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'''Paul:''' Ah, well, you see, people hoarded them during the Great Kayak Shortage of 1973. It was during the fuel crisis as well - they had a saying, [[IncrediblyLamePun "You can't have your kayak and heat it"]].\\

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'''Paul:''' Ah, well, you see, people hoarded them during the Great Kayak Shortage of 1973. It was during the fuel crisis as well - they had a saying, [[IncrediblyLamePun [[{{Pun}} "You can't have your kayak and heat it"]].\\
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'''Angus Deayton''': Tutu train? No, I don't think so...

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'''Angus Deayton''': '''Creator/AngusDeayton''': Tutu train? No, I don't think so...



* Bill Deedes' appearance had several, such as when Angus Deayton asked him about his brief career as a cabinet minister in TheSixties ("I did...what ''did'' I do?") and when they show an embarrassing picture of him posing in a suit:

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* Bill Deedes' appearance had several, such as when Angus Deayton Creator/AngusDeayton asked him about his brief career as a cabinet minister in TheSixties ("I did...what ''did'' I do?") and when they show an embarrassing picture of him posing in a suit:
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** The cherry on top is the look on Paul's face. That even he was shocked by what he just said.
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* Sir Creator/PatrickStewart's appearance as the host, from Camilla Long repeatedly addressing him as "[[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration Captain]]" to the [[ComicBook/XMen Cerebro]] prob which looks like it was made from spare bits of shower hose to his many malapropisms, culminating in substituting "hamster" for "hipster". And then, when discussing UK Prime Minister Theresa May's haircut, Sir Patrick asserts that you don't need hair to be a great leader.

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* Sir Creator/PatrickStewart's appearance as the host, from Camilla Long repeatedly addressing him as "[[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration Captain]]" to the [[ComicBook/XMen Cerebro]] prob prop which looks like it was made from spare bits of shower hose to his many malapropisms, culminating in substituting "hamster" for "hipster". And then, when discussing UK Prime Minister Theresa May's haircut, Sir Patrick asserts that you don't need hair to be a great leader.
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* And then there's the gag that actually landed the episode in hot water:

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* And then there's the gag that [[https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cornwall-18519123 actually landed the episode in hot water:water]]:



'''Creator/WilliamShatner''': Namely... [[LamphasedeHanging Yes]], [[AdamWesting I agree with you]]... Namely Truro and Ilfracombe.\\

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'''Creator/WilliamShatner''': Namely... [[LamphasedeHanging [[LampshadeHanging Yes]], [[AdamWesting I agree with you]]... Namely Truro and Ilfracombe.\\
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'''Creator/WilliamShatner'': Namely... [[LamphasedeHanging Yes]], [[AdamWesting I agree with you]]... Namely Truro and Ilfracombe.\\

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'''Creator/WilliamShatner'': '''Creator/WilliamShatner''': Namely... [[LamphasedeHanging Yes]], [[AdamWesting I agree with you]]... Namely Truro and Ilfracombe.\\



'''Creator/WilliamShatner'': Have you been to Ilfracombe?\\

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'''Creator/WilliamShatner'': '''Creator/WilliamShatner''': Have you been to Ilfracombe?\\



'''Creator/WilliamShatner'': [[ViceCity The place is laced with prostitution]].\\

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'''Creator/WilliamShatner'': '''Creator/WilliamShatner''': [[ViceCity The place is laced with prostitution]].\\
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-->'''Creator/WilliamShatner'': This is the Olympic torch, [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries which is boldly going where]] [[ShoutOut no Olympic torch has gone before]].\\

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-->'''Creator/WilliamShatner'': -->'''Creator/WilliamShatner''': This is the Olympic torch, [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries which is boldly going where]] [[ShoutOut no Olympic torch has gone before]].\\ \\
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'''Creator/CharlieBrooker''': That's their new slogan now!\\

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'''Creator/CharlieBrooker''': That's their new slogan now!\\now!

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-->'''Charlie Brooker''': Chillax is such a horrible word. For anyone who doesn’t know, chillax is a combination of chill out and relax, and anyone who combines words like that is just a [[PrecisionFStrike fu]][[CountryMatters nt]].

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-->'''Charlie Brooker''': Chillax is such a horrible word. For anyone who doesn’t know, chillax is a combination of chill out and relax, and anyone who combines words like that is just a [[PrecisionFStrike fu]][[CountryMatters nt]].not]].
* And then there's the gag that actually landed the episode in hot water:
-->'''Creator/WilliamShatner'': This is the Olympic torch, [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries which is boldly going where]] [[ShoutOut no Olympic torch has gone before]].\\
([[CollectiveGrown audience groans]])\\
'''Creator/WilliamShatner'': Namely... [[LamphasedeHanging Yes]], [[AdamWesting I agree with you]]... Namely Truro and Ilfracombe.\\
'''Creator/CharlieBrooker''': [[ArousedByTheirVoice Sounds...deeply sexual]].\\
'''Creator/WilliamShatner'': Have you been to Ilfracombe?\\
'''Ian Hislop''': I have.\\
'''Creator/WilliamShatner'': [[ViceCity The place is laced with prostitution]].\\
'''Creator/CharlieBrooker''': That's their new slogan now!\\
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* The Missing Words Round features as a magazine on pig farming, leading Jerry to go off on a tangent about buying a pig from a county fair auction, lamenting the fact that she's likely to outlive him. "Bella is now in my will! I swear to God!"

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* The Missing Words Round features as a magazine on pig farming, leading Jerry to go off on a tangent about buying a pig from a county fair auction, lamenting the fact that she's likely to outlive him. "Bella is now in my will! I swear to God!"
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* [[ItMakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext Jerry lamenting that a pig he rescued from an auction will outlive him]].

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* [[ItMakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext The Missing Words Round features as a magazine on pig farming, leading Jerry to go off on a tangent about buying a pig from a county fair auction, lamenting the fact that a pig he rescued from an auction will she's likely to outlive him]].him. "Bella is now in my will! I swear to God!"
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* Hosted by Jo Brand ([[CallBack like the last Election episode in 2010 way back in Series 39]]) and featuring comedian Romesh Ranganathan and Channel 4 News presenter [[NamesTheSame Jon Snow]] ([[Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire no, not]] [[Series/GameOfThrones that one]]), the episode was a glorious row of zings against all the political parties.

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* Hosted by Jo Brand ([[CallBack like the last Election episode in 2010 way back in Series 39]]) and featuring comedian Romesh Ranganathan and Channel 4 News presenter [[NamesTheSame Jon Snow]] Snow ([[Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire no, not]] [[Series/GameOfThrones that one]]), the episode was a glorious row of zings against all the political parties.

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