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This programme contains some strong language.

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# Read about the things that happen throughout the world

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# Don't believe in everything you see or hear

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# Read all about it Read all about it

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# News of the world News of the world

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# Read all about it Read all about it

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# News of the world News of the world. #

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CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

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Hello and welcome to Mock The Week. I'm Dara O Briain.

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Joining me this week are Andy Parsons, Katherine Ryan and Ed Byrne,

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Rob Beckett, Hugh Dennis and Stewart Francis.

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CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

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APPLAUSE DROWNS OUT SPEECH

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We start with a round called If This Is The Answer, What Is The Question?

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On the board are six categories. Rob, which category would you like?

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-Politics, I'll have a bit of that.

-Your category is politics.

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The answer is 13. What is the question?

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Is it the number of people on X Factor's first episode

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with dead relatives?

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LAUGHTER

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APPLAUSE

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Is it if Wayne Rooney went to Real Madrid instead of Gareth Bale,

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how many months would it have taken him

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to manage the Spanish for "hello"?

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LAUGHTER

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Is it, I know what it is, is it

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when Louis Walsh goes over to One Direction's house to play ping pong,

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how many little white balls are in the room?

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LAUGHTER

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-That's what it is.

-Actually, spot-on, mathematically.

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Is it on which day of Christmas

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do Wonga.com come and repossess everything?

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LAUGHTER

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Is the number of BBC programmes currently hosted by Dara O Briain?

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LAUGHTER

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APPLAUSE

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Is it how many times did I have to watch that Miley Cyrus video before

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I could really consider myself to be well-informed on the subject?

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LAUGHTER

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Is it in fact how many times a day does Oscar Pistorius think,

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"Well, I suppose I could just have knocked"?

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LAUGHTER AND GROANS

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Is it the number of feet required by the restraining order that

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I have on Brian Blessed?

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LAUGHTER

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-IMITATING BRIAN BLESSED:

-Stewart, I know you want some!

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LAUGHTER

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Is it the number of soldiers France will actually send to Syria?

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LAUGHTER

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-A bit of politics there, mate.

-Yeah.

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At what age do you realise that One Direction might be shit?

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LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE

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Can we have a correct answer, please?

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What is the atomic number for unluckium?

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LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE

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Very good, very good. You slipped it under the wire. Nice, yeah.

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Correct answer?

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It was by how many votes

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did the Government lose the crucial vote on Syria?

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Yes, it was, thank you very much, Hugh Dennis, well done.

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CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

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Yes, the question I was looking for was,

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by how many votes was Prime Minister David Cameron defeated

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in Parliament last week on the proposed military strike on Syria?

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This is the news that, after recalling Parliament early,

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the coalition lost the vote by 272 votes to 285.

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39 members of the coalition voted against the motion.

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Nothing, after a really funny round, gets the mood up in a room

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like Syria being mentioned,

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a situation of deep political complexity

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and huge humanitarian sensitivity,

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the kind of stuff that Mock The Week does so well historically.

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I heard that some of the ministers missed the vote

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because a bell wasn't functioning. I don't understand that

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because everyone in Parliament is a functioning bell.

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LAUGHTER

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I guess a number of them didn't actually... Justine Greening,

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who's the International Development Secretary

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and the Foreign Office Minister Mark Simmonds said they didn't

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-hear the bell because they were in a room discussing Rwanda.

-Wink, wink!

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LAUGHTER

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That old chestnut!

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Let us not deliberately imply anything other...

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A-ha-ha!

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LAUGHTER

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I'm with you, Dara.

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We should just legally point out that it's perfectly reasonable

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for the International Development Secretary

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and the Foreign Office Minister to discuss Rwanda at any stage.

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Boing-oing-oing-oing!

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LAUGHTER

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APPLAUSE

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Parliament, I think, you know, the vote went against Cameron

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because Parliament were very worried that going to war

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is like a mobile phone contract.

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It's very easy to start, it's impossible to leave

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and it's very expensive when you're abroad.

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LAUGHTER

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APPLAUSE

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It's a bit rich, though, that Labour have come out

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so heavily against any kind of action though, isn't it?

