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APPLAUSE AND WHISTLING

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CHEERING

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Hello, I'm Frank Skinner and welcome to Room 101,

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the show where three guests explain what really winds them up

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in the hope that I'll condemn said things to the grim environs of Room 101.

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Joining me tonight are Strictly's Craig Revel Horwood,

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actress Sheila Hancock

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and comedian Jon Richardson.

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APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

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Right, then, let's have our first category.

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Special occasions. OK, let's see what Sheila doesn't like about special occasions.

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APPLAUSE

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Oh!

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BOOM!

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It's obvious - fireworks. Fireworks.

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But I have to say, if fireworks were still like that, I'd like them.

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I remember the days when it was just a few sparklers, you know,

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and a Catherine wheel against the shed

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and a rocket in a jam jar.

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But it's those endless ceremonies that go on

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and everybody goes, "Oooh! Aaaahhh!"

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-Do people actually go ooh and ah?

-Yes!

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You're made to, aren't you? You're actually made to.

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Do you go to firework displays in Bristol?

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-Maybe it has something to do with your age, darling.

-Maybe it has. AUDIENCE OOHS

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-No...

-The fact that you've seen it all before and you're tired of it.

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He's absolutely right. I was a child during the Blitz and I see no fun...

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APPLAUSE It's absolutely true.

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And this is the reason why I should win this round

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because I had this sad childhood with lots of banging going on...

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Well, no...

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I'll show you what I think is my favourite firework display ever.

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This is from Mexico.

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BANGING

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-Now, you'd pay to see that, wouldn't you?

-You're going to love fireworks. You've got to love them.

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OK, what doesn't Craig like about special occasions?

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-Wedding speeches.

-Mm!

-I detest them, darling.

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I cannot sit through them.

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I think they should be outlawed.

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People get up, they think they're public speakers

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and, of course, they're clearly not.

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Everyone wants to have a go at it

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and I think they're absolutely dreadful.

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I think if you're going to make a speech you should be an actor

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or at least have it rehearsed in some shape or form.

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I think it's absolutely heinous.

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I think you're missing the point.

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I like the fact the fact that they're so bad.

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I love to walk past the best man afterwards

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who's sitting like this, heartbroken,

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and just say very gently, "Not as easy as it looks, is it?"

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The other thing is they're almost always about the bride and groom.

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Let's have a bit of variety. Let's have a wedding speech about the Industrial Revolution or...

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-Well, it would be far more interesting, generally.

-Yeah.

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But, Craig, I would have thought you'd do a brilliant best man's speech.

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Anyone who can say to Gavin Henson, "My floorboards at home have more movement than that."

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That's what you want in wedding speeches, those little...

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Robbie Savage - "Your hands were, on occasion, like soup ladles...

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"darling."

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You'd be perfect for it.

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OK, what doesn't Jon Richardson like about special occasions?

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DISCO MUSIC

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MUSIC STOPS

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-It's dancing.

-You don't like dancing?

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I'm sure this is one we'll all agree with.

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I hate it. I don't mind other people doing it, that's fine.

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If you say you don't drink, people say, "You don't have to drink."

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But if you say you don't like dancing, people pack around you

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and ply you with alcohol until you're so drunk

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that you do it against your will.

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It's assault, is what it is.

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But I hate it. I hate the movement of it.

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It's just arrogant walking.

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I don't mind if people... I like football.

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I don't have parties and make everyone play five-a-side.

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Lob a ball. "Go on, Grandma, slide tackle. Do you want it or not?"

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You must like some dancing, don't you?

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-Macarena.

-You could easily do the Macarena.

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-All right.

-That's for anybody, darling.

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You see, this already has become, "Let's start you off...

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-Let's starts you off gently, darling.

-APPLAUSE

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I'm with Craig. I'm with Craig. I love the Macarena.

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I'll show you what the Macarena is, if you don't mind.

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MUSIC: "The Macarena"

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AUDIENCE CLAP ALONG

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Shall I carry on? I won't carry on. That's it.

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-Brilliant.

-CHEERING

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You must have enjoyed that. Listen to that - they love it.

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Do you have to do like the Kenneth Williams mouth thing when you do it?

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Well, I do.

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Ooh!

