Pod Insights Hanging Out With Ant & Dec Ant Challenges Jamie Oliver to a Pant-Off & Does Dec's Tooth Fairy Pay MORE Than Zayn Malik?? About this episode Sexy and Nice are back in the Hang Out - Sexy’s got a new price to guess and Nice has had a visit from the tooth fairy 🧚
This week sees the introduction of a UK listener map following an eloquent grievance from a listener. The postbag is back along with the diary and a jingle that has us dancing in our seats. The boys do another table read of a film idea - this week it’s a Hitchcock, and Ant finds out another betrayal of Dec, this time in Portugal…
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00:00 - Coming up
01:00 - Sexy and Nice t-shirts
02.50 - A listener grievance
06:10 - UK listener map
12:00 - How you’re watching - looking in your living rooms
13:50 - Jordan North’s Surprise Dinner Party banana review
14:50 - Ant & Dec read a Hitchcock inspired film script
21:25 - How is Dec’s beard growing going?
24:00 - Ant’s pants update - Jamie Oliver is invited for battle of the pants
24:45 - Ant’s spending again…
27:20 - Tooth fairy visit in the Donnelly household
30:20 - A terrible photo of Ant & Dec
31:40 - Dec’s Diary and a tremendous jingle
34:00 - Chaos in Little Chef
39:05 - Postbag
42:10 - Dec’s betrayed Ant again…
44:10 - Dec pops like a turtle
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0:29 Declan Donnelly? Coming up on the show and loses it at the listeners map.
0:33 Ant McPartlin? That's put a really awful taste in my mouth. Debt continues to betray our 30 year friendship. Who there? How is he?
0:44 Declan Donnelly? You've got a big mouth Pete.
0:45 Ant McPartlin? What is going on there?
0:47 Declan Donnelly? And spending is out of control. No.
0:50 Ant McPartlin? Yeah. Can you believe it?
0:52 Declan Donnelly? No, I can't.
0:53 Ant McPartlin? We read another one of your movie scripts. What are you talking about Roger? What's going on?
0:58 Declan Donnelly? You tell me. And we hear a tremendous jingle.
1:02 Ant McPartlin? Yeah. That was absolutely.
1:06 Declan Donnelly? Glorious.
1:07 Ant McPartlin? That's it. Enjoy the show.
1:09 Declan Donnelly? Enjoy. Hi. Hi everybody. Good luck.
1:13 Ant McPartlin? Oh, the lights, one light's on, one light's off.
1:23 Declan Donnelly? We're on the air. Welcome to the hangout front of the hanging out with him and me. Here we are.
1:29 Ant McPartlin? I'm laughing because I'm looking out here and we've got merch. We finally got merch. There's a sexy t-shirt and there's a nice t-shirt. Who decided who got to wear what?
1:43 Declan Donnelly? Oh Lola, definitely claimed sexy straight away. Backsy sexy.
1:46 Ant McPartlin? I'm having sexy guys. Is that because you're on this side? You're on my side. So you're on this, you're on the sexy side.
1:52 Declan Donnelly? Sexy side.
1:53 Ant McPartlin? You're on the nice side. Is that all right? Yeah. Yes, nice, isn't it?
1:57 Declan Donnelly? Yeah, thanks a lot.
1:58 Ant McPartlin? Hi everybody. Welcome again to the hangout. Have you done that? I wasn't listening. I was looking at sexy. I was looking at sexy over there. And you can't call HR because you're wearing the t-shirt.
2:08 Declan Donnelly? I have done that.
2:09 Ant McPartlin? What, called it, Joe?
2:10 Declan Donnelly? No, no.
2:11 Ant McPartlin? On me.
2:12 Declan Donnelly? I've said hello to everybody.
2:14 Ant McPartlin? Yeah.
2:14 Declan Donnelly? It's nice to see you again. Nice to be back with you again here in the hangout. You're very bright today, aren't you?
2:20 Ant McPartlin? In honour of Chris Martin, I thought I'd wear like the yellow jacket. Just to prove that we're good buddies, there's no beef. I thought I would wear, it's lemon. You like it?
2:31 Declan Donnelly? Is that what you call it? I'll call it canary.
2:33 Ant McPartlin? Canary?
2:34 Declan Donnelly? Canary.
2:34 Ant McPartlin? Banana?
2:35 Declan Donnelly? Banana yellow.
2:36 Ant McPartlin? You could call it banana yellow.
2:37 Declan Donnelly? Banana yellow.
2:38 Ant McPartlin? You ate bananas?
2:39 Declan Donnelly? Yeah, he ate bananas.
2:41 Ant McPartlin? Oh, you've got your eye pan out this week.
2:42 Declan Donnelly? I've updated it.
2:44 Ant McPartlin? Can you tell?
2:44 Declan Donnelly? Put some new stones on.
2:46 Ant McPartlin? This is gonna get right on my nerves. And you're wearing green?
2:49 Declan Donnelly? Cocky?
2:50 Ant McPartlin? Cocky. And you've got your initial on your sleeve.
2:53 Declan Donnelly? Oh, yeah.
2:54 Ant McPartlin? There's a little flag with the D, just so, because he gets confused as to which one's on, which one's deck. So if he's got D on his sleeve, he can work it out.
3:03 Declan Donnelly? I know which one I am.
3:03 Ant McPartlin? Oh, yeah, I'm deck. I sit on that side. I'm nice. Sexy sit that side.
3:10 Declan Donnelly? Listen, thanks for getting in touch with all of your letters, your voice notes, everything. We've had quite a few comments.
3:16 Ant McPartlin? Have we?
3:17 Declan Donnelly? This week.
3:17 Ant McPartlin? I've seen none.
3:18 Declan Donnelly? Okay, let me update you.
3:20 Ant McPartlin? Please do.
3:21 Declan Donnelly? So I was gonna dive straight into the listeners map.
3:23 Ant McPartlin? Okay.
3:24 Declan Donnelly? Oi, there's an aeroplane coming in. Right, hang on a minute. Let me read this to you first.
3:28 Ant McPartlin? Well, you need your specs for that one. Look how long that letter is. Who was timing the date to write a letter that long?
3:33 Declan Donnelly? Kerry does.
3:34 Ant McPartlin? Kerry.
3:35 Declan Donnelly? Hi Kerry.
3:36 Ant McPartlin? Hi Kerry.
3:37 Declan Donnelly? Dear Anton Deck, I hope this finds you both well.
3:39 Ant McPartlin? Doesn't actually. Doesn't find me well. Still got an ear infection. Thanks for asking.
3:44 Declan Donnelly? Nothing.
3:45 Ant McPartlin? No. What's going on, Deck?
3:47 Declan Donnelly? What is going on?
3:48 Ant McPartlin? What is going on? Any ear doctors watching or listening, get in touch. I need your help.
3:53 Declan Donnelly? Dear Anton Deck.
3:54 Ant McPartlin? Yeah, hi Kelly.
3:55 Declan Donnelly? Kerry.
3:55 Ant McPartlin? Kerry.
3:56 Declan Donnelly? I hope this finds you both well.
3:57 Ant McPartlin? It doesn't actually.
3:58 Declan Donnelly? And still very pleased with yourselves.
4:01 Ant McPartlin? Mm, what?
4:03 Ant McPartlin? This is, this is starting well, isn't it? Good start.
4:07 Declan Donnelly? This is getting better. I hope this finds you both well and still very pleased with yourselves over the ever-expanding global footprint of the podcast. I am writing with you with what I would describe as a mild but heartfelt grievance.
4:19 Ant McPartlin? Grievance?
4:20 Declan Donnelly? Each week with great enthusiasm, you unveil your world map.
4:24 Ant McPartlin? Yeah, we do.
4:25 Declan Donnelly? And proceed to marvel at listeners in far-flung corners of the globe.
4:27 Ant McPartlin? And the rich.
4:28 Declan Donnelly? Australia, Canada, the United States.
4:30 Ant McPartlin? The rich.
4:31 Declan Donnelly? Cue stories about tours, jungle adventures, or the time you nearly bought a pair of cowboy boots. I don't remember that story.
4:38 Ant McPartlin? We never, we have not talked about what?
4:41 Declan Donnelly? She's making that, Kerry, you've made that up. You've made that up.
4:45 Ant McPartlin? I've got a grievance about your grievance. We never once talked about buying cowboy boots. I don't know if I've ever worn, oh, I must have worn for like a sketch or something.
4:52 Declan Donnelly? Yeah, you have, yeah.
4:53 Ant McPartlin? But I've never bought a pair of cowboy boots, have you?
4:55 Declan Donnelly? Do you remember when we shot Who?
4:56 Ant McPartlin? You should, because there's a little heel on there. It's a good heel.
5:00 Declan Donnelly? Do you remember we filmed Who Shot Simon Cowell?
5:02 Ant McPartlin? Oh, yeah.
5:02 Declan Donnelly? And we were dressed as, I think we were at a fancy dress party, weren't we?
