JaackMaate’s Happy Hour

Happy Betwixmas y’all. In the final episode of the year, Jaack and Stevie decided the best festive finale would be to look back on all of the guests we’ve ever had on Happy Hour and decide who the sexiest 11 are. We debate a genuinely controversial Top 10 that’s guaranteed to split opinion. We have to jog Stevie’s memory too as we go through a top 11’s list that he made in the back of the car while smashed after the Christmas special recording. We also rank the funniest guests ever, the best stories the podcast has produced, and give our personal picks for the top guests of the past year. Plus, we settle the debate on who the most “Happy Hour” guest is that could genuinely be our honorary Fifth Skin… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It’s a beer heavy episode with special guests Jon Beer and pint-lover BambinoBecky joining us for our festive finale! Nothing says Christmas like 5 men (and Becky) discussing premature ejaculation while downing copious amounts of alcohol. Get ready for a festive episode that absolutely derails within minutes. In our longest Christmas special EVER, Father Rizzmas is back with another Christmas quiz, Secret Santa turns unexpectedly nasty, and Anonymous Questions expose what everyone really thinks of each other! Stevie drops a confession that completely smashes his long-held reputation as a perfect driver, and Jaack admits to stealing a neighbour’s pet, before traumatising everyone with a horrific story from a gym shower that should never have been witnessed. We might have to sue John Lewis over some deeply questionable crackers. We say a very emotional goodbye to the last ever batch of Charlie Hodson’s sausage rolls. BEEF is also on the menu as Stevie has a bone to pick with one of our guests… We react to the wild assumptions about Becky and Jon that our viewers have submitted, we play a few rounds of the iconic game ‘Carrot in a Box’, and see the episode out with another legendary rap from Alfie. Merry Christmas you lovely humans! 💛 (Please let us know if you came while listening.) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This year’s Christmas special guest is the man who made Jaack fall in love with comedy in the first place. From The Office and Extras, to a body of work that’s influenced an entire generation, the legendary Ricky Gervais returns to Happy Hour. Ricky first appeared on the show when the podcast was only a few episodes old, at a time when every bit of support mattered, and his early appearance gave the show a huge boost. Now, more than 600 episodes later, it feels incredibly special to welcome him back. Ricky tells us about the time he nearly died on stage, why the adverts for his vodka company Dutch Barn were banned, and how he decided which charities would receive his incredibly generous £2.4 million donation. Known for his infamous bath pics, Ricky also weighs in on Jaack’s story about deliberately waterboarding himself in the bath just to see what it felt like. The conversation takes a deeper turn as Ricky opens up about coming to terms with his own mortality. But on a lighter note, Ricky reacting to some of the Internet’s best animal news stories leads to us uncovering how he was once involved with a monkey let loose inside an IKEA! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Robbie is ill, Stevie is hungover and Jaack is moaning about his Nan’s roast dinners. Which can only mean one thing - we’re DEEP into festive season! Today, we’re leaving behind the standard turkey and tinsel to explore strange Christmas traditions from around the world. There’s plenty of activities you definitely wouldn’t expect to be festive - some wholesome and some slightly unsettling - including pooing logs, pickle parades, evil spirits, hidden vegetables, ritual battles, and spanking festivals. In Venezuela, the entire country does something unique on their way to midnight mass. Ukrainians decorate their trees with a creepy item. And one island had a secret tradition so offensive that it was BANNED. The boys also share their own Christmas traditions, one involving an insanely strong cocktail concoction delivered by a neighbour… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Fresh from completing his latest feat - the 3,400-mile Yellow River Expedition across China - world record breaking explorer Ash Dykes sits down for his first podcast since returning home. Ash talks us through his expeditions into most unforgiving terrains on Earth, setting world records, and his multitude of unbelievable near death moments. A young Ash realised the world wasn’t big enough to keep him in one place and an epiphany led him to attempt the impossible. At just 23, he became the first person to walk solo and unsupported across Mongolia, carrying 120kg and surviving temperatures and dehydration that nearly killed him. We hear about Ash’s 155 day, 1,600 mile crossing of Madagascar while outmanoeuvring bandits and crocodile infested rivers. He tells us about being held at gunpoint, and how it felt to battle the deadliest strain of malaria. His year long, 4,000-mile Yangtze River expedition was filled with bears, wolves, altitude sickness, and multiple run-ins with authorities. Ash has completed some of the greatest feats of modern exploration, but his story is not just about adventure, but one of resilience, purpose, and the relentless belief that ordinary people are capable of extraordinary things. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

