The Peacock and Gamble Podcast - The Peacock and Gamble Podcast: Edinburgh Fringe 2012 Episode 14 (Nick Mohammed)
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Guess what?
It's time for the Peacock and Gamble Edinburgh podcast.
Are you alright, mate?
It's funky, just finishing my champagne off from last night.
That's not, you were drunk last night, but that's not champagne.
I wasn't drunk, if you must know.
Well, you were actually, mate. You were a little bit drunk last night but that's not champagne. I wasn't drunk if you must know. Well you were actually mate.
You were a little bit drunk.
I wasn't.
You were.
I wasn't.
You had a bambuca
before the show started.
That's because I forgot
that we had a show.
I thought that yesterday
was my day off.
No,
it was sort of a day off
in that you didn't have
any other extra gigs
but what you forgot about mate
is our show
because you've not
written it in your diary.
So pretty much every day
I have to remind you that at 9.40, we are doing our show.
Peacock and Gamble don't even want to be on telly anyway at the Pleasant's Dime Dome.
Yeah, I know, but the thing is, I've not got any room on my month planner.
I've told you that anyway.
But that doesn't mean that our show just doesn't happen.
When I remembered about the show, I still came and did it very well.
Yeah, half cut.
I wasn't half cut at all.
You were. You stand at the back as people are coming.
Sorry, welcome everyone.
Welcome to the podcast.
If this is your,
again, I'll say it again,
if this is your first,
if this is your first time
listening to this podcast,
go back to the beginning.
Go and start at the beginning.
And then this will make
more sense in context
once you've learned to love us.
Yeah.
Now, you stand at the back
as people are coming in
because you come on from the back.
That's a little secret.
Not all of them though.
I only go there quite late.
Yeah, you go there quite late.
So I see the stragglers.
Yeah, the stragglers.
The straggling people who get there a little bit late.
But not too late, otherwise you won't get in.
Please don't make that now part of your plan,
that when you come to our show,
you'll arrive a bit late thinking that you're dead.
Yeah, because if you miss time,
you will not be let in.
That's genuinely true.
So yesterday, you'd had a sambuca before the show.
Yeah.
Bambuca, as you call it.
Bambuca.
Bambuca.
And Richard Herring came to see our show yesterday.
Did he?
God knows why.
Good.
Right.
Probably to copy it.
Yeah.
And you went and sat next to him in the audience.
Yeah.
Before the show.
Before the show.
I wonder what he was watching.
You went and sat next to him and said, what are you watching?
Yeah.
Right?
Yeah.
Weren't concentrating.
You'd had a couple of drinks.
Oh, I only had one bambuca.
Yeah, but that's two units, isn't it?
I don't know.
What is it?
Three quid?
It was three quid.
I know.
There's a lot of that in it for a sip of drink.
Yeah, but you shouldn't be having that before the show, mate.
Uh-huh.
Don't just say, uh-huh.
And then you had more afterwards.
You had mental.
And we were sat outside in the gilded garden.
Don't tell everyone where we go.
Well, mate, I'm not going there
I don't think we'll be
let back in there
oh yeah
you'd had about
five sambucas
yeah
there was a man
lying down
and you took a picture
of his like
picture of his crotch
and put it on twitter
yeah
just running around
like a madman
just shouting
bambuca all the time
yeah
going right up
to people's faces
Nish
shouting right in Nish's face
going,
have you ever had a crepe before?
Really excited to know
whether Nish had had a crepe.
I don't know if he had them
in his culture.
Basically,
I had a crepe.
I don't think we can be
let back in there.
I had a crepe.
I had a crepe.
I didn't really enjoy it.
Why not, mate?
It just wasn't,
it didn't feel right.
It's because your mouth
was coated in aniseed liqueur.
Aniseed. That was the taste. Yeah, that's mouth was coated in aniseed liqueur aniseed that was the taste
yeah
that's what it is
aniseed
yeah
but I also had
a normal drink
just to keep me calm
vodka cranberry
I had some vodka
and cranberry as well
drunk
and then about
at about half past
one in the morning
I mentioned the
Tim Vine episode
of the podcast
and I remembered
you remembered
that you still
hadn't edited it
yeah
so you had a
genuine panic on
yeah
as you sort of
tried to sober yourself up we had to get genuine panic on as you sort of tried to sober
yourself up
we had to get a
cab back with you
sort of rolling
around in the back
going
I was
Tim Vine
Tim Vine's jokes
don't make any sense
anyway
yeah you'd be
chopping up
Tim Vine's jokes
all around
but luckily it
came out well
yeah
you managed it
I liked him
yeah
I know
I wish he would
come out one night
and have a booger
with me
do you think he will
you know where he is you know where he plays darts yeah I've also started there's time we're going to be. I know. I wish he would come out one night and have a booger with me. Do you think he will? Well you know where he is.
You know where he plays darts.
Yeah.
I've also started
there's a moth look.
It's a dead moth.
I've also started
Sounds like we're living
in the room of the bloke
from Seven.
Yeah it's quite nice
this house as well.
Yeah it is.
I've started to think
because flies come in
my bedroom a little bit
because I have the window open.
Yeah and you're just
friendly aren't you?
Yeah and they all fly around
in the same area.
Yeah.
And I was getting annoyed
with them and trying to kill them for a few days because they come right close to your face and I'm going ooh get away get away. Yeah, and you're just friendly, aren't you? Yeah, and they all fly around in the same area. Yeah. And I was getting annoyed with them and trying to kill them for a few
days. Because they come right close to your face and I'm going
ooh, get away, get away. Yeah, yeah. But now I've
took a different tackle with it. Now I just do, try
and chase them with my mouth. Yeah. I try and
open my mouth and eat them. Yeah, you've turned into
a frog, haven't you? I've not caught any of them
yet. Yeah, you need a long tongue.
No, you play them at their own game. You play them at their
own game? Yeah, so basically... So you run
into massive light bulbs?
Well, that's a moth.
They know.
They know that you're thinking,
I'm scared of that,
and they know you'll get out of their way.
They're like aggressive drivers.
Right.
They're like Addison Lee drivers,
flies are.
They just drive at people,
don't they, Addison Lee?
When I've been in an Addison Lee,
they just bully their way through the road.
I don't like going in them.
I hate them.
No.
They're bad drivers. Yeah, that's what, in our opinion, that's what flies are like. Flies bully their way through the road. I don't like going in them. I hate them. No. They're bad drivers.
Yeah, that's what, in our opinion, that's what flies are like.
Flies bully their way through the air.
Yeah, and there's loads in your room as well.
Yeah, yeah.
All in the same spot.
Addison Lee drivers, I mean.
Oh, yeah, loads of them.
Just circling.
Yeah, lost.
They come at you and they think you'll get out of their way.
But if you just open your mouth and go at them, I'm going to eat you, I'm going to eat you,
then they back off a bit.
Can I just let you know
that that might work
for flies.
Yeah.
But that will not work
for Addison Lee drivers.
So if I'm ever
in an Addison Lee again.
No, if you're...
I shouldn't open my mouth
and go for them.
No, don't go for them.
And if you see an Addison Lee
and it's driving towards you,
don't just open your mouth
and run towards it.
Right.
Because you will come off worse.
Not necessarily.
It might trick them
for a minute.
That they're driving inside
your mouth. What's any of this got to
do with Edinburgh? I don't know, mate. It's
Edinburgh podcast. Well, we try and steer clear
of Edinburgh as a thing. We do, though. When we're at home,
when we're here in our flat,
we think, let's not worry about Edinburgh.
