verified on TikTok to say you're the official uh Richard Gory.

SPEAKER_03 5:09

The blue tick.

SPEAKER_02 5:09

Yeah.

SPEAKER_03 5:10

So Red Rocket says, Richard, why have you not got the blue tick? Well, if you say so, I don't know what that means or what I'm supposed to do to get it.

SPEAKER_02 5:15

There's other fraudsters out there who may imitate or use your pictures or really something. Yeah, so if you've got a blue tick, I think that's what it means.

SPEAKER_03 5:23

So, how do you get a blue tick then?

SPEAKER_02 5:25

You're gonna have to do some research.

SPEAKER_03 5:27

I could just get a marker pen and go like that. I could get a marker pen and go like that. Yes. Anyway, TC remembers the old, good old days too. Um oh oh oh.

SPEAKER_02 5:35

That was a question.

SPEAKER_03 5:36

Yeah, we we surged up the screen. Hang on, hang on. Uh oh, there we are. Chicken Lover. Now, Chicken Lover is another regular. See, I recognise all these names there, but we're getting a loyal following. Oh, yes, chicken lover. Chicken Lover says, can you both treat us to a surprise wrestling match? In fact, Chicken Lover, it's I'm so sorry to tell you, we just finished it before we came on to do this uh this TikTok live. I'll leave you to guess who won. What he thinks I'm joking. He thinks I'm joking. That's brilliant. I worry about it. You see what I have to work with now? Severus says, Mark, hold up a thumbs up if you need help. Yes, you need help or needs all the help you can get. It's true. Yes. You see, that look, this might come as a surprise to you and to you. But despite appearances, I was once, I was once a weak man.

SPEAKER_02 6:25

Okay.

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Although people do tell me that once a week is enough for any man. Well, well you see, you see?

SPEAKER_02 6:36

I definitely, definitely.

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Oh, Severus says Mark, oh, Severus, how can you say that? Because Mark, Mark is his new favourite person. Oh, thank you. That's what am I supposed to do? Just go and sit in the corner and sulk. I don't I don't want to do it anymore. I'm just gonna sit here and do nothing. Go on, you say something for a change.

SPEAKER_02 6:57

I say quite a lot. I set this all up.

SPEAKER_03 7:01

All right, okay, well, let's scare. Anyway, well, I I talked about everyone. Uh well, what's your plans for today, says Jenny? Go on then. What's your plan for today?

SPEAKER_02 7:10

Well, apart from Dayless podcast, I am gonna go for a run a little bit later on this afternoon. And that's about it, really, you know.

SPEAKER_03 7:20

All right, you do need a busy life, don't you?

SPEAKER_02 7:22

Because today, well, it is well, it is 2 30 in the afternoon. It is, it is. So, yeah, I've got most of the things I needed to do this morning.

SPEAKER_03 7:31

So well, look, your new fan Severus says, Does Mark have TikTok as well? He wants to obviously follow you on there. Severus, don't waste your time. Don't waste your time.

unknown 7:40

Wow.

SPEAKER_03 7:41

Anyway, uh now Margaret is here. Now you know who Margaret is. She's one of my most oh yeah. Hang on, hang on. Oh, okay.

SPEAKER_02 7:47

It is a question. So does Mark have TikTok? Do I have TikTok?

SPEAKER_03 7:51

Yes, that's the question.

SPEAKER_02 7:52

Do you do you? Do you know do you think I have TikTok?

SPEAKER_03 7:55

Oh yes.

SPEAKER_02 7:57

So I do. I will join a TikTok live on my own account at some point. I'm not too sure where now.

SPEAKER_03 8:04

You see, he's playing hard to get now. See I don't know. He meets one celebrity and thinks he knows them all. What am I gonna do with you? What am I gonna do with you? Tell me that. Anyway, look, Margaret is here. Hello Margaret, nice to see you. Now, Margaret is one of my not only one of my most loyal TikTok followers, she's also one of my most loyal readers. She's bought loads of my books. In fact, she's bought so many, she's had to buy a new house to keep them all in. You see, Margaret, that's the amount of faith I have in you, Margaret.

SPEAKER_01 8:32

Thank you well.

SPEAKER_03 8:33

Hang on a second, I'll just scroll back again. Uh lots of questions, thank you, but we're scrolling back. We don't want to miss any. There we are. Um right, okay. Uh um, this is an interesting one from Tom the Spider. What's your favourite Caribbean food for someone wanting to try first time?

SPEAKER_02 8:55

I don't know any. Well, well, jerk, jerk, something jerk. You've got jerk chicken, that can be quite spicy. Yeah. Uh you've got curry goat, that can be really curry goat, that's right.

SPEAKER_03 9:06

Yeah, so you have to take the fur off first, though.

SPEAKER_02 9:08

Yeah, definitely.

SPEAKER_03 9:09

Yes.

SPEAKER_02 9:11

It depends how spicy uh you want the food.

SPEAKER_03 9:15

So do you like a spicy life then?

SPEAKER_02 9:19

It depends on the depends what I'm feeling that day, really.

SPEAKER_03 9:22

Oh, listen to it. Watch out, watch out, Severus. Yeah. Just watch out.

SPEAKER_02 9:26

So if you want something quite simple, maybe just go for some uh yeah, curry goat. The whole one? Yeah, curry goat, and it depends if you like white rice or rice and peas. Rice and peas is gonna be brown rice with brown rice. Yes, white rice. We all know white rice is not the most healthiest for you, so something just occurred to me there.

