The teenager feuding with 50 Cent
Scott discussed a teenage YouTube user who appeared determined to start a hip-hop feud with 50 Cent.
The boy did not look like a conventional rap rival and seemed to be around 15 or 16. Nevertheless, he posted videos criticising 50 Cent and inviting a response.
Scott remembered briefly entering his own feud with 50 Cent after suggesting the rapper had exaggerated how many times he had been shot. He withdrew the remarks after becoming worried that the dispute might continue.
The teenager’s dislikes extended far beyond 50 Cent. Other videos attacked Keanu Reeves, Soulja Boy, Jerry Seinfeld, Marley & Me, Chris Brown and Mamma Mia!.
Scott said the reviews relied heavily on the word “sucks” and encouraged 50 Cent to respond so the argument could escalate.
Oh, What’s Occurring?
One round counted food references from Sara Cox during the week.
The total reached 65, producing a tie in the game. The programme then discussed a wedding cake made from pork pies and the possibility of serving it with bread and dandelion-and-burdock.
The team also discovered that James Blunt’s merchandise shop was advertising a Valentine’s Day “price massacre”, with reductions of up to 70 per cent. Beccy considered how she would react if her boyfriend bought her a discounted James Blunt T-shirt.
Dear Scott
In Dear Scott, the Posh Radio 4 Lady read listener correspondence before the team responded.
One listener asked which Western-film roles Scott, Beccy, Chappers and the quieter team member would play. The question cast the programme as a group of familiar cowboy stereotypes.
A 13-year-old listener praised Parrot Idol, the search for a talking bird capable of replacing Beccy, and suggested phrases every contestant should learn. The proposed vocabulary included “Doot”, “Munt”, “What’s occurring?” and “I love you”.
Jeremy from Canada said the podcast had brought him closer to his younger brother. Jeremy listened while walking to university, while his brother heard the same episode back home in Regina. Their text messages had become filled with private uses of “Doot” and “Munt”. He added that many Canadians were embarrassed by Nickelback and were not all fans of the band.
Christine, 16, from Western Australia said Scott’s episode of The Bill had finally aired there. She had recorded it after being prevented from watching television because her sister had not practised the piano. Christine planned to replay Scott walking into a police station and repeatedly saying “seven”.
Paul from Canterbury wrote about his fiancée’s obsession with Wedding TV. He had become trapped watching Million Dollar Romance and thought one woman sounded like Lloyd Grossman. Scott admitted watching several episodes online and decided presenting the channel looked like an unusually easy job.
The Biggleswade texter also contributed a message about Bloodwyn eating all the prawn cocktails and farting.
The supposed meaning of pampas grass
A friend had told Scott that pampas grass planted in a front garden could signal that the householders were swingers.
Chappers knew the plant but had never heard the association. He remembered pampas grass outside a nearby childhood home and was immediately asked whether his parents had ever visited the neighbours for dinner.
Scott played I Wanna Be Like You from The Jungle Book and repeated “I’m the king of the swingers” until the implication became clear.
Listeners responded in large numbers. One said his 80-year-old grandparents had pampas grass outside their house. Another said his grandmother had once kept plants in both the front and back gardens but had removed the front one. A listener from Swindon said his father had four plants at the front and ten at the back.
Several people panicked because their parents had recently planted new pampas grass without knowing the supposed code. Scott advised them to have an awkward conversation, although the programme offered no evidence that the rumour was genuinely reliable.
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