5:05 Ant McPartlin? It's cowboys.
5:06 Declan Donnelly? We were dressed as cowboys. But it took like a week to shoot the whole thing. And we were dressed as cowboys for a week.
5:11 Ant McPartlin? Yes.
5:11 Declan Donnelly? And by the end of it, you're just like, oh, get rid of these boots. Anyway. Kerry goes on.
5:19 Ant McPartlin? Yep.
5:19 Declan Donnelly? And yet, what of us? What of the loyal British listeners quietly tuning in from perfectly respectable towns and cities across the UK? We get no pins, no stories, no nostalgic recollections of a service station off the A1? Nothing. Until you have truly cracked America, may I gently propose you focus on the solid home support?
5:39 Ant McPartlin? Wow, that is a grievance.
5:42 Declan Donnelly? Kerry.
5:42 Ant McPartlin? Kerry.
5:44 Declan Donnelly? Oh, you should have wrote this.
5:45 Ant McPartlin? Just go on.
5:46 Declan Donnelly? You should have wrote this, slept on it, and then read it back the next morning before you sent it. When Dex says "reach", perhaps that is the moment to actually reach for a UK map.
5:55 Ant McPartlin? Okay, right, yeah, that's a fair point.
5:57 Declan Donnelly? For balance, I currently live in Derby, which has many fine qualities. I was born in Doncaster. I'm confident there is at least one anecdote.
6:03 Ant McPartlin? Don't get confident.
6:04 Declan Donnelly? Between you involving either a racecourse, a theatre, or a service station sandwich. I look forward to hearing Derby and Donny receive the recognition they so richly deserve. Kerry.
6:16 Ant McPartlin? That's put a really awful.
6:19 Ant McPartlin? Taste in my mouth, Kerry. And we won't have a map. Do we have a map?
6:24 Speaker 03 We do.
6:25 Ant McPartlin? We do?
6:25 Speaker 03 We do.
6:26 Ant McPartlin? Oh, okay, okay. Kerry, we might be able to help you out here.
6:35 Declan Donnelly? On the back of the list is Bob. I've got the map, what do you care?
6:40 Ant McPartlin? Okay, there you go, that's good.
6:41 Declan Donnelly? So.
6:42 Ant McPartlin? Kelly, Kerry, whatever you're called.
6:43 Declan Donnelly? Kerry.
6:44 Ant McPartlin? This is all for you in Donny and Derby.
6:46 Declan Donnelly? Have you ever been to Derby?
6:48 Ant McPartlin? Probably, yes.
6:49 Declan Donnelly? Yeah.
6:49 Ant McPartlin? Yeah.
6:49 Declan Donnelly? Any.
6:50 Ant McPartlin? Any funny stories about service stations, sandwiches or cabo boots?
6:53 Declan Donnelly? None that spring to mind.
6:55 Ant McPartlin? Shit, no. Any funny stories about service stations, cabo boots or sandwiches in Doncaster?
7:02 Declan Donnelly? None that spring to mind.
7:04 Ant McPartlin? No.
7:04 Declan Donnelly? Oh, sorry Kerry.
7:05 Ant McPartlin? Go on.
7:06 Declan Donnelly? But thank you for your letter and it has made us think twice about it.
7:10 Ant McPartlin? Just gonna file that, file that in constructive criticism.
7:13 Declan Donnelly? Yes.
7:14 Ant McPartlin? Over there in the filing cabinet.
7:16 Declan Donnelly? Sure.
7:17 Ant McPartlin? Thanks.
7:17 Declan Donnelly? But it did make me think about everybody that is listening in the UK. So for this week, we're gonna do a UK special.
7:23 Ant McPartlin? Okay.
7:23 Declan Donnelly? So we have Chantel in Liverpool. There she is up in Liverpool. Ever been?
7:28 Ant McPartlin? Yes, I have been to Liverpool many times.
7:30 Declan Donnelly? We love Liverpool a lot. Heather is in Cornwall, down in Cornwall then.
7:34 Ant McPartlin? Hi Heather.
7:35 Declan Donnelly? I went to do a Cornish accent and then I decided against it.
7:40 Ant McPartlin? You've got. Yeah, you do.
7:42 Speaker 03 Peter.
7:43 Declan Donnelly? What the accent?
7:43 Speaker 03 Quarter zip.
7:46 Declan Donnelly? Why are you taking, why are you taking me out of quarter zip? What's the matter? Why?
7:50 Speaker 03 It feels quite Cornish.
7:51 Declan Donnelly? What, a quarter zip feels quite Cornish?
7:52 Speaker 03 Yeah, to me.
7:53 Declan Donnelly? Kit is in.
7:54 Ant McPartlin? Have you ever been?
7:55 Declan Donnelly? Yes, have you ever been?
7:57 Ant McPartlin? Yes.
7:57 Declan Donnelly? Yeah.
7:57 Ant McPartlin? Have you, will you go along to the Cornwall?
7:59 Declan Donnelly? I do. I try and go for a week every year. I love it in Cornwall.
8:04 Ant McPartlin? Same place?
8:05 Declan Donnelly? Same place.
8:05 Ant McPartlin? Every year?
8:06 Declan Donnelly? Every year.
8:07 Ant McPartlin? Any funny stories, the cabos, the sandwiches?
8:10 Declan Donnelly? No, just nice times on the beach, ice creams, fish and chips.
8:14 Ant McPartlin? Family time.
8:14 Declan Donnelly? Family time.
8:15 Ant McPartlin? Didn't like to talk about it. Private time, private, private, you get a pen, private time, just circle, circle Cornwall.
8:23 Declan Donnelly? You know, I'm, uh, Ron Atkinson, never wanted Mr Bean in Italy because he wanted to go somewhere in Italy. It's me in Cornwall.
8:28 Ant McPartlin? Yeah.
8:29 Declan Donnelly? I never talk about it.
8:30 Ant McPartlin? So just like Britain's Got Talent, I'm a celebrity, that, that, we can't see limitless when they're nothing.
8:34 Declan Donnelly? No, nobody knows who I am in Cornwall.
8:35 Ant McPartlin? That's good, so you can just walk around.
8:37 Declan Donnelly? Yeah.
8:37 Ant McPartlin? Private time.
8:37 Declan Donnelly? Private time.
8:38 Ant McPartlin? Good.
8:38 Declan Donnelly? Family time. Kit is in Northumberland.
8:40 Ant McPartlin? Yes, of course, we're in Northumberland.
8:42 Declan Donnelly? We're in Northumberland, loads, beautiful part of the world.
8:44 Ant McPartlin? It is gorgeous.
8:45 Declan Donnelly? Alice is in Dorset.
8:48 Ant McPartlin? It's a bit like your Cornish accent, that, isn't it? Your Dorset accent.
8:51 Declan Donnelly? Alice is listening in Dorset, ever been?
8:53 Ant McPartlin? Yes, I have been in Dorset.
8:54 Declan Donnelly? What have you done in Dorset?
8:55 Ant McPartlin? Uh, one of the holidays down there to Dorset, went crabbing in Dorset.
8:59 Declan Donnelly? Sorry?
8:59 Ant McPartlin? Crabbing.
9:01 Declan Donnelly? Crabbing?
9:01 Ant McPartlin? Crabbing, crabbing, getting crabs.
9:03 Declan Donnelly? Grabbing, crabbing.
9:04 Ant McPartlin? Grabbing crabs.
9:05 Declan Donnelly? Grabbing crabs.
9:05 Ant McPartlin? Do you know the key to getting good crabs?
9:07 Speaker 03 Bacon.
9:08 Ant McPartlin? Bacon fat. I was gonna say that, Lola, you've ruined my podcast. You've ruined today's podcast.
9:14 Declan Donnelly? That's it, respect, guys.
9:16 Ant McPartlin? Bacon fat, they love it, crabs can't get enough of it. So you, if you want a bucket full of crabs, bacon fat.
9:23 Declan Donnelly? There you go, handy hints. Clarice is in Derry, Northern Ireland.
9:26 Ant McPartlin? Ah, Clarice.
9:27 Declan Donnelly? Clarice.
9:30 Ant McPartlin? Yeah, you know Derry, Northern Ireland well, don't you?
9:32 Declan Donnelly? I do.
9:32 Ant McPartlin? Used to go there on family holidays.
9:33 Declan Donnelly? Every year.
9:34 Ant McPartlin? Private time, hits to talk about it.
9:36 Declan Donnelly? Every year.
9:37 Ant McPartlin? Have you noticed, whenever you go, is it a Northern Irish thing or just an Irish, Irish thing? They've got very good ice cream machines in all of the service stations.
9:44 Declan Donnelly? Have they?
9:45 Ant McPartlin? Yeah, like every service station you go in, there's always like a Mr Whitby machine.
9:48 Declan Donnelly? I've never noticed that.
9:49 Ant McPartlin? For a country that is pretty wet and quite cold most of the time, ice cream sales are off the charts.
9:55 Declan Donnelly? Wow, I've never, I thought I would look after that.