SPEAKER_03 9:51

I in a restaurant, if you ask for curried something or other, it will say curried beef. Curried chicken, but it's always curry goat. They don't say curried goat, do they? Bad grammar. No wonder they don't sell enough. Yes. Now look, chicken lover says, how old is Mark? I would guess 21, maybe 20.

SPEAKER_02 10:11

Wow, thank you.

SPEAKER_03 10:12

Chicken lover, are you are you talking months? I think he means months.

SPEAKER_02 10:16

Wow, thank you, Chicken Lover. That's really appreciated. Thank you.

SPEAKER_03 10:20

You see, I I only I only associate with people who look a lot younger than they really are. Jaffa, Jaffa says, is he your son? Do I look like his son? Which one which one do you which one are you busy are you referring to, Jaffa?

SPEAKER_02 10:33

Well, yeah, which which one's a fun and which one's the one.

SPEAKER_03 10:36

Yeah, yeah, exactly, exactly. Um Severus says, by the way, Richard, I'm a girl, si. Okay, well, don't be disappointed about that. You know, some people are. I mean, half the population would agree with you for a start. Um, right, okay. Um, right, we're scrolling back. There we are. Uh Janie says, Thank you for swerving my question. You're welcome, Janie. What was it? I don't really see I I didn't I don't think we saw a question from Janie. Now, listen, folks, sometimes this does happen quite frequently. This does happen quite frequently, despite the ingenuity of TikTok. Sometimes people put a question in and it doesn't appear on the screen. Okay, yeah. So we're not avoiding you deliberately. Well, well, you might. I I would never do that to my TikTok followers. Um Andrea says, Hi, hello Andrea, what are you up to these days? Well, you can see Andrea, you know, we're continuing our bromance. That's his excuse, anyway. Well, okay. Uh Dan is here. Um, Mr. Junior says check his hard drive. Um uh Walter Weiss, I haven't seen you for a while. Nice to see you. It says, Doctor Who is peak. Now, does that mean it's very good? Yes. I don't understand a lot of the contemporary um terminology, but yeah, it sounds like that. That means that. I haven't seen the new one though. The latest ones. Um, right, okay. Chicken lover now says, Do you think you could beat a polar bear in a straight-up fight?

SPEAKER_02 11:57

Chicken lover, the polar bear, the polar bear is the most dangerous mammal on the planet. Um, it is the most vicious yeah, mammal on the planet.

SPEAKER_03 12:10

You see, I I come from a an era I know I don't look old enough to go back this way, but I do. I come from an era where if two school kids decided they needed to settle an argument with 50 cuffs, it was all very gentlemanly done. They had to take their blazer off and fold it up and put it at the side, and they do it in shirt sleeves, yeah, all this stuff. Wow.

SPEAKER_02 12:28

See, so can I just stop you? Did they did they get a handkerchief and slap your person in the face with it beforehand?

SPEAKER_03 12:36

Well, not if it had already been used. Or if it had been used, they had to use the other side of it.

SPEAKER_02 12:40

Okay.

SPEAKER_03 12:40

Yes. Okay. And or if it had dried, it was usually all right. Yes. Do you recall that from your childhood days?

SPEAKER_02 12:47

Well, as someone mentioned earlier. Was it severance? You mentioned it.

SPEAKER_03 12:52

Severus, not severance. Severance. Oh, so sorry.

SPEAKER_02 12:55

Uh uh, yes, uh, you know, I'm I'm quite young, 20 or 21.

SPEAKER_03 12:59

Yeah. And I I'm interested that you can't remember which it is.

SPEAKER_02 13:02

See, I worry about so many names will pop up. I do apologize.

SPEAKER_03 13:06

Right, okay. And you know, what I was about to say was see, because this thing of taking off your jacket before you had the punch up with somebody, see, maybe maybe the polar bear wouldn't be quite so terrifying if it would take off its jacket before you had the fight with it. Just thought I'd I'd share that with you. Well, it yes.

SPEAKER_02 13:24

Someone says I could fight the polar bear.

SPEAKER_03 13:27

And knock them out. Sneak attack them, says chicken the bear. No, now Callum Wade is yet another one of my loyal supporters. And uh he comes on here and all he ever asks me is, will I do a dance? And the problem is, you see, that he always comes on just five minutes too late after I've done it already. See, so sorry, Callum, you've missed it yet again. But as I mentioned in the previous obtene times we've had this conversation, um, I'm still waiting for you to upload the video of you doing a dance.

SPEAKER_01 13:52

Yeah.

SPEAKER_03 13:52

Okay, and I make and make sure you put your tutu on first, or otherwise it's no deal. Right. Okay. Oh, big up Richard says, too, nice to see you. See, all my loyal followers are here. Isn't this fantastic? Well, well, thank you, Kerry. See, now Kerry is asking how I am, but doesn't care about you.

SPEAKER_01 14:07

Oh, thanks, Kerry.

SPEAKER_03 14:08

Yeah, quite right, Kerry. You've got your priorities right. Jackson says, Well in Richard, there we are. Oh, I don't know quite what that means, but there we are. Anyway, yes, so that we've just reached the end of the questions. Fantastic for the time being. So um, tell us what else you've been up to, or what you've got planned for next week, since you are all you're gonna be doing is going for a jog today.

SPEAKER_02 14:24

Uh yeah, so um next week, I haven't actually really fooled by anything for next week. We're too far ahead. I've only I'm only thinking about what's gonna happen this week. So yeah, going for a jog tonight. Gonna go to cinema, gonna hopefully watch the new Michael Jackson.

