Hello and welcome to Lightly Used, a bit of a
different show than usual this time. We recently
did a very successful live telethon fundraiser
and a massive thank you to TJ and Rob for letting
us broadcast from the big Channel 84 studio.
But don't worry if you missed it. Now, unfortunately,
I wasn't able to record everything or any of
the video. As for the audio... Some cards failed
and my radio mic went out of range before I was
able to get to any of the outside stuff. I think
there might have been a bit of a compatibility
issue regarding the satellite link. But otherwise,
from what I've been able to save, these are some
of the highlights from our live fundraiser. This
is Rightly Used with Adam and Karen. Hello and
good evening. Welcome to the likely used live
fundraising special to buy myself back. I'm raising
money to buy back my illegal AI voice clone from
Arthur. Karen's running a bit late. She's stuck
in traffic. She will be here. Will be here. Live
shows. In the meantime, we've got a full evening's
entertainment for the whole family. There's music,
song, dance, magic and monster trucks. Plus,
we'll be awarding... our inaugural Peace Prize.
There's tons of fun coming up, giving you plenty
of reasons to dig deep. So to start us off, while
we wait for Karen to arrive, you know it, you
love it, it's the lightly used theme song. Welcome,
if you're just joining us, to the lightly used
live fundraising special. And I think it's important
for us all to remember why we're here tonight.
Now, when Karen and Mike started here at Channel
84 back in July 2024, that's nearly two years
ago now, I met a man that, through misunderstanding
or mishearing, I thought he told me that we could
get an art grant for having a book section on
the podcast, and he would work on bringing some
money into the show. Karen later clarified after
meeting him that his name is Arthur Grant, and
we can call him Art, and he was asking if I liked
books, and suggesting we do a segment, because
that's what he's interested in. After this misunderstanding
was cleared up, We thought sponsorship would
be the way to bring some money into the podcast.
And to apologise for the confusion and my disappointment,
Art offered to get us a sponsor. I'll be honest,
we were sceptical, but he got one. And a couple
more here and there. And we found out I think
most, maybe all, were for companies and side
projects Arthur was working on. The last one
of these turned out to be, well, He just did
an AI clone of my voice from the podcast and
started using that to do sponsored reads on other
podcasts. We've asked nicely. We sent polite
and stern and then just rude letters. He hasn't
stopped. So we're asking for your help to raise
the money to buy him out. The number should be
on your screen. Please phone right now and donate
every penny that you can. And now for the next
portion of our show, we can cross live by satellite
to Canada for Shane and Tom. Thank you very much
to Shane and Tom of the Squeezebox podcast. I
thought we'd only have you on the feed for 20
minutes. You gave us a full hour. Very, very
generous of your time. And we're hoping that
you will be generous with your donations tonight
too. I'm being told Karen is just moments away
from the studio. Thank you very much for being
with us at the live, lightly used fundraising
special. Please give what you can. It really
does make a difference. The number is on your
screen now. And I'm being told that the Saucy
Puppet Show has also been cancelled. But if you
follow me just down this corridor, we can go
outside where the monsters are just about to
start. The first and possibly only Peace Prize
awarded on the back of a monster truck. And can
we get a look at the totalizer please? And I'm
being told the totaliser is on screen now. Wow,
look at that total. Look at that. Thank you very,
very much for all your generosity, all you've
done this evening, all for the past three hours.
And as one final thank you for the light, to
play us out, Rufus Mufasa. Thank you once again
to everyone who came to the live show, everyone
who watched, and especially everyone who donated.
And a special thank you to TJ and Rob once again
for letting us film and broadcast from the big
Channel 84 studios. Apologies for no photos.
Again, I didn't have spare hands. I forgot. Speaking
of, we are part of the Studio Channel 84 network.
There's the variety show with TJ and Rob, the
untitled sci -fi show with Rob and TJ, and Who
Takes the Socks Off with Ross and Simon. Find
us all at channel84 .co .uk. Adam and Karen have
been lightly used. Visit lightlyused .co .uk
for more. To get in touch, email pod at lightlyused
.co .uk. This was a studio channel 84 network
show to find more head over to channel 84 .co
.uk. Now.