WDWDY #31: Lowering The Tone
episode
What Did You Do Yesterday? with Max Rushden & David O'Doherty
56 min
2 speakers
5 chapters
transcribed 3 months ago
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What did David do yesterday that involved the world's strongest glue?
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 today's episode of Midweek Mayhem. My name is Max Rushton. Alongside me, for the ride, David O'Doherty. Hi, David.
I've written a new joke. Okay, here we go. Probably in my life, I have about five actual proper jokes. Okay? Okay, yeah. Like I remember early doors, like maybe in my teens, what's the best thing about televisions getting married? The great reception. Oh, nice. Who are the most decent people at the hospital? The ultrasound people, et cetera, et cetera.
Is that one of yours, the ultrasound ones?
Yeah, I wrote the ultrasound joke. Wow, that's good. Yeah, I set it on Nevermind the Buzzcocks in the glory years of Nevermind the Buzzcocks. And then it sort of entered mainstream after that. I think Keith Chegwin once claimed, he used to have a Twitter account where he claimed to have just written jokes.
I mean, my money's on Cheggers. You can't knock a comedy writer like that. He's like, you know, Mel Brooks. You think of the greats, the Marx Brothers, Keith Chegwin. Okay, here we go. Hang on, just interruption. You know my reaction. If I think it's great, I will just say, that's very good.
No, no, no. If anything, I invite you to workshop the end of this because it's not as Christmas crackery as the other ones. Okay. I think it's still good gear. Yeah, okay. It would have been a very different movie if... If Ratatouille had been called Ratalenghi. What more ingredients? Oh, we need three hours for this Bulgar wheat to go soft. Thank you. That's my new joke.
That's the best reaction I've ever got. Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's genuine.
How did David prepare for his Edinburgh stand-up comedy show?
I don't lie about these things. Hey, do you want some feedback, David? what you've just given me feedback feedback for this excellent podcast that we did yeah just for the tape i will say there are a couple of tone lowerers that i didn't want to open with let's stay away from the gutter until but you know if it was like the editorial news agenda for impact i would start with the tone lower so i'm just saying stay with us when you say tone lower i presume it's into the gutter specifically the gutter that the poo goes down Yes, but someone has also done some heavy science to answer a question that you once posed. Oh, no. I have a fair idea of that question. Let's hold that thought for a second. Simon says, this is lovely.
Hello, Max, David, and producer Marsbar. My son, Joe, 8, and I, 47, often listen to the podcast together while playing FC25. What is that? Is that FIFA or something? It must be a computer game. Yeah, it must be anyway. And during the introduction, we will mime what each of you is saying. He's Max and I'm David. All right. You know, the sort of plinky plonky piano podcast. There are too many of them.
Blah, blah, blah. Oh, yeah, yeah.
While in Tesco this morning, still half asleep and picking up something revolting in a microwavable packet for my lunch, I started episode 29 of Midweek Mayhem. As I scanned the shelves for something vaguely edible, I noticed out of the corner of my eye the security guard looking at me quizzically. As I turned to look at him full in the face, I absentmindedly mouthed, and I'm David O'Doherty, at him along with David. He looked very confused, maybe even concerned, and I immediately span around and headed for the tills with my sachet of rigatoni bolognese.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What did David do yesterday that involved the world's strongest glue?
0:02–2:37
2
How did David prepare for his Edinburgh stand-up comedy show?
2:37–6:08
3
What interesting feedback did David and Max receive from listeners?
6:08–19:33
4
What humorous story involves boiling eggs in a kettle?
19:33–51:54
5
How did a nurse's handbag become part of a funny hospital story?
51:54–56:23