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I don't know what episode this is of the pod.
I feel like this is maybe episode 15 or 16 or something
like that, but same old pod, same old beverage.
Look at the size of this cup. I'm not bragging, but I have a
big black cup and I'm drinking some straight up tea out of it.
I also have this little coaster. I don't know if I've talked
about this in the podcast before.
I got this coaster, which is like, you can only obviously see
this on the video podcast in Smithfield Shopping Centre
behind Castle Court. Smithfield's one of those weird
places if you've never been to it.
Oh, by the way, there's like a retro football shop there where
I got that coaster. Smithfield, if you, if you've
never been to it, it's beside Castle Court.
And I just realised when I went to describe it, the only way you
can describe Smithfield is it's probably been around for, I
don't know, hundreds of years. It's a sort of place if you
wanted to get nunchucks and Filipino food, you could get it
there 1000% probably in the same shop.
The sale like old army military gear, like I'm pretty sure you
could probably get some Nazi gear if that's what you're into.
And then also the sale like martial arts gear and there's
like a trophy shop. And probably there would
definitely be a, there would definitely be a place that sells
bird food in there. I don't know.
I don't know what the theme is of Smithfield Market, but it's a
wee bit of everything and then some other things.
Let's just say, I mean, there's things I think you could get
there that would not strictly be legal, but I'm not you.
I just mean like, I don't even think the people would know that
they weren't legal. Like there's definitely, there's
definitely guys with shops at Smithfield Market and you'd be
like, mate, I don't know if you can sell this.
And he's like, what's wrong with you?
Well, it's a war. It's an undetonated World War 2
bomb, mate. So I don't think you can sell
it. He's like, alright, I was going
to sell you out and sell you out in the multi pack of Iron Brew.
That's a vibe of Smithfield. That banter's very niche.
But for anyone that's been the Smithfield market, you'll be
going, yes, this is what I've always wanted someone that just
riff on Smithfield. I don't know, I like it.
Smithfield market. I think I got a pair of camping
boots or something there whenever I was going away with
school years ago. Smithfield market.
Ah, Belfast. You know what, it's been not
long since I've been in the Belfast because because of the
old lacked up that I'm I'm missing Belfast as a city.
And I've always, I've always liked Belfast.
You know, I like Belfast as a city.
I think it's a good place, but I don't I never thought I had that
much of an attachment to it. And then I was just thinking,
God, I probably, I'm in Belfast, I don't know, four days a week
and a message, I missed the Goths in City Hall.
And I mean, what are they, what are they doing though?
Where are they got? Can we please check in on the
Goths that used to sit in City Hall where they congregate And
do they just have, they just built themselves benches in
their gardens? I mean, they won't be out today
because the sun's out. But yeah, I, I like to think
that. I like to think Belfast City
Consult on the right thing and given benches just like
temporarily to the golfs so they can just sit at the back like
golfs at City Hall. God, I miss those guys.
I love those guys. I mean, I love them and you know
they don't. They wouldn't love me, you know
what I mean? They wouldn't love my style,
they wouldn't love my haircut. But yeah, because obviously they
hit every time. I mean, the thing about those
golf says, I don't know what age they are.
I feel like the same ones have always been there, and yet
somehow they're the range from between 14 to 37.
And there's one guy who's like 56 and shouldn't be there, but
he's there, you know, like, he's probably not a goth, but he's
like, oh, opportunity. You know, I don't know what I'm
saying, but I just miss those guys, the Goths at City Hall.
Oh my God, take, take me back. I miss it.
What else do I miss in Belfast? I miss just like wide boys, you
know what I mean? Like a mess.
The you know, I miss seeing like low level crime in Belfast City
centre. I remember whenever I was in
tech, we used to just in our lunch breaks, just walk around
city centre because we went to Millfield, which is besides
Smithfield Market, funny enough and near enough.
And yeah, people don't want that podcast content, me debating for
more than three seconds how far away tech is to Smithfield
Market. But I remember we were standing
outside WH Smith in on Royal Ave in Belfast City centre and this
guy just strolled out with about 60 brand new Harry Potter DVDs,
like whatever Harry Potter film was out that day or week.
He just walked past us and he just winked and went and and
that's her. It's done.
And then just Sprint it down Royal Ave.
And I've thought about that guy every day since then.
Every day since then, I have thought about that guy and if
he's watching hope you've got your shit together.
I mean, he's maybe just like he's in.
I mean, for all I know he paid for it and he's just a major
Harry Potter fan and he's like, I'm going to burn through these.
So may as well get more than one shout out to that guy and shout
out to Harry Potter. Harry Potter.
What a guy. I was big in the Harry Potter.
There's people who are just watching, listen to this podcast
for the first time, go, what's the theme?
I have a cup of tea with me. That's all you need to know.
I was very big in the Harry Potter, like the first 3 or 4
books. And then JK Rowling was like,
oh, we're bringing on new books and they're 700 pages.
And I went, no, you know, I said, and she said, no, there's,
there's more pages, There's more of a story.
And I was like, no, I don't read books that big.
And then I just, you know, start stealing cars instead, but be a
Harry Harry Potter was a was a fucking great guy.
I mean, that guy seriously deserved way more credit.
Like what the adversity he came through like living under the
stairs, getting bullied by that we fought bastard Dudley, you
know, to becoming one of the premier wizard guys, you know,
one of the main wizard fellas, you know, and that I think that
actually was his title. I remember reading those books
and being really jealous that he went to Hogwarts because his son
to class. I was like, oh, I just go to a
regular school, you know, although I went to Campbell,
which actually looks a wee bit like Hogwarts.
And I'd say in the past has taught wizard and wizard, right.
I don't know. Sorry.
That was a big slurp and gulp. But you know me lads, ice, you
know me lads. If it's if it's if it's black
and thick, give me a shout. That's very aggressive.
It's been a nice it's been a nice temperature today.
The sun has been out. I've I've been a real, as Tyson
Fury would say, dosa. That's Doser, by the way, not
tosser, not tosser. I suppose to paint for anyone,
for anyone who's tuning in going man, you've been talking about
painting the fence recently. Where are you at with that?