SPEAKER_03 14:40

Make sure you go when it's open.

SPEAKER_02 14:41

Yes, that'll be really not like last time. Yeah. So yeah, I've just gonna try and squeeze in to watch the Michael Jackson movie that came out um last week. That looks really interesting.

SPEAKER_03 14:53

I've I've I've seen the trailer for it, or I've seen a trailer for it, but I have heard mixed reviews, which are on the one hand, people who say what what you see is brilliant, but what you don't see is all of the kind of controversy that emerged later. It's basically just a kind of a glowing account rather than the with all the all the warped and all stuff that that kind of attached itself to him later on. Okay. Thank you. Just thought I'd share that with you.

SPEAKER_02 15:18

Okay. Someone said the Langson movie is amazing. Is it true?

SPEAKER_03 15:22

Oh, and Kerry says it's fab. Okay, lots of people. Severus says, I love your dad jokes. Thank you, Severus. Most of my nick from Digger Daz. Um ah, chicken lover, I've always loved you. Right, look at that. Now listen, you listen, listen, listen. Next week, Mark applies to Big Brother.

SPEAKER_02 15:38

Why?

SPEAKER_03 15:39

Because you might win.

SPEAKER_02 15:40

Chicken Lugger, you always ask me to come, Big Brother. Why?

SPEAKER_03 15:45

Well, why not? Just imagine what we would have missed out on if I hadn't done it. See, you wouldn't have known any celebrities at all. So you just you just don't think of these things. What am I gonna do? What am I gonna do with him? Ah, dear, oh dear. Right. Um, me so me is here. Oh uh two says, have you have you had any further thoughts on the adoption? Now, this is too asking me whether I would adopt his man. Um don't laugh. It's I'm flattered. Sorry, sorry, too. Uh look, look, you see, you see what I've got to work with. I know why, it's just because you want me to adopt you, isn't it? Yes. Um chicken lover. You can stay at home next time. It's crazy to think Richard turned 65 in 1982. I I do carry it very well, don't I? Yeah, I do. I do. Actually, on a serious note, you know, if it's possible for us to be ever serious ever. Um a few months ago.

SPEAKER_02 16:43

Brilliant chicken lover, I like that.

SPEAKER_03 16:46

I think he's obviously referring to you rather than me. Um, a few months ago, um, I had a little reunion with some of my old schoolmates. And it was quite nice. We're just sitting there in the pub and reminiscing and saying, oh, wasn't it funny, Mr. Didden's Woodward class, when when this happened or that happened, ha ha ha ha ha. And it was all all, you know, nice reminiscing and everything. Um, but then it took on a bit of a serious tone when uh one of my old schoolmates started reeling off a list of names of people who I'd sat in the classroom with who have already passed away. I'm not here anymore. I'm thinking, wow, you know, I used to I used to sit next to him in in the history class, I used to sit next to him in the English class, and they've gone already. And I'm still in pretty fine fertile, I think. I'm not showing any signs of pegging out quite yet, but it just goes to show, doesn't it? You never know how long you've got. You're looking a bit pale, actually. You're feeling all right there. Yeah, I worry, I worry about him constantly. Constantly, I do. Um, right. Uh Kerry says, all right, here you go, Mark. Here's one for you. I've got to scroll back and find it. Right, hang on. Where was it? Where was it? Uh uh There it is. Kerry says, what advice would you give to someone applying for BB? Go for it. Because it'll help you when you put your application in.

SPEAKER_02 17:57

Let your friend do it.

SPEAKER_03 17:58

Can I? Is that a real offer? I can put I can apply on your behalf.

SPEAKER_02 18:03

Let me go all my details though, so good luck with that.

SPEAKER_03 18:06

I could put I could give you a good reference, though, couldn't I? They'd probably listen to me as well. Um anyway, okay, Kerry, let me answer it since he's obviously not going to say anything sensible at all. I well you just have to you just have to be yourself.

unknown 18:20

Yes.

SPEAKER_03 18:20

Yes, well, that's the main that's the main thing. Yeah, but everyone says that, but it's true because if you try and assume a persona or a particular character thinking that that's what is required, even if you're right, you can't sustain it for all those weeks. You know, the uh the real you will emerge. So you might as well just be your own self and be comfortable with who you are. Um now look at this. Mark, your teeth look amazing. Have you had them done or are they natural?

SPEAKER_02 18:43

Oh, they're natural. Yeah, thank you. There you go, too. You've heard of it. So thank you. That is right time for you to say, too.

SPEAKER_03 18:51

There you go, you see. Um uh Bionic Boys says, Rich, I missed last one. Who won Big Brother? Well, I can't remember. But if you look on itv.com, all the episodes are there, and I'm sure you'll enjoy them. Um uh oh, Severus says Richard is known by the whole nation, a household name, and makes headlines daily. There, you see.

unknown 19:13

Wow.

SPEAKER_03 19:13

See? I've told you.

SPEAKER_02 19:15

The problem is, why are you saying that about Richard? You do realize we won't be able to get out of Alistair's today because his head will be so inflated. We struggle to get you in here in the first place.

SPEAKER_03 19:29

Sometimes I think you don't love me anymore. You see what I have to put out with? You see what I have to put out with? Ah, Max says, Do you know the Pope? Uh yes. Um, for what it's worth, says, Who is the guy with the pretty teeth? Well, it must be you again.

SPEAKER_02 19:45

Thank you. For what?

