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0:00:02 > 0:00:06This programme contains some strong language.

0:00:06 > 0:00:09I'm not a punter. Never have been, never will be. I look round Broughty Ferry and I see the punters,

0:00:09 > 0:00:12and I think, "Well... "Good luck to you, lads.

0:00:12 > 0:00:15"But you're not my gang." I'm not one for name-dropping,

0:00:15 > 0:00:19but I look at your Obamas and your Gandhis and your Burt Reynolds,

0:00:19 > 0:00:23and I think, "That's my mob.

0:00:23 > 0:00:26"That's my mob right there."

0:00:26 > 0:00:30Because being a man isn't about having a nice extension

0:00:30 > 0:00:34or snazzy clothes or being able to send a message with your eyes.

0:00:34 > 0:00:37Don't get me wrong, these things help.

0:00:37 > 0:00:41But it is also important to know your way around an anecdote

0:00:41 > 0:00:43and have a decent walk.

0:00:43 > 0:00:46Well, I've got those arrows in my knapsack,

0:00:46 > 0:00:51and now, with this by-election, I've got the chance to use them.

0:00:53 > 0:00:57This is my Ben Nevis, or my Everest,

0:00:57 > 0:00:59or that mountain in America

0:00:59 > 0:01:02where they've carved all the presidents' penises.

0:01:03 > 0:01:05And you know what, Frank?

0:01:05 > 0:01:06You know what?

0:01:06 > 0:01:08It's like we're on a train.

0:01:08 > 0:01:11We've got the sun on our faces and a clear track ahead.

0:01:11 > 0:01:14I'm the driver, you're the chief engineer.

0:01:14 > 0:01:19And if I may, can I ask you to start shovelling the coal?

0:01:19 > 0:01:20Yes.

0:01:22 > 0:01:24What I'm saying to you, Frank, is...

0:01:24 > 0:01:27And I think it's all been relatively clear,

0:01:27 > 0:01:30that it's time to start the engines.

0:01:30 > 0:01:32Full steam ahead!

0:01:40 > 0:01:42KNOCKS AT WINDOW

0:01:42 > 0:01:43Hey, Georgie!

0:02:00 > 0:02:03Campaign launch day.

0:02:03 > 0:02:04Pick up posters,

0:02:04 > 0:02:07meet young voters,

0:02:07 > 0:02:10and go on Broughty FM.

0:02:10 > 0:02:12- What about Edwards? - Well, he's not here for a week.

0:02:12 > 0:02:13Oh, well, that's a mistake.

0:02:13 > 0:02:16You should always be at the party first.

0:02:16 > 0:02:17Early if possible.

0:02:17 > 0:02:18Oh, no, no, no.

0:02:18 > 0:02:20Frank, not early, no.

0:02:20 > 0:02:21That's a cry for help.

0:02:21 > 0:02:22So...

0:02:22 > 0:02:24The young voters, they're vital.

0:02:24 > 0:02:26We get the message to a few of them,

0:02:26 > 0:02:28they phone the Internet,

0:02:28 > 0:02:30tell their pals,

0:02:30 > 0:02:32and the word starts spreading.

0:02:32 > 0:02:34Like, er...

0:02:34 > 0:02:35- Like, er...- Birds?

0:02:35 > 0:02:37Waves.

0:02:37 > 0:02:40I tell you what, let's give them a wee laugh.

0:02:40 > 0:02:42Bring that hat. HE CHUCKLES

0:02:42 > 0:02:44The one you got in Magaluf. HE LAUGHS

0:02:44 > 0:02:45- Oh no!- Well...

0:02:45 > 0:02:49- I'm not sure about that.- Oh no, no! - They'll love it, they'll love it. BOB LAUGHS

0:02:49 > 0:02:50Well, come on.

0:02:50 > 0:02:51Let's see the posters.

0:02:51 > 0:02:54Yes, we'd better get them down to the High Street ASAP.

0:02:54 > 0:02:56Just to remind the people that I...

0:03:00 > 0:03:02Sweet Jesus!

0:03:04 > 0:03:05No?

0:03:05 > 0:03:07Why are you doing this to me?

0:03:07 > 0:03:09Well...

0:03:09 > 0:03:10Well, that's...

0:03:10 > 0:03:12You know, that... That's what you said you wanted.

0:03:12 > 0:03:15I wanted the posters to send that message.

0:03:15 > 0:03:17Well, you're...

0:03:17 > 0:03:20You're not going to send it much better than that. I mean...

0:03:20 > 0:03:22I mean, this...

0:03:22 > 0:03:23This sends it.

0:03:23 > 0:03:25Exactly.

0:03:26 > 0:03:28Mmmm...

0:03:31 > 0:03:32Where's the taxi?

0:03:32 > 0:03:34Any minute.

0:03:34 > 0:03:37Did you tell them a woman's about to have a baby?

0:03:37 > 0:03:40- No.- Always tell them a woman's about to have a baby.

0:03:40 > 0:03:42They come straight away.

0:03:42 > 0:03:43HORN HONKS

0:03:43 > 0:03:45Oh, here it is!