What better way to celebrate festive season than with TWO Fourskins episodes in a row?! We’ve unlocked a new character - The Christmas Catcher - and he rocked up with a sack full of cursed hypothetical scenarios. Similar to episodes #412 and #533 (“Not So Superpowers”), each brilliant festive perk comes with a truly horrible catch. The boys fight over them, each taking three… and whatever undesirable option the others reject gets dumped on Jaack. There’s everything from hangover-proof pints to the perfect Christmas dinner to a very problematic Santa. There’s a battle against 30 sprouts and an even bigger pig in blanket. One of the boys is risking a future scandal just for his dream Christmas, and another is stuck choosing between crusty fingernails or being called a melt by his hero… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Festive season. Fourskins. Feet. At least two of these are our favourite things. The boys are back from their break with some huge news! Alfie recounts a genuinely terrifying late night encounter with a stalker at the train station. Jaack reveals that his pictures have somehow ended up on a fetish website. Robbie has a new drinking buddy but is he being unknowingly groomed? Jaack shares how he massively embarrassed himself in front of an F1 driver. Stevie had a miserable marathon experience and turned his frustration into Karen energy by complaining about the most minor things. Jaack also brings us the story of a flightless flamingo who managed to escape from a UK zoo, and he reads out a selection of jokes written by five year olds, which are potentially funnier than anything the rest of them have said all ep. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We’re kicking off the festive season with broadcaster and all-round simply lovely man Greg James, who is living proof that getting up at 4 a.m. every day doesn’t automatically turn you into a grump. We’ll admit we have a soft spot for Greg, partly because he went to university in our hometown. We put his Norwich knowledge to the test, covering everything from “Who is The Puppet Man?” to the correct pronunciation of “Wymondham.” Greg tells us what David Attenborough volunteered to do during their interview that sent the internet into a frenzy, and he takes on our word-association game featuring names like Miley Cyrus, Steve Carell, and The Rock. We dive into his most memorable listener interactions and the most starstruck moment of his career. He also shares some pretty divisive opinions on the five best sports, explains the concept of “waste days,” and reminisces about terrible under-18 nightclubs. And, as a huge fan of baths himself, Jaack has his mind blown when Greg reveals the ritual that makes bath time 1,000× better. Greg’s book ‘All The Best For The Future’ is out NOW. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The boys unravel a stream of strangely curious but pointless questions - the kind that normally arrive when you’re zoning out while showering or, in Jaack’s case, sitting at a red light approximately 8 seconds before something crashes into the back of your car. We’re pondering if dogs truly know their names, whether a straw has one hole or two, if a fish can actually count as a pet, and whether punching yourself and feeling pain makes you strong or weak. Is the voice in your head really your own voice or more like mental subtitles narrating your life? Does everyone see the same colours as everyone else? Can you ever truly think of nothing? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In today’s episode, we sit down with Mr Doodle - one of the most unique artists on the planet - to hear about how he’s turned the world into his very own canvas for his signature “graffiti spaghetti” and viral art projects. Sam talks us through the two year process of covering every inch of his six-bed, £1.6million home in black and white doodles, his wife’s reaction, and what it’s actually like to live inside his own potentially migraine-inducing artwork. Sam openly discusses his psychotic episode, what he experienced during his stint in a psych ward, his hallucinations involving Covid and Banksy, and whether he thinks his doodling obsession was a potential factor in his psychosis diagnosis. We also hear about fatherhood, his thoughts on AI’s role in the future of art, and the surprising link between Sam and Stevie. Stick around to the end of the episode where we ask Sam to leave his iconic mark on our studio wall! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jaack dives deep into five of the most debated mysteries ever recorded. We’re exploring a merchant ship whose entire crew vanished without a trace. There’s an incident in the frozen Russian wilderness, where nine hikers met a bizarre and terrifying fate. Next is the puzzling disappearance of a pilot who vanished from a runway along with an entire Boeing 727 - never to be seen again. We hear about the eerie case of an unexplained disappearance in Minnesota which led to the passing of a new law. Finally, perhaps the most unsettling mystery of all, involving unsettling CCTV footage that baffles people to this day. Each mystery sparks curious speculation from Stevie and Robbie as they trade theories (some logical and some wild) and try to piece together what really happened. Are these mysteries destined to remain unsolved? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Arsenal’s greatest ever football manager Arsene Wenger once described today’s guest as “never flashy or flamboyant, instead, he played with a calm precision that anchored the chaos around him”. And to be quite honest, this sums up exactly how the legendary Gilberto Silva is as a podcast guest too. In a welcome change of pace to the usual high energy Happy Hour guest eps, Gilberto oozes class and composure as he retells the story of his career. From quitting football at the age of 16 to look after his poorly mother, to watching his dad work 18 hour days on a sugarcane farm, Gilberto was destined to make a better future for his family. We’ve had Hollywood actors on Happy Hour. We’ve even had gold medal winning Olympians. But today might just top the lot as Jaack and Stevie sit across from a man who has lifted the greatest honour in football… the World Cup. Silva talks in-depth about the Brazil 2002 squad that he was an integral part of. The same squad that won the tournament in Japan/Korea that summer. He gives us his raw opinion on his iconic teammates such as Kaka, Cafu, Carlos, Ronaldinho, R9, Rivaldo and more, as well as sharing behind-the-scenes stories that’ll blow your mind. You’ll never guess what the Brazil squad were doing in the changing room just 15 minutes before the World Cup final… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Shenanigans has just returned from a solo trip to South Africa, where he predictably got smashed on wine but also unpredictably found himself in a scrap at a football match. Stevie has been a bit of a rebel by stealing from Tesco, and glassing a woman. He lost all his bad boy aura though when he shows the boys his new medical device… Jaack unveils his new questionable tattoo born from a lost bet. Speaking of tats, Stevie travelled to Peterborough to surprise a viewer and you will be horrified (and slightly aroused) to see her tattoo! Plus, Jaack and Stevie share spooky stories from their visit to the most haunted village in the UK, and tell us about playing football with Roberto Carlos! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

T'is the season for SPOOKINESS, and what better way to wrap up Happy Hourween than the big boy special? (Or big girl special... or big dog special - whatever you want to call it really!) Each day this week we've dropped a mini spooky episode on your feeds for you greedy goblins to gobble up, so now it's time for the bumper Hourween special! This year, the boys are dressed as iconic horror movie characters and if you've not yet seen the visuals and fancy trying to guess the characters, here are my cryptic clues: If you're not yet SICK of Robbie's scary shenanigans, want more of Jaack's CLOWNING around, and are completely ready for Stevie to pour a shit ton of BEETLE JUICE all over you, then you're in the right place! (Okay, admittedly, I couldn't think of a good clue for Stevie...) This year's Hourween special is bound to make you shit yourselves as Stevie brings back his Two Sentence Horrors (this time, upgrading them to Third Sentence Worse!) Robbie cleans the rust from his keys and unlocks his decrepit Creepy Library infamously known for its child murder themes... although this time, he ensures us there will be absolutely none of that. Jaack brings a real life horror story to the pod, and we finish the episode with a Happy Hour listener's actual terrifying baby monitor footage that led to her calling up the vicar! HAPPY HOURWEEEEEEEN! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Welcome back to Happy Hourween - five days of chilling tales concluding with a bumper Halloween special. In the final “minisode” before tomorrow’s big finale, Jaack shares arguably one of the internet’s creepiest stories. Ben and Lynn have a normal, healthy marriage. Full of love and contentment… until one day, out of nowhere, Lynn starts peeking at Ben. From around corners, from under the kitchen island, from cupboards, wardrobes… anywhere. This is when everything begins to fall apart - not just their marriage, but Ben’s entire life. If we’re ever going to actually succeed in making you shit your pants, today’s episode may just be the one to do so! (Warning: story may or may not contain mice). Come back tomorrow for our Halloween special! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Welcome back to Happy Hourween - five days of chilling tales concluding with a bumper Halloween special. In the third instalment, it’s Robbie’s turn to take the mic, and his story will make you think twice before opening Google Earth again. Two friends spend their nights exploring the world from above, scrolling through satellite images of towns and cities just for fun. But when they stumble across a suburban backyard surrounded by an unusually tall hedge, curiosity takes over. Each time they return, something has changed - strange, dark shapes begin to appear. Until one day, the shadows reveal a horrifying truth hidden in plain sight… Come back tomorrow for our final short story before the Halloween special! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Welcome back to Happy Hourween - five days of chilling tales concluding with a bumper Halloween special. Stevie is taking on our second episode of the series with “Warning, Bears Exist”. Being a Search and Rescue Officer for the US Forest Service is certainly not a walk in the park (…or…forest). A lot of unexplained and spooky things are found in the wilderness, from stalkers, to staircases. Children are going missing, women are getting brutally murdered, and there are bears EVERYWHERE. There’s also a weird hench baby. Come back tomorrow for Robbie’s terrifying tale! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Welcome to Happy Hourween - five days of chilling tales concluding with a bumper Halloween special. Jaack is kicking the series off with a haunting story called “Forever, A Drug”. Three friends take a mysterious new pill that promises the ultimate trip, and it delivers… for a few hundred lifetimes. Trapped in an infinite Groundhog Day of bad decisions, they spiral into eternal weirdness. But are the endless lives, which are each more horrifying than the last, a dream or a punishment? Come back tomorrow for Stevie's spooky story! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Welcome back to the World Cup Of Urban Legends! Stevie has found 6 urby legs from different countries and is using a randomised wheel to decide which are going head to head, but he keeps accidentally searching for sexy ones… In today’s matches, a whore spider is competing with a beautiful woman with a thirst for placentas. Fat stealing foreigners are up against a creature that regurgitates its victims. And a lovely Latina lady with a horse’s head is battling a forest fairy with some cracking tits. Listen to #577 for Part 1. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It’s been 3 and a half years since Tom and Ben from true crime podcast “I Could Murder A Podcast” graced the Happy Hour studio and we’ve finally got them back on to kickstart our 2025 spooky season! They bring to the table a rundown of the chilling case of Virginia McCullough - a woman who murdered both of her parents and then hid their bodies in her house for FOUR years. We delve into the motive behind the killings and how Virginia successfully duped friends and family (including her four siblings) into believing her parents were still alive. Happy Hour goes head to head with I Could Murder A Podcast as we test how well each duo knows each other in a game of Mr & Mr! Tom also has a bone to pick with something Jaack said about him on a previous episode, and he really wants to set the record straight… We finish the episode by tiptoeing through a torture timeline where the ICMAP boys tell us all about the 5 worst medieval torture methods. How can honey and milk kill someone? Which of your holes would a Judas cradle feel the worst in? What on earth is a pear of anguish? youtube.com/icouldmurderapodcast instagram.com/couldmurderapod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It's time to move on... and let's be honest, it hasn't been working properly for a while now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Alfie’s obsession with the original version of Four In A Bed is no secret, so when Happy Hour listener “foobiomon” suggested we do our own Dream version, we knew we had no choice! In part 1 (#597) we explored Alfie and Jaack's guest houses. We kick off part 2 with Stevie's haunted hotel where guests are not guaranteed to make it out alive... There are unexpected intruders in each room, but Robbie doesn't feel as if he's drawn the short straw. There's a spot of illegal activity too with a worrying lack of human rights for the staff and a suspicious meat served with breakfast. We finish off this series with Robbie's B&B, which has just had it’s grand opening and has already caused quite the buzz! How far can one man stretch his creative limits when dedicating an entire hotel to one very specific theme? The sleeping arrangements in this B&B have a rather, er, communal feel, and the very thing soothing you to sleep may turn out to be the source of your nightmares! And finally, after each of the boys has taken their turn to host in their hypothetical hotel, we can finally crown a WINNER. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We sit down with one of Jaack’s all-time favourite stand-ups, Matt Bragg, to learn how he went from camera man to comedian. Before hitting the comedy circuit, Matt spent years behind the camera and working on superyachts. He reveals what he did to get kicked out of a billionaire’s boat party, and the abysmal gift Alan Sugar gave Matt after he worked on his yacht. Matt shares the worst gig stories imaginable, including one that involves multiple bodily fluids, and another that features a surprise intruder in the middle of his set. Matt also reveals what it’s like to support Ricky Gervais on tour, and shares his hot takes on Holocaust museums and Christmas adverts during a game of “Fill in the Blank" using his own old tweets. Plus, Matt reacts to Jack’s cursed toe, reveals why John Bishop might secretly hate him, and drops a life-changing fact about sausages… ‘Matt Bragg Live’ out on October 16th. @mattbraggcomedy on IG and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jaack, Stevie, Robbie and Alfie have called it a day on podcasting (let’s be honest, it wasn’t really working out anyway) and instead ventured into the Wild West of the hospitality industry… hotels to be specific! In a concept that has never been done before (except every week on Channel 4 for the past 15 years) the Happy Hour boys each spend a night in each other’s hypothetical hotels before paying what they believe is the true value of a night’s stay in said hotel. The host with the highest profit at the end will be officially crowned Happy Hour’s hottest hotelier! Alfie’s obsession with the original version of Four In A Bed is no secret, so when Happy Hour listener “foobiomon” suggested we do our own Dream version, we knew we had no choice! This week is part one (with part two next Monday) and what better way to start than with Indra’s Comfort Hotel? A hotel designed inch-by-inch… or mattress-by-mattress with comfort at the heart of every decision. Is it possible to be too comfy? Alfie’s house of comfort isn’t all that’s explored today as we also venture into Jaack’s hotel. Over the past seven years alongside the podcast, and unbeknownst to anybody, Jaack has been running a side hustle. The Happy Hour hotel. With every single guest that’s ever appeared on the podcast working at the hotel (yep… even him) this is the literal definition of a guest-house. Would you like a podcast studio tour when you check-in the hotel? Doesn’t matter! Regardless of your preference… you’re getting one! Every time. Next week we will pop into Stevie and Robbie’s hotels and a winner will be crowned. But for now, it’s Jaack & Alfie’s turn, which in our humble opinion… could well be a new Happy Hour instant classic! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Football content creator Tom Garratt joins the pod this week for a rollercoaster episode covering everything from his humble beginnings growing up in Dudley, to his short-lived football career, to his current role on Pitch Side. Tom opens up about how he’s handled the fallout from THAT infamous leaked video, how he deals with constant online hate, and the most savage comment he's ever received. Tom reveals whether a move into Misfits Boxing could be on the cards, blind ranks both great and terrible hair transplants from celebrities (and Theo Baker), and plays a painfully cringe game of "Fill In The Blank” with his old tweets. We also give Tom a “Golden Sports Pass” that lets him witness one iconic sporting moment from the past, one from this year, and one from the future - his picks are surprising. He also weighs in on who the greatest champion in sports history is, the top five footballers of all time, the most overrated player ever, and whether England will finally bring it home at the World Cup next year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Robbie is back in the studio fresh off the back of a family trip to Canada… which did not go to plan in more ways than one. He details everything that went wrong, from missed flights to illnesses to disappointing tourist attractions. Plus a story involving a strange man on the bus, and windscreen washer fluid… Stevie has been doing questionable things with pet dogs, and nearly killed his nan on a trip to Pleasurewood Hills. We maaaay have also found a song to rival “I’m going to rip your fucking arms off”! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Comedian, author, and accidental wellness guru Russell Kane takes us for a rapid ride through his chavvy upbringings, Shakespearian dreams, and his deep hatred of Chihuahuas. From his chaotic council estate roots and leaving school with barely any qualifications, to topping his uni class and eventually winning the Edinburgh Comedy Award, Russell shows how hard work and curiosity can outdo privilege. He shares the exact moment that changed his mindset and sparked a lifelong obsession with self-improvement, knowledge, and proving people wrong. He also dives deep into how he's literally reversing ageing through evidence based routines and science backed supplements… without going full Bryan Johnson! He shares his best diet and exercise tips, and discusses how he’s building a business that aims to make people biologically younger. Russell chats about getting booed off stage, cancel culture, and why he rarely watches other comedians. Plus weird pet stories, fatherhood, and his fascination with misunderstood historical figures (wait til you hear about the secret life of Gandhi…) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Theory Slammers (AKA SlamJar and Slamwise Gandhi) are once again donning their clever clogs caps and busting some myths inspired by TV show ‘Mythbusters’. Is yawning contagious? Can a human catch a bullet in their teeth? Could a penny dropped from the Empire State Building kill someone? What pwould happen if you let a bull run loose in a china shop? Can acid dissolve a dead body like in Breaking Bad? What if an elevator you’re riding suddenly plummets… can you save yourself by jumping at the very last second? All these myths have actually been tested on Mythbusters, so the boys can debate whether it’s possible and theorise which chaotic experiments were used to test it, and Stevie can reveal the truth! Plus Alfie has an embarrassing LinkedIn confession, and Jaack admits to an INSANE motorway driving habit… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Happy Hour... on a Saturday?! In this bonus episode Jaack and Stevie talk all things JaackAndStevie dot com. They tell stories of driving to an inappropriately named mountain in Germany, horrific tattoos and much more. They also discuss the amazing Happy Hour element of their website along with some of the incredible giveaways they've done so far! JaackAndStevie.com members also had the opportunity to ask the boys questions for this very episode. So sit back and enjoy this bonus episode before heading over to the website to check out some premium content! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Comedian Nick Helm joins us for a wild ride through his mind, and it’s one hell of a trip. He destroys our set in protest over some Pokémon figurines. Nick ruthlessly judges Jaack’s top 3 movies. And we go waaaay too deep on a question about how many pet chickens Nick’s house can hold. Nick admits to being a fraud as he reveals his 2011 Edinburgh Fringe “Funniest Joke” win was actually STOLEN. He also shares his savage take on past Fringe joke winners and Jaack’s own one liners. After being diagnosed with ADHD and bipolar disorder, Nick opens up about his mental health journey, why he had to drop his therapist, and his daily battles with intrusive thoughts and compulsions. Tickets for Nick's tour 'No One Gets Out Alive' available NOW at www.nick-helm.co.uk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Stevie is taking inspo from Mythbusters (and Fiona) and has brought a handful of theories to the virgin table for Jaack and Alfie (AKA The Theory Slammers) to SLAM. Can a regular playing card be turned into a deadly weapon with one powerful throw? Could you blast yourself into space using fireworks? Is it possible to bend a bullet in mid-air? Does running in the rain keep you drier than walking through rain? All these myths have actually been tested on Mythbusters, so the boys can debate whether it’s possible and theorise which chaotic experiments were used to test it, and Stevie can reveal the truth! Plus Jaack explains his beef with a local running organisation... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week’s Happy Hour guest is the effortlessly cool Adam Pearson. An actor, presenter, and disability rights campaigner, there’s really not much Adam ISN’T bloody brilliant at. Fresh from the bright lights of Hollywood and into the ironically brighter lights of the ridiculously yellow Happy Hour studio, Adam comes equipped with his sharp wit, seamless charisma and even a present for Jaack and Stevie! Are we just being nice about Adam because he is one of the only Happy Hour guests to come baring gifts? Honestly no. Adam is one of the loveliest blokes to ever grace our studio, and this episode is destined to fit right onto the shelf labelled “instant Happy Hour classics”. Being born with neurofibromatosis - a condition that causes tumours to grow all over his body - life was inevitably hard for a young Adam, as he fought with bullies in the vicious battlefield of the school classroom. We ask Adam questions you’re too afraid to ask someone with a facial disfigurement, and he shares how he deals with having a twin brother who does not suffer with the same symptoms, and tells us how parents should react when their curious children ask questions about someone with a visible difference. Stereotypes, stigma and preconceptions have all had to roll over and concede a big fat L to Adam who seems to just smash everything he turns his hand to. From working in television on much loved British shows such as ‘The Undateables’ and ‘Beauty And The Beast’, to breaking into Hollywood with jaw dropping performances in films like ‘Under The Skin’ and ‘A Different Man’. If one thing is clear in this episode… it’s that Adam was born simply to be a star. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jaack, Stevie and Alfie are reliving their teenage years by playing iconic drinking game 'Never Have I Ever' (minus the drinking). Have we ever: cried over a movie? Lived alone? Been excluded from school? Been ghosted or catfished? Or got in a car with a stranger? There's stories about how Jaack nearly dated the girlfriend of a One Direction band member, how Stevie's mum betrayed him and got him in major trouble at school, and why Alfie spent a year sleeping on the floor. Plus Jaack found a new beau at a festival, Stevie nearly dies during the pod, and Alfie has yet another midlife crisis. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

