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==A Couple | ''26:00'' | ||
{{Karl|And like, I was chasin’ a butterfly, and she said, she said um, Oh – d-don’t do that, Karl! And I said, Why? She said, ‘Cause, they only live a day. And I said, Oh, all right, I’ll get a dead one in the mornin’.}} | |||
== | {{Act:Together|Ricky and Steve laugh}} | ||
{{Steve|That’s genius!}} | |||
{{Ricky|That’s great! Quick thinking, innit? Ohh ..}} | |||
{{Steve|Yeah! That’s sweet. Let’s play a song.}} | |||
{{Ricky|Aww.}} | |||
{{Action|Song: Woo Tang Clan – Gravel Pit}} | |||
==A Couple of Speakers== | |||
{{Ricky|Woo Tang Clan and Gravel Pit. We love that, don’t we?}} | |||
{{Steve|I love it , yup. Classic track.}} | |||
{{Ricky|Brilliant.}} | |||
{{Steve|Um, we’re talking about embarrassing stories and stuff, and I don’t know if I’ve told this on this radio before, have I told you Karl? I’m not sure. But this was when I was workin’ at the BBC, this is not even long ago, and I’d moved to London and I was fairly new in London, and I was workin’ at the BBC and I had this BBC hire car, and I’ve never t –- if there’s anyone listenin’ who works for the BBC, I don’t know if I can still get in trouble for it. But uh, this BBC hire car, and it was – I’d been ferrying kind of, actors and people, production people around all day in this car. And I was driving back, it was quite late, it was about sort of 7 or 8, and I was drivin’ back, and I pulled in to get some petrol, we had to fill up the car every day. And I went into this garage to fill up some petrol and I was there, and this blokes, two blokes came in a white van, right? They sort of pulled in the four court and I was fillin’ up the car. And they went, Ayyy. D’ya’ wanna buy a coupla speakers? And I said: Yes I do!}} | |||
{{Ricky|Yeah.}} | |||
{{Steve|Because, I – I’ll tell you the reason .. it was like I was so flattered, that they thought that I’d be the kind of bloke who would A. need some kind of classy speakers,}} | |||
{{Ricky|Yeah.}} | |||
{{Steve|And B., would like to buy them on the sly.}} | |||
{{Ricky|Yeah, yeah.}} | |||
{{Steve|D’ya’ know what I mean?}} | |||
{{Steve|I thought, I like the fact that,}} | |||
{{Ricky|They’ve seen me, they’ve seen I look a bit of a hustler,}} | |||
{{Steve|Exactly!}} | |||
{{Ricky|Yeahyeahyeah. I’m a bit of a street sort of guy,}} | |||
{{Steve|Yeah.}} | |||
{{Ricky|You can see by the way I use my walk.}} | |||
{{Steve|Exactly. So they - so I couldn’t believe my luck! So uh, they drove behind the garage, the little sort of garage bit at the back, and I went round there, sort of casually went round there, sort of locked the car and went round there. Um, ahahahey, Yeah, he opened the back and went two speakers in there. I said, Are you sure these aren’t knocked off, mate. He went, No, no, no. We work for Dixons – this is the story he spun me – We work for Dixons, right, and we’re delivery men, and if we make a delivery and the person’s not there to sign for the goods then we have to bring them back to the warehouse, but if we can sell them on the way back,}} | |||
{{Ricky|Yeah.}} | |||
{{Steve|Then that’s really good for Dixons.}} | |||
{{Ricky|That happens a lot. Yeah. Dixons must love that!}} | |||
{{Steve|And instead of thinking, }} | |||
{{Act:Ricky|Ricky Laughs}} | |||
{{Steve|Are you sure some sort of troubleshooter didn’t – I mean, did someone go into Dixons and go, Yeah, You’re not gettin’ in the garage four court market,}} | |||
{{Ricky|John Harvey Jones.}} | |||
{{Steve|Exactly.}} | |||
{{Ricky|Get a coupla lads in a white van.}} | |||
{{Act:Steve|Steve Laughs}} | |||
{{Ricky|Yeah.}} | |||
{{Steve|So anyway, so I sort of, bought this story, and it, and I was still a bit dubious, and I went, Right, let me hear them then. And he wired them up to the car stereo (Boom boom boom) and they was playin’ and stuff, it was some groovy hip-hop, I was thinkin’, Great! These guys know what I’m into!}} | |||
{{Ricky|Yeah.}} | |||
{{Steve|And he’s givin’ me the talk and stuff, and um, I said I’m a bit worried these are knocked off. He went, No, listen. I- we’ve got a bloke at Dixons who can confirm this is fine. Right? Phone him up – use my mobile – right? And quote this reference number, right? So I phone up, dee-dee-dee-dee-du – and I went, he goes, Yeah, I got, Hi, Some guys here in a garage four court, trying to sell me some speakers, just wanna check – He goes – It’s fine--- I went, Should I, should I just read the reference number, whatever, he went, If you want. I went, X14 – He went, Yeah, it’s fine.}} | |||
{{Ricky|Yeah.}} | |||
{{Steve|Ok. Well,}} | |||
{{Ricky|You know who that was, don’t ya. That was actually Mr. Dixon himself.}} | |||
{{Steve|Exactly!}} | |||
{{Ricky|Yeahyeahyeahyeahyeah.}} | |||
{{Steve|Exactly! So I’m thinking, Well, you know, they sound great, they’re givin’ ‘em to me for a knocked-down price. Say they were like 400 quid, they were like 200 quid or summing, it was good bargain. I was in the market for some speakers as well,}} | |||
{{Ricky|Yeah.}} | |||
{{Steve|So, uh, while they were loading them in –}} | |||
