In short
This episode is mostly a chat between hosts Rob Beckett and Josh Whiddicombe, plus listener stories and parenting debate, with comedy about family life and travel. Early on, there’s a sponsor ad for Tremphaya (for adults with moderately to severely active Crohn’s disease or ulcerative colitis): self-injection or IV infusion every four weeks, then injections every four or eight weeks; it requires infection/TB screening and can cause serious allergic reactions, infection risk, and liver problems. The hosts then discuss holiday life (Normandy), Rob’s stand-up return (festival gigs, crowds, needing practice), and Josh’s Duolingo/“rest time” philosophy. Guests include no named interview guests; instead, multiple anonymous and named listener correspondents share stories: a “toast thief” dispute, a food-theft chip incident in Covent Garden, kids obsessed with gas canisters, a near-uni embarrassment about a dad’s past in a dorm room, and a “solidarity” story about a man smoking and blowing smoke into a child’s face in Spain.
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Chapters
Tap a time to open that second in VODiscussion on 'Wouldn't Change a Thing'
0:00 to 0:52
Rob and Josh discuss the phrase 'wouldn't change a thing' in parenting.
“For adults with Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis symptoms, every choice matters.”
Discussion on 'Wouldn't Change a Thing'
2:26 to 4:30
Rob and Josh discuss the phrase 'wouldn't change a thing' in parenting.
“Kids think your name's funny because I think it's like Willie.”
Rob's Festival Gig Experience
4:30 to 9:50
Rob shares his experiences and challenges of performing at a festival after a break.
“The kids did not appreciate the smell of maturing camembert.”
Finding Balance in Work and Rest
9:50 to 14:03
Josh and Rob discuss balancing work commitments with personal time and relaxation.
“You need to find something you do that is relaxing and restorative that isn't work or obviously used to be boozing.”
Concerns About Loneliness
14:03 to 14:15
Rob shares his worries about Josh feeling lonely.
“I want to make sure you don't feel lonely.”
Learning French with Duolingo
14:16 to 14:54
Josh discusses his experience with learning French through Duolingo.
“Well, you could ask if I've got a brother or sister, but that's about it.”
The YouTuber Dilemma
14:55 to 17:25
Rob expresses his concerns about his kids watching a popular YouTuber, Jordan Matter.
“Oh, the only thing I need to talk about is my kids have got into this YouTuber called Jordan Matter.”
Correspondence: Food Theft Story
17:26 to 21:01
Rob and Josh dive into a listener's story about a shocking food theft experience in London.
“dream vacation 32 million views fucking out not my scene you would i'm struggling you would honestly send you mental no thank you okay josh some correspondence a bit correspondence from some middle-aged people.”
Embarrassing Parenting Moments
21:02 to 24:48
A listener shares a funny food confession related to her husband and their daughter.
“Please keep me a non to save my husband's pride and honour.”
Embarrassing Parenting Moments
24:49 to 25:11
A listener shares a funny food confession related to her husband and their daughter.
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Embarrassing Parenting Moments
25:15 to 26:30
A listener shares a funny food confession related to her husband and their daughter.
“Mr Rob Beckett's performance on the show.”
Children's Obsessions with Unusual Things
27:02 to 28:00
Discussion about children's strange interests, specifically gas canisters.
“It's no surprise how fast civilization can disappear.”
Childhood Obsessions and Their Psychology
28:00 to 34:10
Exploring the peculiar interests of children and their psychological implications.
“In one year, I did Domino's and Papa John's and slagged off either of them at each other's.”
Embarrassing University Stories
34:10 to 35:44
Sharing a hilarious and embarrassing story from a listener's university days.
“I arrived in my uni halls on my first day eager to make some friends like most people.”
Confronting Rude Restaurant Guests
35:44 to 42:00
Discussing a listener's experience dealing with a rude diner in a restaurant.
“You don't broadcast it at your daughter's halls.”
Discussion on Tourist Behavior
42:00 to 42:30
The hosts ponder a scenario involving a potentially rude local in Spain.
“Do you reckon he was Spanish and didn't like tourists, maybe?”
Auntie's Yorkshire Dales Adventure
42:58 to 44:46
A listener shares a humorous childhood story about camp adventures and a shotgun.
“Your Beyond Boomer story reminded me of a story my auntie loves to tell.”
Reflections on a Different World
44:46 to 45:02
Discussion on how childhood experiences have drastically changed over time.
“No, it doesn't sound fun if you're taking a shotgun, just in case.”
Funny Listener Stories
45:02 to 46:01
The hosts read and react to more listener anecdotes, including a curious email about toast theft.
“Ten years ago, I went to high school with a boy called Spike Lee.”
The Toast Theft Debate
46:01 to 49:48
Rob and Josh engage in a playful argument about alleged toast theft involving Rob's child.
“Who knew my mirth could make people horny and happy?”
Park Experiences and Parenting
49:48 to 51:36
Rob shares his thoughts on parks and the stress they can cause parents.
“so why don't he back flip over to Eden Hazard for a slice of hovis and get out of my life with his accusatory bollocks anyway I hope he's alright oh is he 6 I need to stop having podcasts Oh, he's 10.”
Brandon's Vacuum Cleaning Adventure
52:38 to 54:41
A listener shares a story about their 13-year-old son who started a vacuum cleaning business.
“He had no idea how much it would take off or how supportive people would be.”
Transcript
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1:52Josh Widdicombe:Joint account requires both applicants to have a Monzo account and be over 18. Kids account for ages 6 to 15 requires a parent or guardian account. UK residents, T's and C's apply. Hello, you're listening to Parent in Hell with... Baby Sue. Baby's done a poo. Olive, say Rob Beckett. Rob Beckett. Say Josh Whiddicombe. That's me. It is a funny name. Well done, Olive. What? What? Kids think your name's funny because I think it's like Willie. I think they know comedy. They know comedy. Josh Willie Come, that still makes me laugh. Well, Willie Come. Willie's funny and then a Willie Coming and it's all one name that's real.
2:41Yeah, yeah. Did you have Willie Come at school? I used to draw Jizz and Cox at school. Yeah, but she's 21 months old, Olive.
