14: The Katy Perry Coronation
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www.easyenglish.fmThis week, Mitch and Isi build up the incoming coronation of King Charles III. Will Prince Andrew come? Will Susan the Corgi rise from the grave? Will Archie postpone his LA bouncy castle party? Will Katy Perry and Snoop Dogg perform? And will Posh, Becks, Elton, Macca & Sir Attenborough make the final cut to attend the party?
All will be answered in this week's podcast as the duo also discuss Lily Allen's 'Dreamland' and the British desire to mumble about the weather.
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Intro
Isi:
Hello!
Mitch:
Hello, welcome to the Easy English Podcast Dungeon. Here comes Nola.
Isi:
Nola, you're also here. Then we can start.
Mitch:
Let us begin.
Isi:
Everyone is here. What are we talking about today?
Mitch:
So we're recording this on the eve of our next visit over to Germany.
Isi:
And today, we have a few days left until... the United Kingdom... will have... a new king.
Mitch:
Built that up for a well long time.
Isi:
I just thought if it's the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth, do they also have a kingdom? Yeah, right?
Mitch:
Yeah.
Isi:
But how would you say it? The United Kingdom, the United Kingdom, right?
Mitch:
The United Kingdom.
Isi:
The kingdom will have a new king. So yeah, I mean, well, the new king is already working in, in his position for, or has been working in his position for over a... eight months or so. Yeah.
Mitch:
Yeah. (Yeah? September, I think it was.) He came to Germany.
Isi:
Was it September?
Mitch:
I dunno, when did Queen Liz die?
Isi:
Yeah, I think. Oh, God.
Mitch:
October she died... no.
Isi:
September/October, yeah. So yeah, he already did visits and did his job, but now it's the official coronation. So, he will probably get a nice, sparkly, fancy crown with diamonds and rubies.
Mitch:
And he holds the that like... (The scepter.) The scepter's here, in my left hand, and here it looks like a holy hand grenade.
Isi:
What is that?
Mitch:
I don't know, it's like a ball, a gold ball with like, a crucifix on the top. It's like this.
Isi:
But we should probably know how it's called. Yeah, I've never witnessed a coronation, have you?
Mitch:
How old do you think I am?
Isi:
No, I mean from other countries.
Mitch:
Oh, I see. I was going to say, Queen Elizabeth.
Isi:
Oh, yeah, maybe... actually, maybe I watched something online like the King of the Netherlands or so. But yeah, obviously we haven't seen it in the United Kingdom, so that will be a huge thing.
Mitch:
It's called the orb.
Isi:
The orb.
Mitch:
The scepter and orb. And he'll sit there with a crown on his head, a big spiky crown, and then his massive ears, and he'll look like a football trophy that you can hold. The Champions League.
Isi:
And is this all in Westminster Abbey?
Mitch:
It'll be everywhere. I'm sure it'll be... start off at Windsor, because we're going to try and watch it live.
Isi:
But where's the coronation?
Mitch:
Oh yeah, Westminster Abbey.
Isi:
And by the Archbishop.
Mitch:
Obviously the Archbishop will be there, and there'll be bagpipes. And trumpets. The BBC News has an article called 'King Charles Coronation: Who is going? - - and who isn't?'
Isi:
Megan isn't, I heard.
Mitch:
Megan is not invited, or she is invited, but she... (She must be invited.) The coronation coincides with the fourth birthday of Prince Archie, so she's staying behind for Archie and Harry's going off for his...
Isi:
Wait, it's the same day?
Mitch:
Old big ears.
Isi:
It's the same day?
Mitch:
I think so.
Isi:
How disrespectful. Give Archie his own place.
Mitch:
And okay, now guess who...
Isi:
And why is Archie then not coming and saying, hey grandpa.
Mitch:
He's got a bouncy castle in LA.
Isi:
Hey papa, let's have a party together.
Mitch:
And Andrew will be there, but not his wife, or ex-wife, they're divorced?
Isi:
Will he bring the corgis? The corgis have to be there.
