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Hello and welcome to Likemaned

0:44

Friends with me, Susie Ruffle.

0:46

And me, Tom Allen, thank you

0:48

for bearing with me for a moment

0:51

there's Susie where I just wanted to

0:53

get the lighting right in this room. Yeah,

0:55

we had to pause, we were about to

0:57

begin and Tom, you didn't like the lighting.

1:00

I often don't like the lighting and

1:02

I do find it can ruin a

1:04

day for me. Really? Yeah, I know

1:06

there are people online who have these

1:08

videos about, you know someone's gay because

1:10

they have so many lamps on. Yes. I

1:12

do feel that. I do feel that

1:14

stereotype. Yeah. The only big light that

1:17

we use is the one in the

1:19

kitchen. Oh sure, yeah. But I

1:21

think that's allowed. I think, well,

1:23

it's all allowed to, is it's

1:25

whatever you want to do at home?

1:28

I don't think that you'd allow

1:30

it. If I was walking past

1:32

though, I probably would knock on

1:34

and say, excuse me. Excuse me.

1:36

Like an air raid ward and

1:38

go to that last. And do you

1:41

love uniform. Thank you for saying

1:43

that. I haven't worn one very much. Well,

1:45

no, I just think, I actually don't know

1:47

if I've ever seen you in a uniform,

1:49

but I can imagine you'd look nice in

1:51

a uniform. I was briefly in the Scouts.

1:54

Does that count? That does count. What's

1:56

that? Grey shorts, blue top, yellow sash? No,

1:58

you've sort of got a strange... there of

2:00

the scouts and the guides. Ah,

2:02

apologies. Scouts is a green shirt. I

2:04

think we were allowed to wear grey

2:07

trousers, but I think officially it's

2:09

brown trousers, a green shirt, and

2:11

of course a scarf. Lovely with

2:13

a neckerchief. Oh yeah, what's that

2:15

called a toggle? That's the,

2:18

that's, that's, that's, that's, that's,

2:20

sometimes that's involved. Well

2:22

Tom, I want your, I want your thought

2:24

on it. Yeah, that's the bit that

2:27

holds it together. Is it called

2:29

a scarf. Oh, Alfie would know.

2:31

Alfie's mom used to be Arcala.

2:33

Oh my God. Yeah. No, is

2:35

that... Are you saying she was

2:37

your Kayla? Not my... Not

2:40

my Arcala. Ah, it's

2:42

Arcala. It's Northern. Sort

2:44

of briefly scoused. Like,

2:46

she's Arcala? Arcala? Arcala.

2:49

Yeah, that does sound like

2:51

that. What's... Why are they

2:53

called Arcala's? I don't know. I

2:55

don't know. So what were you even

2:58

doing there? What was I even doing

3:00

there? I asked myself the same

3:02

thing many times. I can see

3:04

that for Linda. But Linda was

3:07

very good, yeah. Linda was very

3:09

good, yeah. Linda was very good,

3:11

yeah. Linda was very good, like,

3:14

what the... Like Nurse Crane, the

3:16

midwife. I don't know if she

3:18

will, thank you for that. Yes, I

3:20

forgot, Nurse Crane does that. Oh,

3:22

yeah, she's so busy. She's so

3:25

busy. She's so busy and she's

3:27

always keeping an eye on things,

3:29

that rotor she seems to do,

3:32

she seems to keep her hand in

3:34

on that. She's got to do,

3:36

well she's got her hands

3:38

everywhere, let me tell you

3:40

that. Oh, let me tell you. Oh,

3:43

what about old, geniagata? Crying,

3:45

have you seen this week?

3:47

No, I haven't, I've been

3:49

working too much. Yeah, she's

3:51

getting very emotional. And

3:54

she's trying to teach

3:56

that new postulant. Yes.

3:58

Oh, it's been a. Really busy

4:01

time at Sinatas. I know,

4:03

well that's the thing. And

4:05

I wonder where Nurse Crane

4:08

is, probably having to

4:10

take that car to

4:12

get an M.O. Oh,

4:14

yes, probably, yeah, probably.

4:16

And the Turner's, the

4:18

Tina Turner's, oh, they

4:21

had a terrible time. Oh,

4:23

well, you know, don't tell me

4:25

too much. I'll say two words,

4:27

I'm afraid so. I'm afraid so.

4:30

Yeah, yeah. Why did people have

4:32

iron lungs? Well, in this

4:34

case, not to tell you

4:36

too much about this week's

4:38

episode, but it was to do

4:40

with polio. Ah, yes, of course.

4:43

Of course. And, uh, and, uh,

4:45

and, oh, it was sad. Oh, it was

4:47

sad. Did you cry? I always

4:49

cry, actually, yeah. I think

4:51

I cried when, um, Sister

4:53

Jenny and Agata was,

4:56

was living a very

4:58

stressful birth. Very stressful.

5:00

Thank God for her. And she

5:02

was trying to say her prayers at

5:05

the same time. Oh, Jesus. Well,

5:07

quite literally. Oh, sometimes I

5:09

say, when things get around,

5:11

I go, Jesus wept. And

5:13

I've really got it from

5:15

my auntie, Sue. She always

5:17

says, oh, Jesus wept. And

5:19

my daughter obviously hears everything

5:21

that we say. Anyway, this

5:24

weekend, something went wrong. And she

5:26

went, oh, Jesus is web. Oh,

5:28

Jesus is web. Oh, Jesus is web. That's

5:30

probably what it will become. People

5:32

will say that in the future.

