Hello! I'm on holiday, but just a note to say firstly, I have many incredibly important opinions about sea otters to share with you in today's Observer ; and secondly that the first episode of the new series of Souvenir Programme will be on BBC Radio 4 at 6:30 this Tuesday. Hope you enjoy one, or the other, or even both.
Lovely, sweet, and funny sea otter column. I hope Guardian/Observer will pay you to write more for them if you wish.
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Continued great success to you. Hope you have an old (C.P.) and perhaps a new sitcom to give the world someday.
Hurrah for both things! The Observer article is as thought-provoking as it is funny, and with series two of SP hitting Amazon next week I'm looking forward to SP overload.
ReplyDeleteEnjoy your holiday! :)
Wow, you holiday almost as much as me, and that's saying a lot! What are you cycling around this time, Turkmenistan? (if you are, watch out for the flaming gas crater aka the doorway to hell, it's an OH&S nightmare!).
ReplyDeleteIf, alternatively, you decide to cycle Uskerty, it had some very nice bicycle tracks. Although the signs kept trying to tell me they were roads. I did get some delightful pics of a farm and hedge. Which I think was the entirety of Uskerty.
Lovely otter article- just what I've come to expect from you. Not otters (well, sometimes otters) but an intelligent and articulate argument that makes the reader/listener think and also laugh. Also contains cute facts.
Finally, I was very pleased to find Souvenir Programme in BA's in-flight entertainment. Slightly disappointed that my worldwide hunt for in-flight CP continues to disappoint. One day Qantas will concede to my badgering!
Any, any chance, even remotestly of another CP series?
ReplyDeleteLooking forward to the new Souvenir Programme - it seems to have come around really quickly!
ReplyDeleteI won't ask when we're going to get the resolution to the Cabin Pressure cliffhanger...
Fascinating stuff about otters! However, after your extensive involvement with The Unbelievable Truth, I honestly don't know whether to believe any of it or not...
ReplyDeleteGreat note about the otters! And I am very excited about the Souvenir Program. I am sure it will be amazing!
ReplyDeleteEnjoy France as much as I enjoyed the article on sea otters! Can't wait for JFSP. Save some cheese for Douglas!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for this
ReplyDeleteUtterly charming article, Mr. Finnemore. I laughed, and I actually learned some things (otter rock pockets!)
ReplyDeleteYess! Do introduce sea otters to Somerset, please! Beautiful article, John. Thanks a lot for sharing this.
ReplyDeleteHave a fantastic holiday!
Best wishes, M., S., and Willow, the otter (Greets to IOSF, too)
Funniest thing I've read, seen or heard since the last time I listened to a Cabin Pressure, and I'm prepared to bet I won't hear anything funnier till... I'd say Tuesday night. I thank you greatly for your enlightenment of the general public on this subject and your vocal advocacy of the Anti-Slaughter of Small Woodland Creatures lobby. I didn't know any of those facts about otters. What I had heard, however, is that apparently you can fit a hundred of them in a sixteen-seat aeroplane..
ReplyDeleteHave a great holiday and thank you!.
Oh, Mr Finnemore! Another brilliant and awesome and accessible yet sensible and well-supported reason why you are my favourite being in the world!
ReplyDelete(On a completely different note, are you aware of the mind-bogglingly high density of yellow cars in Italy, or at least Tuscany? I hope for his sake that Arthur gets to go there someday.)
Brilliant as always. Thanks for the laughs.
ReplyDeleteI am getting annoyed that my family only get the Guardian, and not the observer.
ReplyDeleteCan't wait for Souvenir Programme today! It'll definitely be the highlight of my day :)
ReplyDeleteHope you have a lovely holiday!
Yaaaaaaay! to both.
ReplyDeleteJust finished listening to the Souvenir Programme episode and it was a real treat! Thank you Sir! Looking forward to next week!
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ReplyDeleteGreetings from an American fan of both Cabin Pressure and Souvenir Programme!
ReplyDeleteThe new JFSP episode was a delightful respite in my busy day and well done, as always.
Have a lovely holiday!
Fantastical Souvenir Programme today! You ought to get them to let you write the introduction bit ("if you like Cabin Pressure but prefer your humor in more bite-sized chunks then this is the show for you" seems to lack a certain flair) as the end bit was exactly on point! (Unfortunately I don't have a million pounds so I guess we'll have to suffer through next week.)
ReplyDeleteLove the new Souvenir Programme; so rarely seem to laugh out loud (oh lordy, should I have put 'LOL' in there...?) to Rad 4 comedy at the moment it's good to have something to look forward to. Only slightly let down by the ever-present need to 'finish' a sketch with a punchline etc. - perhaps the Pythons weren't so far off the mark; why not just let the humour hang where it is and fade onto the next sketch? Keep it up though!
ReplyDeleteDaniel Maier pointed me in the direction of JFSP. Answering the mobile and speaking the plot out loud were my favourites. The rest of it was ruddy good too.
