Aunty Donna Podcast - The Aunty Donna Podcast Top 10 Moments of 2024 – Part 2 (5-1)

Episode Date: January 21, 2025

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Hello everybody. You asked for it, you voted and here it is, the very special episode of the Aunty Donna podcast. That's right, we are counting down the top five Aunty Donna podcast moments of 2024, numbers five through one. Get on it, you're gonna have a great time. Thank you so much and have a good one. My name is Zach, Auntie Donna Club. Go watch Drem, go to Drem, buy tickets to Drem, our live show that we're doing this year. Otherwise, thank you so much.

Thanks for all your kind comments about my haircut. You're all very kind. Otherwise, here we go. That's my punchy little intro to top five podcast at 2024 I haven't got the top five have you got them? No they're in the lock and safe. You go to an armor guard can you bring them in? Are they on the other side? But don't look can you get Lindsay to bring them in? Yeah yeah yeah. Please tell me you didn't cut.

Can you just bring in a fake piece of paper? Please tell me you didn't cut because that's so funny. Alright. Hello folks and welcome to the Brownlow Medal Night of Nights for Aunty Donna. What do we call it? Oh wait, well yeah, it's not the Brownlow Medal. What do we call it? Top 5 podcast moments from 2024. The puddies. The puddies. The uh... Top 5 podcast moments of 2024. And we've got an armed security guard bringing in those final votes. Thank you, Lindsay. Here they are. Lindsay from Armour Guard there. Here they are. Put together by Price Waterhouse

Cooper. We have not seen these results. They went straight to Price Waterhouse Cooper and then they have been locked in a safe supplied by Armour Guard. Lindsay brought them in now. We are looking over. I'm seeing them for the first time and I've just seen number one and let me say something. Wow. Wow. Wow. And just to remind you all folks, this is how the voting works. It was done by you.

It is only podcasts from 2024. The umpires are the end of every game. Sit down. The umpires being the audience. You are the umpires of this. You are the umpires of this podcast. No, the audiences. I would say that the Redditors think they're the umpires of the part

well, they are some of them and much like the reddit community of the AFL they believe that they are the or Orbit or yes Arbiters not the orbiters not the spacemen and the moon moons are all the Morn the reddit communities often think they're the arbiters of truth. I think across Reddit. Moon orbits Earth. Earth orbits Sun. Sun orbits within the galaxy around a supermassive black hole.

Which Mews sung about to great effect. Yeah, you can hear it on Triple M on your work day, Draft to Work. Or I believe in Twilight. And then M83. That first movie has a ripper soundtrack. And baseball scene to boot. I know. Radiohead and the over the closing credits get out of here. Death Cab for Cutie. Oh. Paramore Decode. Oh beautiful soundtrack. Fun fun fun fun. Great film. Now. Fun film. What was it? What was it? What a great year. What a great year for podcasts.

I wouldn't know, but I know that, what was it? 2009 when Twilight came out? Well, yeah, it was first generation of podcasts. It was, you know, like, Tony Martin, a friend of this pod, you know, very famously on his triple M show, Get This, would say, do you know, we can make a comedy album a month where I, we clip all this up and put it out and people like, don't fucking do that. It's stupid. That's, he was you. So smart. He's so smart. He's the smartest man in I'm in love with him Yeah, me too. What I want to kiss him. Okay. Oh We can you listenin Tony

Do it before I get married please. Put that tongue in Mark! Can someone write this down? A podcast where Tony responds to Mark's desire to kiss him. Yeah. Just a soft smooch on the lips. Oh! If you don't know Tony Martin, Tony Mart- listener, if you're international. Church Tongue. Tony Martin is one of the icons of Australian comedy.

He's been on our podcast before he did the 3AW. He is also responsible for entering nearly every single New Zealand and Australian film information into internet movie database. There's a couple of things about the king of comedy, Tony Martin. Now these are the top five that our fans voted. Ooh, we're in the top five. Now last week there was a little bonus episode of some five above them. But this is the only episode that counts.

This is the episode. This is voted by the most special people in the world. People who do something that the three of us could never do and that's listen to this podcast. Yeah. It's admirable. And that's what's exciting. It's the coolest people in town.

That's so funny. That's admirable. And that's what's exciting. It's the coolest people in town. That's so funny. That's really funny, Raded. A lot of people ask me if I listen to comedy podcasts. And I just say to them, I'm like, that is, I do two of them. I'm inside two comedy podcasts. All right, mates. Mission Zach is much better than this. Oh, I don't know what that shot is.

Much better than this podcast. No, it's not. No, I'm playing. It's much better than this podcast. I'm playing. No, it's not. No, no, no. It's the greatest podcast ever made. That was the tagline that I came up with as a joke and thought Mish would rewrite at some point, but didn't. It's great. Thank you, thank you. And it's such a thrill that you both listen to it every week.