Let's just have a nice dinner and a nice
chat and a cuddle. Yeah.
I mean, we're still five short of selling out
pretty much every night. Yeah. Which is starting to still five short of selling out pretty much every night.
Yeah.
Which is starting to really annoy me now.
Well it's alright I'm
sure tonight we'll just
drop down to 20.
You're really bugging
me.
Don't worry mate.
I don't know why no
matter what happens
how busy it is we're
always five short.
It's like when we do
previews in London
we're always like
three quarters.
Yeah yeah.
No matter what size
the room is.
I think that probably
dictates how popular
we are.
No but when we did
King's Place we were
three quarters and
when we did Hen and Chickens we were three quarters. Yeah, yeah.
King's Place I was like 250 or something and Hen and Chickens is like four. Yeah. Whatever
that holds. We got three in that day. Yeah, we did cram them all in, didn't we? But it's
all going very well down at our show, lovely stuff. We are having a nice time. We are actually.
It's really good fun and I hope you would... I'm sorry, this is the burp cast today. It's
not the burp cast, it's not the burp
cast that's horrible
mate really disgusting
manners
gotta come out
somewhere
no you are
invited into
people's ears and
now you have
burped all over it
oh yeah that's
a fair point
I'm sorry for
throwing it all
back in your face
as it were
so our show
that is going so
brilliantly and
nearly full is
Peacock and Gamble
don't even want to
be on telly anyway
9.40 at
Pleasant's Dome
Dome Dome
and there's only five tickets left every night no don't even want to be on telly anyway 9.40 at Pleasant Stone Dome and there's only
five tickets left
every night
no don't say that
five tickets
so snap them up
no no
there's tickets
you know there's tickets
just buy tickets
we don't know how many
tickets are left
do we not
no
we could be sold out
just buy tickets
I think they would have
told us
yeah
and we would have
put on extra shows
yeah
so our special guest
today is Nick Muhammad
is it Nick Muhammad
today
it is Nick Muhammad
today episode 14
Nick Muhammad
well we've actually
got two guests in this show have we we've got Nick Muhammad and we it Nick Muhammad today? It is Nick Muhammad today. Episode 14, Nick Muhammad. Well, we've actually got two guests
in this show.
We've got Nick
Muhammad and we've
also got Mr.
Swallow.
Oh, indeed,
Mr.
Swallow.
He's a character
that Nick Muhammad
knows.
No, just knows him.
He just knows him
if you know what I
mean.
Big wink.
And Nick Muhammad
is never there at
the same time.
Yeah.
Even though he
knows him.
I don't know how
he knows him.
I don't know either.
If he's never met.
They must have
met on a website
for people that look like them. And they look very similar. Yeah. So that's a nice interview coming up him. I don't know either. If they've never met. They must have met on a website for people that look like them.
And they look very similar.
Yeah.
So that's a nice interview coming up now.
We hope you enjoy it.
We love Nick Muhammad.
I love him and all.
Yeah.
No, we.
I meant we.
I know, and I love him as well.
No, but who do you think I meant when I said we?
You and that ghost behind you.
What?
It's the interview with Nick.
We're here with the lovely Nick Muhammad.
Hello.
Muhammad, look at you.
Now don't be speaking
all quiet like that.
Alright.
You've just been in the house
speaking at a normal level.
Okay.
Don't get shy now.
We've turned the microphone off
and now you're like,
oh no,
but I am not in character.
But it's because
we did the silence before
and it made me want to be quiet.
It puts lots of people
off that.
It does.
Now Nick,
there's a continuing saga
with our steps all the way up to our flat.
Yeah.
People get up, they're knackered, they're tired.
That's what happens.
There's 92 steps.
We've counted them.
Possibly 93.
What did you do?
I came up, checked if you wanted anything from Sainsbury's.
Went back down.
Yeah.
Went to Greg's.
Came back up.
Yeah, exactly.
You can make life half yourself, can't you?
You can, exactly.
But did you have a nice Greg's?
Was it good? I had a lovely Greg's. I had a cheese and onion pasty. Yeah. Something with a crisp. Mate, you can make like half yourself can't you? You can, exactly. But did you have a nice Greggs? Was it good?
I had a lovely Greggs. I had a cheese and onion pasty.
Yeah.
Something with a crisp.
That's orange juice.
Right, okay.
And this.
Muffin.
I had a little chocolate muffin.
And that's a little chocolate muffin.
And do you know what? I think of you as a little chocolate muffin.
Every now and again sometimes.
Yeah.
I think of you as a...
Lovely handsome boy.
Lovely handsome man.
Thank you very much indeed. Thank you. What, I love the compliment from Nick... Lovely, handsome boy. Lovely, handsome man. Thank you very much indeed.
Thank you.
What a lovely compliment from Nick Muhammad there.
Oh, nice.
Now, Nick Muhammad, I have got a few things.
Stop waving, because people can't see that, can they not?
And don't bang your drink on the table, because that gets picked up on the mic.
Oh, wow.
Now, we have got issue with you in a nice way.
Okay.
Because I was thinking, I was wandering down the street earlier on today.
Yes.
As we interviewed Tim Vine earlier on today, so I had an early morning.
And I went for a little wander, because I do, because I like to keep fit.
And I went for a little walk, and I was thinking about you, Nick Muhammad,
which is what I do when I'm having a guest in.
Right.
So I thought, let's have a think about that person and what they mean to me.
Okay.
Now, you're a comedian, stand-up actor.
Yeah.
I mean, like, you are ubiquitous on TV.
Oh, yeah.
Like, stupidly.
Oh, you've got your own channel now. I mean, you clearly ubiquitous on TV. Oh, yeah
I mean you clearly know someone somewhere
All the children shows has been on all the normal shows he's been on he crops up somewhere other than normal shows Yeah, Ricky Gervais ones been in them once
The Miranda Miranda you were in that as well. What we're saying is though is you know you're well in aren't you
with all that lot
and you do all the programmes
and stuff
now me and Ed
you
met
because of you
did you?
yeah
oh because of the comedy fest
yeah
because you compare
the comedy fest
you normally
you normally compare that
well I'd done
I'd done it for like
two or three years
on the trot
and they'd asked you
and you were unable
to do it.
You couldn't do it.
I think I was at a wedding.
You were at a wedding that year.
And they have now got divorced.
Oh.
Well, I'm extra sad about that.
Yeah, maybe we should.
I have extra sad about that.
They won't be listening to this.
Because that means that a beautiful thing came out of that, me and Ed, obviously.
Yeah.
But also sadness.
Also a bit of tragedy.
Came from that day
yeah
and maybe they're happier now
that I'm not going to get bogged down
I think possibly
me and Ed took all the positives
in that day
yeah
maybe karma dictated
that only one good thing
could come of that day
and that was me
and I also remember
I think getting reviewed
by either Palatinate
or whoever was
the press up in Durham
and they either said that you were me or I was you.
Oh, really?
Yeah, I was on it.
Typical student newspaper.
So somewhere, somewhere on Google, I'm reviewed as you or you're reviewed as me.
I love it.
You know something interesting about that day, which I'm not sure even you know.
What's that?
Is that originally, so it was originally Nick, then he couldn't do it.
And then it was another act and they couldn't do it.
Who was that?
It was Russell Howard.
Really?
Yeah, and then he was on holiday.
I wasn't in charge of booking it.