0:03:46 > 0:03:47Give me a break.

0:03:47 > 0:03:50This isn't exactly Air Force One, is it?

0:03:50 > 0:03:51KNOCKS AT WINDOW

0:03:52 > 0:03:54Er...

0:03:54 > 0:03:56A woman's just had a baby.

0:04:01 > 0:04:02- RADIO:- 'OK, Sadie.

0:04:02 > 0:04:04'Ready for your last question?

0:04:04 > 0:04:08- 'Yeah!'- 'If I was standing under the Arc de Triomphe...

0:04:09 > 0:04:11'Where would I be?'

0:04:11 > 0:04:13- Tour de France.- 'Paris?'

0:04:13 > 0:04:16- 'Correct!'- 'Ah, no way!'

0:04:16 > 0:04:18- 'Correct, Sadie!' - 'Thank you so much!'

0:04:18 > 0:04:21'No problem at all, Sadie. Time for a blast of something soothing,

0:04:21 > 0:04:23'and then I'll be talking to a man who wants your vote.'

0:04:23 > 0:04:24Showtime.

0:04:26 > 0:04:27We're ready for you now, Mr Servant.

0:04:29 > 0:04:31- Are you now?- 'And now, the weather.'

0:04:31 > 0:04:34'A cold front is moving in from the east,

0:04:34 > 0:04:36'but most of the day will be sunny with occasional showers.

0:04:36 > 0:04:39'And now back to Anders in the Afternoon.'

0:04:39 > 0:04:40How you doing, Anders?

0:04:40 > 0:04:42Ladies and gentlemen,

0:04:42 > 0:04:45something strange is happening at the moment in Broughty Ferry.

0:04:45 > 0:04:47Leaflets, adverts, posters...

0:04:47 > 0:04:50It can only mean one thing - yes, it's election time.

0:04:50 > 0:04:52But not just any election -

0:04:52 > 0:04:55it's Broughty Ferry's very own by-election,

0:04:55 > 0:04:58so over the next five weeks we'll be meeting all the candidates

0:04:58 > 0:05:00here on Anders in the Afternoon.

0:05:00 > 0:05:03But first up, I'd like to introduce someone who's...

0:05:03 > 0:05:05- a little bit different. - Thank you, Anders.

0:05:05 > 0:05:08Because he's not a politician,

0:05:08 > 0:05:12and he's not flown up from the ivory towers of Westminster.

0:05:12 > 0:05:14It is in fact local businessman,

0:05:14 > 0:05:16Bob Servant.

0:05:16 > 0:05:18Hello, Anders.

0:05:18 > 0:05:19Big fan of the show.

0:05:19 > 0:05:21Oh, buttering me up already, eh?

0:05:21 > 0:05:22No, no, I'm not.

0:05:22 > 0:05:24That was just a joke.

0:05:24 > 0:05:27Politics is not a joking matter, Anders.

0:05:27 > 0:05:28It's people's lives.

0:05:28 > 0:05:29OK. So...

0:05:29 > 0:05:31When a lot of people will hear the name Bob Servant,

0:05:31 > 0:05:34they'll think of Broughty Ferry's own Cheeseburger Wars,

0:05:34 > 0:05:37which, I think it's fair to say, Bob, you did rather well out of.

0:05:37 > 0:05:40Well, you know, Anders, what I like to say is,

0:05:40 > 0:05:42don't call it the Cheeseburger Wars.

0:05:42 > 0:05:44Call it the Cheeseburger Massacre.

0:05:47 > 0:05:48BOB CHUCKLES

0:05:52 > 0:05:54You can't just nod, mate, it's the radio.

0:05:54 > 0:05:56OK, so, Bob...

0:05:56 > 0:05:59You're asking us to vote for you in this by-election.

0:05:59 > 0:06:00Why?

0:06:00 > 0:06:03I'm what is known as an independent candidate, Anders,

0:06:03 > 0:06:05which means I don't support

0:06:05 > 0:06:07what are known as the traditional political parties.

0:06:07 > 0:06:09I'm familiar with the concept.

0:06:09 > 0:06:12And having an independent candidate has never been done in an election.

0:06:12 > 0:06:14I'm pretty sure it has, Bob.

0:06:14 > 0:06:16Well, only in films.

0:06:19 > 0:06:20Er...

0:06:20 > 0:06:22Broughty Ferry's been good to me, Anders,

0:06:22 > 0:06:25and it's time for me to be good to Broughty Ferry.

0:06:25 > 0:06:28Well, you're certainly going to spice things up

0:06:28 > 0:06:31in this by-election, Bob, I am pretty certain of that.

0:06:31 > 0:06:34So what say we hit the phones and meet the voters?

0:06:34 > 0:06:37Absolutely, and don't screen the calls.

0:06:37 > 0:06:39- Throw me some grenades!- Ha ha, OK.

0:06:39 > 0:06:43Fighting talk there from independent candidate Bob Servant.

0:06:43 > 0:06:45And I'm sure you're going to be facing tough questions today

0:06:45 > 0:06:49on the budget deficit, immigration, and, of course, the NHS.

