And The Award Goes to….Sam & Pete!!! w/ Joel Dommett

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0:30on toast. Whatever the topic, they get to select their winner of choice. And today, we're joined by two TV favourites, a Strictly star, a former king of the jungle, and hosts of the arena-filling podcast Staying Relevant. It's Sam Thompson and Pete Wiggs. So listen in as Sam and Pete select five winners across five absurd award categories we made just for them. Want to see how it all came together? Check us out on YouTube, and the award goes to enjoy the show, guys. Welcome to the show, boys. Let's give them a round of applause because they're sat down. Because they're sat down, and they deserve it.

1:11So, fellas, think of this as your own personal award show where you get to hand out every award yourselves, okay? As you know, we sent you these awards about a week ago, and today all will be revealed. I'm very excited. Each of your chosen winners will earn a spot on this beautiful wall of fame, which is the big red wall behind you. Some absolutely great awards we've handed out so far. We've got Best Reality Show Contestant. It wasn't you, Sam O 'Beefe. I'm sorry, guys. Who was it? The GC? It was the GC, yeah. It was the GC, which is pretty good. Best line from a film, that was Giovanna Fletcher.

1:50What one? She went, I wrote you every day for a year. That's from the... The Nova. I've never seen it. I'm a bird. Caca. That's from Jurassic Park. I know. Yeah, it's such a good film. Yeah, it's not real. It's such a good film. If you want to cry. What are your favourite film from a... Oh. Pete would be like Scarface or something. Yeah, yeah, yeah. See the love of my little friend. Yeah, he's got to be in it. Yeah. It's got to be one of my side comments shortly, not the notebook. The notebook's unbelievable. Is it? I cried so much. Mate. Yeah. It is unbelievable. with best hand gesture we've had at the top that was from Giovanna Fletcher and she was what was that she went when you're driving your car and someone lets you through and you go and they go like that so good on the wheel so good that's quite a good one yeah yeah yeah Sam driving is is one of the the most interesting things you'll ever say so but Sam driving it's frightening because I can imagine him just driving and then just being like oh my god lights do you know what I mean No, he kind of rolls as if he's cruising as well.

2:57Yeah. Pete has to park for me. Stop it. He's done it twice, but I can't get into somewhere. He'll have to park my car for me. Oh, my God. This friendship's gone too far. It is like a proper little marriage. I love it. I love it. I love it. What a sad state of affairs. Yeah, it's beautiful. Let's talk about award shows in general. Do you like going to award shows? Do you like red carpets? Adore them. I think it's... Do you? We get to work with you on one of them, which is incredibly fun. Joe is the best in the business. Pete, I would say, I know you're going to probably agree with me on this one, back in the day, I think Pete liked them a little bit more than he likes them now.

3:38Do you not like them now? No. No. What do you not like about them? People would be the first thing. It's just all show busy, isn't it? I don't really like all that. It's not really my cup of tea. yeah and anytime we go to awards ceremonies and we've been to a lot over these we never we never win anything so that's not true podcast of the year boys yeah podcast of the year i saw it on your instagram yeah i've kind of got to stop saying that we paid for that though i think they just have persistence we just badgered people for so long yeah and when we don't win we boycott no we don't boycott I boycott Sam does Sam boycotts yeah Sam takes everything very personally whereas I'm just aware that we're not that great you guys did a great job at the NTAs on the red carpet interviewing people I think you did did you see us yeah yeah you did an absolutely great job because when I'm getting ready in my dressing room well together not by choice well yeah you also seem to steal my makeup artist every time you just come on in John was getting ready and then suddenly in our dressing room in walks your hairdresser and make-up artist doing Sam.

4:52I'm like, surely you've got to be getting Joel ready. You say, yeah, Sam needs this done first, shaving his head and that with the four haircuts he's got. Do you know, I messaged Joel with me and I've gone, Joel, I know he's here for you, but it's the only way Joel's literally rehearsing out on stage. And Joel's like, just make it quick, mate. Award number one. Are you ready for award number one? Yeah, let's do it. Let's do it. it's going to be the worst airplane etiquette. Yeah, give it a round of applause. This is a great award. This is fantastic. You've been on loads of flights together. Pete, how would you sort of describe your experience of flying with Sam?

5:34I've also flown a long flight with Sam. It's like having a child. The airport's a new experience every time. It's like he's never experienced an airport or an aeroplane before. so everything is over the top and he's already over the top so if you times that by a hundred it's painful the whole experience is painful this um we we flew to australia business class obviously amazing it's a great thing to be able to do and it's lovely you have a bit more space and all of that um but when you're sat in business class with sam it's not quite enough space still it's not quite enough this is this is this is my impression of sam in business class you're me okay This is my impression of being a business class with Sam, okay?

