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Rhod Gilbert on BBC Radio Wales

Hello, everybody. It's Chris Corcoran here in Mr. Rhod Gilbert's / who is, uh, away on holiday / all we know / here / managed / phone call / asking about / sat on a plane / take off, so / it suggests that he is either successfully away on a holiday, hitch-free, or / far / stayed / possibly at the very most __ / a day-trip to / I'm joined with a great co-presenter / ideal co-presenter, franlky ... ironic __ / street philosopher, and / expert / Eggzy / thought / great / great, uh, co-host / really good co-host / ideal / yeah / everyone, but / it's me, you know / Christmas, Eggz? / pretty good, uh, not too crazy / relaxed / depressed / tell you what / depressed? / yeah / to myself / if I / A__ Square / by now / I'd have left / Did they / someone / party downstairs / they always have that, don't they? / yeah / I wish / downstairs / enjoying it / here / did it / something / we don't need any more / Alphie and thingy / one / too much / once / stop watching. ... That's it / that sort of noises / living room / here we are, so / moving on / positive / new / just lining up / in front of / coming up on the show / you know, normally / Rhod does it / I, kind of, over ... over done a little bit overly prepared / loads / live up-close magic / now, that's good / what's / that could be magic / I ... did christmas dinner / a little bit later on / went / posh / magic tricks / we are not talking / red / fortune-telling fish here / ok / that's a prophet cracker / same way / yeah yeah yeah yeah / fall in love again / we are talking / proper / suggesting / in love, all right? So I bought the ring / what have you been up to / nothing / just / look into my eyes and say / are we talking / no / I've got actual tricks / oh, / stainless combing / plastic packet / ok / I don't know / fun about / grandad / magic circle / Oh, you are perfect / Yes. Pretty good, pretty good / gonna / but / I'm confident / this is / cutting edge radio / this is, uh, / bloke / in London / radio / I love what / British people / regards / to brain / brain / u__ed and worshiped in America / yeah / stands in an ice block / all on top of / week / wonderful / on a pole?" / the UK, he set himself up / embankment in London in a glass box / any food / people threw pizza at him / funily enough / lived / years / edge of a street for about a / see / ridiculous, absolutely ridiculous, you know / did / sandwiches / welsh / basically go, "Right / put / for no reason / box / over the river / any food / proper / you know what I mean / that's stupid / Oi b__, b__, / that's,that's ... stupid / got nothing in there / rubbish / nothing, literally nothing / what / got / mini / awsome / do what? __ __ __ slice of pizza? All right / see if I can / make / Oh, dear / got / new new year's resolution / already / no doubt / pointless / blown it, and, so, we / feature / oh, boy / blown it / I've got mine / my jingle and my resolution / talk about / later

I've jotted down some new year's resolutions / got five / I've got five / just / knock them about / what's your / first / get more sleep / yeah, pretty good / basic one, and, and ... / and an important one, I think. / my life / happy person / yeah yeah yeah / already been doing quite well. / Good / early / that's good. That's a good one. I've got quite a good one that will set / No. 1: learn all the M__ names / cause / do you know what I mean? / I need ... I need to / all of them / really / M__ Papa / Little M__ / rest, so I'm gonna try / all / this / how many ... how many have you got to go? / basic characters / probably / nine solid backbone characters / load of other characters / how are you gonna go about / got / figures at home / a couple of DVDs as well / like Star Wars figures / yeah yeah yeah / proper ones / someone / fan / yeah, whatever / bought them __ a toy shop / sent / fan of the band / thing that / all right, OK, fine / been to Scandinavia a couple of times, uh, / been / M__'s theme park / been / one / same sort of genre / same trope? / I don't ... I mean I don't follow / you know what I mean / sell / once / started doing / records / you know / a bit crazy / yeah, that's it, you know, but, uh, M__ / underground / got about, what, four / five / so far / M__ Papa, M__ Mama / little M__, she's the miserable one / snow / M__ Girl / like this big monster / can't remember his name / there's a little __ thing as well / James / no, it's, uh ... so, that's a big one for me, that's / let's say / other stuff / more important / let's do another one / my second one is, uh, "Be more flexible" / OK. / just generally, just / people / be more laid back / about stuff / I'm not / massive w__ / I'm fairly laid back. / yeah / but / little / I think sometimes / perspective / people / some countries / you can't get / clean drinking water, do you know what I mean / can get / one / instead / exactly / radio / there's always / and I thought "that's / fit / more flexible / another one / drive a car __ __ caravan, preferably / via / intercepter, like Mad Max / this year, for charity as well, so, that way / good / society / spice up charity / not very exciting / inspiring anyone any more, does it? Everyone's doing charity / run / something different / Exactly. Uh, it's, uh, it's something / Mad Max / out there / target / charitable contribution / big film, you know, / three of them / Tina T__ / involved in the third one / so maybe she could come down / need / year / Tina T__ down / she could do some singing / where to? / come down here / just / "Simply the Best" or something / we don't need another hero / get / car park, we __ __ a caravan / I'll do / I've got, set a caravan up, and I __ straight through it / no problem. I'd love to do that / me / new horizon for charity. It's good / people / buzz / normally get / my second ...