0:06:51 > 0:06:52Oh.

0:06:52 > 0:06:54I thought it'd about local stuff.

0:06:54 > 0:06:57Well, everything's local in politics, isn't it?

0:06:57 > 0:06:58Is it?

0:06:58 > 0:07:02OK, so first up, we have Carol from Maryfield Road. Carol.

0:07:02 > 0:07:04'I'd like to know what the candidate would do

0:07:04 > 0:07:06'to help bring down the national debt.'

0:07:06 > 0:07:08Good question.

0:07:08 > 0:07:10The national debt, which was, at the last count..?

0:07:14 > 0:07:16'It's over a trillion pounds, Anders.'

0:07:16 > 0:07:17Correct.

0:07:17 > 0:07:20So, Mr Servant, one trillion pounds,

0:07:20 > 0:07:22what are you going to do to sort that out?

0:07:22 > 0:07:24Well, I think...

0:07:24 > 0:07:27we should all just tighten our belts a little bit.

0:07:28 > 0:07:31That's...your entire policy?

0:07:31 > 0:07:32No, I've not finished.

0:07:32 > 0:07:35I'm not one of those guys, and there's plenty of them out there,

0:07:35 > 0:07:36who are down on the binmen.

0:07:36 > 0:07:39I mean, granted, they do make a lot of noise,

0:07:39 > 0:07:41but you cannae drive a lorry and empty bins and not make noise.

0:07:41 > 0:07:43I mean, it's like asking a rock and roll drummer

0:07:43 > 0:07:46to go out there, do rock and roll, and not make a noise.

0:07:46 > 0:07:47It's ridiculous. Next call.

0:07:48 > 0:07:51OK, we've got Stewart from West Ferry. Stewart?

0:07:51 > 0:07:54'Hi, I called last week about the dog mess in Dawson Park.'

0:07:54 > 0:07:55Carry on, Stewart!

0:07:55 > 0:07:58- Poo. Dawson Park. - 'Well, I live next to Dawson Park,

0:07:58 > 0:08:00'and I can't even take my kids there because of the dog mess.

0:08:00 > 0:08:03- 'It's disgusting.'- Stewart...

0:08:03 > 0:08:05I'm an independent candidate,

0:08:05 > 0:08:07I make independent decisions,

0:08:07 > 0:08:09so here's one I think you're going to like.

0:08:11 > 0:08:14No more dogs in Dawson Park.

0:08:14 > 0:08:15There you go, done.

0:08:15 > 0:08:18- 'What, really?'- Er, that would be a council decision, surely?- Oh...

0:08:18 > 0:08:21Don't worry about the council, I'm primae noctis on this one.

0:08:21 > 0:08:25If I win the by-election, all dogs will be banned from Dawson Park.

0:08:25 > 0:08:27- Bob, I really don't think this is... - So, Stewart,

0:08:27 > 0:08:31You and the little ones can roll around in the grass once again

0:08:31 > 0:08:33without the least concern.

0:08:33 > 0:08:34And, and...

0:08:34 > 0:08:38If you'll have me, I'll be rolling along right beside you.

0:08:38 > 0:08:40'That's fantastic! So that's definite?'

0:08:40 > 0:08:43Signed, sealed, delivered. Ah!

0:08:43 > 0:08:45- Well...- Eh, Frank?!

0:08:45 > 0:08:48It's explosive stuff here on Anders in the Afternoon.

0:08:48 > 0:08:52Um... Next up, we've got Joan from Barnhill. Joan.

0:08:52 > 0:08:56'I don't know if this is something your guest can help with,

0:08:56 > 0:08:58'but I got a very unfair parking ticket.'

0:08:58 > 0:09:02- Joan, Joan... Parking tickets isn't the kind of thing...- Whoa-oh.

0:09:06 > 0:09:07Let's hear it, Joan.

0:09:07 > 0:09:10'I came out of the dry cleaners down at Brook Street.'

0:09:10 > 0:09:11Oh, I know the one.

0:09:11 > 0:09:13'And there was a traffic warden at my car.'

0:09:13 > 0:09:14Looking pleased with himself?

0:09:14 > 0:09:16'He was looking pleased with himself.'

0:09:16 > 0:09:18Ah, surprise, surprise.

0:09:18 > 0:09:21'He'd given me a ticket, but I was only three hours over.'

0:09:21 > 0:09:22Three hours?

0:09:22 > 0:09:26That's nit-picking, Joan, and I won't have it. Not on my watch.

0:09:26 > 0:09:30Hang on the line, hen, my campaign manager will be with you directly.

0:09:30 > 0:09:32And we could probably throw in a disabled parking badge as well.

0:09:32 > 0:09:34There's a guy in Whitfield has a printer...

0:09:34 > 0:09:36I think at this stage I should say

0:09:36 > 0:09:39that Broughty FM takes no responsibility

0:09:39 > 0:09:40for any advice given out by guests.

0:09:40 > 0:09:43Next up, we've got Cathy from Fairfield Road. Cathy.