6:13Don't mind this, for 24 hours, okay? You're me. Oh, my God. Oh, my God, I just had the radishes. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So that's Sam. Do you know what I love? You've used that as a divider, haven't you? Yeah. He's used to prop up over the divider. Oh, my God. Yeah, it's just not fun. This is what I like about you guys, right, is that sometimes I feel like I'm Sam. and sometimes I feel like I'm you, Pete. I feel like I'm the perfect mixture of both of you because I'm the same. My wife gets so annoyed because my dream flight is if I can fall asleep before you take off and then I get woken up when the wheels hit the floor.

6:55I love that. When you're like, oh my God, I'm going to die. Oh my God, we're there. I've never had that. We've got a flight coming up soon. It's quite a long one and I'm genuinely scared. But he's safety. And we're next to each other. Are you next to each other? Why didn't you just book? You could have booked right at the back of the plane. I would have liked to have booked another plane. Yes, that would have been perfect. Pete hasn't actually, he hasn't used it as an example, which I'm shocked at, is the time where we started the Pete Wicks chant on the flight to Ibiza. That was beautiful. Yeah, listen, I like to just do my own thing and just keep quiet.

7:37And Sam obviously just loves attention from anyone and everyone. So what Sam likes to do when we get on a plane is he will announce me to the entire people. So he did this on a flight. And if you could think of a worse flight to do it, on a flight to Ibiza. Stop it. And he announced Pete Wicks. And then the entire plane started chanting, Stag Doos, Hen Doos, the lot. Stop it. Pete Wicks. So the whole plane is going, Pete Wicks, Pete Wicks. I've got the video. The entire plane goes, Peter, Peter, Peter. And I filmed the whole thing. And then his other favourite thing to do is, if I do manage to sleep, is he'll let everyone know that I'm there and he'll invite them to take pictures of me asleep.

8:19Same flight. Same flight. Oh, my God. That's a lot. What would be your worst playing etiquette, sir? My worst playing etiquette, it's got to be an armrest. Yeah, man. I feel like everyone I think should be designated one armrest. Mm-hmm. right? At least. They are. Yeah, I just don't like the idea of like, if you're in the middle and they've taken both, you're like, how is that fair? If you're in that kind of three thing, I'll let people know, so this is yours before we start. Sorry, no, you didn't, that's so good. Right, I'd just like to lay down some rules quickly. This is yours. All right. Yeah, write the name on it, the sharpie.

8:54Let's not mess about, guys, let's not fall out. We've got a couple of hours to spend together. This is good. All right, I don't feel like there is a need for us to argue about this. So, and on that note, I'm going to bed.

9:07Where do you stand on reclining your seat? Oh, man, that's a tricky one, isn't it? It's such a tricky one. You know what? That's a hard one because I only ever do it if the person in front of me does it. Yeah. So I always wait until that. And if they've done it and then I go back, I'm like, what can I do? They've done it first. Yeah. But it's a tricky one because I would never, I don't think I have the backbone to go first and be like, no, I'm going to do this. and you're going to have to deal with that. But again, you just need to set your stall. So you just take the person in front and go, don't be reclining that.

9:34Let's not fall out. It's a long flight. We've got time to spin. You know, just don't do that. You know, it's a knock-on effect. We're not dominoes. Just sit upright. You'll be fine. And I like the idea that you would sort of say that to the person in front and they'd hear that accent. They'd be like, oh my God, that guy's really scary. And they'd turn around like, oh, it's fine. It's being weird. They'll already know because he's announced no.

10:00and what about the last thing just before you find out who your who your winner is because i know this is very exciting um it's very exciting for me um what about keene a little light on when you can read that little light the little light on you know when the plane is dark because everyone's trying to sleep and then there's one person who's got that light that's i i personally I'm like it just ruins the feng shui I just I don't I don't I don't respect it I don't think planes have feng shui everyone's just facing the same way Joel and I don't know what feng shui is could you explain that yeah it's like the energy of a I hate you energy of a situation yeah is that feng shui yeah because on a plane seats all facing the same way yeah there's not much you can do about the feng shui on a plane yeah it's pretty set you can't go do you know what let's turn this seat around the thing sways off remove a couple of their muns and stick a plant pot there put a goldfish in a corner yes right I'm ready to find out your winner winner of the worst airplane etiquette can I have a drum roll please and the award goes to trying to talk to the other passengers sitting in your aisle yeah The good winner.

11:21I'm pretty sure that would have come from you, P. Wicks. 100%. Listen, after you've set the stall and told everyone about the armrest and not to recline their seat, there is no need for us to talk for the next however many hours. You do your thing, enjoy your flight in silence and don't break my silence. I don't need to hear from you. Are you okay? Have you ever thought of going on a retreat? Well, just imagine, right, the three of us, we're in this is the aisle oh this would be such a flight it'd be a great flight that not if I was sat in the middle I couldn't think of anywhere worse to be sat right now than in the middle of you two on a flight alright I've got Peter going on in the background people screaming I've got hot towels on my face I've got you telling me stories and all sorts of stuff just not for me but yeah there's just no need to talk just enjoy your flight in peace and silence I do like it because the only time now because even though now you can get Wi-Fi on your flight.

