The Peacock and Gamble Podcast - The Peacock and Gamble Podcast: Edinburgh Fringe 2012 Episode 16 (Tom Deacon)
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Pickle and Gamble, Peacock and Gamble, Peacock and Gamble. Because it's not Ed, Peacock and it's not Ed, Gamble really is Ray, Peacock and it is Ed Gamble.
Peacock and Gamble, Peacock and Gamble, Peacock and Gamble, here they are.
Hello.
Hello there.
Episode 16 of the Peacock and Gamble Edinburgh podcast.
Is that which one we're up to?
Well, it should be.
Who's the guest today, please?
Tom Deacon.
Oh, okay, fine. I'm Ray Peacock, hello.
Hello, I'm Ed Gamble.
And today's guest is Tom Deacon. Tom Deacon. So you said itacock, hello. Hello, I'm Ed Gamble. And today's guest is Tom Deacon.
Tom Deacon.
That's how you said it.
Yeah, I know, I was doing the lag American.
It's a bit confusing, isn't it?
Because we just put Ian Sterling out the door.
Yeah, we just interviewed Ian Sterling.
Yeah.
And now we're talking about Tom Deacon.
So Ian Sterling's going to be in a few days.
In a few days, yeah.
And it's Tom Deacon now.
Tom Deacon is today.
Yeah.
But Ian Sterling has gone now.
Yeah, but he is a few days.
But he is in the future.
He is in the future, mate, yeah.
But we've just done it.
We've got ourselves into a right tizzy over this.
We are in a proper tizzy.
It was yesterday.
Yesterday was Katie Wilkins.
Katie Wilkins was yesterday.
Today is Tom Deacon.
Tom Deacon is today.
Yeah.
Ian Sterling is in a bit.
Yeah.
I can't remember who's tomorrow.
Tomorrow will be Silky.
Or Toby Haydoke.
Silky or Toby Haydoke.
Oh, I've got no idea
I'm all confused
and confuddled
confuddled are you
yeah
oh never mind mate
well how's it going generally
let's have a look at the caption
I was fine until last night
were you
yeah
what happened last night
well you went home
I did go home yeah
you can't leave me on my own
why not
with bamboukas
when I'd left
you'd only had one bambouka
I know
I know exactly
so you should have gone right
he's got a taste for it.
Yeah.
I went up to a bar.
Yeah.
Where I had a chat with Tim Vine.
Well, I say I had a chat with Tim Vine.
I will read you the text messages
that we send to each other
from across the room.
Right, okay.
Did you actually,
at any point during the evening,
talk to Tim Vine face to face?
Yes.
Eventually we did, yes.
Eventually we did in the end.
Okay.
So I walked in.
Yeah.
I walked into the bar.
Yeah.
Saw Tim Vine, nodded to each other.
Yeah.
Tim Vine.
And I went, oh, here he is.
And he sort of mouthed something back.
Couldn't tell what it was.
Was it sort of, fuck off, mate?
It was fuck off, mate.
Yeah.
Don't let people know that you know me.
And I was like, god, Tim Vine is mouthing fuck off, right?
And he went, no, seriously, fuck off, you wanker.
Oh.
Like that.
And I was like, oh, god, right, I will.
Go to the other side of the room. But anyway I'll go to the other side of the room.
But anyway, I went to the other side of the room after we'd said hello to each other briefly.
Yeah.
And he was stood with Alan Davis.
Oh, that's nice.
Chatting away.
Yeah.
And I gave it about ten minutes, and then I just sent him in big letters, why are you
ignoring me?
And then nothing left it, but then I went, too busy showing off to Jonathan Craig.
Yeah, okay.
And then he sent back, how dare you?
I didn't know what you were mouthing at me.
You walked past.
Oh.
And then he left it 10 minutes and then he put, why are you ignoring me?
And I put, I don't even know where you are.
And then I put, oh, there you are.
And then he came over.
Came over for a bit.
And I almost had a little argument with Tim Vine.
Yeah, nearly the first fringe spat.
Yeah.
Fringe fallout.
Peacock and Vine no longer friends, unfortunately.
Oh dear.
But we made up in the end. That's good. But while I was waiting for Tim to stop ignoring spat. Yeah. Fringe fallout. Peacock and Vine no longer friends unfortunately. Oh dear. But we made up
in the end.
That's good.
But while I was waiting
for Tim to stop ignoring me
I was just sat down
just minding my own business
being a good boy
and a girl came over
Yeah.
She went
Oh I've heard about this.
You Peacock
off Peacock and Gamble?
She goes
You Peacock
off Peacock and Gamble?
And I went
Yeah I am actually
getting ready for
doing a photo and that.
And she went
Oh I really like it
I saw you guys on Rustle House Good News really like it I went thank you. And she went and then I went and yeah, I'm actually getting ready for, you know, do a photo and that. And she went, oh, I really like it. I saw you guys on Russell Has Good News.
I really like it.
I went, thank you.
And she went, and then I went and watched Ed on his own
and thought it was just amazing.
It's my favourite thing ever.
Oh.
I went, oh, thank you.