9:58 Ant McPartlin? Next time you drive around, they've got Applebee's, is it Applebee's? If you're listening in Ireland, send us a picture from Applebee's, there's very good service stations over there.
10:06 Declan Donnelly? Oh, right, okay.
10:07 Ant McPartlin? Very good.
10:07 Declan Donnelly? And brown lemonade.
10:09 Ant McPartlin? Brown lemonade.
10:10 Declan Donnelly? Doing brown lemonade in Ireland.
10:11 Ant McPartlin? Yeah, they do.
10:12 Declan Donnelly? Oh, it's the best. Jenny's listening in South East London, ever been?
10:15 Ant McPartlin? Yes, yes, of course, yes.
10:18 Declan Donnelly? Connie and Little Luke are in North Wales.
10:20 Ant McPartlin? Oh yeah, North Wales.
10:22 Declan Donnelly? Yes.
10:22 Ant McPartlin? North Wither.
10:23 Declan Donnelly? Ever been?
10:23 Ant McPartlin? Yes, you know we have, yes. We've got a podcast talking to Michael Sheen about our time in Wales. Check it out on Beltway Box.
10:30 Declan Donnelly? Laura, Laura Hamilton's in Scotland. No, sorry, Laura in Hamilton, Scotland. Laura's in Hamilton, Scotland.
10:37 Ant McPartlin? Hi Laura.
10:38 Declan Donnelly? Lastly, Chloe and Shaun are in Newcastle. Have you been?
10:42 Ant McPartlin? Yes, I have on occasion.
10:43 Declan Donnelly? Yes. Great. Listen, thank you for letting us know where you're listening from in the UK and around the world.
10:49 Ant McPartlin? We should flip flop between the two.
10:51 Declan Donnelly? Yeah.
10:51 Ant McPartlin? Do a world map one week and then we'll do.
10:53 Declan Donnelly? Can easily do that.
10:55 Ant McPartlin? Hey, where's your, where's your flags?
10:57 Declan Donnelly? Yeah, they're in the other map.
10:58 Ant McPartlin? Oh, okay. Right. That's good. That's very good.
11:01 Declan Donnelly? But yeah, so let us know where you're listening from and we'll stick a pin in the map. This is an advert for Santander who understand that getting started on a goal isn't always easy. And taking a meaningful first step is how progress happens.
11:15 Ant McPartlin? It's a bit like when we started SMT Villa, Saturday mornings. We just had to start it, didn't we? We just had to take that first step.
11:22 Declan Donnelly? Yeah.
11:23 Ant McPartlin? Because we didn't know how good we'd be. It was live every Saturday, which we'd had experience of, but not a lot of experience.
11:29 Declan Donnelly? It makes me shudder now.
11:31 Ant McPartlin? Because we were bad.
11:32 Declan Donnelly? Yeah, the show to start with, but probably the first.
11:36 Ant McPartlin? Six months?
11:37 Declan Donnelly? No, not that long, two, three months maybe.
11:39 Ant McPartlin? Right.
11:40 Declan Donnelly? We, we were really just scrabbling around to.
11:43 Ant McPartlin? Oh God, we were.
11:44 Declan Donnelly? Get by week to week.
11:45 Ant McPartlin? And the ratings weren't great.
11:46 Declan Donnelly? No, the ratings weren't great.
11:47 Ant McPartlin? It started off badly, but then it grew.
11:50 Declan Donnelly? But we could never have gotten to the point we did with it without having gone through those early days and the, the tricky bits at the very beginning.
11:58 Ant McPartlin? Yeah.
11:58 Declan Donnelly? Going through that whole process made us better at what we did. And by the end of it, you know, it was.
12:04 Ant McPartlin? The best thing, where we learned everything about live TV.
12:06 Declan Donnelly? Yeah.
12:07 Ant McPartlin? But we wouldn't have got going if we just didn't do it.
12:09 Declan Donnelly? Yeah, we had to take the plunge and start at the, at the very bottom. Oh, and boy.
12:14 Ant McPartlin? And work our way up.
12:15 Declan Donnelly? Yeah.
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12:25 Declan Donnelly? Santander, it starts here.
12:29 Ant McPartlin? Not only do we like to know where you're listening from, we like to know how you're listening and how you're watching the show. Have a look at this, right?
12:37 Declan Donnelly? We've got a few here, look.
12:38 Ant McPartlin? Bo likes to listen in the car.
12:40 Declan Donnelly? In the car.
12:41 Ant McPartlin? Yeah, nice.
12:42 Declan Donnelly? Very good. Keep your eyes on the road.
12:43 Ant McPartlin? You've got Kelly in the middle there. Kelly on the telly. Is Kelly, Kelly's the baby, I presume?
12:48 Declan Donnelly? No, I think Kelly's, Kelly's taking the picture. Kelly's taking the picture.
12:52 Ant McPartlin? That would make sense.
12:53 Declan Donnelly? Look at the size of Kelly's telly.
12:55 Ant McPartlin? That's a big telly, Kelly.
12:56 Declan Donnelly? How big is Kelly's telly?
12:58 Ant McPartlin? That is big.
12:59 Declan Donnelly? Seventy-five inch? Is that a seventy, eighty incher? Hundred incher?
13:03 Ant McPartlin? Nah, that's not a hundred inch. But it's big though. Mabel, Mabel's the dog?
13:08 Declan Donnelly? Yes.
13:08 Ant McPartlin? Is Mabel taking the picture? Self timer. Self timer, yeah.
13:13 Declan Donnelly? Mabel, the dog, is watching us on the telly. Big fan of Ant. She's paused that. She's looking at Ant. Pause that and it's just staring at Ant. Oh.
13:24 Declan Donnelly? Sausage.
13:24 Ant McPartlin? I love him.
13:25 Declan Donnelly? Sausage.
13:25 Ant McPartlin? I love him.
13:26 Declan Donnelly? Looking at sausage.
13:26 Ant McPartlin? Alright, that would be your dog's favourite.
13:28 Declan Donnelly? Do you think?
13:28 Ant McPartlin? Yeah.
13:29 Declan Donnelly? It's because you look like you've got treats in your pocket.
13:32 Ant McPartlin? What?
13:32 Declan Donnelly? You look like that kind of person that has treats in your pocket.
13:34 Ant McPartlin? I normally do. Just not in this jacket. It's new. Pooh bags and treats in most of me pockets. Yeah. I reckon I would. I reckon you'd be, not a cat's favourite, that's too obvious. Tortoise? Turtle? Terrapin? Hamster! You'd be Hamster's and Jible's favourite and I'm Dog's favourite.
13:50 Declan Donnelly? Why?
13:51 Ant McPartlin? Don't know. Maybe it's the three quarters zip.
13:54 Declan Donnelly? What's wrong with the zip?
13:55 Ant McPartlin? Nothing's wrong with it. It's just Hamsters like that kind of vibe. Guinea pigs, a little guinea pig sat there. Yeah. Like you've got a little ring to put a little food in for it.
14:03 Declan Donnelly? Keep your photos coming in of where you're listening and how you're listening. And let us know if you've got a bigger telly than Kelly. Kelly's telly's massive. I'd love to know how big that is.
14:11 Ant McPartlin? Yeah, that is big. Let us know, Kelly. Get in touch. Let us know how big your telly is. Please, because we're all, we're all intrigued.
14:18 Declan Donnelly? Keep your pictures coming in. Hanging out at ballbox.com.
14:22 Declan Donnelly? Have you been watching much?
14:23 Ant McPartlin? I watched Jordan North on Bella Box.
14:25 Declan Donnelly? Oh, the surprise dinner party?
14:27 Ant McPartlin? Very funny.
14:28 Declan Donnelly? Very funny.
14:28 Ant McPartlin? If you haven't seen it, it's Jordan has to do a dinner party because he's a terrible cook, Jordan North. So there was an idea that he has to throw a dinner party for surprise guests and they turn up and he has to make and serve these guests dinner. It is hilarious because I might as well say Jedward turned up and the chaos that ensues is hilarious, but the anger at which Jordan has for Jedward because they're just being really irritating throughout his cooking.
14:59 Declan Donnelly? The anger is real.
15:00 Ant McPartlin? It's real, but it's funny, man. It's really, it's eight bananas for me. Soon as Jedward turned up at the door, I'm like, I'm in here. This is eight banana me all the way. It's good. Yeah, check it out.
15:11 Declan Donnelly? Eight bananas!
15:12 Ant McPartlin? Yeah, eight bananas. It really is.
15:14 Declan Donnelly? It is very good. We've got an airplane coming in.
15:17 Ant McPartlin? Oh, bad catch.
15:19 Declan Donnelly? This is from Charlotte in South Woodford. She says, I recently watched Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds for the first time. Not one for Dec, I'd say. No, it's not Charlotte. It got me thinking, how about you two in a Hitchcock style movie?
15:33 Ant McPartlin? That's a good idea.
15:33 Declan Donnelly? It's a great idea.
