Fist of Fun

Episode 1 (1x1)

Uitzenddatum: Apr 11, 1995

Lee & Herring explode from two wooden crates and onto BBC2 declaring their intentions to provide things for idle hands to do, after they've finished performing the devil's work, and Rich is overawed at having met Jeremy Paxman off of the telly. Simon Quinlank starts as he means to go on by providing this week's hobby of "Ringing Norris McWhirter At Three In The Morning & Asking Him What The Biggest Leaf In The World Is". He is deranged. Stew tells the audience that he has been labeled obsessive & dysfunctional for keeping all his records & possessions in alphabetical order, he has a detailed list of everyone who's said this about him. The celebrated Lee & Herring "Gnat's Chuff" joke is brought to television, as Richard "confuses the art of simile" once again. Frustrated at his inability to date actual women, and just strings of meaningless gnats, Rich heads off to a dating agency where he is partnered off with Alan Stevens (played by John Thompson) and enjoys a night out quoting Monty Python, playing video games& drinking. Peter Baynham then pops up as "Peter" to share his recipes from his & brother Charlie's cook book "One is Quite Lonely Actually" - based on Delia Smith's "One Is Fun". First up is Frozen Chicken Lollies, for which you'll need some frozen chicken breast - and a fork. He also tells us of his thoughts on easy time travel, and how he has fun with words - imagining the name of removal firm "Renta-Crates" is actually an old Greek philosopher. Pete closes by demonstrating his recipe for mouth trifle. The fruits of your labour are shown now, as Rich & Stew unveil the Gall-Ery - a collection of images brought together by asking listeners to their radio show to send in anything they fancy. This week, the featured pieces of work are Stew's mutilated football stickers, TV Chef Michael Barry, his curmudgeonly face & some food he's prepared, a photo Stew stole off the wall of the Red Lodge Transport Cafe in Norwich of a singing old man, a hilari