Aunty Donna Podcast - Party Quirks 14: Christmas Edition
Episode Date: November 26, 2024It’s Mark’s turn to play Party Quirks to celebrate the release of “The Most Upsetting Guessing Game” out now. LINKS Watch season three of Most Upsetting Guessing Game In The World https://...www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrQT10wIVkI Follow @theauntydonnagallery on Instagram https://bit.ly/auntydonna-ig Become a Patreon supporter at http://auntydonnaclub.com/ CREDITS Hosts: Broden Kelly, Zachary Ruane, & Mark Bonanno Producer: Lindsey Green Digital Producers: Nick Barrett, Jim Cruse & Tanya Zerek Audio Imager: Mitch Calladine Supervising Producer: Elise Cooper Managing Producer: Sam Cavanagh Join The Aunty Donna Club: https://www.patreon.com/auntydonnaSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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G'day podcast listeners.
It is well into the six weeks of Christmas over here at the Ante Donna podcast,
and we are playing one of our and yours most disliked games.
It's the most upsetting guessing game.
Special Christmas edition. Someone wants to play Party Quicks, Party Quicks, Party Quicks How long shall we do it before we stop playing Party Quicks?
Party Quicks, Party Quicks
Maybe the Beatles would have stayed together if they played Party Quicks
Merry Christmas, happy holidays everyone
Five weeks of Christmas over here at the Aunty Donna podcast.
As you talk you're sort of preparing to eat a cup of noodles.
A beautiful spicy instant ramen which I'm very...
Not very Christmasy if I'm being honest.
Why? It's red.
You're right.
And there's some green. Green from red, green.
It's a standard in a spicy little cup.
We're trying something new this year in the 18 weeks of Christmas.
Beautiful, beautiful.
We're going to bring a classic that everyone loves to the world of the Christmas, I don't
know.
And it's so exciting.
This is the first week of the five weeks of Christmas.
Yes.
What? You just gave me a look like it isn't. week of the five weeks of Christmas? Yes.
What?
You just gave me a look like it isn't.
But I think every, every, it's the most exciting thing about the five weeks of Christmas is every episode will be the first week
of the five weeks of Christmas until we decide on an order
after the fact.
Yes.
Fuck.
I thought that song was going to end.
Yeah, me too.
And it ramped up.
That's the way, that's the Christmas way.
Just when you think it's over, hop in the car, head down to Nana's place.
It's time for leftover tea.
Yes, so.
And it's also time for the most upsetting Christmas guessing game.
Which we, the Agh.
Of all time.
Which the acronym for that is...
Muckook.
Muckook.
Muckook.
Muckook.
Let's play that classic Christmas game which I recommend that you all do.
Okay, Wadja Wadda.
I recommend you do it on Christmas Day with your family, with your nanna, with your, uh,
if they're not dead like mine.
Now, I might be wrong, but I believe-
Or near-death like mine.
I believe-
Mine has dementia, so she would not be able to remember.
Mine are dead.
Yours, what?
Well, one's dead, and the other nanna has severe dementia, so would be bad at-
These Christmases are important.
What would be worse for my Nana to play as the
Host or the guest do you think with the level of domain that she suffers? I don't I don't know
I mean when my family went through similar stuff
I can only talk from that experience that would probably not play it not play you didn't also when you did play it with your
Or you didn't you chose not to play it with your Nana when she was no we didn't right?
I would say guessing.
Yeah, but...
Yeah, it would take longer.
It would take longer.
That's just out of the two.
Well, guessing is better because to ask someone with that sort of issue to remember the character
they're playing, to portray that character, to hold on to the concept of the guy, I think
guessing you're more likely to...
I'm not saying neither of them are good. Playing the game with my Nana in the last stages of dementia she had, I would not advise though.
What I would advise though is normalizing it and talking about it in circumstances like this
is what a lot of people go through and there are funny moments, but also moments of great sadness.
Much like Mug.
Mugug.
Yes!
Mugug.
Mugug.
And it's original form Mug. Yes. Mug. Mug. And it's original form, Mug.
Now Mug, if you love this episode of Mug, I believe there are episodes of Mug coming
out right now on Grouse House.
Oh, there are.
On the YouTube channel.
I believe that's why we're doing Mug.
Is I believe Tanya, who is in charge of this sort of thing back at our office, said to
us, could you do a mug?
Forgive me, I just had a soup of noodles.
He has his Munch on crunch on noodles.
Slurping and burping noodles.
Slurping and burping Munchin and slurping.
I'm sorry, it's a delicious spicy noodle and it is the season to be fair.
Well, let's let Mark slurp and burp his noodles.
You're out of the room.
All right, I'm out of the room and good luck to everyone.
Good call.
Yes.
I couldn't abide a man slurping and burping on a podcast.
If you'd like to hear more slurping and burping from Mark you should check out his solo podcast the footy with Broden Kelly
Yeah, yeah, all right. I'm gonna go out there slurping burp. Although I believe you've sued him on that night
Well, and we're in the courts at the moment, but I'm not letting it get in between
I said you should call it slurping and burping with Mark Bonanno
Yeah, that was my advice from the footy with Broden Kelly is such a strong brand already.
Yeah, the reason is because he's worked hard to establish that brand.
And I don't want to have to work as hard to establish my brand.
It all makes sense.
It's a take mission, Zach. You can have it.
Yeah, but I wanted the footy with Broden Kelly.
Now, I think it's a great idea for a podcast for Mark called Slurping a Bourbon where he
brings on a guest and they try a new ramen.
Yeah.
Bye, Mark.