15:34 Ant McPartlin? Why didn't William Boyd come up with that?
15:36 Declan Donnelly? Movie ideas are back again. A brief recap on this. We had lunch with William Boyd, the famous author, successful, critically acclaimed author, and he said he had an idea for a movie for us. He was just about to tell us what it was and his wife turned up and we never got to hear the movie idea. So we asked any of you viewers and listeners if you had any good movie ideas, send them in and we'll make them into movies maybe.
16:00 Ant McPartlin? Come on, tell us.
16:01 Declan Donnelly? So I did some research into the mind of the great man and thought I'd have a stab at it. Bonus points if you can catch the film references in the script. So we've got scripts in the drawer. We'll have a quick table read.
16:13 Declan Donnelly? And see if there's anything in it. Let us know in the comments what you think of this.
16:18 Ant McPartlin? Right, okay. Set in the 1940s, Roger Steinbeck, an American bank clerk, has noticed that every Wednesday, after a visit from a beautiful blonde woman, his colleague Kent Washington becomes very secretive over her paperwork. Roger suspects Kent is hiding something and becomes obsessed with finding out.
16:36 Declan Donnelly? He follows Kent after work one day and sees a meetup with the blonde in a cafe. But before Roger can enter to ease up on their conversation, masked robbers raid the cafe and the customers hide under the tables. In all the hubbub, good use of hubbub. In all the hubbub, Roger looks to where Kent and the blonde woman were sitting and notice they've disappeared. At that very moment, he gets struck on the back of the head and blacks out, waking up in his own bed. Next day, office. Characters are wearing ties for work. Do you want to put a tie on?
17:06 Ant McPartlin? Yeah, let's put a tie. I'm a bit confused, I can't lie. But I'm hoping that if I just keep reading, it'll make sense. Okay, I've got a tie. I haven't worn a tie for so long.
17:17 Declan Donnelly? How do I do this with three quarters in?
17:21 Ant McPartlin? Okay. Who's Kent and who's Roger? I'm Kent.
17:25 Declan Donnelly? Okay. Jamara, can you do stitch directions, please?
17:27 Speaker 04 Sure. Roger is sat at his desk tapping a pen, staring at the door impatiently. The clock is ticking.
17:36 Speaker 04 The door creaks open.
17:40 Speaker 04 Kent enters wearing a mysterious hat.
17:42 Declan Donnelly? A mysterious hat.
17:43 Ant McPartlin? What? Yes.
17:46 Ant McPartlin? Roger.
17:47 Declan Donnelly? Are we American?
17:48 Ant McPartlin? Are we?
17:49 Declan Donnelly? I don't know. That hat's on the front.
17:51 Ant McPartlin? An American bank clerk, he says. So that's where I got American from. Start again.
17:56 Declan Donnelly? Okay.
17:57 Ant McPartlin? We're American.
17:57 Declan Donnelly? Okay.
17:58 Ant McPartlin? Roger, you're here early. Hold on, it takes a... Roger, you're here early. Yeah.
18:07 Declan Donnelly? Why wouldn't I be?
18:09 Ant McPartlin? No reason. Everything okay? You look a little tense.
18:12 Speaker 04 A bird squawks outside the window, making Roger jump.
18:17 Declan Donnelly? Tense? I look tense, do I?
18:19 Ant McPartlin? Yes, that's what I just said. Is something on your mind?
18:22 Declan Donnelly? Something on my mind?
18:23 Ant McPartlin? Yes. Something worrying you?
18:26 Declan Donnelly? Something worrying me?
18:27 Ant McPartlin? Yeah.
18:28 Declan Donnelly? Yeah?
18:29 Ant McPartlin? What's going on?
18:30 Declan Donnelly? You tell me what's going on!
18:32 Speaker 04 Kent walks into the back room to take off his mysterious hat. Roger follows and suddenly pings Kent against the wall with his forearm across Kent's neck.
18:41 Declan Donnelly? Come back, come back.
18:43 Ant McPartlin? I'm walking, I'm walking.
18:45 Declan Donnelly? Right, come in now, come in and take off your mysterious hat. With his forearm across his neck. I know you're hiding something, Kent!
18:52 Ant McPartlin? I don't, I don't know what, I don't... I'm making a lot of... I don't know what you're talking about, Roger!
18:57 Declan Donnelly? The blonde! The shifty paperwork! The raid at the cafe last night! I know it's all linked!
19:03 Ant McPartlin? What are you talking about, Roger? What's going on?
19:05 Declan Donnelly? You tell me!
19:07 Speaker 04 Roger backs away and grabs a penknife from his...
19:09 Ant McPartlin? A penknife?
19:11 Speaker 04 Holds it out towards Kent.
19:12 Ant McPartlin? Need a pencil? You got a spoon? Got a spoon that he has for his chai puddings in the morning? Oh, there you go.
19:20 Declan Donnelly? And holds it towards Kent.
19:22 Ant McPartlin? Hey, man, can I add a bit? Do I have to stick to the script? Hey, you psycho! Stop being a psycho!
19:29 Speaker 04 Kent grabs a book and holds it up like a shield.
19:32 Ant McPartlin? Ah!
19:34 Declan Donnelly? I know you're hiding something from me, Kent!
19:36 Speaker 04 At that moment, a bird squawks again, distracting Roger.
19:41 Declan Donnelly? Why are all the birds so loud today?
19:43 Speaker 04 Kent seizes the moment and hits Roger round the head with the book. Roger stumbles backwards towards some stairs.
19:51 Ant McPartlin? You know too much already!
19:53 Declan Donnelly? My vertigo... It's coming back!
19:56 Speaker 04 A dizzy sound effect plays.
20:02 Ant McPartlin? You're part of this now!
20:04 Declan Donnelly? Wha- wha- wha- what?
20:06 Ant McPartlin? Be at Grand Central this evening at dusk. We're taking the 6:45 to Niagara!
20:11 Declan Donnelly? N- n- north?
20:13 Ant McPartlin? Northwest!
20:15 Speaker 04 Kent turns and leaves Roger panting at the top of the stairs. Suspenseful music plays, fade to black.
20:27 Ant McPartlin? It's alright.
20:30 Ant McPartlin? Well.
20:31 Declan Donnelly? That was a lot.
20:32 Ant McPartlin? That was a lot.
20:33 Declan Donnelly? There was a lot of Hitchcock references in there.
20:35 Ant McPartlin? Hitchcockisms.
20:36 Declan Donnelly? Hitchcock.
20:37 Ant McPartlin? Hitchcockisms. Hitchcockisms. It was alright. I'm intrigued though, I wanna know more.
20:43 Declan Donnelly? Yeah, I do. I wanna know where this goes.
20:44 Ant McPartlin? They need to send us a full script, really, don't they? Or at least a little bit more than that.
20:48 Declan Donnelly? Banana rating? Well, it's work in progress. I would give it a banana rating of...
20:52 Ant McPartlin? Two?
20:53 Declan Donnelly? Four?
20:54 Ant McPartlin? Four, okay, four. Average three.
20:57 Declan Donnelly? Average three.
20:58 Ant McPartlin? Banana rating of three. It's not bad for someone that hasn't even made it yet.
21:01 Declan Donnelly? No, it's true.
21:02 Ant McPartlin? That's just words on a bit of paper.
21:04 Declan Donnelly? If you're just starting, a banana rating of three, there's plenty, plenty of room to grow.
21:08 Ant McPartlin? Oscar winning movie.
21:09 Declan Donnelly? Charlotte, well done. I loved it.
21:11 Ant McPartlin? Well, you didn't. You gave it a three.
21:14 Ant McPartlin? Well, Charlotte, I love it. No, you didn't. You gave it a three.
21:18 Declan Donnelly? If you think you've got any ideas as to where this could go and what Kent is embroiled in and who the mysterious blonde is.
21:24 Ant McPartlin? We're both embroiled in it now. You're a part of this now.
21:26 Declan Donnelly? I know too much. And if you've got any other movie ideas in another genre, doesn't have to be Hitchcockian.
21:33 Ant McPartlin? That's a good idea.
21:33 Declan Donnelly? Could be anything.
21:35 Ant McPartlin? Action, romance.
21:37 Declan Donnelly? Yeah.
21:38 Ant McPartlin? Rom-com. Rom-com would be good. What do you mean?
21:42 Declan Donnelly? Be careful. Just be careful.
21:43 Ant McPartlin? Why?
21:44 Declan Donnelly? Just not too much kissing.
21:46 Ant McPartlin? I love kissing. You know me.
21:48 Declan Donnelly? I know you do.
21:48 Ant McPartlin? Love kissing.
21:49 Declan Donnelly? Keep all your ideas coming in, um, hanging out at beltabox.com.
21:55 Ant McPartlin? Now, have you noticed anything other than my banana jacket? Have you noticed anything about me today?
22:02 Declan Donnelly? I have. I was gonna mention this. You're not very clean shaven today.
22:05 Ant McPartlin? No, I'm not. I'm not. I'm a bit stubbly, aren't I?