0:09:43 > 0:09:46'How on earth can you ban dogs from Dawson Park?

0:09:46 > 0:09:48'I walk mine there every day.

0:09:48 > 0:09:51'I clear up after him along with the vast majority of dog owners,

0:09:51 > 0:09:52'so why the hell should we get banned

0:09:52 > 0:09:54because of the actions of others?'

0:09:56 > 0:09:58Do you want to take this one?

0:09:58 > 0:09:59It's all yours.

0:10:01 > 0:10:03Er...

0:10:03 > 0:10:04Cathy...

0:10:04 > 0:10:07What would it take for you to walk your dog somewhere else?

0:10:07 > 0:10:10- 'Why should I?! I'd have to drive...'- A number, a number.

0:10:10 > 0:10:12Cathy, Cathy, Cathy, I'm looking for a number.

0:10:12 > 0:10:14- 'What, you mean...money?'- Yep.

0:10:14 > 0:10:17- 'But how..?'- Five grand?

0:10:17 > 0:10:20- '£5,000?'- Five large ones.

0:10:20 > 0:10:22- 'Well...that, er... Yes, I could probably...'- Deal!

0:10:22 > 0:10:27And that would apply to every dog walker in Dawson Park?

0:10:27 > 0:10:31Absolutely, a one time payment of £5,000. Cash.

0:10:31 > 0:10:32Next!

0:10:32 > 0:10:34Er, next up, we've got Alan from Lochee. Alan.

0:10:34 > 0:10:38'Hi, I just heard the woman with the parking ticket.

0:10:38 > 0:10:40'I received this speeding fine the other day...'

0:10:40 > 0:10:42Did you hit anything, Alan?

0:10:42 > 0:10:44'Er... Well, not really.'

0:10:44 > 0:10:45Alan...

0:10:45 > 0:10:46'Yes?'

0:10:46 > 0:10:48Rip it up.

0:10:48 > 0:10:50- 'Pardon?'- Rip it up!

0:10:50 > 0:10:52'But... It says, "Possible imprisonment."'

0:10:52 > 0:10:56- What you got?- Tom from Monifieth.

0:10:56 > 0:10:58'I own a dog, I walk it in Dawson Park,

0:10:58 > 0:11:00'and whether or not this moron wins the election,

0:11:00 > 0:11:03'I will be walking it in Dawson Park in five weeks' time.'

0:11:03 > 0:11:05Oh, you will, will you?!

0:11:05 > 0:11:06Absolutely.

0:11:06 > 0:11:07Well, you'll regret it.

0:11:07 > 0:11:09Or more accurately, your dog'll regret it.

0:11:09 > 0:11:11'What do you mean?'

0:11:11 > 0:11:13I'll shoot it.

0:11:13 > 0:11:15'You'll shoot my dog?'

0:11:15 > 0:11:18- Bang, bang.- OK, going to have to stop it there, guys.

0:11:18 > 0:11:20- Ho ho!- Thanks for all your calls folks, time for some music.

0:11:20 > 0:11:22BOB LAUGHS

0:11:29 > 0:11:32Well done, Bob.

0:11:32 > 0:11:34Cheers, Frank, cheers.

0:11:34 > 0:11:35It was a team effort.

0:11:36 > 0:11:37To a degree.

0:11:40 > 0:11:42What a start.

0:11:42 > 0:11:44So...

0:11:44 > 0:11:47You don't know anything about fraudulent disabled parking badges?

0:11:47 > 0:11:48Nope.

0:11:49 > 0:11:51When you said...

0:11:51 > 0:11:54"There's a guy in Whitfield with a printer"..?

0:11:54 > 0:11:55Ahhh...

0:11:55 > 0:11:57I was getting confused.

0:11:57 > 0:11:58- With what?- Er...

0:11:58 > 0:12:00With something I saw on Watchdog.

0:12:00 > 0:12:02- Nothing there.- I told you.

0:12:02 > 0:12:03You don't own a gun?

0:12:03 > 0:12:05Course not.

0:12:05 > 0:12:09So when you said you would shoot local domestic pets..?

0:12:09 > 0:12:10That was a metaphor.

0:12:10 > 0:12:12A metaphor?

0:12:12 > 0:12:13For what?

0:12:14 > 0:12:15Life.

0:12:15 > 0:12:17Mr Servant...

0:12:17 > 0:12:19We don't like receiving calls

0:12:19 > 0:12:23to say someone is declaring criminal acts on local radio.

0:12:23 > 0:12:25- Is that clear? - Fair enough, fair enough.

0:12:25 > 0:12:27Chase the real criminals sort of thing, right, yeah.

0:12:27 > 0:12:29Good, yeah, good, got that.

0:12:29 > 0:12:30Yeah.

0:12:30 > 0:12:31Today's a warning.

0:12:32 > 0:12:36But we'll be watching your campaign with interest.

0:12:39 > 0:12:41And so will we.

0:12:42 > 0:12:43OK, boys?

0:12:43 > 0:12:44Break a leg.

0:12:47 > 0:12:49You see what's happening, Frank?

