Episode 3 - Helstinki
Channel: Don't Quote Me On That
Date: 05/05/2018

Description:
Ian & Sandy return to the microphone to resume the carcast, with special guest: ambient rainfall. In this edition of the podcast Sandy recounts his recent (at the time of recording) adventures to Oslo, we attempt to cash in on the YouTube adpocalypse and accidentally make a few enemies. Also, Ian makes several movie references while Sandy creates additional work in the editing suite by saying his surname several times.


Is that music I hear? It sure is, here’s the details: 
Outro music: The national anthem of Norway – Ja, vi elsker dette landet (Yes, we love this country), lyrics written by Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson and composed by Rikard Nordraak.


Further info (Fact-checking):
Sandy’s incomplete movie reference was going to involve Bulletproof, starring Adam Sandler and that guy from the lethal weapon TV show, Damon Wayans.

According to the relative’s section of Wikipedia, there are 2 Aflec brothers: (who have earned a Wikipedia page) Ben and Casey, 4 Baldwin brothers: (who have earned a Wikipedia page) Alec, Daniel, William and Stephen and 2 Minogue sisters: (who have earned a Wikipedia page) Kylie and Danni. Other siblings may exist, but finding secret siblings is not my area of expertise.

Sandy’s Glasgow to Oslo trip, via London and Helsinki is around 2000 miles as the crow flies. The original, direct, flight is around 650 measly miles. Sandy is the kind of guy who will triple the distance of his journey, for friendship.

Turns out Triple X, the movie franchise is spelled xXx. Every day is a school day.

Spoons news is totally a thing, if you’d like a look at the flier we skim read at in the pub, here it is: https://www.jdwetherspoon.com/tims-viewpoint/tims-viewpoint

Check out this study called Happiness in European Capitals produced by indy100 where Helsinki beats out London in all 5 categories. Here’s a link if you fancy a read: https://www.indy100.com/article/europe-cities-survey-eu-eurostat-capital-finances-happiness-7946486

Timothy Spall – aka Wormtail (Peter Pettigrew) from Harry Potter aka the fat sidekick (Simon Graham) from The Last Samurai – played Winston Churchill in The King’s Speech. So next time this comes up on Pointless, or at the pub quiz, you will be ready.

Doctor Who has featured Winston Churchill as a character in 4 episodes, so far at the time of writing. Churchill is played by Ian McNeice in each of these appearances during the Matt Smith & Karen Gillan era of Doctor Who. These appearances were made from 2010 to 2011 in episode 2, 3 and 12 of series 5 and again in the finale of the 6th series. None of these episode are Christmas specials so Ian got that one a bit wrong. Fans of Jim Carey may recognise Ian McNeice from the second Ace Ventura movie, where he plays Fulton Greenwall.

The pub in Oslo is called Sir Winston's Pub, if you fancy a visit. It seems quite nice according to TripAdvisor: https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Attraction_Review-g190479-d607750-Reviews-Sir_Winston_s_Public_House-Oslo_Eastern_Norway.html

So the Churchill fact checking… Sandy eludes to the 1945 bombing of Dresden, which was sanctioned by Churchill. We won’t go too in-depth here, but it is important to note that this offensive is criticised because the force used to attack Dresden seems disproportional to its strategic importance at this late stage in the war. Sandy also mentions the Bengal famine of 1943, which, although not directly caused by Churchill, could have been mitigated somewhat if Churchill had made different decisions regarding British India at the time.
As for the POW (prisoner of war) escape, Churchill was in South Africa working as a civilian journalist (though he also held the rank of lieutenant at the time), covering what would become the 2nd Boer War. While travelling to Ladysmith his train was attacked by Boer forces and he was held captive in Pretoria, ultimately Churchill was able to escape and fled the area by stowing away on a freight train.

Nolan North, aka Nathan Drake from Uncharted, Desmond Miles from Assassin’s Creed, The Penguin from the Batman-Arkham games, Richtofen from Cod: Zombies, and many, many, many more, is the king of voice work in video games. Have a browse of imdb for a full list: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0636046/.

LL Cool J, real name James Todd Smith, plays Special Agent Sam Hanna, appearing in 2 episodes of NCIS before becoming a full time cast member in the spin off, NCIS: Los Angeles. At the time of writing LL Cool J has appeared in all 216 episodes of NCIS: Los Angeles. The character of Sam Hanna also appeared in the 2-part crossover episode with Hawaii Five-O and made a cameo appearance in an episode of American Dad.

And finally, Ian promised a maths joke using tan-genital as a punchline, so here it is: 
So, a mathematician goes to a bar, he notices that on this particular evening the bar is full of woman, but what happens when he approaches one? He goes tan-genital.