Greg James|12:02 UK time, Monday, 19 December 2011
Hi. I was back home with mum and dad for a brilliant birthday weekend (literally the best with my favourite people in the world). There was however one problem.
I watched Bruno with my parents last night.
Yeah. Don't do that.
For the festive period where a lot of us will be spending time with our families, we need to create the definitive list of films NOT to watch with them. I'm not talking horror or even violence - just the ones with really inappropriate 'scenes of a sexual nature'. Here's a start:
1) Bruno
2) Borat
3) Superbad
4) American Pie
5) There's Something About Mary (I rememeber my whole family watching this one year and my mum jumping up and covering the screen during the hair gel bit)
Please leave some more films in the comments below and I'll add them to the list...
Greg James|11:33 UK time, Tuesday, 13 December 2011
Riickka, from Finland emailed me last week to let me know that I've ruined her favourite Christmas song for her.
Back in March, during the Chris Moyles record breaking marathon show, I decided to take my clothes off to raise some more money for Comic Relief. I had to change in the next door studio. In the heat of the moment, I forgot that each studio has cameras in that any other studio can watch the feed of.
As I was undressing, an unsuspecting member of our sister station 'BBC Radio 1Xtra' was watching that very camera feed and inadvertently saw my bits. We launched an investigation into WHO it was. I was concerned that the person involved might have needed counselling so I was keen to find out who had seen my winky.
Hence the song, and reconstruction video:
Apparently Riickka (from Finland) now sings 'Somebody from 1Xtra saw my winky' instead of 'It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas'...Terrible for family gatherings
Greg James|12:21 UK time, Tuesday, 6 December 2011
I was talking to a mate at the weekend who knows someone who is expecting their first child near Christmas. She was telling me that he has spent the last few days making a harness for his new baby. What a lovely idea, I thought. In an age where everyone just buys everything - what a great idea to actually craft something.
She then went on to inform me that the harness was being made to fit on the back of the cat so the new born baby can ride around.
This really worried me. I'm a huge fan of weird stuff but the prospect of a baby strapped to the back of a cat as it darts over roof tops and under cars worries me a little bit.
Can you ride a cat like a horse? Won't it buckle under the pressure?
I got this email from an anonymous bloke (anonymous because he's bought it for his girlfriend for Christmas)...We talked about Home Alone 2 - Lost In New York being a better film than Home Alone and then someone alerted me that there was a board game created.
'Hi Greg Do you like our FCOT ANGEL? From all the team at CTM SOUTHAMPTON, Hannah, Chelsea, penny, Claire, Rachael, Craig, Nicola and Jeff!!! Please give us a shout on your show! Xx'
Thank you to these lovely people for sending in this delight:
I might make one for my own tree. Probably a bit weird actually.