And here we are folks in the area where we give each other our classic quirks. The Qantas Inner Sanctum brought to you by Qantas, our favourite airline.
We've branded this section of the podcast, the Qantas Business Lounge.
Formerly the Absolute Vodka. Formally the absolute vodka.
Yeah.
The absolute vodka decision time room.
Yeah, now it's the Qantas business lounge quirk maker's room.
Yeah.
Now, what are we going to do for the game mug?
Zach.
Yeah.
Christmas themed.
Yes, it has to Zach, Christmas themed.
Yes, it has to be broadly Christmas themed.
Yes.
Okay, so your one, one of your ones.
Yes.
Is, um, everything else I give you will not be Christmas themed.
Yes. But he has to guess that
broadly they're more Christmassy than they would normally be. What's the vague?
So I'll give you other ones and then I'll explain this at the end. Okay. So firstly Mark, Brayden Kelly.
Yeah.
I just called you Mark.
My name's Mark in this.
That's a character trait.
You are to accidentally call Mark Zach once.
Yep.
And that's it.
One of them is that you accidentally call him Zach once. Yep. That's it. One of them is that you accidentally call him Zach once.
Yep.
And then you move on.
Okay.
Lindsay, if you could write these down so we won't forget.
That would be awesome.
Also, you are a cheetah.
As in the fast cat.
The fast cat. Was there a cheetah that represented a cheese?
Chester Cheetos. He represented the Cheetos? Yeah. So you're a different cheetah and you've
auditioned for the Amy girl. You know the Amy girl? Yeah, Amy, the Australian. So for
international audiences there's... The car insurance. And at the end of every ad, a pretty
brunette turns her head and smiles and she's the Amy
girl.
She works at Amy.
I always thought her name was Amy.
And every 10 years or so they replace her.
It's a very lucrative ad.
I remember all my brunette friends auditioned for it once.
The Amy now is many.
There's many Amys now.
Ah, smart.
Now, Broden, you've auditioned for the Amy girl, but they-
As Chester Cheeto. No, you've auditioned for the Amy girl, but they... That's just a cheeto.
No, you're a cheetah.
Yeah.
They worry you look too much like Chester Cheeto and they can't have you on.
And you think that's rotten.
Okay.
So I'm a Chester...
You're a cheetah.
I'm a cheetah auditioning for the Amy girl, but they've said, you know, you look too much like Chester Cheeto,
and people think this is for Cheetos and I'm annoyed by that. And you're like so now they only one Cheeto
can be, yeah like only one Cheeto can be. And at one point I call Zack Mark just once
and move you know and he's... At one point you call Mark Zack. And then everything's a bit
Christmassy. So those two things are a bit Christmassy but not at Christmas time.
They're just a little more Christmassy you know. Yeah. You know they? Yeah. You know, they've got a little bit of that Christmas sparkle.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
But nothing directly Christmas.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
In fact, that's what it is.
Yeah.
They have a Christmas sparkle, but nothing to do with Christmas.
Yeah.
And you can't say, oh, Christmas. That's wrong.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Okay, here's yours.
You know, the pilot for The Sopranos is...
I'm gonna write this down.
The pilot for The Sopranos is Tony loves these ducks.
Yeah, the ducks.
I remember the ducks.
And they leave and he has a panic attack which drives him into psychiatry.
Cognizant, psychologist.
Psychiatrist, yeah.
Which is Dr. Melfi.
Dr. Melfi. Dr. Soprant psychology. Psychiatry, yeah.
It's just Dr. Melfi.
Dr. Melfi.
Dr. Soprano.
Dr. Soprano, that's a good Dr. Melfi.
But you are a duck.
One of the ducks.
No, not this duck.
You just love the Sopranos because it's got ducks in it.
And I'm disappointed there's not more ducks throughout this. Yeah you watched it because you
thought it was about ducks. I was like oh they stay with the fat Italian man.
Yeah but most of your... I shouldn't say fat. Most of your... he's a big boy. He's fat.
But there's no judgment call on that. That's what you get. Yeah now... Duck loved Sopranos
but started watching it.
But your life is mostly seeds, you know, floating on water.
Because I thought it would be about ducks.
So I'm a duck who loves the Sopranos, but I started watching it because I thought it
would be about ducks.
Yeah.
But you're shocked as well. Like the main thing of your life, the main drive of this character at the moment,
he's like, Hot Cross Buns are in the shops already?
Hot Cross Buns are in the shops already.
That's your main thing. And you are an advocate for a Facebook group which is broadened out to a community called
Stop Hot Cross Buns Being in the Shops December 26th.
So I'm a part of the...
You are the chairman.
Like though I run the Facebook group.
Of course and you've done like Channel 10 interviewed you a few years back about it
and like you're unaware that you're literally just buying, they are putting Hot Cross Buns
in the store because of the engagement it gets and it makes
people talk.
I'm actually playing into their hands.
And you don't know that.
Yeah, I don't know that.
I'm at Dark Who Loves The Sopranos.
It started watching it because I thought it would be about ducks.
I think it's crazy that hot cross buns are in the shops already, so much so that I started
an advocacy group to stop hot cross buns so early, but I don't know the fact that I'm just playing
into their hands.
Yeah, and you're part of the discourse.
I'm part of the system.
And you need him to kind of be aware of that thing that happens in society where people,
there's a counter movement and buying into that is actually the movement. You know, you being averse to
that. Explain that, let's talk through that a little bit, but the idea of
there's a thought that there's a thought something happens and then the counter
movement of people. It's annoying how everyone thinks this. That
discourse against the initial nugget is the thought.
Is as much a part of the wasteful silly discourse.