22:07 Declan Donnelly? You are, yeah.
22:08 Ant McPartlin? 24 hours stubble.
22:10 Declan Donnelly? Is it?
22:10 Ant McPartlin? Just how quick.
22:11 Declan Donnelly? That's been since last week's pod, though.
22:13 Ant McPartlin? No, that's not a week. That is not a week.
22:15 Declan Donnelly? How long is that?
22:15 Ant McPartlin? That's two days.
22:17 Declan Donnelly? And you didn't come freshly shaven for the pod?
22:19 Ant McPartlin? No, I didn't come, no, because I wanted just to prove that, you know, that's, that's all it takes. Just don't shave for two days and this is what happens.
22:27 Declan Donnelly? Yeah.
22:28 Ant McPartlin? That's how quickly it pops out.
22:29 Declan Donnelly? I haven't got time to do that at the moment. I've got to, I've got things to do.
22:33 Ant McPartlin? Like what?
22:34 Declan Donnelly? I've got to be places.
22:36 Ant McPartlin? But you've got a week from now. As discussed on last week's pod, you said from next week, didn't he? From next week, I've got, I'll do the week.
22:45 Declan Donnelly? Few things have gone in the diary.
22:47 Ant McPartlin? Like what?
22:48 Declan Donnelly? I'm going out for, um, a day, a special day.
22:53 Ant McPartlin? A special day.
22:54 Declan Donnelly? Yeah, I'm going to football.
22:56 Ant McPartlin? Yeah, I'll also be going to football. You don't need to be clean shaven for that.
22:59 Declan Donnelly? Well, I need to look respectful. What if I get, what if they cut to me and I'm sitting there for match of the day?
23:04 Ant McPartlin? And they go, oh my God, who's this guy with a beard?
23:07 Declan Donnelly? What a scruff.
23:08 Ant McPartlin? What a strange, get rid of him.
23:09 Declan Donnelly? What a scruff.
23:11 Ant McPartlin? You don't need to be clean shaven for that.
23:12 Declan Donnelly? Oh, yeah. Well, there's a few things that I've gone in. I'll see if I can do it.
23:15 Ant McPartlin? What do you mean, see if you can?
23:17 Declan Donnelly? I'll just see if I've got time.
23:18 Ant McPartlin? Look how easy this is.
23:19 Declan Donnelly? I know, but I-
23:20 Ant McPartlin? Two days of not shaving, bang, like a man. Like a real man, bang, a beard comes out, boof.
23:29 Declan Donnelly? Well, I'll see if I've got time this week. If I've got time, then I'll do it. You know, you said Stephen Muller can't grow a beard?
23:34 Ant McPartlin? Yes, well, I don't think he can.
23:36 Declan Donnelly? Apparently he sent us a voicemail.
23:37 Ant McPartlin? Has he?
23:38 Speaker 05 Hi guys, how you doing? It's me. Just a quick one. Obviously I've been listening to your podcast and I heard you, um, talking about the shaving situation. Yeah, let me make it very clear. I, I can grow a beard.
23:49 Ant McPartlin? Yeah.
23:49 Speaker 05 If I, if I go three days without shaving, yeah, I look like Dumbledore. How about that? And by the way, Ant, yes, I do ask Dec when he comes to see me at my home that he looks tip top, ship shape. Same as you, thank you. Always. Learn a lesson. Bye.
24:07 Ant McPartlin? Learn a lesson? What are you talking about Dumbledore? He's never had stubble.
24:13 Declan Donnelly? I've never seen-
24:13 Ant McPartlin? He might have said that on voicemail, but he's, he's just lying.
24:15 Declan Donnelly? I've never seen-
24:16 Ant McPartlin? He's lying to try and look hard on a podcast. He's, you've never seen him. I've seen you with stubble in the past.
24:22 Declan Donnelly? Yeah, you see-
24:22 Ant McPartlin? Back when you could grow it.
24:25 Declan Donnelly? Okay, well, let's see. If I, if I can fit it in, I will, uh-
24:28 Ant McPartlin? Okay, well, let's hope so. It's what the viewers want.
24:31 Declan Donnelly? How's your week been?
24:32 Ant McPartlin? I did have a pants update. They haven't arrived yet.
24:36 Declan Donnelly? Oh.
24:36 Ant McPartlin? I did order them. Jamie, I ordered Jamie Oliver's ones, the ones that he banged on.
24:40 Declan Donnelly? But is he still wearing them?
24:42 Ant McPartlin? Yeah, you can't take them off yet.
24:43 Declan Donnelly? Yeah.
24:44 Ant McPartlin? So they're coming in the post. So hopefully next week, or we get Jamie Oliver on the pod.
24:49 Declan Donnelly? In his pants?
24:50 Ant McPartlin? In his pants and I wear his, he wears mine and we do like a pant off.
24:55 Declan Donnelly? Like having beef?
24:56 Ant McPartlin? Yeah.
24:56 Declan Donnelly? And if he could bring some beef?
24:58 Ant McPartlin? Yeah, Jamie, if you're watching, listening, if you can bring some beef, get on the pod and we'll have a pant off. We can jump around a bit, see how we feel.
25:06 Declan Donnelly? See how, see how the cutting technology really holds up?
25:08 Ant McPartlin? Yeah, exactly. You should do that.
25:10 Declan Donnelly? I'd tune in.
25:11 Ant McPartlin? The pants made me think of, I went on holiday a few weeks ago.
25:14 Declan Donnelly? Yes.
25:15 Ant McPartlin? With the kids. I'm, I'm a wife. And the kids brought their boyfriends, right? So they're nineteen seventies, they brought their boyfriends and everyone got, had a really good time. And they were like, down by the beach, can we do the jet skis? As a responsible parent, I said, I'm not comfortable with you doing jet skis. Cause the boyfriends aren't my children, you know, and if anything happened to them, I would feel awful. So I was like, I'd rather you didn't do the jet skis. They said, ah, well, there is electric jet skis, which don't go half as fast. And you can just go around the bay. And I was like, yeah, knock yourself out, like motorsports.
25:48 Declan Donnelly? Oh, no, they did knock themselves out, didn't they?
25:50 Ant McPartlin? No, they did knock themselves out.
25:51 Declan Donnelly? Yeah.
25:52 Ant McPartlin? But they just kept going on them and going on them and going on them. And I was like, what home can they, they can't be that expensive.
25:59 Declan Donnelly? Oh, you got to pay for them.
26:01 Ant McPartlin? Well, yes, didn't think you did, had to pay for them. I thought it was, you know, you just get, oh, can I take the paddleboard out? Yeah, of course you can. Oh, can I take this kayak? Yeah, of course you can. I thought, can't be that bad. But of course, the girls have been taken out the jet skis, the boyfriends have been taken out the jet skis. They've been taken out the jet skis at the same time.
26:21 Declan Donnelly? Is this another cost we're gonna have to stop you on the street and ask you for?
26:24 Ant McPartlin? Yeah.
26:25 Declan Donnelly? No.
26:26 Ant McPartlin? Yeah, for jet skis for not even a week, because the first day and last day don't count.
26:31 Declan Donnelly? Don't count.
26:32 Ant McPartlin? So it's five days. There was a day in the middle when we took a boat trip, four days. So four days of jet ski freedom came to, oh, it's embarrassing again.
26:43 Declan Donnelly? Tell me.
26:46 Declan Donnelly? No.
26:47 Ant McPartlin? Yeah.
26:49 Declan Donnelly? No.
26:50 Ant McPartlin? Yeah. Can you believe it?
26:53 Declan Donnelly? I can't, no, I can't. And the worst thing about it is he got the bill, pooed his pants and had to buy some more boxer shorts. So we made the very generous offer of saying to everybody, send us an S A E. And you would write in the price of the pants and send it to people who were overseas.
27:12 Ant McPartlin? Yes.
27:12 Declan Donnelly? Who are overseas listeners.
27:14 Ant McPartlin? Yeah.
27:14 Declan Donnelly? We didn't think about, we didn't think this through. Because to send an SAE, they need to send UK stamps and they're not available overseas.
27:24 Ant McPartlin? Is an air mail stamp still a thing?
27:25 Declan Donnelly? I'm not sure.
27:26 Ant McPartlin? If it is, send an air mail stamp. Will air mail it to you?
27:28 Declan Donnelly? We've had a lot of people saying, you haven't thought this through, guys, which we haven't.
27:32 Ant McPartlin? Well, we have now. We have now.
27:34 Declan Donnelly? But maybe.
27:35 Ant McPartlin? Maybe that.
27:36 Declan Donnelly? Maybe so if you can send an air mail.
27:38 Ant McPartlin? It'll be worth it. An air mail stamp's to be more expensive, but I'll put two fingers on there. The pants and the jet skis.
27:44 Declan Donnelly? Okay.
27:45 Ant McPartlin? It'll be worth the price of an air mail. Two of the price of one.
27:48 Declan Donnelly? Okay, well, if that works, go for it.