{{Ricky|It’s all kosher, I phoned Dixons.}} | |||
{{Act:Steve|Steve Laughs}} | |||
{{Steve|Exactly. I phoned Dixons, }} | |||
{{Ricky|Yeahyeah, yeah.}} | |||
{{Steve|That’s fine. Um, so while they’re loading them in the back of the BBC hire car, right, I’m in there payin’ for the petrol. Right? And the guy who’s servin’ me goes, Ehh .. I go Alright, he goes What were you doin’ round the back with those blokes? Right? ‘Cause obviously there’s a security cameras filming this whole transaction, right, and he goes What were you doing round the back? And I went, brilliantly, I went, They’re some old mates. Some of my mates. We’re just havin’ a chat and that. He went, Oh right. Ok. Like givin’ me obviously the evil eye. So I went round the back, so I’m in the car now and I’m drivin’ along with one of the blokes who’s in the van with me, because I didn’t have the money on me, so I had to go to the cash point to get the cash, right? So I’m drivin’ with him, and the other guy’s dr--- like followin’ me, like in the van, and he was like a Northerner, he was givin’ it all the Alright, yeahyeah, you know, I tell him, I said, You know, m’girlfriend’s a DJ, she’s got some of these speakers, they’re fantastic, and he’s givin’ me all this – dududududuh, he’s givin’ me this, and then my mind starts workin’. Now that I’ve got a bit of time, to think, I’m thinkin’, Wait a minute, this all sounds a bit dodgy,}} | |||
{{Ricky|Yeah.}} | |||
{{Steve|It dawned on me, Rick.}} | |||
{{Ricky|Y-y-you’re not a fool, are ya. You’re streetwise.}} | |||
{{Act:Steve|Steve Laughs}} | |||
{{Steve|Exactly!}} | |||
{{Ricky|You’re streetwise, Steve! Yeah.}} | |||
{{Steve|Not only that, I was thinkin’, How’m I gonna get ‘em home? I’ve got to drop the car off at the BBC, how am I gonna get these huge speakers back to where I live?}} | |||
{{Ricky|Yeah. And how can I pay for ‘em, ‘cause I’ve just spent 100 pounds on Find the Lady!}} | |||
{{Act:Steve|Steve Laughs}} | |||
{{Steve|Exactly.}} | |||
{{Ricky|With a couple of blokes in Leicester Square. It seemed like a fair game! Some of his friends were winning!}} | |||
{{Steve|But, so I explained to him, I said, How -- I can’t get ‘em back to like, Brixton where I was livin’ at the time, he went, Don’t worry. Give us an extra 20 quid, we’ll take ‘em home for you!}} | |||
{{Ricky|Oh that’s good. Delivery.}} | |||
{{Steve|Bizarre!}} | |||
{{Ricky|Oh, yeahyeahyeah, they do a whole service, you see!}} | |||
{{Act:Steve|Steve Laughs}} | |||
{{Ricky|And there’s also a back-up, guarantee, did they have the guarantee, the 3-month guarantee?}} | |||
{{Steve|They didn’t. }} | |||
{{Ricky|No. Ok.}} | |||
{{Steve|But, so then, I said, I’m not sure about that. Well why don’t you put ‘em in a cab, send ‘em back, and your housemates can collect it. I said, Oh no, there’d be no one in. And I was gettin’ and I was beginning to sort of get a bit conscious, of like maybe this was a bit of a scab, after all, so I pulled in to like a little side-road and I said, I’m not sure I’m into this, actually, and he went, What you talkin’ ‘bout? It’s 200 quid for a pair of speakers, it’s a bargain, you won’t get a bargain like this man, I’m goin’, Not so sure, I don’t think I want ‘em. He went – 150 quid! 150 quid, mate. 150 quid. I went No. He said 100 quid, 100 quid now to you, and I’m thinkin’ Wait a minute, this doesn’t sound like the kind of work that Dixons would be doin’.}} | |||
{{Ricky|Dixons don’t do that when I go in.}} | |||
{{Karl|Is that –}} | |||
{{Steve|Dixons never negotiate in that way.}} | |||
{{Ricky|Wh-when I go have a lot around and then leave, they go, Where you goin’?}} | |||
{{Act:Steve|Steve Laughs}} | |||
{{Steve|Exactly.}} | |||
{{Ricky|And (mumbles) Have anything, then! Have anything, for a quid.}} | |||
{{Steve|So I stop the car and the white van pulled up behind me with his mates in. }} | |||
{{Ricky|Sure.}} | |||
{{Steve|And I said, Can you get ‘em out, I’m not interested. And he went, Aw. 100 quid. 100 quid mate. And he was just goin’, You tosser, you obviously want some speakers, dududududuh, he was havin’ a go at me. So I was carryin’ the speakers out, and puttin’ ‘em back in the white van, and he was just shoutin’ at me, Dududuh, he was goin’ 70 quid! 70 quid! I said, 70 quid? From 200? This is ludicrous!}} | |||
{{Ricky|You realized that wasn’t Dixons policy then.}} | |||
{{Steve|Exactly! At that moment,}} | |||
{{Ricky|They don’t usually shout You tosser! As you leave the,}} | |||
{{Act:Steve|Steve Laughs}} | |||
{{Ricky|As you leave –}} | |||
{{Steve|Right!}} | |||
{{Ricky|As you leave the shop and walk down Camden high street, they’re not likely shoutin’ You tosser.}} | |||
{{Steve|Exactly.}} | |||
{{Karl|You shoulda took the offer of like the monthly payments they’ve got at the moment.}} | |||
{{Act:Together|Ricky and Steve laugh}} | |||
{{Steve|So um, so I mentioned I put ‘em in there, and I sort of knocked the deal on the head, and I got back in my car, and uh, they got- they were in theirs, and I just looked in the rear view mirror and they were punching the dashboard, like with aggression and venom, like, We let that deal slip through our fingers, and I’ve never been so terrified in my life. I just sat there, and I was just thinkin’, Oh my God, all I was thinkin’ now is What if I go back to the BBC, and they go, We’ve had a call from the police! The man at the garage, he saw you doin’ the dodgy deal, with the car.}} | |||