5:35

Really sweet. Jesus is web. So

5:37

now that's what I've started saying.

5:39

Oh, well that's great. Yeah, very

5:41

adorable. Tom, pray tell, how's your

5:43

week been, what have you been up to?

5:45

How's your week, well, it's been good. I

5:47

did, I, I was. was a bit frantic

5:49

last week and it took its toll actually

5:51

I found emotionally I don't know if any

5:53

of our listeners can relate to this I

5:55

had explained to me my social battery was

5:57

worn down and as a result I did

5:59

feel very overwhelmed and very a little

6:02

bit worried about everything a bit stressed

6:04

about everything heightened it would be very

6:06

easy to not acknowledge it but of

6:08

course one has to put the two

6:11

together and go of course on this

6:13

podcast we must we always do put

6:15

two together but one and one together

6:18

make five I was conscious of that

6:20

so I've been trying to sort of

6:22

sleep a bit more than last couple

6:24

of days which has done me good for

6:26

you and do you find it hard to

6:29

say no to to invites, to social

6:31

invites. Well, I do at times, yes.

6:33

Have you thought about the power of

6:35

saying no? This is something that

6:37

people are doing. Well, I struggle

6:40

with it because I don't know how

6:42

to say it, so I just often

6:44

ignore a message which feels doubly

6:46

rude. Yeah. Yeah, it's tricky, isn't it? Because

6:48

you sort of go, oh, well, I

6:50

want to be, what if I don't

6:52

go to this, maybe I won't be

6:55

invited to the next thing. you know

6:57

you're kind of growing up you think

6:59

well I don't I'd like to be

7:01

invited to things and then sometimes one

7:03

one when one is frantic it is

7:05

sometimes difficult to pretend like

7:07

literally it's just difficult to attend

7:10

yes I agree it's funny I had a

7:12

very similar week not so much with

7:14

my social battery but I just felt

7:16

really overwhelmed which is weird because

7:18

I wasn't I was perhaps I wasn't working

7:20

a lot but I did do five gigs

7:23

but I did do five gigs yeah I

7:25

was working every day I was working, I

7:27

was working a bit, but I

7:29

had the weekend off pretty much,

7:31

but yeah, just sort of

7:34

waves of, oh God, oh God, oh God,

7:36

and then, yeah, it just felt,

7:38

yeah, I just felt a bit

7:41

fraught. But is that a January

7:43

thing? Maybe loads of people

7:45

are feeling like that. I

7:47

was going to say I think it

7:50

might also be the time of

7:52

year. It is quite gloomy. I

7:54

mean, I've been trying to

7:56

learn to appreciate the gloom

7:58

and enjoy it. It does, it

8:00

does impact your mood a bit, I

8:03

think. Yeah, I think so. I've been

8:05

trying to sort of make make us

8:07

go for a walk. That's been

8:10

quite good. Trump for a walk

8:12

with me. Basically, yeah, do an

8:14

hour pounding the land and... That

8:17

sounds like you're an MP

8:19

fighting for re-election. Oh, it

8:21

does, doesn't it? Pounding

8:23

the pavements, knocking on

8:25

doors. Hello? We weren't

8:27

canvassing. Maybe we should have done,

8:30

maybe for better lighting. Hello, I'm

8:32

here to talk to you about

8:34

your lighting situation. Have you

8:36

thought about? And I... Yeah, so

8:38

we just went for what, which does

8:41

do you good actually. Yeah, it

8:43

does, doesn't it? I'm going to do

8:45

that this morning. Pick up the

8:47

dry cleaning on the way around. Oh,

8:49

I need to do that. Thanks for

8:51

the reminder. Oh, you're welcome.

8:53

How long have they had it

8:55

for? But it was really

8:58

from Friday and it's

9:00

two pairs of trousers

9:02

that I honestly live

9:05

and die in. Flax. What

9:07

did you call me? Did

9:09

you have some sort of

9:12

stainage on them or

9:14

was it just a

9:16

general? No, they just need,

9:18

I wear them so much. Oh

9:21

yeah. If I'm not in one,

9:23

I'm in the other. Okay. Well

9:25

that's the thing with trousers, isn't

9:28

it? Yeah. Yes, it's true. Well I, sometimes

9:30

it is the way. I spent some

9:32

dinner on mine, of course it lands

9:34

in the lap, doesn't it? Oh no. And I

9:36

didn't realize, I'd forgotten the stain was

9:39

there. Oh and then you wore the

9:41

trousers again. Yes. Oh come on. And

9:43

you realised when you were out the house, of

9:45

course. Realised just as I was

9:47

arriving. How to say to them

9:50

excuse me, excuse me a moment,

9:52

I've sold my trousers. Oh, gosh.

9:54

What an arrival. What a way to

9:56

start. Terrible. Terrible,

9:59

terrible. Well, I'm sorry

10:01

that you felt like that this week,

10:03

but I feel like this week's going

10:05

to be better. Well, and on the

10:07

whole, you've had a good week, soon.

10:09

On the whole, oh, I'm totally fine.

10:11

I'm beginning a work in progress

10:13

tour, and I've got a couple

10:15

of like little stressful bits in

10:17

my diary that, you know, pressure

10:19

is a privilege and all those things.

