190: Pete Wicks hard launches

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0:36Welcome to Staying Relevant, the podcast hosted by two best friends, me, Sam Thompson, and Peter James Jonathan Joseph Wicks. This is the main episode, which means it's Monday that this comes out audibly and you'll be able to watch this on Josh Kira and now Paul's YouTube channel. Paul is our newest recruit to the team. He's just here for a short amount of time because we don't like him. But that is available from 5pm on Wednesday night. And then we'll be doing a bonus episode which comes out Thursday, which you can watch on Josh Kira and Paul's YouTube channel from 5pm on Sunday, which means you can catch us on a...

1:13Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Sunday. But it is nice having his voice in because he's louder than the rest of you when we do the days. It is new to him, unlike you lot. Yeah, he's still got that enthusiasm. They've been doing it twice a week for the past two years. George Mays, I was thinking about this, actually. I haven't finished. Oh, sorry, apologies. This podcast will include swearing. If you don't like it, go fuck yourself. Make sure you rate, reviewed all of that sort of stuff. You know the score by now. Sam, please carry on. Well, I just, I was thinking that Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Sunday has survived a lot.

1:46We did that before we started this production company. Yeah. That's like from almost very early, early beginning. Which tradition? It now annoyingly is tradition. Yeah. Like that survived different team members, different production companies, and it's still kicking about. Well, of course it is. Because, you know, I stand by it. You know, we have to let an audience know exactly when they can catch us. We've got to know. And the reason that I repeat it and we keep doing it is because the majority of our listeners are thick. So we have to remind them twice a week that there's four opportunities to catch us, two visually and two audibly.

2:22because otherwise they'll go, well, they'll comment on a post. So when is this out then? It's the same fucking time every week. So I went, is this out yet then? Is it a Monday? Is it a Thursday? Then it's not, is it? No, you need to listen to the chant. Exactly. Just in your head. Every time you see a post, Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Sunday. Anyway. Right, well, let's start off because we were, you know, much like a lot of your life, you know, mostly sex life, premature with the England it's coming home we crashed out we did crash out and we I was convinced we were going to win and we actually did the pod obviously in full England sort of like layout we had flags and yeah everything over there I was convinced I'll put my hands up I really was convinced we were going to win the World Cup yeah what happened we didn't win it we got battered no didn't just get bastard.

3:15We, Argentina, who by the way, suck ass. Well. I don't even care. I know we probably have a few Argentinians listening. I doubt it. Well, I think we've gone global. Like, I just, do you know what? It's like, I've just never seen such bad sportsmanship in my entire, I'm English, I'm salty, I get it. But like, it's the entire thing from England, Argentina, to then Argentina, Spain. They had a fight at the end of the Spain game. So, just to recap I was right you were right Pete said we weren't going to win the World Cup you pessimistic bastard well pessimistic realistic whatever you want to call it were you one of them people just watching the World Cup final supporting Spain a hate watch the whole thing yes okay excellent a lot of people seem to have done that I forced Tally to sit down and watch the thing with me as a duo hate watch I also watched the World Cup final that surprises me no because you know it's an event yeah and I listen As much as I'm not fucking like a weird fucking crazy, I like sport.

4:16I like to watch fucking sport. But I nearly had to switch off. It was quite a boring game. Not because of the game. A halftime show. Jesus fucking Christ. Yeah, that was tough. Madonna, Shakira, Justin Bieber and Burning Man. Burner Boy. Whatever. Burning Man. absolutely no need to be anywhere near that. No, I jive. I'm with you. Me and Pete normally disagree on a lot of these things. It was, it was, it was. I mean, it was, that would have been lovely for just sort of like, if you wanted to go and watch that, if you want to watch a halftime show, flip over to the other channel and you can see it.

4:56Yeah. But right now, what I want to hear is some tactical analysis from Joe Hart, Michael Richards and Wayne Rooney. Or the experts. But you know what I mean? I'm there to watch the football I want to hear Gabby Logan go what should they be doing and I want to hear Wayne Rooney go it's just not good enough but bless Wayne Rooney because he spoke for us all what was your favourite part of the half time show when it ended it was crap that's me if I was a pundit but that's why I think everyone loves you and everyone loves Wayne Rooney because you've got Michael Richard Bernard Shakira Joe Hart who doesn't even know who Adonis is probably was literally like and I love Joe me and him mates it sounds it and he literally turns around and goes oh, it's got to be R9 carrying Madonna.