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What I love is that when you said, "I want to put dancing in,"

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Craig looked across at you exactly like Len Goodman looks at Craig

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when you give someone like three and he goes...

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I think you need to learn. Have you ever had any dance lessons?

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-No!

-See that... That helps, I think.

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I had a Lambada lesson

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and the man said the way to remember to do the Lambada,

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with the hip thing,

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imagine you've got a pencil up your bottom pointing out

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and you're drawing a number eight on a wall.

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Try it. I sign all my autographs like that now.

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-No but that's...

-I avoid any hobby

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that starts with lesson one being, "Imagine you've got a pencil..."

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I would sign up for all of that.

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-Craig, you've raised your legs for money...

-I have, darling.

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-You must think that dancing is the centre of the universe, in many ways.

-It's my life,

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so I can't imagine my life without it, to be honest.

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I think you're missing out on an enormous part of life, quite frankly,

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and I think you're one of the dullest people

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I've ever had the pleasure of sitting next to.

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-BOOING

-Oh! Oh!

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How can you say, "Dancing is my whole life" and then tell me I'm missing out on life?

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You haven't done anything! You've never had a Cream Egg...

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LAUGHTER You've never...

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-You don't know that.

-You've never rolled down a hill.

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You don't know what I've done with Cream Eggs, darling.

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AUDIENCE: Oooh! Thats how you learned to do the Cha-cha-cha, isn't it?

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-Hold it...

-Seven of them, right up there.

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LAUGHTER

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There is something, I believe it's been scientifically proven,

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that there is an instinct to dance in the human being -

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right back to prehistoric times, they danced.

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-So why haven't you?

-It's called evolution.

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APPLAUSE

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OK, so we now come to our decision time for this round.

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Well, erm, Jon, I'm a terrible dancer

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-and I...

-I know, I've seen it.

-Yeah. And it is, it's very...

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Oh, my God!

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APPLAUSE

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That could've hit me.

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So I'm going to put fireworks into Room 101.

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APPLAUSE

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Anyway, let's have our next category.

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Friends and family. Lovely.

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So what doesn't Sheila like about friends and family?

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That's people who give me scented candles.

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-APPLAUSE

-Of course!

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I just wish they wouldn't.

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I have got cupboards full of scented...

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They smell of rosemary, spice, the most extraordinary mixtures.

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They cost a fortune.

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I actually saw a scented candle the other day that cost £300.

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-Blimey.

-And I would rather have the money, in fact.

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I read a magazine article and it said, "If you have a bath in candlelight with scented candles,

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"it's very relaxing."

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So I thought, OK, I'll try and get some of these hundreds of candles I've got

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and I put them round the bath and I lit them and I had a glass of wine

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and I thought, "This is all right,"

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and I reached for the soap and I burnt myself.

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Look - there is a scar caused by a scented candle.

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-Oh!

-So I hate them.

-But I bet it smells lovely.

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What worries me is that if you get rid of scented candles,

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you're basically stopping the blind from enjoying candles.

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Oh!

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-But the blind...

-Is that the kind of person you want to be, Sheila?

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I am helping the blind because...

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I mean, let's put Labradors in Room 101.

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They'll set fire to their hair and things.

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I know people who've gone up in flames

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because they've bent over a...

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So the blind will be injured by them.

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But they can smell them. That's the whole point.

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Yes but you can't locate exactly where a smell's coming from, can you?

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-You feel the heat.

-Listen, I can't worry about all the blind people.

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APPLAUSE

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-I'm sorry!

-I tell you why men are running around on Christmas Eve buying scented candles.

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It's because I for one really like them

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and Christmas Eve is the only time you can buy them for yourself and pretend they're a gift.

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You are weird! You don't dance and you buy scented candles.

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It's very odd. I must speak to you afterwards about your childhood.

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Very worrying.

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Well, look, I've got some scented candles.

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This one is bacon.

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Oh, come on!

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I've think we've all wondered what it would smell like

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if Miss Piggy perished in a house fire.

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Oh, don't!

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This one is a bit unusual.

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-This is urinal cake candle.

-Oh, come on!

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You know, urinal cake, it isn't a cake.

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It's not like another name for lemon drizzle.

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It's... It's those things that you get in the urinals that stop germs.