I don't. I do, I do. I don't. I'm going to be honest. Really? I listen to the foot it every week. I don't. I don't. Really? I listen to the footy every week. Really? Yeah. I'm so, I'll listen to the Mission Zach every week.

My favourite episode of the week is when you get Marnie and talk about the news. But I love the deep dives of the Sundays. Marnie and the news. Marnie. You took, go Marnie. Marnie. I thought you said Marnie. I was are we doing

Here is number five Number ten So the fourth one around hint don't just say you go give us a hint so we can guess this was voted on by 19,000 people No, I don't have any numbers, you know. Right, yeah. I have no idea what it is. But this was a classic and this is Zach at his best, I reckon. This is Zach when all the chips are down, we're cornered by the Nazis in deep in France.

I don't remember recording and releasing my performance in an Act of Prepares. Oh, I consider this better than your work in our second year university production of the adaptation of Stanislavski's an Act of Prepares. What a wild concept for a show. Weird and weird thing to bring up. Weird thing to bring up is our acting school drama school 2009 half year production of the adaptation of An Actor Prepares by Konstantin Stanislavski. I think it is apropos that before we introduce a segment that you believe to be Zach and

his best, I do Zach and his worst with that fuck the reference. Give us a shout in the comments if you saw an actor prepare. It was a limited run at the Black Box Theatre in Ballarat. I was there for it and I thought Tanith Webster Otto did an incredible performance. I did a monologue about sense memory, which is an acting technique, in which I talked about seeing a monkey on the street and I never learned the words to it I never understood what the point of the monologue was and I would get someone before I stepped on stage each night To tell me a made-up word and I would incorporate it into my

Improvised version. Yeah, I made him say, I made him say, I made him say, scrolific. Nice. Yeah, I made him say, I made him say, I made him say, I made him say, I made him say, I made him say, I made him say, I made him say, I made him say, I made him say, I made him say, I made him say, I made him say, I made him say, I made him say, I made him say, I made him say, I made him say, I made him say, I made him say, I made him say, I made him say, I made him say, I made him say, I made him say, I made him say, I made him say, I made him say, I made him say, I made him say, I made him say, I made him say, I made him say, I made him say, I made him say, I made him say, I made him say, I made him say, I made him say, I made him say, I made him say, I made him say, I made him say, I made him

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Or was it the first step of a bloke called Zack on his way to greatness, which happened in episode five? I'd say it was a plateau somewhere in the early stages. Sure, but an episode called, what was the episode called, Linz? It was called... I've got to hear in brackets non-verbal episode. I think I just came in... The morning after the Auntie Donna Rewards show in brackets non-verbal episode. So I came in, it wasn't off to a good start, there was just some random shit going on. Yeah. And then Zach brought in a new character

which became an icon. I don't remember this. This character's called the Man with the Hands. Oh, the Man with the Hands. The Man with the Hands. Love the Man with the Hands. There have been songs written about the Man with the Hands. Oh, the Man with the Hands.

Man with the Hands, he would give you hands for a fee. Yeah. Hands of men, I think dead men. It's a shame that all my best stuff happens from like a weird turn of phrase that's 27 minutes into the podcast. No one's ever heard Mugi happen like 40 minutes in. Man with the hands is great though. Yeah, that's a great one. Top line, Zach is a man with hands, he has important meeting with Maya who will start stocking his hands. Yeah. And I believe we called Maya Hobart. Yeah that was a very good one. Zach asked where the brunetti is and then we recreated the conversation that you had with him because we were worried we were going to get in trouble

from Maya. Yeah. And then what would have happened after the phone call? It's very, it's a very funny. That's a very funny, just proof that we could never be commercial radio people. Yes. You can't call up Maya Hobart and ask where the brunette is and then hang up. Here it is. Oh, because- You think these hands right now are my hands? No, I assumed they were- These are the hands of a dead man. So you're putting on hands that aren't your hands. Yeah, like you did with the mouth.

Are you eating hams with those hands? Am I eating hams with those hands? No, I'm a vegetarian. Right. When you deal with the meat of hands as much as I do, it puts you off. And mouths. The mouths are more of like a... It's a side hustle. Yeah, they're like, you know how the haute couture brands also do

like, they'll do a Gucci t-shirt. That's what the mouths are to me. I'm not passionate about mouths. It reminds me of the Devil Wears Prada. She was an awful boss, but wonderful with fashion. Yeah, what about that? Or fashion. So my question is, are you going to buy any more hands or can I make sure I'm nice and early to this Maya meeting? It's the role she's most commonly remembered for, I would say. They've offered to put me near the Brunetti. Right.