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Labour are rather like,

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"Oh, we shouldn't be, not without UN support and not if it's illegal."

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-Memories are kind of short, aren't they?

-Yes.

-Don't you remember Iraq?

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It just seems a bit much,

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Labour taking this hard line with the Tories on this.

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It's a bit like Madonna phoning up Lady Gaga and going,

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"For God's sake, put some clothes on."

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LAUGHTER

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Well, the thing is, with Assad, you know,

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the way they're stopping him killing innocent civilians

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is probably not sending cruise missiles which are liable to

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kill innocent civilians, but we need to send him something to make him

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think twice about using chemical weapons again.

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Something surprising.

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I'm thinking Atomic Kitten. They've just reformed.

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LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE

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-The thing is...

-Do you know what?

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Of the many criteria on which you judge that I think surprise,

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it definitely rates very highly.

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Which line-up of Atomic Kitten are you planning to send in?

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Well, if you send in Kerry Katona with a credit card,

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she will bankrupt the country. LAUGHTER

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Kerry Katona would bring more chemicals in, though, so...

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LAUGHTER

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According to Obama now this is going to harm the special relationship

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and John Kerry as well has said that the special relationship

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is now in jeopardy, which I think is good,

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because I think the special relationship

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has always been a bit creepy,

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especially when you consider the age difference between the UK and the US.

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LAUGHTER

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The special relationship fell apart about ten years ago,

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didn't it, in Love Actually, when Hugh Grant was in charge.

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LAUGHTER

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Is this why you chose Politics as a choice?

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I always think, you know, if you're not sure on something,

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give it a go, it might be for you. Um...

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LAUGHTER

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-How has Obama reacted to this then?

-Oh, very badly.

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LAUGHTER

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APPLAUSE

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He's done his homework.

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Yes, yes, in fact there's a picture of him here in one of the most

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brash political photographs I've seen in a long time.

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Essentially... Essentially going, "I'm not happy

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"and I've got my ass-kicking shoes on right here."

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He's essentially saying, "I'm just giving my balls of it of air."

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LAUGHTER

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He's on the phone going,

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"Yes, the desk is doing that thing of floating off the ground again.

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"I've got it under control for the moment

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"but if you can send somebody with some weights or something."

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Joe Biden is of no help in this situation. He's just looking on.

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I heard they were discussing Rwanda as well.

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Doing-oing-oing!

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LAUGHTER

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If that was a photograph of Bill Clinton,

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you'd think they'd just airbrushed Monica Lewinsky out of it.

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LAUGHTER

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This is a power move.

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One power move is to sit and eat

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when you're in a tete-a-tete with someone.

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Another is lunging, like look how you feel now,

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we're kind of having an argument.

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What about now?

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LAUGHTER

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APPLAUSE

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Then you know karate's on its way.

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-Was it to eat, was the other one, was it?

-Good. Yeah, yeah, yeah, OK.

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LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE

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Why's he got three phones?

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I know he's the President - he's got three phones.

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He might have three phone calls.

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Fair enough.

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In fairness, you'd think, though, he might have a secretary,

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or one phone that was capable of taking many lines.

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Yeah. It does seem unusual that he's going,

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"I don't know, I-I-I'll try to find out.

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"Mm, er, I've got somebody else on this phone here.

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"Wait a minute, wait on the line, both of you wait on the line!

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"I'm going to ring the other number. Argh! This isn't working for me!"

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LAUGHTER

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Obama's foot on the desk, I think it would be funny

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if a comedian on a panel show were to say, "It's Barack here,

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"I'm going to put you on SNEAKER-phone."

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I think that would be funny if a comedian on a panel show...

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LAUGHTER

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I think it would be funny.

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Speaking of the continent, what is France's position...?

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Doggy style.

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LAUGHTER

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-I've been...I've been there.

-OK. But...

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Next topic.

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Yeah, cos that's that topic settled.

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LAUGHTER

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In other news.

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What has Cheryl Cole spent a reported 50 hours doing?

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She has had a new tattoo done all over her back.

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It's all over her bum as well. There we go.