Mitch:
Oh yeah, it doesn't mention the corgis. And Katy Perry will be singing.
Isi:
Katie Price... Katy Perry will be singing?
Mitch:
No? is that not right?
Isi:
Where?
Mitch:
I swear I read that... (In the church?) Katy Perry, is doing a song. Is that right?
Isi:
Firework!
Mitch:
No, hold on, I definitely read somewhere that... (California girls...) she is performing somewhere. Oh no.
Isi:
It's hot and it's cold. (No, wait.) What should be the... What song?
Mitch:
She's playing at something. Maybe it's at Eurovision. I can't remember. She's singing somewhere.
Isi:
Katy Perry and Snoop Dogg perform, in the church.
Mitch:
Snoop Dogg.
Isi:
Oh, I did the swine thing
Mitch:
Um, no, it actually says famous faces that will be there: Stephen Fry; friend of the Royals.
Isi:
David Attenborough?
Mitch:
It doesn't say David Attenborough, actually. He's probably in the Congo, hanging out with the gorillas. It doesn't say him. Rowan Atkinson; Mr. Bean, will be there. David and Victoria.
Isi:
So weird that they're always invited. Well, why not, right? Here, Elton John. Paul.
Mitch:
Paul and Elton, the two grandmothers. Two little old ladies turning up.
Isi:
Anyway, we will watch it. We will let you know next time. (Yeah.) How we liked it.
Mitch:
And what do you think, because Queen Elizabeth, her kind of thing will be known as, she dismantled the empire, and made it turn into the Commonwealth, right? She was like giving back independence, helping with the independence of other countries. What is King Charles gonna do? What's he gonna be known for? They need to modernise a bit. Like, maybe he can become a bit more of an influencer online. Could become a van-lifer. (He and...) Him and Camilla. (Cammy.) Yeah, they could have their caravan. They could be showing like, yeah, that's part of being green. They live in these big manor houses, pretending to be green, living in a little caravan. Your mum told me he has an allotment, where he grows potatoes and tomatoes and stuff. It's very impressive, apparently.
Isi:
Is it?
Mitch:
I haven't seen it.
Isi:
Do you think he does garden work? Maybe, who knows?
Mitch:
Could do, I could see it.
Isi:
He seems a bit grumpy. Maybe that's a good balance for him. Seen some videos where he was really unfriendly to people.
Mitch:
I would be if I was to be a royal family member. I'd hate it.
Isi:
Anyway, let's hope there's actually no influence. That's what you hope for.
Mitch:
Yeah.
Isi:
But good influence is okay.
Mitch:
Yeah, for green things and like... (That's good, yeah.) William does mental health.
Isi:
Animal rights, maybe?
Mitch:
Animal rights is a good one.
Isi:
And that comes along with green stuff, doesn't it?
Mitch:
That'd be good if you... (Yeah.) I can imagine you doing that if you're a queen, Queen Isi.
Isi:
Yeah. I will make dogs rule the world.
Mitch:
Oh yeah, the corgis, they'd be promoted to the next in line for the throne. Forget Will and Harry, it's going to be... what are the corgis' names?
Isi:
I don't know. Susan was one?
Mitch:
Susan?
Isi:
I think so, yeah. Look it up. I think one was Susan. (Royal...) Susie or Susan?
Mitch:
Susan!? Royal Corgi names. Foxy, Tiny, Mask, Cindy, Rufus, Brush, Pickles, Tinker, Jolly and Sweep.
Isi:
I meant Cindy then, that's worse.
Mitch:
Ah, no, Susan is like, the... is like Queen Victoria of the corgis. She's where all those corgis originate from.
Isi:
You see, but she's not alive any more.
Mitch:
Susan.
Isi:
Is she?
Mitch:
Oh no, she's been dead for a long time. There's 64 corgis underneath Susan's family tree.
Isi:
Wow, I don't know when it started with the corgis already, long ago, doesn't it?