10:21

But I don't know. I think it's like,

10:23

maybe like Andre Agacy. I think

10:26

it's what it says at Wimbledon.

10:28

when you walk through the tunnel. Oh

10:30

gosh, well I wouldn't walk through

10:32

that tunnel. But is pressure a

10:34

privilege? I don't know, am I

10:36

wrong? No, well no, I just think

10:39

it's a bit... I think pressure is

10:41

pressure. It means, pressure is a bit

10:43

hard, isn't it? Oh gosh, I'm so

10:45

lucky to feel stressed. Yeah. But

10:47

yeah, so you've heard a bit of

10:49

that, but yeah. And so I just

10:51

feel a bit... You know sometimes you have

10:53

to like sort of remind yourself like I'm

10:55

just I'm really excited for my new tour

10:58

and I'm just at the stage where like

11:00

the show I've got about just under an

11:02

hour and I'm doing my working progress

11:04

tour now and so I'll be doing like you

11:06

know brand new bits in all different

11:08

places which is great which I love.

11:11

But you know you have to

11:13

go through that thing of being

11:15

like well I have done this

11:17

before I've written a show before

11:19

and people have come to the

11:21

show before and I have done

11:23

well and people have liked the

11:25

show and you just have to

11:27

sort of remind yourself that

11:29

I don't do it does everyone feel

11:31

like that or do there are

11:33

lots of people that go yeah

11:36

of course it'd be fine because

11:38

I'm because I'm good at this. we

11:40

are normal, whatever that is. No, Tom,

11:42

please, we're not normal. I think for

11:45

you and I, comedy is about celebrating

11:47

insecurity and so I think, of

11:49

course, we have to lean it,

11:52

we have to experience that insecurity.

11:54

That's a nice way of putting

11:56

it on. Oh, that's right. Oh, it helps, but

11:59

don't you worry. Of course, and you

12:01

know, it is, I think, with

12:03

creating anything, it just sort of

12:05

goes through that phase where it's

12:07

like, oh God, what am I

12:09

doing? I think the difference is

12:11

you just learn to go, oh,

12:13

it's okay. Everything's fine. Yeah. It'll

12:15

work out at the end. It

12:17

shows you care. Yes. Yes, I

12:20

do care too much, probably. Still

12:22

getting around to that fix on

12:24

your car? You got this. On

12:26

eBay you'll find millions of parts

12:28

guaranteed to fit. Doesn't matter if

12:30

it's a major engine repair or

12:32

your first time swapping your windshield

12:34

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12:36

need, ready to click perfectly into

12:38

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12:40

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12:43

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12:45

love. Guaranteed to fit every time.

12:47

But you already know that. eBay,

12:49

things, people, love. Eligible items only,

12:51

exclusion supply. God, we've

12:53

had some lovely emails. We should do

12:55

some emails. Oh, I like that. People

12:58

have been in touch. People get in

13:00

touch, don't they? Oh, oh goodness. Yes,

13:02

what one did you want to start

13:05

with? The one that I've heard from

13:07

office, their end of season sale starts

13:09

now. Oh, well, that's exciting. Just now

13:12

as well. It's a strange time of

13:14

year. Right, so. I will start with

13:16

one from Rachel. Hi, love the pod,

13:18

been listening since before I realised I

13:21

was not straight brackets ha ha. I've

13:23

been one before, but possibly to the

13:25

totally wrong address. Oh gosh. Or was

13:28

too boring. We'll never know Rachel. Just

13:30

enjoying the annual couple of months that

13:32

the pod is a kill the midwife.

13:34

Fanpot. Just wanted to shout out musical

13:37

theatre icon Rachel Tucker being in call

13:39

the midwife. Yes, that was very exciting

13:41

and I should have mentioned that. I

13:44

feel like you have talked about seeing

13:46

her in shows, but not, but not

13:48

that it was her in this. Her

13:50

being Northern Irish means she was hard

13:53

to recognise. might not have known if

13:55

I hadn't seen the empty social media

13:57

talk about it. Also because she's only

14:00

in the first half because tragic. I

14:02

think the new lady is Scottish like

14:04

Susie thought. I hope you both get

14:06

in it one day even for a

14:09

comic relief special or something. Oh my

14:11

God. Oh I'm up for it. Oh

14:13

of course that's the way in. Tom

14:16

you must know people at Red Nose

14:18

Day come on. Okay let's see what

14:20

we can do on this front. Oh

14:22

my goodness yeah. Excited for Susie's book.

14:25

Thanks him. I'm for one day alive

14:27

like my friends, not being on a

14:29

Tuesday in London because then I can

14:32

get all three books signed. Sending love

14:34

to everyone, missing Velma, I did my

14:36

numbers of my family cat after he

14:39

was killed that ashes are on my

14:41

dad's mantelpiece in a pot that has

14:43

a nice blue bell forest on it.