{{Ricky|I love it.}} | |||
{{Steve|And I was so petrified!}} | |||
{{Ricky|Well what you do is, you put the hire car in the drain in your front garden,}} | |||
{{Act:Steve|Steve Laughs}} | |||
{{Ricky|And go in and out of the toilet, just pourin’ bleach down, or Ajax, and they’ll never know. This is Song for the Lovers.}} | |||
{{Action|Song: Neil Young – A Man Needs a Maid}} | |||
==Ricky’s Film Review== | |||
{{Ricky|Lovely song there, Song for the Lovers,}} | |||
{{Steve|Absolutely.}} | |||
{{Ricky|Neil Young, Man Needs a Maid, off of Harvest album, what a beautiful song that is.}} | |||
{{Steve|Beautiful.}} | |||
{{Ricky|Beautiful strings,}} | |||
{{Steve|Yep.}} | |||
{{Ricky|And everything. Well you’ve got a, Song for the Ladies comin’ up. }} | |||
{{Steve|Song for the Ladies, later on as well.}} | |||
{{Ricky|Well that, that, that has set, you know, the standard there.}} | |||
{{Steve|Well absolutely, yeah, yeah.}} | |||
{{Ricky|Yeah.}} | |||
{{Steve|Um, were you gonna, uh, do a film review as well later? Have you sorted - }} | |||
{{Ricky|Well, I could do a film review now, it’s, it’s quite a big –}} | |||
{{Steve|I thought you needed to prepare,}} | |||
{{Ricky|No!}} | |||
{{Steve|But if you’ve not,}} | |||
{{Ricky|No, it’s quite a big film, and I’ve seen it (mumbles) and it is, uh, you know, it’s a great, it’s a great film. }} | |||
{{Steve|Ok.}} | |||
{{Ricky|I hope I can do it justice. Just ‘cause it’s a very, Ok. This week –}} | |||
{{Steve|What film is it gonna be?}} | |||
{{Ricky|It’s gonna be Schindler’s List.}} | |||
{{Steve|Ok. And are you gonna do a jingle for us?}} | |||
{{Ricky|Uh – (sound affect) Ricky’s Film Review! (sound affect)}} | |||
{{Steve|Ok.}} | |||
{{Ricky|This is a film by Steven Spielberg, }} | |||
{{Steve|Yes.}} | |||
{{Ricky|And, it, ‘cause it’s in olden times, it’s all black and white and that, except a, a coat that’s red. I don’t know what happened there. Um, anyway, it’s about a, a bloke, who’s called Schindler, and, ‘cause there were so many people he wanted to save, he had to make a list. To get organised. And, uh, he tried to save as many as he could. Um … and, you know, they made him sort of, not make the bullets properly on purpose, ‘cause he, you know, uhhhh…. and, uh, in the end, they gave him a ring, um, it’s the same bloke who made ET.}} | |||
{{Steve|Ok! Your review of Schindler’s List.}} | |||
{{Ricky|Yep.}} | |||
{{Steve|And, as ever, a mark out of 10, please.}} | |||
{{Ricky|Uh, 9. It was brilliant. }} | |||
{{Steve|You really enjoyed it.}} | |||
{{Ricky|Yeah.}} | |||
{{Steve|Ok. Ok. Uh, did the fact that it was 3 hours long bother you?}} | |||
{{Ricky|Uh, no. No.}} | |||
{{Steve|No? Quite liked that. Ok.}} | |||
{{Ricky|Watched some of it on fast-forward.}} | |||
{{Steve|Ok. Ok. Um, Karl – have you seen Schindler’s List? }} | |||
{{Karl|No – I’m surprised they managed to get all that in 3 hours!}} | |||
{{Act:Together|Ricky and Steve laugh}} | |||
{{Steve|Amazing, isn’t it. Would that encourage you to see the film?}} | |||
{{Karl|Definitely.}} | |||
{{Steve|Yeah. Ok. What would you give it, a mark out of, uh, 10?}} | |||
{{Karl|9!}} | |||
{{Steve|You’d give it a 9 as well!}} | |||
{{Karl|Mm.}} | |||
{{Steve|Ok. I’ll tell ya, I –}} | |||
{{Karl|That red coat affect thing you’ve got that, that’s what sold it.}} | |||
{{Steve|You liked that. }} | |||
{{Ricky|Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.}} | |||
{{Steve|Well that was just a mistake, apparently. Yeah.}} | |||
{{Ricky|Apparently, yeah, just couldn’t get all the colour out of it.}} | |||
{{Steve|As I said before, if you’ve got a film that you’d like to have reviewed by Ricky Gervais, then email us: [email protected]. And I’m sure he can, uh, work his magic.}} | |||
{{Ricky|Or even the, or not just like, the people, but what about the ones who make the films? Like, you know, the ones who like actually make the film, what are they called? Hollywood.}} | |||
{{Steve|Yes.}} | |||
{{Ricky|If they want me to do one for the comin’ out to sort of give it a little bit of a boost. You saw me give away the tickets, that was sellin’, }} | |||
{{Steve|Yeah, yeah.}} | |||
{{Ricky|So you know, we can sell your product, and we’ll make it sort of like it’s editorial, but really, if there’s a little bit of money involved, I can probably give it a 9 out of 10 instead of 4 or something!}} | |||
{{Act:Steve|Steve Laughs}} | |||
{{Steve|Rick, would you do that without having seen the film? }} | |||
{{Ricky|Yeah!}} | |||
{{Steve|That’s fine, ‘cause I, so they wouldn’t need – they could just tell you what was coming up, and you could just review it?}} | |||
{{Ricky|If they said, this, uh, Give us a good review, and here’s 20 quid,}} | |||
{{Steve|Yeah.}} | |||
{{Ricky|If they go, Aw, aw, give it, there’s no money in it, I’ll give it, probably give it a bad review, to be honest!}} | |||
