Aunty Donna Podcast - A Classic Old Episode

Episode Date: January 20, 2026

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A listener production. Hello, listeners of the Auntie Donna podcast. We are lazy bastards. And we didn't want to record a podcast this week because we're tired. So while we sleep in our big warm beds, and you have to get up and go to that job that you hate. I think they're on holiday. Oh, well, you get to relax on a beautiful beach somewhere.

Or maybe you're a city folk, and you're in Tokyo City, enjoying the technology district. Or Shibuya. Or Shibuya. Great district. One of my favorites. Shinjuku. You can listen to this old...

Or Osaka or Kyoto. You can listen to this old episode of the Antisdana podcast. Yeah? Yes. You can listen to this old episode of the Antitana podcast that we used AI to pick. because AI is sick. No, no, no, no. It's taken over the world

so we used it to pick this episode and we paid for it. No, no, no, no. This was picked by a graphic designer. An artist and graphic designer. That's right. We paid a graphic designer to pick this and we didn't use AI.

Which is the devil. And we'll burn. It'll die before I use AI. I think somewhere in the middle is somewhere. Okay, it's right. We just, we just, If we just didn't have time to record, we went on to us, I didn't have time to record enough podcasts.

But this is a good old one. Is that all right? Yeah. Good night. Hi, welcome to ABC Radio. My name is someone, a musician that was really big in the mid-2000s. I am here. It's afternoons.

I'm covering for someone else. I'm chill. I'm having a good time. I've got my producer in the next room. And we're going to have a few fun guests throughout the day. We've got a few exciting guests. But I also want you to call in. I was on my way into the station today,

and I was driving through those empty streets of Melbourne. And just a thought came to my head. And it was a bit of an interesting thought. I thought to myself, what would you do if you were an... empty street. What would you do for one day if you were an empty street because of COVID? Maybe you could be sort of a, I don't know, really. Give us a call. If you have a thought, they're just a little thought experiment for you. We're going to get straight to it.

We're nearly at the top of the hour, so we'll cut to some news. And when we come back, I've got a very exciting guest. He is a massage therapist that uses swords. Now that sounds a little bit scary, but I don't think it's as scary as it sounds. I can't wait to hear from them. Their name is Braham Calli. So they'll be after the news, now that we're at the top of the hour.

News, everyone's dead. Okay, we're back. It's the top of the hour. We've got our first guest, Brogton, Kaptai. Now, you massage people with swords. How does that work? Yes, hello, and thanks for having me. It's an absolute pleasure of. I'm a listen to the show.

Yes, so I am a massage therapist based out of Melbourne. And a few years ago, I got into the art in the art of combat. So swords. Oh, wow. More massage, but with swords. Now, that's right. Now, the way that I put the swords into, you wouldn't think of swords and massage being two things that work together.

One is about relaxation and deep tissue remedial therapy. The other one is about combat and hurting people. But I use swords in a way that is remedial. video. The sword is very, the sword is mighty than the pen in many ways, I've always said. So I get the swords and I massage with the swords, the flat end of course, not the sharp end. And that gives me a real way to hit those knots in the back. So when I was a little girl, I used to watch, I used to watch the monkey magic. And they sometimes, used swords and that's how I'm identifying with this topic.

Yeah. Did you ever watch monkey magic growing up? No, I don't know what that is, unfortunately, but if I was a kid and I did know what it was and it was on and I did like it, then I would have watched it. So we're nearly at the top of the hour. I'm going to cut to some news. That was a really quick hour. Would you like to, it flies by on radio.

Would you like to hang around? We're asking listeners what they would do if they were an empty street. Would you like to hang around and maybe talk about that for a moment? Oh, no, thank you. Okay. We're at the top of the hour. We come back. We've got two exciting comedy boys.

