From the monthly archives:

August 2011

Robin Cooper on Danny Wallace’s XFM Show (2)

by Robert Popper on August 25, 2011 · 4 comments

Yes, I’ve been back for more. And unless I’m sacked or I bite the staff, I’ll be doing the lovely Danny Wallace’s XFM Breakfast show for some more Friday mornings at 8. Do tune in.

Reading from a Gardening Book

by Robert Popper on August 17, 2011 · 0 comments

Here’s another bit of silliness from my old LBC radio phone-in calls. This time a gardening show, in which I tried to see how long I could read from a gardening book, whilst pretending it was in the form of a question. I remember my brother was in the room at the time, laughing, and [...]

Onion Soup

by Robert Popper on August 10, 2011 · 13 comments

This is a phone call I made many years ago to LBC in London. It’s one of my favourites just because it’s so gentle and basically completely pointless. The subjects up for discussion were, ‘How many hours sleep do you need each night?’ and, ‘Have you seen this terrible new logo they’ve designed for London?’ [...]

This morning I had lots of fun on the lovely and most excellent Danny Wallace‘s XFM Breakfast show. I was in as Robin Cooper, ostensibly to review the papers. Well, that was the plan….

I woke up laughing when I saw this. I am still laughing. I am going to keep laughing until I go to bed. From Entertainment Weekly… You too could be just like Harry. Here’s how! (Apologies).