{{Steve|Well let’s just try that, Rick, can I just try that now,}} | |||
{{Ricky|Go on.}} | |||
{{Steve|‘Cause I know that a lot of people listening won’t be necessarily convinced. Um, Lord of the Rings. There’s a, imagine I’ve paid to review the forthcoming film Lord of the Rings.}} | |||
{{Ricky|Ok.}} | |||
{{Steve|What d’y’ make of it?}} | |||
{{Ricky|This is a brilliant film, }} | |||
{{Steve|Yup.}} | |||
{{Ricky|And even though it’s all about wizards and that and there’s people in caves called Gonads. Um, with beards. Probably Robbie Coltrane’s in it, cuz he’s in the other one at the moment.}} | {{Ricky|And even though it’s all about wizards and that and there’s people in caves called Gonads. Um, with beards. Probably Robbie Coltrane’s in it, cuz he’s in the other one at the moment.}} | ||
{{Steve|Yeah.}} | {{Steve|Yeah.}} |
Revision as of 03:22, 20 September 2007
Some Great Tunes
Bibles In His Trousers
Pilkie's Makin Music
K-Fest
Pissing In The Sink
Pissing On Jane
A Magpie Called Maggie
26:00
Karl: And like, I was chasin’ a butterfly, and she said, she said um, Oh – d-don’t do that, Karl! And I said, Why? She said, ‘Cause, they only live a day. And I said, Oh, all right, I’ll get a dead one in the mornin’.
Ricky and Steve laugh
Steve: That’s genius!
Ricky: That’s great! Quick thinking, innit? Ohh ..
Steve: Yeah! That’s sweet. Let’s play a song.
Ricky: Aww.
Song: Woo Tang Clan – Gravel Pit
A Couple of Speakers
Ricky: Woo Tang Clan and Gravel Pit. We love that, don’t we?
Steve: I love it , yup. Classic track.
Ricky: Brilliant.
Steve: Um, we’re talking about embarrassing stories and stuff, and I don’t know if I’ve told this on this radio before, have I told you Karl? I’m not sure. But this was when I was workin’ at the BBC, this is not even long ago, and I’d moved to London and I was fairly new in London, and I was workin’ at the BBC and I had this BBC hire car, and I’ve never t –- if there’s anyone listenin’ who works for the BBC, I don’t know if I can still get in trouble for it. But uh, this BBC hire car, and it was – I’d been ferrying kind of, actors and people, production people around all day in this car. And I was driving back, it was quite late, it was about sort of 7 or 8, and I was drivin’ back, and I pulled in to get some petrol, we had to fill up the car every day. And I went into this garage to fill up some petrol and I was there, and this blokes, two blokes came in a white van, right? They sort of pulled in the four court and I was fillin’ up the car. And they went, Ayyy. D’ya’ wanna buy a coupla speakers? And I said: Yes I do!
Ricky: Yeah.
Steve: Because, I – I’ll tell you the reason .. it was like I was so flattered, that they thought that I’d be the kind of bloke who would A. need some kind of classy speakers,
Ricky: Yeah.
Steve: And B., would like to buy them on the sly.
Ricky: Yeah, yeah.
Steve: D’ya’ know what I mean?
Steve: I thought, I like the fact that,
Ricky: They’ve seen me, they’ve seen I look a bit of a hustler,
Steve: Exactly!
Ricky: Yeahyeahyeah. I’m a bit of a street sort of guy,
Steve: Yeah.
Ricky: You can see by the way I use my walk.
Steve: Exactly. So they - so I couldn’t believe my luck! So uh, they drove behind the garage, the little sort of garage bit at the back, and I went round there, sort of casually went round there, sort of locked the car and went round there. Um, ahahahey, Yeah, he opened the back and went two speakers in there. I said, Are you sure these aren’t knocked off, mate. He went, No, no, no. We work for Dixons – this is the story he spun me – We work for Dixons, right, and we’re delivery men, and if we make a delivery and the person’s not there to sign for the goods then we have to bring them back to the warehouse, but if we can sell them on the way back,
Ricky: Yeah.
Steve: Then that’s really good for Dixons.
Ricky: That happens a lot. Yeah. Dixons must love that!
Steve: And instead of thinking,
Ricky Laughs
Steve: Are you sure some sort of troubleshooter didn’t – I mean, did someone go into Dixons and go, Yeah, You’re not gettin’ in the garage four court market,
Ricky: John Harvey Jones.
Steve: Exactly.
Ricky: Get a coupla lads in a white van.
Steve Laughs
Ricky: Yeah.
Steve: So anyway, so I sort of, bought this story, and it, and I was still a bit dubious, and I went, Right, let me hear them then. And he wired them up to the car stereo (Boom boom boom) and they was playin’ and stuff, it was some groovy hip-hop, I was thinkin’, Great! These guys know what I’m into!
Ricky: Yeah.
Steve: And he’s givin’ me the talk and stuff, and um, I said I’m a bit worried these are knocked off. He went, No, listen. I- we’ve got a bloke at Dixons who can confirm this is fine. Right? Phone him up – use my mobile – right? And quote this reference number, right? So I phone up, dee-dee-dee-dee-du – and I went, he goes, Yeah, I got, Hi, Some guys here in a garage four court, trying to sell me some speakers, just wanna check – He goes – It’s fine--- I went, Should I, should I just read the reference number, whatever, he went, If you want. I went, X14 – He went, Yeah, it’s fine.
Ricky: Yeah.