Even the third one along, I've talked about this before, even the third one along where
it's like, why are you even talking about this, is as much a part of the problem.
Yes, it's all part of it.
So in this exact example, Cole's put out the hot cross bun thing, that's the end of it.
It should be. But the actual discourse is, I can't believe they've put these in.
I'm playing into the Hot Cross Bun culture war.
Yeah, yeah.
And he needs to talk to that concept.
Yeah.
What are your ones again? I think I've got one more for you.
I'm a cheetah, auditioning for Amy Abedeli.
You auditioned.
I auditioned, I'm a bit annoyed. No, you are both auditioning for and
you are about to audition for it and also you are in the future. You're both. Does that make sense?
Yeah, I am in the middle of auditioning but I also have auditioned. So I have to be, I have to have
the hope of auditioning and the embarrassment and sadness
that I didn't get it at the same time.
And also preparing for the audition.
And prepare, okay I am all times.
So on that I am a bit Christmassy, but the sparkle of Christmas, I say Zach instead of
Mark at one point.
And last thing.
I'm good, I am good.
You think that Michelle Trachenberg... Who is that?
No, you're not allowed to look her up.
You think that Michelle...
No, you're not allowed to look her up.
You think that Michelle Trachenberg was the best thing about Buffy.
Does he know who Michelle Tretchenberg? I don't know. Well I don't know what part they played. Were they in Buffy? Can I ask that?
Which they weren't Michelle, Michelle Geller, I know that. Yeah, you'll figure it out.
They weren't Angel were they? No. That's all the characters I know.
Fuck. I don't even know who they played in Bucky.
You got that all written down, Linz? Great.
Could you bring in the ramen man, please, who is just staring at us blankly through the window?
He's finished his ramen, he's got the fork to prove it.
Mark, welcome!
Welcome to your party! Hit that music, Linz.
Welcome, Mark. You excited for your mug?
I'm very excited.
Run your party. Run your Christmas party.
Well, I've got the decorations over here.
I've got the eggnog over there.
I've got some cabana and cheese on the table there.
And some vegetarian dolmatis.
And they're actually vegan. Oh, a knock upon the door.
Who? A rapture, perchance. We'll open the door and see who my guest is today.
Eric? Oh, the Flash! Ha! Do I just a s- or Sonic? Oh, that went so badly.
I hope it goes well.
Ha!
I just turned my head and smile!
Do you now?
I can't believe it.
That's such typecasting, I hate it.
Well-
Well, I hope I get it.
Well, first of all-
I'm doing it!
First of all, you're a speedster.
Yeah, that's a- my- we all are.
We all are?
The people like me!
Oh, cause you're a hedgehog. No.
Wrong, Mark.
No, but you did have lightning and chemicals hit you to give you your powers.
Can we turn off the music?
Absolutely not, Mark.
Thanks, Harry.
That's alright.
Even though you're not in the room and you're not a guest, I will accept that.
Did you- listen to what I said by any chance?
That you're running around.
Is there a layer that I'm not...
that you're worried I'm not paying attention?
Yes, you missed something.
This is a layer.
This is a layer that I missed something.
Nah, you just missed something.
Fucking cunt. This is a layer. This is a layer that I missed something. Nah, you just missed something.
Fucking cunt.
So alright, so it's not a layer. No, because I didn't miss anything, did I? Yes.
No, but I didn't. The thing is that I didn't.
You can do it again, but later.
Thank you.
I give you permission. Knock, knock, knock.
Eric? Hello?
Oh, look at all those foods!
Oh God, what have you got there?
Can you talk me through what you've got?
First of all, thank you for coming.
No worries at all.
I know that you don't traditionally celebrate Christmas.
Oh no, no, but I don't. I don't traditionally celebrate Christmas.
Well, some cultures would munch on me for Christmas, so of course I wouldn't.
Did I see you waddle just then?
What?
Did I see you waddle?
Wow, sure.
You waddled?
I did, yeah.
So you're a waddling beast?
Yeah!
Maybe of the penguin variety?
Oh, no, they're alright, but no, no.
No, no, maybe the pelican.
They're a little rarefied for me.
Maybe the pelican variety?
Down there. No, they're too big.
Some sort of sea and land and air dwelling bird.
Those pelicans, their bills are too big.
Too silly.
You waddle.
Yeah.
Do you, may I take your coat or is it over your wings to keep them warm?
What?
I'm just trying to establish whether you're a bird or not.
Oh yeah, yes they are, yes.
They are keeping your wings warm.
But you can take my coat, I like to stretch them out.
Yeah, stretch your wings out.
And how are you, we're gonna, this was gonna be a bit of a pool party.
Would you care to get in the water?
Yeah, I'd be very comfortable in the water.
You'd be very comfortable in the water.
But to get there you're gonna be waddling a bit.
Yeah, I'll waddle over.
Sure.
Yeah, yeah.
Not a pelican and not a penguin.
No.
Do you eat a pelican at Christmas or?
Oh, a turkey.
No.
Water.
Are you a turkey bird?
Water.
Do people eat me?
There are cultures that eat me at Christmas.
Yeah.
Are there cultures that eat meat at Christmas?
Eat me.
Me.
Or eat you.
Eat you. Can I find out what you've got snack-wise here?
Yes, we've got cabana.
Oh yum.
We've got, which is like a sausage.
Float that on the pool, I'll gobble it up.
You'll gobble it up if it's floating on the pool.
Yeah, but also if it's down a little lower, not all the way down, but I'll eat it on the
pool.
What else have you got?
Well we've got alligator.
Oh, scary.
Yeah, right, because are they a predator for you?
Probably.
If an alligator saw me it would try to eat me.