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You know, now, she doesn't look bad, does she, it looks good,

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having four roses tattooed on your arse.

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You're thinking, "That's a mistake though."

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In ten years' time that is going to look like Kew Garden, isn't it?

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LAUGHTER

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-Everyone's hacking on her, harshin' on her, as the kids say.

-ED LAUGHS

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-Thanks, Ed. Um...

-LAUGHTER

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They get into the regional stereotypes.

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She's from Newcastle, she is a Geordie,

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so there's a good chance - once, twice a week -

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she's going to take a shit outside, right?

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-LAUGHTER

-It's what they do.

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LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE

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So she can squat in a rose garden,

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twist one off, Bob's your uncle.

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LAUGHTER

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-Well done, Cheryl.

-It apparently took 50 hours.

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50 hours to get it done.

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But you're thinking, well, you know,

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while she was having the tattoo done she wasn't making

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or releasing music, so it's not all bad news, is it, you know?

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APPLAUSE

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When she does sex the naughty way, is it called botany now?

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LAUGHTER

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I guess her real worry is she'll get stalked by Alan Titchmarsh

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with an aphid spray.

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If you're going to have your entire arse done as a tattoo,

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have something a bit more practical.

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Maybe like a pair of shorts or something like that.

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LAUGHTER

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When the weather's a bit hot, you know, you think,

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"Down we go, nobody'll notice."

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LAUGHTER

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I think if I was going out with Cheryl Cole, I would definitely get

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a picture of some secateurs tattooed on my penis.

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LAUGHTER

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-She actually...

-That would look quite funny.

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-Like a little...?

-It'd look like you're pruning a bush.

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LAUGHTER

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Also, you wouldn't use a condom, would you?

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You'd use a Fisons grow bag.

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LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE

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OK, at the end of that round, the points go to Rob...

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Oh, you're not bringing it to an end, are you?

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I'm SO bringing that to an end.

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You just get like a watering can tattooed all here.

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LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE

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How cool would that be? A whole watering can!

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APPLAUSE

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Surely...

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That would look awesome.

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..you would get a bee tattooed on your cock.

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That would be a bit ridiculously large bee, though.

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APPLAUSE

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And you'd go, "Daddy want pollen."

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LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE

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At the end of that round, the points go to Rob, Hugh and Stewart.

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CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

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Now we play a round called School Of Hard Mocks.

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This game involves Rob, Andy and Stewart,

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so if you could make your way to the performance area, please.

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This round is a stand-up challenge.

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I'll launch the Wheel Of News and wherever it chooses to stop,

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one of our performers must step forward and talk about that subject.

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The winner is whoever I think is the funniest.

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OK, here we go, let's spin the wheel.

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Your first subject is consumerism. Who wants to come in on that?

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Andy Parsons.

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So, we always like to have a go at politicians, don't we,

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for getting us into debt, but we, we're also addicted to debt, aren't we?

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People waste their stuff.

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On loads of nonsense, isn't it,

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things like personalised number plates, don't ever do it.

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Anybody can get a personalised number plate, yeah?

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You can change your name by deed poll for a tenner, right?

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LAUGHTER

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Just change your name to your car registration number.

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LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE

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And it's the same people going, "Oh, yeah, look, I've got a new watch,

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"I've got a new watch, I have, yeah. It's a diver's watch, yeah?

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"Goes down to a depth of 200 metres, this does."

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200 metres is the depth of the North Sea.

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If you find yourself at the bottom of the North Sea, you're not diving.

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LAUGHTER

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The ship has sunk, the air bubble is running out

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and it's going to be little consolation

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you know what the bloody time is.

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LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE

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Thank you very much, Andy Parsons.

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OK, let's spin the wheel again.

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The next subject is food.

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Who wants to come in on that? Rob.

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I like food. I eat it most days. Um...

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LAUGHTER

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And the thing is I've moved out of my Mum's now,

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so I go home and see my Mum and Dad and I'm excited to see them,

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but I'm more excited to see the contents of the fridge.

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LAUGHTER

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She's on a diet, my mum, right?

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She got all the brothers round, my brothers around for a Sunday lunch.