Steve: Ok. Well,
Ricky: You know who that was, don’t ya. That was actually Mr. Dixon himself.
Steve: Exactly!
Ricky: Yeahyeahyeahyeahyeah.
Steve: Exactly! So I’m thinking, Well, you know, they sound great, they’re givin’ ‘em to me for a knocked-down price. Say they were like 400 quid, they were like 200 quid or summing, it was good bargain. I was in the market for some speakers as well,
Ricky: Yeah.
Steve: So, uh, while they were loading them in –
Ricky: It’s all kosher, I phoned Dixons.
Steve Laughs
Steve: Exactly. I phoned Dixons,
Ricky: Yeahyeah, yeah.
Steve: That’s fine. Um, so while they’re loading them in the back of the BBC hire car, right, I’m in there payin’ for the petrol. Right? And the guy who’s servin’ me goes, Ehh .. I go Alright, he goes What were you doin’ round the back with those blokes? Right? ‘Cause obviously there’s a security cameras filming this whole transaction, right, and he goes What were you doing round the back? And I went, brilliantly, I went, They’re some old mates. Some of my mates. We’re just havin’ a chat and that. He went, Oh right. Ok. Like givin’ me obviously the evil eye. So I went round the back, so I’m in the car now and I’m drivin’ along with one of the blokes who’s in the van with me, because I didn’t have the money on me, so I had to go to the cash point to get the cash, right? So I’m drivin’ with him, and the other guy’s dr--- like followin’ me, like in the van, and he was like a Northerner, he was givin’ it all the Alright, yeahyeah, you know, I tell him, I said, You know, m’girlfriend’s a DJ, she’s got some of these speakers, they’re fantastic, and he’s givin’ me all this – dududududuh, he’s givin’ me this, and then my mind starts workin’. Now that I’ve got a bit of time, to think, I’m thinkin’, Wait a minute, this all sounds a bit dodgy,
Ricky: Yeah.
Steve: It dawned on me, Rick.
Ricky: Y-y-you’re not a fool, are ya. You’re streetwise.
Steve Laughs
Steve: Exactly!
Ricky: You’re streetwise, Steve! Yeah.
Steve: Not only that, I was thinkin’, How’m I gonna get ‘em home? I’ve got to drop the car off at the BBC, how am I gonna get these huge speakers back to where I live?
Ricky: Yeah. And how can I pay for ‘em, ‘cause I’ve just spent 100 pounds on Find the Lady!
Steve Laughs
Steve: Exactly.
Ricky: With a couple of blokes in Leicester Square. It seemed like a fair game! Some of his friends were winning!
Steve: But, so I explained to him, I said, How -- I can’t get ‘em back to like, Brixton where I was livin’ at the time, he went, Don’t worry. Give us an extra 20 quid, we’ll take ‘em home for you!
Ricky: Oh that’s good. Delivery.
Steve: Bizarre!
Ricky: Oh, yeahyeahyeah, they do a whole service, you see!
Steve Laughs
Ricky: And there’s also a back-up, guarantee, did they have the guarantee, the 3-month guarantee?
Steve: They didn’t.
Ricky: No. Ok.
Steve: But, so then, I said, I’m not sure about that. Well why don’t you put ‘em in a cab, send ‘em back, and your housemates can collect it. I said, Oh no, there’d be no one in. And I was gettin’ and I was beginning to sort of get a bit conscious, of like maybe this was a bit of a scab, after all, so I pulled in to like a little side-road and I said, I’m not sure I’m into this, actually, and he went, What you talkin’ ‘bout? It’s 200 quid for a pair of speakers, it’s a bargain, you won’t get a bargain like this man, I’m goin’, Not so sure, I don’t think I want ‘em. He went – 150 quid! 150 quid, mate. 150 quid. I went No. He said 100 quid, 100 quid now to you, and I’m thinkin’ Wait a minute, this doesn’t sound like the kind of work that Dixons would be doin’.
Ricky: Dixons don’t do that when I go in.
Karl: Is that –
Steve: Dixons never negotiate in that way.
Ricky: Wh-when I go have a lot around and then leave, they go, Where you goin’?
Steve Laughs
Steve: Exactly.
Ricky: And (mumbles) Have anything, then! Have anything, for a quid.
Steve: So I stop the car and the white van pulled up behind me with his mates in.
Ricky: Sure.
Steve: And I said, Can you get ‘em out, I’m not interested. And he went, Aw. 100 quid. 100 quid mate. And he was just goin’, You tosser, you obviously want some speakers, dududududuh, he was havin’ a go at me. So I was carryin’ the speakers out, and puttin’ ‘em back in the white van, and he was just shoutin’ at me, Dududuh, he was goin’ 70 quid! 70 quid! I said, 70 quid? From 200? This is ludicrous!
Ricky: You realized that wasn’t Dixons policy then.
Steve: Exactly! At that moment,
Ricky: They don’t usually shout You tosser! As you leave the,
Steve Laughs
Ricky: As you leave –
Steve: Right!
Ricky: As you leave the shop and walk down Camden high street, they’re not likely shoutin’ You tosser.
Steve: Exactly.
Karl: You shoulda took the offer of like the monthly payments they’ve got at the moment.
Ricky and Steve laugh
Steve: So um, so I mentioned I put ‘em in there, and I sort of knocked the deal on the head, and I got back in my car, and uh, they got- they were in theirs, and I just looked in the rear view mirror and they were punching the dashboard, like with aggression and venom, like, We let that deal slip through our fingers, and I’ve never been so terrified in my life. I just sat there, and I was just thinkin’, Oh my God, all I was thinkin’ now is What if I go back to the BBC, and they go, We’ve had a call from the police! The man at the garage, he saw you doin’ the dodgy deal, with the car.
Ricky: I love it.
