Rosie and Jessica's Day of Fun

In episode 55, Rosie and Jessica bring you some Marvel-lous reviews of both Netflix’s Daredevil and Avengers: Age of Ultron. They’ve also taken in some tearooms within the M25 and appreciate the smell of bacon in the early hours of the morning (yes, even The Vegan.) All that, plus songs, Needle and Fed and outrageous amateur dramatic costuming. You can listen to it on iTunes or online here: This week’s songs Jessica picked B.C. Orienteering by Said the Whale and Rosie picked Sparks’ Lighten Up Morrissey. Lovely postcard of a painting of Tina Fey from 1844 pic.twitter.com/InFjQcwhVk — Rosie Fletcher (@rosieatlarge) April 15, 2015 Rosie has nearly finished her Humphrey. Your New New Favourite Tumblr: Low Budget Beasts Yowza! An Oral History of Mad Men Maybe Rosie joining One Direction couldn’t make it any worse? Bookish Blether, for your book podcast needs.

In episode 54, Rosie and Jessica have fulfilled a request by going on a literal Day of Fun. Rosie has cooked enormous lunches, Jessica’s been to a shindig and many knitted toys are on the horizon. Plus discussion of Over the Garden Wall and large amounts of cod. Wheel of cheese. You can listen to it on iTunes or online here: This week’s songs Jessica picked Favourite by Liz Phair and Rosie picked Middle Clash Fashion’s Stuck (as heard on This American Life.) We went to see Fashion on the Ration at the IWM. Needle and Fed Disney Princess nails, lovingly ripped off from @ohsewjessica. We have Cinderella, Ariel, Snow White, Rapunzel and Belle. Took an age but I love love love them. A photo posted by Rosie (@rosieatlarge) on Apr 13, 2015 at 7:39am PDT Rosie has now cast on a knitted Humphrey and thoroughly recommends all things Humphrey’s Corner. There’s lots to like by Alan Dart, especially Hibernating Harry, the Hot Cross Bunny and some medieval mice. From Loly Fuertas, Rosie particularly liked the tea cosies and Amelia (b)Earhart. Rosie’s brain has been taken over by Over the Garden Wall. Nostalgia Chick joins The Baby Sitters Club. This is too much cod. Every New England Novel Ever Your New Favourite Tumblr: Pattern Behavior

In episode 53, Rosie and Jessica just about manage to cope with the clocks going forward. There’s an important debate as to the wearing of sleeping watches, the drinking of chard and a rundown of their Top 5 Quizzes (a wildly flexible category.) PINOT NOIRRR You can listen to it on iTunes or online here: This week’s songs Jessica picked Harbour Boys by Joel Plaskett and Rosie picked Taylor Swifts’s Welcome to New York. Needle and Fed Rosie has cast on Linda Mary’s Teddy Bear Aran Sweater. Make yourself a pot of tea and settle down with Great Canal Journeys.

In episode 52, Rosie and Jessica review Netflix’s new sitcom, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (and have nearly got the theme tune out of their heads.) Following the sad news of Sir Terry Pratchett’s passing, they celebrate his work with their Top 5 Pratchett characters and it’s cakes galore in Needle and Fed. You can listen to it on iTunes or online here: This week’s songs Jessica picked Thunder Road by Bruce Springsteen and Rosie picked Jemima Farey’s The Farmer’s Bride. Rosie has strong regrets about her Top 5 films from Episode 1. Needle and Fed Yum. Super secret blackberry jam cupcakes. A photo posted by Jessica Thimbles (@ohsewjessica) on Mar 18, 2015 at 4:19am PDT Don’t forget to include yourself in the Tom Hiddleston colouring book. You can watch all of Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt on Netflix. We enjoyed Reginald D. Hunter’s Songs of the South.

In episode 51, Rosie and Jessica are celebrating three years of sororal broadcasting with a fortnight of having done almost nothing, except pick up some new, quite bad television. Then they bring you their Top 5 Sisters, including quite a lot of nuns in a particular order (Holy Orders.) Then Jessica reels off pi for a bit. Happy Birthday! You can listen to it on iTunes or online here: This week’s songs Jessica asks us Oh What Have You Done by Twisted Wheel and Rosie answers, I Feel Love with Donna Summer. You can hear further discussion of Timmy Time in Episode 25: Cradock and Barrington. Needle and Fed Jessica is having a palaver with the Terrific Tea Cosy by Martin Storey. Unbelievable noises emanating from a human in this Les Mis blooper. You can now get to Sesame Street by following Big Bird (on Twitter.) A weasel riding a woodpecker.