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Do you know what she did the whole family for Sunday lunch? Couscous.

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For lunch, right?

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I rung ChildLine, they didn't want to know.

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LAUGHTER

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I don't trust couscous, to be honest with you.

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Anything you put in your mouth that feels already chewed

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should not be in there.

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LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE

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It's fat sand, I don't want any part of it, right?

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She served it with toasted pitta bread.

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Have you ever toasted pitta? Why is it so hot?

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LAUGHTER

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It's only a bit of folded bread, what's its problem? LAUGHTER

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A bit of toast pops out warm and toasty. The pitta's on fire!

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Once you get past the outer,

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you've got the dragon breath inside to deal with.

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There's only two things in the world hotter than toasted pitta bread.

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One's the sun, yeah?

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And the other's a cheese and tomato toasted sandwich.

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LAUGHTER

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What's that prick's problem, right?

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What's its problem, do you know what I mean?

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The cheese, I've not got a problem with the cheese.

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The tomatoes, they're little slices of lava.

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LAUGHTER

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I put it in a toasted sandwich maker, not Dante's Peak, what are you doing?

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LAUGHTER

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You bite into it, anchor on to the slice, you pull the sandwich away,

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the slice stays, slaps you on the face, burns your face off.

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Three days, I had a big red circle like that.

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I looked like a thirsty dog!

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LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE

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Well done, Rob.

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OK, that leaves us with Stewart. Let's see what you've got.

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Let's spin the wheel.

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And the topic is jobs. Away you go.

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Was my French teacher into golden showers?

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Oui.

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LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE

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I'm a Canadian comedian, but if people think I'm Russian,

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So-vi-et.

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LAUGHTER

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As a gynaecologist, I was terrified of vaginas.

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I won't go into it.

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LAUGHTER

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Very sad, I've just come back from the funeral of my coke dealer.

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HE SNIFFS

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LAUGHTER

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HE SNIFFS AGAIN

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I was fired as a Boy Scout leader.

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I wasn't prepared for that.

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LAUGHTER

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I used to be a sarcastic high jump coach.

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Get over it!

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LAUGHTER

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I used to be a professional table tennis player

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in Southeast Asia, and recently I went back for a big party.

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Oh, it was a real Hong Kong ping-pong ding-dong.

0:16:260:16:28

LAUGHTER

0:16:280:16:30

And then someone fired up the old karaoke machine. Oh!

0:16:300:16:33

It was a real Hong Kong ping-pong ding-dong sing-song.

0:16:330:16:36

LAUGHTER

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Then someone rang the door bell.

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LAUGHTER

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Cops.

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It was the cops.

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I used to be a cop.

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One night, a guy asked me if he could urinate on my wrist, I said,

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"Not on my watch."

0:16:540:16:55

LAUGHTER AND GROANS

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Thank you very much! Good night!

0:16:570:16:59

Thank you very much, Stewart Francis.

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Points there for Stewart and Rob.

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And Andy, what the hell, everyone gets points.

0:17:040:17:07

APPLAUSE

0:17:070:17:10

Now we'll play a game called Picture Of The Week.

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I show the panel a topical image

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and ask them to tell me what's happening.

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So what's going on here?

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Have Newcastle United signed three new players?

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LAUGHTER

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Is it badgers protesting against the possible culling of Brian May?

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LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE

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I hope nobody blows on his hair,

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cos there'd be a field of dandelions.

0:17:340:17:37

LAUGHTER

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Is Brian May supporting a charity for black dogs

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that have been run over by road-marking lorries?

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LAUGHTER

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That's Brian May and the Pepe Le Pew Appreciation Society.

0:17:470:17:50

LAUGHTER

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The guy on the right's like, "I couldn't find me badger costume,

0:17:510:17:54

"so I just painted stripes on me Womble mask."

0:17:540:17:57

LAUGHTER

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Does anyone know what it actually is?

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It's part of Brian May campaigning to save the badgers from the cull.

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Absolutely. Thank you very much, Ed Byrne.

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CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

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Yes. Of course, this is the news that protests have begun

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in the wake of the badger cull in the West of England.