Today I opened the bucket of paint.
I stood with the paintbrush. I did a couple of strokes and
then went and then I picked up the paintbrush that ship under.
But then I then I would just started lying in the sun and
that's what I've been doing all day.
But I'm I'm basically I'm out of I'm out of paint.
So a lot of people think it's maybe tasteless doing this.
But if my level of celebrity, which I don't know what it like
in Northern Ireland terms, it's probably all right.
You know, I think it would definitely be better if I worked
out it more like if I was more, you know, wanting to be like a
celebrity kind of influencer, like guy because you know me,
I'm all about the craft. You know, I'm all about the
craft until now where I'm making no money.
I'll do anything at the minute, like anything at all for cash
right now. But what I'm saying is if my
level of well knownness, let's call it that, because there's no
such thing as a celebrity in Northern Ireland and a lot of
people need to be, need to be told that.
A lot of people need to know that.
And a lot of people, I don't know why I've got Trump, but a
lot of people need to stop by and followers on social media.
That's not important. I shouldn't say anything.
But I will say this just because you're like, no, OK, I'm just
going to say this. Don't buy social media followers
because I feel like you can always tell.
And then you look through the followers and you see like, you
know, a lot of like Chinese typewriting, a lot of like
Russian accounts and you're going, I don't know if I don't
know if the people of Dagestan are following certain people,
but I'm just saying this, don't be doing it.
It's sly. Don't buy followers.
Just let it be natural, alright? Just be like pubic hair in the
80s. Anything goes, let it flow.
All right, No Brazilians that don't isolate that clip and make
it seem like I was being racist being like in local media, no
Brazilians, the more the merrier.
But my point is this, if people watching know me and have any
links to like a hardware shop, you know, if like your dad owns
a hardware shop or your uncle works at B&Q.
Can you get me Ron Seal medium oak paint, fence paint?
I need probably somewhere around 9 litres, but I could probably
make 5 work if you tell you what.
If you can get me 5 litres and walk in a few paintbrushes, I'd
be delighted. Can you make this happen for me?
Let me know privately and in no way is this a joke.
That's I want to be an influencer.
I'll maybe send you some pictures.
Say you own a hardware shop you can get for your social media
some pictures of me topless and I know you're going.
No man, they don't need to be topless.
Yes, topless. Painting my fence, getting a bit
of a sweat on. Maybe I've got a lemonade.
Think about it. Wrong sail fence pin, medium
oak. Let me know if you can source it
because hey, I need it. If you can source it up like my
man Harry Potter, let me know. I've got loads of listeners
questions that I said all the time, but I do so I've got
listeners questions today. I'm going to get through those
before we go on with the pod. I don't have the a charity
appeal today to, to do what I've been saying in the last couple
of weeks I've been doing on the on the pod is if you have a
charity or you're, you're hosting some sort of like good
cause thing, like some sort of event, no matter what it is,
unless it's for a paramilitary. Get in touch with
teamandmepodcast@gmail.com and I'll read it out in the middle
of the podcast because we're not that, excuse me, we don't have
sponsors at the minute. So we'll do, we'll do some
charity stuff. Seems like that would be that
would be a good call. Good thing to do.
Let me drink some more more of this delicious tea.
See these cups right. What are these next?
Oh, see these cups They're the perfect amount of tea in them
because let's face it, the Sports Direct mug is too much.
I used to have one of those when I worked in the call centre, the
big seven litre Sports Direct mug and that's too much tea, but
that is the is the perfect amount.
So I'm, I'm enjoying that. Yeah.
It's I keep, I feel like it keeps saying on the podcast that
that I feel weird that when when the sun's out at the minute, I'm
feeling good and I think I'm I'm getting more comfortable, more
comfortable with that. Not comfortable with saying the
word comfortable, but comfortable with that, that we
should at the minute, we should take our wee victories, you
know, and if the sun's out and you're lying, getting a wee bit
of a town on drinking a Diet Coke, you should just go.
This is good. This is good because obviously
things aren't good at the minute.
But I think the more we things you can do that you enjoy, you
should and you shouldn't feel bad about it because we've got
to keep we've got to keep our spirits up.
You know, I'm missing stand up so bad.
I'm missing stand up so bad. I went through a thing of at the
very start of lockdown and all this, I got frustrated.
I was like, I want to get back out and do stand up because I've
been doing so many gigs before before, before this, because I
I've got a new, I'm looking at a whiteboard in my office at the
minute. By the way, I've got to give
this office to the baby down the line, like in the short future,
short future in the near future, I've got to give this over to to
to the baby. I was going to say it, but
people don't like that, but that is what we're calling it it.
But two TS and I then have to go into like the wardrobe room,
like the spare room, and I am less than pleased about it.
So in the future, baby, if you're watching selfish, very
selfish. But I have a whiteboard here and
I've I've been working on the new aura stand up that I should
have been starting in September. Still might, who knows, But I'm,
I don't know 5050 on whether gigs will happen around
September kind of time, especially with my kind of
numbers. You know what I mean?
But bless and on on a curse, you say.
But I'm, I'm working on the New York and just before lockdown, I
was just doing as many gigs as I possibly could, like, you know,
5 minutes here, 5 minutes there. And I was so happy with the New
York. You know, I was like really in a
good, in a good place with it all.
And then all the gigs stopped. So it's that one of like when
the gigs start up again and we'll all need time to not be
rusty, you know, so you can't just go, there's no way.
I'd just go out and do tour shows.
I need to do spots. And by the way, we call like
gigs spots, you know, you go out and do a spot, that means you go
and do a set. So I think I'm going to start
doing stand up out loud to myself in the house.
And as I write new bits, I've never ever done that.
I've never done that in the 13 years I've been in stand up.
A lot of people going, it's weird you've been in stand up
for 13 years because you look like a 22 year old Tommy
Hilfiger model. Well, no one said that, but some
people might have have thought it with a bit of prompting.
I've never done that. That feels weird to me.
People that can walk about and go any students in, you know, I
don't know, I, I feel like there, there isn't, there is a
merit in it. And I have come around a wee bit
more recently to the idea of doing like stand up online,
maybe some sort of Zoom thing. I don't know.
