John Bishop

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243 appearances 3 recordings 3 series first heard Jan 2026 last heard 7 Jul

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OTB Football · JOHN BISHOP: ‘It’s like Ronnie Whelan’s foot… wasn’t a foot!’ | OFF THE BALL BREAKFAST · 27 Jan 2026 podcast

Because I was in the frog and bucket.

And I was on stage.

And I used to do this joke, which is where I used to say, try and let all the ladies in the room know that I was a single fella.

I used to say, look, I'm really sad at the moment because me and my wife aren't together.

The audience go, oh, it's not that bad.

We're not divorced or anything.

I've just killed her.

but I knew I was gonna miss it, so I've kept her head in the fridge.

It's a terrible joke, but as I said that, the head that was meant to be in the fridge, I could see it in the audience, and I was on stage, and when you're on stage, there's always a little drift of light, and I could see it, and we were literally at the final stages of the divorce, and I remember thinking, that's gonna cost me another 10 grand.

That joke's not worth it.

And then she, but everything else that sort of transpired after was really very realistic.

You know, the air coming up to me going, you know, what's all that about?

And it just, it was so, it was so good to see.

We had the special screening in Liverpool.

Will's a Liverpool supporter.

So we went to the match last week and we were at Burnley and we had a little screening for friends and family.

And one of the people who came

was Denise, who was married to Melanie's dad at the time.

And in the film, they have this bit where they sneak around, seeing each other for a bit.

And so at the end of the film, she came up to us going, were yous doing that?

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