14:45

Oh, I like blue bells, yeah. Thanks

14:48

for the years of chatting about all

14:50

your ups and downs. Definitely been a

14:52

lot of support to my drama. See

14:55

you through the window, if not through

14:57

the week. Is that the phrase? Bye,

14:59

blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah,

15:01

blah, blah, blah. Rachel, ah. Now, we

15:04

must start by saying, is this Rachel

15:06

Tucker? Tucker. Tucker. she's the you know

15:08

there's there's the mom and there's her

15:11

daughter's having a baby yes oh that

15:13

of course that was her very good

15:15

wasn't she yeah you're right I didn't

15:17

because of the accent I feel like

15:20

I've met people like her as well

15:22

I thought it was very good performance

15:24

from Rachel I thought it was great

15:27

well I mean what would you expect

15:29

what else would you expect have you

15:31

met Rachel Tucker I think you have

15:33

haven't you no but she was our

15:36

normal Desmond and when we went to

15:38

see sunset. Just yours and her house?

15:40

Yes, she just went on a production.

15:43

We actually, we saved up and we

15:45

put on our own Western production some

15:47

to pull over. We've got the stairs.

15:49

And no, we saw her in the

15:52

Jamie Lloyd production. rather than Nicole shutting

15:54

it and I thought Rachel was absolutely

15:56

tremendous, really wonderful and I think I

15:59

message her and very kindly she or

16:01

her team, a message we'd say do

16:03

come along, she's doing a live concert

16:06

but I was aware. So I remember

16:08

sad about that. I would be sad

16:10

about that too. I saw her come

16:12

from away. Of course, yes. She was

16:15

honestly phenomenal. Really, yeah. I would love

16:17

to be able to sing like that.

16:19

I was going to do it. You

16:22

can sing. I can sing like for

16:24

a stand up comedian, I'm a great

16:26

singer for a West End Wendy, I'm

16:28

below par. There's a lot of this

16:31

there's a lot of this snobbery going

16:33

on isn't there? But last night I

16:35

was on my way to Kingston for

16:38

a gig, playing. Hello. And um, I

16:40

went there once on a boat. Sorry.

16:42

No, I have no memory of that.

16:44

We went to Kingston on a boat.

16:47

Yeah. I'm sure we did. We did.

16:49

We did. We did. We did. We

16:51

did. We did. We did. We were

16:54

doing a gig there. On the boat.

16:56

I'm sure we went on the boat.

16:58

But we went, we did a gig

17:00

on a boat. Uh, no, we just

17:03

got the boat there for fun. Thames

17:05

Glipper or something. It's like the kind

17:07

of thing we'd do. Sure. I'm sure

17:10

that was true. Oh, maybe it was

17:12

chisic. Sorry. Okay. Either or I love

17:14

that for us. Hmm. It's like just

17:16

a minute. Are you Nicholas Parsons? If

17:19

only, if only I had the places.

17:21

So what happened on the way to

17:23

Kingston? You were singing in the car?

17:26

Well that was it really. I was

17:28

seeing in the car in a way

17:30

that I didn't let my talent get

17:33

in the way. Good for you, your

17:35

talent being you're overthinking. My talent is

17:37

overthinking. Yeah. Yeah. So you just let

17:39

yourself be. I just really went for

17:42

it. Great. Really went for it. Do

17:44

you want to know the lineup of

17:46

songs? I hope there was some name

17:49

is in there. There was no name

17:51

is. There was some wicked. Okay. Which

17:53

one? popular? There was popular? Not popular.

17:55

That would be a good spoove to

17:58

do on for the Midwarpa. That would

18:00

be good. Does Helen George listen? I

18:02

assume so. If she's ever looking for

18:05

an ego boost, she could. He's ever

18:07

feeling sad. Yeah, I mean, this is...

18:09

Where's she gone though? Alf said, where's

18:11

she gone? We haven't seen her for

18:14

weeks. We haven't seen her for weeks.

18:16

We haven't seen her for weeks. She

18:18

didn't mention she was going back to

18:21

New York. Well the thing is with

18:23

Helen's George is that she's busy. She's

18:25

busy. She was in, she was in

18:27

a, you know, she was in The

18:30

King and I, and maybe something else.

18:32

Maybe something else? Maybe something else, but,

18:34

well, I just thought... Do you think

18:37

it's a sweet gig doing Call the

18:39

Midwife? I think at this point they

18:41

all know each other, they've got a

18:43

little routine. And, you know, a lot

18:46

of them are in calendar girls and

18:48

calendar girls, so they can reminisce, so

18:50

they can reminisce, so they can reminisce,

18:53

so they can reminisce, so they can

18:55

reminisce, so they can reminisce, so they

18:57

can reminisce, so they can reminisce, so

19:00

they can reminisce, so they can reminisce,

19:02

so they can reminisce, so they're, so

19:04

they're, so they can reminisce, so they

19:06

can reminisce, so they're, so they're, so

19:09

they're, so they can reminisce, I bet

19:11

they like, oh, hello Dave, when Dave

19:13

comes to fit a microphone. Yeah, I

19:16

haven't been teasing with Dave. Nice. Doris,

19:18

who does the costumes? Oh, yeah, she's

19:20

like, oh, a lot of this color.

19:22

Yeah, she loves it. Look at this

19:25

lovely fabric I've just found. Yeah, oh,

19:27

I found this. I'm going to make

19:29

something. Yeah, a couple of weeks. A

19:32

lot of that. And then probably the

19:34

same catering band comes around every year.

19:36

Probably. Probably. Do you think, I was

19:38

going to say Jackie tea? Too difficult,

19:41

too difficult for... Too difficult to eat

19:43

with a whimple? With a whimple friendly.