2:48Josh Widdicombe:Well, she's not at school yet when she gets there. hi you excellent humans this is 21 month old olive very late three in two days oh wow oh she's three in two days yeah saying your names and stumbling over the hilarity of sorry josh she has two older sisters nina and martha so basically never stops talking my girls fit tightly into their family position stereotype that's olive is wild we wouldn't change a thing sending this from normandy i think when people say we wouldn't change a thing implies that they have thought about changing a thing yes because i've never in my life i've the only time i've ever said never change a thing is if something's a slight problem yes i've never gone oh we've bought a house so we live in bromley wouldn't change a thing well what i wouldn't even because it's yeah anything that's just normal yes i met lou we got married i did comedy now she's an author wouldn't change a thing yeah have you ever said wouldn't change a thing i say wouldn't change a thing sometimes where i go yeah george the second dog's a bit of a nightmare it was a lot easier with the first dog who's really calm and well well behaved but i wouldn't change a thing if i'm honest yeah i would i would i'd make him easier yeah i'd change it so he was either easier or i just had one dog fluffball's got bad legs wouldn't change a thing i would i'd quite like a cat that his legs are fine.
4:11Josh Widdicombe:I suppose I wouldn't change Fluffball. If they offered me a different cat, I'd keep Fluffball. But if they offered you a different cat than Fluffball, you'd know what you're doing now. If they offered me a version of Fluffball with legs that worked, I'd take that. Is Dean's legs all right? Yeah. Sending this from Normandy where we are on holiday for my 40th. Wouldn't change a thing. The next sentence is a pure wouldn't change a thing. Thank God. Visited a cheese museum this morning. Wouldn't change a thing. Did she say it? She's not the same one, Jen. The kids did not appreciate the smell of maturing camembert.
4:43Josh Widdicombe:Stay lovely and relatable, Rachel. 40 in 10 days. So it's like 12. So that's like 12 times 40, 480 months from Stockport. Well, why is she telling us it's birthdays in... Why wouldn't you just say three and... I'd just go three and four. Sorry, I feel like I'm really having a go at Rachel here. Yeah, I don't know why you've gone so hard on Rachel. Why do you think it's unnecessary information? Three and two, like, just say three, just say 40. Yeah, well, there we go. I'm too direct, though, aren't I? Some people like to have a little bit of like extra information and sort of, I'm not very aesthetic.
5:14You're not a man for bedside manner. No, I'm not. I'm not a, I'm not a smooth it over with floral language guy. I'm quite direct. You're not a shit sandwich. You're pure shit. Yeah. Just give me a handful of shit and I'll eat it and deal with it. Yeah. Yeah. And go, where's the bread? Don't need bread. I've got it down me. What's next? Exactly. Yeah. Wouldn't change a thing. Lovely shit sandwich. How are you, Rob? I'm good. It's summer holidays. um so yeah it's good actually busy kids are off doing stuff but i'm not working as much i did um i did have to do a fest not have to do well i did have to do because i agreed to do it but i did a festival gig yeah at the weekend that i'd agreed to do and then sort of realized oh god i haven't gigged for like three months yeah when it came around i was like oh my god i've got a proper 40 minute show did you warm up for it yeah so i did a gig in islington in the bill the bill murray gig oh yeah which is was sold all off their mailing list and you basically just get local
6:12Josh Widdicombe:sort of quite middle-class people that live in islington i i warmed up my last tour about four different gigs entirely and the bill murray was one of them it's really nice but it is a comedy crowd sorry bless you and it's i mean it's a it's a um it's a very comedy fan crowd isn't it yeah all of the audience are very similar to one another it's very similar little vibe so i said like give me a cheer if you're a scaffolder obviously silence yeah then i said give me a cheer if you've ever directly spoken to a scaffolder and then they all pissed themselves no i speak to whoever the project manager is yeah um so i went there did that and then the next day i went to the festival it was a music festival in a it's quite a good festival actually hatfield house i don't know sure was on before me but she he was on during dizzy rascal oh no and fix up look sharp come on and sean actually stopped i was like like we're gonna have to address this it's one of the catchiest loudest songs of all time but i think the gig was all good but it's it was funny i did well but it's um the hardest thing we're not going for a while it is weird isn't it it's the flow i i know i can be funny but to put a show together you need to be well practiced so that it flows so i'm doing bits it was funny and then all of a sudden my brain was like you have nothing in there and then you only is a half a second but it feels like an eternity on stage yeah but it's good fun it's a nice crowd i know exactly what you mean it's it's that it's fine if if you've got a good following wind because you've got those laughs to think yes and the more practiced you are the less time you need to think because you just know what the next bit exactly i did um i did a few of those comedy garden festivals over the summer and um i enjoyed them but there is weird when you're in a period where you've basically aren't really doing stand-up and then you suddenly do stand-up it is an odd thing makes you really scared it's a nice feeling though but like i'm in the mood not yet but in autumn i think when the kids back probably october time i'll be in the mood to go and do like 10 minutes at comedy clubs with new material.
8:23I've really got a first... The tour is being announced.
8:25Josh Widdicombe:The tour. No, it's not. It's not. It's being programmed at the moment. If you're listening at our agency off the kerb, I'd start pencilling the dates. Well, yeah, maybe pencil the dates. It's good to have options, isn't it? Let's not announce anything. But I've got nothing to say. I don't know what to say on stand-up. Well, it's not stopped you for the last 20 years.
8:51The only thing I've noticed different though now is because I think I've done a lot of work on myself to not, I used to be so negative about myself that I'd need an audience to laugh at me and like me to make myself feel better because I was so negative. Yeah, I don't think that's completely gone. No, but it's a lot less. So I used to have to gig all the time for sort of a morale boost, but I can sort of do that by other more chilled indoor things now. So it's good though, because that was more a toxic way of performing where now I'm just going to think of something funny to say and then say it.
9:26But later on in the year when I want to, but it's not so hot outside.
9:29Josh Widdicombe:Yeah. I've got various notes and I'm in London a bit. I've got evenings free in London coming up. No, Josh. No. I'm going to tell you now, you're autumn. You have to enforce rest time. I just find. Don't book other stuff in when you're up. You've already got too much in. You need to find something you do that is relaxing and restorative that isn't work or obviously used to be boozing. All right, I'm going to do photography. Photography. Yeah, but also make it – what else did it help? Cinema on your own? I don't really enjoy the cinema. No? No. What about a gym? Do you want a gym in London? So when you're in London – I do hotels and gyms, but I don't like going to the gym in the evening.