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-You those smelly...?

-No.

-It's that.

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I mean, it's perfect for a romantic evening at George Michael's house.

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I really don't know anything about George Michael,

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-so I don't understand that joke.

-OK.

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-I'll explain it later.

-Yeah?

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You should talk to him about his childhood.

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And then, of course, there's always this as a possibility.

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-Look at that.

-Is it hot?

-Yeah.

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And it smells of apple.

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APPLAUSE

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OK, well, I... It's an interesting angle, I must say.

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So, friends and family - what winds up Jon Richardson about friends and family?

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It's all my friends who are settling down.

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AUDIENCE COOS

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You're right to feel sorry for me. I'm alone now.

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We made a bond when we were young based on what we enjoyed doing.

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There was no physicality to it. We just found people who we liked spending time with.

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Now they're all having sex and getting married

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and I'm never going to see them again

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unless their marriage breaks up,

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in which case they'll come round in tears

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and I'll be expected to piece them together

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after years of holidays on my own. Er...

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And I hope they're all miserable.

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I hope they never share a moment's happiness with their partner

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and I hope they realise that I've still got computer games at home

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and lots of beer

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and it will still be as much fun as it was before they all got pubes.

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Have you considered Rentafriend?

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There is actually an organisation called Rentafriend.

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And it's not a dating agency. It's...

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It's designed, if, say, I went to Chicago on my own on business,

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I could phone them up and rent a friend to hang out with in Chicago.

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That's how it works.

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And also, I like the idea of working for Rentafriend as a friend

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because I think I'd be quite a good friend to strangers for a night...

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You might be but I don't think he would be.

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"Where are we going? Disco?" "No."

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"Fireworks display?" "It's been banned."

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I'm here, darling, and I'm single.

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I'll help you out.

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-Ah!

-I would be too worried that a house was going to fall on you if we went out in those shoes.

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I find that the periods when I've been single

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I'm amazed at how much time I have.

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You waste a lot of time in a relationship.

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You do, though.

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You spend, what, 25 minutes a week saying, "You all right?"

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APPLAUSE

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Have you heard of Idollators?

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It's men who go out with dolls.

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But not in a seedy way.

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Dolls that are for proper platonic relationships.

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-You're nodding, Craig.

-Yes, I've seen that.

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-You've seen it?

-Yes, I have.

-What do you mean?

-Well, you can get...

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-They're very human-like. They're almost...

-We have a picture.

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-Yeah, they do. They absolutely love them.

-Yeah.

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Until they get bored or their skin starts peeling

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or their hair starts knotting and fading.

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No, that's real women you're thinking of.

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But people do it for companionship.

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And as I say, it's not a physical thing.

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It's just, you know, out for a drive and... Lovely. Jon?

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Yeah, I'd give it a go.

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I don't think you're ready for a relationship yet.

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Even with a doll.

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-No.

-I wasn't ready for this.

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I know what I'm putting in in the next round.

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APPLAUSE

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-Oh, dear.

-So, friends and family -

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what does Craig Revel Horwood not like about friends and family?

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-Ugh! Yuck!

-House guests.

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And actually, this is a perfect example.

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They come round your house, you invite them into your home

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and unfortunately, they leave toothpaste tubes like that,

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they leave long hairs down the plughole, which I absolutely detest.

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They use your towels.

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They also do a vast array of things in the kitchen,

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like leaving the dishes in the sink

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when there's a perfectly good dishwasher right next door to it -

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those sort of things.

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They occupy too much of your space.

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They spread themselves out around the house

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like they own it.

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-It drives me nuts.

-Who are these people?

-Family.

-Family.

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My mother's in the audience. Hello, Mum.

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Actually, she does contain herself quite neatly.

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-You had to say that!

-Yes, but she does require three towels in the bathroom

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and I only like seeing two there, you see.

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-This is the thing.

-LAUGHTER

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I never told you that, Mother, and they're not matching towels, either.

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Do you normally live on your own?

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-Yes.

-LAUGHTER

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So, erm, how often do you have people staying?

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-Is that a normal thing for you?

-Yes, I have them staying quite a lot, actually.

-Really?

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Well, I don't think you'll have any more coming now

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if they watch this programme.