This is from Robin N__. "My / whole year / on my head / come on, come on / that's just silly / time / I think / about five seconds / oh, OK / can see / on him / yeah / boys / whole year in a heap / floor / lasted longer / pretty good / I then decided / proper new year's resolution / to buy some men's jeans / which I did / well done, Rob / all the time / jeans / towads the bottom / you know what / memory from childhood / right / sharing / sister's jeans / quite that bad / younger than me / very tight legs / my hands / I spent my 11 to 12 year-old years / yeah / wearing a pair of second-hand girls' jeans / from / garage sale / knew / girl next door / because they did up / yes / did / friends on the other side, yeah / never tell anyone / get / I didn't / apart from now / a lot of people listening on the radio / when / tell that story / can I just point out for all those people / any / girls' clothes, OK? / very / woman twice / evening / and a fancy dress party / good / charity shop / nice / I looked repugnant / moment / I wore a skirt / at / 28. ... Only joking / no / I probably have / for a jest / never done / proper night out / anything like that / occasional bra / a bit of fun / you are a bloke / only natural / Hi / at the risk of / sickofantic__ / I agree with Chris / ideal co-host / on the other hand / I don't mind / towards me, as long as / oh, dear / comedy / and also, uh, it's not necessarily / honest opinion / I agree / tell / really / that's nice / you, um, you tell him / just / name / it sounds like / or a spy film / be / I don't know / chronicles / Nancy / yeah yeah yeah / chronicles / really good / ghost of / dent / be the first / dismembered hand / yes, good, and then they get / turn into films / they make loads of movies / be welsh or English / I think / be Welsh, but posh / welsh / middle class / she was welsh / low middle class in England / upper working / was / mysteriously orphaned as a child / ended up / boarding school in England / there you go / yeah / __ing skills? / a rich benefactor / boarding school / but she had no idea who / sent / maybe / part / are you thinking of Annie? / ... A little bit, yeah. / a little bit / might be / man / model plane in his mind / well / signature song / it'll go as something like this / quite nice on Thursday / Eggs / draw / new year's ... new new year's / OK / hit another track / OK, yeah. / sorry / school again / my third new new year's resolution / is / oh, sorry, sorry, hang on / blown it / so much better / last time / haven't / I'm not giving you / big cue / just / need more / coffee, please / do it again / coffee / these are new new year's resolutions / sting / blown it / have been / get more sleep / yeah / be more flexible / my third one is / do a fitness training session every day / that's pretty intense, man / yes / if / previously / pushing yourself a bit, surely. / it does, actually, kind of, / a little bit, yeah / but maybe it's just / everything else is more flexible / OK / with that / way to the gym / that's cool / another one / No. / this is a big one for me / enhance / extra s__ perception / read people's minds as well as having / out-of-body experience, inclusive / ghost / possibly in / myself / resolution / no more resolutions / what happens / keep to it / well done / that's all right / think / blown it there / right thing. / one person so far who was ... who has managed to avoid / blown / blow / comes up with one / bother / you / good / resolution each / push / a little bit / yeah / my next one is / I need to accept / vast majority of the time I know I'm right / I can't force everyone to realize that / that's good, actually / think / align with the / flexible, as well / better place / more understanding / meditation / on top of that / trouble is / that / feel / quite irritated / about everyone else is an idiot / obviously I'm right / let go / Eggs? / always carry / sandwiches / you / too much / great. Thanks. OK. / your one / do / I don't really follow sport / this year / I have pledged to / follow a team, preferably / statue of Michael Jackson

