Surrealist comedian, writer and self-proclaimed connoisseur Paul Foot has been called ‘a rare exotic bird’ by the press, but Stephen just calls him a bloody funny friend. Join Stephen and Paul as they wax lyrical about first memories, first words and how bickering is a pastime. However, they don’t want to become like their parents. Paul asks the ultimate curve-ball question: is the internet as big as a pipe organ?

Paul Foot is multi-award winning writer, comedian and broadcaster and winner of the Edinburgh Fringe’s top gong. Learn more about Paul here! https://www.paulfoot.tv/ and watch his award-winning Comedy Special ‘Dissolve’ here! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83GoFbnjX0s

00:00 Intro Me? I Blame the Parents

00:44 Stephen K Amos introduces award-winning comedian, writer and connoisseur Paul Foot, a unique mind who’s been likened to ‘a rare exotic bird’.

01:28 Paul Foot’s parents are the Baby Boomer generation, but he’d rather not say their exact dates of birth in case it reveals the secret to all his passwords.

03:40 Paul’s mother is of German and Polish extraction while his father and step-father are English.

05:43 Stephen K Amos jokes about his own mixed identity, having Nigerian parents but being born and raised in London.

06:56 Paul’s first memory is of seeing the inside of a vagina, only he has forgotten it.

08:29 Paul tells Stephen the first word he ever learned, a rude word that he didn’t understand but somehow knew he wasn’t supposed to say it.

11:15 Paul never had the sex talk. He did have a talk when he came out to his father during a long walk, ending in a hilarious story about posting a letter to the gas board.

14:11 Paul says that his father hasn’t mellowed with age and how he gets apoplectic about wasting half a tea bag.

19:02 Paul discusses addressing non-binary people changing their pronouns and how if other’s can’t adapt, whose problem is it?

21:04 Paul managed to persuade his grandmother that gay people should be allowed to adopt children in under three minutes.

23:19 Paul’s grandmother asked if she got rid of her pipe organ might she have room for the internet?

26:19 Paul talks about his father’s generosity.

27:10 Paul bonds with his father on many trips to Lanzarote where they could play Bingo and practice archery.

27:52 Paul berates Stephen for refusing to turn up the heating when his father comes to visit.

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