I feel like, I feel like if you approached it in the right way
and you weren't thinking this is going to be like when you do
stand up in libraries or wherever, I think if you
approach it of this is going to be really different, but let's
just see what happens. I think it could be it could be
a bit of fun. So I went through this period
where I missed stand up so bad at the start.
Then I looked at it like, and Dave Elliott and I were chatting
about this where it's almost like maybe I should enjoy my
first break from stand up in pretty much 13 years.
Because even like, I've only been doing this full time for
about 5. And maybe I was doing it for 9,
like 8 years. Yeah, but eight years as a
hobby. But even when I was doing it as
a hobby, I was still doing it a couple of times a week at least,
and maybe sometimes five times a week, 6, whatever it was.
So maybe I should just enjoy the break.
And you know, I think when you take a step away from stand up,
you can start to come up with more material because you're
almost like giving your brain a rest because I'm always going.
Can that be a bit? Is that a bit?
Someone says something to me really innocuous, like, alright,
mate, you have the time. I give them the time.
But then in my head I'm like, is there a bit of material in the
way that guy said that? And it can be annoying sometimes
because I'm not like, I'm not like Matt Damon in Goodwill
Hunting. I'm not like, you know, writing
a big board and stuff, but but I, I, I then started to go, you
know what, this breaks good. And then today I went Nope, want
to be back out doing stand up and somebody got in touch me and
said, I think one of your tour shows is cancelled.
And I said, no, it's not. And then we just found out that
it is and we weren't like told about it.
So I think I'm a little bit grumpy because of that, but that
I, I think that's going to be the way it is for a lot of
people, you know, because nothing's really going on.
Anything that happens gets like magnified.
So normally I'd be like, you know what, don't worry, don't
worry. That's fine.
But now I'm now I'm ready to fight, you know, and I just, I
just want to do, I want to do stand up.
I've been thinking about creative ways to do stand up
when the lockdown eases. Obviously if it's OK, like, you
know, going alongside the government device, but there's
definitely ways to do stand up that aren't traditional.
And I think I've come up with a wee bit of an idea.
If it goes anywhere, I'll let you know and I'll invite you to
it. But we'll see.
I think. I think it would be class and
it'd be a way for me to finally just get doing stand up again.
Imagine I did stand up again and and just just had a French
accent. Just my own jokes, you know,
spoke English, but just with a French accent.
And then other comedians were asking me about, like, why are
you doing that? And I just had no idea he was
doing it. I mean, what are you talking
about? You know, I get up on stage.
Hello. Has anybody noticed?
You know, And that's German, but that's fine because when you're
in lockdown, you forget how to do accents and don't judge
others, is what I'm saying. OK.
But. But yeah, I don't know if you
guys find this in any way interest in me talking about the
inner workings of my mind when it comes to stand up, but I
really, I really, really miss it.
I miss getting up. I'm doing stand up even when it
goes badly. I would honestly, I would walk
to Dublin right now for a bad gig.
I'm I'm, I mean, not like just to get on stage and be telling
jokes is such a it's such an amazing thing.
And I think I'll, I'll appreciate stand up way more.
Think I talked about this couple of weeks ago.
I definitely don't not appreciate stand up.
And, you know, I, I, I am really, really grateful to be
able to do it, but it's only written now that it's like taken
away that I think more like I, I get to do my dream job, you
know, the way like. People want to be a footballer
or whatever. I mean, I definitely do want to
be a footballer as well. And that's something I might
pursue after this. I might sign for like Barcelona,
Real Madrid for a while just to get my finances back up because
they are. But well, you know that I'm done
in my last million, put it that way.
But with with stand up, I mean, it literally is my dream job.
And after maybe everyone's thinking like this, but after
this, I'm going to be way more productive.
Although I haven't been writing loads of material, but I think
with a bit of vitamin D with the sun out, I think I'm coming more
round to going Yep, let's lock myself away for a couple hours
and let's write some new jokes. Obviously while drinking tea the
whole time. It's just about got the
temperature where I don't want to drink anymore.
So yeah, this is solo episode of the podcast.
I've got a guest coming on this week.
I'm actually recording 2 guest episodes this week and we'll
release them over over the next couple of weeks.
They'll be fun episodes. I think people will enjoy them.
Two very different guests, but we're going to keep doing this
thing on Wednesday and Fridays and you've got the Patreon
episode on a Monday. So before do listeners questions
and your topics and thing use the things that you just want to
talk about, which we will do right now.
Let me just plug the Patreon, which is patreon.com/tea with Me
podcast that will also get you a Monday episode.
And it's not like it's not like an afterthought.
The Patreon episode, the Patreon episodes are different to this
because we have a different theme.
And it's me and producer Dan and we'll do things like look at
what are considered the top ten films of all time, the top ten
albums of all time, different theme every week.
We just did the album on this Monday and and it was real.
It was really enjoyable. I think I think you'll you'll
enjoy it. Just something a bit different.
So the Patreon episode I think is good value.
It comes out every Monday, patreon.com/tea with Me podcast.
You get loads more things, giveaways, free stuff, all that
kind of thing when you sign up for it.
But I also totally understand that money is tight for a lot of
people maybe not earning at the minute like myself.
So if it's something you can't help with, totally
understandable. But if you can get me wrong,
Seal Medium will paint 9 litres or I'll take 12 and a couple of
paint brushes. You've more than made-up for it.
Let's get back in the listeners questions on the second-half of
the pod. Sip Sip sippers.
We're back with the second-half of the podcast and your shout
outs, your questions, all that kind of stuff.
Say shout outs. I'm in Radio Ulster mode for
Friday nights. We don't do shout outs on the
podcast, but we do do listeners questions and I said do do
there, which sort of made me laugh in internally.
Rebus says, who's a dream guest you'd love to have on the
podcast and what would your most insightful, thought provoking
question be? Very good question, Rebus.
I I enjoy that. My dream guest, it's difficult
to know what would constitute a dream guest because you can look
at that two ways. I can either look at that and
go, who do I think the listeners would love the most on the
podcast? Or if I was being selfish, who
would I love the most? But then that would probably be
a good episode because I would be so buzzing to do it.