0:12:49 > 0:12:52The powers that be don't want an independent candidate.

0:12:52 > 0:12:55- It upsets the apple cart.- They're just trying to Birmingham Six you.

0:12:55 > 0:12:57And they couldn't even bring themselves

0:12:57 > 0:12:59to say something about the extension.

0:12:59 > 0:13:01Pathetic.

0:13:02 > 0:13:06So how do you become a campaign manager?

0:13:08 > 0:13:12Well, I was 30 years in Bob's cheeseburger vans.

0:13:12 > 0:13:13I see.

0:13:13 > 0:13:15Director of sauces.

0:13:18 > 0:13:19Mustards...

0:13:19 > 0:13:21Ketchup...

0:13:22 > 0:13:24Brown.

0:13:24 > 0:13:25I mean, I...

0:13:25 > 0:13:26That's...

0:13:26 > 0:13:28That's just how I got into it, I...

0:13:28 > 0:13:30I don't know if that's the usual route, you know?

0:13:31 > 0:13:33Those toilets are tiny.

0:13:35 > 0:13:37How many students will I be talking to?

0:13:37 > 0:13:3810.

0:13:38 > 0:13:41Oh, depends what time the party finished last night, eh?

0:13:41 > 0:13:43- HE LAUGHS - Erm...

0:13:43 > 0:13:45- Give us the hat.- Bob, I don't... - Give us the hat!

0:13:50 > 0:13:51This will take the roof off.

0:13:51 > 0:13:53BOB LAUGHS

0:13:55 > 0:13:57Calm down, children!

0:14:00 > 0:14:02What's this?

0:14:02 > 0:14:05- I tried to tell you. - I wanted young voters, Frank.

0:14:05 > 0:14:07Not the fuckin' Secret Seven.

0:14:07 > 0:14:08Mr Servant...

0:14:13 > 0:14:15Hello, children.

0:14:15 > 0:14:16- CHILDREN:- Hello!

0:14:18 > 0:14:20Do you like children?

0:14:20 > 0:14:21Absolutely, I'm a family man.

0:14:21 > 0:14:23How many kids do you have?

0:14:23 > 0:14:24None.

0:14:24 > 0:14:25But I like families.

0:14:25 > 0:14:27Boys and girls...

0:14:27 > 0:14:29Now here's what I want youse to do.

0:14:29 > 0:14:34I want youse to go home tonight and send a message to your parents.

0:14:36 > 0:14:38- You all know your parents? CHILDREN:- Yes.

0:14:38 > 0:14:41- Could be orphans. - Well, they could be.

0:14:41 > 0:14:43Guys, any orphans?

0:14:43 > 0:14:45What's an orphan?

0:14:45 > 0:14:49No-one here is an orphan. Mr Servant, please!

0:14:49 > 0:14:53All I'm saying is, tell your parents, or your Mother Superior,

0:14:53 > 0:14:55or whoever it is that looks after you,

0:14:55 > 0:14:57to vote for Bob Servant.

0:14:57 > 0:14:58Mr Servant,

0:14:58 > 0:15:01I was hoping you could explain to the children about the by-election

0:15:01 > 0:15:04- and how you came to stand in it. - Yes, yes, yes, yes, I will, I will!

0:15:04 > 0:15:06I'm just warming them up.

0:15:06 > 0:15:09Boys and girls...

0:15:09 > 0:15:11I was standing in my extension.

0:15:11 > 0:15:12I was listening to the radio.

0:15:12 > 0:15:18And they said that Broughty Ferry's MP had...

0:15:21 > 0:15:24- Died.- No...

0:15:24 > 0:15:26- He wasn't dead.- Oh, yes!

0:15:26 > 0:15:29He was decapitated in a car crash on the A90.

0:15:29 > 0:15:32He wasn't dead.

0:15:32 > 0:15:33He just...

0:15:34 > 0:15:36Can't do his job any more.

0:15:36 > 0:15:38Because his legs fell off.

0:15:39 > 0:15:42- And his head.- What?- Mr Servant!

0:15:42 > 0:15:43What's wrong with you?!

0:15:43 > 0:15:46- They didn't like the leg stuff either.- Mr Servant.- OK, OK.

0:15:46 > 0:15:47Calm down, calm down.

0:15:48 > 0:15:50I was listening to the radio,

0:15:50 > 0:15:54and they said that Broughty Ferry's MP had gone away,

0:15:54 > 0:15:55and there was going to be a by-election,

0:15:55 > 0:15:58and I thought, "Well, this is a real kick in the chestnuts

0:15:58 > 0:16:01"for the poor boy's family. I hope they bounce back ASAP."

0:16:01 > 0:16:06And I thought, "Well, you know, this might be a wee chance for me."

0:16:06 > 0:16:08As you all know, I am a bit of a face locally.

0:16:08 > 0:16:11I mean, I've got a few quid, I've got opinions,

0:16:11 > 0:16:13and then the wheels, you know, start...

0:16:13 > 0:16:14Children, a by-election is...

0:16:14 > 0:16:18A by-election is where the Prime Minister

0:16:18 > 0:16:22asks the people of Broughty Ferry who their favourite person is.