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Trained marksmen, including farmers, have been granted a licence

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to shoot up to 80 badgers each night

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in the first of the government's controlled pilot schemes

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to destroy up to 5,000 badgers

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in a bid to tackle the spread of bovine tuberculosis.

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People have objected to this, though, have they not?

0:18:280:18:31

Well, the thing is that people love badgers,

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and people love hedgehogs, but people don't know

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that badgers eat hedgehogs, so the government have got it all wrong.

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Instead of campaigning to kill the badgers,

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campaign to save the hedgehogs, and then the same people

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dressing up as badgers would be dressed as hedgehogs,

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going "Save the hedgehog!"

0:18:450:18:46

LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE

0:18:460:18:48

Cutest. Cutest.

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Yes, they eat hedgehogs, and bizarrely, hedgehogs and skylarks.

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That is a...

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That's a bit of hunting that I never thought the badger

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would be capable of, just flying behind a skylark,

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on a set of improvised wings, with a skylark mask.

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You know when they're in that "V", when they migrate,

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and it's eating the last one in the line and moving forward one,

0:19:060:19:09

and they're going, "Is there something behind us?"

0:19:090:19:11

And there's a badger, floating.

0:19:110:19:13

LAUGHTER

0:19:130:19:14

"Don't mind me! I'm another Skylark! Bwakawk!"

0:19:140:19:17

It's going to make Springwatch more interesting,

0:19:170:19:19

cos it will be a bit like it's been

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directed by Quentin Tarantino now, won't it?

0:19:210:19:23

It'll certainly make it very tense.

0:19:230:19:25

"Oh, we join them outside the sett. And they slowly..."

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Boom!

0:19:280:19:30

"Well, it's an explosive end to tonight's Springwatch...

0:19:300:19:34

"Waited eight hours to see that badger."

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I mean, even the coverage around it,

0:19:360:19:38

this is how the Sunday Telegraph ran the story about the badger cull.

0:19:380:19:41

It's just an unfortunate conjunction of photograph and headline there.

0:19:410:19:44

LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE

0:19:440:19:47

Implying that it's essentially the Crimean War at this stage.

0:19:490:19:53

And badgers, they eat eggs.

0:19:530:19:55

And they just complain and they eat like rotten fruit

0:19:550:19:57

and they get drunk off it.

0:19:570:19:59

They're basically the elderly. We don't need 'em.

0:19:590:20:01

LAUGHTER

0:20:010:20:02

Yeah, but, you do feel a bit sorry for them,

0:20:020:20:05

because the whole Syria thing is about we need more evidence before

0:20:050:20:08

-we take action, there is no evidence that culling badgers works.

-Yeah.

0:20:080:20:11

And the badgers, presumably, are thinking,

0:20:110:20:14

"Why are you attacking us without a UN mandate?"

0:20:140:20:17

Who has joined forces with Brian May in protest of the badger cull?

0:20:170:20:20

-Brian... Brian Blessed?

-Yes, Brian Blessed has, as well.

0:20:210:20:24

There he is.

0:20:240:20:26

Yes, they have released, there's a single,

0:20:260:20:28

which has become quite popular because of shows like this,

0:20:280:20:31

for example, going on about it because it's great.

0:20:310:20:33

We even have a clip of the video, which is

0:20:330:20:36

the Badger Badger Badger, Save The Badger song.

0:20:360:20:38

# Oh, no! A cull!

0:20:380:20:41

# Badger badger badger Badger badger badger

0:20:420:20:44

# Badger badger badger Badger badger badger

0:20:440:20:47

# Save the badgers!

0:20:470:20:48

# Badger badger badger Badger badger badger

0:20:480:20:51

# Badger badger badger Badger badger badger

0:20:510:20:53

# Save the badgers! #

0:20:530:20:55

BADGERS PLAY QUEEN-STYLE GUITAR RIFF

0:20:550:20:59

BRIAN BLESSED: Keep the badgers aliiiiiiiiiive!

0:20:590:21:05

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

0:21:070:21:11

Clearly, that's how they catch the skylarks.

0:21:110:21:14

Moving on, what's up with this sad fellow?

0:21:150:21:19

AUDIENCE: Aww! Oh, no.

0:21:190:21:21

When I saw this photo, it reminded me

0:21:210:21:22

of a conversation I had with Dara, before he went in to make-up.

0:21:220:21:25

And that is...

0:21:250:21:26

LAUGHTER

0:21:260:21:28

And that is... Thank you.

0:21:280:21:31

Why does the comedy on television have to be so hurtful?

0:21:310:21:34

-This is Dara just after he...

-LAUGHTER

0:21:350:21:37

I'm not doing it!

0:21:370:21:39

APPLAUSE

0:21:400:21:43

Dara, Dara,

0:21:470:21:48

you've got a little something coming out of your lip there.

0:21:480:21:51

Oh, sorry, that was the other one.

0:21:510:21:52

I'm sorry, are we only doing this round so that you can do a lingering

0:21:520:21:56

comparison photograph with me and a blobfish? Are we...?

0:21:560:21:59

Any way we can move on from this?

0:21:590:22:02

That looks like William Hague

0:22:020:22:03

has swum too close to the Fukushima plant.

0:22:030:22:06

LAUGHTER

0:22:060:22:07

I think it's what most people on Match.com actually look like.

0:22:070:22:11

LAUGHTER, APPLAUSE

0:22:110:22:13

Has a badger sneezed itself inside out?

0:22:130:22:16

LAUGHTER

0:22:160:22:17

Does anyone know why he's in the news, the blobfish?

0:22:170:22:20

Is it because... Is this why fish normally comes in batter?

0:22:200:22:23

Is it Nemo checking into the Priory?

0:22:240:22:27

LAUGHTER

0:22:270:22:29

Did fame get to his head?

0:22:290:22:30

-Is it, in fact...?

-"Oh, man, I lost MYSELF!"

0:22:300:22:33

LAUGHTER

0:22:330:22:35

I think it's quite worrying,

0:22:350:22:37

because is it one of Jordan's implants that have become sentient?

0:22:370:22:42

"I wrote most of the first book myself."

0:22:420:22:45

LAUGHTER

0:22:450:22:46

No, it's been nominated,

0:22:460:22:48

the blobfish has been nominated by a organisation

0:22:480:22:51

called the Ugly Animal Preservation Society,

0:22:510:22:53

which is a conservation society that basically highlights the fact

0:22:530:22:56

that we tend to want to conserve cute, cuddly animals,

0:22:560:22:59

not delightful creatures like the blobfish.

0:22:590:23:02

Or the Titicaca water frog, which is not...

0:23:020:23:06

Which looks actually quite cool, to be honest.

0:23:060:23:08

-HUGH:

-It's not ugly at all, is it?

0:23:080:23:10

The pig-nosed turtle.

0:23:100:23:12

-AUDIENCE: Aww!

-He's OK, you know?

0:23:120:23:14

It just looks like a normal turtle with a gas mask.

0:23:140:23:17

LAUGHTER

0:23:170:23:19

And a perennial favourite, which is the proboscis monkey.

0:23:190:23:23

They're trying to save the pubic lice.

0:23:230:23:25

Why do you want to save the pubic lice?

0:23:250:23:27

Because pubic lice are dying out because of topiary...

0:23:270:23:30

-Brazilians, isn't it?

-Brazilians, and just general tidiness.

0:23:300:23:35

-Cleanliness.

-Are Brazilians going around killing pubic lice?

0:23:350:23:38

LAUGHTER

0:23:380:23:39

Yes. Because they spread...

0:23:390:23:41

You'd think they'd have better things to do, protecting their rainforest.

0:23:410:23:44

It's a bit weird having, like, ugliest animals, but it would

0:23:440:23:47

be even weirder if it was like, "Let's save the fittest ones."

0:23:470:23:50

Like, "Oh, this deer's got really nice horns."

0:23:500:23:52

LAUGHTER

0:23:520:23:54

At the end of that round, the points go to Ed, Katherine and Andy.

0:23:540:23:56

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

0:23:560:24:01

Now we come to Scenes We'd Like To See,

0:24:010:24:03

so if everyone can

0:24:030:24:05

make their way over to the performance area,

0:24:050:24:07

I'll read out this week's topics and then we'll see

0:24:070:24:09

what our panellists can come up with. OK, here we go.

0:24:090:24:12

The first subject is...

0:24:120:24:13

..Extracts From DVDs That Would Never Sell.

0:24:140:24:17

Welcome to exercise for manic-depressives.

0:24:190:24:21

Down, up.

0:24:210:24:23

-LAUGHTER

-Down, up.

0:24:230:24:25

BUZZER

0:24:250:24:27

APPLAUSE

0:24:270:24:29

Welcome to this how to use a DVD instruction DVD.

0:24:290:24:33

LAUGHTER

0:24:330:24:35

First, put this DVD in the slot for the DVD.

0:24:350:24:39

LAUGHTER

0:24:390:24:40

BUZZER

0:24:400:24:42

APPLAUSE

0:24:420:24:45

Steven Spielberg's Circumcision.

0:24:450:24:47

The Director's Cut.

0:24:470:24:48

LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE

0:24:480:24:52

BUZZER

0:24:520:24:54

Welcome to the suffragettes' story with me, Miley Cyrus.

0:24:560:24:59

LAUGHTER

0:24:590:25:00

BUZZER

0:25:000:25:02

SHE SIGHS DEEPLY

0:25:030:25:04

Ready to get fit, ladies?

0:25:040:25:06

It's Johnny Depp,

0:25:060:25:07

Pilates of the Caribbean.

0:25:070:25:09

LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE

0:25:090:25:10

BUZZER

0:25:100:25:12

The main point of this self-help DVD is that only YOU can help you.

0:25:130:25:19

No need for me then, thanks for the 20 quid.

0:25:190:25:22

BUZZER

0:25:220:25:25

Hello, welcome to funeral etiquette.

0:25:250:25:27

When's the right time to fart?

0:25:270:25:29

BUZZER

0:25:290:25:31

We are in Africa, filming the continent's biggest predator -

0:25:330:25:36

Madonna in Malawi.

0:25:360:25:38

LAUGHTER

0:25:380:25:39

BUZZER

0:25:390:25:40

Welcome to the best of German Who Do You Think You Are?

0:25:420:25:45

So, your grandfather was a...

0:25:450:25:47

OK, we'll leave it there.

0:25:470:25:49

LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE

0:25:490:25:50

BUZZER

0:25:500:25:52

Welcome to the Best Of Test Match Special.

0:25:550:25:58

That one works...

0:25:580:26:00

LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE

0:26:000:26:03

BUZZER

0:26:030:26:04

You have to do this. That really helps.

0:26:040:26:07

This is the DVD you've been waiting for,

0:26:070:26:09

all the tweets of Alan Sugar

0:26:090:26:12

read out loud by Stephen Hawking.

0:26:120:26:14

LAUGHTER

0:26:140:26:16

BUZZER

0:26:160:26:18

Welcome to Filthy, Dirty Nurses 2,

0:26:200:26:23

The Rise Of MRSA.

0:26:230:26:25

LAUGHTER

0:26:250:26:26

BUZZER

0:26:260:26:28

Hello, I'm Ed Byrne. Welcome to Wank Yourself Skinny.

0:26:310:26:34

LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE

0:26:340:26:36

BUZZER

0:26:360:26:38

Work yourself thin with me,

0:26:410:26:43

teen sensation Stewart Francis.

0:26:430:26:45

LAUGHTER

0:26:450:26:49

BUZZER

0:26:490:26:51

It's the DVD we've all been waiting for,

0:26:510:26:54

two politicians discussing Rwanda.

0:26:540:26:57

LAUGHTER

0:26:570:27:00

BUZZER

0:27:000:27:02

OK, the next topic is...

0:27:020:27:04

Unlikely Things To Hear On A Motoring Programme.

0:27:040:27:06

Listen to that deep, throaty roar...

0:27:080:27:10

of the man I've just run over.

