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To make the show more entertaining, I suppose, Simon Mayo seems to want to turn it into an Odd Couple-like sitcom by being the 'everyman' to contrast with Mark 'the nerd' but he goes too far and becomes annoying, i.e., pretending he's never heard of films/directors which (I'm certain) he actually has. I remember Mark talking about Nick Roeg and he was interrupting him every minute going 'who?' and trying to change subject by baiting him into going on another comedy rant about The Exorcist!
Yeah they've played on The Culture Show before. I once saw them play in a pub in the Lake District, they were quite entertaining (they take it seriously, not a pastiche at all). I guess it (the skiffle-obsession) explains his hair anyway
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