12:17I don't like to turn it on because I just like, I like the silence of not having a phone for the whole time. When do you ever now get an opportunity to sit in silence and do nothing? I mean, it's my favourite thing to do at home. It's his favourite thing, stare at a wall. Stare at a wall? Yeah, I love stare at a wall. I could go home and just stare. You stare at a wall? Yeah. Well, it doesn't have to be a wall. It can be anything. I hate to be repeating myself. Are you okay? It's been eight years. Is it? This is why I low love, though, because you and Sam are such good friends. And Sam is the pace of just like 150 miles an hour, just like talk, talk, talk, talk, talk, talk.

12:56So I do get the fact that when you go home, you have to become a monk. Yeah, yeah. It has to go completely the other way. You have to have that silence. And then you've got the energy to be able to sort of, you know, look after your friend. Yeah, you have to suck yourself up to be friends with Sam. you know it's a build-up process i can't what a guy why are you touching me just holding hands he's he's on your armrest that's what he's doing well there you go see i've taken the armrest fight me for it it's wild though it's the first time i ever saw pete um wearing a vest with a beer in his hand and staring at a wall sorry do you understand what we're talking about yeah i never i just it just it brought back memories and i just never thought it was actually a thing and I went, this can't, you must be like joking because we were all, we were playing the celebrity circle, right?

13:46And so like there wasn't much to do there and he just went, he went, no, I genuinely do this and I went, okay, I'm just going to put this test and I'm just going to leave him to it, right? I'm not joking, he's wearing a white vest. I don't understand what difference that makes. It's just, and he's just got a beer and he's just in silence staying on a blank wall for half an hour. Wow. And I just watched him. I just watched him for half an hour going, I wonder what is going through the mind. I also don't know what's weirder, a man staring at a wall or a man staring at a man staring at a wall. Yeah.

14:17I don't know what's weirder. I can watch Pete for Al. So your award for the worst airplane etiquette goes to... Trying to talk to the other passengers sitting in your aisle. Pop it on the wall, Pete! It's a good first award. It's a good one. It's a great one. Here we go. Here we go. Here we go. And we're off. The strong magnets. Very strong. Very strong. I like that a lot. Okay, on to award number two. And that is the goat haircut. The greatest of all time haircut. That's what I mean by that. I don't mean, obviously, the haircut of a goat. What are we thinking about this? Give me some of the nominees for the greatest of all time haircut.

15:08Before we get on to that, I think you need to do the goat impression again because I instantly saw the regret in your face when you did it. It was more a sheep, though, wasn't it? A little bit. It was really bad. But, no, please do it again for me because you did it sort of hard. You sounded a bit woolly. Doesn't quite work. Doesn't quite work. That was a woolly bad joke. A woolly bad joke would work. No! Because you said that's a bit woolly, which is not a sentence. I didn't... No. No. No. I hoofed it up. No, see, it doesn't quite work because messed it up would be the phrase and messed doesn't sound like hoofed.

15:52Goofed it up. I hoofed it up. Yeah, it's not enough of a phrase. I can't... I really... One of the things I want to learn is to be able to do those one-liners that you both do. You can't learn. you can or I will you're either born with a gift or you're not just watch one series of The Masked Singer and by the end of it trust me you're the king of the one liner you'll have it sorry I didn't mean to I was trying to distract from me doing my goat impression my favourite thing is the little bit of spit that flew out there onto the table because goat spits so that's why I always go goat that's more like an alpaca yes that's true if you do it again i'll pack of me bags and leave oh come on i'm here all day i'll tell you what right it's got very llama it's got very llama guys uh i think it just got really llama in here it doesn't work i'm pretty alarmed right now yeah it kind of works but yeah it kind of works it kind of works when you wait for everyone you do know it's coming it is coming and then do it it's not as funny we'll get that no we'll get that I appreciate your I hate this show no no anyway haircuts haircuts guys what's the worst what's the greatest of all time haircut what are we going for what's the nominees on the table here Skinhead oh Skinhead good have you ever seen me with Skinhead no have you ever seen me with Skinhead mate can I show you a photo right now of Skinhead have you got I had Skinhead for 15 years.

17:31Are we talking skinhead as in pure skin or skinhead with very small head? Just shaved head, mate. Okay, shaved head, fine. Here we go. This is me with a shaved head. We can put this on the Instagram. That's Tom Allen. Where are you? I'm on the left. This is me. That doesn't look like Tom Allen at all. He's really had a glow up. He's had a big glow up. You've got great hairline though. And then if I'll zoom out for, do you want a bit of Tom Allen? Yeah, you need to see Tom Allen. That is wild. Isn't that wild? And that's me with skinhead. Oh! Oh, my God. Yeah. Oh, my God. That is quite a reaction.

