EPISODE 34 – born special

October 24, 2007 by


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Hello there, chums!

Dunno what you were doing last week, but Helen and Martin the Sound Man were stumbling through the set of a Major Motion Picture! Yes way! On their little trip to New York, they managed to walk through a shoot for the upcoming Sex and the City movie, and here is fuzzy pictorial evidence (click on it for a bigger, but no less fuzzy, version):

Sex and the City film set chairs

That’s right – celebrity chairs! Lordy, the reflected glamour.

Celestial delights in Episode 34 include:

luxury chocolate biscuits
Fred Savage
Gunther from friends
Donkey Kong
busty Julia Roberts
busty Helen Mirren
olive oil
Olive Oyl
Blitz beers
fruit graffiti
and
Penzance.

Also Olly turns into Jamie Oliver, Helen turns into T.S. Eliot, and Martin the Sound Man turns into late-90s Chris Evans with similarly deleterious results.

Now, we know there are still plenty mysteries in the world for us to solve, so help us out by sending some of the ones that are particularly vexing you to answermethispodcast@googlemail.com or leave them in voice-message form on Helen and Olly’s Question Line 0208 123 5877. Just like these lovely lads and ladies did! There’s nothing sinister about it, unlike joining the Moonies or hanging around your local branch of Iceland all day, hoping for a glimpse of Kerry Katona.

Until next week, bye!

Love,

Helen and Olly

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EPISODE 33 – babies with beards

October 18, 2007 by


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Oy listeners, cop a load of this:

baby with beard
Yeah, that’s right, suckers! It’s a baby! With a beard! You want more bearded babies? HERE are more, you pervy freaks! And if you’re wondering why we’re all het up about bearded babies rather than getting on with EPISODE 33, here is a SPOILER ALERT:

Martin the Sound Man
was
born
with
a
BEARD!!!!!!!!!!

Don’t believe us? Here’s proof! This is a picture of Martin today:
beardy-martin-the-sound-man.jpg

and here’s one of him as a newborn baby:
johns-natural-dog-training2.jpg
What a special fellow.

Cluttering up the place this week are such topics as:

clitoris/nose confusion
geriatric Jenga
From Dusk Till Dawn
bridge
the perils of cycling
Alf the Alien
the fifth floor at Olly’s work
cottaging in the Trocadero centre
burglarizing vs. burgling
and
Olly’s career as a child actor.

It’s also quite a musical episode, as Olly wreaks something wonderful out of a boring Anglo-Saxon poem and Martin shows off his jazzy talents. Helen also had a crack at that song about castles and crap that the little girl sings in Les Miserables, but we edited that bit out, encased the tape in concrete and dropped it into the North Sea. It’s in all our best interests.

Meanwhile, if you’d like to keep Answer Me This! ticking over nicely, please don’t hesitate to send in YOUR QUESTIONS for future episodes by leaving them in your most seductive voice on Helen and Olly’s Question Line 0208 123 5877, or emailing them in your sauciest font to answermethispodcast@googlemail.com. That would make us giddy with delight, which is what we all want, no?

Until next week, bye!

Love,
Helen and Olly

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Oh iTunes, what did we ever do to you?

October 16, 2007 by

It has come to our attention that iTunes is behaving like what is known in the trade as a Big Sweaty Bitch, by shirking its duties and neither displaying nor downloading our beloved Episode 32. It’s not the first time that technology has tried to withhold the Answer Me This! goodies, but at least this time it has only partially stymied us, for even while iTunes is you can still get your Episode 32 kicks by downloading it HERE or clicking on this player:

or pressing your ear into a conch shell you found on the beach (provided it is a conch shell equipped with wireless internet).

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EPISODE 32 – like Dead Poets’ Society, but with porn

October 11, 2007 by


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Hello there, palominos!