Mitch:
There's loads. Socks, Black... Blackie?! Jesus, can't do that any more. Geordie, Shadow, Chipper, Smokey, Piper, Fable, Myth, Spark, Kelpie, Dash, Ranger, Diamond, Apollo, Fae, Mint and Phoenix.
Isi:
Oh, I like mint.
Mitch:
Mint.
Isi:
I also like socks.
Mitch:
Socks. I like that.
Isi:
Cindy. We will watch it. Should we comment on it, while we watch it?
Mitch:
Could do. People should write to us what they thought of it when they watch it, or what they're looking forward to seeing. What celeb are you looking forward to seeing?
Isi:
Will it be so interesting. We'll see.
Mitch:
All the fanfares. (Yeah?) Not funfairs, fanfares. Oh, hello!
Topic of the Week
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And by helping to support Easy English by becoming a Podcast Member, we in return will send you, firstly, the Aftershow, which is when the public show finishes, the Aftershow begins, for a members-only chat where we talk about more private matters about myself and Isi and what we're up to of Easy English and future plannings and little announcements we might have. But most importantly, you'll get the Interactive Transcript, which translates the whole podcast into a variety of different languages, that you can read through on your phone, on your laptop, on the go, to help you follow along and understand what we're talking about. So to get the Interactive Transcript and the Aftershow, become an Easy English Podcast Member at easyenglish.video/membership. This came out of the blue a little bit, but we watched and binged an entire season, after getting Now TV. Other online streaming services are available. But Now TV is very good. (Is it though? Not really.)
Isi:
(No?) I don't know. Well, yeah, it does have some good series.
Mitch:
You suggested this, I think you saw it before anyway, no?
Isi:
No, I saw it there and I saw it's from the producers of 'Motherland', a fantastic, a fantastic comedy series. So we watched it and it's called 'Dreamland'. ('Dreamland'.) 'Motherland' and 'Dreamland'.
Mitch:
It sounds like a bit more fantasy than it really is. I thought it was going to be like a future thing or like a metaphorical thing, but it's got nothing to do with dreams.
Isi:
It's a typical British comedy. Well, I think British comedies are a lot about how Brits are, about culture and mentality, which is actually good. Do you know what I mean?
Mitch:
It's quite reflective.
Isi:
It's very reflective about like, how people are. And this is set in Margate, by the seaside.
Mitch:
And 'Dreamland' I think is the name of the funfair that they go to.
Isi:
In Margate, yeah. It's with Lily Allen, the singer.
Mitch:
Lily Allen. D'you like Lily Allen? I like her music. It's actually quite good.
Isi:
Yeah, I like her music. I don't know much more about her really.
Mitch:
F*** you. F*** you very, very much. That's the one I know.
Isi:
The one in, it's called 'LDN'.
Mitch:
Oh yeah; "sun is in the sky, oh my, oh my, I don't want to be anywhere else".
Isi:
What is it called LDN? No.
Mitch:
Yeah, what's that one? The way her style is, is a bit like, Mike Skinner from 'The Streets' a little bit. Just walking down the street and I see a little Volvo, the Volvo's brown like my dad's poo-poo and...
Isi:
Okay, yeah, very much. Well done. (My freestyle.) Yeah, I like her music. We just started it out of... pure like, we didn't know what to watch interest. And because we knew it's a good producer or at least we like, we don't know the producer, but we liked what they did before. Anyway, it turned out to be a really good series and we watched it in one night, two?
Mitch:
Two nights.
Isi:
Two nights, we watched it, the first season, which was... yeah, it's not long, it's six episodes or so. Very funny, and then it comes, it gets a bit more also not comedy-ish, it's like a comedy drama I would say. And then some other good characters join and... yeah, it's not the best series that I've ever watched, but it's definitely good. I will look forward to season two.
Mitch:
She's like a fashion designer who like (Is she a fashion designer?) Or some kind of designer working in Paris and she gets forced...
Isi:
Did they ever say that? Oh, I didn't listen to that.
Mitch:
Yeah, I think so. And she's forced to come back to Margate to her disjointed family in her sister's house in Margate.