SPEAKER_03 19:48

For what it's worth, yeah. True says, Don't worry, Richard, this is about the abdoction question. Don't worry, I'll ask again tomorrow.

SPEAKER_02 19:54

Yes. My name's Mark Cameron, just to let you know.

SPEAKER_03 19:57

Yeah, oh yes, see, that well, they know what my name is already, because I've been on the television, you know. I have, I've been on the TV, I have. Yes, only once though. But it was quite a long once. See, Circus says, what a lovely couple. Who asked her? Because who are you talking about? Um uh oh, several has made the observation. Richard, your blue jumper matches the outside of the shop. Was that intentional? Um, well, the outside of the shop is another one of my blue garments, yes.

SPEAKER_02 20:31

Uh so so just what what are you up to, by the way, because you aren't up to me, but uh yeah, what were you up to this week?

SPEAKER_03 20:38

Um oh well, I mean, obviously I'm always doing the uh the music exams and stuff. Um I'm hoping, as I mentioned to you before, and as I think I may have mentioned on some of the TikTok lives, I have been approached, because some of you will be aware, that I've written a lot of books. 15 of them thus far, number 16 on the way, and 17 and 18 in the pipeline. Um and I have been approached by quite a big publisher, who I'm afraid I am not at liberty to disclose at this stage. That's how hush-hush it is. Just like when the Big Brother thing was in the offing, I wasn't allowed to tell anyone I was possibly going on there until it became definite. So um uh yes, it's all very exciting. My agent is in the process of having discussions with them, and um, I'm just waiting on Tenderhooks to find out what happens, and it's potentially very exciting indeed. Um, while we're on the subject, you know, some people, some of my loyal TikTok followers and even some of the uh YouTube viewers, uh have asked me for signed copies. Which I have been sending out. Yeah, so if you would like a signed copy of one of my books, just send me a direct message um either here on TikTok or uh you can contact us at ajollygodmetter at gmail.com and um we'll sort it out for you. All right. Splendid, splendid. Right. Uh I bet we're miles behind with the questions now. Um, Alicia says, Oh, Alicia, my mum loved to watch Big Brother but died two weeks before the one with you. Oh, Alicia, great deep. Condolences to you. Um when you say two weeks before, do you do you mean two weeks before the series I was on, or two weeks before the one where I where I w before I ended, before I won? Um but anyway, oh I was sorry to hear that, my dear.

SPEAKER_02 22:12

I hope I hope you're hope you're dealing with uh my mum's brief and uh okay. Yeah. That can be a struggle.

SPEAKER_03 22:19

So well, there's never a good time for things like that to happen, and there's so little that can be said when it does. Um but yes, yes, yes, all our thoughts to you. Yes, definitely. Um right. Uh we're scrolling back again. Right, there we are. Circa says, is he after a UK passport? I live in hope that they'll give him one, yes. Um, okay, that question. Some of you're putting the same question in again. Um, there we are. Um Sparkle Jeremy, that's a nice name, Sparkle Jeremy. You should change your name to that. Sparkle Markle. Sparkle Markle. How about that?

SPEAKER_02 22:56

No, that's all right, that's all right.

SPEAKER_03 22:57

Um anyway, Sparkle says, I think that you were a most splendid Big Brother contestant. Best wishes. See now, I like comments like that. And it kind of balances the scales. Because you remember when we did the last one of these, we had uh you know uh my lovely friend Wendy who came on and just told me that it was a boring old loser who brought nothing to the show at all. Yes, Wendy. Wendy, are you there? Are you there, Wendy? I'm I'm looking forward to some more of your insults because they're they're nicely crafted, finely honed. Yes.

SPEAKER_02 23:26

So does she come with the same insult each uh each line?

SPEAKER_03 23:31

Actually, it was very similar, yes. That's why I keep asking you to be a bit more imaginative. Oh yeah, you definitely uh you're welcome, Alicia. Thank you so much.

SPEAKER_00 23:39

Oh yeah.

SPEAKER_03 23:40

Um a second.

unknown 23:42

Yeah.

SPEAKER_03 23:42

Uh developed line. Yeah, yeah, that's what I've yeah, that's what I was just saying.

unknown 23:46

Yes.

SPEAKER_03 23:46

Oh, oh, oh, okay, wait, there we are.

SPEAKER_02 23:48

Two weeks before. Oh, sorry. Yeah. Two weeks before the series review ahead. Yeah, yeah. Thank you. Yeah, okay.

SPEAKER_03 23:54

There we are. Yeah, there we are. Okay. Um I can't read the name. It says, Who is Mark? Actually, that's a good question. Who are you? What are you doing here? I told him not to let you in.

SPEAKER_02 24:07

Oh me, I um well, Chicken Lover's given the answer. Oh, yes, chicken lover essentially. Mark is a professional wrestler turn model.

SPEAKER_03 24:16

Yes, an airfix, airfix model. Thank you. Airfix. Yes.

SPEAKER_02 24:20

Thank you, Chicken Lover. That is so kind of you.