19:45

Something we don't have to open your

19:48

gob too much, because Jenny's one goes

19:50

underneath her chin, doesn't it? Well, yeah,

19:52

there's sort of a jin strap. So

19:54

you're probably something quite thin, like a

19:57

ham sandwich. Maybe it must have. With

19:59

way for thin. way for thin ham

20:01

yeah because you can't open a mouth

20:04

too much yeah that's what I would

20:06

say I don't know I don't know

20:08

but that's what I imagine this is

20:10

all conjecture is that the right word

20:13

yes great we can never know so

20:15

you were singing from the hit musical

20:17

wicked popular popular then I did a

20:20

few numbers from Chicago a favorite then

20:22

this is me from the greatest showman

20:24

and then I finished off with a

20:27

little bit of seeing in the rain

20:29

Oh, I like that. Did you go

20:31

for the title song with titular number

20:33

or did you go for something? I

20:36

didn't go for the titular number. I

20:38

went for Make Him Laugh. Oh, which

20:40

is a song that absolutely adore. That's

20:43

a good song to walk out too.

20:45

Yes. Bit pressure. A bit pressure. A

20:47

bit pressure. A bit pressure. Oh yeah.

20:49

My father said be an actor, my

20:52

son. Because they love it. They've all

20:54

got that sort of American accent of

20:56

the time, haven't they? The musical theatre.

20:59

But they all talk like that. Yeah.

21:01

But be a comedy one, da da

21:03

da da da. Is it Danny K

21:05

in the film? I think so. Yeah.

21:08

A great. And the reason I thought

21:10

of it was because I was with

21:12

my friend Laura Checkley this weekend and

21:15

she was saying on Instagram, Suze, you

21:17

guys dancing. I wore a kilt? I

21:19

noticed that. I have been very influenced

21:21

by Claudia Wincomen. Oh, okay, I thought

21:24

you were going to say Burns Night.

21:26

All right. When is Burns Night? Well,

21:28

it was the weekend before last. Sure.

21:31

I... Because a couple of people mentioned

21:33

Burns night to me and I just

21:35

smiled and nodded. Yeah, but then I

21:37

thought, are they talking about Mr Burns?

21:40

And you know, I suppose in a

21:42

way they are, Robbie Burns was in

21:44

some ways, Mr Burns. Oh really? And

21:47

who smithers? I think that would be

21:49

Lang's. Come on, Tom. It's Scottish history.

21:51

Come on, don't annoy everybody. There's a

21:54

gap in my knowledge. There's a gap

21:56

in the hedge. So... I wore a

21:58

kilt, that's all. Good! I was influenced

22:00

by Claudia Winkleman on the Traitors. And

22:03

I couldn't find a kilt and then

22:05

I found one on Deepop. And it

22:07

arrived. Yeah. And Tom, I did not

22:10

realize, the waste was far too small.

22:12

Please, you don't need to worry. Tom,

22:14

I couldn't do it up. Well, to

22:16

my world, and all of my clothes,

22:19

yeah. I was really disappointed because I

22:21

was like, oh my god, this is

22:23

perfect. This is exactly what I wanted.

22:26

And my mom, God bless that raffle.

22:28

Yeah. Put in a panel? Well, yes,

22:30

took it to a lady actually, because

22:32

I don't want to mess with it

22:35

because I know how much you like

22:37

it, and I don't want to ruin

22:39

it, I'm going to take it to

22:42

someone else. So she took it to

22:44

a lady in a shop who used

22:46

the hem as a lady in a

22:48

shop who used the hem as a

22:51

lady in a shop, isn't, isn't that,

22:53

that, it, it, it, it's clever. It's

22:55

clever. That's the thing isn't it? People

22:58

who have these skills? That is a

23:00

skill. That is a skill. That is

23:02

a skill. Anyway, and then people kept

23:04

saying to me, oh, you're in a

23:07

kill? And I was like, yeah, where

23:09

were you? I went to a birthday

23:11

party. Oh, okay. I thought it might

23:14

be some sort of some sort of

23:16

club. De club, no. I don't go

23:18

to de club. Um, kilt club, yes.

23:23

You want another letter? Let's do it,

23:25

you go. Hello, John and Susie. Long

23:27

time, listen, first time correspondent. I'm listening

23:29

to your most recent episode dash, not

23:31

a psychiatrist. From my bath brackets, can

23:33

I give that a clang? It's a

23:36

treat for a treat for Saturday afternoon,

23:38

after all. You just spoke about your

23:40

recent bath, Tom, and how listening to

23:42

a podcast can sometimes be a bit

23:44

shouting. And I thought, how funny, then

23:46

I'm also on a bath, listening to

23:48

one of my favorite podcast. Talk about

23:51

their bars and their baths, and podcast,

23:53

not finding. in the least bit, shouting,

23:55

well, thank you. As you can gather.

23:57

That's like a mentor, isn't it? I

23:59

know, isn't it? Yeah. Is that the

24:01

one about the dreams? I don't know,

24:04

it just felt like the record to

24:06

say. As you can gather so far.

24:08

it prompted me to write. Well, I

24:10

hope you were careful writing in the

24:12

bar. I actually work in psychiatry, aka

24:14

mental health myself. And I would like

24:17

to section you both. And I think...