"Hi. My new year's resolution was to shop less and save money / swimming / come on / to spend / more productively and put my DVD / alphabetical order. / are / email / by going shopping / Totally blew it. / people / if he means / gonna / and you've got a laptop bag, which means / in the long run, / yeah / gaining value / unless / emails again / five minutes / just / for the laptop bag / if / laptop / just / garage / car / yes / new / last couple / to share / so far, I've said that / get more sleep / be more flexible / you suggested / I suggested / everything else / except / vast majority of / force / realize that / so / pretty good / learn all the M__'s names / Yeah. That's a good one / caravan / prefereably / improve your ESP skills / Yeah, yeah / out-of-body / eat / ghost / in / Greece / during out-of-body experience / meal / go / last two / far more achievable / too much / just during / go / Greece / culture / good idea / holiday / a lot of storms / during an out-of-body experience / taste the water. ... So, / absolutely fine / Exactly. / flight / exactly / last one, Eggz / my last one is / spend more time with friends and family / nice / although I haven't asked them if / point / I'm kind of assuming / nice / way of / create new bonds / new bonds / enhance your social skills / spend / you know / be more flexible, get more sleep / things / spread the love. I / five big one for me / main one this year / befriend a scientist, / human / nature reserve and see what happens / pretty good / OK / have you thought this throuth / do you know any scientists? / are you targetting a scientist / I know two doctors / sort of, uh, the head, the brain / the other one / surgeon, actually, / huh huh / so / give / couple / what's the point of this? / program / BBC many years ago, called D__ / I'm not sure / it was about / monkey baby / fascinating / but they / monkey / when you / talking about hybrid / stupid name for a monkey / about it / human / like a chimp / Yeah. So, what I'm doing is ... is ... reinvent / concept / into / see / creat this creature / woods, see what happens, / not just / itself/ local economy / people come to visit / nature / popular / bring people from other countries / you're basically challenging / society / also / big / because / we / once / once / economy, Eggz / yeah, but / whole society of them. They / more / have / sort of, half-man-half-__ / going / whole society, / yeah? / hunt / like / eggs / blood sport / is taht wrong? / wrong / yes, it's wrong / yeah, but ... but, this is the thing / stand / chicken / radio / blood sports / Planet of Apes / film / what / documentary / the idea is / enslave them at first / probably / treated badly / rise up / get interesting / I'm / take over the world / me / wall / The One / created us / example of / yeah / when actually / started off like a human-hybrid-monkey / version / turn / slave / some kind of monkey-humans

We've wrapped up, basically / learn how to read / ESP skills / looked / picked / done a bit of research / let's give it a shot / I need ... I need, uh, firstly, from / something from / perhaps draw a picture / something / something / piece / I can study this / paper / study using my ESP power / passing / paper / face / see / from / sometimes / busy life style, sometimes quite relaxed / pretty good / sometimes you sleep / sometimes / true / name, E ... E ... E ... you've heard / mind / warming up to it / see here / one, two ... three Lord of the Rings films / am / you've had / hot / at least three times this week / have / another / and / you / I can see / I can see / wheels turning. Does that mean anything? / car / there you go / and / I've seen / pit-head__ machines / so, what we've learned / know / lord / three / in the past week / a car and a bike / huh huh / machinery / pretty good / pretty good / just / paper / yeah / you know, imagine / door locked / know / pretty / push too much on this / but / duty / person / not to let the listeners down / actually / you / reading / wasn't / fairy generic obvious stuff / probably / done / all those things / had known / do you wanna try reading my mind / another / ok / think of something / this is / mind-transferrance / you think of / let's / think of / type of vehicle / think of / and seats / and ... has a driver / yeah / probably / t__ system / OK, that's gone wrong / yeah / what were you thinking of? / a digger, like / so close / was / try it again / think of, uh, / think of a garden / Huh huh / OK / flowers / let's / it / thinking of something / ok / gonna tell / thinking of. / OK / 1992 / no / uh / hang on a minute, it's coming, it's coming ... / yeah / I think / type of pasta / ok / give / tell you what it is / __yal Dalton Chinaware / no / OK. hang on. Uh ... / other __ s available / because / electro-magnetic interfe__ here / that was what I was gonna say, yeah