5:39And then just waves. I mean, that was mental as well, because R9 and Ronaldinho looked like they'd won a competition to meet Madonna. It was the fake smile. Yeah. It was fucking weird. The whole thing was just fucking odd. Justin Bieber, anything he could have done. Any song. I'll tell you what we'll do. Let's pick the most depressing, slow song to really get everyone in the mood. Imagine being in the dressing room, right? Fucking World Cup final. This is the biggest moment of your career. and all you can hear bellowing out from the fucking stadium is silence from a crowd. So you won't hear nothing.

6:11And just Justin Bieber going, Hallelujah. Hallelujah. What the fuck? Imagine being the players and watching the Muppets. Imagine sitting there. You're cramping up. You're freezing up because you need to now go warm up again. And Miss Piggy's sat there waving. You've got fucking Miss Piggy there. And then, and Pete's right. Do you know what? Like, we're so aligned on this. Justin Bieber, big fan. shittiest song you could ever sing at a sporting event like that also gotta put it out there the start I would have preferred Baby so would I I think everyone would have Baby, Baby, Baby that would have been great would have been great all the influencers who were there getting free tickets would have fucking loved it all the streamers we can talk about the streamers in a sec actually they fucked me off as well but I what because you're not one shocked to see no I think they just ruined the World Cup shocked to see Robbie Williams in the cold shirts yeah opening the entire thing in a shell suit as well.

7:06What a boy. I didn't actually hate that because I'm a big Robbie Williams fan. Nicole Scherzinger, how did Nicole Scherzinger get the World Cup opening ceremony? I mean, to be fair to her, she has got a fabulous voice. I'd rather hear her than Miss Piggy and Madonna. On the list of people that pissed me off in performances and World Cup, she's not in the top five. She's at the bottom. She's not in the top five. Well, let's move on from that because it's fucking over now, thank God. You can all go back to your normal lives. Spain won. You can all stop. Yeah, sorry. Sorry, I didn't realise we were giving the exclusive.

7:40Spain won. Well, no, it's just that I'm sure we're all pretty damn happy that Spain fucked them over. Yeah, Spain won. Oh, mate, you must have. Dude, they suck. Yeah. Yeah, I didn't care. I'll be honest with you. I didn't care. I Messi I think it's a shame that that's the way he went out you know probably his last World Cup game I've got to say as well Laminya Mal have you seen his dad? Yes Dad's younger than me and Sam Yeah I know his dad he's won the Euros he's won a World Cup at 19 his dad is younger than Sam and I Yeah Do you know what as well I'm not bitter Yeah he's I'm just fucked off that I've done nothing with my life His sperm is unreal the strength of his jizz.

8:29Because imagine that. Your biggest accomplishment in life is your sperm. Yeah, but I don't think, I don't think the spunk was flying up the fucking ovarian fucking tubes doing keepy-ups. I imagine he's put some work in. Yeah, but mate, you still got to have natural talent. You know? Yeah. My kid's going to be a fooler. Where's the natural talent coming from? Tally good, is she? No, obviously skips a generation. Your dad was good, was he? Big Mike Aboula. Big Mike. Do you know how I can imagine Big Mike being like, sort of like the posh Dean Windass? He was a rugby player. He played rugby. Yeah, see, that I can see.

9:07He's a little stocky bastard. Yeah, that I can see. Anyway, so... Oh, cry for Mike. Right, right, right. Jinx, right. But look, we go from one huge moment for the globe to another. Now, I've been given strict instructions by Pete, you know, as of last episode as well, not to make this a very big deal. So we're going to try and make this as relaxed as possible. This podcast historically talks about staying relevant moments in our lives. And this is a pretty big one. You know I like saying it. Pete, you've never been more relevant than this week. This one is actually true. Peter has broke the internet.