18:07Oh, my God. That is interesting. So I'm putting Skinhead up there. It's amazing. That was me when I was, like, 18. I had, like, sh... You had me at 18, though. Yeah. Yeah, yeah. I had little, like, snips-free eyebrows. Yeah! We would have been friends, man. Yeah, we would have done. I asked for a David Beckham back in the day. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. One of his haircuts has got to be in the running to be the goat. Well, the Mohican... That's the one I asked for. It didn't look like that. I actually know the hairdresser that did that, Aidy Phelan. That was a really iconic hairdo, the Mohican. And then the kind of faux hawk.

18:41That's the one I wanted, the Mohican one. Did he have cornrows? Not now. Yeah, but yours would have been a problem because it would have gone there and then there'd have been big gaps. Back then, I wasn't balding. It's good. You've got to experiment with different haircuts when you're young because you don't realise when you get older that you have less to be able to experiment with. Like cornrows at one point. Cornrows? Yeah, because David Beckham, Adam. See, everyone followed the Becks. Everyone followed the Becks, man. I mean, it's one of those things you look back on now and you're like, ooh.

19:10What about colours? I mean, obviously, I know it's a sore subject because you've been Samuel and the Technicolor dream here. Yeah. He's gone from a range of different tones. He's gone through an autumnal tone currently. haven't they? Yeah, yeah, yeah. And it's stayed around for a few months as well. It hasn't. You get it done every week. You go to Surrey to see Jonathan to get it done every single week. It is unbelievable. Which is also Joel's hairdresser. Joel, this is what's mad. Jonathan is a great hairdresser as you can see but then he really lets himself down. No, I refuse that because actually he now gets people and this is honestly He gets people saying can I have the Sam Thompson?

19:45Can I have the Sam Thompson? People come into a Sam and God like Sam Thompson. But you went can I have the Roman Kemp? I did. So it's just getting passed down isn't it? Can I have a Sam Thompson? Really? It's a good haircut. I really like the Mohican, not the Mohican, the mullet. It's a little bit out there. It's a little bit like, oh, he's pushing boundaries. But it's not. It is. No, it's not, mate. But it's not too, it's not aggressive. It's just enough. It's aggressive. It's not aggressive. It is aggressive. It's fine. But also, listen, if we're talking a mullet, because it's not really a mullet, all right?

20:15I'm going to be honest with you. All these people that have this silly haircut at the minute, it's not a mullet. It's like a new name. Yeah, it's kind of like a... The moulay, the moulay. It's more like a moulay because it's so... Everyone's got this haircut. I think a mullet is unbelievable. I love it. I think short black and science... Thank you. French crop, that's got to be the most iconic. You had a French crop recently, actually. Yeah, I went for a bit of a French crop recently. I'm just going for a bit of a change, you know? I think that's a good classic haircut, but you can only really have it.

20:44I mean, you couldn't have it. Why not? Because you don't look like Joel. You told me I should get a French crop. Yeah, I know, I know, I know. but I felt bad for suggesting. It was just sort of a little joke. I've been through some real bad stages when it comes to hair. I mean, during COVID and the whole lockdown period, I went with a balayage. Oh, yeah. Balayage. I remember the balayage. The balayage. Isn't it such a fun word to say? Balayage. Balayage. That was a... Where they sort of dye little bits. Well, it was kind of, yeah, it sort of ombred into a lighter blonde at the end. But it was just...

21:18Ombred? A balayage that ombred? Well, that's kind of what the balayage does, and it kind of ombres into dark. Ombres? Yeah, it is ombre. Oh, my God, we've got so many. Who knew we were so international? You know what I mean? Balayage sounds like a place that Sam would eat. Do you know what I mean? Yeah, it does. Oh, gosh, should we go to the balayage? So, yeah, there's loads of different ones, but, yeah, I think French crop or side part in mind. That's a good haircut. Yeah, I like, I mean, I basically had the same haircut for about sort of 15 years, but I used to just cut it myself I used to like just yeah I used to shave myself and then even when I had like big curly hair I was even on telly so I was doing stuff like Ross Howard's Good News and things like that I would just like get home from comedy club at like one o 'clock in the morning and I'd be like I think my hair needs a bit of a cut and I'd just get the clippers and I'd just trim the sides and then it became sort of an accidental mullet because I couldn't see the back and then is that what happened to you?

22:14I used to go to my barber and just sort of be like, have at it, mate. He'd be like, what do you want? I went, I don't really know. And so he'd just sort of like shave where he thought he should shave. Doesn't like you. That's where you said I had like three haircuts in one at one point. I used to dye it really blonde. This has turned into a hairdressing podcast and I absolutely love it. I absolutely love it. Should we go for the winner? Yeah. Okay, let's find out your winner. I've got a sneaking suspicion. We've discussed it already. The goat haircut and the award goes to... Drop off, please.