Steve: And I was so petrified!
Ricky: Well what you do is, you put the hire car in the drain in your front garden,
Steve Laughs
Ricky: And go in and out of the toilet, just pourin’ bleach down, or Ajax, and they’ll never know. This is Song for the Lovers.
Song: Neil Young – A Man Needs a Maid
Ricky’s Film Review
Ricky: Lovely song there, Song for the Lovers,
Steve: Absolutely.
Ricky: Neil Young, Man Needs a Maid, off of Harvest album, what a beautiful song that is.
Steve: Beautiful.
Ricky: Beautiful strings,
Steve: Yep.
Ricky: And everything. Well you’ve got a, Song for the Ladies comin’ up.
Steve: Song for the Ladies, later on as well.
Ricky: Well that, that, that has set, you know, the standard there.
Steve: Well absolutely, yeah, yeah.
Ricky: Yeah.
Steve: Um, were you gonna, uh, do a film review as well later? Have you sorted -
Ricky: Well, I could do a film review now, it’s, it’s quite a big –
Steve: I thought you needed to prepare,
Ricky: No!
Steve: But if you’ve not,
Ricky: No, it’s quite a big film, and I’ve seen it (mumbles) and it is, uh, you know, it’s a great, it’s a great film.
Steve: Ok.
Ricky: I hope I can do it justice. Just ‘cause it’s a very, Ok. This week –
Steve: What film is it gonna be?
Ricky: It’s gonna be Schindler’s List.
Steve: Ok. And are you gonna do a jingle for us?
Ricky: Uh – (sound affect) Ricky’s Film Review! (sound affect)
Steve: Ok.
Ricky: This is a film by Steven Spielberg,
Steve: Yes.
Ricky: And, it, ‘cause it’s in olden times, it’s all black and white and that, except a, a coat that’s red. I don’t know what happened there. Um, anyway, it’s about a, a bloke, who’s called Schindler, and, ‘cause there were so many people he wanted to save, he had to make a list. To get organised. And, uh, he tried to save as many as he could. Um … and, you know, they made him sort of, not make the bullets properly on purpose, ‘cause he, you know, uhhhh…. and, uh, in the end, they gave him a ring, um, it’s the same bloke who made ET.
Steve: Ok! Your review of Schindler’s List.
Ricky: Yep.
Steve: And, as ever, a mark out of 10, please.
Ricky: Uh, 9. It was brilliant.
Steve: You really enjoyed it.
Ricky: Yeah.
Steve: Ok. Ok. Uh, did the fact that it was 3 hours long bother you?
Ricky: Uh, no. No.
Steve: No? Quite liked that. Ok.
Ricky: Watched some of it on fast-forward.
Steve: Ok. Ok. Um, Karl – have you seen Schindler’s List?
Karl: No – I’m surprised they managed to get all that in 3 hours!
Ricky and Steve laugh
Steve: Amazing, isn’t it. Would that encourage you to see the film?
Karl: Definitely.
Steve: Yeah. Ok. What would you give it, a mark out of, uh, 10?
Karl: 9!
Steve: You’d give it a 9 as well!
Karl: Mm.
Steve: Ok. I’ll tell ya, I –
Karl: That red coat affect thing you’ve got that, that’s what sold it.
Steve: You liked that.
Ricky: Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
Steve: Well that was just a mistake, apparently. Yeah.
Ricky: Apparently, yeah, just couldn’t get all the colour out of it.
Steve: As I said before, if you’ve got a film that you’d like to have reviewed by Ricky Gervais, then email us: [email protected]. And I’m sure he can, uh, work his magic.
Ricky: Or even the, or not just like, the people, but what about the ones who make the films? Like, you know, the ones who like actually make the film, what are they called? Hollywood.
Steve: Yes.
Ricky: If they want me to do one for the comin’ out to sort of give it a little bit of a boost. You saw me give away the tickets, that was sellin’,
Steve: Yeah, yeah.
Ricky: So you know, we can sell your product, and we’ll make it sort of like it’s editorial, but really, if there’s a little bit of money involved, I can probably give it a 9 out of 10 instead of 4 or something!
Steve Laughs
Steve: Rick, would you do that without having seen the film?
Ricky: Yeah!
Steve: That’s fine, ‘cause I, so they wouldn’t need – they could just tell you what was coming up, and you could just review it?
Ricky: If they said, this, uh, Give us a good review, and here’s 20 quid,
Steve: Yeah.
Ricky: If they go, Aw, aw, give it, there’s no money in it, I’ll give it, probably give it a bad review, to be honest!
Steve: Well let’s just try that, Rick, can I just try that now,
Ricky: Go on.
Steve: ‘Cause I know that a lot of people listening won’t be necessarily convinced. Um, Lord of the Rings. There’s a, imagine I’ve paid to review the forthcoming film Lord of the Rings.
Ricky: Ok.
Steve: What d’y’ make of it?
Ricky: This is a brilliant film,
Steve: Yup.
Ricky: And even though it’s all about wizards and that and there’s people in caves called Gonads. Um, with beards. Probably Robbie Coltrane’s in it, cuz he’s in the other one at the moment.
Steve: Yeah.
Ricky: Um, and there’s, it’s all swords and stuff. And there’s some magic. Uh- but he’s actually uh the lord of the rings. It’s like- there’s just one of them, he’s the lord of it. And he’s, he’s excellent in it.
Steve Laughs
Ricky: So.
Steve: Alright. Mark it out of ten.
Ricky: Nine.
Steve: Again, very popular film for you. Karl? Let’s convinced by that one maybe.
Karl: That was- didn’t sound as good as the other one.
Steve: Yeah. No. What would you give it? Seven?
Karl: Mmmmm. Still give it nine.
Steve: You still give it a nine.
Ricky: Excellent. We’ll split it. We’ll split the money.