0:16:22 > 0:16:24- Well...- One man, one vote.

0:16:24 > 0:16:26One PERSON.

0:16:26 > 0:16:28Democracy, just like every country in the world.

0:16:28 > 0:16:29Not every country.

0:16:29 > 0:16:33So, I want all of youse to go home tonight,

0:16:33 > 0:16:37to go out there and spread the word, put the pressure on.

0:16:37 > 0:16:41Tell your parents, vote Bob Servant or you'll run away from home.

0:16:41 > 0:16:43- Make it personal.- OK, Mr Servant, thanks for coming in.

0:16:43 > 0:16:45Right, boys and girls.

0:16:45 > 0:16:48After three, "Vote for Bob Servant."

0:16:48 > 0:16:50One, two, three..!

0:16:54 > 0:16:57Well done, Frank, that was a complete Hiroshima.

0:16:57 > 0:16:59That was just a warm-up, Bob.

0:17:01 > 0:17:03Why have we got this guy again?

0:17:03 > 0:17:05Well...

0:17:05 > 0:17:07I've paid him for the day.

0:17:08 > 0:17:10Never, ever, pay them for the day.

0:17:10 > 0:17:11They get complacent.

0:17:12 > 0:17:14Same with gardeners.

0:17:16 > 0:17:17Right, Frank.

0:17:17 > 0:17:21It's time to show Broughty Ferry what we're all about.

0:17:21 > 0:17:23We're going to hit them with a PR blitz.

0:17:24 > 0:17:26- PR?- Public relations.

0:17:26 > 0:17:29Everything's PR, Frank. PR.

0:17:29 > 0:17:33Why do you think a bus driver doesn't drink on the job any more?

0:17:34 > 0:17:35Health and safety?

0:17:35 > 0:17:36PR!

0:17:36 > 0:17:39It's about creating a public image.

0:17:39 > 0:17:40Burying the bad news.

0:17:40 > 0:17:44When Cliff Richard poisoned that ball boy at Wimbledon,

0:17:44 > 0:17:47next day, just brought out a new pop record and it was all forgotten.

0:17:47 > 0:17:48You see?

0:17:48 > 0:17:50Well, not really.

0:17:50 > 0:17:53Why do celebrities adopt babies?

0:17:53 > 0:17:57Or "accidentally" walk into supermarkets without their pants on?

0:17:59 > 0:18:00PR?

0:18:00 > 0:18:02You got there, Frank.

0:18:02 > 0:18:07Now you get the posters sorted, and I'll go and press some punter flesh.

0:18:07 > 0:18:08Hello!

0:18:08 > 0:18:09Bob Servant, independent.

0:18:19 > 0:18:20OK, lads.

0:18:20 > 0:18:24Bob Servant, independent, standing in the by-election.

0:18:24 > 0:18:26- So you're up against this guy, then?- Unbelievable.

0:18:26 > 0:18:29The boy's not even here yet and he's throwing his money about.

0:18:29 > 0:18:31Got good posters, though.

0:18:31 > 0:18:32Mugabe's got good posters.

0:19:00 > 0:19:01Hello.

0:19:01 > 0:19:02All right?

0:19:02 > 0:19:05Bob Servant, independent, standing in the by-election.

0:19:05 > 0:19:06OK.

0:19:11 > 0:19:13Have I got your vote?

0:19:13 > 0:19:15Well...

0:19:15 > 0:19:17I don't know.

0:19:17 > 0:19:19I just walked all the way out here.

0:19:19 > 0:19:20I've not decided yet.

0:19:29 > 0:19:31- What you doing? - Waiting for you to decide.

0:19:31 > 0:19:33- I'm trying to fish here!- Fine.

0:19:34 > 0:19:35Put you down as a maybe.

0:19:38 > 0:19:39Hi there! Will you be voting?

0:19:42 > 0:19:44All set, lads? Off to the disco?

0:19:54 > 0:19:55BOB SIGHS

0:19:57 > 0:20:01Frank, you remember when I was a member of Very Good Video?

0:20:01 > 0:20:02Oh, like it was yesterday.

0:20:02 > 0:20:04I know the rest of youse were members of Blockbusters,

0:20:04 > 0:20:06the big boys.

0:20:06 > 0:20:08You used to slag me off something rotten.

0:20:08 > 0:20:10Because I'd defend Very Good Video.

0:20:10 > 0:20:12I mean, I'd defend them like a... Like a...

0:20:12 > 0:20:15- A lion.- A lion, aye. Like a lion.

0:20:15 > 0:20:18One day, I cancelled my membership to Very Good Video,

0:20:18 > 0:20:20and joined Blockbusters. And bang!

0:20:20 > 0:20:24I could see straight away that Very Good Video were absolute shite.

0:20:24 > 0:20:25Oh, terrible.

0:20:25 > 0:20:26Well, it's like the public.

0:20:26 > 0:20:29You know, when I was a member of the public, I used to think,

0:20:29 > 0:20:32"Well, they're not bad. You know, they're good." I'd defend them.

