I mean, it stuck with me as well, that

phrase.

You thought, yeah, I'd do that.

Yeah, I take a lot of peace from it and still do.

And I would say that's, I mean, right now where I am, that is more crucial than ever with this job.

I mean, I don't know if you know, but basically the process of writing sketches and stuff for Saturday Night Live is very, what's the word? Basically, we write a few things every week to get read by the celebrity coming in and You know, sometimes I find it much more vulnerable.

I was trying to explain to one of the other writers, I've performed to live audiences of upwards of 700 people and they've not taken to me.

OK, so the other thing was, of course, decorating and painting your house with your dad.

Well, welcome to the podcast.

I don't think this is like new ground at all, but I was thinking, what's the thing that... makes me feel most despondent.

And it is, because I have to catch a lot of public transport.

I have to be on trains a lot.

My closest train station is Carlisle.

And I remember saying to the guy who was like, because they cancelled my train, he said, where are you going? I said, London.

And he just shook his head and was like, you know, like, no way.

didn't know that it was that long.

And just lastly on this, I guess, you know, does this kind of moment that you're living through at the moment this year feel like a sudden acceleration in your career? Is it just sort of the result of years of work kind of all becoming visible all at once?

I think it's been a bit of an...

It's definitely a moment, but as I've said to other people, you just try and keep your feet on the ground.

I've been doing this long enough to know that I'm very conscious of hype and stuff like this, and I think going into SNL, um there's so much like negative i mean i don't think it's a secret but before the first episode come out there was so much negative press around it and like naysaying um so i sort of went into it with the steely hard and i've got this very uh yorkshire working class mentality which i got from my parents which is like steady on now don't get too excited so So I went into it.

This could be, it could be something.

It could also be we do those episodes and then it disappears.

Do you know what I mean? Like it could have been that.

Tell us about this one.

Please welcome the wonderful Chris Cantrell, everybody! Hello,

thank you.

Hi, everyone.

You all right? Guys, can you...

Thank you for coming.

Guys, can you give me a cheer if you believe in the supernatural? I've got a lot of skeptics.

Now I've got something horrible to tell you.

[laughs]

He's in his 20s.

There's a skateboard mounted on the wall.

Do you know what I mean? Instantly.

But the location of it was very central.

Um, but it was just we couldn't stay in it.

So we tried canceling the second, uh, trip.

Yeah, they need to be regulated.

How did it feel from your side when you went with that show?

I'm certainly one of the oldest writers on the team.

It's been brilliant.

It's been absolutely crackers.

And it's been a process that went on for... like a year, do you know what I mean? Of like submitting things and interviews.

And I did a couple of like live auditions cause I'm from the standup side of things.

So it very surreal to be actually doing it.

I mean, even if they were, you were not going to tell me, but I'm assuming that wasn't the case for the UK version.

[upbeat music]

[upbeat music][singing] Sing along if you know it.

[singing] [laughs] [singing] [laughs] Woo-hoo.

Dun-dun.

Da-da-da.

[laughs]

It's a strong start

... can claim not to have had a bit of beef bourguignon left and thought, "You know where the best place for this is? The toilet," exactly.

So you've got 60 seconds on Bradford Cathedral, starting now.

Bradford Cathedral is a beautiful, old building.

The place where this city's only saint is interned.

That person is, of course, Bradford Jesus.

Now- [laughing] ...

when I was growing up here locally, I always remember there was a man walking around in sandals and a monk's smock.

Everybody knew this man was of a holy descent because, as my dad always used to say, when he was his age, the man was still living.

What can you tell us in 60 seconds on that, starting now.

So what can you tell us about singing in the shower in 18 seconds, Chris, starting now?

I can tell you about singing in the shower.

My neighbours are not a fan of it, but that's because they don't truly understand the majesty of the male voice at this higher register, belting out songs such as Chapal Vohan, P...

You've got 60 seconds starting now.

Hadrian's Wall is a structure that was built by the Romans.

Which one specifically? It's unclear.

But I can tell you this is somebody that lives there.

This structure was designed to keep out the Celtic hordes.