10:18Josh Widdicombe:Why is that? Why don't I like going to the gym in the evening? Yeah, yeah. I can ask you again if you want.
10:28Josh Widdicombe:Sorry, it's all this Duolingo. You're stalling for time at midnight. Yeah. Look, I like the idea of the gym in the evening. No, I don't like the idea of the gym in the evening. But you famously said that you used to go to the gym in the evening. Here, you said you used to go on the... I'm joking. it's not for me. So why don't you like the gym in the evening? So you keep evading the question here. You don't feel like, I feel like it's a thing that drives my day rather than a thing that brings me in. Is it because you don't like having a shower before bed? It's not because I don't like having a shower before bed.
11:03Josh Widdicombe:You don't like having a shower before bed though, do you? No, I don't know. No, you don't. It wakes me up. It wakes you up? I like to do things in the evening that bring me down. okay like what what if you had the whole house to yourself what would bring you down watch tv or read a book and why can't you do that when you're in london or you go mad in a hotel room doing that no i don't go mad i just think oh fucking hell i'm having a why don't you do this i'm gonna hack on my own on a bed while i don't you do this josh why tv that i can't quite get good tv because it's a hotel tv so i haven't got netflix so my choice is something i don't want to watch on a big screen or Netflix on a laptop and I don't like watching on a laptop.
11:44Josh Widdicombe:Do screen sharing, can't you? I've never known how to do screen sharing. It is hard.
11:53I tell you what you should get. You should get like a new iPad or device thing so you can watch films on it and be like a big one. I'm going to go out and take photos of it over the evening in London. Well, in the dark and cold and everyone's shouting at you. Why would they be shouting at me? Because you're on the telly. No, put on a hat, no one knows who I am. Really? Yeah. I swear, I think I'm too loud and my head's too big. No, Rob, your audience is much more front foot. Is that joking or what it is?
12:24Josh Widdicombe:Scaffolders aren't interested in the last leg. I get a lot of builders shouting at me off building sites. Yeah, of course. Of course. But I come back hard at them. Of course you do, Rob. So I went, oh, where are you going, Becky? And I went, what are you doing at? Like, you putting it up or you taking it down? Yeah. I don't even know what that means, but it feels like I've put them in the hot seat. Yeah. And then whatever they say, I'll go, well, either way, get a fucking move on you. I don't know why shit. Depends on the location. It's not ideal. But if it's a quiet location, no family. You get the audience you deserve.
12:57Yeah.
13:03Why don't you do this then, Josh? You've got spare evenings in London. Why can't I just go and take some photos? No, because I don't think you'll be happy with that. I think I'm trying to... I will. I love it. No, you won't.
13:13Josh Widdicombe:Let me do what? Let me be me. No, because you're already worried about it. I'm going to put in a gig in it. I'm not worrying about it. Then it'll go. What I'll do is I'll do the photos for the photography book and then I'll do it on the way to a comedy club and then I'll do the gig and then I'll wait back. Then I'll wake up in the morning and I'll do Strictly. Then I'll do Last Neck. Then I'll be tired. Buffer, buffer, buffer. I think you should maybe message friends that live in London or nearby and say... Oh, no, thank you. And go for a bit of dinner with them. Oh, fuck that. You don't want to whack her alone.
13:41Josh Widdicombe:No, I'm fine. I'm going to walk the streets. The streets is my palette. No, but you were saying before that you've got time alone in London. You don't like being alone in hotel rooms. I know, and I've found a solution. Wander the streets with a camera. Yeah. And when it's cold and rainy? More dramatic.
14:03Okay. Okay, just saying. I just think... I'm just worried about you. I want to make sure you don't feel lonely. I'm just not going to do stand-up. Don't do stand-up.
14:10Josh Widdicombe:No. Shall we do some correspondence? Oh, yeah. Do you not want to hear about Duolingo? Well, you're just learning French and Duolingo. Yeah, it's not very interesting. I don't know what else to say or ask. Anything you want to share? Well, you could ask if I've got a brother or sister, but that's about it. Have you got a brother or sister? J 'ai. Or maybe you couldn't, actually. I'm not quite there yet. Frère and sère. Fair and fair. What level are you on? Three. It's like a computer game. If Duolingo was the top of France, how far have you gone down France, would you say at this point? I'm on walking distance to Norway.
14:50Okay. Shall we do thingy? What, some correspondence? Yeah. Oh, the only thing I need to talk about is my kids have got into this YouTuber called Jordan Matter. it's like this big massive ginger hair bloke his daughter who's like 16 called salish and they do these mental videos everyone's screaming and like and like because i let them watch this moira elizabeth who's like quite she basically does squishies where she like paints them or repairs them or sets up stuff and obviously it's not aimed at me but it's really well done she's very charming very funny the editing's quite clever and slick but this other one is just like pure just like screaming like oh my god and it's like utter shit yeah and i just and i don't want to be like the dad who don't like the kids but like it jazzes them up as well it's almost like it's been designed to just hit their dopamine at every point from the analytics of the youtube video and it's like this is horrid it's like a fever dream of hell and then my kids were struggling to go sleep last night so jordan matter my but like these videos have had like 128 million views how are you spelling it jordan as in like katie price or the middle east big up eme a business and then matter as in one matter no m-a-t-t-e-r they seem like nice people like i've got nothing against them personally but like the video they're just so intense but it feels like according to ai jordan
16:13Josh Widdicombe:matter has an estimated net worth of between 16 and 31 million dollars i think it'd be more than that um but it's um i can't deal with it i can't have it on any house he's a youtuber and photographer maybe we could uh yeah i think so he got big as a photographer so i've not seen that content i think that might be quite but this content is him and his kids doing like challenges it's like no rules for the day in the house and it's chaos i hate stuff like that it's really hard watch so i'm gonna try and wean the kids off it if anyone's got any youtuber recommendations because i don't want to be that old person goes oh youtube's bad because it isn't but if there's youtube stuff for kids that you'd recommend a bit like more elizabeth please send them in just fucking i built a dream restaurant and hid it from my dad jordan matter 22 million views and it's all like feels like staged and fake do you know five hours to go to a top tier restaurant from sketch this is not going to be an easy challenge oh fuck me i can imagine my kids watching this but yeah if you've got any recommendations of good youtubers that think are decent and also are creating good content not just doing stuff that makes children want to watch because i feel like they're getting addicted to sort of mad shit surprising my daughter with a dream vacation 32 million views fucking out not my scene you would i'm struggling you would honestly send you mental no thank you okay josh some correspondence a bit correspondence from some middle-aged people.