9:43My best friend, Peter, has a girlfriend. The hard launch was absolutely, it was beautiful, beautifully done. Can I just point out, just before we start here, because I feel like it needs to be said, yes, this podcast is called Staying Relevant. The launch was not for relevancy. The launch was for love. Are you in love? It's different. So I didn't hard launch just for the likes. But he did. He did unclick the like. You hide all your other likes, Pete, but you didn't hide that one. And I'll tell you exactly why. because Olivia's social media manager, Grace, said you should unhide the likes. Now, the reason I said to her, I said the reason I do unhide likes and stuff like that is because it's just irrelevant and people kind of, you know, look at that sort of stuff and give a fuck.

10:39What I didn't realise was that gave Sam an opportunity to see how well it had done for him to work out what he could do to piggyback off of that. Now, so Sam did his own video based on how well the post did. Now all of you will go, that's very supportive. Very supportive. But the minute I saw it, I thought, he's wormed his way in. He's wormed his way in there. No. But very nice post, I must say. I would love you to do that for me. If there were two things that were relevant this week, it was England losing in the World Cup and me having a bird. Sam thought, tick, tick. I genuinely didn't do that.

11:14I have known you for enough time now for you to know that that is exactly what you did. So it'd be very supportive. Yes, yeah, yeah, yeah. So it's nice when someone says this and we don't need to make a big deal doing your own video, screaming, kissing a shirt. Yeah, no, that's very supportive. That's following the exact instructions and let's just breathe past this. Let's just breathe past it. Do we need another 2 million people viewing your video? Probably not. Probably not. But are we going to do it anyway because it's good for the optics? We support our best friends. is what we do over here.

11:49Now, yes, I actually keep... How is Pete's he can control? No, you're not having it. I'm not letting you have this. We're not doing this. Not on this specific point, okay? You did a beautiful, lovely post and we're going to sit in it for a bit, okay? We're just going to sit and we're going to like it and we're going to enjoy it. It was a beautiful... But guess who was it? Pippa was the first person told me. Pippa called me immediately. You'll never believe what happened. I went, what? She went, Pete's got a hard line. She went, fuck off. Yeah. I think I was in the car. Pippa was on holiday. And managed to comment from her holiday, we are live!

12:20Yeah, yeah. We are live to the nation. Yeah, yeah. She literally could, because mate, the thing is, Pete, this is a really big moment. Like for us as friends, as I would say, we're all best friends. It's not a big moment for you at all. It is. It's nothing. We're so happy. This is something in my life that's fuck all to do with you. Well, yeah. Or any of you. But we're family. That's how it works. Pippa calls me up. She literally goes, you're going to need to pull over. I'm pretty sure I pulled the car over. And literally, You've probably hit a curb, judging by your wheels. God, I've got to have a look at this.

12:50I nearly cried. It was, mate, no, I'm not having this. It was beautiful. It was lovely. Very nicely done. And we're very, very fucking happy for you. Pete's got a girlfriend. My boy has got a girlfriend. Okay, thank you. Now, what was most annoying about the post was... He's gone too annoying about the post. Lovely, lovely comments, lovely comments. Far too many comments on can't believe he can do a backflip. Yeah, that is true. Genuinely, genuinely, bear in mind that this is, you know, it's a monumental occasion for me. I don't do things like that. All people worried about was, Jesus Christ, he can backflip.

13:32Is it that unbelievable? Why does everyone think I have absolutely zero sporting? Literally, literally, he gave it to me last week when, mate, I was doing this backflip. You even said it was from the backflip. He said, we're having a single outside. He goes, God, I'll tell you what. He's leaning up against the wall. He's like, I'll tell you what, mate. He's doing backflips off this boat in Ibiza. He goes, I can't fucking move. Yeah, it was tough. But I'm not as... Do people think I'm that decrepit? Is that what it is? An old... Why was there silence at that moment? You throw fucking your two pence in at every other moment.

