Wolf & Owl with Romesh Ranganathan and Tom Davis
Home Alone, Gordon Ramsay & Making Friends
25 Jun 2026
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Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho.
Chapter 2: What funny American accent does Tom attempt?
Yeah, what do you want? Beak or jaws?
Chapter 3: What insights do the hosts share about the movie Home Alone?
Feathers or fur?
Chapter 4: How do Itchy & Scratchy compare to Tom & Jerry?
Sharp teeth or feet with claws? Whatever's preferred. Just kidding, every word in this song's about two grown men dressed up as a bird and a dog.
Chapter 5: What is Tom's most revolting story shared in this episode?
Welcome to the Wolf and Al podcast. Extra special.
Chapter 6: How do the hosts address listener emails?
Email special. The correspondence episodes, I've been told to call them.
Chapter 7: What surprising opinion does Tom share about Gordon Ramsay?
Yeah, correspondence episodes. You correspond to us at wolfalpod at gmail.com. We'll correspond back, baby. That's what we're here for. It's a correspondence life.
Chapter 8: What advice do the hosts give about making friends after 40?
That's the correspondence life. Correspond this. Oh, yeah. You like correspondence? Oh, you get it. Have you ever appeared anything as an American? No. Okay. I, for so long, wanted to be American. Like a schoolboy. Like Dawson. I was obsessed with Dawson's Creek for too long. Do you want to read any of these emails? Yeah, I'm quite happy. Do you want to do it in an American accent? Okay.
Okay.
Anxious Axolotl here. Before Christmas, Tom mentioned it played on his mind during Home Alone. They made fun of Buzz's girlfriend, who he was worried about. God, I've already messed up. It's got a bit of Shawshank Redemption in it, let me say. Do you want to start again? First of all, it's Axolotl. Okay. Do you want me to do it more Dawson? Yeah, go on. Okay, bouncy. Okay. Anxious Axolotl here.
Axolotl. Before Christmas, Tom mentioned it plain on his mind that during Home Alone, they made fun of Buzz's girlfriend, who he was worried was a real person. They used to get a cheap laugh. Just wanted to stop you there. It's fine what you're doing, but you've put so much on that, I don't know if people need a bit of catching up on what we're talking about here. No, we'll do that after.
Okay, fine. Let's do that after, okay? It's just that Axelot is about to reveal the ending of this. So I'm trying to set up a bit of tension. Okay, a bit of tension. So we talked about Home Alone. And Macaulay Culkin, what's his kid's name? Kevin. Kevin McAllister. Yeah. Kevin McAllister takes the piss out of Buzz's girlfriend. Yeah. And says, woof. Woof, yeah. Yeah.
And then you expressed concern. Yep. And I seconded that. Yep. That there's a little girl out there who is forever going to be canonized. Yep. And would never be able to get the joy from Home Alone that Home Alone brings so many. So there you go. So that's what he's referring to, that's all. Or she. Yep. Just want to put his mind at ease.
It's actually documented it was a member of the crew's son in a wig. Hope this helps, Tom. And it goes to show just what a legend John Hughes was. Love the show and keep doing what you're doing, guys. I'm a recent convert to wolf and owl, and for a long time I felt I was cheating on parenting hell, but now managed to dual parent the two shells guilt-free. It's me, it's Richard, your new friend.
So you think Americans pronounce it wolf? Wolf, wolf, wolf, wolf. The wolf and owl. It's not wolf, is it? Yeah, it depends which bit of America you're from. Which bit of America they're saying wolf? By the way, I just literally think of a- It's wolf, isn't it? Wolf. I think of a person rather than the actual- Which person was that? What? When I was doing that accent? Yeah.
Sort of middle management guy. So not actually a- No, no. I can't do impressions. Wolf. Wolf. Wolf. He was a wolf. He was an owl. Do you think it's better that it was a boy? Now that boy's forever in that thing. No, but I think it was probably done as a sort of, there was a bit of a jovial way of doing it. I mean, there's different things. Some people say it was the set designer's kid.
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