SPEAKER_03 24:22

Did you ever make airfix models when you were a lad? No. I I did. I was always I always seemed to get given them for Christmas presents. And um, I would stick the things together and ended up with it all the glue clarting up everything, make a complete mess of it. And I never ever got around to painting it. Yeah. But um, there we are. Yeah. So my artistic career never really took off. See, Angela says, Oh, Angela says, Richard, I loved you past tense. So you don't love me anymore, Angela. Was it something I said? Oh gosh. See, I'm losing my followers. Jenny says, Afternoon, both of you. Thank you, Jenny. Good afternoon to you too. Go be nice to Jenny. Yes, afternoon there, Jenny. Hope you're well. Um, oh, Alicia says you have 226 subscribers now. It's coming along nicely. Can't wait till it's 500. Thank you, Alicia. Yes, and that gives us a great opportunity to um remind everyone what you're talking about there. Because, folks, you watching on the YouTube right now, over there, YouTube's over there. Yes. If we can get 500 subscribers, we can then start doing all sorts of exciting things, including going live on YouTube instead of just loading up the pre-recorded stuff all the time. So if you haven't yet subscribed to this channel, please consider doing so. Please tell your friends, neighbours, families, and and all your pets and everybody in the world to subscribe as well. Um, and if we get those 500 subscribers that we reach as a collective group, here's the reward, the incentive for you. And hopefully this won't put you off. But so many of you, so many of you have said that you like the sound of my voice. See, some people do like listening to me.

SPEAKER_02 25:55

Yes, okay.

SPEAKER_03 25:56

Thank you, very kind. Well, if we get those 500 subscribers, I will read to you one of the short stories from my short story collection here, live on TikTok and on the podcast there. Okay, so please do consider subscribing. And every time you watch an episode, click the like button. That'd be brilliant. And if you want to be notified of further episodes as they're released, you'll find the little bell button you can press. If you press the bell, and then you can select uh turn the notifications on.

SPEAKER_02 26:23

See, I I know that. We've only got 49% of the way to go.

SPEAKER_03 26:27

Yes, we'll be there in no time. Yes. Oh, Alicia says Mark has a very relaxing voice too. You're right, Alicia, but he never uses it, does he?

SPEAKER_02 26:37

Oh, you do like to take the stage. Oh well, sorry, I didn't mean to upstage you. And also you are the famous person, as you remember.

SPEAKER_03 26:47

But this no, this is an equal partnership. So go on, you take the stage, then do something impressive.

SPEAKER_02 26:51

Well, thank you, Alicia. This guy, he does take to um does like to talk about your speech, so I'd have really got an opportunity. So my voice gets to rest, and it that's why it's nice and soothing for you.

SPEAKER_03 27:03

That's his excuse anyway. Yes. Now, oh Clix is here. Hello, Clix. So this is another one of my loyal followers. Right, Clix. Um, how is your big brother wall going? Do you know what I'm talking about? The big brother wall.

SPEAKER_02 27:14

No.

SPEAKER_03 27:15

Clix actually sent me a couple of photos to autograph and send back because they stick them on the wall amongst lots of other autographs and big brother type photos and pictures and stuff. Yeah, to have a whole big brother wall in their house.

SPEAKER_02 27:27

Oh, if you can send us a picture, that'd be fantastic.

SPEAKER_03 27:30

Well, yeah, we'd love to see that. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Yes. Um there you go. For what it's worth, says is Mark your partner. There you go, you can answer that.

SPEAKER_02 27:39

Well, someone honest, am I his father or his son earlier? Yes. And now you're answering uh no.

SPEAKER_03 27:52

No, no, the answer is no. No, no. I I I I I hope your illusion is not uh irreparably damaged there. Now, chicken lover, I'm starting to go off you. You say, Richard, I love you, but Mark has the better voice. Now, if you do indeed have the better voice, maybe you should do the reading at 500 subscribers.

unknown 28:11

Thank you.

SPEAKER_03 28:11

Thank you, Chicken. You see, if actually, that's not a bad idea, because if it was my story, but you reading it, that'd be more of a sort of a team effort then, wouldn't it?

unknown 28:21

Yeah.

SPEAKER_03 28:22

Well, we'll we'll think about it. Good idea. Thank you for the suggestion.

SPEAKER_02 28:25

So when you do read, how much are you gonna read? You're gonna read a chapter?

SPEAKER_03 28:29

Well, then it's from my it'll be a whole story, but it's from my short story collection. So it'll just be a little one.

SPEAKER_02 28:34

Show me, I don't think you showed me that.

SPEAKER_03 28:36

Yeah, it's the book of names.

SPEAKER_02 28:37

No, yeah, I don't think you showed me that.

SPEAKER_03 28:39

You have, it's on full display in Mozart London at 69 Annalee Road. Yes.

SPEAKER_02 28:43

I'm gonna have to look at it.

SPEAKER_01 28:44

I'm gonna have to look at that.

SPEAKER_03 28:45

There's one of one of my 15 books is called The Book of Names, and it's a collection of short stories, so they're all short ones. So when we do the 500 subscribers and we come on here and read one, it will be a complete story. Yes.

SPEAKER_02 28:56

Fantastic. Yes. Okay.

SPEAKER_03 28:58

All right, so there you go. Angela says you won, didn't you? Did you? You never told me.

SPEAKER_02 29:04

Well, I applied when you wasn't looking.

SPEAKER_03 29:10

Angela says, Richard has great stories. There, see, Angela, you're one of my favourite people ever. I'll tell you what, Angela, since it's you, you can read them again at no further cost.

unknown 29:21

Yeah.

SPEAKER_03 29:22

Well, see, I do I do nice things for my TikTok followers, it's true. Um Right, okay. Uh uh. Oh, hang on. Um, and now Angela is saying, What do you sing, Mark? Go on, give us a tune.

SPEAKER_02 29:37

I think someone asked me this before. I think someone didn't know.