Isi:
Why is she forced to come back? I never knew that why she came back. I thought she came back for some family thing and then she stayed, kind of...
Mitch:
I think she has druggy, drunk, alcohol problems maybe, or something it seems like, because it's always talking about how she's a mess kind of thing.
Isi:
Yeah, but I don't think she was forced to come back. She was visiting, wasn't she? It's about her and her three sisters. They are like, with one, she gets on with the other two, not really, and they're a bit like split up in the family. And their mum is there, their grandma is there. It's very much about British little seaside towns work.
Mitch:
Whoever's written it is obviously from Margate, because they've picked up on very subtle things, I think. They know the area well and the people are very weird and a bit kooky.
There's lots of like, good British banter throughout the whole series, right? You know they all love each other, but they all really take the piss out of each other throughout the whole series. It definitely is very British. And everyone has this Margate accent. I think Lily Allen is... she's a Londoner, but maybe she's even also from around the area.
Isi:
I don't know. Anyway, we don't want to spoiler everything what happens there. I think we leave it. It's definitely some dramatic things happen. (Heavy subjects.) Heavy subjects, and it is all kind of, connected within all those people. And that is the drama. And we... yeah, we would see in season two how that unfolds.
Mitch:
It's a sign of a good series, where it starts off and everyone's kind of at the same level and then all these little tangents go off throughout the whole series and then it all meets right at the end. It's very well... very well written. Watch that please and let us know what you think.
Culture Club
Isi:
I have a tiny little story to share where I recently, in the park, said to you; "this is so British". And it is, not only obviously, talking about the weather, that is not news, is it? That's very British, but then that people don't really address you, approach you, but like, pass you, maybe look at you slightly, and mumble something about the weather. Like, it's just like they've... it feels so like, I'm so forced to say something about the weather now. We met a fellow dog walker person in the park with their dog. And you, I think, even talked to that person for a second or so, but I was already, I already walked further along. And then that person passed me.
Mitch:
What do they say?
Isi:
And they said something to me which seemed very out of context, like we've talked before. And also not very clearly, really mumbling, like, what did they say? Something about; thought this morning will be really nice, but then it seemed to be a bit spitting, but then it's actually warm now, isn't it? But I didn't know which jacket. And, really weird, and they looked at me for a second, because I think I seemed confused, like are they talking to themselves or to me? They were talking to me, I think, but it just felt like a forced little, I have to say something, so it's better I talk about the weather, but not like, hello, how are you, or isn't that mint weather today? Or, isn't that, I don't know, awful, rain spitting, blah, blah, blah... No, they just really mumbled it along. It also just passed, never said bye or see you.
Mitch:
Yeah, that was the thing you said, like, wow, so weird. Like, she never said hello or how are you, just straight into a sentence.
Isi:
It was so odd. And then I realised that is so British. It wouldn't happen without a hello... I mean, it would maybe happen in Germany too, it is a very British thing I think.
Mitch:
To just say like, you've known that person already, just straight into a conversation. Yeah, you have to always have it kind of cocked and loaded, you have to be aware of the weather, and then, always have some kind of witty jibe about the weather, ready to fire at people, if you bump into them. Ugh, when's summer coming?
Isi:
I mean Yeah, it's always, always when you meet someone, they say something about the weather. It's like, it's like, you can't, they like, cannot not happen. But it's combined with the, hi, how are you? Oh, isn't that a lovely day? It's fabulous today, isn't it? Without the hello and goodbye, that doesn't happen so often. They couldn't pass without doing that. It was also a bit random because that person had a very long, very... yeah, very, very long and dark raincoat on and... (The hood?) The hood was in their face.
Mitch:
And the sickle.
Isi:
So, it was a bit odd anyway. Okay, that was my little story to share. So, that's it for today. As always, we are very happy if you shoot us a message, with a question or a comment or a feedback to podcast@easyenglish.video, or on easyenglish.fm, you can also use the little yellow box, which is a service called Telbee, where you can leave an audio message, send us a message, and hear you soon! Te-ra. (Tera!)