S2 EP17: Pierre Novellie
episode
What Did You Do Yesterday? with Max Rushden & David O'Doherty
1h 15m
3 speakers
8 chapters
transcribed 3 months ago
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What is the main question posed in the podcast?
Podcasts, there are millions of them.
Some might say too many.
I have one already.
I don't have any, because there are enough.
Politics, business, sport, you name it, there's a podcast about it, and they all ask the big questions and cover the hot topics of the day.
But nobody is covering the most important topic of all. Why is that? Are they scared? Too afraid of being censored by the man? No.
Possibly, but not us. We're here to ask the only question that matters. We try and say it at the same time, Max. What did you do yesterday?
What did you do yesterday?
What did you do yesterday? That's it. All we're interested in is what the guests got up to yesterday. Nothing more.
Day before yesterday, Max? Nope. The greatest and most interesting day of your life?
Unless it was yesterday, we don't want to know about it. I'm Max Rushton. And I'm David O'Doherty. Welcome to What Did You Do Yesterday? Welcome to What Did You Do Yesterday? Episode something season two. David O'Doherty is right in front of me. How are you?
We have just recorded this. I've never got to say this. Normally I do some phony baloney thing about how excited I am to do the episode and then you reveal we've just done it. But we've actually just done this one, Max. Yeah.
We're in the post-show glow of Pierre Novelli. That's where you find us. I had a lovely time.
How does Pierre Novellie describe his morning routine?
I think it's a really good one. I think it's one of our best. I don't know how much credit we should take, but I think Pierre should take a huge amount of credit because his day was good and he told it brilliantly.
What do you think the definitive one is? If someone says to you, what episode will I listen to?
Well, as somebody who would like people to listen to this episode in its entirety, I would say the Pierre Novelli. There hasn't been a bad one, David. I mean, I suppose, you know, Nish Kumar is the OG, right? Yeah. That's the original.
It's true. That was the big bang from whence all of the turds dissipated out into the universe. But yeah, we now reach almost a year into recording the Nish pilot. Are we? Yeah, we are. The first one wasn't released until October, I think.
It was a slow release. It was like the porridge oats of podcasts, wasn't it?
It is a delight to have Pierre Novellier, who, as we discussed, has featured twice in previous episodes of this podcast. He's such a funny man. Check out everything he does. He does Bud Pod with Phil Wang. Mm-hmm. He's got his book that's just come out in paperback, which is called Why Can't I Just Enjoy Things? A Comedian's Guide to Autism. And he's got a sensational new Edinburgh show. I think it's 7pm in Monkey Barrel for the month in August that a lot of people are saying it's the one to watch, Max.
Hmm.
You sit there, I'll stand here. And it is actually at 7.05. So it's important to say that because lots of people could turn up at 7 and think after four minutes... They could get a drink. This is bullshit. He's not turning up. They said 7 on What Did You Yesterday? And he's not there. And he'd sell out, but all his gigs would be empty and he'd be very confused. So, yeah, 7.05 at the Monkey Barrel. And here it is. Here is what Pierre Novelli did yesterday.
MUSIC PLAYS
Piano Valley, welcome to What Did You Do Yesterday. Thank you very much. Thank you for having me. Now, this is interesting because you have starred in a previous episode. I mean, I think it's not unfair to say you were a supporting actor in the Rhys James episode in which Tom Rosenthal was the star. You didn't eat enough pineapple to really sort of make it as a main character. So it's a bit like sort of... One of those characters you see a bit at the beginning and then this is the episode where we focus on you.
Also, in the Phil Wang episode, when he's having his upstairs painted, I'm pretty sure you arrive in that episode as well and do a podcast downstairs. I didn't enjoy the dynamic between Phil and the painter, which seemed to have a sort of upstairs downstairs vibe. But you were privy to that as well.
Yes, I'm like, yeah, one of those characters in sort of succession or maybe one of those Portmanteau Netflix series where you think, oh, he's episode three.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the main question posed in the podcast?
0:02–1:26
2
How does Pierre Novellie describe his morning routine?
1:26–5:03
3
What interesting experiences does Pierre share from his hotel stay?
5:03–9:03
4
What unique breakfast does Pierre have at the child-friendly hotel?
9:03–14:15
5
How does Pierre feel about packing and moving?
14:15–17:06
6
What challenges does Pierre face while preparing to move?
17:06–21:50
7
What is Pierre's strategy for dealing with jet lag?
21:50–24:15
8
How does Pierre unwind after a busy day?
24:15–1:15:05