SPEAKER_03 29:39

Well, you've had time to think of something now. Yeah, go on then. Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the one and only distinctive voice of Mark Cameron singing. You better choose something before I choose a song for you. I'm ready. Okay, my way.

SPEAKER_02 29:56

Oh, gosh, that was amazing, wasn't it?

SPEAKER_03 29:58

Well, that had the melodic quality of an East African water buffalo on its last day being drowned in a mud pool in the middle of the savannah.

SPEAKER_02 30:05

That was amazing. Come on, that was fantastic.

SPEAKER_03 30:10

All right, it was amazing. It was, yes. Yes. Um, oh, here we are. The question comes up again. Jack Farr says, Is that your son? Yes, but Jack, which who who is which one is which? You've got to get it right.

SPEAKER_01 30:20

Yeah.

SPEAKER_03 30:21

Yes. Uh oh, here's clicks again about the big brother wall. It's going good. Still waiting on Farmer Cameron's signature. I'll send you a picture when it's done. Excellent. Can't wait to see it. Uh, you could always send us a picture of the work in progress.

SPEAKER_01 30:33

That's that's yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

SPEAKER_03 30:35

Because then I can tell you whether you've got my picture, you know, sufficiently in the middle.

SPEAKER_02 30:39

Wow. As I as I mentioned earlier. See the head just gets bigger.

SPEAKER_03 30:44

Yeah, you have this effect on me, it's all your fault. Um uh da da da. Chicken lover is very sorry. Well, uh, yeah, thank you for the apology. Uh okay, thank you. Uh, right. Well, that one, I'm just going to kick him out because that's not very nice, is it? There we are. Blocked, and off he goes. There we are. See, because we want these TikTok knives to be a nice, safe space. So when people say silly things, we know how to kick them out now. And in fact, I quite like kicking people out who say silly things. Uh Chicken Lover says, speaking of Farmer Cameron, did watching back his cooking sky you for like. Um, I've got to tell you, Chicken Lover, out of all the things that Farmer Cameron made, I never ate any of them.

SPEAKER_01 31:23

Really?

SPEAKER_03 31:24

He would make a cooked breakfast quite a number of times. But by the time he got on with it, I'd already had my breakfast ages ago because I was up before anybody else.

SPEAKER_02 31:31

I was gonna say, yeah, you you were up five, six o'clock in the morning, weren't you?

SPEAKER_03 31:35

Well, well, I don't know what time it was, but it was hours before everybody else, day after day after day. Yes.

SPEAKER_02 31:40

The fact that you got told to go back to bed.

SPEAKER_03 31:42

Yes. Did I tell you there was one of those times where having been sent back to get bed again, because it was still the middle of the night, I was just lying there on the bed wide awake, and I was laid there for ages. And and and I thought, um and I and I thought, uh, you know, surely it must be time to get up now. And um and I looked up into it through the gloom at the camera, which was obviously filming in infrared, and I looked up at it and I went like this. I went and the camera went and shook its head at me um in the dark. So I just laid back down on the bed for more hours. So there you go, you see. Um, right now then I think I might have pressed a button there that I shouldn't have, but we'll be all right. Um, hello Salvador, hello Corey, hello Adele, hello Cody. Anyway, um so is it time for us to do our world famous taste test, do you think?

SPEAKER_02 32:32

It is. We do have many requests for that. This segment is quite popular.

SPEAKER_03 32:36

It it is, it's becoming quite an quite an important fixture. Well, tell us then then what what do we have for the test today?

SPEAKER_02 32:42

I can't read it because you brought it over there.

SPEAKER_03 32:46

You can't read it, don't you know what it is?

SPEAKER_02 32:47

I I can't see it because it's on your screen.

SPEAKER_03 32:49

But you brought it.

SPEAKER_02 32:53

There you go then. So these are Broderick's sorted camera.

SPEAKER_03 33:00

I've never heard of this make before. Yeah. They are okay. Well you better let the viewers see it as well.

SPEAKER_01 33:06

Well, yeah.

SPEAKER_03 33:07

Yes. You know, when it was when it was turned that way around, I thought it was a tin of baked beans.

SPEAKER_02 33:13

Well, the the sorted crisp caramel crispy bars or chocolate and almost all sort of the same as rice crispy cakes, aren't you?

SPEAKER_03 33:22

Oh, okay. All right.

SPEAKER_02 33:23

So yeah.

SPEAKER_03 33:24

Okay, so we better better try it.

SPEAKER_02 33:25

I made chocolate and signature caramel.

SPEAKER_03 33:30

Um, are you ready? Yeah, you do that. And just before you do it, I will just quickly answer a question here from Sparkle Jeremy who says, Were you ever performing for the edit in the diary room, or did you always feel honest? They were bits of both, Sparkle, especially when we had the nominations. Because so we turn up there and you'd say, Who's your first nomination? And you'd say, Well, I don't really don't want to nominate anybody, they're all nice people. And he'd say something like, Oh, well, what about three days ago when he said this or did that? And you go, Oh, well, I suppose that was a bit, you know, so yeah, yeah, so he shouldn't have done that, should he? And he goes, Well, no, I suppose not. He'd gradually wheedle this thing out of you, you see. Um, uh, so yeah, it was a little bit performing for the for the cameras. Yeah. Yes, it was. It was. Shall I open my one as well? Please, that'd be great.

SPEAKER_02 34:11

I've already opened mine.

SPEAKER_03 34:13

Oh, I think, well, glad you've got yours then. Right, here we go. So this is the taste test, and this is the um the salted caramel crispy cake. Here it is. Here it is. Look, oh sorry, you're not here. No. Go on then. Shall we try?