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OK, so, Sheila, people who buy you scented candles,

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I know scented candles are a bit of a... They're not a nice thing

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but the fact that it's come from such a nice place

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and they're trying to be nice,

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I don't think I can put them in, to be honest.

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And it is just the way of things

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that people have to go off with people who are not their mates eventually, Jon.

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So I'm sorry about that but, Craig, I think you're right.

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House guests can be an utter and complete nightmare

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and I'd be very happy to put house guests into Room 101.

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-APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

-Yes!

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Bye.

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OK, next category, please.

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Right, People is the category.

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Let's see what people wind up Sheila Hancock.

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People who call me "dear."

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LAUGHTER

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It is something that happens to you when you get old, it is,

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"Are you all right, dear?"

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Or "lovey." I hate overfamiliarity of any sort and that is not

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because I am unfriendly but, you know those cold callers who call you up and say,

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"Is that Ms Hancock?" And then go, "Hello, Sheila."

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I say, "Excuse me? Who are you?

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"I have never met you, why are you calling me Sheila?"

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It is a kind of thing that has happened over the years, but it is

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mainly the patronising thing towards old people, of, "All right, love?"

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"Come on, ducky." "How are you, dear?"

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I am not dear, I am not your dear, I have never met you before in my life.

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OK, dear.

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LAUGHTER

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-My dad used to call my mum, "wife".

-So did mine!

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-Wife or "the old woman."

-Or sometimes he would use "wifey."

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Yeah, yeah.

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You never used Wi-Fi because he never lived that long.

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LAUGHTER

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-A bit of darkness there amidst the light.

-It is people

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calling you by your Christian name when they barely know you.

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I find that strange.

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I suppose that is what people do nowadays but I find it strange.

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Are you annoyed by...

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# For bonzer car insurance deals

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# Girls get on to Sheila's Wheels! #

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-I don't know what that is.

-OK.

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LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE

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Completely lost on me.

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I tell you what I do, and we must all do this,

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you end up doing a lot of photographs with people.

0:20:560:20:59

We have a few photographs of people with their fans and they don't

0:20:590:21:03

all look like they are absolutely loving it.

0:21:030:21:05

This is Hugh Grant having his photo taken.

0:21:050:21:08

But at least he is being honest.

0:21:120:21:13

This is Hayden Panettiere, the actress.

0:21:130:21:16

Look at that, lovely, friendly, warm. Then caught off guard later.

0:21:160:21:21

And that is antiseptic hand wash.

0:21:210:21:24

-Can I try you on a few of these, Sheila? Love?

-I don't mind love.

0:21:260:21:32

It isn't patronising.

0:21:320:21:35

-Sweetheart?

-I do like it when taxi men call me sweetheart.

-Oh, come on!

0:21:350:21:40

I am not going to throw it in at all.

0:21:410:21:43

I actually quite like being called dear, really.

0:21:450:21:48

Forget it, you can have it.

0:21:500:21:52

Remind me never to call you as a character witness in court.

0:21:530:21:57

"Actually, I don't like him at all!" OK.

0:21:580:22:03

So, what sort of people does Jon Richardson not like?

0:22:050:22:10

-It is not that. It is critics.

-AUDIENCE MEMBER: Way!

0:22:170:22:21

Thanks, mate. Me and this guy.

0:22:210:22:24

I am just tired of people who make a living by judging people

0:22:260:22:32

on how well they have done something that they cannot do whatsoever.

0:22:320:22:35

And then they turn what is a private live

0:22:350:22:38

moment in the room into this permanent record.

0:22:380:22:41

I think it's since the Internet, and those now go online,

0:22:410:22:44

and you just think more people are going to read your one opinion

0:22:440:22:47

because you happen to have a pen, then will never be in that room

0:22:470:22:50

and you ruin the moment for everyone.

0:22:500:22:52

They were all there and maybe it was a good show and you went,

0:22:520:22:55

"Oh, I didn't like the lights and, I queued for half an hour for the gin and tonic."

0:22:550:22:59

People who read that for eternity will think,

0:22:590:23:01

"That sounds like it was rubbish."

0:23:010:23:03

And it was great fun.

0:23:030:23:05

Can I say, I think critics are absolutely brilliant.