I think our producer went to Avalon and said,
where do I go and get a comedian?
And I went, well, Avalon have got loads of good people
because I'm obsessed with comedy and stuff.
So I went and got to Avalon and just asked.
And they said, why don't you have Russell Howard?
I had no idea who he was.
We were like, okay, we'll get Russell Howard. I had no idea who he was. We were like,
okay, we'll get Russell Howard.
And then he was on holiday.
So then they got you.
Right.
So it worked out really well.
It worked out really well,
but it did nothing for my ego.
No, I mean, no.
But, but,
and if I really think...
The fact that I was ahead of Russell Howard
is probably not quite right.
And if I think about...
As a competitor.
If I really think about it as well,
I'm a bit annoyed
because things could
be going a lot
better for me
yeah exactly
it could be you
or us
Avalon should have
contacted you
yeah
shut up
I thought Avalon
represented you mate
why did they not
put you in for that one
well you were
yeah so you were
still Durham Review
then
I was actually
my first year
in the Durham Review
that was 2005
yeah
and I was a
professional comedian and now Ed is now working 2005 yeah and I was a professional comedian
and now
Ed is now working
with me
and I'm no further
along
and how did it
work out
in terms of
so you saw
Ray forming
and were you like
I'm going to work
with him
yeah very much
he's like come on
I saw him
and I was like
stop
right
he seems angry
that he's driven
all this way
who's that bloke over there sniffing that fit girl's t-shirt?
Who's that?
It was a girl from Leeds Tealights.
I took a real shine to her, she was gorgeous.
I was at the side of the stage and they did a quick change and she threw a t-shirt at me.
And as I caught it, I went back on stage and I just smelled it.
it at me. And as I caught it, I went back on stage and I just smelled it.
Speaking, and also first, another thing, the first time me and Ed performed together on stage was also with you.
What, at King's Place?
Yeah, it was the...
Back in 2009?
Yeah, we did the Beacon Fumble.
That was, we actually performed together rather than being a live podcast format.
So it was a live podcast, but we dropped sort of sketchy things into that as well.
Ah, so the first
ah
you came to do that
you played the head of Tesco
yeah
I did
and then I played
Michael Jackson's agent
or something
right his agent
his doctor
no who was the guy
who did
I can't remember his name
the guy who directed
this is it
Kenny Ortega
Kenny Ortega
yeah
who played
Fraser's doctor
you did
yeah I did
you still have quite a lot
of stuff in there
yeah I know
for those of you that don't did Fraser's Doctor yeah there's still quite a lot of stuff in that yeah I know for those of you
that don't know
Fraser was a character
who appeared in our
oil podcast
that we were doing
before the Edinburgh one
he was a little
unfortunate little boy
no if you
well that shows
what you remember
you announced his death
three years ago
but yeah
he choked on his own head
didn't he
he got the same thing
I thought I brought him
back to life
no you didn't you did a lovely graph on the again. I thought I brought him back to life. No, you didn't.
No, you didn't.
You did a lovely graph.
Wait,
on the graph you did.
He did come back to life momentarily,
but he's dying.
No, what happened with Fraser was,
his mother,
one day,
somebody just turned up in the hospital
where she delivered Fraser,
saying that the baby's got mixed up
and they gave her the wrong baby.
Yeah.
So she got a new Fraser.
And,
he only lasted a day.
And that's how it ended.
An awful butcher shop accident.
It was horrific.
Pickle can gamble.
Pickle can gamble.
Now, me and you have known each other for many years.
Oh, me and Edgar.
We have.
Oh, so you've talked to Nick.
No, but yeah,
but we've all known each other for many years.
Even some years before that,
I have met Nick
because we used to do
the student comedy circuit together.
So we met in...
Late 2004.
That's when I started at Durham,
so that would have been the first show Durham Review.
Durham College of Further Education.
That's what we call it on this podcast.
Durham College of Further Education.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
So we met...
Because everyone we know from there
has not gone into what they studied at all.
No, absolutely not, no.
I didn't go there.
University of Life, mate.
And Leeds.
Nick studied rocks at university.
I did J-Physics. Did you really? Yeah. Nick studied rocks at university. I did geophysics.
Did you really?
Yeah.
What a waste of money.
I know.
Has that informed any of your comedy up until now?
Not yet, but there's a plan.
There is a plan.
To do a geophysical.
Do you have disappointed carers and relatives and things like that?
They, I think, if I'm honest, yeah, initially they were.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Because I was doing a PhD in geophysics at Cambridge
so they were like
oh there we go
money money money money
and then they were like
oh alright
jacking that in
but now
they're very proud
yeah
but you started
it started quite well
as well
like you always
yeah it did actually
but then I think
there's always that period
because I was still
basically living as a student
at the start of it because I was in Cambridge and so that was fine I think there's always that period, because I was still basically living as a student at the start of it,
because I was in Cambridge.
And so that was fine.
I think it was when I moved to London.
I had to temp for a bit.
Not too long, for like about six months,
I temped for a Morgan Stanley.
Nice.
Yeah.
I think Rob Rouse did.
Did he?
I'm pretty sure he did,
because I used to work with Rob Rouse quite a lot.
Yeah.
And I'm pretty sure that Rob Rouse worked for Morgan Stanley.
Yeah.
Yeah, I think so.
And that was good.
I actually really loved it.
It wasn't.
No, it was.
No, genuinely.
I think it was like a sort of a sub-security company.
Yeah, yeah.
It was a bouncer at Morgan Stanley.
I did trade support.
Wow.
Still, to this day, I don't really know what it is.
No.
I was somewhere between the traders and IT, at least to run some of their systems.
And I had access to loads of stuff, but I just didn't really know how it worked. And then I left after six months.
Did you nick stationery?
And then straight after that, there was a financial crisis. Is that anything to do with you?
Catalyst.
That's what they call you, Catalyst Mohammed.
That's a nice name, isn't it?
Yeah, it's lovely.
It's a lovely name.
When did you do your first Edinburgh show?
Solar Show.
When did you do your first Fringe?
No, first Edinburgh Fringe.
First Fringe was 2004, which was with Footlights.
Yeah.
Beyond the Joke.
Who else was in that?
Any famous as well?
Yeah, Sarah Soleimani was in that.
Oh, yeah.
Johnny Sweet was in that.
Right.
Ed Coleman and Raf Shirley.
Don't know any of them people.
I know all them people.
I only know Nick Mammoth.
Sarah Soleimani is in...
Him and Her.
Him and Her.
Right.
Ed Coleman is in various bits and bobs.
So, that was 2004. Yes. 2005 was your first solo show. First solo show. Back in Ed Coleman is in various bits and bobs. So that was 2004.
2005 was your first solo show.
Back in town again,
waltzing out of town.
Yeah.
Odd title.
Steve Bennett gave it two stars.
Oh, what does he know?
I mean, I like Bennett
and we got on very well.
His closing statement,
and this was in 2005,
I'd only just started,
was there might be something in here,
but you're going to have to hack off
so much flab
to get to it
you might as well
not bother
that was his
closing sentiment
yeah
so you got the
sore out
but he said a
similar thing to
us right
and then Ed
has worked really
hard this year
after Bennett
said that
and Ed you are
looking good
and we're like
we're going
oh right
well that's what
we need to do
and I'm like
I'm too old now
my metabolism
has changed.
And Ed worked really, really hard as a young man.
And then the review came out today, same again, four stars again.