Mark, can I ask you a question?
What carbs have you got on this table?
I have little mice.
What carbohydrates?
I have tiny little mice.
What carbohydrates do you have?
I don't know, maybe I'm thinking maybe he's an eagle or something. I know this is a separate thing. What carbohydrates do you have? I don't know, maybe I'm thinking maybe he's an eagle or something.
I know this is a separate thing.
What carbohydrates do you have?
I waddle.
I'm on the water.
You waddle, you're on the water.
I'm not a pelican or a penguin.
You're a duck.
Yes.
You're a goose.
No.
You're a duck.
You're a duck.
You're a duck.
You're a duck.
You're a duck.
You're a duck.
You're a duck. You're a duck. You're a duck. You're a duck. You're a duck. Ding ding ding. You're a duck that likes carbs but only certain carbs. We have complex carbohydrates.
No Mark, there's a carbohydrate that if it's down on that table I will be fuming.
Really?
What's the date?
It's December 25th.
Ah, too early.
Because you will only eat certain carbs before Christmas.
You can play with him.
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You're auditioning for the Flash.
You're auditioning for Sonic.
He's a bit... He's not spotty enough.
Spotty enough, because you're like a cheater from Beast Wars. Cheator. Cheator from Beast Wars?
No, cheater.
What?
Just a cheater.
Just a cheater. You're a cheater auditioning for the Flash.
Yes, Zach. Mark.
I would say that I am.
And you are a cheater.
Yeah.
Give me a thing.
And just because of that, I'm not right.
Because you're auditioning for The Flash.
No.
You're auditioning for Sonic.
No.
You're auditioning for a speed stay in a film.
Cheaters are speedsters.
I mean they're the real life speedsters for sure.
Yeah that's right.
That's all I was doing.
I'm just sparse.
Alright so you're auditioning for something else.
Yeah.
You're auditioning for Book of Mormon.
I don't have to talk.
It's just do the face, be happy and then I'm the face of it.
But I thought I was perfect.
You're auditioning for an ad.
But I can't believe I didn't get it but I hope I do.
You're auditioning for some sort of ad. You're a cheater. You're auditioning for an ad. But I can't believe I didn't get it, but I hope I do. You're auditioning for some sort of ad.
You're a cheater.
You're auditioning for an ad.
What ads are there?
There are ads for teeth whitening paste.
No.
There are ads for dry shampoo.
No.
There are ads for condoms.
No.
There are, well, you know what?
Are we going to talk about every product ever?
Well, I'm sure there will be some way to get to the bottom of it.
Lucky!
Oh, for insurance?
For Amy specifically?
Oh fuck it, I gave you too much.
Yes!
For Amy specifically?
And I'm perfect, right?
You're, of course you are.
Why would you not get the ad?
I've been typecast.
You've been typecast as a cheater.
Yeah!
But you are a cheater.
Because, just because of that other guy, I can't believe it!
Because of the other guy?
But it all has a bit of the feeling, doesn't it?
Hey, hey. It all has that feeling.
Can I ask you a question, Mr. Cheater?
It all has that feeling.
Mr. Cheater, did you get him those free- that bowl of free snacks?
I have nothing to do with those snacks.
Oh, okay. Wow.
And that's the problem. I have nothing to do with them.
They're delicious. I don't mind.
You're upset because you didn't help plan the party.
No. No. I'm just saying, I don't mind. You're upset because you didn't help plan the party. No, I'm just saying those snacks, they are associated with people like me, but I have
nothing to do with that. Cheetos. Because there's Cheetos on the table, you got nothing to do with
Cheetos. Yeah. Yeah. And that guy. Um, um, uh, oh, what's his name? For some reason my brain went
to Sexy Lexi. No, but what's Sexy Lexi? Sometimes your brain... Sexy Lexi Cheetos?
Sometimes your brain... I've known you for so long. Sexy Lexi Cheetos? I've known you for so long.
That doesn't even have chut in it. And people listening... Sexy Lexi? Would go, oh I don't get
it but I'm sure Zach and Broden do. Sometimes your brain surprises me. What's his name? Cheeto?
His name is Chester Cheeto?
Yes!
You're Chester Cheeto?
No, I'm not!
No, but you should be!
No!
No!
I should be able to have my own career!
Right, because you're a cheater who is auditioning for an ad.
Yes, I am.
But you're not getting the work because Chester Cheeto...
I hope I get it.
You auditioned for Cheetos.
I did, yes.
Yeah, but Chester Cheeto got it.
But I'm gonna! You're gonna get it. I hope so.ed for Cheeto. I did yes. Yeah, but just the cheeto. I'm gonna
You're gonna you're gonna get it. I hope so you hope so, but I didn't you didn't and I'm doing it
You're auditioning now. Yes, so you're delusional, but I didn't get it. You didn't get it. You've already
I hope I did you've already been rejected. Yes, but I hope I get it
So you're a delusional cheetah. No, no
I'm good. I'm auditioning you're auditioning. I didn I get it. So you're a delusional cheater? No. No? I'm auditioning.
You're auditioning?
I didn't get it.
You got rejected, but I'm doing it.
So you are in a point where you are simultaneously auditioning, have been rejected from it, and are hoping that you'll get it.
Why?
Waiting to hear back. Why?
Because you're a fuckhead.
I'm a fuckhead.
Well because you have been displaced in time.
Yes, I think so.
Because you've been going too fast.
No, no, no, no.
Why did they not give me the part?
Or why wouldn't they not give me the part?
Um, because you've been displaced in time.
No, because I think I'm doing a good
job but they just think I'm like... A regular, they just think you're a shit cheater. They
think you're a regular cheater. Well they think I'm, well I'm doing a very different
performance to him. So I don't think there's any comparison and just because I'm a cheater.
Yeah. But that all they see is... A cheater. Which one? Not Chester. No, they see Chester. Yeah, I will. You are
Chester? No, I've been Chester. No, they only see one thing for me. Like they look...
They only see you as a wildcat. They only see you as... They've typecast you. I'll have a go now.
But, but, but I got some things right?
You're a cheater who's experiencing all...
And it all has that kind of magic doesn't it?
But what are you auditioning for?
For Cheetos.
No.
For face cream?
For Amy insurance.
Which would have been perf... I thought I was perfing for but they only saw...
They were too... They couldn't get past.
The fact that you were a cheater.
Because you are a cheater.
And when people see a cheater they just think of...
Cheating.
Or cats.
Or Chester Cheeto.
Yes!
They think of Chester Cheeto.
They see you, they think of Chester Cheeto.
They go, we can't cast this cheater as the face of Amy because everyone's just going to think he's Chester Cheeto, they go, we can't cast this Cheeta as the face of Amy
because everyone's just going to think he's Chester Cheeto.
Well done.
And you're experiencing the rejection and the audition and the hope of getting the part
all at the same time.
Thank you.
And it's all got that vibe.
And it all has that vibe of...
Yes it does, Mark.
It's exciting.
Yes it does, Mark.
Yeah, because it's the film and TV industry.
Hey, what other snacks have you got? You're a duck. Yes, it does, Mark. Yeah, because it's the film and TV industry. Hey, what other snacks have you got?
You're a duck.
Yes, yeah, yeah, yeah.
You don't-
Have you seen it, the Duck Show?
Have I seen the Duck Show?
The Duck Show.
The Duck Show.
I mean, we're only in it towards the top, but-
Duck, Duckwing Duck?
I love the show.
I, well, I tune-
No, no.
The Mighty Ducks.
No, no, no.
The Duck Show.
The Duck Show. The Duck Show. So I tuned in because I'd heard about this pilot and, The Mighty Ducks. No, no, no.
The Duck Show.
The Duck Show.
So I tuned in because I'd heard about this pilot and I was like, oh man, this is going
to be sick.
Best show ever made.
And beautiful.
And I watched it for us, but I loved the whole thing.
I loved the other characters as well.
In The Duck Show.
Oh, I love ducks.
And it's called The Duck Show.
No, no, no, no.
No, no, no.
There is a name for it.
Dynasty Ducks. You would call it something else. no no no no no there is a name for it dynasty ducks you would call it duck dynasty duck dynasty no no I don't think
you would eat well I don't know I think the ducks are very important hmm they
are they are hugely important but I think thematically I think you would
probably engage with the human characters more than me me I'm all
about the ducks okay so it's obviously some sort of movie or TV show where
they're ducks in it for a moment. Yeah.
For but a moment.
But a substantial moment.
But a substantial moment.
And I thought they would be in it for the rest of the series.
Old Man Feeds the Ducks?
He's not old.
No.
Forest Gump?
A man does feed the ducks.
A man feeds the ducks.
But he's not old.
Who else was?
Out of...
I know that you love the ducks.
Best show ever made.
I know you love the...
Best show ever made.
Best show, The Sopranos made best show the Sopranos
Breaking Bad
Sopranos yeah, right. So you love the Sopranos, but you think it's the duck show
Yeah, why because the ducks are in it for a moment and but those are the characters that captivated you because you are a duck
so I watched it for
The ducks you watch you watched the Sopranos for the
ducks. Yeah. And there was a lot of boring bits where the humans were talking. Do you
reckon I switched it off? Do you reckon once the ducks left I switched it off? No, you
stuck around. It's good. Yeah, you loved it. Have I given him too much? No, it's good.
You loved the duck story in the Sopranos. Hey, what food you got here? We've got cabana.
Great. Perfect for this time of year.
Time appropriate. Yeah we've got Cheetos. Yum yum yum. Perfect for any time of the year.
Yeah we've got potatoes. Great for any time of the year. Christmas stuff you got? We got ham.
Christmas yeah. We've got stuffing. What kind of like what kind of, like, what kind of, you know, I've got some, what sweet, sweet things do you have?
Pudding. Pudding, yummy, very appropriate. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
What are you, profiteroles? Rolls. Profiteroles. Rolls, bread. What kind of breads do you have? We've got sourdough breads
Yeah, we've got any sweet breads. We have a
Chopin
Shoe pan. Okay. That's okay. I'll allow it. Yeah. Yeah
sweet breads sweet milky breads
Just I just want to make sure that you don't have anything bad for now.
Yeah, I want Christmas stuff.
I want Christmas stuff. Or I'm okay with a cabana or a cheeseel, that's for all times of year.
But if you're fucking with the time of year here, I'm going to be pretty...
Oh, a panettone?
Yeah, that's time appropriate.
That's fine.
But you don't want any sweet, you don't want any brioche.
No, I don't mind a bit of brioche.
That's appropriate any time of the year.
Right.
I'm okay with stuff that's appropriate
for this time of year or any time of year.
Yeah, he loves Christmas stuff at the moment
or evergreen stuff.
Don't get me wrong, in four months time,
I'm gonna be loving other stuff, but not now.
So you don't want any specific Easter bread.
What? Name some Easter bread. What are don't want any specific Easter bread? What? Well name some Easter bread.
What are you saying? What are you saying? Name some Easter breads! Yes. What are you saying? Name THE
Easter bread. Oh a hot cross bun! What? We've got hot cross buns here. How the fuck did you get
hot cross bun? What's the date? Oh okay so you- What the fuck are you talking about? So you are,
you are- What the fuck? The most about? So you are, you are-
What the fuck?