17:43Food theft story. Hello, Rob, Josh and Michael. Listening to your episode with Rob's holiday toast thief, which reminded me of a time I was a victim of a similar crime in London. Oh, that's your manner as well. Could have been you. Last summer, me and my... Well, we've not heard back from the people that accused me. So if they come back, Michael, please send them to my direct email so I can mention that in the box. It's robbeckettahotmail.com if anyone wants it. It used to be fatboybeckettahotmail.com but with phat oh did it yeah i don't know if it still exists last summer me and my partner went to london to watch a show in the west end before we went out for a pizza in covent garden one of these posh pizza places where seating outside often backs onto an adjacent restaurant outdoor seating area okay as well as so what so i think it's like it's covent garden these are people from wiltshire that are panicking because there's another restaurant next to a restaurant right okay So basically, I think what you're saying is, you know, when you have a restaurant, but there's another table next to your tables that's from a different restaurant.
18:45Right, fine. Yeah, yeah, fine. And it's not part of the restaurant. And because they're called Alex and Ellie from Malesbury and Wiltshire, they're struggling in the big smoke. That's what I think is happening. Anyway, one of these posh pizza places where the outside seat often backs onto an adjacent restaurant's outdoor seating. All was well until a group of middle-aged, well-to-do American ladies came and sat behind us. The restaurant next door was a fish restaurant, and my chair was back to back with this new arrival. Anyway, I love it when people from the countryside go to London and they just cannot deal with how close everyone is.
19:16Yeah, that's me these days. Anyway, our food arrives. We've both gone for a pizza and as we love carbohydrates, we've got a bowl of chips to share too. Lovely. We're now having a lovely time and all of a sudden, a dangling arm stretches across over my shoulder into our bowl of chips.
19:33Josh Widdicombe:That is mental. That is fucking mental. Stunned in shock as to what was happening. I turned around, flipped my elbow like I was swatting a seagull away. And I said, what the fuck are you doing? Yeah, I'd say she's blended in with London perfectly there. This is why people from London are so direct. The more I think about it, the more I think how wild it is to take a chip of someone else's plate. That is insane. Let alone from a stranger sat at a different restaurant. that is mad even the lady's friends were a bit confused by their friend's confident thief behaviour all she said in reply was sorry they just look so good and we're yet to order and I'm starving that is absolutely mental am I out of order or do you agree this is mental of course you're not out of order that is totally okay to say what the fuck are you doing the extra detail of it being a different restaurant is so, adds so much to it.
20:34Josh Widdicombe:Yeah, I mean, because she's stolen from another restaurant, which when you're from, not from, So she can't even say I've ordered some myself, you can have one of mine. No, she's just, no, yeah, like, it's not like, oh, I thought she was going to say, take them and go, I've ordered chips and the argument would be, well, no, you obviously haven't because that's a different restaurant. Not just lean in and take it. I'm going to Google Malesbury because I've never heard of it and this is where they're from. I mean, it is absolutely picturesque beautiful little market town yeah i'll bet there's no restaurants backing onto each other there wow that is mental isn't it right what do you want here what we've got getting alfred by an in-law weird and interesting things your kids are obsessed with yeah i like food confessions let's do alfred by you do food confessions and then i'll do alfred by an in-law hi rob josh and michael no point asking to be anonymous because this one is quite niche my food confession is that when i was younger if we had for if we had frozen chips for dinner i would take a couple out the bag and eat them frozen basically a frozen chip lolly and she just moved on from that nothing else my husband and his family have a very strange food confession they enjoy salad cream on toast and unfortunately it spreads to the next generation as my daughter and niece and nephews all enjoy it too.
21:56Liz Suffolk, age 492.
21:59Josh Widdicombe:Oh, no, thank you. Months, not years. Months. Hello, Rob, Josh and Michael. Please keep me a non to save my husband's pride and honour. You asked for stories of Alpha Dad, prospective father-in-law, and this reminded me of when our daughter, age 15, she's now 33, had a boyfriend, age 15, but he was the size of a rugby player. Absolutely. So, again, how old is his daughter? The daughter and boyfriend are both 15, but she is now 33. This is an old story. Okay, both 15. Fine. My husband, clearly hating every second of their new relationship, lost his head and challenged the boy to an arm wrestle.
22:35Josh Widdicombe:Pathetic. Oh, no. There's no win there. You either beat a child at an arm wrestle or you lose to a child at an arm wrestle. I actually thought my husband's head was going to explode during it. every vein in his arm and head was visible.
22:53Josh Widdicombe:So they got married. They stayed together. The poor boy was obviously terrified of the grunting, sweaty mess in front of him and I think let my husband win. Oh, so this is her husband now. So I thought she was talking as the girlfriend. No, no, no. Girlfriend, right. This is the mum. The mum, oh. I'm staying honest. My husband was heartbroken if he knew we all thought that. for a relationship only lasted a few months and my husband went back to being the only man in my daughter's life for a while love the pod a non I've got big I've got big issues with this by the way it's a non from Essex which doesn't surprise me at all sounds like that could be someone's name a non from Essex I I think she needs to have a conversation with him about that 18 years on is this 18 years on yeah bloody hell Rob I'm sorry I've not got used to this the kids were 15 at the time but they're now 30 the daughter was 15 at the time so is the boyfriend the daughter is now 33 this is the mum yeah saying still don't mention it to him yeah i think one if you can't mention it to him at the time there's issues because the communication barriers are not okay and it's quite toxic if two you can't even have a laugh about it now what kind of pathetic fragile ego is this?