SPEAKER_02 34:28

Yeah, try, yeah, try and slice.

SPEAKER_03 34:29

Simultaneously. Yeah, go ahead. Ready? Three, two, one. Right, well, first impression I had the impression it was gonna be crispier than that one. But I quite like the fact that it's a bit more chewy and moist. What do you think?

SPEAKER_02 35:02

Really good. This is the inside, by the way.

SPEAKER_03 35:18

And according to the packet, it comes from Ireland. There you go. I didn't know that. The packaging is exquisite. Look at that. Have you ever seen anything more attractively packaged? Oh, you have. Have you? What was it then? I do, I'll worry about you. He asks the question, then doesn't give us an answer. Um right. Oh, Angela has to go. Well, thanks for coming, Angela. Nice to see you. Um says, Whatever happens, don't swallow it whole.

SPEAKER_02 35:54

Yeah, don't, because we no one knows.

SPEAKER_03 35:57

Miko says it looks yummy. It wasn't any very good. So we we need to um oh, Chicken Lover says, Looks amazing. I could probably eat 12 in one sitting. You must have a massive mouse, Chicken Lover. Um, okay, so we need to give it scores out of 10.

SPEAKER_02 36:11

Whoever was on our TikTok live yesterday knowed uh we had what did we have yesterday?

SPEAKER_03 36:18

Um it was the um MS molted chocolate balls with Belgian chocolate.

SPEAKER_02 36:23

And what's the score you gave it yesterday?

SPEAKER_03 36:25

Uh 9.306. I don't know why you have a problem with my scoring. 9.306 is a good score.

SPEAKER_02 36:36

It's not realistic.

SPEAKER_03 36:38

Well, what's your score then?

SPEAKER_02 36:41

For the Maltese. Yes, yes, but yesterday was. I think it was a nine, no, it was a nine.

SPEAKER_03 36:48

I thought it's a nine, yeah. Yes, so I went higher than you. Yes. All right, so how did it compare with this? What's your score for this one then?

SPEAKER_02 36:58

Nine point two.

SPEAKER_03 37:02

Do you know we came very close on this occasion? Because I've got to tell you, my score this time is nine point two zero six.

SPEAKER_02 37:12

Ha ha, you know, uh, why why am I even bothering? Why am I even bothering? Why am I even bothering?

SPEAKER_03 37:19

I I don't know what the problem is. It's a mark out of ten, so what? See, you TikTok followers and you YouTube watchers. So you agree with me, don't you? That nine point two zero si is the right score for this. Yes? Yes, give us a thumbs up if you agree. Thank you. There you see, there's the first one already. Hold on. Who gave you a thumbs up? No, over there on TikTok. On the on the on the YouTube. Oh. Yes. Um, oh, Mikko's on a diet. Oh no, Chicken Lover's on a diet. There we are. Um Jade is here. Um, oh Jade says, I think you have a bad signal. Maybe that means it's cutting in and out. Sometimes it freezes. But but I can't tell this end, it's only what people are seeing. Yeah. Oh, look, see look there. Angela says your screen is frozen or it's fine. Right, well, our screen isn't frozen, Angela, but um, I hope that yours doesn't stay frozen very long.

unknown 38:05

Oh, yeah.

SPEAKER_02 38:06

I need to go out of the application and go back in.

SPEAKER_03 38:09

Right, okay. Yeah. All right. But hopefully the the thing over there is all right. Is that had enough battery power to keep us going the whole time, did it? It's not going to cut out at 28 minutes or anything like that. It has been known. What are you staring at me like that for? Have you forgotten your lines? See, you see what I have to work with, it doesn't even run with a script. Oh, honestly. Anyway, yes. So thank you to everyone who subscribed to the channel, a Jollygoodnatter overcopy of Biscuits. Don't forget we have the email attached to it, which is a jollygodnatter at gmail.com, where we love to hear from you if you've got ideas about uh potential guests we should approach, or uh any topics of conversation you'd like us to um uh vent ourselves upon. Uh serious or um or funny, uh any, you know, I mean, as you know, we we always talk about you know deeply, deeply intellectual things. Well, I do anyway. Um so any any kind of topic that you want to suggest is fine. Um, and thanks to all of those of you who have been reading my books. Have you have you read any of my books?

SPEAKER_02 39:16

Well, I've told you. Two children's books.

SPEAKER_03 39:19

Oh, yes, yes. Well thank you. Thank you, thank you for that. Just think when you grow up, you'll be able to read some of the other ones. Yes. And thank you to everyone who's asked me to make you some personal videos on the Cameo website, really appreciate that as well. Yes, so um, right, hang on a second. Oh, there we are. Uh Deb says, Do you miss the Big Brother House? Uh kind of. It was good fun, you know. It was. It was good fun. And I particularly enjoyed, if there's one thing about it that I miss, it's my visit to the diary room. Because um, I remember when Tate went to the diary room, uh he told me afterwards that he always felt like he was being summoned to the headmaster study like some naughty schoolboy. But when I went there, I just teased him relentlessly. And it was just unfortunate that he didn't uh broadcast more of those sessions. Yeah. Because we had a lot of nice. I know he enjoyed it because I could hear him kind of chuckling in the background. But there you go. Um, right, so what do we have here? Oh, oh, go away. There we are. Um, Angela says again, I can hear you, just a screen frozen. You should interview the one from BB. Oh, well, Angela, we have. We had uh an episode with Sam from the Big Brother House, and we have an episode with Tate from the Big Brother House. We also have some others in the pipeline that haven't um uh materialized yet, but which I will do in due course. Um so yes, do check it out. Go to YouTube and type in a Jolly Good Natter over coffee and biscuits, and you'll see all the episodes there. And there's there's over over 40 of them now, aren't there? I think something like that.