There's there's a lot of a lot of people I would really like to
have. This is maybe a bit niche,
especially for like younger listeners and viewers, but
Christy Dignam from Aslan Aslan or a band from Dublin who have
been gone for years. I think they started the same
time U2 did and they have a song called Crazy World, which is one
of my favourite songs ever. And Christy's their lead singer.
He has a real interest. He's LED a very colourful life.
He, he was like complete drug addict.
He's had loads of health scares. The band broken up and got
together a lot of times. But we went to see them live in
Vicar St in Dublin a couple of years ago.
And in fact it was, yeah, two years ago and live there.
Outstanding. And he's been on the Late Late
Show a few times on our TV covering some like very
traditional Irish songs. And I think he'd have a great
story. I actually reached out to his
manager a couple of months ago and he said yes, he would do it.
And I haven't followed up on that yet because of the lockdown
thing. And he's based in Dublin.
But that's, that's, that's one I'll do.
And I think his story will be interesting enough that if you
haven't heard of him in the band, I think you'll enjoy it.
And obviously some people will have heard of them.
Other people I'd like to interview.
I'm a huge Rolling Stones fan, so I'd love to interview anybody
from the band and if any, if any of the lads or if Mecca or any
of them, Keith or any of the boys are watching.
Yes you can come. They're probably watching going.
I'd love Mick Jack. Mick Jack is probably watching.
I'd love to do his podcast. Mick, get in touch.
You can. And Mick, if you know anybody at
Ronsale, come do the podcast. You can be in my front garden
and do it and I'll shout from upstairs and bring some paint
with you, my man, and I'll get you on board.
Then I'd love to have someone from The Rolling Stones on.
I, I, I'd like to have Rory McIlroy on for an episode.
I think people would people would enjoy that because I spend
I've spent so many years talking about him through Mike
McGoldrick as a close, close personal Fred.
And I think that I'd be interested to talk to him about
what he thinks of that. You know, whether he he thinks
that's good banter or he's like, hey, mate, stop doing that.
So would love to get him on for an episode.
And then and then just comedians.
I'd like to have like, I'm big into American comedy.
So I'd like to get some of my favourite American comedians on
like Chris D'elia, Bryan Callen, Theo Von Ali Wong, people like
that, Tom Segura, Brookreisher. There's a load of people.
And my attitude at the minute is just ask anyone in terms of and
ask anyone that I'm thinking of getting, you know, not just ask
anyone like I'm not, I'm not on the phone to, you know, Keith
Chagwon being like Chegger's come to it.
Although it definitely would get him on.
What would be my most insightful, thought provoking
question? I don't do insightful,
thoughtful, provoking questions. If you're looking for that,
you'll know Rebus, that this is not the podcast.
No, I don't I think if you if you got into a conversation and
it happened to go that way where it got a bit deep that that
would be ground. But my natural place to go is
just silly light, kinda, you know, fun chat because I, I
don't like to do the questions that people are asked on any
podcast or interview they do. So I like to kind of mix it up a
bit and and ask them sillier, sillier type questions.
But cheers for that, Chewie Louie says shooting stars the
next few nights. Is there a Flat Earth?
I don't know what that means. Is there supposed to be shooting
stars in the sky or are you just watching the TV programme with
Victoria and Bob shooting stars for the next few nights?
Is there a Flat Earth? I'm going to say no, man.
By the way, my battery is dying on my camera, which makes me so
sad because I'll have to charge that and it's going to cut off.
Is there a Flat Earth? I'm going to say no because I
think so many people would have to know about it that somebody
would tout 1000%. Like if I was working for the
group or whatever it is that was protecting the secret to there's
a Flat Earth, I would definitely have a couple of siders and tell
everybody I know on WhatsApp some night.
So probably not. And then again, if someone was
able to go, Shane, you are the 54th most well known person in
Northern Ireland, born in 1988. Come with me.
And they took me to some sort of secret room and show me proof
that the world was flat. I would very quickly just
probably want to get food. You know, I'd just be like, all
right, OK, thanks. I mean, it's not going to impact
my life in any way. But also, why do the why are
they saying the Earth is flat? So why, why would the government
not be like the the world government?
Why would they not be telling you I need to get Connor Keys
and Mickey Bartlett for this because they like conspiracy
theory chat. I don't know anything about it,
as you can tell. But what's in it for them saying
that the Earth is round? You know, is it that all these
people that are saying that invest in snow globe companies?
So if if it proved the world was flat, they they would just not
be selling as much. I don't know.
I'm going to say I'm not the best qualified guy for that.
But I don't think that the Earth is flat because because when
you're up on a plane and you look at the world, sometimes it
looks like you can actually see curvature.
You know, I honestly, I don't know.
But what I like to think is some people are watching this going
he fucking knows he he knows something.
I do know some things, but if the earth is flat or not is is
not one of them. I I have no idea.
Ronenberg says hi, hi Sippa Middleton, which I enjoy because
I call people sippers that listen to this and he said,
Sippa Middleton. Any new music artists you've got
into over lockdown and I've here's the thing.
I put the Alexa out the back. Alexa's the Amazon thing by the
way, not like my dog. I put Alexa out the back and
play music at like a fine level, you know what I mean?
Like it's not going to piss off the neighbours.
What I will ask Alexa to play, not new artists by any means,
but I'm asking for a lot of Bob Marley.
I'm asking for The Beach Boys, The Beatles, Fleetwood Mac.
So I haven't got in anybody new I don't think, music wise, have
I? No, I don't.
I don't think so, Ronan. I'm just keeping it.
I'm sticking to what I know. I feel like I know all the
artists. I know all the artists I want to
listen to. And about a year ago I went
bang. That's it.
I'll just concentrate on these guys.
I'm not really looking to discover any anybody new, but if
there's anyone you think I should know about, tell me.
Johnny Bo says where would be the first choice venue for a
live tea with me? Well, there are 1000% will be a
live team with me when and where, who knows, but it will
happen. And if you, if you're a signer
upper, if you're very rich and you sign up to the top tier of
the Patreon, you get a, a free ticket to that.
