Ricky recalls his early fashion sense including his bullshit sweatshirts and a shirt with bikini wearing women eating bananas. He also has a money saving tip involving taking a bath in soap powder.

Steve reveals his disappointment with Chinatown which leads on to an impromptu skit with Ricky. Karl explains why the Welsh don’t move on and grasses up his dad’s nicking exploits.

Karl talks about his parents bizarre TV watching habits and reveals how much it would cost to buy a chimp in the last installement of the short lived “Cheap as Chimps”.

Chinatown

Steve: Rick I sometimes get off the tube at Tottenham Court Road if I want to look at the record shops before I come into XFM and I always cut through Chinatown, and every time I come through Chinatown the same thought always strikes me, I always feel like I want to gather all the little locals, all the little Chinese fellas, just gather them round and just go "guys, in what way is this a town?" Ricky: (laughs) It's not is it. Steve: At best what you've got here is a novelty street. Ricky: Gerrard Street does not a town make. Steve: No, it's not a town, you've had this street for a 100 years, it's not expanding, you can't just call it Chinatown and claim it's a town. Ricky: Just because you put a little pagoda, yeah, yeah, if I was them though i'd go "what you talking about, it is a town, it is a town, it's our town, it is a town, it's our town, we've got loads of stuff". Steve: "Where's your church, where's your mayor?" Ricky: "We don't need it, we've got a betting shop". Steve: "Not enough". Ricky: "It is!" Steve: "All you've got here is restaurants". Ricky: "No, no, no, no, we've got a little supermarket with snacks". Steve: "What does it sell?" Ricky: "Snacks". Steve: "Specifically I would imagine crackers". Ricky: "It's crackers, yeah, d'you wanna buy a dragon, d'you wanna buy an ornimental dragon?" Steve: "If I wanted to buy one this is where i'd come". Ricky: "D'you wanna buy a gold dragon?" Steve: "Is it made of gold?" Ricky: "No it's made of plastic, it's sprayed gold, d'you wanna buy that?" Steve: "It's not a town!" Ricky: "It is a town!"

Clever Coco

Karl: Right then, if you're a new listener this is where we do a bit of monkey news. Ricky: (laughs out loud) Oh, imagine him given his chance on a news programme like Newsnight Review or News at 10, "over to Karl Pilkington", "yeah, alright, monkey's gone mad again", go on. Karl: Right we've done quite a load of good stuff, the one that picked up most of the fuss was probably Ollie the monkey. Ricky: (laughs) I love that fact that they're all monkeys, he's a chimpanzee! Karl: Well today we're looking at one that's called Coco. Ricky: Oh yeah, the sign language one. Karl: Well what I've read about him is he speaks, right, highly educated... Ricky: Yeah. Karl: Photographer. Ricky & Steve: (laugh out loud) Ricky: Oh Karl, Karl! I love the fact that when he finds a gifted ape he has to look up to him, he really realises that he is superior, I love that. Karl: It also likes going on computer chat rooms. Ricky: (laughs out loud) I can't take this anymore Steve, I'm gonna be sick, oh god! Karl: That's pretty amazing. Steve: You know if an infinite amount of monkeys are in an infinite amount of chatrooms, they'll eventually type which is your favorite episode of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer". Ricky: Exactly yeah, "Karl Pilkington you're an idiot". Karl: But the thing is right, you're saying about the infinite thing again, about monkeys if you put them in a room with a typewriter they'll come up with Shakespeare, i'd sort of agree with that with monkeys who can't do other stuff but this one I reckon is gonna be busy taking pictures n' stuff. Ricky: (laughs) Yeah.