27:50 Ant McPartlin? How's your week been?
27:52 Declan Donnelly? We had a visit from the tooth fairy this week.
27:54 Ant McPartlin? Oh, did you?
27:55 Declan Donnelly? Yes. Tooth number five is out of the mouth. So both her front teeth have gone.
27:59 Ant McPartlin? I noticed when I saw her. There's a lot of gaps there now.
28:02 Declan Donnelly? There is a lot. She looks like something off like a mini golf course. You know, you've got to put it through the mouth.
28:06 Ant McPartlin? That kind of thing to say about your daughter, isn't it?
28:09 Declan Donnelly? But you know, the two front teeth have gone. You're like, whoa, there's a gap. She's like that. So, yeah, we had the tooth fairy had to come around. It was less, um, less controversial than the last one. The last one, we lost the tooth and thought the dog had eaten the tooth.
28:22 Ant McPartlin? Right.
28:22 Declan Donnelly? Uh, it turned up on the kitchen floor. So, but there was a lot of drama around that one. When she thought the dog had eaten the tooth and she, we had to write a letter to the tooth fairy. Explaining that the dog had eaten the tooth. Then if we found the tooth, so we were, we were able to put that under the pillow. Eventually, the last one, and she got, um, she got a pound and a letter.
28:39 Ant McPartlin? Right.
28:39 Declan Donnelly? So that is the, um.
28:41 Ant McPartlin? Is that the going rate for teeth in your house?
28:43 Declan Donnelly? Seems to be.
28:44 Ant McPartlin? A pound? Pound, pound of tooth?
28:45 Declan Donnelly? Tooth fairy brings a pound.
28:46 Ant McPartlin? Right. That, that'd be interesting to find out what, what other tooth fairies bring.
28:50 Declan Donnelly? What to, yeah, let us know in the comments or, or, or send us an email. What does your tooth fairy bring? What's the going rate? Did you hear Zayn Malik, the tooth fairy brought 500 pounds?
28:59 Ant McPartlin? What? For a tooth?
29:01 Declan Donnelly? One tooth.
29:02 Ant McPartlin? Don't be ridiculous.
29:03 Declan Donnelly? I don't know where that tooth fairy flies in from.
29:05 Ant McPartlin? Oh, my God. 500. Do you know how many teeth are in a kid's mouth?
29:09 Declan Donnelly? 20 teeth.
29:10 Ant McPartlin? 20 teeth.
29:10 Declan Donnelly? And a child's mouth.
29:11 Ant McPartlin? 10 grand.
29:12 Declan Donnelly? 10 grand.
29:13 Ant McPartlin? Zayn Malik's child's mouth will cost him, well, it won't cost him.
29:18 Declan Donnelly? No.
29:18 Ant McPartlin? Because the tooth fairy brings it.
29:19 Declan Donnelly? The tooth fairy brings it.
29:21 Ant McPartlin? But the child will earn 10,000 pounds.
29:24 Declan Donnelly? But the tooth fairy also brings a, a, a letter.
29:26 Ant McPartlin? Is it different every time?
29:27 Declan Donnelly? Different every time.
29:28 Ant McPartlin? Go on, what's the?
29:29 Declan Donnelly? It's also a different tooth fairy every time. I don't know if you know that.
29:31 Ant McPartlin? I didn't know that. I thought it was the same one for each house.
29:34 Declan Donnelly? No, apparently not.
29:34 Ant McPartlin? No, it wasn't my day.
29:35 Declan Donnelly? And, and there, there are a, a veritable army of tooth fairies.
29:38 Ant McPartlin? Oh, is there? Right. Okay.
29:40 Declan Donnelly? We've had Clarabelle.
29:41 Ant McPartlin? Yeah.
29:42 Declan Donnelly? Lulu Bell. Trixie Bell and the latest one was Flossie.
29:48 Ant McPartlin? Flossie Bell?
29:49 Declan Donnelly? No, just Flossie. Don't be stupid.
29:54 Ant McPartlin? How come the rest are all part of the Bell family?
29:57 Declan Donnelly? I don't know.
29:57 Ant McPartlin? Okay, right.
29:58 Declan Donnelly? Don't ask me.
29:59 Ant McPartlin? Maybe they've retired?
30:00 Declan Donnelly? Maybe. No, I think they're all friends.
30:01 Ant McPartlin? Oh, they're right. Okay.
30:02 Declan Donnelly? But Flossie writes a letter like, I know you're trying hard at school. Well done. Keep it up.
30:06 Ant McPartlin? Okay, that's nice.
30:07 Declan Donnelly? Your tooth was lovely and white. You must take care of brushing your teeth.
30:09 Ant McPartlin? And do the tooth fairies ever explain what they do with the teeth? We know that they give you money for them. What do they do with the teeth?
30:16 Declan Donnelly? Our tooth fairy.
30:17 Ant McPartlin? Eat them?
30:18 Declan Donnelly? No, no, no, they don't. Our tooth fairy put them in a little pot and put them on the mantelpiece of my bedroom because Ila found them.
30:27 Ant McPartlin? Really? Why would she do that? Flossie Bell, one of the Bells?
30:30 Declan Donnelly? All the Bells.
30:31 Ant McPartlin? All you Bells?
30:32 Declan Donnelly? You Bells.
30:35 Declan Donnelly? You Bells. Yeah, they put them in a tub on the mantelpiece, which Ila found. But yeah, pound is the going rate in my household, so I'd love to know what it is everywhere else. Zane Malik, need not reply. We know what yours is.
30:49 Ant McPartlin? We also went to the bakery.
30:51 Declan Donnelly? Oh, yeah. Lovely. That's a lovely picture.
30:53 Ant McPartlin? That's attractive. Thanks, guys. Why would you pick that?
30:58 Ant McPartlin? So if you're just listening to this, Dec and I are dressed in white coats and we've got hairnets on and we look like the Victoria Wood sitcom dinner ladies.
31:08 Declan Donnelly? That is the worst picture.
31:10 Ant McPartlin? Why would you pick that?
31:11 Declan Donnelly? You could have picked. We stood the wrong way around. It's Dec and I.
31:14 Ant McPartlin? It's nice and sexy. Come on.
31:19 Declan Donnelly? Yeah, we went to the bakery.
31:20 Ant McPartlin? Oh, my God, it was great. And then we had a big tasting session afterwards.
31:23 Declan Donnelly? Oh, my God, all the new products.
31:25 Ant McPartlin? So we're partners in Northern Dorco, if you don't know about it. So we're talking about the next kind of collection of foods that we're going to bring out.
31:32 Declan Donnelly? It's so good.
31:33 Ant McPartlin? We went to the bakery, went to speak to everyone, was really good. We looked very attractive in our hairnets. And then afterwards, we sat down and they just kept bringing dish after dish. It was tremendous. What was your favourite thing that we had?
31:46 Declan Donnelly? The dough balls covered in the.
31:49 Ant McPartlin? Chili.
31:50 Declan Donnelly? Chili. Garlic and chili.
31:52 Ant McPartlin? They were great, weren't they?
31:52 Declan Donnelly? So good.
31:53 Ant McPartlin? And they're like, do you want to take any home? Do you want to take some home? I took so much. I was leaving and it fell out my arms as I was leaving. I'd kind of stacked myself up too much.
32:02 Declan Donnelly? Looked like an episode of Crackerjack.
32:03 Ant McPartlin? Yeah, it did.
32:04 Declan Donnelly? Well, that's a good reference, isn't it?
32:05 Ant McPartlin? No, no, you don't get that.
32:06 Declan Donnelly? That's a good reference.
32:09 Ant McPartlin? I see you on the screen again.
32:10 Declan Donnelly? Looks like it.
32:11 Ant McPartlin? In your butt cut. Butt cut. I got it right.
32:14 Declan Donnelly? Butt cut, dirty socks.
32:15 Ant McPartlin? Butt cut, dirty socks. A floor that she... It means it's time of next diary. We've got a jingle. Want to hear it?
32:20 Declan Donnelly? Yes, please.
32:21 Ant McPartlin? Here it is.
32:31 Ant McPartlin? Oh, this is wonderful.
32:37 Ant McPartlin? Give me the hat back.
32:51 Ant McPartlin? Yeah. That was absolutely tremendous. Who was that from?
32:57 Speaker 04 Adam.
32:58 Ant McPartlin? Well done. Didn't sound like an Adam, did it? Well done, Adam. That was wonderful. That was the best one yet. That was, I mean, that was everything that you love.
33:07 Declan Donnelly? It is, yeah.
33:08 Ant McPartlin? West End musical. He loves it.
33:10 Declan Donnelly? Takes a lot of boxes.
33:12 Ant McPartlin? You like all that, don't you?
33:13 Declan Donnelly? I love it.
33:13 Ant McPartlin? Loves it. He loves it.
33:15 Declan Donnelly? Takes a lot of boxes.
33:16 Ant McPartlin? It does.
