514 - THE KING OF CHEMO - 1 Year Left To Live After Accidental Brain Cancer Diagnosis

Jaack, Stevie and Alfie sit down to mull over some of the world’s weirdest moral dilemmas, and we’ve turned it into a contest to see who can win the most ‘morality points’!  Would you swap lives with someone for the day if there was a 50% chance you’d be stuck as that person forever? Would you want to live in a perfect virtual reality world, but you can never return to the real world? Would you send an innocent person to prison to protect your best mate?  Why is Jaack killing his favourite footballer? How come Alfie needs to chat up his fiancée again? What’s the important reason we should not erase Stevie’s childhood trauma from his memory?!  If you enjoyed this, check out #451, #201, and #132 for our previous moral dilemmas episodes!  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

16 Sep 20241h 16min

6 years. 200+ guests. 4 skins. 500 episodes. We have enjoyed every single second of every single podcast along the way, and today pays homage to what we believe makes Happy Hour, Happy Hour. Jaack, Stevie, Robbie & Alfie don their inflatable golden crowns (except Jaack) and crack open a beer (except Alfie) as they reminisce and reflect on 500 episodes of friendship (except Stevie). The boys indulge in a multitude of Happy Hour fan favourite mini segments including Robbie’s Creepy Library, Jaack’s scripts, and Alfie’s Amazing Indraviduals, and fan un-favourite Stevie’s Urban Legends. But it’s not all love and celebration, as the boys find out the brutal results of the listener voted polls. Questions such as worst dressed host, unfunniest host and creepiest are all answered and the boys are NOT happy... In almost 3 hours of Happy Hour nonsense, the boys are 500 not out. Thanks so much to each and every listener who continues to show our silly show unbridled, unwavering support. Here’s to the next 500? Viva La Happy Hour! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

12 Sep 20242h 53min

Warning: today’s episode contains something that has never, ever happened in almost 500 episodes of Happy Hour. Some listeners may be horrified. Some may be incredibly amused. (Fiona here… I’m horrified and amused in equal measure… but also kind of want to leave Jack now?) Now 2 weeks ago saw the release of Soundtrack To Our Lives, and you guys loved it so much* we just had to make a part two! (*we had loads of unused questions). Jaack, Stevie and Alfie dive deep into the perfect festival song (and why budding musician Alfie detests… live music). 21 Pilots take Jaack for a ‘Ride’ at Reading Fest. Alfie’s been ‘Waiting All Night’ for his Mum to pick him up from a Rudimental gig, and Stevie got to watch a ‘Fire’ performance from Kasabian from the side of stage at Kendal Calling. Some big questions are also answered amongst today’s bizarre music ramblings. Just how instrumental was Jaack in bringing Oasis back together? Has a straight person ever truly enjoyed a Micheal Bublé gig? Should we REALLY be trying to cancel Chappell Roan?  Today’s episode might be a part 2, but this musical number has all the hallmarks of a chart-topping number 1! (Or if we’re being completely honest, it’s that slightly weird song you’re embarrassed to admit to your mates that you quite like). Enjoy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

9 Sep 20241h 21min

Darragh Ennis was living a regular life until a decision to apply for tv quiz show The Chase in the hopes of winning enough money for a new back door changed his whole life. After appearing on the show in 2017, and being the stand out contestant in his group of 4, ITV bosses called him up to invite him back onto the show - but this time as a Chaser! Darragh “The Menace” Ennis was born and shot to fame during lockdown. A far cry from his previous life working in a lab dissecting the brains of fruit flies, Darragh shares his entire journey in this nearly 2 hour episode.  What are the best memory techniques and pub quiz tips? Why are IQ tests a load of bollocks? What happens when a contestant contests an answer on The Chase? Why does Darragh have a habit of shouting CHEESE?  Darragh spills the beans on his fellow Chasers, and shares plenty of behind the scenes secrets of the show. He also settles the debate about whether celebs get given easier questions, and his honest thoughts on the backlash from his debut episode. Plus we put Darragh’s knowledge to the test with a Chase style quiz against Jaack, and Darragh manages to make Jaack look even more thick than normal, which we didn’t think was possible…  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

29 Aug 20241h 56min

In today's episode Jaack, Stevie and Alfie discuss the songs that played the most important part in the biggest soundtracks to their lives. Whilst Jack was trying to handle a brutal breakup by laying in bed crying with his Mum listening to Gotye, Stevie was blasting Take That trying to convince his new ex that he was totally over her. From Example's verse on Game Over, to James Blunt's Back To Bedlam album... the boys have been through a lot of turmoil, pain, and passion, and in today's episode they lay it all bare. Why does Stevie think he's a fish? Alfie reveals why teenagers scare the living sh*t out of him, and Jack reveals exactly why he needs air. This is the soundtrack to their lives. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

26 Aug 20241h 14min

Stand up comedian, unhinged rollneck-wearing interwiewer, and Robbie Knox’s favourite comic Fin Taylor joins us! Fin explains how he ended up being the only boy at an all girls boarding school, and what he did that made the headteacher personally apologise to him. Fin chats working on Deal or No Deal and the weird item Noel Edmonds has hidden in his dressing room. Plus, why Fin’s Nan is possibly one of the worst human beings. Speaking of Nans, Fin explains the job he had that involved warming up Nanas! We of course talk about Jaack and Stevie’s appearance on Fin vs The Internet and why they all decided to prank Robbie! Plus what happened at a house party with a pig and game of Spin The Bottle… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

22 Aug 20241h 42min

Boardmasters is boring, Reading is ruined, and Kendal Calling has crumbled… which can only mean one thing - the FourSkins are now in charge of taking over the festival scene!  In the second of a two parter, Robbie and Stevie give us a run down of their dream music festival! Robbie has mixed elements of 3 types of outdoor events to make a dream festival soup, but is it genius or downright insane?  Stevie has gone for possibly the greatest line up you could have but, after describing the unique layout of his stages, it may not be worth the trip!  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

19 Aug 20241h 16min

He went to actual clown school, he has the bleakest “losing virginity” story ever, he spent over £1,000 on candy floss, and his Mum still buys his clothes. Fan favourite and our mate Will JC is BACK! With a bucket list that included moving countries and starring in a porno, Will somehow manages to fill his mundane life with absolutely mental things. He gives us a descriptive rundown of the time a doctor screamed at him to leave the room, and what happened at a house party he attended at the age of TWELVE.  Plus he shares the illegal things he'd like to do to his celebrity crush, the bizarre thing he did after Michael Jackson's death, and he even shows us his signature dance move. Check out eps #041, #042, #271, and #341 for Will’s previous episodes!  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

15 Aug 20241h 16min