Lloyd returns with another chaotic phone call—this time asking a bewildered Audi dealer about sports cars with flames—while Orson delivers a brilliant singing telegram to James’s exploitative pub boss Bernard, demanding back pay and resignation on his behalf.
With Chris Evans on holiday, Scott Mills brings in Orson for the week to deliver singing telegrams on behalf of listeners with messages they’re too embarrassed to send themselves. The feature has already scored hits: dumping someone, announcing a cat’s death, and revealing a surprise pregnancy.
Ten-year-old Lloyd makes another appearance, this time calling an Audi dealership and asking Simon, the salesman, about sports cars—specifically whether they have one “where fire comes out the back, like Batman.” Simon patiently explains the upcoming TT and R8 models before Lloyd’s increasingly absurd questions lead Scott to wonder if he’s having a midlife crisis.
The main event is James from Hole calling in to task Orson with delivering a message to his boss Bernard at the pub where he works. For three months, Bernard has been treating James appallingly: giving him terrible shifts, making him work long hours, assigning him unpaid toilet-cleaning duties that aren’t technically his job, and withholding wages. James wants out.
Orson (credited as members Jason, Kevin, and Chris) ring Bernard, claim to be friends who’ve heard about the situation, and deliver a perfectly crafted song informing him that James quits, demands his two weeks’ back pay, and won’t tolerate the mistreatment any longer. The performance hits every note: they rhyme Bernard’s name, deliver the message with charisma, and end with a cheeky warning not to remove their music from the jukebox. A satisfying bit of workplace justice served via song.
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