33:16 Declan Donnelly? I feel like the diary's got a lot to live up to, doesn't it?
33:19 Ant McPartlin? I can't remember where we were because we had double bubble last week, didn't we?
33:22 Declan Donnelly? We did have double bubble.
33:22 Ant McPartlin? We had Easter Sunday.
33:24 Declan Donnelly? We had Easter Sunday.
33:24 Ant McPartlin? And Bank Holiday Monday.
33:25 Declan Donnelly? Yeah, we did.
33:25 Ant McPartlin? So this, if my maths is correct, this should be the Tuesday?
33:30 Declan Donnelly? Well done, Poirot.
33:31 Ant McPartlin? Thank you.
33:32 Declan Donnelly? This is the 5th of April, 1994. Day nine of life on the road. Up at 10.30.
33:40 Ant McPartlin? 10.30. Okay. That's, that's good.
33:42 Declan Donnelly? I'm good at remembering what time we got up.
33:43 Ant McPartlin? That's the time I expect pop stars to get up.
33:46 Declan Donnelly? Yeah.
33:46 Ant McPartlin? 10.30, do you know what I mean?
33:47 Declan Donnelly? Yeah.
33:47 Ant McPartlin? 12 o'clock's way too late.
33:49 Declan Donnelly? Too late.
33:49 Ant McPartlin? And 7.45 was the other day.
33:51 Declan Donnelly? Pop stars don't get up that time.
33:51 Ant McPartlin? That's too early. 10.30, that's a pop star's time to get up.
33:55 Declan Donnelly? Up at 10.30, do some faunas from hotel reception.
33:57 Ant McPartlin? Right.
33:58 Declan Donnelly? Noisy [BLEEP] cleaners.
34:01 Ant McPartlin? Did you swear it? Did you swear in your diary?
34:02 Declan Donnelly? I swore in my diary.
34:05 Ant McPartlin? He swore in his diary. Why are you so annoyed? Because you were trying to do phone interviews?
34:09 Declan Donnelly? Trying to do phone interviews and the cleaners were obviously noisy in reception.
34:12 Ant McPartlin? Such a pro. Such a pro, isn't he? Yes. He wants the interviews to go well. He doesn't want the cleaners messing things up. Go on.
34:21 Declan Donnelly? We left after a Little Chef breakfast.
34:23 Ant McPartlin? Oh, remember Little Chefs?
34:25 Declan Donnelly? We had a breakfast in the Little Chef.
34:26 Ant McPartlin? We love a Little Chef. Are they still going Little Chefs? There must be. No. They're not? No. What? I know it's trash. When did they finish? Don't know, but... They have gone. We went to a Little Chef once and were you folding over your...
34:40 Declan Donnelly? I had a sashay of tomato ketchup. And I was playing with it.
34:44 Ant McPartlin? And he's playing with it like that and he folded it over like this and the urge, the urge got the better of us. And I stabbed it with a fork like that and it squirted across the Little Chef and landed in this little girl's blonde hair.
34:58 Declan Donnelly? The family, a family on the table.
34:59 Ant McPartlin? Oh my god. What an absolute... That felt awful, awful. If you're that girl who the tomato sauce went in your hair at the Little Chef and it was, and we were there.
35:13 Declan Donnelly? I bet she was thinking.
35:16 Ant McPartlin? Very good, very good.
35:20 Declan Donnelly? Anywho.
35:20 Ant McPartlin? Anyway.
35:21 Declan Donnelly? And drove to Liverpool.
35:22 Ant McPartlin? Okay, yeah.
35:23 Declan Donnelly? After our Little Chef breakfast, we drove to Liverpool, looked around the Albert Dock, didn't see Richard and Judy anywhere. They used to do this morning from the Albert Dock, didn't they?
35:31 Ant McPartlin? They did.
35:31 Declan Donnelly? Left the dock and went to Pleasure Island.
35:34 Ant McPartlin? Oh, Blackpool?
35:35 Declan Donnelly? No, Pleasure Island. Hello. I must have liked it. It's a big Metroland type thing, so it must be like an indoor.
35:46 Ant McPartlin? Indoor fun fair.
35:48 Declan Donnelly? Fun fair. And yep, it was the Easter holidays. We signed over 250 autographs and didn't, underlined, go bowling.
36:02 Declan Donnelly? I think I must have really wanted to go bowling.
36:04 Ant McPartlin? You really wanted to go bowling? He used to love bowling.
36:06 Declan Donnelly? I did. I was good at it. I was really good at it. The club wasn't full, but the girls there made...
36:13 Ant McPartlin? Oh god, he made himself laugh.
36:15 Declan Donnelly? The club wasn't full, but the girls there made nuff noise.
36:19 Ant McPartlin? Nuff, you've run nuff. Have you spelt that? N-U-F-F. Oh my god. Just as you think, it's reached cringe, the pinnacle of cringe mountain. The mountain is bigger than you think.
36:33 Declan Donnelly? Oh my god.
36:34 Ant McPartlin? It's just a cloud, it's just a cloud and there's another peak beyond the cringe top.
36:38 Declan Donnelly? The stage was a slippery raised dance floor and all the girls seemed to have too many hormones.
36:46 Ant McPartlin? Nuff hormones, you mean?
36:49 Declan Donnelly? The thing that topped it off was the bra that landed on my head from a girl at the back. Currazy.
36:56 Ant McPartlin? With a K?
36:56 Declan Donnelly? No, with a C E R.
36:58 Ant McPartlin? C- crazy.
36:59 Declan Donnelly? We left Liverpool about nine forty-five for the long drive to London, eventually arrived after one thirty a.m. Big breakfast in the morning.
37:08 Ant McPartlin? Yeah, Little Chef?
37:09 Declan Donnelly? No, on the telly.
37:10 Ant McPartlin? Oh, they show the big breakfast, right.
37:12 Declan Donnelly? We're gonna be on the big breakfast.
37:14 Ant McPartlin? That's a shame.
37:15 Declan Donnelly? We're gonna be on the big breakfast in the morning.
37:17 Ant McPartlin? Very good, very good. Currazy.
37:20 Declan Donnelly? Currazy.
37:21 Ant McPartlin? Currazy.
37:23 Declan Donnelly? Make no noise. Oh, God, I'm gonna look forward to next week.
37:27 Ant McPartlin? Why?
37:27 Declan Donnelly? It's just cringe, again.
37:30 Ant McPartlin? Again, I, you kind of think it's embarrassing, but it can't get any more embarrassing than what you've said, then it does?
37:37 Declan Donnelly? Yeah, tune in next week.
37:39 Ant McPartlin? This is an advert for Gemini, Google's personal AI assistant.
37:43 Declan Donnelly? Now, I've been thinking.
37:44 Ant McPartlin? Yeah.
37:45 Declan Donnelly? We've had a few comments saying about we need a bit more energy in the show, a bit more pizzazz.
37:50 Ant McPartlin? Pizzazz?
37:51 Declan Donnelly? That's what the word.
37:53 Ant McPartlin? Who used the word pizzazz?
37:55 Declan Donnelly? That is a word that was used that they want more of in the show.
37:58 Ant McPartlin? Right.
37:58 Declan Donnelly? So I thought a way we could do it is by using Gemini, pizzazz up our theme tune.
38:03 Ant McPartlin? Okay, okay, then.
38:04 Declan Donnelly? So have a look at this, create music.
38:06 Ant McPartlin? Oh, you can pick a track to remix.
38:08 Declan Donnelly? Yeah, so what's the style?
38:09 Ant McPartlin? Uh, eight bit.
38:11 Declan Donnelly? So you put in here, what do we want it to?
38:13 Ant McPartlin? Bananas.
38:13 Declan Donnelly? Bananas?
38:14 Ant McPartlin? Yeah, burnt feet, burnt feet, bananas.
38:18 Declan Donnelly? Uh, Dex's Diary.
38:19 Ant McPartlin? Yeah.
38:20 Declan Donnelly? And, um, backstory of saints.
38:24 Ant McPartlin? Origin stories of saints.
38:26 Declan Donnelly? Here we go. I've created your eight bit chip tune.
38:29 Ant McPartlin? The track's ready to play.
38:30 Declan Donnelly? Well, let's play it then.
38:31 Ant McPartlin? Hit it!
38:32 Speaker 06 Got Ant's banana record, go! Dex's burnt feet are on the road. Dex's Diary and saintly lore, plus the postbag and so much more. It's the podcast for you and me, the best of times with Ant and Dec. A and T and Dec.
38:56 Ant McPartlin? Did Gemini make this? Yeah, bloody good!
39:00 Declan Donnelly? That is good, isn't it?
39:01 Ant McPartlin? Yeah!
39:01 Declan Donnelly? I'll take that.
39:02 Ant McPartlin? I didn't know you could do that. Thanks Gemini. With Gemini, you can create custom jingles.
39:06 Declan Donnelly? Whether that's a funny musical birthday message for friends.
39:09 Ant McPartlin? Or a personalized soundtrack for photos in your camera roll.