They are Mark Bonato and Brian and Kelly from Comedy Troop and Tadonna. They've just had a few viral hits on a large video service. A large video streamer, free video streamer. And also, you can see some of their stuff on Eyeview. They'll be back at the top of the hour to talk about their new project, a couple of boys and a big bucket of cum. But for now, the news, everybody's dying.

So we're at the top of the hour here. You're here with Zibizu. I'm covering at the moment for that someone. It's the afternoons on ABC, and I've got a very exciting guest. Auntie Donna are a sketch comedy troupe with over 13 billion views on a video streamer. They have followers on a photo sharing website

and other things. They've also just... gained a few followers on the Chinese social media site with a name similar to a clock. They're here to promote their new web series, three boys and a bucket of cum, from Auntie Donna Broden Calleans and Mark Banana. Hello, Zippy Zoot, it's a pleasure to be here on your show, long-time listeners, and what a good time. It's so great to be here Zipzoo.

We've been listening to you for, yeah, this is actually big. You're actually one of Broden's biggest comedy inspirations, and he's not going to say, he didn't want to say it. He didn't want me to say it. I do love Zippy Zoo. You grew up listening to your music. Oh, wow.

Thank you so much. That really means a lot. Just doing the radio now, and obviously the trivia nights in Northcote. But before we get into all of that, tell me about three boys at a bucket of come. So, yeah, what's it about? So three boys in a bucket of come came from,

we just got greenlit for a series on Stan based on a pilot that we made called chaperones. And so we made this great TV show for Stan called Chaperones. And it's gone on, I think it's in season 12 at the moment. And we thought, you know what? We want to get back to what it is that makes us who we are. where we started, you know, let's get back to really what we found funny. And with the help of Screen Australia, they helped us fund this series.

Screen Australia are fantastic and they helped us make this series and we're really proud of it. Yeah. So tell us a little bit what it's about. If someone hasn't seen Auntie Donner, maybe they haven't seen your work on Eye View, on ABC2, other things. What is Auntie Donough? What sort of show do you do?

We do pretty much slapstick absurd comedy, think Monty Python, think, you know, beyond the fringe. People have said where Monty Python meets South Park. Yeah, in a lot of ways. Okay, right, yeah, yeah, that's a lot of fun. And Monty Python is a lot of fun. It also reminds me a little bit. I've seen some of your work. I saw your live show at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival.

Thank you, thank you. We'll talk about that in a moment. Yeah, I had a lot of fun. It actually reminded me, I don't know if you'll remember it, you may be a little young for it, but there was a show called Monkey Magic when I was a little girl. It was very silly, very absurd.

Reminded me a lot of that. Do you know Monkey Magic? No, unfortunately, I don't know Monkey Magic. What is Monkey Magic? It's a show about sort of a monkey man in Japan. It's a lot of fun. No, never seen it.

Listen, we're at the top of the hour. I'm having so much fun with you. you guys. You are very high energy. I feel like we're just, we've been talking for like a minute. I would love for you. We're going to take some calls from our listeners.

We're talking about what you would do and do give us a call. What would you do if you were an empty street for a day? That's after the news. I'd love for you to stick around. Would you be able to stick around? No, no, we have to go. Unfortunately, no, no.

No, I don't want to do that. Okay, no worries. Well, we're at the top of the hour. Got to cut to that news straight away, but give us a call. What would you do if you were an empty street for a day? Don't-da-dun-da-dun-d-d-d-d-d-ABC News, China government. Okay, we're back at the top of the hour. We're getting a few callers in.

What would you do if you were a street for a day? Let's answer the phone here and see what's what. Okay, here we go. Hello. Hello. Hello. How are you? Oh, okay.

I'm sorry. Who are you? Sorry, say that again. We had a few technical issues there. This is obviously I'm just covering for Raphael Lepstein today. Don't have control of all the buttons. and whatnot. Just say that name again there for me, dear. Darrell.