When Jaack received a chance DM one day from Zack Wilson, who offered to send out an exotic fruit basket, Jaack was compelled to learn more of his story. Zack’s early life was the polar opposite of what it is today - from being excluded from school 25 times and battling bullies after being diagnosed with Freeman-Sheldon syndrome, to wild nights out raving and severe drug addiction. After a near-fatal car crash and the sudden death of his father on the day they were due to launch their new business together, Zack found himself at breaking point… then a box of fruit on his 27th birthday changed everything. Zack has now turned his pain into a purpose, by dedicating his life to learning about the healing powers of thousands of varieties of fruit. He shares which fruit is the most underrated medicine, and how you can use the properties of certain fruits to replace the feelings once gained through hard substances. Zack details his experiences with drugs Kambo, Bufo, and Ayahuasca, and exactly what happens when you visit a shaman. He also brings in a giant basket of exotic fruits - some we’ve never even heard of - and we end the pod with a taste testing! This is one of the rawest (excuse the pun) and most inspiring stories we’ve ever shared on the podcast. Order your own customised exotic fruit boxes at thefifthorchard.co.uk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We’re celebrating the latest FourSkin member to tie the knot - Alfie to his beautiful wife Ali - with an All Caught Up episode dedicated to his wedding! He gives us a full run down of the entire day, and goes over what he did on the morning of (including two things that are VERY unconventional for Alfie), the sentence that had to be cut from the speech, and the tiny mistake that ruined all of the photos… Jaack somehow managed to accidentally annoy Alfie’s mum, AND disrespect someone who was simply serving food to guests. Oh and in other news, Stevie gives us an update on his deformed skull. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nearly a year on from his first appearance, Will Hughes AKA What Willy Cook brings main show vibes and laughs aplenty to the Happy Hour studio. Will chats about his very own festival - A Willy Nice Day - and has a direct message for the person who made a Karen-esque unwarranted complaint. Will tells us about his favourite dishes from his travels around the globe (well, mainly Portugal and New Zealand) and we put his food knowledge to the test as he goes head to head against Jack for a ‘weird foods’ quiz. What are singing hinnies? How would you serve lady fingers? Is headcheese as gross as it sounds? Speaking of gross food, Will tells us all about his experience at a fine dining restaurant abroad and why he’s been eating ice cream made to look like a decapitated duck. Jack and Stevie reveal what happened when they went to Berlin to try the kebab that made Will cry, and get his help to decide on a future jackandstevie.com video. Stevie talking about his childhood leads to Will disclosing how he himself was once molested.. but don’t worry, he keeps it lighthearted! We also give him a gift live on the pod but he HATES it… Listen to #504 for Will’s first Happy Hour appearance! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dear viewers, Us FourSkins have come to the realisation that we made a BIG mistake by asking you all to submit your assumptions about us, which we vowed to answer honestly. Yours sincerely, Stinky Steve, Shit Balls and Electric Head Boy (and Robbie) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Only 5 days ago Adam Radcliffe from Watford, along with 3 crew mates, was stepping upon land for the first time in 56 days after joining the elite club of humans to successfully row from New York City to the UK. Nearly 2 months in a tiny row boat with barely enough room for 3 people would have been tough regardless, right? Well try adding storms, whales, 40 degree burning heat and blistering cold nights into the equation too… oh, and the fact there were 4 men… not 3. From the boat completely capsizing on day 9 and the boys being thrown into the Atlantic Ocean below, to encountering numerous Fin whales (the second biggest mammal on Earth), Adam and his fellow adventurers truly experienced it all. Was witnessing green comets lighting up the entire night sky awesome enough to offset the horrific sleeping conditions? Was the wonder of seeing dolphins in the wild beautiful enough to offset 2 months of pooing in buckets? Was breaking an official world rowing record enough to offset the constant laborious 3 hour shift patterns of consistent rowing for 56 days? Adam openly and honestly reveals all. Where do 4 men in the tight confines of a “coffin bed” relieve their… “desires” after weeks of no intimacy? How do you pack enough food into a tiny boat for 4 burly blokes to live off for 56 days? What happens when you encounter an Interstellar like wave that capsizes your boat and all of your belongings a week into a 2-month long mission? What happens when you have to perform DIY medical procedures on each other in the middle of the ocean? A massive congratulations to Adam, Jack, David and Sam from