The most classic of the Easter bread, yes, a Hot Cross Bun.
I've heard of 26, but this is pre-25th!
You are flabbergasted that I was able to get Hot Cross Buns.
Oh shit.
Or Easter Breads.
I've got to call the others Easter Breads.
I'm so sorry.
We don't call them Hot Cross Buns, we call them Easter Breads.
No, forget that, I think that's funny.
You are flabbergasted and mad that I have inappropriate holiday bread.
I'm not upset at you, Mark. You're an individual consumer.
You can't make those choices.
Yes.
Where did you get this from?
Coles.
Fucking hell, those bastards.
So you are mad.
I have to call the others. I have to call the others, I have to
call the others, I have to update the group. The other ducks? I'll be one second. Okay. No,
there's, we're a whole group, there's people, there's ducks, it's duck unrelated. The duck
thing is just to do with... Well you use your phone with your feathers. Yeah, I just use my
little wings here. I have to make a quick call. Alright. I'm gonna talk to some people because
this is outrageous. Can I be privy to the call?
Do you know which calls you got it from?
Well, yeah, yeah, I do.
Can you tell me?
I think it would be good.
We'd like to get some photo evidence.
South Melbourne calls.
South Melbourne.
Alright, yeah, you can be privy to the call.
Just a second.
Alright.
Oh, sorry, go.
You go, you go.
Hey, mate, how are you? Yeah, listen, I'm happy to update the group, but I would love a second. All right. Oh, sorry, go. You go, you go. Hey, mate, how are you? Yeah, listen, I'm happy to update the group,
but I would love a photo.
I have a friend here who got Hot Cross Buns.
Yeah, chocolate Hot Cross Buns.
Chocolate, chocolate, whatever.
Chocolate Hot Cross Buns from Coles.
Yeah, right, before 26th even.
It's too far.
I agree.
I mean, we agree on this.
You're a part of a group.
I'll update them, but I need a photo. You're a part of a group. I'll update them but I need a photo.
You're a part of a group that...
And if you can talk to the publicist that would be great.
You're a part of a group that tends to make sure that holiday breads come out at appropriate times.
This specifically, I mean...
This is so heightened.
I leave it for the other. I'll leave the other breads for the other people.
And you think this is just nuts?
I actually love heightened stuff. Like some of my favourite shows are heightened. Yeah.
Name some.
Name some of your favourite shows.
Well, like name some heightened shows. I'll tell you which one.
Severance.
Nah, too recent.
Too recent?
Mork and Mindy.
Yeah, more recent. More recent than Mork and Mindy. Yeah.
Uh, more recent.
More recent than Mork and Mindy, but not as recent as Severance.
Wrong decade.
Um, uh, so the nineties.
Yeah, I love heightened series from the nineties.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Towards the back end.
Absolutely.
Alex Mack.
Oh yeah.
Like that.
Yeah.
Oh, but a bit more spooky.
Oh, Goosebumps.
Yeah, in that world, but maybe a bit more, a bit older. Twilight Zone.
No, that's not 90s. I like the first word. I like the first word. Twilight. But in the 90s.
Twilight in the 90s. Oh yeah. Twilight in the midnight. Midnight stories. What's Twilight
about? Twilight's about vampires. In the 90s? Midnight. Late 90s? Charmed? No. Or the other one? Not charmed.
Vampire Diaries? Or the other one? There's another one? Yeah. Oh Buffy! Yeah. Oh you love Buffy the
Vampire Slayer. She's the best. Yeah yeah yeah. She's the absolute best. Yeah. At? Yeah. Killin'? I don't
know. You don't know because you've never seen seen Buffy, but it's your favorite show.
There's got great people in it.
Sarah Michelle Galla.
Yes.
Um, the one that put the fluid in her pussy.
In American Pie. That, that person's name is, I do know that person's name.
She hosts Penn and Teller sometimes.
Yeah.
What's their name?
It doesn't matter.
Period.
She has a Penn and Teller.
But I know her name is not that name.
Um, but not her.
Yeah, who else is in it?
Aw man. I know! I know, I know!
You know, you know!
I know, I'm the same as you!
I know! Okay.
I love that show, I love her in it.
Right!
Right, right, right, right.
I love her in it. You love her in it. Yeah. There's an
actor whose name I'm not gonna know you don't know either which is very
frustrating. Yeah. Um, great. Hey Mark, Mark. It's not a, it's not um. Oh please, that'd be great. No, no, no.
No, it's definitely not Piper Peribo. It's not it? It's not. Oh yeah she was. Was she?
I don't know.
It's one of those it girls.
She's brunette isn't she?
I don't know.
She's brunette isn't she?
She's brunette.
I think so.
Yeah and she's a.
You gotta know her name.
She was fucking.
Oh she was just one of the it girls.
She was one of the it girls.
No I think I know who you're talking about. I think you're thinking. I'm not allowed to look it up. He's not allowed to the it girls. One of the it girls. No, I think I know who you're talking about.
I think you're thinking.
I'm not allowed to look it up.
He's not allowed to look it up.
Well, you got to break it down at some point.
At some point.
I don't remember.
Mark.
Mark, let's go with me for a little bit.
Yeah.
All right.
Let's go with me for a little bit.
So you're a duck that is part of a group that makes sure that holiday breads come out at appropriate times.
Specific holiday breads.
Specific holiday breads. Hot cross buns.
Hot cross buns.
You're part of an elite force.
Not elite. We just are concerned citizens.
