Please Don't Hug Me 50 SPECIAL

Growing old and they don't like it

15 November 2011

The show with more rhinoplasty than GCSE’s celebrates its 50th show with a 100-minute special that features the return of old PDHM favourites.

Micky, just turned 40, discovers Daniel’s old school reports. Roisin Rae is pro-hugging, whilst Fat Man On A Couch Stuart Armstrong has a fear of flying and Clay Lowe has been waiting for Daniel to call him for the last year.

Reunited 9 months on from their epic Christmas show, Daniel restructures the show especially for arch slacker Micky.

Please Don’t Hug Me is presented by TV writer & comedian Daniel Ruiz Tizon and former 1980s school sprint champ, Micky Boyd.

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17 April 2011

Fat Man eating in Mirrors, Introducing Mr John Rain, Good Looks, In Bed With My Dad, Toilet Bingo

Please Don't Hug Me is written, produced and presented by TV writer, comedian and Sabotage Times columnist, Daniel Ruiz Tizon, a man who spent the nineties convinced he was one half of Tears For Fears.

Daniel is joined on each show by regular contributors Fat Man on a Couch Stuart Armstrong, writer and comedienne Roisin Rae and occasionally comedienne Fiona Hardingham.

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Double Fat Man on a Couch this week with Stuart Armstrong discussing his issues with the sun and eating in front of mirrors; Mr John Rain makes his PDHM debut with a look at the Royal Wedding; and Daniel pits his not descending from the upper deck of a bus until the last moment possible Good Look up against Richard Price's walking around with his attractive children; there's regular favourite Toilet Bingo - can surprise winner Zoomeister hang onto his title? And a new feature, "In Bed with My Dad" in which Daniel talks about, well, sharing a bed with his Dad for two years at the tail end of the 80s. All this and more.

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20 February 2011

The "Plenty Clean" Episode:Stuart Armstrong, Showering, Self-Diagnosis, Roisin Rae, Windzone Fall out

Please Don't Hug Me is written and produced by TV writer, comedian, Sabotage Times columnist, sometime football journalist and all too often temporary office worker, Daniel Ruiz Tizon. He is joined every week by old school friend and 1980s school sprint champion Micky Boyd, who still believes in him. Each blames the other for the 13-year break in their friendship from 1990 to 2003. When reunited, Daniel found Micky to be an overweight family man, whilst the former sprint champ found Daniel convinced he was one half of Tears For Fears.

Fat Man on a Couch Stuart Armstrong sits in for Daniel and Micky this week, and the North Londoner tells us all about vocalising his showering routine, self-diagnosing his childhood Tourettes and the dos and don'ts of calling friends after work. There's also comedienne and writer Roisin Rae on lazy phrases.

There's also Toilet Bingo: can Gavin Barber become the first champion to successfully defend his title? Is this week's Toilet Bingo devalued by the absence of two-time winner Cindy?

Meanwhile, out on the street, troubled host Daniel challenges not so troubled sidekick Micky about (show) 22.

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27 January 2011

Fiona, Moist, Kids tea party, sock, Fat Man, Roisin flu, Sandwich routes, Moments of my life 2

Please Don't Hug Me is written and produced by TV writer, comedian, Sabotage Times columnist, sometime football journalist and all too often temporary office worker, Daniel Ruiz Tizon. He is joined every week by old school friend and 1980s school sprint champion Micky Boyd, who still believes in him. Each blames the other for the 13-year break in their friendship from 1990 to 2003. When reunited, Daniel found Micky to be an overweight family man, whilst the former sprint champ found Daniel convinced he was one half of Tears For Fears.

This week Daniel is joined by comedienne Fiona Hardingham whom he’s not convinced remembers their previous meeting. Daniel’s on another sandwich route, this week retracing the route of his final sacking, the Fat Man’s trying to learn another language, Roisin Rae’s succumbed to a flu she doubted existed and there’s Daniel’s Moments of My Life I Could’ve Done Without, Part 2.

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13 January 2011

Louis,Halo,Toilet Bingo,Putney,Exes clothes you kept,Fat Man,Simon Bruce,Bedding,Body Hair

Please Don't Hug Me is written and produced by TV writer, comedian, Sabotage Times columnist, sometime football journalist and all too often temporary office worker, Daniel Ruiz Tizon. He is joined every week by old school friend and 1980s school sprint champion Micky Boyd, who still believes in him. Each blames the other for the 13-year break in their friendship from 1990 to 2003.

This week, troubled anchor Daniel travels to Putney to look at the peculiar role SW15 played in his fall.

With stand in co-host 9-year-old Louis, and including regulars Toilet Bingo, Fat Man on a Couch, Mickellaneous, and the return of FM Officer Simon Bruce.

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Christmas Special

24 December 2010

Toilet Bingo,Good Looks,Crap Conversations,Roisin Rae,Fat Man in Spain

Please Don't Hug Me is written and produced by TV writer, comedian, Sabotage Times columnist, sometime football journalist and all too often temporary office worker, Daniel Ruiz Tizon. He is joined every week by old school friend and 1980s school sprint champion Micky Boyd, who still believes in him. Each blames the other for the 13-year break in their friendship from 1990 to 2003. When reunited, Daniel found Micky to be an overweight family man, whilst the former sprint champ found Daniel convinced he was one half of Tears For Fears.

