Adam Sandler, Career Bloopers and “The Roman Times”

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This Q&A episode of Daily Brightness is a playful chat mixing pop culture, football career mishaps, and personal “what if” questions.

Guests

Van (a footballer) and “Bestie” (her co-host). Van says she’d be played by Adam Sandler in a film titled “Life’s a movie,” mixing funny, rom-com, and dark moments; she recommends the true-story film “I Swear” about Tourette’s. Career bloopers include: lifting the FA Cup and it dropping on her head, cutting her eyebrow; and a Conti Cup/celebration trip where she crawled in a full stadium after a last-minute winner. She wants to instantly master splits; the other guest wants to build houses. They debate overrated/underrated biscuits (Hobnobs, rich tea, custard creams, chocolate malted milk, digestives) and favorite Christmas films (Elf; Home Alone). They’d time travel to war air-raid shelters or Roman times, and discuss whether they’d fast-forward, pause, or rewind life.

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Introduction to Nearly Brightness

0:07 to 1:50

Hosts welcome listeners to the Q&A episode and introduce the format.

“Yeah, everyone's switching on for kickoff.”

Career Movie Castings

1:50 to 4:28

Discussion on which actors would play them in movies and the titles of those films.

“This is our favourite episode, the Q &A episode.”

Bloopers and Career Highlights

4:28 to 5:35

Hosts share funny moments and bloopers from their careers.

“right next question if there was a blooper reel from your career what's one moment that would definitely be in it Stupid question What am I going to say?”

Mastering New Skills

5:35 to 6:31

Discussion on skills they'd love to master outside of football.

“Yeah, and it just looks so easy as well.”

Music and Christmas Films

6:31 to 8:44

Hosts discuss favorite albums for road trips and Christmas movies.

“Yeah, splits or dance, I'd love to be able to dance like Chris Brown.”

Music and Christmas Films

8:57 to 11:08

Hosts discuss favorite albums for road trips and Christmas movies.

“moving money between currencies that you really think about the exchange rate, the fee and what might be hidden away in the small print.”

Music and Christmas Films

11:22 to 11:53

Hosts discuss favorite albums for road trips and Christmas movies.

“You deserve a break that actually satisfies.”

Biscuit Debate and Historical Questions

11:53 to 14:01

Hosts debate biscuit preferences and discuss historical periods they'd like to visit.

“Right, I'm going first because I've got this one Yeah, I know exactly what you're going to ask I know it What's the most overrated and underrated biscuit?”

Thoughts on Time Travel and Historical Periods

14:01 to 18:40

Exploring favorite historical periods to visit and personal reflections on the past.

Thoughts on Time Travel and Historical Periods

18:44 to 19:04

Exploring favorite historical periods to visit and personal reflections on the past.

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1:50Rach:Welcome to Nearly Brightness. This is our favourite episode, the Q &A episode. Let's dive straight into it, Bestie. Here's the first question. If your career was a movie, which actor would you want to play you and what would the film's title be? Ooh, I'd want The Rock to play me and I'd want to be called Mighty Brighty. Oh, you've thought about that before. And I'd be like this crazy superhero and just like rescuing people and that'd be me. Mighty Brighty. Love that. I'd watch it. I'd be pretty sick, wouldn't I? Have you actually thought about that before? Did you just come up with that? No, I just came up with that.

2:30Rach:Mighty Brighty. That's so weird because I've literally just come up with Van and I would want Adam Sandler to play me. I know he's a man. But he's like my favourite actor of all time. I think he's absolutely hilarious. Happy Gilmore's the best. My favourite movie in the world The best My favourite movie of all time I do like Will Ferrell as well Step Brothers is incredible No, Half a Gilmore I know every word Off my heart I could literally I could literally Go on, give us a line Give us a line You boys are going to pay for that Ow! Get the gals Sissy crap Finish up Anyway Anyway Somebody's closer Adam Sundler Play me And I think I'd call it Life's a movie And what would it be about?

3:11Rach:Because I just think my life has been a bit of a movie. I've dreamed about the life that I've lived. And I've had ups, I've had downs, I've had highs, I've had lows. I've had funny times, I've had hard times. And I think that's a movie, isn't it? That is a movie. So it'd be a bit of funny, a bit of rom-com, a bit of laughs. A bit of dark times, a bit of in your feels. Everything. Talking about movies. Everything. Have you seen the film, I Swear? No. Right, if you do anything in the next week, go to the cinema and watch I swear it is the most amazing film so it's about it's a true story based on a true story about a guy who has Tourette's but it's like in like the olden days when Tourette's wasn't really a thing and like no one really knew how to like diagnose it and people just thought it was taking the piss and something was wrong with him but they didn't know what and he plays it so well he's a good actor he plays it so well but it has everything like it makes you laugh you've got like a laugh feel but yeah so so heartwarming like I cried I laughed I was like aww I was like ha like it had everything but like the best film I've seen in a long long time go see it 100 % recommend I will watch that I will 100 % recommend but anyway yeah Million Riches movies coming out soon keep your happy righty Brian life's a movie right next question if there was a blooper reel from your career what's one moment that would definitely be in it Stupid question What am I going to say?