Concerned citizens. We've started like a neighborhood watch type thing.
Where would that be in 2024?
Where would that be?
A lot of middle-aged, a lot of Karens in this group with me.
On Facebook.
Yeah.
You're part of a Facebook group that...
But we expand bigger than that, you know?
Who was, who did I want to talk to?
I wanted to talk to our...
Did you hear who I, who I called?
No.
I said I wanted to talk to someone else, because I think we got to get this out bigger than
just the Facebook.
We got to get this to old media and stuff.
Yeah right.
And it's, it's worked in the past.
Your publicist, you spoke, no you wanted to speak to your publicist.
So because maybe in the past I've also, have I gone over, is it just Facebook?
Maybe in the past he was, by doing this he's had engagement, where could he have been? Seen.
Do you think I've just taken this issue to Facebook or do you think maybe with the publicist
I've gone to other places?
To news media too?
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Like?
Like.
The Herald Sun?
Yeah, sure, but no, no, specifically.
The Age?
Look, I've got a...
The Guardian?
The Gartian?
Newspaper is one kind of medium.
Oh, TV?
Yeah!
News?
Yeah! The News? Current Affair? medium. Oh, TV. Yeah. News. Yeah.
The news.
Is there a specific one?
Yeah.
Current Affair.
No.
Networks.
Networks.
Seven.
No.
No.
Ten.
Yeah.
So you've gone to Channel 10.
Have.
Have.
In the past, went to Channel 10.
So this is a whole backstory.
So in the past, you've been to Channel 10, right?
Who was I representing?
You were representing a group of concerned citizens who wanted to make sure that Hot
Cross Buns were coming out at an appropriate time.
It makes me so mad.
Have you seen, like, how, have you seen when?
Yeah, because it was coming out way too, it was coming out around Christmas time.
Too early.
Way too early.
Pre the 25th, pre the 24th.
So I was like, why do you, I don't even understand why the fuck they would do it.
I get so mad at them.
Why would they do it?
I get so mad at them.
I'm posting on my group.
I'm posting on my Facebook group.
On your Facebook group.
I'm encouraging people on my group.
What would you call this?
I would call this outrage.
I would call this outrage.
Yeah.
Yeah.
But why would they do it?
I get so upset that I go.
They're an idiot.
That I and my...
There are thousands of people in my group.
So you're a group of fucking idiots.
But there are thousands of us.
We all have lots of followers.
We all post photos about it.
We talk about it.
What's that doing?
We tweet about it.
What's all that doing?
Yeah.
It's cultivating.
Yeah.
What did Coles do initially?
Coles initially brought out hot cross buns too early.
Why?
I don't know why, but it makes me so mad, so mad that me and my group, but listen to
what I'm saying.
Why would they get mad about it or why would Coles do it?
Because it's a hot selling item to raise profits, to increase profits.
That's so early, Mark.
Listen to what I do when I get so mad about it.
I post about it.
I post in the group about it.
To create engagement.
So that's why Coles do it.
Coles did it on purpose to create engagement, but you don't understand that.
And you've fallen into Coles' trap.
You're a duck that has fallen into Coles' trap of bringing out Easter breads, hot cross buns, too early
because they wanted people to post about it so that then people would go out and buy hot cross
buns out of season. Is this a thing that just happens with Easter bread? No, it happens with
everything. Great. What's the broader issue at play here? The broader issue at play is that Coles and Woolies are manipulating stupid- Just Coles and Woolies?
No, I guess every- I guess-
Everyone.
It's outrage culture.
Yeah!
It's outrage culture.
So wait, wait, you're saying that- because I think of myself as the enemy of Coles and
Woolworths in this issue.
No, but actually you're a pawn of the machine!
You're a cog in the machine.
Ding ding ding ding.
And what's my favourite show?
And your favourite show was The Sopranos, but just the duck bits.
No.
No, you tuned in originally for the duck bits, but then you stayed for the human bits because
it was so compelling.
That's his favourite show.
Yeah.
Have you got all of you?
Maybe, I'm going to double check while he's guessing.
My favourite show though is...
Your favourite show, I can't remember.
We just talked about it.
Did we?
Did we?
Did we?
What was it?
It's like Twilight from the 90s.
Oh, Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Yeah, and I love her.
And who's his favourite actor in Buffy?
Fucking...
So here's the issue is I don't know her name he said it once I
don't remember well no one's telling me the name. Let's just start guessing.
I think it's fair that I know the name. Let's just start guessing. Bridget Wordsworth. Why don't you guess
Olivia Freeben. Yes. Would he? He wouldn't know the name. I don't have internet. Crystal Maze. Lindsay, can you just whisper it in my ear?
Is it Crystal Maze? I don't know. I don't know what the name is.
What about, why don't you ask what else she's been in?
Shannon O'Harrigan. Why don't you ask what else she's been in?
What else has she been in? I got the name. The name has been given to
me. Did I get any of them right?
A very close friend of ours. A very close friend of ours. Lucy.
A close friend of ours.
Uh...
Singer. Cabaret.
Michelle.
Oh yes.
Michelle Rodriguez.
No.
She's not in Buffy.
I can't, I've never seen it.
She could have done a good part.
I haven't seen all of it either.
Running and field. And field.
Track. Michelle Track. Yes.'t seen all of it either. Running and field and field. Track.
Yes.
Michelle Track.
Yes and?
Michelle Tracken.
Michelle Track should fit.
I think that's right what you just said.
Michelle Tracken.
Plus, here we go.
No, no that's not right.
I don't know.
I'm going to get close and then we can work.
What's a game, what's another word for game or contest?