14:04Just dead silence. Well, we just don't want to hurt your feelings. But yeah, it was... Yeah, I had to keep a bit of me in it. A bit of black and white. Yeah, and also Blackheart, I think, isn't it? With a black heart in there as well? Yeah, a little black heart in it, you know? Nice. Okay, so just really quickly, you know, we've all hard launched before. You know, it's a big moment, mate. And I'm sure you knew this is like, it was going to get a lot of attention and stuff. So you're literally like, right, you can't fuck it up. So it's got to have a bit of you in it. And I think you kept a bit of you in it as well.

14:30How did you find the hard launch experience? Like, how did you pick the music? How was that picked? Like, how did you go? What was the first photo? You were like, this is going to be the first photo I picked. Was there like a thought process? Yeah, the thought process was what would live like. Yeah, exactly. And that's the most important thing. Well, yeah, like at the end of the day, yeah, that was it. Obviously, you know, we'd seen the clip on our podcast and, you know, we'd spoken about it. So I thought, oh, fuck it. Well, you know, let's go and do it. The music, I would love to take full credit for that.

15:01It was suggested by Instagram. Nice. As a song that I have played. And because there was lots of water in it, water my soul seemed like a, you know what I mean? We thought this stuff through. But I didn't specifically, it was suggested to me. And in terms of the photos, I think it encapsulates what a wonderful trip it was, because there's lots of other people and stuff in it. But obviously the first photo had to be me and Liv. Yeah. And all I really cared about was that I didn't embarrass her. And I don't think you did. From what it sounds like, she commented on that, I believe being like, so you do listen to the podcast, which you clearly do actually, to be fair.

15:35I thought it was lovely. Somebody knows Pete incredibly well. I thought it moved seamlessly from photo to photo to photo. I agree with Pete. It was very, it wasn't so we're in your face. Well, coming from such a social media phenomenon as yourself. Well, exactly. I was thinking, I was thinking of hiring Paul O 'Leary to do something for me for the hard launch. But unfortunately, he was unavailable. But yeah, just simple. Just, there we go. Well, it was lovely. Now it's out. It's fine. We're good. it does bring us on to the big question which has been in debate for a little while between Liv and I who does whose podcast first I don't want to get pushy Pete but I feel like I feel like Ar's been going a little bit longer and I feel like she's been on this pod before she's a friend of the pod yeah she is a friend of the pod I have done her pod four times previously we should have seen the signs then people are now going back look help a couple two couple of struggling lads out we are struggling it is tough so maybe maybe you could do a plea well look Liv I've always been a big fan of yours I've always thought we got along every time we see each other if you know if you want to come on this podcast we can get the big green sofa out for you you'll have a great time she's not fat what she could just sit in a chair It will sit in the two green seats.

17:03Oh, you're going to be in it as well? Yeah, 100%. I was almost thinking, actually, without Pete, we can really go deep at that point. That'd be quite nice. And we'll do that when Pete's away, actually. That'd be great. So when I'm away, you're going to go deep in Olivia? Sounded worse when you repeated it back to me just then. No, but we'd love a Liv. We'd love Liv on the podcast. But I imagine... Well, if that doesn't convince her, I don't know what will. I imagine though, because Pete is now a puppy dog, he'll be on hers imminently. Listen, it's, you know, regardless, yes, it's out there, but at this point, you know, still private life is still private.

17:44Maybe we shouldn't do the podcast. We've got time. We've got you. We've got forever. Oh, nice. We've got forever. Well, we've got forever or until I die. Exactly. Till death do us part. We better get that booked in. Yeah. But yeah, listen, that was a really nice plea. Maybe I think that was a kind of practice run. You could perhaps think about it, write yourself a script and do another plea, whack it on social media. You can whack it on all of your channels. You can put it on Sam Thompson UK official. You can whack it on your TikTok and your Snapchat. You can perhaps do it on the one that's absolutely flying at the minute, Sam T.

18:20Footy. Sam T. Footy. I think that would be a good one if you whack the plea out on there because it is back, Sam T. Footy. It is back. It is back and in business. I don't know what's happened. And the World Cup's really, really just sort of like made me feel, I feel patriotic again. I love it. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, I'm back in. Big time. Double-footed. And what has the kind of reaction been? Because the things about Sam T. footy, as we all know from following, Paul, you big fan of Sam T. footy? Huge fan. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Thank you, Paul. Pippa? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Kira? Yeah, yeah, yeah. I mean, I wake up every morning just to see if there's been a post on Sam T.