Dame Edna provided by nervouspearl In episode 50, Rosie and Jessica have both had platonic Valentine’s weekends, inspiring a rundown of their Top 5 rom-coms. There are some truly terrible Hollywood impressions, a fight and a pudding, and the new novel Maribou in the Mixing Bowl. Thanks for tuning in for fifty episodes and here’s to the next fifty! You can listen to it on iTunes or online here: This week’s songs Jessica spontaneously recommended Painkiller by Turin Brakes and Rosie is delighted by Elton John’s Rocket Man. Needle and Fed A photo posted by Jessica Thimbles (@ohsewjessica) on Feb 13, 2015 at 2:44am PST Food tastes better when it’s heart-shaped. Never want for an appropriate reaction with Angela Lansbury. We sure love Two Bossy Dames. F.O.X.

In episode 49, Rosie and Jessica regale us with tales of their literal day of fun together, while Jessica has not only watched the Super Bowl, but aged another year as well. The Top 5s take a soup-y turn and Rosie can finally reveal her mystery knitting from the last episode. This episode was produced by Interns Kaley and Walter. You can listen to it on iTunes or online here: This week’s songs Jessica brought us Meatloaf’s I’d Do Anything For Love (But I Won’t Do That) while Rosie is tucked up in bed with Kimya Dawson’s So Nice So Smart. Rosie visited The Story Museum in Oxford. Needle and Fed Rosie has made a Basic Raglan Baby Cardigan Sweater. Are you ready for the new Decemberists album? Just imagine if Hermione were the main character in Harry Potter. How well do you know Romy and Michelle’s High School Reunion? We’ve got Frozen Fever.

In episode 48, Rosie and Jessica claim to have done nothing, but discuss moving house, going on holiday and marathoning television. And that’s just Rosie. Top 5 returns with their Top 5 Teen Movies, plus Needle and Fed, songs and a Snack of the Day which may just be some cake. This episode appears to be kindly supported by Eliza Dushku. You can listen to it on iTunes or online here: This week’s songs Jessica has blessed us with Nico Stai’s One October Song, while Rosie can’t stop playing Remedy by Little Boots. Needle and Fed Rosie visited The Wool Croft in Abergavenny. Rosie and Jessica were inspired by the film Beyond Clueless. We love these Tree Change Dolls makeovers. Jimmy Fallon has brought us both Daniel Radcliffe rapping and Drew Barrymore and Adam Sandler’s decade-long love. Good morning. Jessica made me do it.

In episode 47, Rosie and Jessica once again take to the internet to record their annual start-of-year review-of-year episode. It’s mainly a quiz, which, as you may know, Jessica loves. Plus a round-up of the year as a whole, some Needle and Fed (largely mitten-based) and What Have We Seen This Week (oi!) This episode is brought to you by Andrew Keegan. You can listen to it on iTunes or online here: This week’s songs Jessica picked If You Want To Sing Out by Cat Stevens and Rosie is 11 and a half months early with Low’s Just Like Christmas. Rosie went to Simply Christmas at the ExCeL and Fashioning Winter at Somerset House. Needle and Fed Jessica has finished her Peekaboo Mitts and made Jodi Lewanda’s Mittens for All. She’s also done a lovely job on a Le Weekend Shawlette. Entirely correct pronouncements about Love Actually and While You Were Sleeping. Panda dogs.

Here we are, our annual Christmas Eve tradition: Rosie and Jessica welcome special guest, their dad, to the podcast to bring you the Christmas tradition of a reading of Clement C. Moore’s ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas‘. You’ll need a Yule log, the Muppet Christmas Carol and some smoked salmon sandwiches to complete the scene. A very merry Christmas from us to you.

In episode 46, Rosie and Jessica record via the medium of The Internet, so the sound quality is a little “rough and ready”. There’s been a veritable glut of exhibition-going, a fairly acerbic theatre review and rapturous reaction to a birthday tea. Plus a post-credit sequence that made our dad think Rosie was crying. You can listen to it on iTunes or online here: This week’s songs Jessica picked pastel wonderland All About That Bass by Meghan Trainor, while Rosie identified Jordan Klassen’s Balcony on the Vinyl Cafe from CBC. Please do have tea at The Langham. Needle and Fed Rosie has finished her Camp Out Fingerless Mittens which you can view on Twitter, while Jessica has made (and remembered the name of) Peekaboo Mitts. Operation #getfestive has come to Sheffield in a big way. So much intrigue! (via @tim_fletcher) pic.twitter.com/9nAC418CnM — Rosie and Jessica (@thedayoffunshow) November 15, 2014 Friend of the Show, Louise, has been reviewing some Christmas television movies at A Seasonal Movie for Christmas. Get toned in the presence of a legend of stage and screen with Angela Lansbury’s exercise video. It’s not deja vu, here’s a cover of Jessica’s song, All About That (Upright) Bass. Bok bok bok.