0:23:050:23:09

APPLAUSE

0:23:090:23:12

-I am aware this is potentially career suicide.

-Slightly.

0:23:120:23:15

I think the development that has happened as with all the blogging

0:23:160:23:21

and things, you have got sad people who are in sort of, I don't know,

0:23:210:23:25

sad situations who just feel venomous and the vent their spleen hideously.

0:23:250:23:30

What is that all about? Sad people venting their spleen.

0:23:300:23:33

I remember every bad thing anyone has ever said to me.

0:23:350:23:38

-What about all the good stuff?

-It was all lies.

0:23:380:23:42

-I am the same.

-I know what you mean.

0:23:430:23:45

A friend once started reading from review and I said,

0:23:450:23:48

"Don't read it, I don't read reviews."

0:23:480:23:50

He said, "Honestly, you will love this."

0:23:500:23:52

"It says that "Frank Skinner is to all intents and purposes a comedy god."

0:23:520:23:56

And I said, "What does he mean, to all intents and purposes?"

0:23:580:24:01

That is what it is like, it is best not to read them.

0:24:010:24:05

You should avoid them.

0:24:050:24:07

If I see someone who knows me and the walking down a corridor

0:24:070:24:10

ahead of me I will say, "I am behind you, don't slag me off." I will.

0:24:100:24:15

I don't want to hear it.

0:24:150:24:17

LAUGHTER

0:24:170:24:20

That is absolutely true.

0:24:200:24:22

In a toilet cubicle, "Frank Skinner in here," if anyone comes in.

0:24:220:24:25

The irony is that I have got some of your reviews and I would

0:24:270:24:30

say that generally speaking your reviews are brilliant, aren't they?

0:24:300:24:33

What dealing generally speaking?

0:24:330:24:36

APPLAUSE

0:24:360:24:38

Don't, don't.

0:24:380:24:42

Don't read them out.

0:24:420:24:46

Honestly, they are great, here we go.

0:24:460:24:47

I used to be on the verge of greatness.

0:24:520:24:55

Now I am on the rocks below.

0:24:550:24:57

But that is a great review, isn't it?

0:24:580:25:01

I didn't want this to turn into backslap John for five minutes.

0:25:010:25:05

Never made what you wanted, let's see another one.

0:25:050:25:07

And now here I am.

0:25:100:25:12

LAUGHTER

0:25:120:25:14

-I don't remember any of these.

-Oh, yeah, right.

0:25:140:25:17

"Richardson deals and anecdotes rather than punchlines," I remember.

0:25:170:25:22

"Richardson's claustrophobic neuroticism becomes too much to bear."

0:25:220:25:27

-There is some truth in that, darling.

-Yes.

0:25:270:25:30

I'm going to go on Strictly Come Dancing and I'm going to win.

0:25:320:25:35

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

0:25:350:25:38

There was a review of the reviews, actually,

0:25:420:25:46

saying which newspapers and magazines gave the best reviews.

0:25:460:25:50

The nicest reviews, in Edinburgh, last year.

0:25:500:25:53

Who do you think gave the kindest reviews?

0:25:530:25:56

-Father Christmas.

-No. The Big Issue.

-Oh, really?

0:25:560:26:01

Glad just to be indoors.

0:26:010:26:03

APPLAUSE

0:26:030:26:05

OK, let's see what Craig doesn't like about people.

0:26:090:26:14

Fat darts players.

0:26:210:26:23

I just don't get it. You see them and they are all humongous.

0:26:250:26:32

I don't have anything,

0:26:320:26:34

I don't see anything wrong with being extra large or whatever,

0:26:340:26:38

but why, as a sportsman, would you not look after your body

0:26:380:26:42

and tone at least one arm, the one that you use?

0:26:420:26:45

When you consider how light these things are, it is

0:26:490:26:53

not like tossing a caber, is it, darling?

0:26:530:26:56

And it is not like dragging some truck along the road

0:26:560:27:01

as the fastest heavyweight man.

0:27:010:27:04

I don't understand why they need to be so large.

0:27:040:27:08

I think because the steadiness, technically, the steadiness,

0:27:080:27:12

they need to be anchored.

0:27:120:27:14

And the arm emerges from a citadel of flesh.

0:27:160:27:19

There is something fabulously real about it.

0:27:210:27:24

Wrestling, wrestlers now, they look like the Rock.

0:27:240:27:27

You know what the Rock looks like? Got a picture of the Rock.

0:27:270:27:30

-You looks like the sort of model, look at that.

-Oh, wow.

-Yeah, good.

0:27:300:27:37

But wrestlers used to look like real blokes you would see in the pub.

0:27:370:27:42

We have got the cut of Giant Haystacks and Big Daddy.

0:27:420:27:45

This is what wrestlers used to look like. Real people. Look at that.

0:27:450:27:50

If this was 10 years time that could be Russell Brand versus Denise Welsh.

0:27:540:27:58

OK, I can go with fat darts players,

0:28:020:28:06

because I just think, I love it. I love the reality.

0:28:060:28:10

And I think you've completely given up, really,

0:28:100:28:13

because you actually quite like being called dear.

0:28:130:28:16

I've ended up...

0:28:160:28:18

And you're too warmhearted to get upset about that.

0:28:180:28:21

So, John, and this could ruin both our careers,

0:28:210:28:24

but I'm going with you.

0:28:240:28:25

I'm going to put critics in Room 101.

0:28:250:28:28

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

0:28:280:28:30

OK, next category, please.

0:28:420:28:43

Ah, now, this is the wildcard category

0:28:490:28:51

because sometimes we feel we can constrain you in your hatred.

0:28:510:28:55

Now you can just choose anything you like -

0:28:550:28:57

the thing that you hate most of all.

0:28:570:28:59

So what really winds up Jon Richardson?

0:28:590:29:03

It's my brain.

0:29:090:29:11

I've just had enough of it. Just...

0:29:110:29:14

It's there every day when I wake up.

0:29:140:29:16

You talk about unwanted house guests - that's been in there 30 years

0:29:160:29:20

-and it's like a house guest...

-How old are you?

0:29:200:29:23

-30.

-OK.

0:29:230:29:24

It's like a house guest who's arrived and made it clear,

0:29:260:29:28

"I'm going to stay with you all the time, forever.

0:29:280:29:30

"And even when you go out, I'm going to follow you."

0:29:300:29:32

Because when I did this show I suddenly realised I hate everything.

0:29:320:29:38

It wasn't a matter of narrowing it down

0:29:380:29:40

or trying to find stuff I hate,

0:29:400:29:41

I would literally put anything in, at any point, and everything.

0:29:410:29:44

And there's nothing wrong with me. My body's fine, I've got nice friends and nice family.

0:29:440:29:49

I've got a nice job. So it must be my brain.

0:29:490:29:51

I'd rather have a dog's brain.

0:29:510:29:54

I'm sick of thinking about everything all the time.

0:29:540:29:57

Or Jedward. I'd rather have Jedward's brain.

0:29:570:29:59

-APPLAUSE

-Really.

0:30:000:30:02

Bearing in mind, if it goes into Room 101, it's... it's gone.

0:30:020:30:06

Fine. It'll be happy in there, there'll be fireworks on.

0:30:060:30:09

Is it true that you've got OCD or is that...? Or you've nearly got it?

0:30:120:30:16

-No, I've got traits of it.

-So how do they manifest themselves?

0:30:160:30:20

I just stress a lot about everything.

0:30:200:30:22

Like that's not parallel, really.

0:30:220:30:24

I'm sure it's good for the camera

0:30:240:30:26

-but it's not in line with the front of that.

-Yeah.

0:30:260:30:29

And that's wrong.

0:30:290:30:30

It's not a matter for debate. It's wrong.

0:30:300:30:33

I'm having to tolerate it because we're having such a nice time.

0:30:330:30:37

I get that toilet roll thing.

0:30:380:30:40

My girlfriend hangs the toilet roll so that the end is facing the wall.

0:30:400:30:44

-Leave her.

-And I want it...

0:30:440:30:46

I want the toilet paper to appear like it's being offered...

0:30:470:30:51

not been forcibly taken.

0:30:510:30:54

-You're definitely right because then you can just paw at it as well.

-Yeah!

0:30:550:30:59

The thing is, Jon, if I allow you to do this then, you know,

0:31:000:31:03

then the nation will lose one of their favourites.