According to Jonathan Keats, we’re smack in the middle of the Season Of Mists and Mellow Fruitfulness, Close-Bosom [tee hee!] Friend of the Maturing Sun…

However, he died in 1821, 186 years before EPISODE 32 of Answer Me This! – so you can only imagine how much more peppy ‘To Autumn’ could have been if only he’d had a bit more foresight.

Amongst the topics ripening in our fruitbowl this week…

desecrating the queen
bilious frogs
dental nightmares
the Honeyz
creepy old Subway
plebby jalapenos
lovely lady lumps
Mystic Meg’s boobs
Olly’s gammy toe
and
Helena Handcart.

See? Helen and Olly rush in where Romantic Poets fear to tread!

What’s more, Helen reveals herself a secret tabloid-reading hypocrite, Olly describes his fantasy life as a gladiator, and everyone worships at the altar of Jonathan Cainer‘s incredible metaphors. How does the man do it?

As we’re sure Mr Cainer’s research will support, ’tis written in your stars that you should send in YOUR QUESTIONS for future episodes of Answer Me This! by leaving them in voice-message form on Helen and Olly’s Question Line 0208 123 5877, or emailing them to answermethispodcast@googlemail.com. And who are you to disobey the stars, eh? You really don’t want to get on the wrong side of them.

Until next week, bye!

Love,
Helen and Olly

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EPISODE 31 – the bad touch

October 3, 2007 by


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Well shiver me timbers if it ain’t time for EPISODE 31 of Answer Me This! kids! Actually no timber-shivering is currently required – which is lucky, because last time any of that kind of stuff went down, Martin the Sound Man was picking splinters out of his backside through the whole of Lent – because it very much IS time for Episode 31.

Topics lying in wait this week include:

cucumber contraception
plantar fasciitis
girls dressed as cats
bulk order of sanitary towels
the way to a lady’s heart
Denon hi-fis
ranting
the evils of Comet
and
the Times swimsuit supplement.

And as usual Olly says a thing, Helen says some stuff and Martin garbles like a man drowning in a tankful of Bovril – but MUCH MORE EXCITINGLY there is a mighty fine bit of listener-generated content which not only puts our usual shit to shame but also FINALLY lays to rest the Bremen debate from Episode 16. Thanks ever so much, questioneer Benjamin Partridge, for solving your own question with such dazzling aplomb.

Anyway, if you fancy sending us a QUESTION that you might end up answering yourself in four months’ time, leave it with your voice on the Answer Me This! Question Line 0208 123 5877 or email it to answermethispodcast@googlemail.com. That would be quite a delight for us, really it would.

Until next week, bye!

Love,

Helen and Olly

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EPISODE 30 – Novelty Wank

September 27, 2007 by


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Hello there, friends!

It’s the 30th episode of Answer Me This! and Helen and Olly are broadcasting with all the gravitas and maturity you’d expect from seasoned podcasters. Viz, to wit, this week they misuse contraceptives, conduct dangerous experiments with mouthwash, and revive some 90s boyband horror

If you survived that, cop a load of Episode 30, in which we discuss such topics as:

Monopoly-related family breakdown
sexy stick insects
Beowulf
missed cake opportunities
Shakespearian June Sarpong
GSOH
Romeo the fickle lecher
Listerine
and
the Pope.

And if all that hasn’t completely tired you out, bombard us with YOUR QUESTIONS for us to answer in future episodes by leaving a message on Helen and Olly’s Question Line 0208 123 5877 or emailing them to answermethispodcast@googlemail.com. It’s a quid cheaper than texting AQA, and by gum it yields slower results too.

See you next week, yes? Yes!

Love,

Helen and Olly
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EPISODE 29 – twat in a hat

September 20, 2007 by


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Howdy, friends!

We’ve been away for a month but now we’re more back than bacon! It’s first day of Michaelmas term at Answer Me This!, so with sharpened pencils, shiny shoes and tidy but unflattering pudding-bowl haircuts all round, it’s time to unleash EPISODE 29.

And making the chalk squeak on the new blackboard this week are such topics as:
Edwina Currie’s steel undercarriage
knocking down the fourth wall of Dot Cotton
sexy William Hague
Rihanna’s canine soundtrack
yodelling
the downside of Jason Bourne
the Delphic Oracle
and
Gwen Stefani.

Also Olly fesses up to some fashion shockers, Helen reveals the truth about Princess Diana courtesy of her late grandmother, and Martin the Sound Man reveals his friends to be a bunch of amoral fibbers. Hands up who’s surprised?

We’d love to have a huge pile of YOUR QUESTIONS to keep us busy in the new series, so please send them to answermethispodcast@googlemail.com or call our Question Line 0208 123 5877 and ask them using your Own Voice. We know you want to – especially as quizzical frowning causes wrinkles.

Until next week, bye!

Helen and Olly

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Back…next week!

September 13, 2007 by

Hello there, pals!

It’s been a month since the last Answer Me This! and we’re champing at the bit to start the new series. We couldn’t release Episode 29 this week because Olly had to take his mum to Proms In The Park. But he did get to see Chico, so it was totally worth it.

However we’re now back in the studio – here’s photographic evidence:bunch of hotties
(Don’t look at it too long or your eyes will go squiffy.)

And we’re mega-excited about the new series, which will kick off on Thursday 20th September. We’d love it if you would pose us some super-duper questions to get stuck into, so if you’re being perplexed by any etiquette dilemmas, legal trouble or general quizzical bemusement, hesitate not to phone Helen and Olly’s Question Line 0208 123 5877 or email answermethispodcast@googlemail.com.

See you next week! Yippee!!

Love,

Helen and Olly

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EPISODE 28 – auf wiedersehen, pets

August 15, 2007 by


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Hello there, friends. How’re you doing? Going anywhere nice on your holidays this year? Olly is – he’s jaunting off to California to play Mischa Barton’s stunt double in The OC: Beyond the Grave, and accordingly Answer Me This! is taking a holiday too. Nowhere fancy, probably just to Auntie Bren’s bungalow in Colwyn Bay, but a change is as good as as a rest, eh? Anyway, until we return in mid-September, here’s EPISODE 28 to keep you going.

If you can refrain from shoving a stick of rock into your ears, you will hear such gobbets of fun as:

What the Butler Saw machines
The KFC Detritus Special
contraceptive nightcaps
porridge
Victorian genitalia
the truth about breadcrumbs
the allure of wicked stepmothers
Elizabeth Duke
and
sport sport bloody sporty sport.

Plus, Olly angles for some free jim-jams, Helen does some gender stereotyping, and Martin the Sound Man puts exercise in its place.

We’re sure going to miss you while we’re off on our break, so please do keep in touch by sending YOUR QUESTIONS to answermethispodcast@googlemail.com or leaving them on our Question Line, 0208 123 5877. Or feel free to send us a nice postcard with a bawdy pun on it. And be sure to check back here around September 14th, when we’ll return revivified for Michaelmas term.

So long!

Helen and Olly

PS. Big-ups to the amazing Kevin MacLeod of incompetech.com, whose marvellous Mariachi Snooze we poached for our own nefarious purposes.
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EPISODE 27 – I don’t think you can get laid after going to a gastropub

August 8, 2007 by


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Giddy-up, friends!

Since unveiling our Skypetacular Answer Me This! Question Line a mere month ago, we’ve been mega-excited to receive all your calls. Especially the man who left the following message: “Er…This is a message for Stephanie…You spoke to my wife earlier, and she said you might be able to help us…” SURELY a call from a man seeking a threesome via a small ad in Loot. (Although we suspect the fire in his loins had been pretty effectively extinguished by having to sit through our lengthy Humorous Greeting.)

