Last we heard from Sebastien Lefebvre and Patrick Langlois together was on the last episode of season 32 of their radio show Man Of The Hour back in July. In the last episode, the duo stated that they would be off for two weeks before returning for another season. Unfortunately (we’re guessing) due to the unprecedented situation with David, all members of Simple Plan have disappeared from social media since then and that also meant for Sebastien’s podcast to stay off the air for a while.
With the recent news of Simple Plan coming back online with their new set of regulations that they want to put in place from now on, we’re happy to announce that Man Of The Hour is also finally back this week! Idobi radio has announced so on their social media.
If you like to tune in live, you can listen to Idobi radio this Wednesday at 8pm EST. The show should then also be available as a podcast, usually about a day later.
Are you excited to see what Seb and Pat have been up to in the past three months? We know we are!
On this week’s Man Of The Hour show, Patrick and Sebastien delved into the history of Simple Plan by Patrick pulling out a story from the very very early days of Simple Plan, a story that has been a legend for quite a while. Yes, the ‘One-legged duck’ story.
Now, you may recall the legend that Mark Hoppus from blink-182 once tried to convince Simple Plan to choose the name ‘One-legged duck’ and in fact we even had Chuck, Pierre and Seb confirm this ‘legend’ to be true in our 2015 SimplePlan.cz interview from Antwerp [rewatch it here!]. But how exactly did this attempt at baptizing the band this somewhat extraordinary name come about? That’s where Patrick’s story comes in.
By the way, during the course of the story, you’ll see Patrick using mostly the name ‘Three-legged duck’ since he himself wasn’t sure if the duck was to be one or three-legged, but since the legend so far has exclusively been about ‘One-legged duck’, we’re gonna stick with that.
If you haven’t listened to the latest Man Of The Hour episode, you can do so below as well as you can read the story of how Simple Plan got almost named ‘One-legged duck’, as told by Patrick Langlois:
Patrick: “When I was 19 years old, I used to always go see blink-182 shows as long as they were in like a 6-hour radius from Montreal. The legend goes… It’s not a legend, it’s an actual true story.. I went to see blink-182 in Albany and my buddy Chuck tagged along. We went to the show in Albany, it was like a college show and so, there weren’t like many people there and we ended up backstage, hanging out the boys from blink-182 with Mark, with Tom and with Travis. And Chuck had his like one claim to “fame” to Mark that his old band Reset had played shows with blink-182. So he was like ‘Hey, I don’t know if you remember me..’ And that’s kind of [how] we get backstage, we end up chilling with Mark, who’s got nothing better to do and through that forms this like tiny little friendship between Simple Plan and blink-182.
Now fast-forward to a year later, blink-182 are playing every single day of the Warped Tour, Enema Of The State has just dropped in June and we end up backstage again. I’m with Chuck, we end up sitting on the bus, Chuck plays Mark some Simple Plan demos.. And at this point in time, the band isn’t even baptized yet. It’s not called Simple Plan. As per legend again, you may have read this, if you know your Simple Plan history quite well, like on old demos, you guys would write ‘Touchdown’. And so Mark is like: ‘Oh you guys don’t have a band name yet?’ And he tried really hard for good like 5-10 minutes to convince Chuck to call the band ‘Three-legged-duck’.”
Seb: “Yes!”
Patrick: “Did you know this story?”
Seb: “Wait, was it ‘One-legged-duck’ or ‘Three-legged-duck’?”
Patrick: “One or three!”
Seb: “Odd number of legs on a duck. Yes. I know this.”
Patrick: “I believe it’s ‘Three-legged-duck’.. And Chuck is like, you know, wants to be polite: ‘Oh yeah, that’s kind of cool..’ But I guess [he] doesn’t love it.”
Seb: “And obviously that’s why Mark keeps going. Cause he sees Chuck.”
Patrick: “And Mark is like ‘Yeah, yeah, keep going, ‘Three-legged-duck’. Someone needs to call their band name ‘Three-legged-duck’! What a cool band name!’ And that didn’t happen but Mark Hoppus tried to convince Simple Plan to be baptized ‘Three-legged-duck’.”
It has been over 12 years and 27 seasons, that Patrick and Sebastien have been entertaining their loyal internet audience with their Man of The Hour podcast on Idobi radio. And after a short January break, the hosting duo now returns with a brand new season with new episodes airing every Wednesday!
The 28th season officially kicked off on February 6th with episode one, in which Patrick and Seb discussed the latest news from their New Year’s Eve happenings all the way to the Super Bowl half time show reactions. As of right now, you can already download the new episode for free right on the Idobi website, on your phone through the Podcasts app or just simply listen to it below:
Don’t forget that Man Of The Hour airs every Wednesday at 8pm EST and has a weekly rerun on Wednesdays at 11pm EST, Thursdays at 12pm EST, Fridays at 5am EST or Sundays at 3pm EST. You can also subscribe to the podcast on iTunes for free.
Good news for the fans of Sebastien’s and Patrick’s radio show! After a little time off since the last episode that aired in July, the hosting duo will be back on Internet waves in two weeks, on October 17th, when the season 27 of Man Of The Hour is set to air again!
Sebastien announced the return on his show yesterday on his Instagram:
“Big announcement! The Man of the Hour show returns with brand new episodes in 2 weeks, October 17th! Patrick and I have tons of great conversations ready for you guys. Make sure you don’t miss the season premier. I can’t remember how many seasons we’ve done but the next one will obviously be the best one ever.”
– Seb Lefebvre –
That means that in just 2 weeks we can get ready for some great new music, hilarious rants and stories from Seb & Pat… and hopefully also some more insights into where Simple Plan are regarding the new album!
You can either listen to the show live on Idobi radio every Wednesday at 8pm EST or catch its replays on Wednesdays at 11pm EST, Thursdays at 12pm EST, Fridays at 5am EST or Sundays at 3pm EST. You can also subscribe to the podcast on iTunes for free.
A few hours before this week’s Man Of The Hour podcast on Idobi radio started on Wednesday, February 14th, Sebastien shared a video of himself on the podcast’s Facebook page, asking the fans to tune in to the show that he’s been hosting alongside friend Patrick Langlois for over 11 years now. Find out more about Man Of The Hour here.
And you can check out the full video of Seb below:
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