Hello, Darrell. And tell me, Darrell, what would you do if you were an empty street for a day? Well, I was, I don't quite understand the question. It's a little confusing to me. Okay, that was Darrell there, talking about what he would do if he was an empty street for a day. We've got another caller coming in and let's hear what they would do. Hi, how are you? And tell me, what's your name?

My name is Johnno. I'm from Ballarat. Hi, Johnno from Ballarat. How are you today? Yeah, good. Just on the road at the moment. Just driving out. Oh, Greendale. Beautiful, beautiful Greendale.

I was there maybe two years ago. Watched a couple of episodes of Monkey Magic on VHS there. Tell me, what would you do if you were an empty street for a day? Yeah, look, I don't actually understand the question, to be honest. The fact that you're sort of saying, well, to be an empty street, I feel like that's a, you know, you can't really, you know, speak for it, you know what I mean? So I'm kind of confused by the notion that you could, what would you do?

I imagine just sort of sit there. So that was a caller there driving through. We've got a few more callers on the line, and I'll take that call. Just for clarity, I think a few people are confused. I was driving down the street, and it was completely empty because of COVID, and I thought, gee, what would you do for a day if you were an empty street? We've got a caller on the line here. Hi, how are you?

Yes, great. And what's your name, love? My name's Tiffany. Right, and I hope you're not too stressed in lockdown. are doing some baking, are we? Stage, stage four here in metropolitan Melbourne. Yeah. Yeah, we've just got to stay busy, stick together.

You know, I haven't seen my mother in a few weeks. It's tough, it is tough. Now tell me, if you're an empty street, obviously not because of those reasons now, but if you were an empty street for a day, what would you do? I was calling is because I'm sure exactly what you mean by that if a street had sentience.

So we've had a couple of callers in there. We've got time for one more caller. A bit of confusion there about what exactly an empty street is. So let's see, we've got time for one more caller. We're nearly at the top of the hour. But hi, what's your name? Oh, hello, it's John. Yes, hello, John.

And I have a fun thing that you could do if you're an empty street. Oh yes, great, of course, the question. What would you do if you were an empty street for a day? What would you do, John? I was thinking you could suck my asshole. Okay, so, John, they're doing a bit of a prank call, I think. Anyway, we're at the top of the hour. We're going to be joined by a scomo,

but scomo played by two people after the break, talking a little bit about stage four. what does it mean, what we could do to look after ourselves. But that's after the break. This is top of the hour now. Over to the news. You're watching, listening to Zibby Zoo

in the afternoons on ABC Melbourne. Da-da-da-da-da-news out of England. So we're back and obviously... I'm going to play another one of those little clipies there. You're listening to Zibizoo in the afternoon, ABC Melbourne. Zibizu, back in 1992, I was one of the most avant-garde, offensive comedians there was. So, I'm joined now by Minister for Health, ScoMo. Tell me, Scomo, tough times, tough times.

Yes. It is... Yeah. ...is very hard times at the... Of course, Skomo has... Is now two people. That happened last night. There was a press conference called Very Late.

Tell me, how did you become two people, Skomow? Well, I first thought in... fart Yeah fart Now obviously This reminds me A little bit of

Some of the antics They got up to on monkey magic Now that's something I'm sort of identifying I Love Monkey Fart Magic

Poo Fart Come Fart Fart Fart Fart Fart

Fart Monkey Fart Fart Poo Magic Top of the hour Fart

Morrison Monkey Magic Fart Fart Fart Fart Fart Okay so we are at the top of the hour

But I'd love for you to hang around Would you be able to hang around I know you are very busy with being the Health Minister of Victoria and two people. When you, when

were Prime Minister Far. Okay, so that was Scomo, Health Minister of Victoria and two people. Unfortunately, can't join us after the break, but it is the top of the hour, so we're going to cut to the news now.

But after the news, I'm joined by two very special guests, Broden and Mark from Auntie Donna. You're listening to Zibisou on ABCMel. Oh, ABC News. Get out of here. Hey, have you ever wanted to scream at your dad but you're too afraid you'll hurt his feelings?