So, anyway, if you fancy checking out who else has been calling us with questions rather than bids to spice up a marriage, then you can listen to EPISODE 27, in which you can expect:

tuna sorbet
Little-Baby-Shits-Itself
John Leslie
Happy Holidays with Sandwich
unrequited toy-love
Scientists In Their Eyes
JPM quiz machines ❤ Ed Harris
what to do in the event of a terrorist attack
and
Barbie cake.

What’s more, Olly discovers some hellaweird videos in his flat, Helen contemplates booze-free romance, Martin the Sound Man vents spleen at happy-snapping tourists, and special guest Kate Thornton gives her opinion on creationism vs. evolution. All this and MORE! More, we tell you!

And if you fancy getting in on the action in future episodes, follow in the footsteps of these smart fellows by sending YOUR questions to answermethispodcast@googlemail.com emailwise or to 0208 123 5877 voicewise. But bear in mind it’s not one of those £2.99/minute sexy chat lines or anything. In fact, nothing could be further from the truth: a) calls cost almost nothing (or actual Nothing if you Skype us over the clever Skype), and b) cooling ardour has got to be one of our superpowers.

See you next week!

Love,

Helen and Olly

PS. In response to Martin the Sound Man’s when-I-was-a-lad-soft-drinks-were-delivered-to-your-door-by-a-Shetland-pony reverie from Episode 25, questioneer Robert from Dumfriesshire (nee Robert from Southend) sent in this comforting snapshot of Disappearing Britain:

Dumfriesshire, incidentally, Martin The Sound Man, still does have lemonade (and Irn-Bru!) delivered to your door! We also have a coalman, a local craftsman who specialises in “Joinery and Undertaking”, plus a shop that advertises itself as Hair, Beauty, Nails and Fishing Tackle.

See, Martin! It’s not ALL going to the dogs!

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EPISODE 26 – how to get fried bird off your bonnet

August 2, 2007 by


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Hello there, pals!

Phew! We’ve overcome our technology demons so hopefully the progress of Episode 26 to your ears will be unimpeded. And if it isn’t, we’re going to give up podcasting and take up semaphore.

All up in our grill this week are such matters as:

Olly’s Charm School
the peas=nukes allegory
The Longleat Chav Bus
Helen Sharman
The Ambassador’s decorative pyramid of shit
Kate ‘Mozzarella’ Thornton
tricky stain-removal
and
Mary J. Bilge

What’s more, Olly shows how not to fry an egg, Helen learns to rotate her head a full 360 degrees one piece at a time, and Facebook gives Martin the Sound Man the evils.

We’re very eager to answer yet more of your questions, so hurry up and email them to answermethispodcast@googlemail.com or leave them WITH YOUR VOICE on Helen and Olly’s Question Line, 0208 123 5877.

Until next week, ta-ra!

Helen and Olly

PS And once again, don’t forget to go and see 16-year-old questioneer Matt Parker in his debut comedy show this Friday and Saturday, 9pm at the Liberties bar in Camden! More details at the bottom of last week’s post. We thoroughly recommend it.

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Curse you, Technology! (again)

August 2, 2007 by

Why, it’s Thursday! Also known as ‘New Episode of Answer Me This! Day’! Right?

Wrong! according to our Esteemed Friends at our mp3-handling company. Not content with bumming everything up earlier this week, they’re continuing their Reign Of Mischief and not letting us upload all-new fun-packed Episode 26.

Humph.

We’re hoping to get Episode 26 out as soon as possible, because it’s a good’un. Here are some of the things the technologists don’t want you to hear in it:

Fiddy Cent’s tax return
bird foetus
Brave New World Facebook
and
Milkybar.

The technologists have got a bit of previous, unfortunately, but let’s hope they stop being capricious bastards soon and we can all get on with enjoying Episode 26 in peace.

Meanwhile CLICK HERE if you want to console yourselves with some old episodes; and, of course, please get busy sending questions to answermethispodcast@googlemail.com or reciting them on 0208 123 5877. Together we can beat this thing! Or, at least, wait until it all goes away.

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