And then she went, yeah, oh, it makes me scream laughing.
I went, thanks.
And then she went, oh, is Ed with you?
I went, no, he's just gone home.
And she went, oh, that's a shame
because I really, I think I would probably
do something inappropriate. Your name made that up, didn't you? No, honestly. Did you say that? went, no, he's just gone home. And she went, oh, that's a shame, because I really, I think I would probably do something inappropriate.
No, you made that up, didn't you?
No, honestly, that's what she said.
Did she say that?
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Shut up.
Yeah, and then I was going,
oh, well, he has gone home now.
And yeah, she just gushed about you for ages.
I did know about this,
because Nish texted me about it,
because he was a bit concerned
about what you were going to do.
Because he said you were fuming.
I wasn't really fuming.
I was just like, oh,
I was just a bit disappointed.
He sent me a text saying Peacock's fuming
and then explained what happened.
Really?
Yeah.
I wasn't fuming.
It was just funny.
I think I said something.
And then I read.
I was like, oh, this girl preferred me, right?
And I went, yes!
And jumped in the air.
Yeah, punched the air.
Yeah, punched the air really hard.
She did.
I mean, she was obsessed with you
and all her friends are all obsessed with you.
Tattoos of me and that.
Yeah.
But it came from seeing us as a double act. Yeah. But then they went and watched you on your own and were like, no, she's obsessed with you, and all her friends are all obsessed with you. Tattoos of me and that. Yeah. But it came from seeing us as a double act.
Yeah.
But then they went and watched you on your own, and I was like, that's better.
That's the beauty of the double act.
I very much use this double act as a screen board.
Yeah, people, you know, by all means, find me through the double act.
Yeah.
But I really shine alone.
Yeah.
Yeah.
I mean, I was cross, because I was like, well, I have done good news on my own as well.
Yeah, but you're mainly the double act
that's what you are. Oh right.
People are like
hey we've seen that peacock in the double act.
See that gamble's got potential. Yeah.
Let's see what other
projects he gets up to. Yeah.
Well I was already on a bit of a shaky ground because my mum's up
at the moment. Yeah. My mum came to our show last
night. Yeah. She behaved. Yeah she did.
She did behave. She was good good I don't know if that meant
that she was enjoying it
or wasn't enjoying it
she said she loved it
yeah
yeah she was very
complimentary about it
but she was telling me
that she went
and I know I'm not
meant to mention reviews
and I went
well then don't
yeah
and she went
no let me just tell you this
I went no
no don't tell me anything
about any reviews
no listen for a minute
while I tell you
I went no
and then she said it
really fast
yeah
she went
I think it's all
in this magazine and I went why are you telling me that and she you? I went, no. And then she said it really fast. She went, I think I saw it in this magazine.
And I went,
why are you telling me that?
And she went,
well, what it was,
it was in,
and she said the name of the magazine.
And she went,
what it was,
it was really good,
really complimentary.
It said something like,
see them now while the tickets
are under £10.
Or something like that.
And she went,
isn't that good?
I went,
that's the,
that's the review.
Have you just seen how much it is in a magazine good I went that's the that's the review have you just seen
how much it is
in a magazine
definitely
that's definitely
what's happened
or just us with loads
of things saying
two for one or something
see it now
cheap tickets this week
yeah
but what I said to her
was I said
you can't tell me that
and you can't tell me
the name of the magazine
because I'll think
that our management
have missed it
somewhere
I'll go and check
I might go to that magazine
and see that it's
one star dip
and be gutted
so we're not going
anywhere near
that goes for people
on Twitter as well
that goes for people
on Twitter
who are coming to review it
don't tell us
you're coming to review it
that's a terrible thing
to do that
thanks for coming
to review it
if you did whatever
but that's a terrible thing
to say to us
and don't list our reviews
to us on Twitter
even if it's the good ones
I know you're being I know you're being helpful and you're trying to be promoting and that and that is don't list our reviews to us on Twitter yeah even if it's the good ones I know you're
being helpful
and you're trying
to be promoting
and that
and that is
very very nice
of you
but if you do
that
don't tap us
in on it
because we're
really keeping
away from reviews
and we see
some of them
because they're
on our posters
but yeah
we don't
you can get
bogged down
in all that
can't you
and also
I think now
you've learnt
as well
oh no
don't speak
to your mum
yeah don't
ever speak
to your mum yeah and do you know what that goes for the listener yeah don't speak to your mum yeah don't ever speak to your mum
yeah
and do you know what
that goes for the listener
yeah
don't speak to your mum
yeah don't speak to your mum
a lot of people will say like
oh make sure you speak to your
your mum won't be around forever
maybe speak to your mum
no just don't speak to your mum
yeah
don't speak to your mum
I mean I've spoken to my mum loads of times
yeah
definitely loads
I'm going to speak to her later on
yeah
today
because she's here
because she's here
but you know in future
I think I'll just not speak to my mum.
Good plan, mate.
Yeah, cheers, mate.
But she liked it and she enjoyed seeing my cock in the show.
Oh, spoiler alert.
So today we've got Tom Deacon.
Tom Deacon.
