Mike, Louis & Fred Not since the advent of the metric system have the people of Thornbury been quite so excited. Bathtime Radio with Mike, Louis and Fred (formerly ’The Better Show!’) brings you unrehearsed, spontaneous, manic chat, topical banter, biting satire, an eclectic selection of music, guests from as far a field as Olveston and items so avant-garde that they could be potentially dangerous, in a whole new radio format. Over the course of an hour, the listener will experience the radio equivalent of a full prefrontal lobotomy. Your thorax will be itching as we cover issues relevant to members of the community. Bathtime Radio with Mike, Louis and Fred is brought to you by: Frederick ‘The Ravenous’ Fred is an avid collector of lamp shades. It has been rumoured that he can recite the complete literary works of Mikhail Lermontov, his favourite Russian romantic poet of the 19th century (excluding Alexander Pushkin, naturally). Mike ‘Big Hitter’ Somewhat more cultured than Frederick, Mike is a great lover of the arts. Though he recognises Frederick’s love of 19th century Russian poetry, Mike sees it as more of a teenage infatuation that will soon pass, to be replaced by something more mainstream such as a love of the eight patriarchs of the doctrine in Shingon Lineages, in particular Amoghavajra; one of the most prolific and politically powerful Buddhist monks of the Tang Dynasty. Mike himself, however, prefers indulging himself in the ancient art of manjusri, a bodhisattva in the Mahayana and Vajrayana traditions of Buddhism, considered a yidam, or titular deity, in Tibet. Louis ‘Submucosa Lover’ Louis is a great lover of oesophageal tissue containing secretory glands. However, his favourite contractile tissue has to be the Bulbospongiosus, though the Ischiocavernosus does come close, naturally. Often considered an intelligent extrovert, Louis is a purveyor of enlightenment through sadism, particularly when the people of Thornbury are involved. Summarising each show with a feat of magic so bamboozling it will make any of Houdini’s work seem like a trip to Morrison’s in uncle Steve’s Ford escort will be Magic Matt, a man with so much charisma he makes Wogan look like a shovel. Taking your calls each evening is our resident receptionist, affectionately referred to as Adalhard von Fenstermacher. Little is known about him as we never got round to asking him before his muntin bar accident that left him lame and dumb. He just turned up one day. So why not tune in Wednesday bath times? 7.00 till 8.00pm with Mike, Louis and Frederick.

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