SPEAKER_02 40:50

Yeah, there's about five or six uh video, and then the others are just audio only, which are prior to my that's right, and the all the initials ones initial ones were just audio only.

SPEAKER_03 41:03

Um, and then uh after Big Brother, essentially, um the videos we started doing the videos, and if we get 500 subscribers on there, uh we will start going live on YouTube as well. So, how cool is that?

SPEAKER_02 41:16

Yeah, that'd be really good.

SPEAKER_03 41:17

It jolly well would, wasn't it? Um, okay, and at this moment we have no more questions. So, what we're gonna do now.

SPEAKER_02 41:23

There was a that story when we were eating our lunch, there was a story you were gonna talk about. Do you remember?

SPEAKER_03 41:29

And uh I do remember you saying that, and I can't remember what it was.

SPEAKER_02 41:34

That's an old age kick right now.

SPEAKER_03 41:36

Having a senior moment. Do you ever have senior moments?

SPEAKER_02 41:39

We all do. We all do.

SPEAKER_03 41:42

Well, well, we obviously when we get to your age, yes, but not when you're still young like me.

SPEAKER_02 41:45

Well, haven't you ever uh turned your neck and you just had a crick um really quickly? No, no. Oh gosh, that lost that's me then. That's all that wrestling I do there, chicken lover.

SPEAKER_03 41:57

It is, you see, I I don't see I I give no quarter. When we when we have our wrestling matches, I I show no mercy at all.

SPEAKER_02 42:06

Got an elbow dropped.

SPEAKER_03 42:08

Oh, I thought you were just re-relocating your dislocation, thanks to me. Um right. See, I I think I think I think the comments are frozen because there hasn't been any comments for quite a while. Look, that's right. Yeah, oh dear, oh dear, what are we gonna do? That's right. Anyway, yes, so um for the future, as in the time yet to come, um, we do have other other guests in mind. Yeah, um, we've got quite a few episodes already in the can that we're just waiting to get edited and sorted out. Uh and it's wonderful that the same uh a lot of a lot of the TikTok followers who are following me loyally and and uh and um in a devoted fashion are uh watching the both the TikTok lives and the um the videos on YouTube, you see?

SPEAKER_02 42:57

Yes, that's a CN moment there.

SPEAKER_03 43:03

I'm not that old. Well not really well to put it this way. I'm younger than he looks. Right. Um, Angela says we're back. We're back, look at that. And she says you start a podcast. Angela, you missed it all, you missed all the fun. Right, go to YouTube, type in a jolly good natto over copy of this, and you'll see all our episodes there. All right, Angela, please do that, and please subscribe to the channel. If you do, you will have the accolade of being our 227th subscriber. How cool would that be? Yes, and Liz is here and Milo is here, nice to see you, and Frank is here. Oh, they're coming in droves, that's what we like. Whisper is here. Uh, do you fancy a chocolate bar, Whisper?

SPEAKER_02 43:50

Yeah. Yeah. Well, next time we do, well, when we do do our live at 500 subscribers, it'll be in a location. And hopefully some of you can join us as well. That'd be good.

SPEAKER_03 44:03

Well, these TikTok lives and the uh recordings we do for the YouTube, of course, you're always welcome to join us if you're anywhere near in the area. Yes. So so yeah. Um I'll always be on the TikTok live to let you know when and where they're going to happen. Uh and if you are nearby, please do pop in. Yes, because he'll buy you a coffee when you get there.

SPEAKER_01 44:23

Yeah. Why not? Yes, people nice.

SPEAKER_03 44:26

That's my excuse anyway.

SPEAKER_01 44:27

Yeah.

SPEAKER_03 44:28

Right. So um is that it for now, do you think? Or is it anything else you want to um slip in with your from your fountain of wisdom, your your your your encyclopedic knowledge of everything in the world ever?

SPEAKER_02 44:41

Apart from be nice to each other.

SPEAKER_03 44:43

Yes.

SPEAKER_02 44:43

And everybody have a good week.

SPEAKER_03 44:45

Yes, be nice to each other. Not like the two of us are to each other. Be nice to each other. Yes, it's better that way.

SPEAKER_02 44:51

And try the X sorted character. Oh, yes, yes, yes.

SPEAKER_03 44:55

Yes, yes, because they are a solid 9.302. Yes, they are. I pretend, yes. Okay. Well, thanks to all you TikTokers for watching. Thanks to all you YouTubers for watching. Please don't forget to subscribe to the channel. We love you very much when you do that. And we'll see you next time for another. Oh well, I'll see you on the next TikTok live, and I will see all of you on the next YouTube episode of a Jolly Good Natter over coffee and biscuits. Yes. So thank you so much. Be nice to each other.

SPEAKER_01 45:24

Yes.

SPEAKER_03 45:24

Yes. And don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened.

unknown 45:31

Yes.

SPEAKER_01 45:32

Hey. I'll see you later. Say goodbye.

SPEAKER_02 45:35

Say goodbye. Goodbye. Bye.

unknown 45:37

Goodbye.

SPEAKER_01 45:37

Goodbye. Goodbye.

unknown 45:39

Bye bye.