S2 EP7: Mark Watson
episode
What Did You Do Yesterday? with Max Rushden & David O'Doherty
1h 8m
3 speakers
8 chapters
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What is the unique concept behind the podcast 'What Did You Do Yesterday?'
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.
How does Mark Watson manage his morning routine with kids?
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? hello and welcome to episode season two episode seven of what did you do yesterday i'm max rushton in some tragic news david and i have not managed to sync up our diaries to record the little intro bit before we do the mark watson what did you do yesterday episode i appreciate for the o'doherty stands they may just stop listening right now but for those of you that can bear for this episode to only be introduced by me it is a good one mark watson you know mark watson he's in all of the things these in all of the shows that you've seen over the years i imagine he's plugging a tour i should check that hang on excuse the pause please remain on the line as we value your call
Yeah, he is doing, let me see, the Soho Theatre soon. He's doing the Melbourne Comedy Festival. Oh, good. I'll have a cup of tea with him. He wrote a book called Mortification, a kind of memoir, which is on Kindle for 99p. So do all of those things. And here is what he did yesterday.
Mark Watson, welcome to What Did You Do Yesterday. Thanks very much, Max and David, for having me.
Welcome to What Did You Do Yesterday, Mark Watkins, as I insist on misnaming you.
Yeah, you've been doing that for about 15 years, I think.
Yeah, I think it's one of those jokes that was never funny in the first place. And so I've just stuck with it in the hope that maybe on the 20th anniversary, you might smile slightly when I call you Mark Watkins.
I think maybe the way to look at it is it never really was a joke, but because you've stuck with it for so long, it is at least a kind of friendly tradition. So it serves a purpose of a different kind. It's reassuring, even if it's not funny, in the way that an old jumper might be, I guess.
I mean, I don't want to get off on the wrong foot, David, but I didn't find it funny. First, I just thought, what are you doing?
It was my first thought. So definitely there's a marketing problem with the joke. It doesn't seem like a joke. It's too close to being my actual name to be sort of,
What challenges does Mark face with public transport?
It's not exactly surreal, but as I say, it's definitely got something because every time he calls me Watkins, I feel something. Yeah, sort of faint satisfaction that none of us has died yet, whatever it is.
Thanks, Mark Watkins. Okay, let's get down to the serious business, Mark Watkins.
Yes.
No, I can't do that.
It doesn't sound right when you do it. No, Doherty's the only person that's ever done the, in inverted commas, joke.
Yeah, yeah. No, to me, Mark Watkins sounds like someone who played for Shrewsbury, 532 games. Honestly, one club man, a hero to that town.
And probably is. If you were to Google Mark Watkins, you will find a lower league football, a journeyman footballer, almost for certain.
The other one of those that I have that has never been funny particularly is when I do gigs with Alex Horne's band, the Horne section, when I sit down in the chair, I say, good evening, Szechuan, like instead of section, because Szechuan sounds a bit, and then I'd say, let's go to walk. And again, it's never got anything, but maybe one day.
And again, it's not going to get anything because there's sort of, it doesn't sit. You're more of a music guy, I suppose.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the unique concept behind the podcast 'What Did You Do Yesterday?'
0:02–0:41
2
How does Mark Watson manage his morning routine with kids?
0:41–3:28
3
What challenges does Mark face with public transport?
3:28–5:15
4
What was Mark's experience returning to squash after an injury?
5:15–8:44
5
What insights does Mark share about his work in a production company?
8:44–11:27
6
How does Mark balance family life and work commitments?
11:27–15:26
7
What did Mark order for dinner and how did it go?
15:26–19:02
8
What reflections does Mark have about his day at the end of the episode?
19:02–1:08:16