In episode 45, Rosie and Jessica are joined in the studio by a spooky ghost, Rosie takes on the mantle of a duvet-based superhero and Jessica has been taking bands of Brownies round local supermarkets. There’s very out of date Bake Off chat, a trailer for Strictly chat and more talk of pumpkin spice lattes than anyone really needed. You can listen to it on iTunes or online here: This week’s songs Jessica picked Someday by Benjamin Folke Thomas. It’s not online, so instead here’s a video of him having an incident with a lamppost. Rosie meanwhile went for the 100% belter that is It’s Not Unusual by Tom Jones. Needle and Fed Rosie is planning on casting-on the Camp Out Fingerless Mittens, a Traveling Woman shawl and the ubiquitous owls. Is it acceptable to knit this Woman’s Weekly nativity scene on the bus? Everyone needs their own Faux Fur Laid Back Larry Sloth. Probably don’t coat everything you eat in black market Pumpkin Spice Latte syrup. DELICIOUS SNACKWAVE

In episode 44, Rosie and Jessica have both been on outings, Jessica to a water park where she avoided all water and Rosie to an all-night movie marathon. Then things get a bit weird with lengthy talks on autumn, Rasputin and hyperinflation in fictional economies. Plus Needle and Fed, Bake Off Chat and an extended view on #bincident2014. You can listen to it on iTunes or online here: This week’s songs Jessica is only mildly ashamed of Taylor Swift’s We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together, while Rosie is very proud of St. Vincent’s Prince Johnny. Who knew this was called The Escape Song? You can hear more eggcorns on this episode of the Adam and Joe 6Music podcast, Looks Like A Bombsy-Tit. Cousin Ben Troop Screening is not what we call vintage Wes Anderson, but keep an eye out for more movie marathons at The Prince Charles Cinema. Needle and Fed Rosie is still talking about her Rico V Neck Baby Cardigan. Rosie clumsily quotes from The Golden Age of Video by Ricardo Autobahn. After an extraordinarily long introduction, finally read this article from The Onion, Mr. Autumn Man Walking Down Street With Cup of Coffee, Wearing Sweater Over Plaid Collared Shirt. The Neopets economy is more interesting than you might think (and almost certainly not a Ponzi scheme.) “Flames! Flames on the side of my face!”

In episode 43, Rosie and Jessica take over the foyer of the National Theatre to chat about what they’ve been up to, spend quite a lot of time and energy on the subject of biscuits and, if you’re Rosie, eat a courgette cake. There are exhibitions, television marathons and their much anticipated commentary on The Great British Bake Off’s #bincident2014. You can listen to it on iTunes or online here: This week’s songs Jessica has been playing Shine On You Crazy Diamond by Pink Floyd, while Rosie has been torturing her family with Them Heavy People by Kate Bush (not Alan Partridge.) The V&A’s Wedding Dresses 1775 – 2014 exhibition is on until March 2015. Top 5 Biscuits Jessica nominated Oreos, Bourbon Biscuits, Hob Nobs, Fig Rolls and Ms. Cupcake‘s Red Velvet Cookie Sandwich, while Rosie did strenuous research to decide on Viennese Whirls, Chocolate Caramel Digestives, Pink Wafers, Jammy Dodgers and her friend Heather’s gingerbread. Party Rings, Jaffa Cakes, shortbread and Peanut Cookies had to settle for being honourable mentions. Needle and Fed Rosie has finished her Rico V Neck Baby Cardigan, at long last. If you’ve missed out on an indie club night, please make use of Friend of the Show Izzi’s playlist. We love Chloe Giordano’s beautiful woodland embroidery.

In episode 42, Rosie and Jessica have just returned from Fairport’s Cropredy Convention, where they placed equal importance on the music and the snack foods available. Rosie has made a triumphant return to the BFI, Jessica has made most of a triumphant pair of welly socks. This episode contains the silliest post-credit sting yet. You can listen to it on iTunes or online here: This week’s songs Jessica has been plaguing Rosie with Marillion’s Kayleigh and Rosie has in no way annoyed anyone with Chas & Dave’s Gertcha. Rosie and Jessica have been to Fairport’s Cropredy Convention, where they enjoyed Edwina Hayes, Chas & Dave and Blackbeard’s Tea Party, who appear in this week’s Sit Down and Shut the Folk Up with Chicken on a Raft. Rosie’s mind is an absolute gutter after reading Peter Silverton’s Filthy English, whereas her mind was like cottage cheese reading Thomas Piketty’s Capital in the Twenty-First Century. The BFI’s Teenage Kicks season continues throughout August. Does the Dog Die? You can catch up with the Great British Bake Off online. Needle and Fed Rosie foolishly made another batch of these brownies. Jessica has finished knitting her Ribbit Hooded Cardigan and has started on these boot liners by Ruth Gallo. Wiggly Wigglers tell us how to pickle our compost. We are very grateful to Jess for bringing us #salemoftheday.