Deacon.
Stand up.
Deaconator.
The Deaconator.
That's the name of his show in Edinburgh.
Deeksville, Alabama.
That's not the name of his show.
NW1.
He is a stand up Radio 1 DJ.
Nice to deke you.
Lovely lad. Right, okay, you're Nice to deke you. Lovely lad.
Right, OK, you're going to deke around the clock.
Tell you what, shall we do the interview?
Deke a book.
Let's do the interview and then we'll come back and see what ones you've come up with.
All right, brilliant.
All right, OK, here's Tom Deacon.
Peacock and Gamble, Peacock and Gamble.
We are joined today in a rather half-arsed way by Tom Deacon.
By Tom Deacon, who's turned up half an hour late.
Half an hour late and then he sat down at our table to do the podcast
just writing notes
about his show last night
good afternoon
well yes good afternoon
good afternoon
now we're doubling up today
we've got another guest
straight after you
not as good as this one
though is it
well it remains to be seen
right
but if she turns up on time
she's already beaten you
we're going to
we're going to find ourselves
in a to catch a predator scenario
when two turn up at once we have to negotiate them all around each other. Hang on a minute, she's
female. I'm already one point up there. Are you? We don't rate it. Right. Well, I like
that what you lack in punctuality you're making up for in controversy. Who's coming? Who's
the second guest? It's Casey Wilkins. Oh, that back Oh no you can't I'm two points up
Oh
Shit
Oh my goodness
This
This shizzle cray
Rampant misogyny
From a BBC presenter
I was just saying
I'm just winning
By
By being a man
No I didn't mean it like that
Hang on a minute
I'm retracting the statement
That's very BBC
That is very BBC
We should actually say
At the top of this
Because we all present on BBC Radio so we
should just make it clear that this isn't affiliated with... we don't even have to make
that clear.
No.
Well you've done it now so even if they weren't worried about it they're thinking about it
and now they're probably thinking I might Google that and find out what on earth they're
on about.
Yeah but BBC aren't worried about it, it's people innit?
People are listening to this.
Yeah I know.
Right now.
So for those idiots what we're saying is this bit...
Idiots? You're minus a point now. I don't care. Right now. So for those idiots, what we're saying is, this bit,
now what we're doing. Idiots?
You're minus a point now.
I don't care.
I like having no points.
It's got nothing to do
with the BBC at all.
Is this a point-based interview?
Yes.
I think it will be today, yeah.
Yeah, lovely.
I think today.
It's Tom Trump's live.
Yes.
Right, so it's nothing to do
with the BBC,
so we can say what we want.
Okay.
Two girls, one cup.
Yeah, there we go.
Go and watch Two Girls, One Cup if you want.
That is bad planning.
I haven't seen what you're talking about, but imagine Two Girls, One Cup.
That's hygiene-based problems there.
Yeah.
And IKEA's very reasonable.
So get another cup.
It makes sense.
Two girls, two cups.
Thank you.
You won't get a couple of lads going, oh, let's share a pint. No, share a pint. Not individually. They Two girls, two cups. Thank you. You won't get a couple of lads going,
oh, let's share a pint.
No, share a pint.
Not individually.
They mean, let's two cups.
It'd be better, wouldn't it,
if it was two girls, one cup, two straws.
Thank you.
And a spoon for the bit at the bottom.
But having seen it, Tom,
I think the bit at the bottom is the whole thing.
Yeah.
So you'll need a spoon for the whole thing.
Just stay clear of it.
So you were making some notes there.
I was making notes.
Was it about your show?
It was about my show.
I'm sorry about that.
No, that's all right.
No, that's allowed.
I think it's nice to be able to see some sort of process with our guests
and see how they work during the Fringe.
Well, what I've got in front of me,
because I noticed Mr Peacock has got his book, his moleskin.
I've got mine out.
Mine, if I lose it, is at £50 reward money.
Yeah.
Well, do you know what we're going to do?
Pass me my other one as well.
We're going to have a moleskin off.
Ooh.
Let's have a moleskin off now, right?
Now we're doing points.
Yeah.
So I've got two moleskins here at the moment.
I have more at home, but these are the two I've brought all with me.
Okay.
So Tom, you can be first.
Just bring out your Moleskine and describe it.
It's a nice, sleek, slender model.
It's quite expensive, I think.
It was a birthday gift.
Yes, they are.
Someone said, here's where you can write all of that gold.
Lovely.
So that's nice.
It's got lovely pages.
It's got a little ring binder bit.
Can you go to the back?
The back bit, yes.
It's got a little sleeve.
It's got a sleeve pocket at the back.
I don't know what's in here actually.
You can have a look before I open it up.
Alright, we've got a card of another comedian and the manual for knowing how to keep your moleskin happy.
Sadly, you've just lost your quality control sticker.
Oh no, that's fallen out of my teeth.
It's fallen out of your moleskin straight into your teeth.
What does that mean? What can I do with this quality?
This is not a point. You don't get a point for that.
You're losing a point because now your Moleskine
isn't quality control anymore. Yeah. Oh. Right. And what's this? Oh, the Green Dragon Hotel.