0:31:030:31:07

The nation doesn't need me.

0:31:080:31:10

And one day, I won't be a comic and I'll just be this person.

0:31:100:31:13

Now, people laugh and they pay to hear me,

0:31:130:31:15

"Isn't it funny when you're walking and you can't stand on the thing?"

0:31:150:31:18

One day, I won't be a comedian, I'll just be in a pub.

0:31:180:31:20

"It took me hours to get here because they put a new grid in

0:31:200:31:23

"and I couldn't step over it because it's about one and a half paces

0:31:230:31:26

"and I've got an extra..." Ee-uh, ee-uh, ee-uh, ee-uh.

0:31:260:31:29

You can save people from that now, Frank.

0:31:290:31:31

Yeah but if you put your brain in

0:31:310:31:33

you could end up as a judge on a reality show.

0:31:330:31:35

True.

0:31:390:31:41

OK, now, let's see what is Sheila's wildcard.

0:31:410:31:44

Yes, it's ladies' toilets.

0:31:480:31:51

What puzzles me - I'm sorry, my fellow women -

0:31:510:31:54

but what do they do in the toilet?

0:31:540:31:56

Because they take hours and you stand there and you think,

0:31:560:32:01

"That woman is never going to come out. What are they doing?"

0:32:010:32:04

And talking of toilet rolls, I wonder if it's something to do with...

0:32:040:32:08

You know those big machines with toilet rolls?

0:32:080:32:10

And you can never get the bit of paper out...

0:32:100:32:13

-There are sort of teeth, sharp teeth.

-You just absolutely...

0:32:130:32:17

Maybe they're to get the paper out or whatever.

0:32:170:32:19

It's like, you know when you try to grab a dog's tongue to pull it out?

0:32:190:32:22

-I always imagine that they're beautiful places.

-No, they're not.

0:32:230:32:26

They're usually not at all.

0:32:260:32:29

I remember when I first went to France as a young girl,

0:32:290:32:33

I was an au pair and it was all those holes, remember?

0:32:330:32:37

You had to squat down over a terrible hole.

0:32:370:32:39

And the only place where there was a proper toilet

0:32:390:32:42

was the Mona Lisa gallery in the Louvre.

0:32:420:32:44

I know the Mona Lisa, every brushstroke -

0:32:440:32:49

I used to go every day.

0:32:490:32:51

-You can actually see it from the toilet?

-No, no!

0:32:510:32:54

It must be why she's pulling that face.

0:32:540:32:57

Also with the ladies, I don't know, I'd miss the urinal.

0:32:580:33:02

Well, I usually do. But I'd miss the...

0:33:020:33:04

This idea about having to go into an individual cubicle to go to the toilet -

0:33:040:33:08

-that's why it takes so long, isn't it?

-Yeah.

0:33:080:33:10

They have to sit down, don't they, as well.

0:33:100:33:13

I have no idea.

0:33:130:33:15

Are you aware of the Shewee, Sheila?

0:33:150:33:18

-The what?

-The Shewee.

-No.

0:33:180:33:21

I believe it was named after you.

0:33:210:33:23

This is a Shewee and it means that a lady can...

0:33:250:33:30

can go to the toilet very secretly,

0:33:300:33:33

so if you can't get into a toilet or you're on a long car journey,

0:33:330:33:36

you can put this into a bottle and...

0:33:360:33:39

You can use it for pick and mix, as well.

0:33:390:33:41

So erm... We come to Craig's wildcard.

0:33:430:33:47

-What's that?

-I'm a bit bemused by that one.

0:33:530:33:56

-I believe it's an Englishman, an Irishman and a Scotsman.

-Yeah.

0:33:560:33:58

People who tell jokes all the time is my pet hate.

0:33:580:34:04

I can't stand it. At dinner parties, people that tell hideous jokes.

0:34:070:34:12

"Have you heard the one about...?" It's just boring.

0:34:120:34:15

I just have an out-of-body experience every time they do it.

0:34:150:34:18

Why don't you just say Bruce Forsyth and get it over with?

0:34:180:34:21

My problem is someone that consistently spouts off

0:34:230:34:28

heinously.

0:34:280:34:30

Are you thinking of any particular person?

0:34:300:34:32

No, he doesn't tell jokes.

0:34:360:34:39

-He's proved that tonight, darling.

-Ah, Craig!

0:34:390:34:42

-Take off your critic's boots!

-He's just funny.

0:34:420:34:45

-Are they critic boots?

-They are, yeah.

0:34:450:34:47

Do you know that you are actually...? That there is a joke about you?

0:34:470:34:53

I'm sure there's several.

0:34:550:34:56

It's not... I don't think it's unkind.

0:34:580:35:00

It's quite sweet. I think you'll like it.

0:35:000:35:02

I do a radio show and someone texted in,

0:35:020:35:06

"Why doesn't Craig Revel Horwood use as much spray tan as he used to?"

0:35:060:35:11

And they said, "It's cos no-one likes orange Revels."

0:35:110:35:15

LAUGHTER

0:35:150:35:17

-No, because it didn't...

-APPLAUSE

0:35:180:35:20

CHEERING

0:35:220:35:24

It's a cute, sweet joke

0:35:260:35:27

and, you know, it's affectionate towards you, don't you think?

0:35:270:35:31

It's offensive.

0:35:310:35:33

Have you ever laughed?

0:35:340:35:36

Not when you've been talking.

0:35:360:35:38

-AUDIENCE OOHING

-Ooh! Oh, my God, it's gone so wrong.

0:35:380:35:42

You must tell jokes, Craig, do you?

0:35:440:35:46

No.

0:35:460:35:48

-I'm not funny, that's why.

-Oh, come on.

-No, I'm not.

0:35:490:35:52

-You've got lots of laughs tonight.

-I don't remember one, darling.

0:35:520:35:57

Well, I don't remember one but I'm sure...

0:35:570:35:59

-Go on, tell us a gag.

-I don't know any.

0:36:010:36:03

And I'm seriously unfunny, I promise you.

0:36:030:36:06

If I tell you a gag now, will you tell it?

0:36:060:36:09

If I whisper a gag in your ear?

0:36:090:36:11

I'll give you a really short one, right?

0:36:110:36:14

This is...

0:36:140:36:16

-I've heard that before.

-I know you have.

0:36:170:36:20

Not at 8:30 on BBC1, you haven't.

0:36:200:36:23

LAUGHTER

0:36:300:36:32

So, Craig, have you got any gags for us?

0:36:350:36:37

What did zero say to the eight?

0:36:370:36:41

No idea.

0:36:410:36:42

Nice belt.

0:36:430:36:45

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

0:36:470:36:49

-I don't understand it.

-Oh...

0:36:540:36:57

-I don't get it either.

-I'm trying to build his confidence here, Sheila.

0:36:570:37:01

-He doesn't understand it either.

-I was so busy trying to think of the words...

0:37:010:37:05

What does the zero say to the eight?

0:37:050:37:08

Nice belt.

0:37:080:37:09

It's funny because numbers can't talk.

0:37:090:37:12

Yeah?

0:37:140:37:16

-Is that right?

-Because a zero is like that

0:37:160:37:18

-and an eight is pulled...

-Oh, I see it's a visual...

0:37:180:37:22

It's a visual joke.

0:37:230:37:25

-Yes!

-That's a zero and that's an eight.

0:37:250:37:27

I'm so glad I was here the night comedy died.

0:37:270:37:31

Anyway, I can't possibly put people who tell jokes all the time into Room 101

0:37:340:37:39

because otherwise I'll have to go in and that's impossible.

0:37:390:37:43

And I don't want to put Jon Richardson's brain in

0:37:430:37:46

because I quite like it.

0:37:460:37:48

Ladies' toilets I'd love to put in

0:37:480:37:51

because it's going to make just being out at night much more exciting.

0:37:510:37:55

So I am going to put ladies' toilets into Room 101.

0:37:550:38:00

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

0:38:000:38:02

And that brings us to the end of the show.

0:38:130:38:14

Well done, Sheila. You're the most persuasive guest tonight,

0:38:140:38:17

so you are this week's winner.

0:38:170:38:19

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

0:38:190:38:21

So thank you very much, Jon Richardson, Craig Revel Horwood

0:38:250:38:28

and Sheila Hancock

0:38:280:38:29

and thank you - goodnight!

0:38:290:38:31

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