Scott versus nine callers
Chris was away, so Scott replaced Innuendo Bingo with an expanded version of the Who Game. A caller named an old person, product or habit, Scott replied with another, and each example had to deserve an enormous “whooo” of recognition.
Rather than facing one opponent, Scott played nine listeners in succession. References moved through forgotten television personalities, old technology, abandoned fashions and things people had not realised they missed. Scott survived several lines but eventually ran out, allowing “the world” to claim victory. The structure transformed a deliberately flimsy game into an event and made Scott immediately plan a rematch.
One Direction’s frequently asked questions
Nick Grimshaw was due to interview One Direction before their first Radio 1 Live Lounge on Thursday. Scott examined the predictable questions surrounding the band’s approaching hiatus and considered which subjects Grimmy might safely address without producing another rehearsed answer.
The Live Lounge carried unusual pressure because One Direction had completed stadium tours and global interviews without ever taking part in Radio 1’s small performance format. The show treated the appearance as both a major musical event and another opportunity to ask how four people could spend years together without apparently organising ordinary lives.
A promise from 2008
Chris called on his day off from a train to remind Scott of something he claimed had been said in 2008: if Busted ever reunited, Scott would buy everybody in Britain a bottle of wine. With the band now returning, that casual prediction had become ruinously expensive.
Scott could not remember making the promise and demanded archive evidence. Listeners immediately tried to claim their bottles, while Chris offered no recording and merely insisted he was certain. Scott decided that no wine would be distributed until somebody proved the exact wording.
Alan Dedicoat played Real or No Real, bringing the voice of the National Lottery to a game built around uncertain facts. The day ended with Scott more concerned about a seven-year-old sentence than his defeat to nine callers.
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