Very good. Receipt from doing a gig in Hereford where you paid £55. Yes. Lovely. Right. So
now it's time. We've heard about Tom's Moleskine. Sounds very nice. Yeah. It's travelled. If a little. A little plain.
Ooh.
Now, let's have a little look
at Ray's moleskins.
The first moleskin
that we bring to you today
looks exactly the same
as yours from behind,
doesn't it?
Yeah.
From behind?
Yeah.
Let's just flip it round
for a moment.
Oh.
Star Wars moleskin.
It's a Star Wars moleskin.
It's got it embossed
on the front.
Star Wars there.
It looks like the stars.
Yeah, that's...
Oh, kidding.
I'm winding in.
Let's have a look inside, shall we?
Yes.
Is it Star Wars themed?
Oh, beautiful.
It's got a lovely thing there.
All of the Klingons.
No, all the Klingons there.
All the Klingons.
Then we'll just pop ourselves...
That's a lot of writing for Live at the Electric.
Is that a picture of Mr. Spock?
I've wasted a lot of it.
Oh, what's in the back here?
In my little flap. Spock's details. Yeah, Picard. live with the electric so I've wasted a lot of it oh what's in the back here in my
little flap
Spock's details
yeah Picard
a poster of
Star Wars
I got that free
with it
I'm not listening
to all these
things you're
saying
oh what's this
Peacock and
Gamble at
King's Place
on a DVD
look at that
money can't
buy that
a visitor's pass
from the BBC
that's before I
got my proper
pass and of
course my quality
control sticker dry as a bone so So pop that in there. So on round one, what's the scores?
Well it depends what we're looking for, doesn't it? Tom's is classic.
Mine's is functional. Mine's has functional.
Yeah, but his is classic. It's not gaudy. No one's going to be like...
It's not gaudy.
It is a bit gaudy. You get that out and someone's going to be like, oh look at that dick with
a Star Wars moleskin.
Someone's going to say that. Someone's going to say that.
Someone's going to say that, mate.
Not me.
Right.
Oh, God.
You must use the moleskin.
Yeah.
The moleskin you must use it.
Let's have a little Kermit.
Let's have a look at my other one now.
Is he going to start with Piggy?
Yeah.
Shut up a minute.
Right, look.
Just a minute.
Shut up a minute.
Here's another one.
You think, oh,
it's just exactly the same as mine. But hang on a minute.
What's on the front? That's red.
My page marker is red. That's what
they call it, a page marker. Yeah. Let's have a little
look at the front. Uh-oh.
Spaghetti. Well,
we are Lego'd up on the front.
We have four Lego men on it.
In various positions. Yeah, nicely embossed
there, as you can see, the Lego bricks. And an
actual Lego brick. That you can't use the Lego bricks. And an actual Lego brick.
That you can't use.
You can, you can build another Lego on top of it.
On your moulds.
You can build stuff on your mould skin.
Yes, if you're having a break from doing all your work.
Alright.
I would say that having a Lego mould skin is equally, if not more, socially unacceptable in public for an adult than a Star Wars mould skin.
Lovely.
And let's have a look at that.
In the flap at the back there.
What have we got in here?
Some receipts here some receipts
some receipts
for stuff from our show
that I've still not claimed back
from Toys R Us
Toys R Us
is it Toys R Us
there's one
from Toys R Us
it's called
Toys R Us
Toys R Us
Toys R Us
how much are you getting for that
listen to this
fun toys glitter
99p
yeah
do you know what that is
what
not a case in your hair
oh
obviously the Lego one I'd say that was on par with my Moleskine, so nil par points.
We can't sit together.
But the Star Wars one, I said mine had travelled.
That one's gone to different galaxies.
Yeah.
I think everyone's Moleskine is really nice.
All things considered, let's call it 10 nil to Ray.
Right, all right, go on then.
Yes.
Where's your Moleskine?
I don't have a Moleskine.
I don't know, so I think that's a bit of a hack.
How's it a hack?
Just everyone's got a moleskin, haven't they?
Who needs a moleskin?
In fairness, I've used moleskins since no one had them.
Since they found them.
In my defence.
It's the element moleskin.
They killed the first mole.
Yeah.
No, but I mean, since comics didn't have them, I've always had moleskins.
Moleskins on the periodic table.
Yeah, it is, yeah, yeah.
I use your helium, lithium moleskin.
Yeah, it's MK.
Yeah, MK. Yeah. Not, yeah. By Jim Healy and... MK, yeah. MK, yeah.
Not to be confused with Milton Keynes.
Pickle can gamble, pickle can gamble.
My original point about you making notes, do you make notes every day in Edinburgh about your show?
No, I try to. It's been an interesting... I've really enjoyed this Edinburgh but what I've decided to do was make a little note of what happened in that show.
In each show? Yeah. Last night I ended up playing mine cricket on my stage.
Okay.
Is it part of the show, I hear you cry?
No.
No?
Will it ever happen again?
Well, yes.
I found a lot of room for improv.
So, yeah, just because it was a small numbered audience in, and I thought, well, the show
isn't going to really work unless I get them really on board.