24:11But you can't have a laugh and go, God, what was I thinking? Yeah, and I really tried, but I just beat him. Isn't that funny? What's the alternative? Dad, do you remember when you armoured us with my, shut up. No. What? No, didn't happen. No.
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24:31I just think it's so, I think you've, me and Lou talk about everything and share everything, I think, which like but i remember the only time i've ever said don't tell people about this was when i microwaved every single key we owned yeah and then i was embarrassed but then i told everyone within four hours yeah but i was i was thinking about keep i just don't think it's good i think if you say it out loud it takes the pressure off and then also you can learn from it slightly yes yes it can't be arm resting 15 year old children and also not be able to be speaking about it in case you're in power.
25:11Josh Widdicombe:This episode is brought to you by Hollyoaks on Channel 4, which we can't discuss without bringing up Mr Rob Beckett's performance on the show. Tell me about it, Rob. I played Sunshine. Is that the guy that helped Warren Fox escape prison in 2024? Yes, it is. So basically, we did it for Rob and Romesh, stunt training, so I did a stunt. Honestly, Rob, when I was a teenager, the thought of being in Hollyoaks, that was different level you have lived that experience rob you've got when you're next on tour you've got to go in it's amazing holly oaks is one of the great british institutions isn't it now josh i don't want to be too sort of arrogant but i thought it would be impossible for them to top my storyline i don't think they can do it rob i don't think they can do it i'm going to stop you there they're really going for it this summer you've got a wild dd hutchinson storyline where she falls deeper into substance abuse and then gets sent to rehab by her very concerned dad tony Plus legendary Cindy Cunningham's back and causing chaos already.
26:09Josh Widdicombe:Falling out with her niece Beth over a shock surrogacy secret reveal. And that's just a taste of all the chaos, drama and shocking revelations that Hollyoaks always delivers. Get involved, you won't regret it. Also, do you know what? What? Sunshine didn't die. I can always come back. Oh, stream new episodes of Hollyoaks every Monday to Wednesday on Channel 4. Evening, by his remorse. Buy a new car? I'll be moving in. Let's get started. Sorry, I think there's been a mistake. I bought it from Carvana. You what? Yeah, great price. I even have seven days to love it or return it. So there's no... No, no buyer's remorse.
26:46Josh Widdicombe:More like buyer's rejoice. I guess I'll let myself out. Congratulations. I mean it. Buyer's rejoice. Buy your car today on Carvana. Limitations and exclusions may apply. See our seven-day return policy at Carvana.com. Get your tickets now for the Dog Stars. It's no surprise how fast civilization can disappear. Out there, it's kill or be killed. Jacob Elordi. There are people out there. They need our help. Josh Brolin. Shoot first and inquire afterwards. Margaret Qualley. Ow! Okay, tough guy. And Guy Pearce. Arm up! The Dog Stars. Directed by Ridley Scott. In theaters August 28th. Get tickets now.
27:27Josh Widdicombe:Rated R. Under 17, not admitted without parents.
27:32My dad used to rip open yellow pages, rip yellow pages apart. Really, like Jeff Capes? As a party trick, yeah.
27:38Josh Widdicombe:So how many yellow pages would he have? He'd do one yellow pages. Yeah, and then you'd need a new yellow pages. No, but yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, you just, the yellow pages would be enough. I remember actually looking for it once, just reading the top half, trying to piece it at the bottom because we kept it because we needed it. Oh, he'd do it horizontally. Yeah, you have to do it that way, yeah. Yeah, wow. So I'd break, and rip the spine at the end. Yeah. but luckily he's always been able to do it because easier these days isn't it as he's aged the yellow pages has become more manageable but in his head he's still yeah you know he's got he's got balls still has got big hands he's not you know he's not been amputated or dead but he's always had big hands big strong hands for a little fella weird and interesting things your kids are obsessed with yeah hi Rob and Josh my seven year old son has been obsessed with gas tanks and canisters for the last year the flow gas color type color gas type ones that you get in caravans or for barbecues now i should point out here as someone that did a color gas corporate two separate companies very much competitors flow gas color gas separate entities the pepsi and coke of gas and i've told you this when they asked me to do material about gas no i've never mentioned this just before i go on stage at the caligas corporate yeah if you could do some material about gas that'd be great i was just like i mean that's a sure because like if you say like it's an it company or a travel company you can sort of do an holiday thing or yeah computer says no gas i i think if you've got it you've probably you've got some you've got some crossover material in your back pocket absolutely yeah the the chances they're implying there are you have material on gas but it's time but up until this point you weren't thinking of using it for the calagas corporate oh thanks remind me i've got my heart i did an hour show at edinburgh on gas didn't i is that why you booked me but then all i did was i just went on and slagged off the competitor.
29:46Yeah. And they love that. In one year, I did Domino's and Papa John's and slagged off either of them at each other's. Oh, yeah. I felt great. Oh, yeah.
29:54Josh Widdicombe:I felt like Robin Hood. Okay. One of his favourite weekend activities is going to the petrol station to look at the ones they keep in the cages outside. For a while, we had to find YouTube videos of people installing the tanks into their caravans, or explaining the pros and cons of propane and butane in certain temperatures. Jesus. Our friends kept giving us their old helium tanks for him to pretend with. At one stage, I think we had about seven of them in our living room. Seems like he may be moving on to street sweepers now, so we'll see what that entails. So he didn't like the flame or using it.
30:29He just liked the shape. Anyway, we're all learning a lot, as you can imagine, Jenny. Sorry. No, but so it was just the shape and the actual canister as opposed to the contents. Yeah. Because the obvious progression there is him a cooker. It's fascinating, isn't it? What is the psychology of what you just get into and why it triggers something in your mind that you're like, that is the thing I really like?
30:53Josh Widdicombe:Do you know what I mean? Well, so I've looked into this slightly with, I don't know about as children, but as adults. So I'm obsessed with football shirts, but I remember not being able to afford football shirts because they're very expensive as a kid. and then i remember my i needed a football kit for school and my mom got me an england kit from the market but she didn't realize that the badge had to be sewn on yeah so i got it out the bag and as i lifted it i remember in the changing room the badge fell off and that and i was like all the kids saw which it's quite funny but when you're eight it's like yeah your whole world so now obviously i'm obsessed with yeah it's trying to get what i couldn't have when i was yeah and when you're a seven year old that did get me a arsenal shirt for christmas but they let me have it early because i was so upset so that was very nice of them but then that sparked a thing i think jonathan lost is the same with toys yeah he collects toys but that that that's fine and i get that and you can see that in loads of things you i mean that's a lot of kind of midlife crises which yours isn't but are people trying to make up for things they felt they kind Do you know what I mean?