But, but if, if you're a Patreon member, I will tell you first
where the live podcast is going to be.
But by the way, you'll still be able to go.
So for anyone who can't sign up the Patreon, don't be like, oh
fuck, I can't go. Seven people from Patreon will
go and the venue will hold 7000. You'll be able to get a ticket.
Where am I doing it? Probably the SSE SSE Arena Tea
With Me podcast, but it's in Pizza Hut and I don't know, I
think someone asked us this around the first week of the
podcast, or maybe I just was chatting about it.
I would love to do it in like an old fashioned tea rooms.
I think that would be a lot of fun.
Or if not, we would probably just have to get like a venue
and set it up like a tea room. So we'd put like tablecloths
out. We'd have, what do you call it,
like teapots. We'd have wheat cups and
saucers, all that. So maybe we'd just get somewhere
and we can decorate it like a tea rooms or maybe we can do it
in some sort of nice tea rooms. I don't know.
I think it'll be a lot of fun. I'd probably get a get a guest
or two on. We do a live 1.
We'll do a bit of stand up, but there definitely will be a live
Tea with me podcast. And hey, that will not be rowdy
because there will just be 7080 people sipping on tea.
Although you can let you can bring booze too.
That's what I'm going to have. You can sip on tea, but then you
can all, you can also bring booze on the side, but you kind
of do have to also be drinking tea.
More questions. Matthew Mernin.
Good. Mernin says.
Talk about the Belfast Telegraph comments section.
I think if you ever have self doubt about yourself as a person
in your character, you can go on to the comments section of the
Belfast Telegraph, like all their Facebook and you can
instantly feel better and go maybe I'm not a fucking idiot.
You know, there's something that warms your soul when you go, you
know, Belfast Telegraph will put something up like here's a funny
picture of a Kai with a hat on and four comments down.
Someone's going, what did you say?
You fucking hum to someone else above you.
You in the on the Belfast Telegraph Facebook comment
section, you can see that they've posted up about there's
a there's an arts and crafts fair come in the macro felt and
kids can get in free and four comments down.
Someone is going when are they given the six counties back and
you're going How did you get there that quick?
It's fastpass. What the Belfast Telegraph
Facebook comments section is is fast fastpass sectarianism
people just straight in somebody's like Adele announces
Adele announces Belfast huge concert three comments down some
guy, some guy, right, some guy and the camera so close to his
face is profile pictures like this, like the camera so close
enough and it's taken from like a below angle.
Why are promises ugly? You know, so I enjoy that.
And guys going to be honest with you, in between me talking about
that, my camera battery died and I went downstairs and had with
dinner while charged and I was raging because it was in such a
good flow of banter. But you know, these things
happen. I went down and had my dinner
and I had some gluten free pasta, some Bolognese, not
Bolognese, Bolognese sauce and chicken, onion and mushroom.
And it was really good. I've got more questions.
I've got more questions on Twitter and here are them.
Oh yeah, Oh yeah. It was Matthew Murden saying
about the comment section. Belfast Telegraph.
Yeah, enjoyable, always enjoyable, Matt Murr says, which
is similar to Matthew Murden. Did you know that instead of
getting abuse for going shopping in his fancy London trousers, JC
Stewart actually opened his own shop in Macrofelt Chancer.
And you sent me a link to the JC Stewart Food Hall, Macrofelt.
I mean, that has to be owned by somebody in his family, surely.
JC. JC.
So JC was my guest last week in the podcast and he's a single
songwriter and he's from Macrofelt.
But there is, Yep, there's a supermarket Macrofelt called JC
Stewart. Does he own it?
Should I, should I ask him if I can give him a call?
I'm going to message him. He's probably like, Nah, man,
I'm doing like a live game for Radio One right now.
I don't have time to answer this, but Matt, we always want
to get the truth on this pod. So JC, I'm going to say hey
mate, I'm live on the podcast. I'm not actually live, but you
know, it's industry, industry chat.
He'll know what I mean. I'm live on the pod.
Someone's asking a question for you about microfelt.
I mean, I feel like that's something he would mention.
And it's also probably not, though, like a rock'n'roll
because he's like, you know, he's a proper musician.
Like that's not the sort of investment you'd make.
But like, get me a food hall. Macrofeld, someone's asking the
question for you about Macrofeld.
Can I call you and ask you? Can I call you on the podcast
now to ask you about it, to ask you just a voice call?
Yeah. We'll see what this guy's up to
because it would be good to know that can't be coincidence.
He's JC Stewart from Macrofelt. There is AJC Stewart Food Hall,
like a big massive garage in Macrofelt.
What is the link? We will find out on this hard
hitting investigative podcast. He's also online on Instagram
right now. Folks, this has not been set up
beforehand. This is CUTTING Edge TV's
podcast content right here. Will JC Stewart respond or does
JC Stewart know that he's been rumbled?
Is he like fuck, I should have changed the name so people
wouldn't know that it was me that owned it?
Also, does he have more important things to be getting
on with? Yes, probably.
While he hopefully gets back to me, he might just mug me off and
not. I wouldn't get back to me on
this. But while we do that, we'll get
another question. This question comes from, I hope
that I'm pronouncing this right, but RYA RAWYA RYA.
If I'm pronouncing it wrong, I can only apologise.
And the question is dating advice and relationship advice
for people in their 30s. I mean, I feel like one thing
you've, you've Here's the thing. I think when people are in their
30s, I think we we look our best in our 30s.
Any photo of me from before two years ago, I look awkward and
weird and I look I still awkward and weird now, but less awkward.
You really, I think you grow into your face and your
features. So I think I think your 30s is
an ideal time to be to be on the dating scene.
I would say for me, if you're I can only talk about being a guy,
right, But but I think do you know, do you know what I think
right now? I'm looking on the window.
Nice where to go. The sky is a lovely colour, but
that's I mean, that's not what you're here for.
You're here for other things. I think the number one thing for
dating advice is is be big. You know, whenever you're out on
dates, you know, people are like, tell me all about
yourself. Don't that gives the game away.
You got to keep an error mystery.