24:19

And I think... And I've sent someone

24:21

to both of your houses, right? Oh,

24:23

no, they go on. I think the

24:25

way you both honestly and candidly speak

24:27

about our mental well-being is so important

24:29

and valuable. And as many others have

24:32

said, it's always such a comfort and

24:34

feels like a chat with friends. I

24:36

hope you never stop. I'm seeing you

24:38

Susie on your upcoming tour and I

24:40

cannot wait. Tom I've seen you before

24:42

and I can't wait until the opportunity

24:45

arises again. Just turning into a fan

24:47

girl ramble now, but I think that's

24:49

testament to what good stuff you're doing,

24:51

love and best wishes from Terry with

24:53

an eye. Oh, lovely. I added that

24:55

with an eye. I mean, they do

24:57

spell it with an eye, but I

25:00

just wanted them to an eye. They

25:02

didn't write with a Z. Exactly, they

25:04

didn't do that. Exactly, they didn't do

25:06

that. No. I would have enjoyed it

25:08

if they had, but of course. I

25:10

thought it was a nice penny. Dr

25:13

Terry, thank you for your kind words.

25:15

That's very thoughtful and we appreciate it.

25:17

It's nice to have a bath, isn't

25:19

it? I had one just last night.

25:21

Did you? Bubbles? Yep. Martha Jackson's monkey.

25:23

Yes, they were there. They were there,

25:25

yeah. It was there. Yes, and I

25:28

watch the film Amily, which I haven't

25:30

seen for a while, which is a

25:32

favourite of mine. I'm sure it won't

25:34

surprise any listeners. No, it doesn't surprise

25:36

me too. Does it make you always

25:38

want to use a photo booth? Yes,

25:41

it did a bit, and it made

25:43

me miss the days of photo booth.

25:45

There's one in Brighton, and honestly, Tom,

25:47

it's a licence to print money. I

25:49

bet, what is it these days on

25:51

a photo booth? Four quid? Oh, it's

25:54

in a shop? Yeah, it's like a

25:56

proper shop. What do you know is

25:58

getting their idea? No, no, it's it's

26:00

like they have all props and things.

26:02

Oh, that is a licensed print money.

26:04

Yes, I've seen people do their wedding

26:06

invites as four different pictures holding the

26:09

invitation. Invitation. They blow them up and

26:11

you can have... them at home sort

26:13

of framed. They have lots of fun

26:15

things. They have a they have a

26:17

book of all the pets that have

26:19

been in. So it's like lots of

26:22

dogs just sat on the scene, have

26:24

lots of different photos taken, which is

26:26

really sweet. Oh I like that. Yeah

26:28

that would be a good comment. But

26:30

the cue is always out the door.

26:32

And the thing is as well as

26:34

it is four quid but that tricks

26:37

you because then you go sod it

26:39

will get three. Yeah, good for good

26:41

for them. If you want to invest

26:43

in something, and I'm saying this not

26:45

just to you Tom, but to the

26:47

whole like my different community. For an

26:50

investment. Podcast. Oh, did you not know?

26:52

This is the rest. I did not

26:54

know. The rest is money. Oh, there's

26:56

no rest. There's no rest. No, rest.

26:58

Yeah. Anyway, yeah, invest in one of

27:00

those photo booth places. I mean, you've

27:02

got to be, you've got to do

27:05

it like this minute because otherwise, too

27:07

many of us that are doing it.

27:09

There'll be a photo booth in every

27:11

corner. But yeah, it's so busy at

27:13

the weekend. So busy. Oh gosh, okay,

27:15

what an interesting thing to tell them.

27:18

No, but that's the sort of thing

27:20

that takes our listener to a different

27:22

place, a different imagining, I actually have,

27:24

talking about that, isn't that funny? I

27:26

found this picture of my nam. Oh.

27:28

Of her in a photo booth. Oh,

27:31

did you? Let me show you. Oh,

27:33

doesn't she look like your mom? Doesn't

27:35

she look like her mom? Doesn't she

27:37

look like my mom? Oh, it's a

27:39

lovely picture. Yeah, it's good, isn't it?

27:41

For a pass ball. I think it

27:43

was, and I think this was the

27:46

one at the one at the end

27:48

where she sort of a bit silly,

27:50

To a photo booth. Oh yeah. Do

27:52

you remember doing it? Like it was...

27:54

When did we have to do it?

27:56

I'm trying to remember, but yeah. I

27:59

remember going as a teenager and thinking

28:01

it was sort of the height of

28:03

sophistication to go and have some photos.

28:05

Oh yes and make sure you like

28:07

turn the seat until it's the right

28:09

height. Yeah. Do you remember when they

28:11

first brought in the sort of like,

28:14

what are they called filters on them

28:16

where people put like funny hairstyles and

28:18

stuff and there's a picture in an

28:20

old man, elder man. We're like getting

28:22

all these different filters all around him

28:24

without realizing him just looking more and

28:27

more furious trying to get rid of

28:29

him off the screen. Yes. Yes. And

28:31

I think there was quite a famous

28:33

one of a lady that had her

28:35

photo taken with the Manchester United team.

28:37

It's very sweet. Yeah. It's me, David

28:39

Beckham, and Brian gigs. We're all going

28:42

to Madaloof. Yes. Oh, do check your

28:44

passports everybody. Apparently it's changed or something.

28:46

Oh, Tom, let's not give people advice.

