S3 EP25: Hal Cruttenden
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What Did You Do Yesterday? with Max Rushden & David O'Doherty
1h 0m
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8 chapters
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What is the main premise of 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? What Did You Do Yesterday? Welcome to What Did You Do Yesterday? I'm Max Rushton. Alongside me, David O'Doherty, where we will find out what someone did yesterday.
What did Hal Cruttenden do the day before the podcast?
Hi, David. Oh, is that what happens on this? That is the premise. Yeah, you'll get used to the idea. You'll get to grips with it in a year or two. That's what I reckon. But you're doing mightily well so far. If you haven't understood the concept, David, you're bluffing your way through. You're faking it till you make it at this stage.
Today's guest is... I mean, don't take this badly, but in the spectrum of Englishmen, he is more quintessentially an Englishman than you. That's okay. As in, if you needed to keep one to propagate the stereotype of English people, I think Hal Cruttenden would be the one. As in, so me and Hal, I guess we started around the same time doing comedy. In 2008... we somehow both got booked on a coast to coast Canadian tour. This didn't come up during it. And in Newfoundland, we went to the pub and they told us there was an old Newfoundland tradition where they brought out a frozen fish and we had to kiss it in the mouth. And to this day, I still don't know if they were just having a laugh at the Irish guy.
What type of fish was it? Was it like a massive, big tuna type thing? I think it was a frozen cod. Cods can be big. Not a fillet, like a whole cod.
Kissing a fillet would be such a different vibe to the actual whole. So we had to kiss it and knock a shot back. And I actually thought that my mind may have just made it up. But then I found a photo of it recently. So I entered into it with my big Irish head. And Hal was much more, oh, okay.
How did Hal's sleep impact his day?
Did you really get off with the cot? And he just gave it a peck. Is that what you're saying?
We had a relationship.
It didn't last too long. Long distance is tricky, right? I mean, that's the problem. Otherwise, it would have been fine. Very hard to get, where every time the cod would fly from Canada, it would thaw, and that would be bad. You'd have to pick it up in a cold box.
It's not a sexy relationship, as in making love is complicated because it involves swimming thousands of miles, and then putting some eggs under a stone in a specific river. Hang on, is that how? Yeah.
I don't know how... And then there's a headline where, you know, David O'Dotty is caught masturbating under a rock in Newfoundland. You say, I was just trying to... I was just trying to fertilize my one true love's eggs. And the Mountie stops you and says, I'm sorry. And that's why you spent four years in jail in Canada.
We saw you trying to swim up that weir and avoid those bears as you lapped into the sky from the river.
Anyway, this is for the tape. We recorded this a week or so ago. It's Someday. There is an energy. There is an energy to Hal, which is... Unique? I think it's very frenetic, would you say? Frenetic.
Yeah, like... Hal gets a lot done. Yeah, even in this day, you see all the different projects that he's working on. He's got his sitcom on the go. I mean, imagine if you or I had an interview with James O'Brien, which I don't think will ever happen.
What does Hal eat for breakfast?
That gives away the whole podcast.
No, I know. But imagine that hanging over your day.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the main premise of the podcast?
0:02–1:07
2
What did Hal Cruttenden do the day before the podcast?
1:07–2:53
3
How did Hal's sleep impact his day?
2:53–4:34
4
What does Hal eat for breakfast?
4:34–6:12
5
What projects is Hal currently working on?
6:12–7:46
6
How does Hal manage his ADHD and work?
7:46–9:02
7
What are Hal's thoughts on corporate gigs?
9:02–10:12
8
What was the highlight of Hal’s day?
10:12–1:00:33