Let's see who's in our Send To All box this week.
Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome international singing superstar...
..Josh Groban's here!
AUDIENCE CHEERS AND SCREAMS
Aah! Aah!
A scream! You got screams, Josh. Thank you.
Hey, Josh. Hello.
You are such a sweet, nice man.
Very nice to be here, thanks for having me.
It's such a pleasure. There were squeals!
There were... There were a few squeals.
We don't normally get squeals. Very exciting.
So, Josh, you are not only an extraordinary singer,
but you're acting at the moment as well, is this right?
I've been doing a little bit of acting, yeah.
I have a new Netflix show called The Good Cop.
You also have an album as well. I have an album as well, yes.
The album is called Bridges. Bridges.
AUDIENCE MEMBER: Whoo! Yes. Very good.
Someone has an illegal copy already.
Very good. OK, so, Josh, you are our first American
in the Send To All box. Am I really? I'm honoured, thank you.
Yes, the time difference is important.
Where in America are most of your friends based?
They're between Los... East coast and west coast,
Los Angeles and New York, they're probably having breakfast
or lunch depending on which coast.
They could be brunching.
They could be on the third day of their cleanse,
and really miserable right now, it's a very LA thing.
What about us over here?
The UK? What about you? Is this a place you like to come?
I love coming here.
Every time we've come back here
we've played to bigger and bigger venues,
it's been a really wonderful 20 year climb and I'm very grateful.
Thank you for inviting me back. We're so grateful you are here,
there's a lot of love for Grobes...
..and we're extremely grateful that you've agreed to play Send To All.
So, if you don't mind, Josh, popping your mobile telephone
into the cushion there... Into the cushioned crevice.
..and I will get it down.
Thank you very much for doing that. I'll just have to wind it down.
MUSIC: The Star-Spangled Banner
Oh, oh, yes.
Oh!
Very good.
So, what happens, Josh, is we've super sized it here.
Ah! This, of course, is the iPhone 42,
a glimpse into the future.
So I pop this on here.
Yes! There it is, ladies and gentlemen. OK!
Josh Groban's mobile telephone...
..and here it is.
Ooh, what's this? Sleep Talk. What's that? What is that?
It is a microphone that turns on automatically
if it senses you're sleep talking -
so I...I never... LAUGHTER
I never knew that I was an active sleeper,
until, like, if I have a girlfriend,
they'll be like, "I didn't sleep at all last night
"because you were insane," and...
This is audio of Josh Groban sleeping.
Actual sleeping. Yes.
Where should I start?
You've got to guide me to the funniest ones.
Well, the one at the very top that I titled Song Meh.
HE WARBLES INDISTINCTLY
HE GRUNTS
What was that second bit, Josh? "Meh."
I actually critiqued myself, mid song.
HE WARBLES INDISTINCTLY
HE GRUNTS
Yeah, not sure that was a self critique, more a curry night.
"Oh, my God" is self explanatory.
RECORDING: Oh, my God.
Oh, that's brilliant.
So you wake up in the morning, press play, and you find that's...
RECORDING: Oh, my God.
That's so brilliant.
Let's listen to this one.
HE MUMBLES ..potato launch.
Potato launch.
Yeah. Potato launch?
I can only imagine it was like a spaceship made of a potato...
Yeah. ..and I was the commander.
Let's run these together a bit.
HE MUMBLES ..potato launch.
Oh, my God.
OK.
This one looks good.
"Hehehehe Hello."
Here we go.
HE CHUCKLES ON RECORDING
RECORDING: Hello...
Hello!
OK, what's this talking pet?
Oh, you can record a voice,
and then it makes the picture that you're using talk.
Let's use a sweet one.
What do I do? Just... Little bunny.
Just press record and say something?
Yeah, go for it.
I will find you and I will kill you.
OK.
HIGH-PITCHED: I will find you and I will kill you.
You can change the voice!
DEEP VOICE: I will find you and I will kill you.
Wow. Wow.
That's good. That's really good. That's really good!
Now, I think it's time to pop the text in.
All I just need to do is confirm just before I send this text
everything you said about our fair country,
you love it here, don't you? Love Britain. I love it here.
And the people? The people couldn't be lovelier.
They couldn't be lovelier. So friendly. All right.
So, the text is, "I'm in the UK."
Capitals, "What...
"..a dump."
Sorry, Josh. Great, great!
"Is it just me, or are these the ugliest people..."
No, Michael!
"..on the planet?
"And the food..."
I'll put the vomit emoji in there, if we can find it.
Oh, there it is, there you go.
"I've got 24 hours to kill here.
"Please tell me something positive about this place."
How would you sign a text? I don't sign texts.
Do you sign your name after your texts, Michael?
No, I don't.
A kiss, maybe, a kiss?
A kiss? After that?
No, you're right.
So the text is, "I'm in the UK, what a dump!
"Is it me or are these people the ugliest people on the planet?
"And the food - throwing-up emoji.
"I've got 24 hours to kill here, please tell me something positive
"about this place."
Shall I send that to Josh's contacts?
AUDIENCE CHEERS
That has gone, ladies and gentlemen!
We will be finding out later in the show
what replies Josh gets.
It's Josh Groban! Thank you, thank you!
It's not so bad.
Ladies and gentlemen, it is time to find out what replies
Josh "Oh, my God" Groban has had.
This is the message I sent into Josh's phone earlier.
So, Josh, let's start with your dad. My dad?! Your actual father.
Oh, my God. He's just texted,
"Well, your knighthood just went down the loo."
Very funny, Dad. Very funny, very funny.
Alex Laca...
Alex...Lacamoire? Yes.
And who's he?
He's the music director of the musical Hamilton.
Oh... Yeah. Wow, he's amazingly talented, that's a huge hit show.
He's unbelievably talented, brilliant human being. Um...
He's...
Classic American response, I have to say,
even through all his talent, he's just gone, "The Beatles?"
They've done well.
Oh, this is funny.
Foy Vance. Who's Foy?
Oh, yeah, wonderful Scottish singer-songwriter. Oh!
We toured together a couple of summers ago.
OK, so he knows the UK.
Which is why he's gone, "Ha-ha, where are you?
"Hull?"
Um, your mum has texted...OMG, which is probably something
you get from her.
OMG... Big in America. ..have you been drinking?
I almost mistook this for a Trump tweet.
Where would we be without Acorn TV?
What's Acorn TV? I have no idea.
Acorn Antiques? Acorn Antiques, maybe?
Is that something she watched? Sure... And BBC.
Oh, she loves the BBC! Oh, she does. That's good.
"And I think the Queen is gorgeous."
That's a lovely compliment for Her Majesty.
Sweetheart emoji. And then an M.
OK...
Dan?
Who's Dan? Tennis coach, he's from east London.
He's from east London. Yeah, yeah. It says, "My tiger brother..."
What does...? He calls everyone, including himself, a tiger.
Oh, right, that's his thing? Yeah.
"My tiger brother, you have hit the proverbial nail on the head.
"The ugliest people in the world." He's put that in capitals,
how rude!
"And the weather sucks, but the shopping is fantastic.
"Go spend some money and treat yourself,
"best shops in the world."
All right, that's Dan.
We've got Ben Folds. Yes.
Oh, Ben Folds is a major star.
He's a spectacular singer-songwriter.
Ben Folds knows Britain as well as any of us
in this room tonight.
He said, "Get yourself in a right punch-up,
"get some mushy peas and a pint, watch the football
"and avoid the dentist."
Brilliant.
Ladies and gentlemen, what a fantastic sport he's been,
Oh, my God, it's Josh Groban!