32:06Josh Widdicombe:Like having a fast car or whatever. I think that's different though, isn't it? That's more like a, I don't know. Well, is it midlife crisis to get a nice car if you've got the money? No, but no, no. But you know, like midlife crisis stuff, like, you know, I can do this now, this thing I always didn't have and always wanted. I can now take up karate or whatever.
32:32Josh Widdicombe:Sorry, go on. but with kids it's it's not a reaction to anything so i just love it why does a kid like you know i it's the kind of weird thing when you see people getting their kids into stuff i always find that so fucking weird yeah just let them like what they like just let them like what they like they might not like football so don't put them in the kit and take them to the game and say, this is your first game and this is big for you and blah, blah. Do you know what I mean? Imagine Francis, you know, Francis Bourgeois. Yeah. The train guy. He's now like the new Grand Tour Top Gear presenter, right?
33:11Lovely guy. Really like, imagine him being put in a football kit and he stood there going, I just want to go to the train station again, mum.
33:18Josh Widdicombe:And it's this kind of thing of, oh, maybe I should like this because my parents like it. Do you know what I mean? Yeah. But my dad hates football, doesn't hate football, no interest in football whatsoever. He loved cars. Me and my brothers could not give a shit about cars. Yeah. No interest in it whatsoever. He needed me. He needed me with my bloody petrol head knowledge. All your car stuff. Yeah. Or he just loved football growing up and computer games. Exactly. And having a good laugh, right? It was just banter then, wasn't it? It was just good, honest banter. Quite sort of toxic banter. Quite toxic, you know, toxic, quite banter that will stick with you forever.
33:58yeah the sort of borderline yeah sogenistic kind of terms of phrase yeah um but um that was that
34:06Josh Widdicombe:was the 90s that was the 90s it was a great time first week of university fails hi rob and josh love the show moment too um i have a story about my first week at uni and a fail through sheer embarrassment that never left me my entire uni career please keep me anonymous so i don't have to die of embarrassment all over again. I arrived in my uni halls on my first day eager to make some friends like most people. I knew no one. My friends, specifically my dad, helped me carry in my new stuff from the car to move it into my new room. My dad walked into the bedroom which was quite dated and looked like it could do with a lick of paint.
34:42Josh Widdicombe:He smiled, looked at me as one of my potential new friends came into the room and said I remember this room. For context I went to the same uni where my parents met and had chosen to live live in the same halls that they did oh no no no my dad then went on to explain that in his uni days prior to meeting my mum he'd been quite the lad and had a few one-night stands including one in this very room i was now going to call my own why is he saying just don't mention it why mention it i assumed that at least they changed to the mattresses since the 80s i shriveled up in embarrassment my new friends thought it was absolutely the funniest thing ever and continued to piss out of me for months i had to spend the years sleeping in the same bed that i knew my dad was a 20 something year old student had had sex in safe to say this image scarred me for an incredibly long time even if it did help break the ice with my new uni flatmates from anon
35:43100 % of dad's fault obviously it's not all women it's not mainly it's more men than women that do this can I just say as a message to sort of dads it's not about you anymore let it be the kids first week at the uni who in their right mind walks in and goes I used to fuck in this room yeah night night daughter yeah bye just shut up oh god he says that as a man who's on a podcast twice a week talking about what he's been up to, but, you know.
36:14Josh Widdicombe:You don't broadcast it at your daughter's halls. No, I don't podcast live from the mess room. Coming live from the University of Durham. Or whatever. Why would you say that, though? Right, let's go to something else. Let's move away from that. Right, do we got... Oh, Solidarity. We got Parenting Help or Parenting Hell. Do you want to hear it? Yeah, go on. It's a long one. strapping hello thoughts on how i handled this situation that occurred to me recently whilst on holiday my wife and two young kids on a spanish island we went to a restaurant for lunch the restaurant over at the beach was fairly empty with maybe two or three of the tables next to the windows taken out of about 15 we sat down at a table away from the other guests ordered some traditional local chicken nuggets and chips and started our meal just as our food arrived a couple were probably in their late 50s early 60s came and sat on the table directly behind us despite there being plenty of other empty tables he immediately lit a cigarette the direction of the wind coming in from the window meant all the smoke blew away from him and all over our table annoying but i thought it'd only last a minute or two however the moment his first cigarette was finished he lit another as before all the smoke came across the table again annoying but assumed that would be it as before as soon as the cigarette was over he lit another oh dear i thought perhaps he didn't realize his smoke was blowing all over the family behind him i tapped him on the shoulder and politely asked if he could stop or move to the table on the other side of us we were still in the middle of eating our meal and their drinks had not been delivered so it wouldn't have been a problem for them to move to the other table that was exactly the same he glanced up at me looking at me like I was a piece of shit.
37:59He then just simply gestured to all the empty tables and told me to move if it bothered me. I again politely explained we were in the middle of eating and his smoke was blown all over my children. His reaction to me politely requesting him not to smoke over children was to turn to my son, a five-year-old child, and take a big pull of his cigarette and blow smoke directly into his face. Oh my God. Fucking hell. Awful to say it, but legend. I think I've picked my side it's absolutely
38:34he blew smoke directly into the face of a child I genuinely think I might physically attack someone if they did that to my kids of course it's mad I've never felt rage flood over me like that before however as much as I wanted to throw him out the window I think I thought that might not be the best example to my kids or maybe it would have So I went to the waiter, asked for the bill and said we need to leave. By the time the waiter arrived for the bill and was asked if there was a problem, my new friend had lit yet another cigarette, purposely blown smoke in our direction, and had moved his chair back closer to the table to ensure the smoke had less distance to travel before wafting over my children.