Turns out he was talking about the show rather than the actual musical appearance.
For me, I think he was talking about my show.
Well, I would say, Nick, that that two star review that you got should have been a three star.
In my opinion, Steve Bennett is always always
one star short
I think his eye
that's what I think
have you seen any
five star shows
what you would consider
a five star show
this week Nick
your show
well guess what
it got four stars
today
in Chortles
well I didn't see it
you were there that night
well there you go
five star show
you saw it
Five Star Show
It was excellent
Thank you mate
Excellent
Thank you
No that sounds like
You don't mean it
No it was excellent
It was excellent
Give you the big deal
We used to have a running joke
About Chortle didn't we
Because you
You always felt
Your reviews
Your reviews were
Unfair on Chortle
No I think
The thing is
You wanted a good review
I always wanted a good
Because I think Steve's One of the hardest good review I always wanted a good review because I think Steve
is one of the hardest
not sucking up
but he is
one of the hardest
working comedy
journalists out there
and every review
I read that he writes
apart from your last one
which was four stars
rather than five
I always agree with
and I always think
it's great
so then when I
kind of get the criticism
I think oh
is it true
is it true
but then I suppose
everyone's got to
have a matter of taste
and I think that he
doesn't go for
character comedy
and maybe sketch comedy
as much as say,
I do.
Yeah.
And that's fine.
But we used to go around
trying to find him,
didn't we?
Yeah.
I think it was a couple
of years ago.
We went to the
Say You Think You're Funny
party or something
after the final.
I think I was happy
with my,
because I got three stars
from Steve Bennett.
That's the most I've ever
got from Steve.
We were looking around
for Steve to try and thank him
but we both had a couple of drinks
and we just stood on the balcony
shouting Steve
just going Steve
Steve
Steve
never found him
there was one year
he gave me three stars
for a show
and I saw him in the street
and I threatened him
oh what weird
actually with violence
I threatened him with violence
I said you have got
to be shitting me yeah
about three stars and
then for the rest of
that I was doing
something cheap yeah
then the rest of that
fringe I kept
clocking him avoiding
me yeah crossing over
the road and stuff I
think I was genuinely
gonna hit him and I
will one day yeah one
day I will genuinely
punch Steve Bennett in
the face two years
ago I got I got four
stars from Chortle and
I was delighted and I
knew it wasn't from
him I knew that it was
from Curry and I'd seen it quite early on I saw Steve like later on that evening and I just sort of I knew it wasn't from him I knew that it was from Corey and I'd seen it quite early on
I saw Steve
like later on that evening
and I just sort of went over
to say oh thanks so much
you know
it's his website and everything
I said thanks so much
like immediately
he was like
it wasn't from me
and he was so proud
but you know
he's brilliant
he's also susceptible to bribery
is he?
last year
we only had 15 people
in the audience
when Steve was in
and he sat at the back and he was and you could see him all the way through.
The show went well, but there were only 15 people,
so we were a bit disappointed.
And then after the show, Ray got £250 cash out of his wallet
and threw it at Steve Bennett and went,
Oh, please, Steve!
It's the shower of money.
Did it work?
Four stars, thank you.
We should emphasise he didn't keep that.
And we should also further emphasise that us having this podcast on Chortle does us no favours.
If anything, it works the other way.
He certainly doesn't do me anything.
He hasn't been in to see me yet.
Oh, has he not?
No.
I think he's lined up at some point.
Well, I noticed when you were waiting to go into, when you were sat in the audience at Arsham,
because I'm at the back of the auditorium.
Yeah.
Auditorium.
And I was having a little look at the audience and that.
Back of the upper balcony.
And I saw Steve Bennett look over at you and tut.
Oh, really?
Because you were sat in a chair at a comedy show,
which could have started at any point,
and you were kissing and necking
and feeling
I love a necking
You were feeling
each other up
I kissed my girlfriend
on the cheek
You were having a kiss
on her cheek
I was behind
the curtain
at the back
and I could hear you
All I could hear was
Oh
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you don't know her
she was petrified
and then you went
oh I take your top off
and you're doing it
in character
and she was going
oh Mr Swallow
I thought you were
sexually ambiguous
as a character
so Mr Swallow
is that the character
you're doing this year
yeah
I've never seen
Mr Swallow ever
you're not
no I know nothing
about Mr Swallow
oh okay
so for the benefit of me and the listener some of whom won't know you some of whom will I've never seen Mr Swallow ever you're not no I know nothing about Mr Swallow at all
so for the benefit
of me and the listener
some of whom
won't know you
some of whom will
can you give us
a breakdown
of Mr Swallow please
Mr Swallow is
a character
I've been doing
since 2004
based on the teacher
that I used to
do an impression
of at school
the reason why
it's sexually ambiguous
is that it's based
on a woman
so I play it
as obviously
as a man
but it just
becomes very camp but not camp as in there's innuendo in it it's just ambiguous is that it's based on a woman. So I play it, obviously, as a man, but it just becomes very camp,
but not camp as in there's innuendo in it.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
It's just, it is a woman.
First name, Wendy.
Because that was the name of the teacher.
Mr. Wendy Swallow.
So Mr. Wendy Swallow is the full name, but no one knows about Wendy.
Last year you were on there, the year before,
the last set of shows you did was also Mr. Swallow.
Was also all Mr. Swallow.
And the thing is, this year is slightly different.
It's slightly more self-consciously me playing Mr. Swallow, and there year is, I mean, the thing is, this year is slightly different. It's slightly more self-consciously
me playing Mr Swallow
and there is another character
in there,
sort of.
Oh, really?
So it's not P.O. Swallow?
Well, it is,
but there's one little
fire bit.
I know we're having
an interesting chat
about your show,
but Ray's clipping
his fingernails.
Sorry.
Some of it's flying
onto your great muffin.
Well, I'm having this muffin.
I'm a bit of a muffin now.
Right, yeah,
no, you're right, in fact.
If Ray's clipping
his fingernails, you have a bite of muffin and I'll just sit muffin. I'm a bit of a muffin now. Right yeah no you're right in fact if Ray's clipping his fingernails
you have a bite of muffin
and I'll just sit here.
Yeah yeah.
I'm not
I am interested
but I'm just like
I've got such a busy day
I'm like
I've got to cut my nails
at some point.
I cut my toenails today as well.
I've got to cut mine as well.
Mine have cut mine quite long
I noticed that.
I always think it's good
I've got into good luck
if I cut my toenails.
Oh well do that then.
I've done them.
Then what does that mean
you're out of luck then
for that's it?
For that muffin. I've done them then what does that mean you're out of luck then for that's it for that month
I've signed it
but I'm having it
so that's Mr Swallow
yeah
so this is the second
full length show
so this is the second
essentially full length show
of Mr Swallow
still very irritating
has Mr Swallow
ever been interviewed
imagine right
if you went out
of that door
over there now right and imagine if Mr Swallow came back I just don't know if you went out of that door over there now, right?
And imagine if Mr Swallow came back like... I just don't know if I could do it.
No, you don't have to do it, because you just sent Mr Swallow in.
Nick, just go and get me my trousers from the other room.
And if you happen to see Mr Swallow in the hall, please send him in, thank you.
Oh, tell you what, I think it's going very well, isn't it?
I think it's good. I really like it.
I'm enjoying interviewing him.
Absolutely filing an A.
Is this Mr Swallow? Absolutely filing an A, no way. very well, isn't it? I think it's good. I really like it. I'm enjoying entering your house. Absolutely boiling in here. Seriously?