Get yourself a, get yourself of this new bidet. That'll clean you up. You're listening to ABC Melbourne. and your ass is covered in shit. So there was an ad for a bidet, just trialling ads on ABC. Of course, I did make a little bit of an era. If you're not just joining me at the top of the hour,

I'm Zippity Zoo, I'm covering for Raphael Epstein in the afternoon. I accidentally said that we'd be joined by Auntie Donner after the break. They've already joined us. We're actually joined by two Blues and Roots musicians. to talk a little bit about they're doing a live show on, they're doing an Instagram live music show on Saturday night. A little bit different.

I know I've been missing my live music gigs down at the Northcote. So, hi, how are you? Broda Kelly Mark Bonano. I'm sorry, I'm sorry, Zipu. We're not, I don't understand your producer as we were leaving, grabbed us and made us come back in. We're not blues and roots performers And we just interviewed us

And you just acknowledged that you just interviewed us And then you called us by our names Yeah So now tell me Must have been hard Did you have a tour planned or anything like that Before all of this went down? No no

We're not musicians at all We don't do blues and roots We've made an album And it was nominated for an aria But that's true Aside the point We We lost to one song

we are not musicians and we've been interviewed by you. We have nothing else to say. We plugged our stupid web series. Right. I'm Mark Bannonano. That's Brod and Kelly. We're from Auntie Donough.

You know this. We can talk about fondness for blues music. I don't have a fondness for blues music. Right. All roots. Yeah. So it says here, instead of doing a live performance, you're doing it on Instagram live on Saturday.

How does that work exactly? Do you need that? Is it strange without the feedback from the crowd? What's interesting is that I'm not sure if you're talking about Auntie Donner or the blues and roots musicians. Conceivably, either of us could do something like that. We don't have that plan. Did the blues and roots musicians have something like that plan? I don't know.

I'm just, so you've got here that, Oh, okay, so you're not the Blues and Roots group. No, we've said that maybe 15 times now. So what is it that you do exactly? We were just interviewed. We do sketch comedy. We do sketch comedy. I had a sketch comedy group on here earlier today.

That was us. Right. That was us. Yes. So tell me, now I don't know a lot about sketch comedy, but there is one thing I'm reaching for, one sort of point of sort of similarity between us is a show called Monkey Magic

Do you know Monkey Magic? You asked us about this in the last hour. You asked us if we watched Monkey Magic. I don't know what the fuck monkey magic is, man. I'm going to have a fucking clue, bro. Because I don't know anything about what you guys do and I'm just trying to create a connection there. We told you about it like two hours ago.

Excuse me, you're going to. interview the Blues and Roots people. We've been waiting out here for two hours. How'd do you? Come in, hello. Hello. How'd it? I'd meet, Auntie Donna.

Hi, how you going? Nice to meet you. Can we go now? The people you need to interview are here. Can we go? Yeah, okay. Unless you want to interact with this Blues of Roots group for a little bit, it's a bit of an acting challenge for you.

It's up to you. All right. A fine, we'll stay. All right. Yeah, sounds like you. How'd dody? Hi, how are you? Good, thank you.

No, I was sorry, I was talking to the Blues and Roots musicians. Oh, you're talking to me? Yes, how are you? Good, thanks. How to do, dear. Hey, no, you're talking to me. Oh, I'm so sorry. What?

So we're going to open with a bit of the song. How do you do there? Hi, how you going? Hi, I'm good. Oh, look, Scott Morrison's here. fart. Fart. Fart.

Oh, no. Wow, Scott Morrison's two people. Wow. Yeah, that's really crazy. How they do, de. Fart. Oh, no. Fart.