18:55footy. The thing is, I bet you do. and genuinely it's because it's raw, it's really natural, there's a lot of vlogging from bed while Tally's trying to sleep and that's the kind of content that we're craving. It's the kind of content that other people aren't doing. It is, yeah, you're just breaking moulds with Sam T. Footy. Always. How has it been getting back into that over the past kind of month of the World Cup? Oh, man, I've absolutely loved it. I think it's been great. I think the reaction's been class. You know, people like football and people, you know, they're like an honest accounting of what's going on in the game.

19:30So long may it continue. I'm going to carry on. Do you feel, I passed the World Cup. Yeah, 100%. So as we go into the new premiership season, you're going to carry on 70 footy. Are you now auditioning because of your, you know, I don't want to say failure.

19:50Less than impressive success at Soccer Aid. Are you now looking to go into punditry at Soccer Aid? Funny enough, I'm looking to go into sports. A commentator. A commentator role? You're looking to go into sports? I'm looking to go into sports. I love football. I'm looking to, so Sky Sports, if you're watching, I would love, I would love to do something. Funny enough, the nemesis has already made that foray. Roman is already there. So it's only natural that I follow in his footsteps. Absolutely. And get in there as well. Okay. Well, I mean, look, I think you have real potential judging on Sam T.

20:22I'm surprised you weren't out in America. I'll be honest with you. Yeah. I think it would have been good for Sam T-footy to have been in the stands, blogging and all the rest of it. Because there was, I mean, there was lots of famous faces out there, as we saw, Halftime Show, you know, David Beckham, the whole family were there. Timothy Shalala, all of them sort of people there. There was a few guys from One Direction at the Atlanta game. Yeah. So there was lots of people out there. And I think maybe for the next major tournament, Sam T-footy could get out there. Maya Jammer made it. Yes, my jammer, innit?

20:55Yeah. Maybe. It's been a while since you've mentioned her. How is that friendship? No, she's good, mate, actually. I actually messaged her not too long ago. Message back? Yeah, she did. She did, yeah. We were going to go to the same concert together. We didn't. I didn't end up going, actually. Oh, so you... Couldn't swing an invite. What a great chat. So you mentioned Sky Sports. You mentioned you're looking to get into kind of sports. Yeah. Now, when you say getting into sports, did you mean the punditry? or did you mean sort of you consider yourself to be a bit of an athlete? Punditry. You've booked in an MRI for your shin splints.

21:30I have. Oh, Pippa, I love the way you put that in. I have grade one shin splints. Have you let Sky Sports out just in case that pops up? You know, breaking news on Sky Sports, Sam Thompson books in MRI. Is the running career over? Have you retired? We're all looking. The running career at the moment is over. This is a potential retirement. Well, I've shaved my legs as well to try and get some tape on it. But yeah, it's not looking good for me, mate. It's not looking good. Yeah, I went for an MRI yesterday, grade one shin splints. Don't look at each other like that. It's very hard. Guys, if you've been following Sam's running career over the past couple of years, this could be the end for us all.

22:03If you've been following my Strava. What, I mean, how do you feel? It was a short-lived career. Pretty gutted, actually, because I've just hired my running coach again, so I've got to let him down. And yeah, you know, I was out there. I wanted to sort of do the half-mouthing with Pippa and do Royal Parks, but I don't know if I'm going to be able to make it. It's kind of like, yeah, will he, won't he kind of vibe. Yeah. Yeah, will he, won't he? I mean, we are all on the edge of our seats. Is it that you actually have an injury or is it that Pippa embarrassed you and you were so fucking god awful on your loss?

22:35I have an injury. I'm retiring. I wish it was that. I do wish it was that, but I do actually genuinely have an injury, yeah. And it's a physical injury, not just a mental injury? It's a no. The mental side couldn't be stronger, but the physical, my body's just not keeping up with me it's just not keeping up i'm an old man now you know i don't know what would happen with me if i did a backflip of a boat at the moment so um i i don't recommend

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23:48I'll be honest with you. Men of nearly 40 should not be doing things like that. I was drunk and immediately regretted it. But, well, look, where are you going to go from here? Sports-wise, what sports can you still do? Well, I'm just going to say that I feel like more importantly, my birthday's coming up. My bear's on the cards again, Peter. How was it this weekend? Dingo. Okay, you owe me£20. I knew it! god damn it yeah yeah yeah I was gonna go and then and then it all just became a little bit too much and I was like yeah I can't it became a bit too much I couldn't get a flight and then I really struggle booking things I do I don't know what it is I cannot sit there in front of a laptop and just book myself a flight do it on your phone I know I just I get overwhelmed and I really struggle with it I could book a flight to Marbella in I would say three minutes why don't you do that for my birthday going out there again.

24:45Because unfortunately, I'm going to be in Thailand quite a long way. I love you. Would you have come if you weren't going to Thailand? Absolutely not. See, that actually hurts my feelings. Yeah. It hurts my feelings. I've had a lot of holidays. I've done... People sometimes think you don't like me now. I've done the Marbella thing with you. And it was... Lovely. A lovely moment and a great holiday. Yeah, it was a delightful experience, parts of it. And I just... Are you actually going to go? Yeah, no, we are actually going to that. Are you going? Yeah, 100%. Yes, I'm actually taking a holiday.

25:19It's my first holiday of the year. And have you booked it? It's in the process of being booked. How long is the process of booking? It's going to take a while, but we're going to get there. We're going to get there. When you say we, we're going to have this group of friends of us going. You, all the ones you know and love. Yes. Are you going out there? Yeah. We're going to have a good time. It's going to be great. Some of those that I don't know or love. Tally going with you? Tally's coming with me, yeah. So it's the first holiday, so presumably she's doing the booking, is she? No, it's some of my mates who are booking.

25:51Oh, so they're all arranging it? Yeah. Okay, nice. Staying in the same place? No, we're getting a villa. All of you living in the same place? Yeah. Yeah, no, I'm busy. Too busy. I thought that might be the one that... Yep! That you say no to. Big villa for you all. Okay. All right, nice. And the sort of wags are going? The wags are going. Yeah, girlfriends are invited. Well, look, it's exciting. Is your dad going to make an appearance? Dad's going to be there. Your dad was the highlight of my Mabaya trip last time. He's asked, actually, if you're coming. I was like, well, maybe. Yeah, I am not here, unfortunately.

26:23He was very excited. I would have potentially popped out for a weekend. That's all I need to know. As long as you would have. I would have potentially popped out, but I am not here, unfortunately. What sort of shenanigans are you and the lads going to be getting up to? Well, it's going to be a boring one. A lot of golf, a lot of lunches. you know how long you've been there we're going to yeah didn't play any gold last time no but long lazy lunches we've got to be Shell Beach again have a great time yeah okay good very nice sounds thrilling almost as thrilling as a 2pm afternoon slot at the pictures how was the odyssey fucking phenomenal I had such a good time I literally couldn't get a ticket to go by the way for anyone who hasn't been to see the odyssey go and watch it it's the most brilliant film don't give anything away ever I'm not going to but it was so fucking good the casting was great Christopher Nolan outdoes himself but you can't go and see it for love nor money unless you literally go at like the oddest time yeah like 2pm Friday afternoon 2pm Friday afternoon 29 degrees yeah I went with my boss as well which is weird we both sort of sat there and just sort of like geeked out actually over it it was amazing I had the best fucking time if you want to know more because obviously I know this pod isn't about film reviews then you can probably go back and look at three stories Sam did with an in-depth analysis of the movie and its references to the classical civilisation.

27:48Yeah. Yeah. That's exactly what it is. Just in case you've got to, you know, if this has sparked an interest for you, then please go and do that. And whilst you're there, give Sam T. Footy a follow so that you can follow his analytics of football. Mate, I've got hobbies and likes. That's a nice thing. No, it is nice. It is nice. I mean, look, I am happy that you and, you know, your boss enjoyed your 2 p.m. afternoon session at the pictures. We had a lovely time. Yeah. Any more commissions? Yeah. We did. We did speak afterwards. Excellent. Was there anyone else in the pictures? Completely ran. We're at the top left, mate.

28:28And everyone cheered. I clapped at the end. I was that guy. The end of the movies. I went, yeah! Stayed for the credits. everyone was just clapping having a good time I haven't do you know what so 2pm on a Friday so all the other unemployed virgins were there all clapping together yeah what a time because you literally said you nearly came some of them probably did oh yeah I said off camera I'd nearly climax it was such a good movie climax at the IMAX yeah do you know what what a time to be alive I will say this there is something so lovely though I haven't been to the IMAX since The Hobbit the first one came out and And cinemas nowadays, they're getting a lot more empty.

29:08Like not many people go to the cinema anymore. It was really cool to see. It was fucking rammed. Everyone there had to see the same thing they absolutely loved. It was really nice. Really liked it. Like hearing people cheer after the game, you couldn't give a shit. No, no, no. I just wasn't expecting such a sort of passionate defense of the arts. I loved it. I love the cinema, man. Bring back the pictures. Bring back the pictures. I don't know. Netflix and all that, lovely. but like bring back the cinema experience. Yeah, I want someone getting tugged off at the cinema. You know, like no one's doing that anymore.

29:43That's why your boss went. Can I have another show? Anyway, hi ITV. How are you? Oh God. Right. How have we spent more time on my nothing week than Pete's hard line? How have you swung this? He thinks he's so clever, doesn't he? He's literally sitting there. He took charge of his own segment and then has now like swung this over to like, our listeners are sitting there hating Pete, being like, you fucking bellend. We could have spent so long talking about like your hard launch, your relationship, and the poor people listening to this, listen to the Odyssey, my MRI scan, and Sam T. Footy. I just want to let everyone know it's not my fault, okay?

30:25I wish it wasn't this way. And I'm just going to let everybody know it's not your relationship. Moving on. Here we go. Now, there's a new trend going around, Peter. Naming top five things that you think are worth the money slash benefit your life. Okay, so it's a TikTok trend, okay? It can be as niche as you like. Things that are worth the money, actually worth the money, especially in this day and age. Good shoes. Good shoes. That's a fucking good one. I like that. That's a great one. Good shoes. Listen, fashion comes and goes. Good shoes and good jackets. they last a lifetime. So fashion, so clothing.

31:05No, fashion comes and goes. Good shoes, good jackets. The piece in between, yeah, you can buy them. A suit. Suits, good suits. Yeah. But when I say good suits, actually, I think it's worth the money tailoring a suit. It doesn't have to be an expensive suit. You can go and buy saying off the peg, but if it fits you properly, it'll look a million dollars. Yeah. So that's the, the aesthetic side of things. I would say, what else is worth the money? I'll tell you what's not worth the money. Kitchen roll. You ever bought kitchen roll before? No. Fucking hell. Mate, do you know how you can tell a wealthy household if they've got loads of kitchen roll?

31:46You know they're doing well. If you walked around someone's gaff and they've got, like, tons of kitchen roll, then you're like, you're doing well. Or you're messy. But, mate, it racks up kitchen roll. But that's the opposite to what we're doing. But, yeah, kitchen roll. I really recently was like, kitchen roll's very expensive. So, kitchen roll not worth the money. Not worth the money. What is worth the money? Which was the question. What's worth the money? Here come the money. Running coach? Is that worth the money? Do you know what? Because I imagine when you've retired from running, a running coach, slightly unnecessary expense.

32:21Yeah. Wouldn't say that's worth the money. No, I would agree. I would agree. Although I do love you, Taylor. Another one of your favourites, Anusole. Is that worth the money for you? No, quite expensive Anusole, actually. And not worth it for a healthy derriere? No, absolutely not. Right, okay. What else is worth the money? You quite often get the mullet and beard trimmed. Is that worth the money for you? Absolutely, 100%. Yeah, I would agree. Good haircut, worth the money. Yeah. Hair tranny as well, worth the money, I'd say. How would you know? Because I'm about to have one. Excellent, nice. Well, you don't know if it's worth the money because we haven't seen the results, so I suggest you hold back on that.

32:59just in case you come back looking like a Brillo pad. Just pull back on that and just wait a minute. Just wait. Give it a year and we'll come back to this topic in a year's time to find out if that's worth the money. Flight SagPay? Absolutely worth the fucking money. Back again soon. Just the three times in the past four months. So I would say absolutely worth the fucking money. What a wonderful place. Flights anywhere, I think, at the minute, which is coming from me in my holiday era. Absolutely, yeah, worth the money. Catch flights and feelings. Not so much for you, based on the fact that you can't book a flight.

33:39So booking flights, not worth the money for you. No, no. They're not worth the money all the time. Oh, a good pair of running shorts. Yeah, it would be good if you spent some money on some. These aren't running shorts. They are not, no, they look like swim shorts. These are my workout shorts. I'm not trying to pull that. um what's the difference between your workout shorts and your running shorts uh these are a little bit more um a little bit more material than the running shorts okay so the the running shorts are short shorts yeah very short shorts a lot of freedom a lot of freedom i get very hot i actually recently ran without my top on and i know how much you would hate that yeah i and i i and i thought i even thought to myself i mean if i saw if i if i like ran past like a pete wicks kind of character, he would hate me right now.

34:24But I had to do it. It was so hot. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So running without the top made a huge difference. Did, mate. I overheat massively. Still have your training bra on. I did. Yeah. It kind of defeats the other sort of object then. I would have sort of taken that. Is the training bra worth the money? Yep, 100%. What does it do for you? Well, it holds my phone and everything in it. Right. Yeah. Barbecue, worth the money. Yeah. I don't think your barbecue's worth the money. What do you mean? It's about 10 grand's worth of kit there, mate. I'm not sure that's worth it because you could pop to B &Q and get 120 pounds.

34:56No, it doesn't matter what barbecue. It's still cooked a sausage for me. So your specific barbecue, not so much worth the money, I would say. I would say that is an extravagant expense. I'll tell you something else that's worth the money. Soil. Soil. Soil's worth the money. All the hydrangeas are dying. Yep. All the plants are dead. Yeah, that's fun. A good pillow. Ooh, that's a good one. A good pillow. Is it the pillow or the pillow case? It's the pillow. For me, it's the pillow. Okay, how do you like your pillow? I love a pillow. Soft, really soft and thin. I like my thin. I don't like my neck being up.

35:29So yeah, I like a thin, goose down, feathered pillow is what I'd have. Why are you fucking scrunching your face up? I think what they're referring to is normally if it's a thin pillow, they're not as soft as the bigger ones. Yeah, but otherwise my neck just fucks up. So it's unusual to combine the soft and thin, I believe, is where you're going with their guys, isn't it? Yeah. Normally the harder ones are the thinner ones because there's less puff. Yeah, less give. But I do like it to be semi-soft and just like that thin. That is thin. Yeah, when you're lying on it. You don't even have a pillow.

36:04You sleep on your back. Yeah, quite often I'll sleep on a wooden floor. Good for your back, that, by the way. It is after numerous backflips. Yeah. Yeah, yeah. All right, excellent. Is there anything else that you want to just throw in that's worth the money? Any rogue choices, Sam? I'll tell you a couple of things that are worth the money. Go on. The Staying Redmond paperback book. Yeah. The slutty little cap. That I'm wearing today, actually. Turn it around. Show it up. There you go. Slightly little caps. Dishy cloths. There's something for everyone there. Staying Redmond merch is definitely worth the money.

36:40And I promise you, it's not tat. Have a wonderful day. Thank you. Oh, my God. Guess what? Someone came up to me recently and went, I do listen to you on the tube. Someone literally came up and said that his exact words. She went, just want to say, love your podcast. No, they were like, love your podcast. And I do listen to you on the tube. And I was like, vindication. Well, not really, because we have a quarter of a million people every week listen to us. One on the tube doesn't require a goodbye and enjoy your journey for, because what about the 200 and fucking 49 ,000 fucking... You never know.

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