22:46The mullet! That's a proper mullet, that. That's a proper mullet. And also, kind of looked like you before the hair dye. Yeah, either. Or, have you thought about growing your hair properly out of the back and, like, actually having a proper mullet? Because I think you could work that. I like the length. To be fair, I'd love a Pete Wicks. I love a Pete Wicks. Like a mixture of both of your haircuts. That would be amazing. And then, like, move to the deep south of America. Yeah. So award number two, the goat haircut. Get it up on the wall, Sam Tom Puzzle. Get it up on the wall. Whoop, whoop. Whoop, whoop.

23:25Yeah, put it up hard, baby. Look at that. Look at him. Looks absolutely fantastic, that guy. Great set of teeth on him as well. Great set of teeth. It's like a gum shield. And now a quick break with thanks to the brand behind it all, Argos, and their much-loved A-List. The A-List is an exclusive curated collection of the hottest trending products from the most desirable brands. The true icons of tech, electricals, gaming and more. All of which Argos are thrilled to give the star treatment they deserve. They have a whole heap of products which deserve a standing ovation from the likes of Ninja, Nintendo and Samsung.

24:02So if you're fancy browsing a lineup of seriously iconic finds, check out the A-List via the Argos app. subject to availability in selected stores and argos.co.uk. Okay, for our next award, we have the A-List Award.

24:22What sets it apart? Well, the nominees are all hand-picked from Argos' A-List, the place to find premium brands and must-have products. Okay, so for the A-List Award, guys, we have an award. I'm sure you will be equally placed to answer. So please do come up with an answer for this one as a duo. All right? Yeah. And the award is the ultimate essential for an all-night gaming marathon. I am in. One of my favourite things to do. Who's the bigger gamer? Hello. This guy? Oh, I don't know. It's tight. I love gaming, mate. Gaming is one of the things that I look forward to most when I come home and my cats.

25:05That's nice. Yeah. Okay, let's find out who the nominees are. Here we go. First nominee, give a round of applause. It's Call of Duty Black Ops 7, the blockbuster of gaming with high-stakes solo challenges, multiplayer maps, and Zombies Mode. Pop it on there. Oh, my days. Love that. How do you feel about that, son? Oh, man, I'm a big Zombies fan. The next nominee, give a round of applause. It's the SteelSeries Arctis Nova 3X headset with over 200 app audio presets for top gamers like Fortnite and Call of Duty. Really important, that, by the way. Really good, is it? If you don't have correct comms to your teammates, you're never going to get anywhere.

25:43Really? So comms is important. 100%. Okay, the third nominee is... Round of applause for the Sony Bravia 585-inch TV with AI to optimise every scene, immersive multi-audio, and lifelike 4K detail. Very important, again, you want to feel immersed in the game that you're playing. you want every sort of pixel to be firing on all cylinders when you're playing online gaming. Yeah, you are perfect for this, Sam. You are absolutely perfect. Pete, what's your view on the headphones? Um, they, yeah, they're great. That's a TV, though, yeah? That is TV. TV? Good, like that one. A headphones, game. Yeah, nice, nice, great.

26:27I like the idea of having a little microphone around the front as well. Oh, it's amazing, mate. You feel like an aeroplane captain. Yeah. One of the things I've tried to get Pete to do for many a moon now, actually, is to play Call of Duty with my group of mates who play. Yeah. David Badger. Reverend Boosty. Yeah, Reverend Boosty. Who are these people? They're my gaming friends. So you're a gaming friend, and have you ever met them? No. No, actually, I haven't met one of them. They have planned a Christmas kind of get-together. And is that real? Yeah, so Greg's on the M1 in the service station.

26:56They're all going to meet up. So you're friends that you've never met and you talk to all the time on the games? That's great. Yeah. and I just, all I want is for Pete to join. We talk about Pete all the time. And so I really want them to meet Pete in a digital way. In a digital way? And then Pete to be like, all right, legends. Imagine if he joined. Legends wouldn't be the word I'd use. Honestly, I just, it's my dream is for you to be like, he's on your six! And it's like, oh my God, it's Pete. But I'm like, why didn't you frag him out, man? So what is it about gaming that you love so much? Well, mate, okay, look, picture this.

27:29It's been a long day. Okay, everyone settle down, close your eyes. Everyone close your eyes. It's been a long day. And, you know, you've really been through it, and you come back, and you're just like, gosh, you know, I'm a bit mentally exhausted, and you just need something to take yourself away from the world. You're going to go play a game of zombies or something? Because that's really fun. Like, zombies is one of the funniest things on Call of Duty you could do, only on Black Ops, actually, to be fair as well. It's so interesting, though, isn't it? Different people, different things. And I genuinely, I do understand where you're coming from, because you get home, and you need to just, like, go away from the madness of life and go into, like, a life that is not real.

28:01Oh, to make... And sort of... But, like, for me, if I've had... That vibe, where they're running at you, right? I've had a busy day. I don't want someone coming from the neck. Mate, it's the scariest noise they make as well. When they run at you, they're just like... What's the noise? Like that. It's like, get away! And I love the idea of, like, this zombie coming at Sam. Like, raa! And you're like, get away, get away. And Sam's like, my happy place. Yeah. It is. It's like meditation, mate. It's so good. And then you can pack a punch with your gun, which means it's all souped up. So interesting.

28:36Mate, I promise you you'd love it. I promise you you'd love it. V, what do you think about the TV, guys? For me... It's a big one. You know, I'll get used out of that. Literally a big one. Yeah, yeah, yeah. 85 inch. 85 inch. That is big. Tell you what, I didn't know it went up that far. Neither did I. I thought 75 was the... I did, because I recently moved into a different apartment and didn't really understand TV sizes, it's about 75 inch and realised that it didn't fit because it's kind of all glass, the apartment, and it has to fit in a certain gap. And it was about... Too big? About 15 inches too big.

29:06It's now on the wall in the office. Oh, you're 75 inch in the office? That's insane. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Mate, TV's kept... Do you remember when TV's like 32 inch was banging? Do you know what I mean? 32 inch, you're like, you've got a 32 inch, what? Mate, and they had a lot of junk in the trunk. Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. You know when you had the big purple ones and now they're all like thin and, you know. My favourite thing is when they used to plug a Nintendo 64 into a really chunky TV. And you used to literally sit there with your boys and all the leads coming out of everywhere. Isn't it funny?

29:36I was thinking about this the other day. I'm old enough that I remember that the TVs had to be in the corner. Yeah, same. We don't talk about this enough. The fact that suddenly we had flat screen TVs and then suddenly TVs are not in the corner anymore. Imagine if you put a TV in the corner now. You'd be like, why the hell? That's a wasted space. Where are you hiding? You used to cut off the entire corner and you'd have to have something to put them on. And then you'd have to have the cabinet underneath where you'd put your videos, your VHS. The VCRs. Cool. Sammy Bebe, who do you think needs to win this fantastic award?

30:11Can we go drum roll, please? And the award goes to... Call of Duty Black Ops 7. Whoa! Now, that reason being, I'm just going to give a very brief reason, is that you know those are two really good applications but I don't know if that's the right word for it they're very good products but you don't have the fun on those without the game and you know Call of Duty Black Ops it's a game for me you could also say the same for the others and you could say you know what the game is nothing without the television that's a very good point as well and you wouldn't know what's happening if you couldn't hear you couldn't hear it it's a very good point but you need the game and zombies quite literally changed my life should we get him to stick it on the board and move on let's stick it on the board and move on yeah put it on congratulations to our wonderful winner Call of Duty Black Ops 7 the blockbuster of gaming with high stakes solo challenges, multiplayer maps and zombie mode that's exciting give us the zombie noise again Sam

31:18brilliant stuff well done guys If you like the sound of any of the products we've just mentioned, check the Argos app website or your local store for availability, which may vary. Round of applause, everybody.

31:33What a catapult. Okay, you ready for award number four? Yeah. Sam is, and the award is the best way to start a Saturday morning. Give it a round of applause. Wow.

31:49What are some of the nominees before we reveal the winner of the best way to start a Saturday morning? What's your best way to start a Saturday morning, Pete? Coffee and a dog walk. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. Standard, yeah. Coffee and a dog walk. I can't function or speak to people without coffee. Mm-hmm. And even with a coffee, I struggle. Yeah. How many are you on a day? What's your vibe? By lunchtime, I would have done five or six coffees. Six? What? Yeah. How do you sleep? I don't. Yeah, that's a problem. Upside down like a bat. I can imagine that, actually. With your head. Yeah, I like that. Yeah, yeah, I think that's the thing.

32:30Get up. Saturday is kind of my only day off, like, ever in the week. So I think getting up fresh, especially this time of year, like, all time of year when it's not, like, freezing, but it's that kind of nice, you get a little bit toasty, you get dressed up, you go and have a coffee, you take the dogs for a walk, all the leaves are full and it's really beautiful. It's nice. Yeah, it's nice. Yeah, I think coffee's a really good way to start the day. Dog walking's a really good way to start the day. And that lead up to Christmas. Oh. Yeah. Yeah. And then it's kind of like ruined by Christmas. Yeah.

33:00What about you? What's your kind of Saturday? He hates Christmas. Yeah, I can't imagine you. I can't imagine you in sort of getting into the Christmas spirit. Nah, false fun, despise it. Yeah. I've invited Pete two years in a row around Cassadel Thompson for Christmas and he doesn't even reply stop it Pete I just need to make sure that he's like okay because he spends Christmas on his own you see and so I'll like send him a text hey man like you know we'd love you round mum would love you round ours and you know you can have some turkey even though he's vegetarian actually and so he won't have turkey and he just doesn't even reply you should go round for Christmas to Sammy Thompson's Casa Del Thompson why?

33:40because you know what Just imagining you at Christmas staring at a blank wall. In a vest. But do you know what? This is the thing, though, with Christmas, is everyone thinks that I don't, like, I have nowhere to go. Like, I'm like, I don't know what to do. I want to be on my own staring at a wall. No. Like, I'm quite happy. The best thing about Christmas is Only Fools and Orses. Because it's a perfect time to be watching that, and I love that. At least at Christmas, when you're staring at a wall, do you, like, stare at a bit of tinsel? No, no, no. I've never put up a Christmas tree. You've never put up a Christmas tree?

34:14Not in my own gaff, no. Why would a bubba? Or lights or any of that sort of stuff. Because you've got to have a bit of joy before you die, Pete.

34:28I think there will come a point in Pete's life, and I don't know when it will be, where he puts up his first Christmas tree. I think he will. And he puts the star on the top of the thing and he goes, this is what it feels like. Yeah. And he's like, I've waited this long to be this happy putting up a tree. So what about you, Sam? What's your Saturday morning? What does that look like? Oh, my Saturday morning. I have to jump in the shower. If it's been a good day, it's one of these. Oh, like that. If it's a bad day, it's one of them more and you go... On the floor? No, I've got a seat in my shower.

35:00He's got a seat in the shower. Built into the shower. He's got a shower bench made of marble. You've got a... Oh, my God. Oh, my God. Why are you covering your mouth? I don't know. I just find that really like, it's like one of the most adorable and sad things I've ever imagined in my life. No, it's amazing. I love it. A sit-down shower. Yeah, it's just so great. Sometimes if the seat's not doing it, I'll sit on the floor. Man. That's when it's got real hair. So you built a seat in the shower and then if I still choose the floor. If I really want to get into it, I'll sit on the floor. Okay, so the winner is going to be revealed by Pete on this one, Sam.

35:35I hope you don't mind. what would you say is your sort of best way to start a Saturday morning if you were to have the winner for this award what would it be so mine was a toss up really between a sit down shower and the actual winner which would be calling everyone that I care about and telling them that it's going to be a good day today Pete scorns on that, he looks down on it but he is one of my first phone calls as is our producer Pippa actually, she's probably my second So you call them, you actually call them. Mate, I have to get at least five phone calls out of the way until about like 10.30am.

36:14Because I'm so up for the day. I'm really up for it. If I've got a day off for Saturday as well. Today's going to be a great day. I'm going to tell you why it hasn't won. And the reason it hasn't won is because Sam does these motivational messages on Instagram, which is, Guys, it's going to be a great day. You know, seize the dawn and the lion will win. or something stupid like that. But then during the phone calls that he makes to those people, he goes, I'm just not feeling good today. So I didn't say, well, I've got tonsillitis and, you know, I've spoken to someone, they haven't messaged me back.

36:48So what it is, is rubbish, which is why that hasn't won. Okay. I love that, Sam. I think that's absolutely fantastic. Thank you, John. I'm offended that you've never called me. You know what? There's no need to call, but a voice note would suffice. Oh, mate, okay, great. I'll send you a voicey. A voicey? Yeah. Which is something that nobody has called a voice note before. I love that. Just send me a quick voicey. Well done, everyone. Shall we find out who our winner is of the best way to start a Saturday morning? And the award goes to... Drum roll, please!

37:22Multiple Beautifully Blissful Bubbly Baths. Multiple? Multiple? Multiple. Multiple baths, is it? I'm a bather. You're a bather, are you? Yeah, man. Yeah, man. We're a select exclusive club. Yeah. So I like to be clean. You look like a clean man. You smell clean? Which is really weird because people that haven't met me, they often think I've woke up in a wheelie bin and I look like I stink. No, you're very clean. It's like a fresh summer's meadow, mate. I like a bath. It's very important because I get up very early every morning. like I'm normally up by before five every day no matter what even Saturdays doesn't matter what so I like to have a shower quickly just to get rid of the dirt then get in the bath and then have a shower afterwards as well yeah you triple it yeah yeah yeah yeah but if I've got a lazy day on a Saturday because it's kind of my only day off I'll have that first thing in the morning because you can't go and do anything like I can't go and get a coffee without being clean so then you'll have to have a bath.

38:26But then if there's nothing else to do during the day, I will have another bath before lunch. So sometimes I will double bath. But that will be a shower bath shower again. Shower bath shower? Your water bill must be absolutely through the roof, mate. Yeah, yeah. I love that you both, so you love a bath. Yeah. More than one day. And I sit in there. Yeah, I like that you both like sitting in water, but you do it in the correct place. Yeah, yeah. Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. There's no correct place to bathe. There's no correct place to bathe. There's no correct place to bathe. Yeah, I mean, I can tell you, in public is an incorrect place to bat.

39:00Your honour. You shouldn't be doing it in the...