Puzzle, sport, contest, game or sport? two people going out or two teams
jewelry a rivalry if they're very similar they're an equal what if they're
very similar I don't know I don't have a lighter but I have a box with one oh
it's a match so it's not track but it rhymes with... Match.
So what is it?
Yeah, put it together.
Michelle... Trach.
Yep, Michelle Trach.
And then, um, oh.
Michelle Trach.
Trach.
Michelle Trach.
I think you'd be pretty... you get who the actor is now, don't you?
No.
Michelle Tratch, and then Trachenberg.
Yeah!
Michelle Trachenberg!
Do you know that person?
No!
She was in EuroTrip!
Of course.
Oh yeah, Harriet the Spy.
Harriet the Spy in EuroTrip!
There you go.
That's her name.
Yeah, Michelle Trachenberg!
Your favourite actor from Muffy's- Do what you got for me. Harry the Spy and Euro Trip. There you go. Oh, that's her name. Yeah, Michelle Trachenberg.
Your favourite actor from Muffin.
Do what you got for me.
I made it too high.
So you are a cheater, an animal, a cheater, who is experiencing the audition, the hope
of landing the audition and the rejection all at the one time as you
were auditioning for an ad for Amy Insurance but you've been typecast
because all they can see when they see you is Chester Cheeto from the packet of
Cheetos and your favorite actor from Buffy the Vampire Slayer is Michelle
Trachenberg. Correct and it's all got that vibe. But it all has that great
vibe of the film and TV industry. Wrong. What else could it have the vibe of? Fun, Christmas.
It all has that Christmas vibe. What's another word for vibe? It all has that Christmas spirit. It all has that, not spirit.
Mariah Carey film.
Glitter. It all has that glitter and glam. Glamorous. Glit. Glitz and glam.
And then there was a thing I did halfway through.
Did you do it again?
Yeah.
I missed it twice.
I missed it twice.
Mark, that's great. That's great that you missed it.
Mark, your name is Mark.
Cause now you're getting it right.
There we go.
Cause my name is Mark.
Yeah, your name is Mark.
You think my name is Mark.
No, I know and believe in it is Mark.
Correct.
But maybe you got it wrong a couple of times.
But you've been calling me Matt.
Did I call you Matt?
Did you?
You've been calling me something else.
Just once or twice actually. Once or twice you misnamed me. What did I call you mad at you? You've been calling me something else. Just once or twice actually.
Once or twice you misnamed me.
What did I call you?
Christopher.
Keep going.
Not so, not mad at you.
What's the name that would be...
Hey Zach.
Hey mate.
Why don't you help me do this?
Yeah, no worries.
What's the name you would most likely not note him getting wrong?
Not note?
If he accidentally... Mark with but with a C. What's a name you would most likely not note him getting wrong? Not note? If he accidentally says...
Mark, Mark with but with a C.
What's a name he would accidentally say?
Did you call me Mark with a C?
No.
What's a name he would accidentally say and if you're not looking at him, you might just
think he's talking to someone else?
Mum.
You would...
Matt.
Zach.
I'm going to take care of this.
Don't worry.
No worries.
Hey Mark.
Hey Mark. No worries. Mark. Hey Mark. Hey Mark. No worries.
Mark Brodin.
Hey Zach.
Hey Mark.
Zach, you've called me Zach.
Yes I did.
You called me Zach twice.
Good.
Oh yeah, I thought I just was like,
I was gonna point that out.
I was like, are you doing that dad thing?
Where I was like, have you gotten to the point now
where you can't fucking, every time I talk to my dad those Scott Mark Scott Mark my mom calls me but no it's
just cuz I did it for real accidentally called him Mark my dog calls my mom
calls me Angus which is her dog Wow but then did you I just called my mom my dog
yeah isn't it funny when that starts happening is that it do I have it all I
think yeah but let's talk about this idea of our brains wasting away.
No, it is done.
But Christmas, the Christmas Glitz and Sparkle.
Yeah.
Did he have a lot of it? Did he talk about it?
No, he didn't talk about it much.
You're just saying the whole thing just has a light air of the Glitz and...
Yeah, then that's enough. That's enough for me.
I will say he was the cheater before the audition,
not waiting for the results, but I'll allow it.
Oh.
Is that everything?
Thank you.
Oh, oh, oh, oh.
Hey, great job on Trachenberg.
Yeah, that was, yeah, fuck.
Crazy.
I like what you called it, Trackchenberg.
Trach?
Trackchenberg?
From Euro Trip.
Yeah.
Great, but I pretty much got it.
Seventeen again.
And Gossip Girl, Ice Prince. Can I see a picture of her? I want to see if it's who it was in my head. I don't think it is. No, you were thinking of...
You were thinking of... Very much my type. Yeah, beautiful. Oh, I love her so much.
Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful. Love her so much and yet can't think of a single...
Not, not, not... To be very clear, you're not talking about Michelle Trachenberg.
I don't know that.
Show him older Michelle Trachenberg.
Show him Euro Trip.
Oh, yes, I know older Michelle Trachenberg.
Yes, yes, yes.
You were thinking of she was the...
She's always the alt girl in everything.
Yeah, she's always the...
And I'm trying to think of...
Yes, yes.
Now, can you look up...
Oh, what was she in?
Like in everything.
She was in Bring It On, I believe.
She was in Bring It On.
Bring It On. She was the cool alt girl in Bring It On, I believe. She was in Bring It On. Yes.
She was the cool old girl in Bring It On.
I like her.
She's a big, beautiful woman.
Eliza Dushku.
Eliza Dushku.
Thanks for listening.
Merry Christmas.
We'll see you next week.
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