Who's this?
It's Mr Swallow.
Absolutely boiling in here.
No way.
Not doing it like this.
What's that
and you've got the lights on?
5,999,906.
Jesus Christ.
Is anyone warm in here?
Who's this?
It's Mr Swallow.
Who's Luke warm?
Who's Luke warm?
Is anyone coming?
Are you Mr Swallow?
Absolutely boiling, yeah, of course I'm Mr Swallow.
Nice to meet you.
She used to be ill.
My name's Ray Peacock, this is Ed Gamble.
Hello, Mr Swallow.
How are you today?
I'm alright. I'm boiling, it's about 27 degrees outside.
You are warm. You're quite concerned about your body temperature, aren't you, Mr Swallow?
Sometimes I wish we still lived in Narnia.
And Aslan hadn't come back
so you
I mean
in a weird
sort of
right wing
Daily Mail
style thing
you longed
for the days
when Narnia
was ruled
by the witch
yeah
why is that
what was up
with Aslan
oh too much
mane
too much
mane
yeah
too much
in your mane
mate
have a drink
of that
everyone that's Nick Muhammad's drink have a little drink of that everyone
that's Nick
Muhammad's drink
have a little drink
of that
what's in this
I think it's just
orange juice
Swallow
I'm allergic to
that
do you want a bit
of muffin
Mr Swallow
or something
no no
it's melting
not surprised
jeez
it is warm
isn't it
so Mr Swallow
it's quite a vague
question but
what are you?
My, I'm like, sort of, I do sort of lectures, workshops, scenarios.
Yeah, yeah.
Sort of travel around from place to place.
Try and vary the subject matter depending on where I am.
Yeah.
Last week I disproved God.
You disproved God?
Yeah, using maths.
Right.
And then bicarbonated, you know, fizzy pop.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
And a wasp.
Eat it when you know how.
Okay.
So what are you doing?
So you're up in Edinburgh this year.
Up in Edinburgh.
I'm doing a show.
It's going well.
We're selling well.
Still with the same promoter.
Mr. Goldsworth.
Mr. Goldsworth, yeah's right he's like my PA
he's my PR
yeah okay
all the P's
private investigator
nice one
we don't do that
not anymore
he's not allowed to do that
but no
and it's
it's a bit of fun
it's like a talk about
well I don't really want to give away
what it's about
but it's exciting
big finish at the end
confetti cannon
come for that if anything confetti cannon. Come for that, if anything.
Confetti cannon?
Oh, yeah.
Wow.
That cost a fair bit.
26 shows.
Jesus Christ.
And how much a show?
How much?
Yeah.
To pay, to see it?
No, for the confetti cannon.
Oh.
To be fair, Gold's handles all that.
Oh, right.
I genuinely don't know.
You know it's a lot.
It's quite a lot of confetti, isn't it?
But at least the cost of a ticket.
Right, right.
Yeah.
So you need one in.
I need at least one in to cover all my overheads.
Just before.
I'm not getting paid, he's not getting paid.
We've missed a way of the venue hire,
which is unheard of in the courtyard.
So it's literally...
Six, and one of them will sort out a venue.
Just the confetti cannon that you're paying for.
It's just a confetti cannon.
There's no content on my part.
I've wasted an ounce of energy on the show.
I sort of sit in silence for an hour, try and cool down, let the confetti canner go off
and then, you know, we're in business.
So heat is a big issue today.
I mean, it seems like...
Oh, it's been nuts past week.
It seems like an odd thing though to, I don't even know, traditionally that the Edinburgh
venues are very, very warm.
They are.
Were you aware of that before you came in?
I was aware.
We have rigged up fans everywhere in the venue.
Does that not circulate warmer there?
It circulates what we have to...
We open a fridge.
Right, OK.
And we stick the fridge in front of the biggest fan
and it circulates whatever's coming out of that.
So it's kind of a homemade air con unit, really. Yeah, fridge and switch dom. Oh, okay. And we stick the fridge in front of the biggest fan and it circulates whatever's coming out of that.
So it's kind of a homemade air con unit, really.
Yeah, fridge and switch dom.
Oh, right, right. So sort of food smells.
Just sort of food smells,
sort of just sort of, you know,
get people in the mood for watching an hour show.
What do you hope to get from the show?
I don't really want anything out of this show, to be honest.
I've just got to be here.
Yeah?
Oh, yeah.
You weren't here last year, were you?
You were here the year before.
No, I wasn't allowed to here last year, were you? You were here the year before.
No, I wasn't allowed to come last year.
What happened?
We had a problem with... I got a volunteer out on stage.
She fainted.
Right.
Hate.
Yeah, well, and we are not insured.
Oh, right.
That's how we found out.
Because she...
Yeah.
And so we... It's taken a while, but we've built ourselves
back up. We've got a confetti cannon. We've got the confetti cannons. There's no chance
of them going off in people's feet. We've got arrows pointing where they should aim,
out of the twisting, all that. Is the lady in question all right now? Has she recovered?
Is the lady in question alright now? Has she recovered?
Oh, no, she died.
Oh, right.
Because she hit her head.
And she was in a coma for a while.
It was all touch and go.
She lasted a year, then died.
And then it was like, good, now we can come back.
Now we can come back. It's 2012. It's a new, you know,
it's like the marine calendar, isn't it?
It is, yeah.
They predicted her death. Did you want to go to the Olympics though? Mae'n ymddiriedol iawn. Mae'n y calendar ymarferol, yn dda? Ie, yn bennaf. Roedden nhw'n disgwyl ei fath.
Roeddech chi eisiau mynd i'r Olygfeydd?
Roedd yna unrhyw...
Roeddwn i wedi cymryd rhan i'r Olygfeydd.
I gyfweliad?
Nid, ond roedd yn dweud, na fyddai.
Roeddwn i'n dweud, pam na?
Roeddent yn dweud, oherwydd nad ydych chi'n addysgol.
Roedd yn anodd.
Ond rwy'n gwybod, roeddwn i'n hapus i gael mynd allan o Lwmden.
Ie.
Ie. Ydy hynny yw'r lle rydych chi'n byw? But I know, I was quite, I was glad to get out of London to be honest. Yeah.
Yeah.
Is that where you live?
Do you live in London?
I, well I live in Leeds but I work occasionally in London.
Okay.
That's where Mr. Gold's a space so I'm up there from time to time.
Last time you were here you were doing a lecture on memory.
No jokes in that bit were there?
But it adds texture.
It adds texture.
Oh yeah.
No jokes.
You were doing memory. I should have put it in later, this.
Memory.
Lecture on memory.
That was last year, wasn't it?
Was it?
Two years ago.
Two years ago.
Sorry.
Last year the woman died.
Yes, of course.
So, yeah, 2010 there was a memory lecture.
This year it's...
Don't want to give anything away.
I don't want to give too much away.
It's as exciting as memory.
Yeah.
If that brings them in.
And it's big finish
lots of
stunts
part of the
not physical
stunts
sort of like
mental stunts
in the same way
that memory
there was memory
stunts
there's uh uh
stunts in this
yeah I can't
say what that
it's maths
basically
maths
so maths stunts
yeah
so where are you
on that Mr Swallow
I'm on at 6 o'clock
in the Pleasant's Courtyard
lovely
every day
every day
I don't have a day off
you don't have a day off
no way
in this heat
I can't afford to
cannot afford to
no
no way
and I'm off to Sicily
the very next day
12 hours after my last show
Sicily
it's going to be boiling
33 degrees
absolutely boiling okay do you want to shall I do a quick maths stunt go on get your phone after my last show. Sicily? It's going to be boiling at 33 degrees. Absolutely boiling.