Yeah.
And what's the best
way of doing
that
play a game
of cricket
have you actually
left parts of
your show
for everyone
yes at the
beginning
because I
found in
previous years
doing a show
that I just
go out and
go right
here's the
show and
we're not
deviating too
much
I feel a bit
more confident
I feel a bit
more better
as a comic
I've seen the
show it was
great and you
were much more
comfortable at the beginning
than I think you've
normally been
because you weren't
coming out and having
to hit that first line
you just came
because you were
a very relaxed
on stage persona
so you just
strolled out
a bit of banter
eased everyone in
eased everyone off
eased everyone off
all over the room
came out
had a dust about
yeah
dust about with
a man under cricket
yeah under cricket
but it worked
it was probably
the smallest number
I've had in
and yet the best gig.
They genuinely would have left there going,
that was a really thoroughly...
Did they play some cricket?
Yeah.
Yeah, it was just...
It wasn't...
It was a couple from Air who came in and...
What do you mean?
Pilots?
Yeah.
And so if I ever perform in Air,
I've got two fans now.
Yeah, that's good.
But you do know that... I mean, I assume you know this, Tom,
that you can't walk out tonight and just start doing cricket again.
Is that not how it works?
Like, it'll be very much...
You know it for different people as well.
Oh, well, they haven't said that,
but I thought that it progresses, the show,
it takes on, it keeps evolving.
So where it's at from last night, I just take that as the base
and then add layers.
But I worry about you walking out and saying, anyone in from air? evolving so where it's at from last night i just take that as the base yeah and then add layers but
i worry about you walking out and saying anyone in from air by the end of the fringe it's just
hastily woven together thing of different bits from different shows throughout you go who's in
premiere does anyone remember that woman with the long dress yeah looking for sex well i said where
are you from she said air and i said well that sounds healthy nice nice that was my opener yeah
so i'll do that again tonight
but I'll construct
it in a way
I'll go
I'll tell you what
there was a woman
in from air last night
she said air
I said that sounds
healthy
no don't do that
why can't I do that
that's called an
anecdote
it's all of it
I don't like when
comedians go on and
say oh I once got
a heckle with this
and I said this
do you know what
I mean
that's part of my
show
no yours is when they said this and they said this yeah that's part of my show what did you say no yours is
and then they said this
and they win
when they win it's alright
oh yeah
no that's the important thing
and it also involves
a your mum joke
but a shit one
that you can come up
with a good one on the spot
and then they win
yeah
right so
that's the important thing
if a comic comes out
and goes
someone said this to me once
and then I was the winner
I remember Tom Neenan
who was in the double act
Gentleman of Leisure with Nish Kumar who was our guest the other day yeah and Tom Neenan who was in the double act Gentleman of Leisure
with Nish Kumar
who was our guest the other day.
Yeah.
And Tom Neenan once said
about a comic,
I won't say who the comic was
but he once said
that the issue he,
and Tom's very analytical
of comedy,
he's very, very good with it
and he once said
the problem I have with that act
is they win all their stories.
Yeah, yeah.
And it just ends up
being dick swinging.
I think as a comic on stage
if you're going to try
and show vulnerability
that's part of what you are.
But that's about charm and winning an audience over. I don't
think audiences don't necessarily
take to people who win everything. Yeah.
That's why I
swing my bat on the charm
offensive. You swing your bat on the charm
offensive. Is everything you
say going to be critical?
Yeah, it's going to swing that way.
There's another little one there
if we just make
sure we don't
cross any
boundaries today
that would be
brilliant
you will notice
later on
it's not that
I can't think
of any
I deliberately
will not get
involved in this
sort of conversation
he's always at
silly mid-off
yeah see this
drives me absolutely
mental I used to
work at a pub
where the landlord
used to do this
for like four
hours at a time
and not by the way
in an ironic way
it sounds like
a day and night game
that one
honestly I'm trying
to come up with more
but I'm completely
stumped
this is the sort of
thing
this is a very
sticky wicket
it's also the sort
of thing
if you give a look
at internet forums
will ruin any thread
yeah
it could be a serious
discussion about something
if one person does it
then another hundred
people do more
and it just makes me want to smash the internet.
Go on, Tom, I can see you've thought of one.
No, no, no.
It just seems to me,
the scene with the cricket ball.
No, no, we've got it.
I'm just fair.
Because obviously they'll get more obscure now.
The Bumble, the amazing...
See, I don't know this much about cricket.
He's amazing.
Bumble, he charts like that.
We're watching cricket,
and we're watching the West Indies
versus England
and one of the
West Indian players
had a gold chain on
and Bumble
I don't know
he's old school
he went
oh look at that
he's got a gold necklace
on and he's got
gold earrings
I'm looking down
I'm expecting high heels
abusive
I like things
I once watched
Saints Rugby
where I follow
and it was the
highlights of their season
years and years ago they used to get video camera recordings from the away games I like things. I once watched Saints Rugby where I follow and it was the highlights of their season.
Years and years ago they used to get
video camera recordings
from the away games.
So for the home games
they had their own
commentator called
Ron Hoof.