28:48

Oh, you're right. You're right. That's the

28:50

last thing people want from this podcast.

28:52

Well, your friend and mine, Masey, shared

28:55

a very funny picture yesterday of someone,

28:57

I can't remember who is looking very

28:59

stressed, and the caption is me, suddenly

29:01

wondering where I put my birth certificate.

29:03

And I think that's very true, is

29:05

it, those moments? Where is my passport?

29:08

Where is my birth certificate? Yeah. I

29:10

don't know, I should probably be reborn

29:12

at some point, I think. Yeah, another

29:14

certificate. That'll be good. You can get

29:16

them reprinted, I think, can't be at

29:18

the Town Hall. Hello. Hello, I'd like

29:20

to get my birth certificate, please. Why?

29:23

I'd like to be, I'd like to

29:25

be reborn. And then you can speak

29:27

to them, and they do it for

29:29

you, well, there you go. Have we

29:31

got time for one more? What do

29:33

you want? I think, yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

29:36

Well, yeah. Well, I've got another message,

29:38

I've got another message here, Susie, Susie,

29:40

Susie, Susie, Susie, Susie, Susie, Susie, Susie,

29:42

Susie, Susie, Susie, Susie, Susie, Susie, Susie,

29:44

Susie, Susie, Susie, Susie, Susie, Susie, Susie,

29:46

Susie, Susie, Susie, Susie, Susie, Susie, Sus

29:48

Goodness, goodness me. I can vividly remember

29:51

the first time I happened upon your

29:53

glorious chit chat, aka podcast. It was

29:55

in a gym at a hotel in

29:57

Kuala Lumpur in 2016. perhaps immemorable because

29:59

it's quite uncommon to come across such

30:01

relatable queer culture in Malaysia on those

30:04

work trips. And when you read out

30:06

the correspondence this week from a fellow

30:08

listener talking about the Glang Valley, it

30:10

took me right back there. Oh, that's

30:12

nice. 2016. Gosh, is this thing going

30:14

a while, isn't it? Haven't they gone

30:16

on? Anyway, I digress. I particularly enjoyed

30:19

your random chat about Adam Ricket in

30:21

the Christmas episodes, and I felt I

30:23

needed to let you know I'm sitting

30:25

on his couch on his couch on

30:27

his couch right now. We'll find out.

30:29

You will likely not be aware that

30:32

after his starring role in Coronation Street

30:34

in the early 2000s, he moved to

30:36

New Zealand, had a short stint on

30:38

a hospital-based local soap opera here called

30:40

Shortland Street. See hilarious backstory of his

30:42

character here. I haven't got time to

30:45

do that. When that ended in 2010,

30:47

he put lots of his furniture for

30:49

sale on trade me. New Zealand's answer

30:51

to eBay. And we bought his couch,

30:53

brackets, photo attached, cushion is the model's

30:55

own, not Adams. And I'm still very

30:57

happily sitting in it. Is this the

31:00

perfect combination of gay culture and interior

31:02

design? For which this podcast was created,

31:04

I think it might be. Thanks and

31:06

all the buys, Gina from Auckland, New

31:08

Zealand, originally from Scotland Gina. Is this

31:10

Gina G. That's what I'm going on.

31:13

Gina, Jay, you've done extremely well there.

31:15

That is a lovely couch. Susan, can

31:17

you see that? Yes, I like the

31:19

couch. I like the couch and also

31:21

really thrilled that you've reached out and

31:23

got in touch. Now I do have...

31:25

Yes, Susan. I do have the bio

31:28

of Adam Rickett's character. Oh, I'd like

31:30

to hear that. Okay, ready. Karen Mitchell

31:32

is a fictional character on the New

31:34

Zealand soap opera Shortland Street who was

31:36

portrayed by bittish actor Adam Rickett through

31:38

a number of high profile storyline from

31:41

early 2007 to mid-2010. So he was

31:43

there for three years. It's been a

31:45

nice place to live for a bit.

31:47

Yeah, wouldn't have three years. Three years

31:49

in Auckland. The character arrived the soap

31:51

as a mysterious love interest with Claire

31:53

Solomon brackets Emily Emily Robbins. to go

31:56

through a storyline that saw Kiran discover

31:58

he has brain tumor memory loss and

32:00

is really a pimp from Thailand. His

32:02

criminal past sends Kiran. into the forefront

32:04

of the show during a storyline which

32:06

saw Claire and four other characters murdered

32:09

by a psychopathic serial killer who later

32:11

turned out to be Kieran's flatmate. Kieran's

32:13

story arc would often see him portrayed

32:15

as an antagonist but the character also

32:17

had numerous romances and light story lines

32:19

becoming the owner of the hospital's local

32:21

bar the IV. Kieran found himself

32:24

like that performing numerous criminal deeds

32:26

culminating in 2009 when he

32:28

acted. When he accidentally hit

32:30

and killed his good friend,

32:32

Morgan. The characters criminal past finally

32:34

caught up with him in 2010 and

32:37

he was killed falling off a cliff

32:39

while fighting with an ex- enemy in

32:41

the show's first ever 90-minute episode. Wow. That

32:43

was very involved. That just seemed like

32:45

a busy three years, doesn't it? Gosh,

32:47

yeah. I mean, imagine having a brain

32:50

tumor having memory loss and forgetting that

32:52

you're a pimp from Thailand. It would

32:54

be quite a revelation, wouldn't

32:56

it? Wouldn't it? But the fall of

32:59

a cliff like that? To kill your

33:01

best friend. Isn't that how Barry

33:03

from EastEnders died? Falling down

33:05

a cliff or something. We've

33:07

never watched EastEnders. We've

33:09

been coronation street fans

33:11

in this house. Oh of course, your mom

33:13

thinks it's too shouty. EastEnders

33:16

is, yeah. What did she say?

33:18

People shouting at your head. And as

33:20

Natalie Cassidy said on this, on her podcast

33:22

rather, that she said, well, often in East

33:24

End is the, like the walls would have

33:26

sort of a sort of murky damp color

33:28

to them. And she said, well, people in

33:30

East End said, I know, and I think

33:32

it's true of any working class family,

33:34

whatever that means, and would be very

33:36

house proud, would never have marks on

33:38

the wall or marks anywhere. It's the

33:40

posh lots that would have like damp

33:42

and all that. Are we've spoken about

33:44

posh people with holes in their

33:47

jumpers. We've spoken about that many

33:49

times. Have I told you about the

33:51

lady that used to live next door

33:53

to my cousin who had the really dirty

33:55

house? Oh no, but it would be a

33:57

topic of discussion I imagine in...

34:00

your family as it would be

34:02

in mine. Oh her house was

34:04

so dirty and my little cousin

34:06

walked in there and went, oh

34:08

your house is so dirty. Good,

34:10

well people need to be told.

34:13

Yes, and what did the... My

34:15

cousin safely said, sues it's

34:17

minging, it's the kind of

34:19

place where you'd wipe your feet

34:21

on the way out. It's really made

34:24

me laugh. Oh dear. You laughed a

34:26

little bit like a lame page there.

34:28

Oh my God, Tom, we've been talking

34:30

for so long. We've been talking for

34:32

so long. We've been talking for so

34:34

long, sorry everybody, I know you've got

34:37

better things to be doing. So much

34:39

better, are you probably getting very wrinkly

34:41

in the bath? Oh my goodness,

34:43

yes, there's people in the bath,

34:46

yeah, they'll have disintegrated. But the,

34:48

but the, but thank you as ever

34:50

for tuning in. Thank you so much. If

34:52

you do want to send

34:54

us a message, then you

34:56

can. And our address is

34:58

hello at like-minded friends pod.com.

35:00

Remember, hello at like-minded

35:03

friends pod.com. And Susie,

35:05

you have lots of

35:07

exciting things coming out. Oh, I do

35:09

indeed. I will plug them if you don't

35:11

mind. Oh. Now a lot of like-minded friends

35:13

have asked about getting a signed copy of

35:15

my book. That's now available from... Good. You

35:17

can get that from W.H. Smith at the

35:20

moment. I think we'll be doing them in

35:22

other places as well, but you can now

35:24

get those. And so if that's something that

35:26

you've been waiting for, please do that. You

35:28

can order my book now, and you can

35:30

also buy tickets to the tour now. The

35:32

warm-up tour is pretty much sold out, apart

35:35

from a couple that I'll be honest with

35:37

you or being a being a being a

35:39

real bitch, or being a real bitch. That's

35:41

great Sue's. And then the other tours is

35:44

going nicely. Wonderful. Please do come. I'm great.

35:46

I met that bit where I'm really

35:48

enjoying the writing of it. Oh

35:50

good, so you should have heard. I feel

35:52

very excited to share this tour

35:54

on the ride. Oh I'm sure

35:56

people are going to love it

35:58

as well. I hope so. Oh, sure.

36:00

Tom, what are you plugging?

36:03

Well, I am actually coming

36:05

to Australia in April,

36:07

so if anybody would like

36:09

to come, the details

36:11

are on my Instagram

36:13

page. That's exciting. Where are

36:16

you visiting? I'm going to,

36:18

I can tell you, I'm

36:21

going to, Melbourne, 15th, 20th

36:23

of April, Perth, 22nd, Brisbane,

36:26

24th, Sydney, 25th of April.

36:28

Melbourne Morthouse Theatre, Herth Regal

36:30

Theatre, Brisbane Powerhouse and Sydney

36:32

Enmoor Theatre. So if you'd

36:34

like to come... Oh my Tom! Instagram

36:36

is, it's on the top of

36:38

my Instagram, at Boam Presents, B-O-H-M,

36:40

presents, B-O-H-M, presents. Oh, that's really exciting.

36:43

Oh, I think you're going to have

36:45

some like-matted friends there. Oh, well

36:47

that would be lovely. And I'm sorry I haven't

36:49

been able to put Adelaide in. Are you going

36:51

to have a little holiday too? I am going to

36:53

have a couple of days I think with

36:56

my family at some point who live in

36:58

Adelaide. So I will be visiting Adelaide but

37:00

not performing there. I'm sorry about that. And

37:02

I'm sorry I couldn't get across the waters

37:04

to New Zealand. But hopefully I'll come back

37:06

if you long. Oh, I'm sure. Okay,

37:08

dear. Well, listen, if I don't see

37:10

through the window, I'll see you through

37:12

the week. I will. And you just

37:14

keep your house clean and keep it

37:16

on those lights, okay? I will. I

37:18

want those dear. Okay, bye. All right, bye,

37:21

bye, bye, bye, bye.