39:10That's just mental. I explained the problem loudly using some choice words to describe the other customer to the waiter. I paid the bill and went to leave. However, this nice gentleman moved his chair so far back, my son had barely room to get out from under the table. As I moved his chair back as far as I could, it touched old Smokey, causing him to flail around like Rivaldo at the 2002 World Cup. Great reference. Before protesting to the waiter like after a penalty. The waiter looked confused and his wife looked like she was about to die from embarrassment. As we were leaving the restaurant, I was worried I'd handled the situation with too much maturity.
39:48So as we were about to exit, I caught his eye. Mimed some expletives at him and gave him the middle finger. I missed his reactions. We disappeared around the corner and I heard the screech of tables and chairs moving as he tried to get up quickly. Him yelling something at me and saw waiters rush over to calm him down. Was I being a coward or are you with me in solidarity? Yeah, he's awful. He's an awful, awful man.
40:11Josh Widdicombe:Yeah, you should have done more, to be honest. I would, yeah, I genuinely think... Well, no, you should have. You handled it very well. you had every right i should say to have done more i think i would have done more and i'm very impressed with how he dealt with that yeah what would you have done josh in that situation i think i wouldn't have got the bill and left i'd have got the waiter and complained and said he need you need to do something about this guy yeah i think i might have done that but if i if i was leaving i think i would have walked over to the waiter put blue and the kids in the car and said to the waiter, I'm going to go up to this man and get as close to his face as I can and call him a dirty little b****.
40:50And you might want to be there to sort of break it up because it probably will kick off. Yeah. In a way to make me look quite scary and hard, but also know that they could break it up in case. I think I'd have ordered the hottest liquid they had. Yeah. Ideally, they'd have done custard as the pudding.
41:10Josh Widdicombe:No, that's not the hottest liquid. What's the hottest liquid? Just boiling water, isn't it? With sugar in it. Yeah, but I couldn't have said, can I? But the thing with custard dessert is stick. Or stick. Creme anglais. I've been doing Duolingo. Do you have any floating island? Or creme anglais? So you would have got hot custard, yeah? Yeah, and I'd have splattered it in his face. Do you know what? What I might have done is, I think hot is, that is like GBH. So you could like go to prison for assault. What I would do, I think actually a reflection, rather than do the swear wordy stuff, buy a Cornetto.
41:46Yeah. Eat all the chocolate bit off the top, lick it so it's sweat, and walk up behind him. Because I imagine this old bloke's bald and just squash it on his head. Like he's a unicorn. Yeah. And he'd leave. Yeah. Do you reckon he was Spanish and didn't like tourists, maybe? Where were they? Spain. Spain. Yeah. Because he didn't say if he was English or Spanish. He might be. Oh, he was Spanish. surely I reckon they're Spanish and that's his table he sits at every day and he was annoyed kids were there so he thought I'll just keep smoking until they move yeah I don't know anyway he was horrible I'm on your side Si
42:30Josh Widdicombe:get your tickets now for the Dog Stars it's no surprise how fast civilization can disappear not there just kill or be killed Jacob Elordi There are people out there. They need our help. Josh Brolin Shoot first and inquire afterwards. Margaret Qualley Ow! Okay, tough guy. And Guy Pearce Arm up! The Dog Stars, directed by Ridley Scott. In theaters August 28th. Get tickets now. Rated R. Under 17, not a middle without parents.
43:03Josh Widdicombe:Boomer Grand Pairing Rob. Yeah. Hi Josh, Rob and Michael. Your Beyond Boomer story reminded me of a story my auntie loves to tell. from when she was a girl in the late 60s. The family lived in the town of the Yorkshire Dales and my grandparents also owned a house in the nearby countryside. Pretty basic with no electricity, water, etc. Pretty basic.
43:27Josh Widdicombe:My auntie, age 12, and her friend who was the same age loved to have an adventure by going to camp out in the house overnight on their own. One night, my granddad dropped them both off in the Land Rover telling them he'd be back in the morning. on leaving he gave my auntie a shotgun being a country girl she knew how to shoot and told her that if anyone came up to the house that she could shoot them jesus wept off he went to the pub and the girls had a lovely evening chilling out when it got dark they heard a car approaching and both started to get a bit freaked out on orders they looked out of the window trembling with the shotgun, wondering what on earth they should do.
44:10Josh Widdicombe:They saw the car pull up and someone get out. My auntie was terrified, but as per ordered, she readied the gun, only to hear my pissed grandad saying, don't shoot, don't shoot. He decided to check on the girls on his way back from the pub. Oh, God. Drunk driving, presumably, as well. No harm today, but unimaginable today. My auntie does like to remind us that all of the day she nearly shot her dad. Stay sexy and relatable. Laura near Oxford. So was she 12? Yeah. Different world, Rob. It was a different world. Pretty basic. Just a gun. No running water or electricity. Just a gun. Doesn't sound like a fun place to stay.
44:51Josh Widdicombe:No, it doesn't sound fun if you're taking a shotgun, just in case. Right, shall we do another one? One more. One more. One more. One more. One more. One more. One more. One more. One more. One more. a couple of normal people with famous names here. Yeah. Ten years ago, I went to high school with a boy called Spike Lee. That is mad. Obviously, as young teenagers, none of us tweaked the correlation, but only as I've gotten older, I've realised how weird it was for our Spike to be the pale blonde white boy with glasses. So was he called Spike or had people called him Spike? Well, everyone called him Spike Lee.
45:23Maybe Spike was a nickname. That was from Lois. That's good. Oh, hello here. Just this one. Hi there. Just wanted to say a big thanks to Rob Beckett. It's always nice to finish an episode being thankful to me. Me and my partner were trying for a baby for six months with no success. It wasn't until we saw Rob's giraffe show in Dublin on the 27th of September, 2025, that we conceived our baby girl, April, who was born a few weeks ago. I guess talking about cleaning hamster vaginas was the kit we needed. Oh, my word. That's Niamh and Jason.