4:41Rach:The Euros The Euros against Spain Del Castillo Poor Hans Is that when you nearly Got whipped Literally Ended my career Well played Well played And I'm watching her I'm actually watching her Tonight I've got Fair play to her I've got two moments When I lifted the FA Cup And it dropped on my head And cut my eyebrow And When we beat Arsenal In the Conti Cup final When it was the Conti Cup And No one I can't believe there was no video of it Bestie I was sprinting over to Bethlehem England to try and celebrate after she'd just scored the last minute winner I tripped and I was crawling on the floor like scrambling to my feet and I looked around thinking I hope no one's seen Millie you're in a fucking full stadium love of course somebody's seen but there weren't no video it was me crawling like some freaking animal and I like fully tripped and then I was just pissing myself like laughing you're just laughing on your own I was like what a saddo I look ridiculous I was so embarrassed I'll pay if anyone can find me that clip Yeah if anyone can find it Honestly I was so embarrassed Good question If you could instantly master any skill That has nothing to do with football What would it be and why?

5:51Rach:I just always want to do splits And I've been trying to do it I've been trying to do it for years I don't think you'll ever be able to do it Watch me If I have to break my pelvis to do it I'll do it I just love to be able to do splits When people are dancing And they're like doing that And then they're just dropping to splits and I'm like, oh, that'd snap my legs. Yeah, and it just looks so easy as well. Yeah, I just want to be able to do splits. Fair enough. I would be in the trade industry. Like, I'd want to, like, build a house or, like, I just want to learn to do it. Best it, you can do that.

6:22Rach:Go and work with my dad for a week. Yeah, but instantly, like, I'm like, I have ideas in my head that I want to do and I'm like, oh, I can't do it. Yeah. So, yeah, it would be that. Yeah, splits or dance, I'd love to be able to dance like Chris Brown. I would love to be able to dance. Wow. Incredible. Oh God, he's unbelievable Anyway If you were forced to listen to one album on repeat For a 10 hour road trip Which one would you choose for survival? That's really hard Because it depends what mood you're in, doesn't it? Do you know what? I don't think I'd have an album I think I'd just put like 80s essentials Yeah, like now that's what I call 80s Yeah, now that's what I call 80s Yeah, I like that Yeah, because I think you've got a little bit of everything You can have a little bit of like, a little bit of pop How good was now?

7:05Rach:Like now, 2000s Yeah. I think that's what I'd pick now, 2000s. I love 80s, but I just think the 2000s will be nostalgic. It'll just take me back to my childhood. Right, this isn't a question on the thing, yeah? I'm just going to ask you it because I just thought about it. All right. What is your favourite Christmas film? Elf. I knew you were going to say that. Elf? I can't. I must have known that because I knew you were going to say that. Because, do you know what? I can picture myself dancing like when he's in mailroom. That's me. That's me when he's like, what? I do like Elf. But there's something about cartoons or non-reality that I just can't get on board with.

7:47Rach:You know how I don't watch Disney films and stuff like that? Like the new Grinch. You know the Grinch? The new one? No. The original Grinch is banging. The Grinch I struggle with because I'm just a bit like... What? Even the original one? Yeah, because it's just so cartoony. Oh, I love it. Watch that, Max. That's it I'm not going What do you think mine is? I'd say Home Alone Which one? Oh I don't know So the first one is When he's lost The first one Come on Come on Keep the church About the animal I love the first one But I think Yeah The second one Lost in New York Because I was in New York And like just seeing The poor kid Oh that's cute Get stranded in New York Yeah I just I love the whole like story behind it.

8:34Rach:But I think three and four, what's the point? Don't do it. One and two is like gold dust. Every Christmas, every Christmas Eve, I watch Home Alone. Right, guys, that is it for the first part. We will be back very soon. Don't go anywhere. Hi, this is Gary Lineker from Goalhangers. The rest is football. This episode is brought to you by Wise. It's only when you start moving money between currencies that you really think about the exchange rate, the fee and what might be hidden away in the small print. Whether you're living abroad, paying someone overseas or just trying to manage your money across borders, you want a fair exchange rate, an easy transfer and no surprises along the way.

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11:52Rach:Welcome back to Daily Brightness Q &A episode Right, I'm going first because I've got this one Yeah, I know exactly what you're going to ask I know it What's the most overrated and underrated biscuit? Biscuit! I knew you were going to pick that one I'll be waiting, rich tea, awful, awful, awful, awful Yeah, but I don't think it's overrated Disgusting People love it though I don't think it is All right. Hobnobs. Overrated. I agree. Too crumbly. Overrated. People are like, oh, they're the best biscuits. Hobnobs and shit. All right. Each to their own. Each to their own. Sure biscuit. But it's overrated.

12:27Rach:What I will say, underrated. Chocolate malted milk. Do you know what I'm also going to say, though? Just the original digestives. Yeah. Fucking bang. No, but the chocolate malted milk is underrated, right? Because they're just the perfect size, like two bites. But I don't know It's not a perfect size Because I'm about 10 I couldn't hold digestion in one They're so tasty I just They are Yeah, they're like Up there with my favourite I can't wait for the comments On this one Because I know all the Hobnob lovers Are going to be Straight in on us I don't like it I'll tell you what I think is underrated Custard cream Yes How do you eat it?

13:04Rach:A custard cream No, but a custard cream In your coffee Dip that in your coffee It's a game changer Not tea How do you eat Your custard cream? I just eat it normal I bet you any money You take a biscuit off, eat the cream, eat the next biscuit. I knew it. She knows me too well. I just eat, bite, bite, all the way down like a sarnie. If I were dipping it, I'd shove it all in, but if I'm not dipping it, I bite it off. Yeah, of course the cream's with coffee. Do you know how I eat a jaffa cake as well? No, I bet you it's the same as me. I eat the biscuit, like the base off. No, I nibble round the jelly peas, I bite the biscuit off, and then I suck the chocolate off.

13:39Rach:Okay, do you want to know how I eat it? Do you want to know how I eat it? I hold it like that. right chocolate in I bite the biscuit off from my bottom teeth bite up through the biscuit base right so I've got the jelly and the chocolate and then I like peel each bit of chocolate off and I'm just left with the orange and then I'll suck the orange bit but do you leave it on your tongue the orange bit and I'm like yeah well you were around we were talking about this you were around when Jaffa Cake the advert what's the Jaffa Cake advert let me see if you can think about what I'm thinking about but I can't think of it full moon half moon half moon total eclipse yeah

14:18Rach:Now, when that advert was out That's how I used to eat the Jaffa Cake And then when that disappeared Then I started eating it my way No, but I've only ever eaten it that way Or I've just shoved it all in That's like a Kit Kat A Kit Kat I'll chew all the chocolate off the outside of the biscuit Break it in half and do the same And then I'll go Who the hell has got time for that? Clearly me, because you take a break Have a Kit Kat, take a break I agree though, to be fair I don't know why I'm saying that Because I do that with Jaffa Cake But anyway Exactly Right next question What's a historical period You'd love to time travel to For a week And what's the first thing you'd do I think I'd go I would go back to like the war And like see what it was like In like air raid shelters That's very very good They were like proper survival of the fittest Like they lived on rations Yeah And nothing Absolutely nothing but survived And got through it At like the darkest times Like bombs Living underground Like I don't know Yeah I'd like to go in an air raid shelter knowing that I'd come out alive obviously but I'd like to go and witness what they went through because I think that's not talked about enough for me I've always said I'm not for this generation I've always said I would love to have been born when it's cobbly streets on the cobbles with the horse and cart Victorian times I loved the houses yeah see that's a very positive one I think I went in like I just want to see how hard it was for people but I'd also like to go back to the Roman times I'd like to fight like a Roman.

15:44Rach:Yeah, and also... I'd be in my element, Bessie. Give me that horse back. Get me on it. No problem. I'd be swinging for days. I'd like to know how people live. And I think I'd love to know, like, go back to the time when people created roads and built roads. Yeah, it's fascinating. Yeah, I don't think I'd be on in this era, me. No, I should have been on the cobble streets with the horse and cart or I should have been a Roman fighting. I think we're just really old souls aren't we Yeah I love it though I'm here for it Alright go on last question bestie If you could have a magic remote control That could pause, rewind or fast forward time In your own life which button would be most Tempted to press and why I'd be most tempted to press fast forward Really?

16:28Rach:But I never would I think that's probably based on Current events isn't it Yeah I'd like to know what's coming But then on the flip side I'm like I'd like to go back but then I'd be scared to go back in case I changed the future. I know if you could rewind 10 years, your next 10 years would look different. It's probably quite daunting, yeah. It's scary. If you had that opportunity, it's like crossroads, isn't it? Do you, don't you? I don't know, it's hard on that. It feels this one, isn't it? Ooh! Yeah, because I know for a fact there's things that I'd change, so I'm like, I'd definitely be rewinding, but then I'd be like, holy shit, I can do it.

17:06Rach:Rewind and you know why. If I had one opportunity to rewind to I'd go I'd give you my rewind oh that's cute I would give anything to rewind and have some more moments with my dad and then I'd press pause forever just leave us in that that place yeah it's probably a good way to end the podcast there isn't it it is let's let's leave while we've got a lot of a lot of warmness in our hearts and souls but guys thank you for your questions they've been amazing keep sending me really good ones yeah we hope you're loving the pod just as much as we are we will see you soon take care of your people be kind send your love

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Which actor would the girls would choose to play them in a movie of their life? Which career blooper lives rent free in the girls’ minds? And which skill do they both wish they could master?

Also, Millie and Rach do some excellent impressions from their favourite Christmas movies and enthusiastically debate biscuits. You’ll be astonished to hear their Jaffa Cake eating methods…

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