So if I was on a date, you know, and, and the girl was like, oh,
I've got to tell you about something funny after this, it's
totally unrelated, rude of me to do this.
But if I was on a date and the person goes, so, you know, so
you know what, what sort of kid were you in school?
I would go like this. What?
What you don't do is go, Oh yeah, pretty shy.
You don't play a bit of football.
What you don't do is that you go like this, they say, what sort
of kid were you in school? You go like this, just a kid and
they say, oh, OK, did you like school?
And you go school, school, you know, that's what I would say.
I would say be aloof, be vague and just don't commit to
answers. That would be my my thing.
That is not a podcast question. That's totally unrelated.
JC Stewart has gone offline. So he was online.
Might have seen the question. Has dodged it.
So we will never know if JC Stewart owns the JC Stewart Food
Hall in Macrofelt. But if I get more information on
that I will of course keep you posted.
Oh yeah. The reason what distracted me
during that is I put up a tweet there, a fucking hilarious 8 out
of 10 tweet about paint at the minute because nobody can get
pain. I was thinking about what we've
been chatting about, about me and even Ron Sue, and I thought
I'll make a joke about the fact that nobody has pain.
So I said I tried local dealers and even some websites using a
VPN. Going off my nut here.
Anyone sort me run see medium offence pain can paying cash.
Now that was just an innocuous joke basically being like no one
can get paint. People are fucking lovely.
And so many people are just getting back to me being like,
hey man, I know a place, OK. And I love that and I feel
really bad about it. Yeah, like loads of people are
just, or just getting back to me and being like, mate, I can get
you, you know, I feel, I feel, I feel really bad because Dave
Elliott just texted me and said Mate Catherine, his wife, he's
like, mate Catherine knows a place in Cumber Consortium.
You know, like I do want the paint.
But here's the thing. I can't travel to go and get it.
I can only go somewhere that's on my daily walk.
So I can only go somewhere like really close to me because I'm
doing all the good stuff. I'm not going to just drive
somebody to get paint. Now, if somebody wants to drive
to me, I'm only joking. I'm only going to get paint in
one of two shops in the town that I live in and hopefully
they have more in. So Beverly says I'm not a tea
person. Well, not a hot tea person.
So what tea would you recommend for a beginner to start out
sipping? Here's the thing, don't.
I wouldn't start sipping too fast.
Take it in one week, then you go to three a week, then three
months later, you're drinking tea every day.
But don't just jump in, you know, ease yourself.
It's like a warm bath. Ease yourself into it.
JC Stewart has just said, yeah, all good.
Here we go. Can I can I make a call on the
pod? Oh, my God.
He's giving me his number. Guys, we're going to find out
right now live on the podcast if JC Stewart owns the JC Stewart
Food Hall in microfilm. Yeah.
What's that? Hey man, I've got a question
that's composed by a listener. We need an answer like tonight
on this. OK, alright.
It's a big, is it a big question?
Yeah, it's really big. OK, OK.
Do you own or are you the JC Stewart of JC Stewart Food Hall
Fame in Macrofilth now? This is a complicated question.
Right, we're here for this. Here for this, it's a big drama
That's not really yes. And a short answer I am that is
me, my my, my, my family used to own that up until like 3 or 4
years ago right? Spar or something.
But my name is John Caleb Stewart, named after the shop.
So I am named after what is essentially A spar now.
I mean, I didn't expect this level of answer.
I really I really enjoy all elements of this because I
didn't think you would be that JC Stewart to find out you were
named after to get the background of, you know, it was
like a spar buyout. Umm, I I I I enjoy I enjoy all
of it. Did you when now that Spar
bought it over, do you have to incorporate spar into your name
or you or were you able to just keep it the same it?
Was meant to be JC Spar for the stage name but I luckily got out
of that one. Can I, can I just ask, do you
does the fact that your family like own it and you're called
after? Does that cut any mustard, if
you will, when you go to JC Stewart Food Hall in Macro?
Felt like all. I'm saying is there used to be
10% staff discount and now there is no longer 10% staff discount
to do? Is that what you will?
Right. Well, we're going to get this
clip, we're going to get this clip out there and we're going
to get that reinstated for the Stewart family Hall, but that
alright man, Thanks a lot. Appreciate that.
Hope you're well. No worries, alright.
Have a good. One cheers.
Bye. You started listening to this
podcast tonight. You had no idea.
You had no idea if JC Stewart was the JC Stewart of the food
hall Macrofelt. Looks like you just found your
answer. Also, I've just realised that we
weren't recording audio through the laptop, so I'm going to have
to take the laptop through the camera.
No, I'm I'm going to take the audio through the camera, but we
all make mistakes and producer Dan will be rolling his eyes and
putting and I say to you, Sir, don't, but there you go.
I feel like that was worth it. We got that.
We we got to find out that that JC Stewart is the JC Stewart of
the macrofelt foothold. Although the audio might not be
great because I tried to play that into the audio recorder and
I shouldn't be telling you this level of detail if I fucked this
up. But look, if there's a will,
I'll find a way questions. Ronan Kerrigan says OK, he says
love to listen to the podcast while I clean rooms at a nursing
home. Listeners who have been
listening non-stop for the last couple of days.
And since I'm not talking to too many people, I'd say I'm a
family. I've found myself thinking in
your voice when I get home from work.
Do you think in a voice or are thoughts more abstract in your
moment, the moment thinking. Ronan, cheers for that.
You're never too late to come on board as a sipper and then fair
play to fair play to everybody that's still that's still sort
of out working and getting it done and sounds like you're
providing a great service in in your place of work.
So that's a good question. I, I don't think, I don't always
think with a voicing like say I'm say like when earlier there
whenever I looked out and I saw this guy look nice, I didn't say
in my head to myself out loud in my head, this guy looks nice.
I just thought it so I didn't need to say it in my head, but I
guess I would. I think I do my own voice in my
head. I think as like someone who's
trying to act a bit more and do that kind of thing.
Like any role I can get, the more roles I can get, the
better. And you know, I'm not
considering anyone else for the role of the voice in my head,
but I, I will be open to the voice in my head being a
different voice. But I feel like I don't say
things to myself out loud. I just think it without saying
it. I just go like, say I'm going to
be like, I need to get bananas. I don't go in my head to myself.