He does the commentary
and he's very,
very funny.
He'll say things like
oh we nearly scored
there he was a
width of a midget away.
Stuff like that.
But all the games
from away games
come in from them
and they've all got
their own commentators
as well
and there was a
lovely one once
where it was from
Castleford
and this video bit
was in and Saints
had scored a try
and one of the
Castleford players
had missed him
and I thought it
was a beautifully
poetic phrase
that the commentator
said to the player
that had missed him
it's no good
checking the red
cock now we're
at fault there
it's a really nice
little thing
at Castleford
they called all the players
Different names
What do you mean?
Well the commentator
Obviously is well in with the players
So she gives them all nicknames
And obviously he's like going
There we go
Across the park
To Bart Simpson
Bart Simpson to Emu
Emu
Chucks it across now
Oh brilliant
To Big Bother
Big Bother's in now
Oh Biff's got it
Biff's got it
Now you're like
Who the fuck are these people?
But yeah
It's that cliquey thing
cricket
Peacock and Gamble
Peacock and Gamble
is cricket a sport
it is a sport
we've been having
a long
is a dancing horse
a sport
technically not
we've been having
a long and arduous
discussion about
what is sport
because Ray doesn't
think that archery
or shooting
should be in the Olympics
or darts
about being a sport Tim Pyme basically we've agreed that if archery be in the Olympics. Or darts, as they say, about being a sport.
Tim Pym's angry at darts.
Basically, we've agreed
that if archery's in the Olympics,
then Angry Birds should also be in the Olympics.
Interesting.
Angry Birds is a game.
Right.
And archery happens live.
Well, I play Angry Birds live.
Yeah, you do play it live,
but you play it on a computer.
I mean, I wouldn't want to watch someone on a computer.
I think you have to take technology out of it
so if we painted
some pigs green
yes
and put them in
a little house
and actually
catapulted genuine
birds at them
would that be a sport
yes
right we'll do that
then
no we were discussing
it with Tim Vine
and he was giving it
have you left your
phone out
you're a presenter
on the radio
Tom Deacon
you are a Radio 1
presenter sort of when you go to Radioacon, you are a Radio 1 presenter.
Sort of.
When you go to Radio 1, do you leave your phone on?
I tend to, yeah.
You're like two seconds in between songs.
If you can call that songs.
Well, at least I don't waffle on.
So I'm quick, precise, let's get the next track in.
Why is that?
You're just straight in, you're like,
Hi, I'm Tom Deacon. It's 4am.
Here's Mario
Winans.
And then your
next link is,
that was me,
Tom Deacon,
for seven hours.
That was me,
Tom Deacon.
Oh, I've messed
it up.
My second link.
That was me,
Tom Deacon,
for the last seven
hours.
I hope you enjoyed
all that music
that I played.
I've been texting.
See you again tomorrow.
You're not on a 4am
are you Tom?
Occasionally
when I cover for
Good Old Dead.
Do you cover?
Yeah I cover.
Why do we never cover?
Well I'm Super 7 now.
We're not really Radio 1 people.
I'm Super 7.
Can we ask you a question
about Radio 1?
Fire away.
It's a genuine question.
I'm glad that we're not
finishing any of these topics.
No no no no.
We'll chop it up
and cut them.
And we'll
basically it'll all come together at the end. we're going to chop it up in Scotland and basically
it'll all come together
at the end
it's going to be
like a really
perfect Edinburgh show
all the threads
are going to come together
in one emotional
were you saying
something about cricket
like a thatched tapestry
exactly
the thatched tapestry
exactly
can I ask a question
about Radio 1
it's a genuine question
about another presenter
yeah why are we
alright
Fern Cotton is pregnant
no it's not about
Fern Cotton and that wasn't me it's not about Fern Cotton.
Yeah.
And that wasn't me.
It is a question.
She got me in the shower.
And then, right, we did an interview at Radio 1.
Yeah.
Right, recently.
We were in the building, Tom.
Yeah.
So we went in there and we got interviewed by Trevor Nelson.
We did it, mate.
He was in the other room.
We were recording some things for Trevor Nelson.
Yeah.
But we decided that day that Trevor Nelson yeah but we decided
that day
that Trevor Nelson
has got a leopard
got a pet leopard
now
this has been on the radio now
it's actually been on the radio
that we
think he has got a leopard
an actual leopard
do you know
if there could be
truth in that
how well do you know
Trevor Nelson
I know him well enough
to shake his hand
I know he's got
quite a big collection
of cars.
No, no, no, no.
No, no, no.
That's not what we're on about.
A pet leopard.
A leopard.
You know, like a big cat.
Oh, sorry, I was thinking jaguar.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Has he got a leopard or not?
No.
What, someone who's got flaky skin?
Do you know this for definite?
No, no, no, that's a leopard.
Sort of like a lion, but wearing like a slag coat
a shaved lion
with a slag coat
on
that's what we
mean by a leopard
yeah
then I wouldn't
know really
can you find out
for us please
do you know
anyone who would
have Trevor Nelson's
number
I can text
someone now
can you ring
someone now
yeah
ring someone
who can you
ring now
I can ring a
producer
who is the one extra breakfast show Right, let's ring a producer.