you are with Chris C__ / in for Rhod / legally / as promised we are / live up-close magic / mind-reading / success / read / even confirmed / go shopping / my mind / the end of our conversation / by / it was a shame / say / sometimes / so much more impactful / bad luck / showbiz, mate / sometimes / mind / believe you, Eggz / now / just / picture / isn't necessarily / great / some fun / I like / I like / stop / know / it might be / listen to this / as I thought / probably / and / made a cup of tea / to / DYI / mind-reading / yourself / do / a little bit of time to kill / might / fun / nice / fun person who likes / open / stay tuned / plan / I did christmas dinner this time for / folks / we're not talking 99 / proper christmas crackers / were / quite expensive / the reason is / showing / simply because / earlier / little / fortune-telling / yeah / I thought / Good. / bought them / pulled / christmas / master of magic and illusion / name / we did that kind of like / twisted hand / instead / with / glove / wear one / do the tricks / these genuinely blew my mind / blows you mind / I can / sort / quite good / music / background / panicing / really good / D__ __'s Theme / science fiction / actually / dark / dark / listen / quite good / anything / wonderland music / with / samba music / all right / appears / maybe / that's good / ok / go / ok / on / get ready / ladies and gentlemen, good evening / name / great / pull my sleeves up / nothing under the sleeves / wrist / but again, a good magician / good / natural / taking / watch off / first / start / simple one / got a, uh / this is / half / posted / Radio Wales / twitter / now / bbcradiowales@twitter / right / bbcradiowales / first one / actually / Eggzy / a piece of / a solid piece of rope / in a square box / small oblong / green / string / perfect / check / just to prove / between us / that's definitely ... yeah, / hang on / you idiot / looking / trick's broken / two parts / empty box / good / box is now empty / come / can / see / hold / know / don't overdo it / get angry before / string / touch / me / great / slowly / through / listen / box / slowly being threaded / magic / great / pushing / building / Paul D__ / magic / into our faces and eyes / blind / done / ok / ok / put into the magic christmas box / cut this rope in half / need / classic christmas / my / oh, wow / what can you / wow / actually / what / the string has been cut / see that? Cut in half / what's going on / ok / cut / string / with / box / half / human / cut / in half / string / equivalent / human being cut in half / separated / see / middle / christmassy / piece / why don't I / too much / this is / back together again / wow / sound effect of applause / opener / watch / so / dice in a / lid on top / hexagon-shaped container, but it's a normal-shaped dice / see / around / eight / dice / six / into anything / into / shut up / anything / angry magician / The Angry / shut up / ok / gonna turn this single / one / massive dice / into / a random number of smaller dice / four / one big black / four / mini / that's / next level stuff

I have blown Eggzy's mind / Corky the Angry Magician / cut / re-assembled / taken / turned / amazing / shaking / christmas / blew my mind / show / after / know / they are actually / container / become four now / ready / two / Corky the Angry Magician / don't / idiot / enjoy / better / or you're out / music / back / always / nothing / rabbits / no flowers / slightly / no / tissues / next trick is / egg / cup / shaped / this is / looks / lid on top of it / and / blue / fully-grown / that's my description / good / as / inside / ball / red / out / authenticate that this is / small red plastic ball / hand / ok / hear / yeah / teeth / ok / not / keeps / for the moment / forever, mate / angry / put / mate / put / stop touching / ok / little / empty / Corky the Angry Musician / put / back / need / taken / ball / space / there / mean / exactly / hold / booom / gone / it's gone. I'll tell you what / front / thing / again / there / christmassy / man, it's gone again / back / yeah / trick / so / ball / another / came / wow / this is magic / did / can / seriously / say / Bongo Magic / know / obviously / yeah / if / that point / basically it's / listeners / amazed / so / yeah / now, this is / normally / is this where / metal / previously / one where I / make another ball appear / music / magic / there / thank / illusion / angry / all / ok / got / finger / first ball / second ball / top / fingers / true / my sleeves, Eggz? / sticky / ready / balls / wow / three / into four / good / that / eggzy / wonder of me

if / live / BBC Radio Wales