You need to get bananas or I need to get bananas.
I just have the thought in a different part of my brain that
just zooms it, you know? Hey man, complicated question,
complicated answer, but good to have you on board.
Finton Wolf says best personal sporting moment.
I don't like to talk about it, but probably when I played at
Seaview and Alan Plain he was in that's former Premier League and
Northern Ireland international goalkeeper and this one a couple
of months ago. And there was like a lot of like
ex internationals playing and and whatever.
And it was a bit of a crowd at Seaview and it was for a really
good cause. And probably just when I lobbed
Alan Blaney who was a couple of inches of half an inch off his
line ex Premier League in Northern Ireland international
and with my bad foot, which is my left foot.
Although do I have a bad foot? Probably not.
I just, I just pinged 1 into the top corner.
So that was pretty decent on the videos on all my social media
channels. Michael Lewis, will you ever be
doing any sketches with Dan Watson again?
Always enjoyed the, the early Harlem Gun Club stuff you guys
made. The the answer is probably
probably I would be surprised if I did, but I, I I might like, I
just don't think the the option to do that would be there.
Dan and Dan was Thomas the tanker Smythe in the I am
fighter videos. And then we did some stuff
together. Not not for that long, but it
was kind of when I started doing sketches on my own.
And no, Dan can't Dan, Dan's a very much like his own person,
like does his own thing. And we, we were making loads of
videos together doing loads of stuff.
I think we it started because I think, I'm pretty sure I have
this right. He asked me about doing a
football podcast and we did one for a couple of weeks, like a
Premier League football podcast. And then we started doing
sketches. And then we did that for maybe
it was like a year or I don't know how long it was.
But anyway, we even did a live sketch show, which was terrible
but funny in our heads. We just didn't prepare it.
I, I, I, I don't know, we kind of just went off the radar with
me and, and I don't know, last I heard he was, I think he lives
in London or something. And I, I don't think he's doing
any sort of comedy, certainly not performing.
But he was always a real, he was an excellent writer.
Like I think he's more interested in writing.
I, I have no idea. A bit like people always
shouting to me. Where's Bunter made people
always ask Colin Colin Geddis, where's where's Thomas?
And the answer's kind of like me with Ponder, although I kind of
do no work here in Bartlett is especially now because because
the lockdown, he's in his house. But yeah, I I don't know.
It was it was it was it was a strange one.
He's funny guy, like nice guy, but don't know, just kind of
stopped wanting to he stopped wanting to do videos together
and and it's fucking different to talk about.
But but yeah, I don't know. Would I do videos with him
again? Yeah, it'd be.
It'd be weird if he got in touch with me now.
I think so long has passed. But yeah, why not?
Sounds really funny. And his taxi driver videos that
he did are phenomenal. So yeah, Belfast guy in China
says. Do you think you get enough
credit and respect for comedy being your livelihood and
income? I often think people see
comedians posting things or doing stand up and think they're
just doing it for a laugh, not respecting the fact it's all
work. I have huge respect for you and
what you do. I would love to challenge 100
people to do your job for a week and see how uncomfortable they
are with it. Not many could do it even less
and make anyone laugh. Thanks very much.
It's it's it's a hard one to answer.
I, I guess whenever you, you do a job that you've picked to do,
you know, you're like, this is the job I want to do and then
you do it. You do it because you think
you're good at it. So it's not going to feel
difficult for you, if that makes sense.
So like stand up doesn't feel like a different.
It does at times if I do like a bad show or whatever, but that's
only temporary. I'm struggling to answer this.
Do I feel like a get respect? Yes, because I think when people
come and see you do stand up, buy tickets, do a show and, and,
or share a video or whatever that that is kind of respect.
And, and the number one thing people say when the when they
find out you do stand up is like fair playmate or, you know, I
couldn't do that. So, so it's an acknowledgement
that it's a it's, it's, it's a weird job to do.
But I'm, I'm not just saying this because I think it sounds
good, but especially at the minute when you see like the NHS
staff, the frontline workers, all that kind of thing, other
key workers, when you see, when you see all that kind of stuff,
it, it makes you realise that there's an element of bravery to
get enough to do stand up. But it's a totally, totally
different thing. So I, I think stand up is a
lovely luxury type job. You do have to work hard to, to
do it and to be good at it and for people to come back year on
year to come see you. But look, I was talking about
being lucky to do my dream job. I'm self-employed doing stand up
so I can take a day off and go and play golf if I wanted to.
Or I'm not saying this to be a wanker, but I could, I could
just have a meeting all day with someone or a coffee or whatever.
So I think I'm I'm really lucky to do the job, but I don't think
it's as difficult. I think there's 1000 jobs more
difficult than than stand up. I think sometimes I think of it
like this, if if you're doing a play, if you're like a stage
actor and the play is not going well, you're stuck in that play
because you can only do those lines that you've learned
because the other person needs to know your line to do their
next thing. Or if you're a singer and people
aren't enjoying what you're doing and you've got a set list,
or if you're part of the band, you're stuck in that.
Stand up is easier in a way because although it's just you
on stage, like one person, so it's a bit more pressure.
If I'm halfway through a joke and it's not London, I can scrap
that joke. I can get out of it with one
word or whatever, or I can just start talking about something
else. So I, I do think stand up is an
art form, but I, I, I don't, I don't think of it as this
special. It's it's special to me because
it is my favourite thing to do. I love playing football, all
that kind of stuff. Stand up is is my favourite
thing. I love acting, doing these
podcasts. Stand up is I'm first and
foremost the comedian, but I don't think of it as this like,
Oh my God, you know, the craft and all that.
It's just one of it's, it's any, any job.
You work hard at it. You, you, you, you get out what
you put in, I think. And you obviously do have to
have some sort of natural ability at it.
But but yeah, I feel like I get respect because I'm able, I'm
able to do it full time. That tells me that I get enough
people respect me to do it that I, I'm in a position to to do
that. So, yeah, of course though,
you're going to get people who who think you're doing it for a
laugh or people say like, do you get paid that are your gigs,
mate? You know that, that I, I don't
know. I wouldn't think that if I was,
if I was not a comedian, you know what I mean?
