man that we have to thank for thank you
bit potato it's Matt Lucas hey Matt hey
you alright there you own your a Snuggie
I like that so Matt how are you love I'm
very well thanks how are you yeah I'm
good it's all a bit strange this isn't
it I mean how self-isolation for you
going because you you genuinely are on
lockdown out yeah yeah yeah because I've
got asthma so I'm being really careful
and I've been in the house for two and a
half weeks and sometimes I go out for a
little walk but it's been pretty cold
the last few days yes so I've been I've
been taking care I've been in the house
but I've been working on getting this
baked potato song ready to be released
oh I know I'm honestly my I cannot get
it out with my head every night I'm
wandering around just going Thank You
baked potato
anyway no really it and the thing I mean
everyone knows but it's so good the big
potato song is literally just everyone
singing it all the time just tell us
where it came from because this is all
to do with you did it on you know you
had a version about shooting stars
didn't yeah back in the day yeah yes so
about 20 years ago
I I I used to be on this very strange
panel game show called shooting stars
and I used to sing songs and I sang a
song about a baked potato and a week ago
today I was watching the news and I was
seeing that people were still going out
and I thought it was quite shocking and
the idea came to me to rewrite the baked
potato song and update the lyrics and
have advice that is relevant to the
situation we're all now in and I just
put it on my on my Twitter account
thinking nothing of it thinking maybe
500 people will will see this and within
a couple of days three million people
had seen it on Twitter and it had been
shared on everything else tick-tock and
Facebook and Instagram and same time
I've been working on this charity which
was launched with them John Vincent
who's the CEO of Leon and also a Damian
Lewis and Helen McCrory
and we've launched this charity last
Friday called feed NHS and
idea is that we get hot food to NHS
workers on the front line right now and
then somebody said to me the other day
why don't you release the baked potato
song in aid of your charity so on
Thursday night I recorded some new
vocals to it and we announced this
morning that the single is going to be
out on Friday Oh brilliant well let's
hear it again want to sing along with it
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you now want to use this to help create
money for the NHS don't you cuz that's
really important yeah so so we set up
this thing feed NHS and as I say the
single is out on Friday and people will
be able to download that for 99p and the
proceeds will go to feed NHS and all
that the money in feed NHS will will be
distributed nationally to local NHS
trusts to deliver good high-quality hot
food to their workers and actually you
can't
the single isn't out yet but if anybody
goes to Leon Coe they can get our just
giving link and we've raised over half a
million pounds on there since Friday
thanks to the generosity of people and
but it's been amazing with the song
because as you as you can see there
people have been in recording their own
versions and putting them up on Twitter
and it is it's a bugger of an earworm
and I apologize for that
your language now as well Matt debate
potato needs to teach me what words I
shouldn't shouldn't say yeah and quickly
Matt just tell me what's your tips for
people at home we want to write songs
have you got any tips hmm it's a little
hard to focus at the moment I think for
a lot of people because they're doing so
many so much cooking and cleaning but I
think once it subsides well I mean it's
not like any of us many of us are going
out in the evening so there's no excuse
so it's a call to arms everybody pick up
your instruments and start playing and
start writing yeah and I mean I'm no
expert songwriter but I always try and
just keep it really simple yeah and a
bit as well who's definitely making the
life of kids more interesting because
he's been doing his bit potato song but
of course he's also got bake-off coming
up as well how are you feeling about
horse in that mask oh I'm so excited
I mean free cake come on there's no to
that I'm so excited I love this show
everyone have you seen this kick by the
way this is a cracker have a look at
this let's have a look so this is a kick
that somebody's made that's a kick and
I'm gonna prove it by showing you the
shot where it's being cut through Wow
that's oh wow look at that
toilet that's a that's a toilet cake
yeah it is a toilet roll kick yeah and
but I mean what what would you what
would you make if you were gonna do a
show stopper on Bake Off oh if I was
well obviously I'd do a baked potato
right of course
yeah you have to do and Lord of baked
potatoes or something wouldn't you
otherwise it would be yeah but and you
started filming it yes what's happenin
Oh imagine new things are on hold other
yeah so we were supposed to start
filming in about three weeks time but
obviously we're just following the
government guidelines and whenever they
say it's safe to make it we'll make it
but to the moment like like most other
people where we're sort of on hold yeah
well we are very much looking forward to
see
new inaction on the shore because it's
going to be far but such a fantastic
show as well so I hope you manage to get
that in the bag soon