ReplyDeleteYour Souvenir Programme was wonderful as usual! I love it when your voice cracks excitedly. Mine would crack excitedly at the news of anything new from you, but that would require a forced yodel and that ruins the moment.
ReplyDeleteI mean- well done and I can't wait for more!
Greetings from Germany (really)
Just listened to Souvenir Program - absolutely brilliant. Literally, wonderful if not iconic and at times vibrant. Thanks John
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ReplyDeleteA partial victory, I think.
P.S.: I'd have posted it to the legal aid blog, but it seems to have been taken over by spammers.
Very much enjoyed the show. You're always so cheering.
ReplyDeleteThank you for a lovely show, Mr Finnemore. 'Sleepy towels' - love it!!!!
ReplyDeleteWell now, I think you deserve a good holiday after the first of the second series of JFSP. really looking forward to the next episode.
ReplyDeleteOn a pedantic note, the usage of 'literally' as emphasis is now in the OED (according to the news).
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(BTW words in angled brackets do not seem to be published on the site.)
So pleased that Cabin Pressure was included in Radio 4 Extra's "Comedy Greats"!
ReplyDeleteHooray! Loved the new Souvenir Programme! Now I understand what that gaping comic hole in my life was. You really do turn my :( upside down. Thanks, John Finnemore! :D
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I, sir, love your writing style. And I also agree: otters are Terrific. I hope you write more informative yet witty articles for the Guardian. If you want to. If you don't, then...I hope you don't. Enjoy your holiday :)
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I enjoyed JFSP very much indeed! Enjoy your holiday, it's definitely well-earned. xx
ReplyDeleteMr. Finnemore--Thank you for creating Cabin Pressure. Today I had to go to the dentist to fix a filling, something I avoided for 8 years or so due to dentistry terrors from childhood. My friend, who also loves CP and came to lend moral support, turned on "Fitton" on her ipad. Hearing Arthur at the beginning helped me immensely. The music, voices and banter of the MJN Crew always cheer me up. Even at the dentist. Which I previously thought impossible. Believe it or not, living out here in the Arizona desert can be a little rough at times, and in those moments when the heat begins to melt us, we turn on CP. It's a breath of fresh air to us! Again, you have my sincere thanks!
ReplyDeleteHave a great holiday. Kristin
Hello, John Finnemore,
ReplyDeletelast time in London I bought David Mitchell's Soapbox on DVD. I just watched some of the sketches and hooray! discovered that you wrote parts of them. Yes, I obviously could have known or looked it up before. But I didn't, and it was an unexpected pleasure to find your name in the credits.
Plus the expected pleasures of more scheduled episodes of JFSP...
Enjoy your holiday!
So enjoying the return of JFSP - and thought it only right that you should know (and hopefully enjoy) that while waiting for a train at Paddington station the other day, I was singing 'Spiny Porcupine' (and not just in my head). Love it (and much more besides). Thank you! And hope you're having / have had a very nice holiday.
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ReplyDeleteI loved the lawyer sketch, really brilliant.
ReplyDeleteDear Mr. Finnemore,
ReplyDeleteI don't know if you are at the Hester Macauley stage yet and get tired of hearing praise, if so please just stop reading now.
I've only listened to Cabin Pressure for the first time a week ago and it is the funniest thing I ever heard! You created such wonderful and lovable characters in hilarious situations, and the snark is divine!
I have been listening to the episodes over and over (S01+02) every day. Thank you this wonderful work!
Have a lovely holiday and best wishes for the future, I'll be sure to check out your other comedies in time.
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ciiob180Saw "Only Connect" last night on BBC4(for overseas people this is a quirky quiz show on TV in the UK). One of the teams consisted of pilots! None of the three had Da da DA da da names, two had the surname Morgan (but I don't think they were Captains so no jokes there) the Captain WAS a Captain and also very tall, one was very short and two were bald. I think Martin woud have been cheered by them. However I would have liked to have tuned in and see the team being Martin, Douglas and Herc. You may never see this as I have to prove I'm not a robot and I always fail.
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Just wanted to wish you a Happy Birthday and thank you for all the amazing entertainment you've given me. You're an inspiration to a beginning writer like myself so have a 'brilliant' day on every sense of the word!
ReplyDeleteWas listening to this interview this morning and was reminded of one of your Souvenir Programme sketches (about the rat sanctuary) http://storycorps.org/listen/dawn-and-don-burke/ Love the show, keep up the brilliant work!
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ReplyDeleteI loved your article on sea otters! I also very much enjoyed the Souvenir Programme. It was, as Arthur would say, brilliant.
ReplyDeleteWe miss your blog entries, John. However, if you are,too busy doing other things( hopefully writing more Cabin Pressure), we understand. Just know that you matter to your fans, not just as the writer and actor of the best comedy on the,airwaves, but also as a person. Hope,all is well.
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ReplyDeleteit's been more than two months...
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What are you up to? Any news about Zürich? Zweibrücken? Zagreb? Zakopane?
Anyway, hope you're well and just to say that the latest series of your Souvenr Programme was just as excellent as the first two, which is quite excellent indeed.
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