It all seem like sometimes you just get up for the crack and
also sometimes you do, sometimes you you know, I'll be, I'll be
sitting in the house on a Thursday afternoon and I'll go,
oh I wonder if I drive down to Belfast tonight.
Well Dave, give me 5 minutes in Pug Ugliese and I'm not going to
take money for that. Or if I've got a new joke I can
go to Laverys and see if Colin will let me do 5-7 minutes or
whatever. So, so I hope that wasn't too
rumbly hope in some way that answers your question.
Do you feel like I get enough credit for it?
Yeah, I'm lucky to have the like a following.
The following that I have is is class is in fact it's it's
unreal, you know, because if I if I put out a video or if I say
I'm doing a show, there's sort of already people there like,
oh, nice one or people I know people will watch it for good or
bad. And then that is amazing when
you consider, when you consider that a lot of the challenge for
people is to get people online or whatever to watch their stuff
or, or to, to notice them and in some way to, to have excellent
to people follow you on Instagram or whatever.
And then they see your stuff and they maybe tell them like that,
that is, that's magic. That's, that's so great.
And, and something that I'm really chuffed, chuffed to have.
So not many people could do it and even less would make people
laugh. No, not, not many, not many
people could do it, But you'd be surprised because it's the
people you think could do it. The people you think could do it
probably couldn't and a lot of the people you don't think could
do it would be able to do it. I found with stand up that
people that are, you know, the client like always, like the
centre of attention and full of these one liners, you know that
they always say they're not going to make good stand ups.
In my experience, in my experience, people that are wee
bit more introverted, a wee bit more happy to sort of sit in the
background and instead of being like a joke a minute, they'll
wait 10 minutes and do 1 great. One like that is kind of what
makes a good stand up in my book.
Thank you very much for the question.
We've got more questions. That is not a podcast question.
This one though, comes in from Connor, who says Shane, I'm
dating a girl from Belfast. She loves your stuff.
She saw you once at Lava. Reason doesn't shut up about it.
She needs to chill. I'm not from Northern Ireland so
I'm not very adept adept at picking up on the nuances of her
banter, and I was wondering if you could help me out.
Does she hate me or is she roasting?
Or is roasting your significant other and making jokes at their
expense just the way you guys show affection?
Cheers. Yeah, 1000%.
Like roasting people and taking the piss is definitely,
definitely affection for Northern Irish people.
Like there's, there's something that like your best friend, you
will be the harshest to in terms of the way you take the piss out
of them and that's what you want from them.
You know, there's nothing funnier to me than being
together with a load of mates and you all know each other well
and you say something or do something wrong and they just
RIP the back out of you. Like to me, like I find it
funnier when I'm the centre of the jokes from my friends.
I mean, what I don't like is people that don't really, you
know, you get involved and you're like, alright Kevin, fuck
up. But I like it when your mates.
I like it when you do something wrong and you can hold your
hands up and go Oh no, and your mates just mug you off so bad
about it. It means that whatever that bad
situation is is now a positive thing.
And yeah, Connie, you're going to find out people, people here
take the piss out of everything. I think we're really good at not
taking ourselves too seriously for the most part.
And certainly growing up, like with my family and stuff, it was
all about taking the piss out of each other in a, in a, in a
loving way. And, and I love that.
I think it's AI think it's more of a more of a working class
thing, just having that thing of being able to give it out and
being able to take it because there's nothing worse than
someone who gives it out. And then someone makes a joke to
them and they're like, the fuck did you say, you know that that
is kind of a wee bit of a Belfast thing as well.
But yeah, you're going to find that and good luck.
Good luck with your didn't. Yeah.
OK, we've got more. Oh, oh, someone said happy
birthday. It's not my birthday and someone
else has said something that is not a podcast question but it's
a compliment so I'm half tempted to rate it out but I shan't.
OK, last question. Alistair Key says favourite food
items from a chippy, though Mike McGoldrick probably doesn't know
what 1 is. Yeah, Mike McGoldrick definitely
wouldn't know what a chippy is. Like he would.
He would think a chippy is what you call like chip and pin, you
know? He wouldn't, he wouldn't
understand. He'd be there Friday after work.
I mean, he doesn't really work. He's like a consultant, but like
he'd have a bottle of red under the arm, some steak and he'd be
able to go dirty. Go Do you guys take chippy?
You know, he wouldn't understand.
My favourite thing from a chippy used to be battered sausage
shopper. Oh, oh, battered sausage
chopper. Golden Chip and Dundonald do
really good battered sausage shopper.
Now I here's the thing. I don't know if I've said this
in the podcast before. A chippy near me does a steamed
fish shopper. So like it's like a whitefish,
like a haddock or whatever, or call it, it's called steamed.
No batter, no nothing, no messing about and chips with it.
And the chips are great and the portion size really good.
So because I can't really have gluten or dairy, oh special boy
vulnerable. I don't, I don't have any of the
stuff I used to have in a chippy.
So I do you know what I actually love?
Just a big chip, just a big old and chip with salt, vinegar or
red sauce. I feel like you can't go wrong
with that. Thank you very much for all the
questions that that came in. Sorry the audio might have
dropped out for a wee bit or not being as good quality.
I'm mainly just apologising to the producer down there.
patreon.com/tea with me podcast. If you want to support the
podcast, I'd appreciate that, but don't worry if it's
something that that you can't do at the minute.
I'll wait. I'll be at your door when locked
up, whenever you're not furloughed, I'll wrap your door
and go, hey, guy, you are you a survivor?
I'm only joking. If you can help out, great.
If you can't, don't worry about it.
We're just hopefully having a great crack on these podcasts.
We're back every Wednesday, Friday.
The podcast comes with the video version.
If you don't know about it, it's on YouTube.
Just type in Shane Todd or tea with me podcast.
You'll find it great guests coming up in the next couple of
weeks. And cheers.
Thank you very much for listening and watching.
This has been the TV Me podcast. Hey, if you know of anyone that
works for Ron Seal pain, just get them to get in touch.
Cheers, keeps it.