Steve: Ok.
Ricky: Excellent.
Steve: Good. Lovely.
Ricky: This is- this is the Eels.
Song: Eels - Fresh Feeling
Song: Muse - Feeling Good
That Was A Load Of Shit
Ricky: Sorry about that. That was a mistake. What a load of shit that was. It was too late to get it out of the CD player. That’s Muse and Feeling Good. What do you think about that?
Steve: Uh. I’m not a fan of Muse but I wasn’t quite as venomous in my hatred.
Ricky: Well I won’t play that again. Um-
Steve: No no right, let’s explain the situation in the studio. There’s a certain frosty air now because-
Ricky: What?
Steve: We ended up playing Muse.
Ricky: Yeah-
Steve: It was a mistake.
Karl: It’s not that bad!
Steve: Well. No it’s not. It’s not as bad as Ricky thinks it is. I’ll admit it’s not as bad as that. But I’m standing out of it, cuz I’m not a fan of Muse. I wouldn’t play Muse generally.
Karl: Wh-
Ricky: Well I don’t mind Muse generally, but I hate that.
Steve: You like Muse normally? I hate Muse.
Ricky: Well… I don’t hate them.
Karl: Says the man who bought the Lyte Funky Ones album.
Ricky: Well yeah. But I wouldn’t play them on Xfm.
Karl: I know! But Muse fits in. I mean your sayin’ you want to play Radiohead.
Ricky: Fits in … doing a … Simone. Why don’t we play Radiohead then? That’s what I was saying.
Karl: We’ll be playin’ Radiohead but Muse is like Radiohead. There’s not a big difference.
Ricky: Oh.
Karl: Anyway I’m not gonna argue.
Ricky: There is a big difference. Phone in if you- What’s the difference between Muse and Radiohead? What’s the phone number?
Karl: What do you mean what’s the difference?
Ricky: Wh- Well there they are, let’s have a competition. See if people can tell the difference between Muse and Radiohead. Give the number out.
Karl: Can’t be bothered.
Ricky: Nor can I.
Steve: So it’s left to me to keep the thing afloat.
Ricky: Yeah.
Steve: That’s never good news. Um… I went to see the White Stripes this week.
Ricky: Good.
Steve: It was interesting.
Ricky snorts
Steve: Anyone interested in that?
Karl: Go on, Steve.
Steve: White Strips. Absolutely amazing. I’ve heard all the hype. You know, I’ve not listened to the album. I went along to the gig, got free ticket. Wasn’t even a pound off, it was free. Ten pounds. I could have sold it outside the gig, I didn’t I went in. Right. Couldn’t take along a mate. Xfm wouldn’t let me. Went there on my own. You know, went in there. I have to say, I wasn’t expecting much. They were amazing. There were absolutely amazing. I have to say this now. For- They were the best band I’d I’ve seen that I didn’t know much about or whatever- like a new band. They were the best band I’d seen live since I’ve seen a little band, you might of heard of, called Oasis- Five pounds at Coventry Polly.
Ricky: Yeah.
Steve: Yeah.
Ricky: Well that’s a long name for a band.
Steve: Haha. And um, it was amazing- it was a brilliant, cuz it’s just the two of them. The girl on the drums, the guy playing the guitar. He’s got a real kind of rock guitar skill that he really plays it up and down the, um the long neck bit. I mean I know all about music and that, the terminology.
Ricky: Yeah. Yeah.
Steve: He was amazing. Sometime he kinda plays with a steel, a steel pedal thing. On his- not steel pedal- the finger thing. The kind of thimble thing that some guitarists wear. I believe it’s called a guitar thimble.
Ricky Laughs
Steve: I believe is the name for it. And he plays that- old bluesmen would play sometimes.
Ricky: Old bluesmen!?
Steve: He’s got a little electric keyboard thing or piano as I believe some people call it.
Ricky: See this isn’t a review, this is listing the instruments.
Steve: Alright alright! There’s not many to get through, Rick. There’s a piano and a guitar.
Ricky: What kind of microphones were they?
Steve: I’m glad you asked.
Ricky: Were they 758s?
Steve Laughs
Steve: Anyway, the point is this.
Ricky: Go on!
Steve: With just those few simple instruments they had a huge sound, a big, rocky sound.
Ricky: Yea.
Steve: Quality kind of bluesy punk with a little bit of edge to it.
Ricky: Yeah.
Steve: It was amazing. I was a huge fan.
Ricky: Brilliant.
Steve: So I thought we could play a little White Stripes-
Ricky: We could.
Steve: -to commemorate that excellent gig.
Ricky: I saw a band once, right? There was a drummer, had all the drums. Big one at the bottom. Two of those ded-da-dum ones. Cymbals.
Steve: Yeah.
Ricky: They were all micced up with different microphones coming down the loudyspeaks.
Steve Laughs
Ricky: I was at the back. It was still “Wow I can hear everything!” an that. Electrical, really. And a guitar. And a bass.
Steve: Can I do a gig review, like every week? Like your film review.
Ricky: No! No you can’t yeah. Well you just did.
Steve: I- I am as well informed about music as you are about films.
Ricky Laughs
Ricky: Who- anyway- tell me- who- how do you choose the playlist?
Ricky is cut off abruptly
Song: Feeder - Just A Day
Where's Your Head At?
Ricky: Feeder. Just Another Day. Cuz we’re running out of time.
Steve: Yeah.
Ricky: Cuz of that Muse shit we had to play. Um I think I’ll say that’s my feature “That Playstation Game Sounds Good”.
Steve: Right.
Ricky: Cuz that’s the main- the uh- the music of the Playstation II game Grand Turismo.
Steve: Haha right.
Ricky: So I can incorporate that.
Steve: Brilliant.