One extra who is the One Extra Breakfast Show producer.
Maybe it's the same producer that we went in with.
That'd be perfect.
Right, what did they look like?
If we keep quiet, it was a lady.
A woman.
With glasses.
Yeah, looked like a woman.
Oh, did you have to do jokes?
Sort of, but we didn't.
Well, that's what they asked us to do,
and then we just made up loads of stuff
about Trevor Nelson having a pet leopard.
Oh, wicked.
I wore a Christmas jumper once in front of Trevor Nelson,
and he said, that's not for real, is it?
You don't actually wear that.
Oh.
Crushed me.
Crushed me.
Should I put this on loudspeaker?
Yeah, go on then.
But you've got to do it serious.
You can't really explain it.
You can't say, I'm on this thing.
You've got to say, can I just double check?
I've been hearing some rumours that Trevor's got a pet leopard.
Is that?
All right.
Well, I'll call them.
We'll do it then.
Let's go.
We're going to keep quiet.
Hey mate!
Hey Clarky, how are you doing?
Watching Rhythmic Domestics.
Oh, always. That is typical of you mate.
Me and Chris watching it and we basically are better than the judges.
We know all about it. We're marking them and everything. Perfect, perfect. How do you know it's Edinburgh? It's
wicked man, last night I managed to get my audience to play cricket with me. No you didn't.
Blimmin' did, we played mime cricket, it was fantastic. They hit the ball as a cover drive
and a guy in the audience went, caught! It was fantastic. Clark, listen, I've just heard this wicked rumour, right?
And you have to qualify this.
Does Trevor Nelson own a pet leopard?
Does he what?
Own a pet leopard?
I've just heard this rumour.
I've been up in Edinburgh.
Does he own a pet leopard?
Not as far as I know.
Oh, that was...
That's a great rumour, though.
I like it.
Yeah, please do, because I just heard that he had got a pet...
I know he's got lots of cars, but someone was like,
he's got a pet leopard, and I was like,
I'm going to have to call Clarkie to find out.
He might have a pet jaguar.
Woo!
Bye, mate, bye.
Bye.
Well, so that's a
Radio 1 joke
isn't it
yeah the Jaguar
everyone at Radio 1
does the Radio 1 joke
so there's no
it's not even going
around Radio 1
but I think it will now
he seems to be
quite a fan of that
rumour
he's excited about it
so he was saying
that our rumour
was brilliant
he was saying
the stuff we come up
with is brilliant
he said that's a great rumour, didn't he?
Great.
Great Radio 1.
Yeah.
Pick, hook and gamble.
Pick, hook and gamble.
Tell us about your show, Tom, a little bit.
Stop tapping me.
I'm tapping you to say, come on, back in the room now, Tom.
Back in the room.
Enough of all this fun you've been having.
I've been seeing your show.
I liked it a lot.
I thought it was great.
It really made me laugh and it was fun
I liked the idea of it
thank you
how much can you give away
about your show
in an interview
I don't think it's going
to sell out
so it's fine
I go out
probably like that
no but people
come I'm excited about it
is it a thing show
yeah
what's it called
it's called Deaconator
Deaconator
Deaconator
I'm Deacon
Deaconator
yeah
Deacon
not Deconator Decon have people been calling it Deconator. Deaconator. Tom Deacon. Deaconator. Yeah. Deacon-fy.
Not Deconator.
Deacon.
Have people been calling you Deconator?
Some people.
A Deacon camera.
Deacon camera.
Yeah, it's called Deaconator.
Deacon.
Deacon.
Paul Deacon, the rugby league player.
Yes, Paul Deacon, that's a good one.
Joey Deacon.
Joey Deacon.
That's two of them.
And that is a weird family get-together.
You've got a quest in the show.
Yeah, basically the show's about me turning 26.
This is my third hour show.
And I thought, I liked last year's,
but I really wanted to be a bit more playful and be my actual real self.
So I set out a little quest to complete a sticker album.
Lovely.
And that's kind of the show from the A to B.
And you'll have to find out whether I do or not
but yeah
do or not
at the end
people find out
whether I do or not
at the end
people find out
people at the end
find out whether I've
seen it
have you not seen it
I'm asking you
no but have you not seen it
no I've not seen anything yet
last year
I was up for the month
and I was doing a show
that was deliberately
me being awkward
saying like a little facet of what I'm like but I was ill for the whole month and I was doing a show that was deliberately me being awkward saying like a little
facet of what I'm like
but I was ill
for the whole month
and I was doing a play
and I really wasn't
enjoying the months
so this year
come up doing a fun show
that regardless of
how many people
are in that room
you know like every comic
wants a nice full crowd
but I've actually loved
pretty much every audience
that come in
it was one flat night
where the reviewers came in
and I actually
haven't been bothered
about reviews or
being part of the
festival.
It's just going to
the show really
really enjoying it.
Yeah I think that's
quite it's an ethos
thing that's spreading
in those comics as
well.