Okay.
Shall I do a quick maths dump?
Go on.
Oh, yeah.
Get your phone calculator out, please.
Think of a number.
Will this work for the listener at home as well?
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
I want you to think of a number, Ed,
between 1 and 300.
Okay.
And I want you to cube it,
so multiply it by itself,
and then by itself again.
Okay. Okay? And I want you to cube it, so multiply it by itself, and then by itself again. Okay.
Okay?
And I want you to tell me the result, and I'll cube boot it in my head and tell you
what you started with.
Wow.
That's the idea.
Wow.
And this is what I've learned.
This has taken ages.
You're like a human calculator.
Well, I'm trying to be.
It doesn't always work.
Go for it, Ed.
23,639,903.
Is that 287?
Yes.
It was.
What the fuck? Is that true? Yeah. There It was. What the fuck?
Is that true?
Yeah.
There you go.
I've just learned how to do it.
I've just had some time.
Yeah.
Wow.
Look at that.
That's very impressive.
There we go.
Right, I'm off.
All right.
See you later.
Just a minute, Mr Swallow.
Bye!
Bye-bye, Mr Swallow.
Genuinely got out of the room.
Oh, hello, mate. Hey, mate, mate. Is he all right? Bye! Bye bye Mr Swag! Genuinely got out of the room.
Oh hello Nick.
Is he alright?
Yeah he was great. He seemed a bit warm.
Oh really? Yeah.
It's quite warm in here.
Peacock and Gamble, Peacock and Gamble.
You love coming to the Fringe don't you? I do.
As I always remember you're one of the people who I speak to
who really looks forward to it. Yeah.
Mental. Absolutely love it. You usually have your idea for the next year's show while you remember You're one of the people Who I speak to Who really looks forward to it Yeah Mental Absolutely love it You usually have your idea
For the next year's show
While you're at this one
Usually yeah
Although it was kind of
This year's been a different year
It has yeah
Definitely has
2012
2012
Completely different year
This year's not the same
Yeah
No you're right
It's not the same as last year
Because I had a year off last year
Yeah
Because I'd never
Before then
Not been to Edinburgh
As a professional comedian so it was weird
to have a year off
and then kind of come back
because it made me think
it was a good thing
because it made me think
oh I can have a year off
and it's fine
did it feel apparent
to you having a year off
did it feel
well the thing is
because I was filming
so I was working
over the period anyway
so that was a good distraction
but yeah
it did feel different
I mean I popped up
for a couple of days
after I'd seen your show
I saw lots of stuff
it was fine it was great I mean I mean, I popped up for a couple of days after I'd seen your show. I saw lots of stuff. It was fine. It was great.
I mean, I definitely didn't miss, I suppose, any of that quite stressful period between January and July
when you're sort of working on the show.
I certainly didn't miss that, but I remember going to a couple of mates' wedding
who were getting married, and they're comedians.
Did you just go to weddings?
What? Have I been to weddings all the time?
To be fair, that wedding was in 2005. Honestly, in the last ten years, I've been to one all the time? To be fair, that other wedding was in 2005.
Honestly, in the last ten years, I've been to one wedding and it was shit.
It was absolutely shit as a wedding.
What I don't like about Nick is he has a lot of friends as well.
And I love weddings.
I've got loads of friends which don't go to weddings.
Do you?
Honestly, if that last one, and you were there as well,
if that wedding was anything to go by, I don't want to go to a wedding.
It was shit.
It was something to go by. It was shit. Problem is go by, I don't want to go, I don't want to go to a wedding, it was shit. It was something to go by.
It was shit.
Problem is with weddings,
I think I find this,
and I think you probably found that as well,
is that they're not about you on the day.
Yeah, boring.
But it should be.
Boring.
Well, most things should be.
Most things,
I think most social events,
it should be open,
it should be up for grabs
who the center of attention is.
Yeah.
So you should,
you should be able to,
I should be able to walk in and night in the pub
and think
this is mine
I can grab this
but in a wedding
you're starting off
on a lower rung
yeah
there's already
there's already
an headliner in place
and then she starts
to make a scene
yeah
well there's that as well
but also you know
if I went at a wedding
right
and me and you Nick
were there right
I would expect
people to be going
is that Nick Muhammad
who's wedding would that be
Gamble's wedding
right
yeah and going that's Nick Muhammad he's off. Gamble's wedding, right? Yeah.
And going,
that's Nick Muhammad.
He's off telly.
He's done loads of telly.
Oh, that's exciting.
That is it.
That's exciting.
That is it.
You would want that.
You wouldn't want,
oh, look what she's wearing.
Oh, she doesn't look that fat, does she?
That's all that happens at weddings.
Do you want more attention at weddings?
I want attention at weddings.
We went outside and practiced our jumping.
There's some brilliant photos of us. That was at Raj's wedding. What did
you wear? For Raj's wedding? Well, everyone had to wear full Indian dress. Really? No,
not me. I wore as... Were you in a sari? I was in a... I was... We had bindis. Ed was in a burka. Yeah. He's got it wrong.
We both had bindis,
but we wore traditional suits,
but made it as sort of scruffy as possible.
Oh, okay.
So no tie.
Right.
Shirt open.
I think I actually brought a tie with me,
but I was banned from wearing that tie by Ray.
Yeah, because I had brought a tie at all.
Were you performing in any capacity?
Were you speeches or anything?
Was there anything?
No, we were...
I can't imagine he would have actually...
We were at the table in the corner.
Yeah.
Back table with all the non-important people.
Yeah.
Really back table.
No one asked us to do a set.
We were there with...
We were sat next to Ricardo,
who works in some recruitment office or something.
He was called Richard,
but they all called him Ricardo.
Ricardo!
Hey, Ricardo!
And the cat went to us and went,
hey, look, Ricardo, he's a paedophile.
Hey!
Ricardo's a paedophile. He fancies one of the young bridesmaids. Oh, he's a paedophile. Hey. Ricardo's a paedophile.
He fancies one of the young bridesmaids.
Oh, Ricardo's a paedophile.
So in the end, we just had our lamb and just left.
I like Raji.
Yeah, I know.
I do like him.
But that did upset me that day.
I remember.
I'm thinking about it now.
I'm getting upset now.
Don't get upset.
We're going to talk about when Nick did his show about space.
Actually, I'm back in the room.
Peacock and Gamble. Peacock and Gamble. That's one of my favourite Edinburgh shows ever
Is it?
Yeah your space show
Oh that's nice to hear
Why do you sound so surprised?
Because quite a few people have said that
As in peers
Well because I loved that show
But if I'm honest
It went for everyone
Okay
That's a good show mate
It could maybe have gone into theatre
Is that fair?
No I think it's a really funny show as well.
But the plan is,
is that in,
I mean, it's ages away,
but for the 50th anniversary,
which will be 2019,
I want to revive the Apollo thing.
The Apollo.
The Apollo landing.
I want to redo the show.
Great.
In a big, you know,
we'll spend some money on stuff.
Great.
Because I adored it
and I still adore the subject matter.
Yeah.
Nick was playing different characters.
It was as if the astronauts had kind of had a reunion
for the 40th anniversary,
and it was like, goodbye Buzz.
Wait, wait, wait.
Oh, okay.
This is a great thing about this, right?
Yeah.
Try and find that now.
Try and find that on his face.
Right, he's put a bit of muffin on his face.
Ray, do you want to leave the room
while me and Nick talk about a space show?
Is that all right?
Yeah.
But, yeah. Oh, I'm glad you got to it. Yeah, it was absolutely brilliant about a space show? Is that alright? Yeah. But yeah.
Oh, I'm glad you got to.
But yeah, it was good fun.
It was really good fun.
But that was the year you started doing something.
You used to come up to me and get quite, you used to get quite annoyed.
And I don't used to get annoyed.
Even if most of the room were kissing themselves laughing and loving it,
if you spotted one face that wasn't enjoying it,
not only would you be pissed off
which is fine
I get that
we have that
if you see someone
enjoying it
you're like
right
really gotta make
that person laugh
it's annoying me
you would stop
the whole show
everyone else is
enjoying it
and point out
the fact
I believe the
phrase you used once
is look
have you got
some sort of
problem
because you've
got a face
on you for the
whole hour
I think I did it
in character
well you did it
in the voice
in the voice
yeah yeah I think it was very clear that it was me speaking yeah I think I did it in character well you did it in the voice in the voice yeah yeah
I think it was
very clear
that it was me
speaking
yeah
I think I still
probably do that
a bit
I've done it
in the Odd
Swallow show
this year
not as aggressive
as that to be honest
but I've always
asked if people
want to leave
if they want to go
but does that
not interrupt
your flow in the show?
I try to do it
at a certain point
but it's more
because certainly
I mean this year,
because I don't ever bring the house lights down for all the Swallow shows at all, so
everyone can just join in and stuff.
It just means I can see everything that's going on.
If I can see someone who's got a bit of a face on, I don't know what I can, I always
end up sort of just, I can't get it out of my mind, I end up sort of focusing on them
quite a bit.
And it's usually because I really want them to enjoy it, so I work really hard and aim
some stuff at their direction. And if they're really not enjoying it, I just sort of think, oh and it's usually because I really want them to enjoy it so I work really hard and aim some stuff
at their direction
and if they're
really not enjoying it
I just sort of think
oh it's not worth it
I'm not nearly
in a strong enough
position to be able
to do that
but the audience
can't do anything
about that
and the audience
can't see that either
only you can see that
from the stage
so the audience
aren't aware
of the scene
I don't know
I don't have nothing
to say
in rooms like the upstairs just because it's in. Do you think I should stop it? I don't know, but I don't have nothing to say.
In rooms like the upstairs,
just because it's
in the round,
you can...
I mean,
it's a double issue
because we were
chatting about this
with my promoter
as to whether we
should keep the
house lights up or
not because it is
quite a weird thing
to do to leave them
up because I'm in
character as people
are coming in so
it's sort of fit for
the show but it's a
good thing because
when people are
laughing they can
see other people
laughing and that
makes that,
you know,
that becomes contagious
but I think there's a similar thing that if people aren't having a good time other people can and that makes that, you know, that becomes contagious. But I think there's a similar thing
that if people aren't having a good time,
other people can see that
and so it can be a little bit weird.
But, um,
huh,
how did we get on with this?
But, yeah,
I've tried to at least do it less
or if I do do it,
kind of,
it's in extreme circumstances.
And I'm always polite.
You're a lovely polite boy.
It's all coming from a good place.
It's all coming from a good place.
Be cooking gamble, be cooking gamble.
Quickfire questions, Nick Muhammad, you ready?
Yeah.
We're doing this with all our guests.
Have some muffin if you want some muffin.
I want some of this, could you get some?
First of all, Nick, I need to check with you as well.
Would you be prepared to stand out that window with your penis out?
No.
No, that's another one who won't do it.
Right, okay, tick.
Tick, that one up. Nick Muhammad will not do that.
Right, okay, you ready?
Nick, can I just, quick tip for quickfire questions.
Just before we start a quickfire question round, don't have a mouthful of muffins.
Alright, ready?
Ready?
Action.
How many fish have you had in your life?
Pets.
Come on.
Oh, two.
How many times have you been in love?
Twice.
Have you ever been hang gliding?
No.
Have you ever got a horse?
Have I ever what?
Have you got a horse?
No.
Have you ever got a horse?
Quickfire question.
It shouldn't be quickly made up on the spot.
Do you wear several different sorts of shoes or do you stick to one brand all the time?
One brand all the time.
Is it just one pair of shoes as well?
Pretty much, yeah.
How many ears have you got?
In the shoe.
How many ears have you got?
Ears, two.
How do you know?
I can see reflection in that frame there.
How do you know that reflection is a true reflection?
Statistically, I believe I've got two ears.
Do you pick your nose?
No. Do you have baths or showers? Statistically, I believe I've got two ears. Do you pick your nose? No.
Do you have baths or showers?
Showers, mostly.
Would you walk home from a pub?
Yeah.
Would you walk to a pub?
Yeah.
Would you have a drink drive?
No.
Why not?
Dangerous and against the law.
Correct.
Right.
Have you ever been skiing?
Yeah.
On real snow?
Oh, snowboarding, so not skiing.
All right, but it's quick fire, so you've got to say yes or no. Have you ever been skiing? No. No real snow? Oh, snowboarding, so not skiing. All right, but it's quick fire, so you've got to say yes or no.
Have you ever been skiing?
No.
No.
Would you go skiing?
Yes.
Why?
Because I like the fact that it's exercise, but it's really fun.
Have you got any baskets in your house?
Yeah.
What's inside them?
There's a load of toys in the flat that I...
The toys are in the basket of the flat I'm staying in.
Do you own any baskets?
No.
Would you own a basket? Yeah. Would you have any baskets? No Would you own a basket?
Yeah
Would you have a hanging basket?
Would you have a hanging basket with flowers in it?
Oh I'd love that, yeah
Would you prefer that to a garden?
I'm happy, yeah
I'd be happy with that
Because less maintenance
Are you scared of the risk of hand gliding?
No
I'd love to do it
You'd just still do it?
Yeah
Have you done a parachute jump?
No
Bungee jump?
No
Free fall?
Mm-mm
Jumped off a rock?
Yeah
Into water?
Yes, I've done that.
Ever done a stunt into an airbag?
Uh, yes.
What's the best make-up you've ever worn in a TV show?
I think elf ears in The King is Dead.
Why?
Why?
Did I wear them?
Yeah.
Uh, because I was playing an elf.
It was a Christmas episode.
That's enough of that.
You don't need any more details than that.
Sorry.
Right.
Can you fly?
I've flown before on strings once, but can't fly in real life.
I always dream about it.
How do you know you can't fly? If them strings were cut, but can't fly in real life. I always dream about it.
How do you know you can't fly?
If them strings were cut, maybe you would have carried on flying.
Oh, wow.
How many poos do you do a day?
Loads. About three or four.
Why?
I've got a really high metabolic rate.
Every time I eat, I will poo.
Have you ever had a sexually transmitted disease?
No. Have you ever had any problems with your penis? No. Do you like your penis? Yeah. Is it ever had a sexually transmitted disease? No.
Have you ever had any problems with your penis?
No.
Do you like your penis?
Yeah.
Is it your best part of your body?
One of the best.
What's the other two?
The other two, I think I've got quite good upper body strength now.
I think my chest is quite good.
And, oh, I've got really hard thighs.
Right.
Are you happy with Mr. Solo as a character?
Yeah.
Do you think it's the best thing you'll ever do?
Do you think it's the best thing you'll ever do? Yeah, maybe. Are you ambitious? Yeah. Fiercely?
No, but I'm ambitious.
What's the most...
What does fiercely mean?
I don't know.
What's the most amount of money you've ever earned in the bank?
I stopped recording.
Quite a lot.
Is it, yeah?
Yeah.
I stopped recording this about 20 minutes ago.
Do you own a house?
No.
Do you want to own a house?
I suppose so, yeah.
Would you like to buy a bottle of water that Tim Vine's drunk from?
How much?
What's your price? I'd pay... We're bearing. Would you like to buy a bottle of water that Tim finds
drunk from? How much? What's your price?
I'd pay... Well, bearing in mind we know
you've had a lot of money in the bank sometimes.
I'm not going to pay much
just because I want a pound.
That concludes the quickfire
questions for Nimha. So, it's reached that point
you may have noticed as the interview's drawn
on, because we've got the window shut and the door shut
It gets warm. it gets very warm
Ray goes mental
the guest goes mental
I just sit here
and just sweat
all my thoughts away
so let's wrap it up
yeah
Nick thank you very much
for coming in
thank you guys
best of luck with your run
thank you
and your show's amazing
and everyone should go
and see it
because it's super
thank you
but you're saying it
I'm not saying it
like that
do you mean that?
Honestly, you know I mean that.
Peacock and Gamble, Peacock and Gamble.
There you go, that was it.
Interviewing Nick Muhammad.
Hey, come on, that's not enough interviews for one day.
Let's have a very quick interview now with...
You know, remember Sophie?
Yeah.
Our stage manager, big tits, nice girl.
Yeah.
Well, let's have a very quick interview with her now.
Yeah, there we go, yeah.
Peacock and Gamble, Peacock and Gamble Peacock and Gamble
extra podcast bit
secret easter egg
secret easter egg
at the end of a podcast
whenever I stop listening
yeah
because people have been
saying to us
oh
that Sophie you say
you know
big tips lovely girl
yeah
that Sophie
does she really exist
in real life
yeah
and they're going
you don't know anyone
with big knuckles
you two
we do
definitely not sat here we do she sat here because she's at our house at the moment because last night Yep. And they're going, you don't know anyone with big knuckles. You two. We do. Definitely not.
She sat here.
We do.
She sat here because she's at our house at the moment.
Because last night she was on drugs.
Yeah.
Smacked up to her eyeballs.
She was taking drugs or something, weren't you, Sophie?
Well, let's clarify.
It was cocodamol.
Cocaine.
No.
Cocainamol.
Cocainamol.
Cocainamol.
Yeah.
For pain issues.
Yeah.
And you came in all drunk.
Well, not drunk.
Stoned.
Stoned.
Mashed off your face.
I was watching the rugby, right, last night.
Yeah.
And in fairness to Sophie, she was behaving very, very well.
Yeah.
She didn't say a thing.
But I was watching.
Yeah, that's what happens when you're a junkie.
Well, you say you didn't say a thing.
You did say one thing where you just suddenly went I am blue
did you say
and I said what
and she went
I'm blue
like the song
blue da da da
oh
no abadi abadi
yeah
and I said what
and she said that song
and I went what
and she went
I'm blue abadi abada
and I went right
and I went you're not blue
and you went I am
and you showed me
yeah
she was blue
no
from the drugs
no
from what was it
from my jeans
a jeans amendment
right so you've got a girl
you've got a girl in your room
I've got a girl
in my room right
got her jeans off
you're still blue
you're still blue on your hands
and on your legs
and have you
have you checked your bosoms
no
for blue
maybe we should check
on the podcast now.
There might be a doctor listening.
There might be a doctor listening to it now.
Well, you say you weren't wearing jeans on your boobs,
but you weren't wearing jeans on your hands either,
but they're blue.
I touch my legs a lot.
Right, well, I would imagine they touch your legs a lot.
When you're sat, you're checking off the show.
Yeah.
Why are you doing that doing that imagine they're touching
they've got to go somewhere
haven't they
yeah
they can't disappear
can they not
podcast extra
Sophie
gets a knock us out
live
get a knock us out
with
Peacock and Gamble
Peacock and Gamble
well the boiler's
come back on
yeah
you can probably hear it
ticking in the background
which means
that was Sophie
that time sadly
has beaten us.
Little bonus pair of Easter eggs there.
Yeah, lovely pair of massive Easter eggs at the end there.
Yeah.
But nice girl.
Yeah.
Thanks for joining us today.
There'll be another podcast tomorrow.
Yeah.
God willing.
Yeah, God willing.
Yeah.
God forgiving.
Yeah.
Bambooka avoided.
Bad book...
Yeah, no bambookas tonight, mate.
I can have one.
No, why would you have one bambooka?
I don't understand. I think it'd be a good habit to go to. Not before the show. You can have one. No, why would you have one bambuca? I don't understand.
I think it'd be a
good habit to go
Not before the
show.
You can have one
bambuca if it's
after the show.
How about this?
Halfway through
the show.
Alright.
Halfway through
the show I'm
allowed a bambuca.
I don't think we've
got time halfway
through the show.
It's a very busy
show.
It is very busy.
I struggle at the
moment to have a
little drink of
water.
Yeah.
That's why my
voice is always
wrong at the end
of the show.
It is always
wrong, isn't it?
We'll talk about
that tomorrow.
We shall do,
shall we?
But there you
go.
Come and visit us
come and see our show
Peacock and Gamble
don't even want to be
on telly anyway
9.40 at the Pleasant's
Dome
Dome
and that's there
for the entirety
of the Edinburgh Fringe
do keep promoting
the podcast
you've not done
recently
we've noticed
that people
we had a discussion
this morning
didn't we
about how people
get used to things
if people get used
to things
then they start to
it just becomes
part of the furniture
of their life
and they don't
mention it as much
yeah they don't
bother
and I found today
that I had nothing
but harassment
messages on Twitter
yeah going
where is it
where is it
where's this
where's that
no
when are you
one at this
place
if you start
doing that
will you please
come to Brighton
please come to
Brighton
Edinburgh's too far
when are you
going to come
actually said
when are you
going to come
to fucking Brighton yeah so you've Brighton Edinburgh's too far when are you going to come actually said when are you going to come to fucking Brighton
yeah
so you've clearly not bothered
looking at our website
no
so
so tough
tough
tough
can't come if you don't know
when it is
exactly
if you're going to all be like that
and get used to it
and just accept it right
we might just
like a baby with a buckle
just take it away from you
for a couple of days
yeah
see what happens then
then deal with that
and then let's see
if you remember your manners
yeah so do promote it on Twitter on the Facebook on Bebo yeah from me for a couple of days. Yeah. See what happens then. Then deal with that. And then let's see if you remember your manners. Yeah.
So do promote it on Twitter,
on the Facebook,
on Bebo.
Yeah.
And just graffiti it
in places.
Graffiti it.
Tattoo it.
It's that sort of world now,
isn't it?
Yeah.
Get a spray can,
graffiti it somewhere public.
What sort of world
are we living?
Exactly.
But anyway,
here's Tim buying me the credits
but that was yesterday,
wasn't it?
Yeah.
So I tell you what,
let's let Nick Manwood do them for one day instead.
Give him a go.
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That's the first time anyone's made a mistake at that bit.
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See you tomorrow.
That was pretty good.
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