Fart. Excuse me. We're in the middle of an interview here. Scott Morrison, two people who are Scott Morrison. Get out. Get out of all of you. Stop saying that. What the bloody hell's going on here

How to do this? I'm putting my foot down right now I'm putting my foot down I'm furious at all of you Fart I Fart Am

Stop it Stop it all of you How de doo dee Scott Horace up Stop saying how'd he do Geez what the bloody hill Get out

Get out right now How did do I fart Um How do they do this Top of the hour Who wants to join me

After the break After the news No thank you No thank you No thank you Let's cut to the news Top of the hour Do do do

Do do do Do do do do There's over here We've got Broden Kelly in England Rod and Kelly Standing in England Where Boris Johnson

announced today Large reforms in response to COVID-19. Brexit happening on the streets of London as bombs from the Bosch fall on the palace. Prettemongays everywhere, fleeing the scene of West End London. Broly Kelly, London, ABC. Broden Kelly, London correspondent. Now for a lighter story, mucking up in Western Australia,

a sheep farm lost their sheep and found them a little bit later. Mark Bonano in muckin'upin. Well, it was a crazy day here in Western Australia when Jeremiah Poutine, a French-Canadian immigrant from Melbourne, lost his sheep and then found them again where were they?

They were just on the other side of the fence of course now he is making, he's putting holes all in his fence so next time those sheep go are missing he just needs to peek through those holes I guess that's a lesson we can all learn about the size and how many holes there are in your fence

and the sheep that come with it. This is Mark Bonano. Fart. I love to fart. Of course, Skomo came into the farm to wish Jeremiah Putin a happy Thanksgiving and of course his 37th wedding anniversary, which had just come up. Of course, not married to the sheep, married to his wonderful wife, who turns out is one of the people who is Scomo. Farts. ABC News Okay, hi, we're at the top of the hour.

I'm covering for F.A.L. Epstein. I've got, I'm joined here today by, of course, wonderful guests. You probably know him as holding the flag at the Sydney 2000 Olympics. He's a basketball superstar. It's, Oh Oh my God You played basketball

I'm so sorry Welcome Welcome to the show Sorry he's referring to me Andrew Gays Yeah I'm referring to you Andrew how are you today Andrew Gage cheese I'm good mate

I've had a rip a day Two basketball games Got me shots up Did some dribbling practice And now I'm in this year at ABC, I'm sitting here going, how good's this? Now, you've brought in your non-nor and old Italian man to talk a little bit about basketball, non-no basketball. Yeah, that's right now. She's not actually my non-a, obviously, but she grew up in the house next to me and bring over jars, a tomato sauce that she'd whipped up in her backyard.

And we called her non-a. But she's going to talk to you a day about the... best sport for older people. I hear a lot of old codgers saying all the time, I can't move me back stuffed and I've got to figure out a way to be able to move and keep my virality.

And this is where Nona comes in. Nona's going to tell you about the best thing ever. Nona Come on, Nona. Ciao, Bella. And if you say, amper to go and I've done to pass. Basketball is a very exciting game

to play with your friends. If you play basketball, if you play basketball with all of your friends you can get fitness in your legs and in your thighs. I like to make a pasta. I don't add the bezel when I make the basata

because then it restricts not ingredients I can use as weak, although I do add a little sprinkle of a recognise. I just want to say thank you so much to all the guests. I suspect this will be my last time hosting.

You've been hosting. Hosting afterno. I've been listening to drumming. You've been hosting for seven hours now. Yeah. It is the top of the hour, unfortunately. And I will be wrapping up after this hour. After the news, we're going to have requests with San Roe.

So that's all from me. You'll have your regular host Raphael Epstein after the break. Thanks so much for having. me, it's been wonderful being a guest in your home, as it were. As I said, I suspect this is the last time I'll be hosting this show, for it went very poorly. We're going to be zoo. Thanks to all my guests, thanks to my producer. But after the news, it'll be requests with Zanro.

ABC3 News, everyone's dead. Ad do-de-do-de. You've been listening to the Auntie Donner podcast. Thanks for joining us for another rip episode brought to you by Auntie Donna Club.com. See you next week.