Team United We Conquer on completing a route so dangerous that it actually has a 7% death rate. Jack, Stevie and everybody else at Happy Hour are in awe of your strength and persistence! (Awe may have been a pun…) and thank you to Adam personally for choosing our podcast to be the first time you tell your story! You guys can still donate and add to the £100,000 already raised for the Heads Up charity (a UK-based organization focused on mental health support for the armed forces community) here: https://www.justgiving.com/page/tuwc?fbclid=PARlRTSAMSyHdleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABp6pmD-OgIz2WL_8Opp1NjHWZFkcPoMampVm1LKoqeOtUxGgboCdFzRt57ZSh_aem_jGEijFgidawUvfhQoap3-w You can also follow Adam’s journey (and inevitable next mission) on his socials down below. https://www.instagram.com/adamradclifts https://youtube.com/@adamradcliffe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Crushing on cartoon characters, wearing sleepwear in supermarkets and people watching in public. This week, the boys dive into oddly specific scenarios that we all wonder about but are too scared to ask. From solo cinema trips to sleeping naked, it's time to ask the ultimate question: is it weird? Is intervening in public arguments heroic or just nosy? What’s the etiquette around telling someone they’ve gained weight? What about switching up the side of the bed you sleep on? They also weigh in on the acceptability of drinking a cup of tea outside, Googling yourself, and popping someone else’s spots. Jaack is weirdly okay with a few things the others aren’t too sure about… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today we are joined by one of football’s most iconic managers. A visionary maestro. An architect of the beautiful game. Steve Bracknall. Assistant manager of Royal Oak FC. Move over Holloway, move over Warnock. You were both great on Happy Hour in years gone by, but this is Bracknall’s time to bathe in the glorious sunshine (which may or may not just be the reflection from bright yellow virgin table). Steve picks his greatest ever football manager, from Pep, to Klopp, to Fergie, to Wilder. He gives his expert opinion on which online content creator is truly the best footballer (spoiler, he doesn’t pick ChrisMD, Miniminter or AngryGinge) as well as sharing stories about rubbing shoulders with the likes of Noel Gallagher and Phil Foden. The boys also get the definitive answers on a few of football’s most ‘utter woke nonsense’ moments. Is it utter woke nonsense to not step on the home team’s crest? Is it utter woke nonsense to actually keep VAR? Is it utter woke nonsense for a player to not celebrate a goal against a former team? Steve doesn’t shy away from any of football’s hardest questions. That’s why he is OUR gaffer… or assistant gaffer, at least. Also, in what is almost definitely in one of Happy Hour’s best moments of 2025, Bracknall tries KSI’s Prime drink for the first time live on the podcast… and gives a brutally honest review. Grab tour tickets to see Steve Bracknall live HERE - https://www.tegeurope.com/events/steve-bracknall-live-gen-sale/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this bumper ACU, we hear about Robbie’s pub crawl in Harrods and Sensei Pigwidgeon gives us a karate update. Jaack has been trying to boost his coolness rating by torturing himself at his own house party but it all ended in (literal) tears. There’s a bit of road rage involving Stevie and train rage involving Robbie. Jaack is planning to get a puppy but has to call up his Nan live on the pod to ask one vital question. Robbie divulges the cunning plan his family are formulating to kidnap a famous local pet. Stevie shares how he discovered that he has a deformed skull. Jaack tells us all about his recent trip to Vegas, the randomer he befriended and what he got up to when he hung out with the world’s 4th best poker player. Oh and you’ll never guess who he saw drunkenly stumbling down the strip… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Music legend and bloody good mate Example makes Happy Hour history as he graces the studio for a FIFTH time. Since his last appearance two years ago, he’s had a new baby, a bunch of new tattoos, and a host of new stories. He pops by to chat all things Masked Singer and we had NO IDEA of the insane level of secrecy surrounding keeping the celeb’s identity hidden while taking part in the show. Example reveals the whole process, the weird costume ideas he was offered, and the contestant who stormed off stage. We ask him to blind rank festivals he’s performed at, and he has a bone to pick with Reading and Leeds. There’s travel chat, but not your conventional destinations - anyone for some radiation poisoning in Chernobyl? Watch to find out the promise he makes to the boys regarding a tattoo. We also couldn’t let him leave without settling the beef once and for all… does he hate Alfie Indra for asking about his foreskin? Check out #088, #219, #290 and #382 for Example’s previous episodes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Argumental, the Happy Hour Mass Debate… whatever you want to call it, we're going to argue about it! We're taking inspiration from panel show 'Argumental' and debating silly questions, but we've each been randomly allocated a side to fight for, that doesn't necessarily align with our own personal values! Robbie reckons the royal family are rubbish, Stevie thinks trigger warnings are silly, Alfie is arguing for over whether people who drink alcohol are boring, and Jaack is adamant that influencing IS a proper job. Robbie also has a really good reason as to why the world should stop having children... PLUS we get a long awaited update on the Etsy witch curse and whether Alfie pissed himself on his stag do. If you enjoyed this, check out #404, #443 and #447 for our previous argumental episodes! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We’re sitting down with Tim Oliver, the world’s most renowned David Brent lookalike, whose uncanny resemblance to Ricky Gervais’ iconic character from The Office has made him a fan favourite on social media, at stag dos, and even on screen. We dive into Tim’s journey - from first realising his striking similarity to Brent, to turning that into a unique career. Tim shares the challenges of playing such a cringingly beloved character, what his wife and children think of his unconventional job, and the WORST gig he’s ever been booked for (which involves a deceased person…) Tim tells us about the time he met Ricky himself, and what Ricky thinks of having a copycat! Plus what it was like to be Ricky’s body double for the Muppets movie, and the huge mistake he made on a Hollywood set. Whether you’re a die-hard fan of The Office and want to learn some Brent-isms, or just fascinated by the world of professional impersonators, give this ep a go! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Following on from the Lionesses incredible Euros victory, Stevie has decided to create his very own tournament - The World Cup Of Urban Legends! He’s found 16 urby legs from different countries and is using a randomised wheel to decide which 6 are going head to head in the first instalment, but he’s accidentally drawn all the sexy ones… There’s a seductive sadist teacher in red heels, a hot hybrid creature with a whip for a tail, and a beautiful blonde Brazilian who haunts bathrooms. Oh and something horrifying called “necropants”. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Rapper, MC and viral sensation Greg AKA Window Kid needs to be on your radar. He sets the record straight about the origin of his stage name, chats incorporating humour in his lyrics, and shares what chaotic pal Mashtag Brady is actually like off camera. From being kicked out of school (Stevie was horrified at the reason, Jaack didn’t think it was too bad), to earning himself a lifetime ban from Jet2 airlines, Window Kid dives into the unpredictable path that took him from troublemaker to touring the UK. Greg gets brutally honest about his struggles with alcoholism and drugs, and the hospitalisation that forced him to rethink everything. After peeing blood and being diagnosed with life-threatening pancreatitis, he’s now one year sober and shares how addiction has permanently changed his life. We also play a game “Fill In The Blank” with his bizarre old tweets, learn some Nottingham lingo, and FaceTime a taxi driver who once gave him a lift years ago. It’s also the second time that a guest has walked out of the studio, but unlike the PieFace prank on Stevie, this time it’s something that Jaack said… The pre-sale tickets for Window Kid’s UK tour has completely sold out, but join the waiting list for general sale ticket launch on Friday! www.windowkid.uk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jaack, Stevie and Alfie sit down to mull over more chaotic moral dilemmas - some submitted by our audience, some found online, and a couple submitted by Jaack's mates. Five dying geniuses need organs. One healthy man is a perfect match. Should the doctor secretly sacrifice him to save the five? A man has made a right pig’s ear out of looking after his girlfriend’s pets and her dropped guinea pig now walks in circles, but his girlfriend thinks it’s a cute trick. Should he tell the truth before she uploads it to YouTube? Someone sold a prized football collectable card to their best mate, only to later discover it might be a fake… Plus a misspelled tattoo tribute that might ruin a wedding anniversary, and a cosplayer sparks chaos when they post spicy pics of their costume in the group chat. Check out episodes #132, #201, #451 and #501 for more moral dilemmas! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

For our first guest episode in a long while, we sit down with ItalianBach AKA 24 year old Isaac who has over 2.8 million followers on Tik Tok and nearly a million on YouTube. After posting online for 15+ years, he’s built up a selection of tips for online success that he shares with us today. He also shares his (bleeding) love for Leona Lewis, his obsession with rose sex toys, and the real reason he grew a mullet before they were back in style. We hear about the sitcom he’s currently writing and, since he wants to get into acting, we put his skills to the test with one of Jaack’s bizarre scripts live on the pod with no prep! Not only is Isaac a content creator, but he also has a degree in astrophysics so of course we test his knowledge with a ‘true or false’ quiz that includes some weird answers that Jaack has made up. What’s the Goldilocks zone? How do we decide star names? Where is the Kármán line? Truly multifaceted, Isaac is possibly the smartest content creator we've hosted on the pod. And the only one to openly admit to drug dealing... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It’s been over two years since we’ve done an ‘Everybody Has A Price’! Jaack, Stevie and Alfie are once again naming their price to do some unpleasant tasks that were submitted to our subreddit. Drinking sweat, queue jumping, giving up football, and living with flies constantly buzzing around your head. How much to spend the next year constantly feeling like you have to sneeze? How much to knock on your neighbour’s door at 3am and confess to a murder that didn’t happen? How much to release the infamous, full length purge episode… Check out #236 for part 1, #287 for part 2, and #368 for part 3. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It's Stevie's- sorry STEVE's birthday tomorrow and instead of giving him free will to do whatever he likes to celebrate it, we're choosing for him. Jaack and Robbie have been individually planning his dream birthday and are pitching their ideas to Stevie. With the party attendees, cake design, birthday presents, special guests, birthday song as well as the schedule for the big day, there's plenty to plan... We’re kicking off the ep with a MEGA ALL CAUGHT UP with stories from Robbie’s bleak trip to Mexico, and the themed part of the episode starts at 36:50. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices