David O'Doherty

I love, Max, that Ben Elton is secretly absolutely ripped.

He's like groundskeeper Willie.

Or RFK Jr.

Occasionally you get a glimpse that is splendid torso.

I don't know.

I...

Look for me, it's not that you've always been ubiquitous, but you made such, maybe because I work in comedy, you made such a huge impression.

And so many of those routines are still in my mind.

And speaking to you now doing this, it's just, that's Ben Elton.

And I want to shout double seat or a little bit of politics or whatever.

What would people shout at you?

What would be the number one tiny catchphrase?

yeah i shouldn't have told you about my regimen i'm not a health freak i'm not obsessive but i like to drink and i like to eat and i don't want to die i want to do it for as long as i can i do love that you know some people when they we spoke to gary lineker and he has maintained his exact weight from when he was english's highest scoring goal scorer

And he's motivated by thoughts of the 1990 World Cup and what could have happened.

And Ben is motivated by just a single Yorkshire pudding, just a picture on the wall over there.

Max, it's Death of a Salesman 2.

I saw an old interview with Rick Mayle talking about the young ones.

And the way it was explained was that there was a discussion as to what the general idea was.

And like the next day you turned in a script, a pilot script.

Would you work at that sort of speed?