Shanthi’s Suspicions, Monkey Bites & Stage Names

**Romesh Ranganathan** (0:00)
Hello, and welcome to the Thursday edition of the Romesh Ranganathan Show. What do you think?

**Shanthi Ranganathan** (0:07)
It's nice.

**Romesh Ranganathan** (0:08)
We'll get complaints about that.

**Shanthi Ranganathan** (0:09)
Oh, yeah, I think so. I mean, it's a kind of song.

**Romesh Ranganathan** (0:13)
Yeah, it's a kind of song.

**Shanthi Ranganathan** (0:15)
It is, it is. We are not singing it properly. Yeah, how would you sing it properly? You are not welcoming them either.

**Romesh Ranganathan** (0:20)
Let me try again. Hello, and welcome to the Thursday edition of the Romesh Ranganathan Show. Is that better?
No.

**Shanthi Ranganathan** (0:29)
How should I do it? Taking the mickey out of them.

**Romesh Ranganathan** (0:31)
I'm not taking, how am I taking the mickey out?

**Shanthi Ranganathan** (0:32)
You are, yeah. The Ranganathan Show.
What's that?

**Romesh Ranganathan** (0:36)
Okay, how should I do it then?

**Shanthi Ranganathan** (0:37)
Sit straight.

**Romesh Ranganathan** (0:38)
Yeah. Okay, give me some direction. I'll do it. Okay, go.

**Shanthi Ranganathan** (0:41)
Hi, guys.

**Romesh Ranganathan** (0:42)
Oh, right, so not a song, not a song.

**Shanthi Ranganathan** (0:44)
Yeah, that's not a song.

**Romesh Ranganathan** (0:45)
Hi, guys. Welcome. Hi, guys. Are you okay?
Welcome to the Thursday edition of The Romesh Ranganathan Show. It's that part of the week where we chat about Monday's episode. Surprised even me. And answer your questions and dilemmas. As always, I'm joined by my mother, Shanthi Ranganathan.
And the animals.

**Shanthi Ranganathan** (1:19)
That's us.

**Romesh Ranganathan** (1:23)
Mom, how are you today?

**Shanthi Ranganathan** (1:24)
I'm fine. Thank you.

**Romesh Ranganathan** (1:25)
Okay, great. Do you want to do, do you want to introduce the show with some jazz hands?

**Shanthi Ranganathan** (1:29)
What does it mean? Jazz hand?
Hi, everybody. Welcome to the show, Ranganathan Show. Look forward to hearing from you. I love you all.

**Romesh Ranganathan** (1:40)
Welcome to the show. Like do the intro, because then we're going to do the theme, then we drop the theme tune in. So you got to like.

**Shanthi Ranganathan** (1:47)
Hi, guys. Welcome to the Ranganathan Show. What's it?

**Romesh Ranganathan** (1:53)
It's just, it's getting, you're getting a bit gross. It looks grossier.

**Shanthi Ranganathan** (1:55)
It's like holding your boobs.

**Romesh Ranganathan** (1:57)
Your sort of jazz hands is like that.

**SPEAKER_3** (1:59)
That's okay.

**Romesh Ranganathan** (2:02)
Okay, go again, go again.
Okay. Go for it.

**Shanthi Ranganathan** (2:05)
Hi, guys. Like the, oh, sorry.
Hi, guys. Hi, guys. Come on. Yeah, it's good.

**Will** (2:14)
It's good.

**Romesh Ranganathan** (2:15)
Welcome to the Romesh Ranganathan Show.

**Will** (2:17)
Or maybe do it.

**Shanthi Ranganathan** (2:18)
Ah, right. I was holding your boobs, isn't it?

**Romesh Ranganathan** (2:22)
I don't know what you're doing.

**Shanthi Ranganathan** (2:23)
But you never did?

**Romesh Ranganathan** (2:24)
Just maybe do it at the end.

**Shanthi Ranganathan** (2:26)
Hi, guys. Welcome to Ranganathan Show.
And I love you all.

**Romesh Ranganathan** (2:33)
Okay.

**Shanthi Ranganathan** (2:46)
With me, Shanthi.

**Romesh Ranganathan** (2:49)
On Monday, we had my friend, comedian, TV presenter, Judi Love on the show. Mom, you asked if she could think of a stage name for me. Do you remember that was your question?

**Shanthi Ranganathan** (3:00)
Okay.

**Romesh Ranganathan** (3:00)
Let's have a little clip. Originally, I thought about just going by Ranga.

**Shanthi Ranganathan** (3:05)
No. No.

**Romesh Ranganathan** (3:07)
No?

**Shanthi Ranganathan** (3:08)
Because you'd have them go, Tanga. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

**Romesh Ranganathan** (3:12)
Tanga. Ranga.

**SPEAKER_3** (3:13)
Ranga Tanga.

**Shanthi Ranganathan** (3:14)
Yeah, yeah, yeah.

**Romesh Ranganathan** (3:16)
Do you know, do you know that, have you ever seen that comedian, I can't remember his name, but is something cheeseburger something?

**SPEAKER_3** (3:22)
No.

**Romesh Ranganathan** (3:23)
And he does, he'll go like, hey, notice, this, but he just kept saying cheeseburger. And during his, like, he keep, just would keep saying cheeseburger. So you go, oh, Mark Kears, man. Feel like clipping upside the head. Cheeseburger. Like that. He did that the whole time during his act. He just kept saying cheeseburger. Is he still around now? I don't know.
I only saw one clip. I think we know.
I need to find this cheeseburger comedian, because I, if this Mandela effect, Alonzo Hamburger Jones. Oh, he maybe says hamburger. It's mad.

**Shanthi Ranganathan** (3:54)
He just says it all.

**Romesh Ranganathan** (3:56)
I might start doing that. What do you think I should do?

**Shanthi Ranganathan** (3:59)
Okay, try.

**Romesh Ranganathan** (3:59)
What if I did this? Oh my God. How, where are you from? I...

**SPEAKER_3** (4:07)
Yeah, Martin Roll.

**Romesh Ranganathan** (4:09)
Where are you from?

**Shanthi Ranganathan** (4:11)
Martin Roll.

**Romesh Ranganathan** (4:12)
Okay.
This role play is not going to work. Should we hear the rest of the clip?