0:27:100:27:12

LAUGHTER

0:27:120:27:13

BUZZER

0:27:130:27:15

George Michael says he's never driven a car

0:27:180:27:20

that's handled so well on the pavement.

0:27:200:27:22

LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE

0:27:220:27:26

Now, I would describe this car as being very nippy,

0:27:270:27:30

but apparently I'm not allowed to say that,

0:27:300:27:32

I have to say it's "made in Japan."

0:27:320:27:34

LAUGHTER

0:27:340:27:36

BUZZER

0:27:360:27:37

I'm about to shag a bloke...

0:27:390:27:41

Welcome to Ride My Pimp.

0:27:410:27:43

LAUGHTER

0:27:430:27:45

BUZZER

0:27:450:27:46

Women everywhere have come together to announce their favourite car.

0:27:490:27:52

It's the red one!

0:27:520:27:54

LAUGHTER

0:27:540:27:56

BUZZER

0:27:560:27:58

This car has a fail-safe anti-theft device.

0:27:580:28:01

It's a Vauxhall Corsa.

0:28:010:28:02

LAUGHTER

0:28:020:28:03

BUZZER

0:28:030:28:05

First, second, third, fourth,

0:28:080:28:10

yes, all my wives have divorced me

0:28:100:28:12

because I'm such a twat about cars.

0:28:120:28:14

Yay! LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE

0:28:140:28:16

BUZZER

0:28:160:28:19

It's just a car, innit, who gives a shit?

0:28:190:28:21

LAUGHTER

0:28:210:28:23

BUZZER

0:28:230:28:24

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

0:28:240:28:26

Thank you!

0:28:260:28:29

This car is actually owned by Jeremy Clarkson,

0:28:290:28:31

which is why I'm running my key along it now.

0:28:310:28:34

LAUGHTER

0:28:340:28:35

BUZZER

0:28:350:28:36

My first impression is that the dashboard layout

0:28:390:28:41

is actually quite unorthodox and very minimalist.

0:28:410:28:43

There doesn't seem to be a steering...

0:28:430:28:45

Actually, I'm sitting in the back.

0:28:450:28:47

LAUGHTER

0:28:470:28:49

BUZZER

0:28:490:28:51

HE SNIFFS

0:28:510:28:53

Ah! It still has that new hitchhiker smell.

0:28:530:28:55

AUDIENCE GROANS

0:28:550:28:57

BUZZER

0:28:570:28:58

I don't know about you,

0:29:000:29:01

but I think it would be quite nice to walk today.

0:29:010:29:04

LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE

0:29:040:29:06

BUZZER

0:29:060:29:07

The sales have been surprisingly low for the new Renault Bellend.

0:29:090:29:12

LAUGHTER

0:29:120:29:14

BUZZER

0:29:140:29:16

This car has been modified for the American market.

0:29:160:29:19

It's got six cup-holders, a sandwich stand,

0:29:190:29:21

and a small rotisserie attached to the dashboard.

0:29:210:29:24

LAUGHTER

0:29:240:29:26

BUZZER

0:29:260:29:27

This week on Top Gear we're going to be talking about some penises. Cars!

0:29:270:29:30

We're talking about cars! Cars! Ah! It's cars we're talking about.

0:29:300:29:34

BUZZER

0:29:340:29:36

This car's personalised management system remembers who you are

0:29:360:29:39

and how you drive.

0:29:390:29:41

This morning, it locked me out and told me to fuck off.

0:29:410:29:44

LAUGHTER BUZZER

0:29:440:29:46

Well done.

0:29:460:29:47

At the end of that, the points go to Ed, Katherine, and Andy!

0:29:470:29:51

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

0:29:510:29:54

And that's the end of the show.

0:29:560:29:58

This week's winners are Andy Parsons, Katherine Ryan,

0:29:580:30:01

and Ed Byrne!

0:30:010:30:02

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

0:30:020:30:06

Commiserations to Rob Beckett, Hugh Dennis and Stewart Francis.

0:30:070:30:10

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

0:30:100:30:13

Thank you for watching. I'm Dara O Briain. Good night.

0:30:130:30:16

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