S13 EP16: I Love Doing The Big Shop
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Parenting Hell with Rob Beckett and Josh Widdicombe
44 min
2 speakers
6 chapters
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What big questions are Rob and Josh tackling at the start of the episode?
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Alfie, can you say Rob Beckett? I bet it. And can you say Josh Widdicombe? Josh Widdicombe. Well done.
Like it. There we go. This is Alfie, 30 months from Northampton, who really lives up to being the wild second child. Me and my sister have been listening since the beginning, so this will be a nice surprise for her to hear her nephew. We came to your O2 show and have seen you both separately. Thank you for making me laugh on my drives to work, Lauren, 388 months. Thank
you for coming to our shows, Lauren. Without people like you, we wouldn't be doing this, would we, Josh? So thank you very much for listening, supporting us.
Yeah. Just thanks to our fans, Josh. I did a tour show this week. Did you? I know. Why did you say that? I did do a tour show this week. Where? So do you remember when I was going to, I think we can say this, I was toying with going to Australia to do gigs. Yes. Well, that was like penciled in for September, for late September. Yeah. So we got in three warm-up dates. To get you ready for Australia. Put them
on sale. They
sold out.
So you're getting warmed up strictly by doing three
gigs that make you more tired. So now I can't go to Australia because of other work. That's fine because it wasn't on sales. That's okay. You can go Australia another time. No problem. Yeah. But three warm-up dates already sold out. So what ones have you done? I did Exmouth Pavilion on Friday night. How was that? A fire alarm went off during the
second half. I mean, that's better in a way because you just want to
just
be funny. You don't have to remember the show anymore.
You just be funny for a bit. I did a lot of audience stuff, Rob. And it was really funny and it was really fun. And then I said, I've got Barnstable in a few weeks. Is anyone going to come to that one? And one guy said, well, I might have to because I want to see the show. Fair point. I felt bad. Well, he filmed it. It's going on telly, isn't it? I said the beauty of live theatre is that it's different every night. Exactly. It just so
happens that there's none of the material. Unless I'm in a run of 50 gigs without a day off and it will probably be exactly the same. Yeah, exactly. But... When I've forgotten it, it will be different every night. Yeah,
exactly. I think
that's when comedians are at their best, though, sometimes like that.
I do.
I totally agree. You're getting a much more unique experience of it. But both could. When you're just slick and into your material and know it back around, it's so good because it's unrelenting. But then I think it's also just as much fun seeing a comedian like... be in between that. Totally.
I'm
telling myself that because I've got to do a gig next week at the Palladium and I have not gigged for ages. Is that the Jack D gig? Yeah. I can't remember any of my stuff that I did before really and I don't really want to do it anymore because I've done so much of it but I haven't got anything else new.
You're not going to warm up for 10 minutes at a mixed bill show.
No, no, I'm not going to. No, but I'm saying
that's what I mean. So you can't do anything new is what I mean. It's not like you go, well, I'll just get 10 minutes together by gigging all week.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What big questions are Rob and Josh tackling at the start of the episode?
0:00–9:29
2
How did Rob’s recent tour warm‑up gigs influence his plans for Australia?
9:29–17:33
3
What does a ‘perfect week’ look like for the hosts and how do they fit gigs, sport and work into it?
17:33–25:27
4
Why do the hosts claim curtains are underrated and how does that relate to their new home?
25:27–34:08
5
What makes doing the ‘big shop’ such a nostalgic and enjoyable ritual for Rob?
34:08–43:48
6
Could Rob and Josh realistically open a small café and what challenges do they foresee?
43:48–44:22