39:12 Declan Donnelly? It's an easy way to create and share music.
39:15 Ant McPartlin? Just describe what you want to hear and let Gemini handle the rest.
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40:36 Declan Donnelly? Shall we dive into the postbag?
40:37 Ant McPartlin? Yes, please.
40:37 Declan Donnelly? Without the dance?
40:38 Ant McPartlin? Without the dance. No dance today.
40:40 Declan Donnelly? I'll get the postbag. There you are. Take your pick.
40:42 Ant McPartlin? I will. This is from Ryan in Belfast. He says, as I'm sure both Anne and Dec are familiar with the Catholic confirmation.
40:52 Declan Donnelly? Yeah.
40:52 Ant McPartlin? A part of the tradition is to pick a saint's name to almost add it to your own name, like a middle name, and to act as a role model. My brother, aged around 10, chose Anthony as his patron saint to follow. To the absolute delight of my mother and grandmother, it was only after the ceremony, when there was a meet and greet with the bishop, that my brother decided it was the perfect time to tell the bishop that he chose the name not after the 13th century Franciscan priest, but after the Leeds United forward, Tony Amora.
41:22 Declan Donnelly? No way.
41:23 Ant McPartlin? Tony! He's not a Tony.
41:28 Ant McPartlin? Being a huge Leeds fan, the bishop was less than impressed but just laughed. My mother wanted to kill him. Still, a story we'll laugh about almost 30 years later. Love the show, lads. Ryan from Belfast.
41:38 Declan Donnelly? Oh, thanks, Ryan.
41:40 Ant McPartlin? But that's weird, though. Because his favourite player was Tony Ybor.
41:44 Declan Donnelly? So he went for St Anthony?
41:45 Ant McPartlin? He went for St Anthony.
41:47 Declan Donnelly? Kind of works.
41:47 Ant McPartlin? Yeah, I know what you mean, though.
41:49 Declan Donnelly? It's like if anybody now is a fan of Tony Mack.
41:52 Ant McPartlin? But nobody's a fan of Tony Mack. Nobody is a fan of Tony Mack. You know, I wonder whether Tony Ybor has the same grievances with being called Anthony as I do being called Tony.
42:04 Declan Donnelly? Oh, yeah. He goes, "I'm not an Anthony."
42:05 Ant McPartlin? Yeah, "I'm not an Anthony, I'm a Tony."
42:07 Declan Donnelly? Yeah.
42:07 Ant McPartlin? Tony Ybor.
42:08 Declan Donnelly? That's a good story.
42:09 Ant McPartlin? That is a very good story. What were your names when you got confirmed?
42:12 Declan Donnelly? Ordinarily, I'm Declan Joseph Oliver.
42:14 Ant McPartlin? Yes.
42:15 Declan Donnelly? And my confirmation name was Michael.
42:18 Ant McPartlin? Michael.
42:18 Declan Donnelly? Michael.
42:19 Ant McPartlin? Michael Knight from Knight Rider?
42:21 Declan Donnelly? That's who, exactly who I got named after.
42:24 Ant McPartlin? Michael Knight. Yeah, I knew it. Very good. Thanks, Ryan.
42:27 Declan Donnelly? This is from Lily. "Hey, guys."
42:30 Ant McPartlin? Hi, Lily.
42:30 Declan Donnelly? "Listening last week, I suddenly had a flashback to when I was in uni in Durham back in 2019, and the city decided to make an ice sculpture out of your heads."
42:38 Ant McPartlin? What?
42:39 Declan Donnelly? What?
42:39 Ant McPartlin? Did they?
42:40 Declan Donnelly? What?
42:40 Ant McPartlin? What?
42:41 Declan Donnelly? Oh, my goodness. "I had to walk past it every day at lectures and would crack up, probably like the heads when the sun came out. Wish I'd taken more pics, but here's the half-melted one I could find. It's giving horror film. Love, Lily." Wow, Lily. I didn't know that was a thing. That is news to me.
42:57 Ant McPartlin? That is, we never knew about this. We weren't informed about this. We weren't asked permission. I suppose it's an honour, isn't it? It's an honour. I mean, we're the wrong way around. Would you get small enough that you could just pop yourself into a drink? At the end?
43:10 Declan Donnelly? That would be the dream.
43:11 Ant McPartlin? That would be the dream, wouldn't it?
43:12 Declan Donnelly? Be something to look forward to, wouldn't it? Just pop yourself in an Aperol spritz.
43:16 Ant McPartlin? That's very good, though. If you have seen us anywhere, I know there's ostriches or emus named after us.
43:23 Declan Donnelly? In Battersea Zoo.
43:24 Ant McPartlin? In Battersea Zoo. But if there's any other instances of us being named after anything, please send them in. Ice sculptures, we didn't know any about any of this.
43:33 Declan Donnelly? No. And Durham Council, you will be hearing from all of us.
43:37 Ant McPartlin? Yes, so'd. This one's from Pete.
43:39 Declan Donnelly? Hello, Pete.
43:39 Ant McPartlin? Says, "Hi, Ant." Hi, Ant. "I write this email with a very sad heart and a shaky hand, as I feel it will continue to compound desperate trail of you."
43:53 Ant McPartlin? Deck and I met for our usual catch up in Portugal last summer.
43:58 Declan Donnelly? What? Oh, we did, yeah. Yeah, we did.
44:02 Ant McPartlin? Having met you both when myself and my friends, the lads from Newcastle, were on and won Friends Like These around 2000, 2001. Deck assured me that you are invited to the lunch. However, if I knew then what I know now, namely that Deck has been secretly at photo sessions and watching Oasis, I suspect you were blissfully unaware and I want to apologize. But attached is the evidence. I was unaware. What the hell is going on there?
44:31 Declan Donnelly? You've got a big mouth, Pete.
44:32 Ant McPartlin? What is going on there?
44:34 Declan Donnelly? I just went out for lunch.
44:35 Ant McPartlin? With Pete?
44:36 Declan Donnelly? With Pete from Friends.
44:37 Ant McPartlin? I know that restaurant.
44:38 Declan Donnelly? Yeah.
44:39 Ant McPartlin? That's Maria's Restaurant in Portugal.
44:40 Declan Donnelly? That's Pete from Friends Like These.
44:42 Ant McPartlin? I bet I was just up the road because we go to Portugal at the same time every year together.
44:46 Declan Donnelly? We do, yeah.
44:47 Ant McPartlin? So when does Pete go?
44:48 Declan Donnelly? Pete goes in the summer as well, but me and Pete have kept in touch since Friends Like These.
44:52 Ant McPartlin? Yeah.
44:53 Declan Donnelly? So we, we, we kind of meet up most summers.
44:57 Ant McPartlin? What is going on? You think you know someone for 30 odd years and then suddenly all of this comes out. I'm gobsmacked. I'm shocked. I'm surprised.
45:07 Declan Donnelly? Pete was supposed to keep that to himself.
45:08 Ant McPartlin? Well, he didn't. Thank you, Pete. Thank you for being loud. A bit like Deck's shirt, being loud and letting me know what's going on.
45:17 Declan Donnelly? Keep all your emails, all your voice notes, any jingles, anything at all coming into us, hanging out at beltabox.com. We love getting them.
45:24 Ant McPartlin? That's it. That's all we've got time for. That was, that was a good one.
45:27 Declan Donnelly? That was, I enjoyed that.
45:28 Ant McPartlin? Good. So did I. See you next week, Monday.
45:30 Declan Donnelly? It's your jacket brightened the whole thing up.
45:32 Ant McPartlin? Did it good.
45:33 Declan Donnelly? I liked it.
45:33 Ant McPartlin? So did your three quarters in.
45:37 Ant McPartlin? Can you, uh?
45:38 Declan Donnelly? All the way up?
45:40 Ant McPartlin? Whey!
45:41 Declan Donnelly? Oh, look.
45:42 Ant McPartlin? Now you're in the bean though.
45:43 Declan Donnelly? Maybe I'll go for it. He knows.
45:46 Ant McPartlin? Now pop out like a turtle. Pop out like a turtle. Whey!
45:53 Declan Donnelly? Oh, if you're only listening.
45:55 Ant McPartlin? Deck's just popping his head out with his three quarters up like a turtle. That's the reason to subscribe to Bell Box.
46:02 Declan Donnelly? I've got a turtle's head.
46:03 Ant McPartlin? Turtle's head. Oh, and with that we must go.
46:06 Declan Donnelly? Thanks for listening. Keep in touch.
46:08 Ant McPartlin? Thanks for watching.
46:09 Declan Donnelly? Hanging out at ballerbox.com. We'll see you back here on Monday for another bonus. But until then.
46:15 Ant McPartlin? Bye, guys.
46:15 Declan Donnelly? Respect, guys.
46:16 Ant McPartlin? Respect, guys.
46:17 Declan Donnelly? See ya.
46:18 Ant McPartlin? Respect. See you later.
46:19 Declan Donnelly? Bye.
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