45:56Josh Widdicombe:Happy to be of assistance. There you go, Rob. Rob, thank God you're back on the stand-up circuit come this autumn. Who knew my mirth could make people horny and happy? And fertile. Right, Rob, Michael sent me an email just for me. Okay, it's interesting. Dear Rob. Just to Rob? Yeah, you have denied stealing Fraser's toast. Okay, okay. Here we go, here we go. Let's lock in. uh fraser's toast when in greece um you called fraser a little prick and told me to go fuck myself yep i did one might suggest this isn't the response of an innocent man
46:50Josh Widdicombe:fraser tells me he has nothing to hide and is happy to answer the questions he posed as part of your defense to his accusation question one go on did tracer choose sourdough toast answer probably not because he was six at the time thank you his story was that you were at the toaster with one of your children he wonders if the normal white toast might have been for them oh here we go here we go it's all changes it's your kids only sourdough in 2022 my child So my child stole your child's toast, not me. There we go. Thank you. You were making toast for your children. No, I didn't. I've stolen toast.
47:29What? My child would have put that on their plate and walked away with it. I've not stolen toast. My child has. Here we go. It all falls apart. Next question. The anecdote is not quite as interesting, is it? No. No. Rob, so you've taken the toast.
47:45Josh Widdicombe:You've been seen taking the toast. No, no, I still don't even know if that's true or not. But what I'm telling is it definitely wasn't, I definitely wouldn't take white. White toast gives me the shits. So you refuse to take the toast for your children? If your child said, Daddy, could you make me a slice? How old was your youngest daughter in 2022? What is it now? Four years ago. So there would have been six and four. Yes. So there's every chance you were taking toast for your four-year-old. You weren't making her. Of course, and there's every chance I wasn't. Yeah. Next question. beyond reasonable doubt remember beyond reasonable doubt next question was fraser lying you did accuse his son of being a liar and called him a little prick like many six-year-olds fraser's relationship with the truth is generally self-serving however he tells me he had no interest in fabricating anecdotes of future workplace icebreakers
48:42Josh Widdicombe:he points out that he can do bat flips and he has met eden hazard both of which are pretty cool yep i'd say they would definitely be icebreakers beyond uh the toast yeah i would mention that fraser eden hazard at the buffet right right i would mention that Fraser accused you to your face later in the holiday. You were kind enough to push him and your children on a rope swing roundabout at the Hotel Play Park and he shouted, you stole my toast. Let's look at this. So now, look, so all this is coming out. So he was either dabbling down on a lie or demonstrating the honesty of youth. See, all this, all this.
49:27Josh Widdicombe:To be fair, you denied it then as well, but of course you did. Of course I did. I don't eat white bread I'm afraid that Fraser is unconvinced of your defence you remain known as a toast thief in our house and do you know what Fraser's known as in our house a little back flipping prick so why don't he back flip over to Eden Hazard for a slice of hovis and get out of my life with his accusatory bollocks anyway I hope he's alright oh is he 6 I need to stop having podcasts Oh, he's 10. Don't fuck yourself, Fraser. You're basically 15. I'll arm wrestle him. I'll tell you what, why don't I arm wrestle him for the truth?
50:16That's you and from Glasgow. So potentially my child stole the toast. And I pushed him on a park because I'm such a great guy. Such a great guy. That wasn't in the original email, was it? It was all negative.
50:29Josh Widdicombe:No, exactly. Oh, Rob. I went to a park yesterday. A park, yeah? Something like you? Well, it's not anymore. We're at the beach, and then we had some friends from London down. Obviously, they smelt the park. They know which side their bread's buttered. I went in the park. I was like, this is fucking shite. I think the parks are nice. Play parks are shit. I don't mind a play park when they're big enough to go around on their own. I think it's quite nice to watch them play. Yeah, but I just don't enjoy it. Do you know what it was, Rob? What? PTSD from all those fucking parks. You did do Victoria Park too much, I think.
51:12Josh Widdicombe:That awful, I'm going to say it, that awful park in Victoria Park with a big slide. Jack, you're such a little turncoat you are. I am. Because you're all over it. Children would be throwing stones down the slide to make it more slidey. sand and stones pushing to go down the slide awful anyway but you don't like parks anymore no no it's over right small business yeah here we go hello you sexy relatable beasts i would like to give a small business shout out to outfit ready my friend theresa used to spend ages organizing outfits only for her three children to either grab whatever they found and mornings were stressful.
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52:37Josh Widdicombe:ever spell um thank you boys from sonara there you go rob and josh by the way if you want any of these links they go up on our instagram on uh small business sundays on the instagram's parenting hell on it yeah oh yeah yeah but our small business sundays on the parenting hell instagram i'd love to ask for a small business shout out for my son brandon brandon is 13 since he was just two years old he's been completely obsessed with vacuum cleaners cleaning them collecting them and watching endless youtube videos about them last august brandon asked if posts on Facebook offering his services cleaning people's vacuum cleaners over the summer holidays so he could turn his passion into a bit of pocket money.
53:19Josh Widdicombe:Brilliant. Good lad. He had no idea how much it would take off or how supportive people would be. Since then he's built a thriving little business cleaning and servicing vacuums. This is the best one ever. How old is he? 13. Oh wow. And he's constantly learning how to repair different issues too. Brandon is such a kind soul. Everyone who meets him comment on how polite, thoughtful and bright he is and I honestly couldn't be prouder. We're based in a small village just outside Norwich and even just giving his Facebook or Instagram would mean the absolute world to him. He actually joked while I was listening to Parenting Hell, wouldn't it be funny if they gave my vacuum business a shout out?
53:53Josh Widdicombe:So here I am trying to make that little dream come true. You can find him on both Facebook and Instagram at Brandon's Vacuum Cleaning Services. That's Brandon D-O-N at the end. Just to add, Brandon isn't on social media himself. All messages and content are managed by me and his dad. Thank you so much and please keep doing what you're doing. I've been listening since the very beginning and I had a second child Brody in June 2020 while working in our local hospital. Laura, no idea how many months I'm 33. Brandon, good lad. That's such a lovely story. I almost want to break my vacuum cleaner, drive me to Norwich so he can fix it.
54:31Josh Widdicombe:That is straight into the Small Business Hall of Fame alongside Jimmy Cipollata.
54:40Josh Widdicombe:Josh, I'll see you next time. There we go. See you next time. You always do that when you're not listening. If you're distracted, you go, there we go. I know. It's really, do you know what? It's really radio host trying to queue up the next track while listening to a call. There we go. Muse newborn. It's 9.52 on XF Radio X. all right see you next time bye
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