The Christmas Special asks how did you find out Father Christmas didn’t exist? Daniel pits his talking down a suicide jumper from a bridge against Cindy’s confident breakfast cooking in the latest Good Looks Challenge; There’s poor conversations that aren’t going anywhere; Roisin Rae tries not to confuse her kids at Christmas; Fat Man Stuart Armstrong meanwhile has bolted to Spain to flee the festivities whilst Micky fields a very awkward question in Ask Boydie.

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6 December 2010

Toilet Bingo,Roisin Rae,Stuart Armstrong,Action Dolls,Savings,Ask Boydie,Awkward Giro Moments

Please Don't Hug Me is written and produced by TV writer, comedian, Sabotage Times columnist, sometime football journalist and all too often temporary office worker, Daniel Ruiz Tizon. He is joined every week by old school friend and 1980s school sprint champion Micky Boyd, who still believes in him. Each blames the other for the 13-year break in their friendship from 1990 to 2003.

Micky's snowed in this week so Roisin Rae takes over co-presenting duties and Daniel struggles to adapt to her professionalism.

Meanwhile, can @SillyCasper become the first Toilet Bingo champion to successfully defend their title? Fat Man on a Couch Stuart Armstrong struggles to select the ingedients for his lunchtime sandwich; Daniel and Roisin try to come up with what their action doll figures would look like, before discussing how open one should be when declaring savings to your partners; there's Ask Boydie, and Roisin makes her Mickellaneous debut.

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27 November 2010

Toilet Bingo,Fat Man on a Couch,Good Looks,Towel Man, Ask Boydie Roisin Rae,Rows with GFs

Please Don't Hug Me is written and produced by TV writer, comedian, Sabotage Times columnist, sometime football journalist and all too often temporary office worker, Daniel Ruiz Tizon. He is joined every week by old school friend and 1980s school sprint champion Micky Boyd, who still believes in him. Each blames the other for the 13-year break in their friendship from 1990 to 2003.

The very funny but ultimately doomed podcast returns with Daniel still trying to rein in the shambolic maverick Micky, confronting him over his intro for show 14, so bad it had to be edited out.

Can Cindy Penney become the first listener to successfully defend her Toilet Bingo title? Fat man on a Couch Stuart Armstrong talks about the horrors of having to do people favours; more Good Looks this week with journalist Jon M Welch telling us how to pull off one handed can opening; the Towel Man makes a spectacular entrance - you'll never leave the sport centre without showering again; Ask Boydie - Micky answers your questions; comedienne Roisin Rae on being a housewife; 'Daniel and The Boom Box' - more Rows with my Girlfriends; and of course, Mickellaneous.

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7 November 2010

Curt Smith,Blue Band Discontinuation,Micky's High Voice,Rows with my Girlfriends,Seychelles

Please Don't Hug Me is written and produced by TV writer, comedian, Sabotage Times columnist, sometime football journalist and all too often temporary office worker, Daniel Ruiz Tizon. He is joined every week by old school friend and 1980s school sprint champion Micky Boyd, who still believes in him. Each blames the other for the 13-year break in their friendship from 1990 to 2003.

This week's episode opens with a special message for Tears For Fears dual front man, Curt Smith. There's Ask Boydie; Daniel bemoans the discontinuation of his shampoo and conditioner, which carries echoes of 2000's Blue Band margarine demise; Micky laments his high voice; new feature, 'Rows with my Girlfriends' opens with the Long Valley Road; Daniel apologises to the people of the Seychelles; Fat Man on a Couch Stuart Armstrong is back and this week, North London's finest is talking about the lack of space on the tube; comedienne and writer Roisin Rae is too old for Top Shop; And there's Mickelleneous and Micky's word of the week.

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14 October 2010

Illicit Meetings, Biceps, New Hair, 2053, Spitting, Guest/Host, Regular, Ask Boydie, Antelope

Please Don't Hug Me is written and produced by TV writer, comedian, Sabotage Times columnist, sometime football journalist and all too often temporary office worker, Daniel Ruiz Tizon. He is joined every week by old school friend and 1980s school sprint champion Micky Boyd, who still believes in him. Each blames the other for the 13-year break in their friendship from 1990 to 2003.

Daniel has his new transitional hairstyle as he starts the long preparation for turning 40 in 2012 (41 years before his predicted death); Micky looks back at his nearly-trial with Chelsea back in '87; the ordeal of being a guest or host; Fat Man on a Couch Stuart Armstrong on his fear of becoming a regular anywhere; and an illicit meeting with an American culminating in a refusal to high five.

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9 September 2010

Double Quilted tissues, not driving, necks, fridge space, Farah Fawcett, 300, terrapin disaster, mickelleaneous

Please Don't Hug Me is written and produced by TV writer, comedian, Sabotage Times columnist, sometime football journalist and all too often temporary office worker, Daniel Ruiz Tizon. He is joined every week by old school friend and 1980s school sprint champion Micky Boyd, who still believes in him. Each blames the other for the 13-year break in their friendship from 1990 to 2003.

This week, Daniel wonders why Mick didn't invite him to a party, but Micky's too busy talking about his neck to care. There's childhood crushes, Micky's next dog, 300, Wowser on fridge space and Facilities Management Officer Simon Bruce returns to talk about how men can avoid making 'mistakes'.

Featuring Wowser and comedian Brooks Livermore as Simon Bruce.