0:20:32 > 0:20:33But now I'm a politician,

0:20:33 > 0:20:36I look at the public, and I see them for the bunch of selfish...

0:20:36 > 0:20:38Oh, hello!

0:20:38 > 0:20:40- PHONE RINGS - Did you tell my daughter she was an orphan?

0:20:40 > 0:20:42Frank speaking.

0:20:42 > 0:20:44On, no. No, I said she wasn't an orphan.

0:20:44 > 0:20:45Who said she was?

0:20:45 > 0:20:47The ginger boy.

0:20:47 > 0:20:50There was a ginger boy in your class, wasn't there?

0:20:50 > 0:20:51There you go.

0:20:51 > 0:20:53Nasty piece of work.

0:20:54 > 0:20:55Do you know where this kid lives?

0:20:57 > 0:20:59Vote for Bob Servant.

0:21:00 > 0:21:02That was the radio station.

0:21:02 > 0:21:04They want us back in!

0:21:04 > 0:21:05I'm not surprised.

0:21:09 > 0:21:11They probably want me on as a disc jockey.

0:21:11 > 0:21:13You know, shoot from the hip, that kind of thing.

0:21:13 > 0:21:15I would say it's good for a campaign.

0:21:15 > 0:21:18Well, we'll see what they're offering.

0:21:18 > 0:21:19DOGS BARK

0:21:21 > 0:21:23Go and get him, then!

0:21:23 > 0:21:24Bring him out!

0:21:24 > 0:21:26Boo boys!

0:21:26 > 0:21:28Are you going to shoot my dog?

0:21:28 > 0:21:31You! Round the back! Now!

0:21:35 > 0:21:37MUSIC: "Who Let The Dogs Out?" by Baha Men

0:21:40 > 0:21:41Who? Who? Who?

0:21:41 > 0:21:46Now, ladies and gentlemen, before I wrap up this evening,

0:21:46 > 0:21:48I think it's fair to say that this afternoon's show

0:21:48 > 0:21:50stirred up a bit of a hornet's nest

0:21:50 > 0:21:54after comments from by-election candidate Bob Servant.

0:21:54 > 0:21:56But we made a quick call, and I'm very pleased to say

0:21:56 > 0:21:59that we've actually got the man in question back in the studio.

0:21:59 > 0:22:03So, um... Bob, thanks for coming back in.

0:22:03 > 0:22:06Well, as it happens, I was just passing by.

0:22:06 > 0:22:08You must have had a bit of a strange day.

0:22:08 > 0:22:10- I've had stranger. - Well, I'm not sure we have,

0:22:10 > 0:22:14after hundreds of complaints and people protesting outside,

0:22:14 > 0:22:18so I think I'd like to start by clarifying an important point.

0:22:18 > 0:22:20On behalf of everyone here at Broughty FM,

0:22:20 > 0:22:24we'd like to reassure the dog owners of Broughty Ferry

0:22:24 > 0:22:27that no dogs will be executed

0:22:27 > 0:22:29no matter who wins the forthcoming by-election.

0:22:29 > 0:22:32Bob, I'm sure you'd like to back me up on that.

0:22:32 > 0:22:33Anders...

0:22:33 > 0:22:34I just want to say

0:22:34 > 0:22:37on behalf of Bob Servant independent campaign team...

0:22:39 > 0:22:40Well done.

0:22:40 > 0:22:42And thank you for that.

0:22:42 > 0:22:47I mean, there's no doubt in my mind that you chose, for whatever reason,

0:22:47 > 0:22:52to sensationalise the comments I made earlier today about dogs.

0:22:52 > 0:22:53And clearly, clearly...

0:22:53 > 0:22:56There's been a wee bit of Chinese whispers since then.

0:22:56 > 0:22:59But would just like to say to the people of Broughty Ferry:

0:23:01 > 0:23:03People of Broughty Ferry,

0:23:03 > 0:23:08If I am elected your MP, and I suspect anyone,

0:23:08 > 0:23:11anyone, of even considering harming a dog,

0:23:11 > 0:23:14then that person will be arrested on the spot.

0:23:14 > 0:23:17- All right, come on, Bob, that is rid...- Furthermore,

0:23:17 > 0:23:19I had a meeting with the police earlier today

0:23:19 > 0:23:25on this very subject, and we found ourselves in broad agreement.

0:23:25 > 0:23:30Broughty Ferry's dogs can sleep soundly in their cages tonight.

0:23:30 > 0:23:31Right, I'm sorry, Bob, erm...

0:23:31 > 0:23:33Forgive my confusion on this matter,

0:23:33 > 0:23:35but was it not actually you who suggested...

0:23:35 > 0:23:37Anders, when you're in the middle of a political campaign,

0:23:37 > 0:23:39you do what is called testing the waters.

0:23:39 > 0:23:43I mean, you come up with a policy and you see how the public react.

0:23:43 > 0:23:45I mean, look at the...

0:23:45 > 0:23:47Look at the poll tax or the Iraq War.

0:23:47 > 0:23:49I mean, that's what the government did, they tested the waters,

0:23:49 > 0:23:51the public said no and the government said,

0:23:51 > 0:23:53"Fine, forget it, we were only joking anyway."

0:23:53 > 0:23:56I mean, that's politics, Anders, that's the name of the game.

0:23:56 > 0:23:57Now, whatever the game is,

0:23:57 > 0:24:00I don't think you'll be getting many votes from dog owners.

0:24:00 > 0:24:01Well, that's ridiculous.

0:24:01 > 0:24:03Absolutely ridiculous.

0:24:03 > 0:24:05Considering...

0:24:05 > 0:24:06I'm a dog owner myself.

0:24:06 > 0:24:08Oh, really? What's it called?

0:24:08 > 0:24:09Dancer.

0:24:09 > 0:24:10Dancer? Well, um...

0:24:10 > 0:24:13Maybe tomorrow you could take Dancer out when you're campaigning

0:24:13 > 0:24:15in Broughty Ferry, that'd be a really nice touch.

0:24:15 > 0:24:17Well, I wish I could, Anders.

0:24:17 > 0:24:20I wish I could, but, er...

0:24:20 > 0:24:23Unfortunately, er...

0:24:23 > 0:24:24Dancer ran away.

0:24:24 > 0:24:26- Ran away? When?- Yesterday. - Ah, yesterday.

0:24:26 > 0:24:29Well... Why don't we see if we can't get him back for you?

0:24:29 > 0:24:31Perhaps you'd like to put out an appeal

0:24:31 > 0:24:34right now live on Broughty FM?

0:24:34 > 0:24:35All right.

0:24:36 > 0:24:38Er, well...

0:24:44 > 0:24:45I...

0:24:45 > 0:24:47Dancer...

0:24:47 > 0:24:50I'd just like to say all is forgiven.

0:24:50 > 0:24:51Come home.

0:24:53 > 0:24:55Daddy misses you.

0:24:55 > 0:24:59And do you have a description of Dancer?

0:24:59 > 0:25:00Oh, he just loves life.

0:25:00 > 0:25:02Loves it.

0:25:02 > 0:25:03Barking and running about.

0:25:03 > 0:25:06In fact, clearly he likes running about a bit too much,

0:25:06 > 0:25:08seeing as he's run away.

0:25:08 > 0:25:11I was thinking more of a physical description.

0:25:11 > 0:25:12Aye. Well, um...

0:25:12 > 0:25:13About a metre long.

0:25:13 > 0:25:15Er...

0:25:15 > 0:25:17Kind face.

0:25:17 > 0:25:18Tail.

0:25:18 > 0:25:19Any last words, Bob?

0:25:19 > 0:25:21Yes.

0:25:21 > 0:25:23Vote for Bob Servant,

0:25:23 > 0:25:28and send a message to Westminster to leave our dogs alone.

0:25:28 > 0:25:29RADIO JINGLE PLAYS

0:25:29 > 0:25:31'Next up on Broughty FM...'

0:25:33 > 0:25:35Going to the dogs.

0:25:35 > 0:25:38- Sorry?- I should have said something about going to the dogs.

0:25:38 > 0:25:41- We'll have to go back. - And how would we do that?

0:25:41 > 0:25:42Well, just rewind it.

0:25:42 > 0:25:44HE LAUGHS

0:25:44 > 0:25:45Rewind it!

0:25:45 > 0:25:46Rewind it!

0:25:46 > 0:25:47- Aye, rewind it.- Just rewind it.

0:25:47 > 0:25:49Just... Just rewind, Rewind it!

0:25:49 > 0:25:50Go back.

0:25:50 > 0:25:52You can go back.

0:25:52 > 0:25:55DOGS BARK

0:26:00 > 0:26:02This is demeaning.

0:26:02 > 0:26:04I'm not taking you otherwise.

0:26:04 > 0:26:06They'll set the dogs on me.

0:26:07 > 0:26:09Will, er... you be voting, folks?

0:26:09 > 0:26:11We will now.

0:26:14 > 0:26:16Great.

0:26:49 > 0:26:50# On the road again

0:26:52 > 0:26:54# Just can't wait to get on the road again

0:26:56 > 0:27:00# The life I love is making music with my friends

0:27:00 > 0:27:02# And I can't wait to get on the road again

0:27:03 > 0:27:06# On the road again

0:27:07 > 0:27:10# Goin' places that I've never been

0:27:11 > 0:27:14# Seein' things that I may never see again

0:27:14 > 0:27:18# And I can't wait to get on the road again

0:27:19 > 0:27:21# On the road again

0:27:21 > 0:27:25# Like a band of gypsies we go down the highway

0:27:25 > 0:27:27# We're the best of friends

0:27:28 > 0:27:31# Insisting that the world keep turning our way

0:27:32 > 0:27:34# And our way

0:27:34 > 0:27:36# Is on the road again

0:27:37 > 0:27:40# Just can't wait to get on the road again

0:27:41 > 0:27:45# The life I love is makin' music with my friends

0:27:45 > 0:27:48# And I can't wait to get on the road again. #

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