Ricky: Yeah. And I’ve still got to get in uh Song for the- You’ve got to get in Song for the Ladies at the end.
Steve: Yes.
Ricky: Got anything else lined up?
Steve: Well I just- I mean- it’s just- I never um seen you spiral into such despair after hearing Muse. I mean, fair enough they’re not a great band.
Ricky: Well obviously we have to, you know, there’s a bit of a playlist we have to keep to. And we drop the records we don’t like and play the ones we do.
Steve: Yeah.
Ricky: And that’s fine. And if I don’t care for a track, I don’t mention- I usually don’t slag off bands and I know we have to keep to a play list. I don’t know how they’re chosen or anything. But, you know, it’s one thing I didn’t want to play its Feeling Good.
Steve: Yeah.
Ricky: But it was already lined up and there was no time so I was genuinely annoyed. Cuz I don’t mind playing stuff I wouldn’t actually choose myself that’s alright, but you know, it- it- you know we’re not completely free played all the time. So the worst thing is I don’t ever want to play Feeling Good again. I don’t ever want to play Kosheen again. They’re banned.
Steve: …Kosheen is.
Ricky: I’m thinking about putting a ban on Gorillaz. What? Anything you’d like to ban?
Steve: Basement Jaxx.
Ricky: Basement J- Oh Where’s Your Head At. We dropped that. We dropped that on purpose.
Steve: Where’s your head at?
Ricky: What else have we dropped today? Let’s- what have we saved people from? Do you know what I mean?
Steve: Mmm.
Ricky: Like playing five songs over and over again just cuz some record company wants it to be played. I mean- you know- If I’m gonna play things I hate, pay me. You know what I mean? I’m willing to take bribes.
Steve: Heh.
Ricky: Look I’ve been sent some chocolates here by the lads out of um- er- Carter USM. Alright?
Steve: Are they still going?
Ricky: Yeah they got a gig at the Who’s the Daddy Now tour. Alright? They’re playing the Estoria December the fou- um December the 14th.
Steve: It’s worth going along just to see how few people will be there.
Ricky: Well see, I wouldn’t play it, but they’ve sent me chocolates. So there’s you know, there’s a plug. You know. Bribe me, not Xfm.
Steve: Yeah.
Ricky: Alright? Let’s get something out of this Steve.
Steve: Ok.
Ricky: Alright?
Steve: Yeah… I’m not sure- I’m not sure- I’d not sink so low as to be bribed by Carter.
Ricky Laughs
Steve: I mean I’m the man who tried to buy dodgy speakers on the street.
Ricky: Steve, it’s a Father Christmas with some jelly beans!
Steve: That’s- who’s that from?
Ricky: That’s from the lads- well the- it’s Who’s the Daddy Now tour.
Steve: Ok.
Ricky: And I’ve got some um chocolate money.
Steve: Right. Lovely.
Ricky: Some of it French.
Steve: Any- got anything there from the Senseless Things?
Ricky Laughs
Steve: Or the Wonder Stuff?
Ricky: No, but you know, we don’t know what they’re doing now.
Steve: Yeah.
Ricky: Carter was alright at the time.
Steve: Eh?
Ricky: Carter’s alright.
Steve: Carter.
Ricky: Yeah.
Steve: Right.
Ricky: Did you like Carter?
Steve: Not really, no. It was nonsense.
Ricky: Well I didn’t like them singing about dagon all the time or whatever it was.
Steve: No.
Ricky: What was it?
Ricky and Steve: New Cross
Ricky: Yeah. But you know some lyrics, some puns.
Steve: Good. Anything else you want to get off your chest?
Ricky: Uh no let’s-
Steve: What do you think about the war in Palestine?
Ricky: -let’s play some songs we like. What have you got lined up?
Steve: I got a Song for the Ladies that’s coming up.
Ricky: Oh, lovely. ‘Ere, let’s choose a song here. Let’s have a look.
Karl: You’ll like this one here. Ricky.
Ricky: Oh Radiohead. Just. Brilliant.
Steve: Is this Muse?
Ricky chortles
Song: Radiohead – Just
Kiss And Touch Karl
Ricky: Radiohead and Just. Off The Bends. Now that’s a good track.
Steve: It’s been a roller coaster ride of emotions, this show.
Ricky: Yeah.
Steve: When we started off there was some light-hearted anecdotes about you and animals.
Ricky: Yeah.
Steve: It ended up with you sort of spiraling into, uh, despair.
Ricky: Well, you know. That’s- that’s- that’s what a track by Muse can do to a man.
Steve: Yeah, well, clearly.
Ricky: You know. Did I overreact?
Steve: There maybe- well maybe that’s what- that’s what makes them good. I mean if music can, you know, create those passions in someone, maybe that’s effective. I don’t-
Ricky: Well you’ve made me think again. I love Muse.
Steve: Well it’s sort of- it’s the punk approach I suppose.
Ricky: Yeah.
Steve: Anyway. Karl, thanks as ever for pressing the buttons and contributing.
Ricky: Yeah.
Karl: ‘lright mate.
Steve: Um, good job good job. Shame about the Muse thing.
Ricky Laughs
Karl: … he wouldn’t be known for his movin’ next week.
Steve: Haha.
Ricky Laughs
Steve: I think you guys should kiss and make up, maybe naked.
Ricky: Oh- that’s not Karl’s fault.
Steve: Go and kiss him.
Ricky: No, I’m not gonna kiss him.
Steve: Go and touch him.
Ricky: I wanna kiss him and touch him.
Steve: Should we both go and touch him.
Ricky: Yes.
Steve: Why don’t we play a Song for the Ladies. This week Drugstore, White- uh- White Magic for Lovers. Beautiful track. And let’s just go and kiss and touch Karl.
Sounds of movement
Steve: No no. Take the jumper off.
Song: Drugstore - White Magic For Lovers