#409 - The Double Ian, Everyone’s Sacked and John Goes In On Shoes

Elis James and John Robins

BBC

Comedy

4.8 • 6K Ratings

🗓️ 7 February 2025

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

You would think Elis and Producer Dave would be offering praise to the mood gods, for Johnny JR is in a good one, having interviewed his favourite musician of all time for a project he cannot comment on. May - check. Oldham - check. McCombes - check (but didn’t engage). Yet the fly in the ointment: with such big energy, John’s sackings flow forth like a wave.

Equally such vim it also means there’s the vigour to go in two footed on shoes. Who could expect that?

Elsewhere, we’re on other fertile ground covering topics such as tying your shoe laces. It’s all good stuff crowned off with a proper meat and drink Mad Dad.

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0:00.0	Sir Alex Ferguson is the most successful British manager of all time.
0:05.0	Nobody is above him or this football club.
0:08.0	So how did an apprentice toolmaker from Glasgow become one of the most iconic figures in sporting history?
0:15.0	His strength of character, his determination, the fight on him.
0:18.0	He can be persuasive, he can be charming. He can be frightening.
0:21.4	I'm Kelly Cates,
0:22.5	and this is Sporting Giants, Sir Alex Ferguson.
0:25.8	I didn't want to feel.
0:26.9	I couldn't feel.
0:27.9	Listen on BBC Sounds.
0:31.8	BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts.
0:35.2	Music, radio, podcasts.
0:58.8	I'm... Music, radio, podcasts. Hello, thank you very much for downloading Ellis and John.
1:05.9	Interesting atmosphere in the studio today because John's had a new short haircut.
1:07.2	He looks very business-like. It's too short. My usual guy wasn't there.
1:09.0	The usual guy wasn't there.
1:10.3	And we've been in the studio for about half an hour.
1:13.1	And John keeps sacking people.
1:14.7	He sacked everyone.
1:16.4	So Rachel is working on the show for the first time.
1:18.9	Sacked and then rehired at a lower wage.
1:21.8	John had met Rachel for 10 seconds.
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