The Now Show

Don't Worry, Be Happy: Can positive thinking get us out of the recession? Well, probably. Steve Punt & Hugh Dennis discuss this as well as Barack Obama's flight itinerary, while Jon Holmes spouts a load of jargon. This week's special guest is Paul Sinha, who hates all this hatred going round, and Mitch Benn wants you to be his follower.

Topics

The Recession

Barack Obama's forthcoming visit to Britain

Twiter (Mitch Benn song)

Prisoners listening to Radio 4 (Jon Holmes)

The ban on council jargon (Jon Holmes)

University tuition fees

Hate (Paul Sinha)

Scotland breeding very poisonous frogs (Mitch Benn song)

Audience Question

"What is the worst excuse you've ever heard?"

Pretty much everything South East Railways tells me.

Your mother and I are just changing places.

I missed your lecture because the creme de menthe turned out to be Night Nurse.

I'm sorry I was looking at that woman's breasts darling, they were bouncing in a particularly hypnotic fashion.

Hugh has a bit of paper from the audience with a hole in it and, scribbed on the edge,... I had a really good one, but a dog ate it.