It doesn't matter
because that crowd
last night that
played a game on
stage.
I didn't even
mention it but we're
all thinking it.
We are all thinking
it aren't we?
Yeah out.
But yeah they kind of
left going
I really enjoyed that show
and now I've kind of
got I guess over myself
to go do you know what
it's about turning up
and having a really
really fun show
that's really cool
because when we arrived
I genuinely
we were going through
did we see posters
or something
and I saw a poster
at the top of my mind
I was really surprised
because I thought
after I saw you last year
I thought you might have
just gone
I've got the radio and stuff and, I thought you might have just gone,
I've got the radio, I've got stuff like that,
I'm going to have a minute,
and then return to Edinburgh down the line with a fresh approach.
So I thought it was really impressive that you,
because you didn't have a bad year last year.
No, I didn't have a bad year.
Some people really enjoyed the awkwardness.
They were like, oh, that's really brave.
And I'm like, I didn't actually like leaving the stage,
leaving an audience feeling like,
what just happened? Yeah, yeah, yeah. But do you know't actually like leaving the stage, leaving an audience feeling like, what just happened?
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
So, but do you know what?
Funnily enough,
with the Radio 1 stuff,
I don't have a regular slot,
whereas I'm still part of Radio 1.
Yeah.
But it's actually allowed me to go,
actually, what do I want to do?
And I want to be stand-up
like I've always wanted to do.
Yeah.
And I have done it over the years
I've been doing presenting and Radio 1,
but now I get to just focus solely
on me doing stand-up.
And that's why you think it's come up at Radio 1. Yeah, you get to just focus solely on me doing stand-up. And I'm loving it.
And then when you've come up at Radio 1.
Yeah, you get to, yeah.
And I've genuinely been so much happier not trying to keep several different things up
in the air and spinning plates.
Yeah, yeah.
Instead I can just go, right, this is what I'm going to do.
So I have been a lot nicer.
People have noticed and commented.
They go, oh, I really like your moleskin.
I'm like, yeah, move on from that.
What about the show?
Do you like cricket?
This is the best moment.
It was Nat Lertzmer and Dan Antropovsky and Tom Crane,
who were part of Jigsaw.
They were in a taxi.
And this is the moment I've made it, right?
Because everyone worries about TV and doing all of that.
They were in a taxi and the taxi driver said,
oh, yeah, we've had lots of comics in the car here last year.
Great, loads of them.
We had that Tom Deacon was in it.
Bragging that I'm some sort of big name in this car. He went, I had that Jack Whitehall as well. And Nat
and Dan and Tom were like, oh, right. What did you think of him? He went, Tom Deacon's
all right. He was sound. I liked him. But that Jack Whitehall, what a twat. So it doesn't
matter. It doesn't matter. You can have as much success on TV, but when it comes to taxi etiquette,
I'm your man.
And that's what spreads.
It spreads.
Peacock and Gamble, Peacock and Gamble.
Do I have to leave now?
You sort of do have to leave in a way.
If you like cricket, and you like stickers,
and you like moleskins,
and you like taxi anecdotes and tales,
then I'd be your man.
Tom Deacon, thank you very much.
Thank you very much.
It's been a genuine pleasure.
Thank you, man.
Peacock and Gamble, Peacock and Gamble. Definitely. Tom Deacon, thank you very much. Thank you very much. It's been a genuine pleasure. Thank you, man. Peacock and Gamble, Peacock and Gamble.
That was Tom Deacon there.
Sea Deacon player.
Sea Deacon.
Arch Deacon.
Arch Deacon of Canterbury.
Arch Deacon of Canterbury.
There we go.
Deacon tea bugs.
Right, okay, there we go.
It's just looking around the room now.
We'll call that a day.
We didn't plug our show in the first section again.
We're getting lazy about it. So please come and see us. Peacock and Gamble don't even want to be on telly anyway. around the room now we'll call that a day we didn't plug our show in the first section again Deacon College
we're getting lazy about it
so please come and see us
Peacock and Gamble
don't even want to be
on telly anyway
Peacock and Gamble
don't even want to be
on telly anyway
I've got stuck in a loop
Deacon
9.40pm
at the Pleasance Dome Dome
please come and see it
it's a good show
it's at the Pleasance Dome
Dome Dome Dome
Deacon Dome Dome Dome
it's a good show
and Tom Deacon
is also there as well
7pm
in exactly the same room
as us
the Deaconator good show both very funny bigacon is also there as well, 7pm, in exactly the same room as us, the Deaconator.
Good show.
Both very funny.
Big laugh.
All good cooks.
So come along and see us.
Ray's gone mad, so we're going to put him in a cold bath of water.
And we'll see you tomorrow.
Go for poo.
Here's Deacon with the credits.
He nails it, by the way.
He does.
Three, two, 1, go
The Peacock and Gamble Edinburgh Podcast
is a ready production
hosted by Chortle.co.uk
Today's guest was Tom Deacon
and my show is Deaconator
All music by Thomas Funn-LeRae
See you tomorrow
He nailed it
Deacon nailed it
First one
Good lad
Well done mate
Well done, Mike. Well done.