39:08That was... Do you know what that was? That was a real bathe... No. No. No. No. What do you mean? That wasn't a good joke. It almost worked. almost worked. What do you mean? What do you mean? What do you mean? Yeah, yeah, it kind of works. Well, have it. Yeah, I'll have that. I'll have that. I'll have that. Do you not get all, you know, wrinkly? Well, yeah. Yeah. It sort of just stays. I'm basically a prune in a wig. But yeah, I just like the feeling and it's nice because you can sit and have a bath. You can put something on the telly or have music on or do whatever else. Dim lighting. You can't have, you know, you can't have a bath in a bulb it doesn't need to be too bright I like it too dimly lit it's time it just takes it away because then after I've sat staring at a wall or put some music on in the bath I'll then go to the sofa and stare at a wall mate this is unbelievable you and Sam live such different lives yeah like the idea that you're having your 15th bath of the day while Sam is getting shot in the face by zombies and it's just unbelievable I love that do you want to put it up on the wall Pete?

40:23I absolutely do yeah Best way to start Saturday morning. Put it up on the wall, Pete. It's great. Multiple, beautifully blissful, bubbly bars.

40:35Wonderful stuff. Well done, Pete. They've actually made that look like me, haven't they? They have. Even the tattoos. They've gone for that. I didn't realise that was tattoos. I did think it was sort of body hair. Hair or dirt. Yeah. Okay, it's time for award number five. It's the absolute best feeling in the world. it's the big one the award we put to every guest on and the award goes to this is the top honour the one that really counts and Sam and this one we've designated for you okay absolute best feeling in the world I couldn't think of one yeah we know it'd just be another bath the 16th bath of the day for Pete that's what that would be it's just you know something that sparks pure joy in your heart Sam and the award goes to drum roll please when your best friend texts you saying, I'm at the front door.

41:27Oh, that's nice. Why is this the best feeling in the world, Sam? Mate, do you know what? When Pete walks up... And I do it a lot. And Pete walks up and he goes, Bud, I'm at the front door. Yeah, I always start the messages with Bud. Bud. Bud. It does sound like the kind of text he's sending. But I do it like daily. Almost every day I turn up at his front door. it's a beautiful beautiful thing I'm here I get excited because it's like you get to spend the day with your best pal you know and you know it's going to be a good day yeah and there's going to be a lot of cheese twists consumed loves a cheese twist you love a cheese twist do you?

42:02I do yeah you love a cheese twist why is a cheese twist? it's sort of a flaky pastry with cheese oh I hate them I hate them it's not something I go to when I go in for a pastry it needs to be sweet I don't want it to be safe Well, listen, I like a savoury pastry, I'm going to be honest with you. But if I am going to go sweet, then I am partial to a cinnamon bun. Oh, a cinnamon bun. What about if you went to Sam's door and he had a cinnamon bun on him? Does that increase the feeling of this being the best feeling in the world? To be honest with you, just sort of any Pete holding his briefcase, Pete walks around with a briefcase quite a lot.

42:41So when he's holding his man bag, and it's not like a briefcase, it's like a... If I've got my laptop in it. Are you the banker from Deal on Erdő? He turns up his briefcase, right? And he's got his briefcase down there. He's got a red bull in his hand and he's ready to go. And I open the door and he just storms straight in. It's like, it's going to be a good day. We're going to get some videos filmed, aren't we? Always there at the front door, ready to have the best day. I'm at the front door. Buddy or pal, I'm just at the front door. I know you're probably sitting down in the shower right now, but I'm ready.

43:12I'm ready for you. Let's have a day. Are you ready to put it up on the wall? Yeah, absolutely. Put it up on the wall. the best feeling in the world goes to when your best friend texts you saying I'm at the front door give him a round of applause put it up on the wall you lovely man lovely man good stuff are you ready to recap all of your award winners yeah here's what you gave us for the worst airplane etiquette Pete you went with trying to talk to the other passengers in your aisle for the goat haircut Sam you went with the mullet for the ultimate essential all night gaming marathon Sam you went with Call of Duty Black Ops 7.

43:48For the best way to start a Saturday morning, Pete, you went with the multiple beautifully blissful bubbly baths. And lastly, the absolute best feeling in the world, Sam, you went with when your best friend texts you, saying, I'm at the front door. I'm at the front door. I'm at the front door. Sam, I'm at the front door. Wonderful. Are you guys satisfied? Generally in life. No, not really. No, that's okay. I think that's a different podcast. It's been such a pleasure having you. Some wonderful awards. You've given us some incredible categories. And just what a joy it is to sit on these swivelled seats next to you boys.

44:31Yeah, we love you, Joel. We always love you, mate. We love you. Congratulations on your wonderful success. You're the best. Give it up for Sam and Pete, everybody. Sweet. and that's it for and the award goes to thank you so much for Sam and Pete for joining us and if you enjoyed the episode don't forget to follow drop us a five star rating and subscribe on YouTube or wherever you get your podcasts we'll be back next time with a pair of fresh guests and five more awards to hand out until then head to the Argos app and check out the A-list for all of your must have tech electricals and premium brands bye

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