Yeah, there's a little Brunetti in Maya. I know the Brunettiian Mayas, yes. In the menswear department. So across the way. I think... No. Is it the menswear? No, I think...

I don't know what it is. If I was to hazard a guess, I would say level two. Level two or three. Of Maya. They're just gonna do like a glass case of hands, I guess. Right. Well, decor, I think, is where they're gonna put it. Right. That's always been the problem.

You gotta think of a snappy name for your... The man with the hands! How about Talk to the Hand? Ah, you and your Talk to the Hand. Thank you for calling the Myer Stores line. Please say the location for the Myer store you want. Aw, what are you doing? Where's the Myer? Ah, Brunetti.

Don't fuck this up for me. I don't think he's actually speaking to Maya. Maya Hobart. No, no, no, no. ...the departmental products category that you asked us. Just go with it, go with it, go with it. Hello? Which of these departments would you like?

Maya Brunetti. Brunetti's. I didn't get that. Please say one of these. Accessories, beauty, children's wear. Accessories like hands. Accessories and hands. As part of our ongoing commitment to improving our customer service processes, this call will be recorded.

Oh great. Can I put my hand on? If you do not wish for this to occur, please let one of our friendly team members know. Transferring you now. Thank you. Oh great. Can I put my hand up? Yeah. Thank you. Hopefully this uh... Ask about the brunettes? Yeah. Ask about the hands. I will. Don't worry. Maybe take it off loudspeaker and just take the call.

So that... What's that? Just so it's not someone being on a podcast that they... Oh yeah yeah yeah. Maybe just... maybe just... yeah., yeah. Maybe just, yeah. How do I do? Hi, I'm the man with the hands. I'm the man with the hands.

Where's the brunetti? I'm the man with the hands. Where's the brunetti? Where's the brunetti? I'm the man with the hands. Where's the brunetti? Hamish, say Hamish. I didn't, I didn't, um, I didn't put my phone on private. I don't think you can get in trouble for ringing up Maya and saying I'm the man with the hands. I don't think you can get in trouble for that. I don't, I with the hands. I don't think you can get in trouble

for that. I don't, I don't, I really don't think you can. And the amount of trouble that you can get in for that, I think is minimal. So I wouldn't be worried. I definitely wouldn't be worried if I was you, Zach. I'd be a little worried if I was you because it was your phone, but not to the extent that I can see in your eyes. I didn't say anything about like dead hands or hands in a box. I just said I'm the man with the hands. Which is most people. To be fair, he is. And then I said where's the brunetti? Which is a fair question because there is one in Maya. So we've done nothing illegal and nothing wrong. I'm a man with hands. I wanted to know where the brunette is. She was pissed. There's nothing wrong with that.

I think I'm gonna go to jail. You're not gonna go to jail broden. I don't wanna go to jail. And if you do the bail will be small and I haven't yet heard what productions will cover it. But then like what about my court trial? You won't have to go to court man. We'll settle out of court. I'm so sorry.

We'll settle out of court. I just... Should we call back and apologize?. I'm so sorry. We will settle out of court. I'm so sorry. I just, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I Immediately. If that was me and I was looking to get the person that called me in trouble,

I'd call back immediately. I'd say, what do you mean you're the man with the hands? And I'd demand to know who I was speaking to. Cause everyone has hands. Now what you should have- Well, not everyone, but most people have hands. There's nothing wrong with being a man with hands. Yeah, she doesn't know that- It's like 50% of the population just under.

They didn't know they were in a box. What? She doesn't know that they were in a box. She doesn't know I was talking about a box of dead man's hands. Now if I said hi I've got a box of dead man's hands. Well that's a little bit scary. I'm just a man with the hands. Most men have hands. I think you played it cool. I think you played it cool. And there it was. Very good. Number three runner up, number four. Number three, number four, number three, number four,

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This is great. This is good. Can I just say one thing? This is an old episode. Before you mention it, before you mention it, I just saw there's a video outside our window playing footage. Playing footage from... Because Listener is a part of the SCA network. And there was footage of Carrie Bickmore and fucking Tommy Little.

That fucking Tommy Little. With a microphone recording live on a fucking boat. What? Have you seen this? Dogs. Well, we're gonna have to fucking figure that out, aren't we? We're gonna have to dig into that. Sorry listeners, we're gonna take this offline. But also, we're going to have to fucking figure that out, aren't we? We're going to have to dig into that. Sorry listeners, but we're going to take this offline.

But also we're not going to go back and be in like a fun rivalry kind of way. It's not going to be like, oh, we're enemies. I'm going to fucking sue them. That's insane. I'm going to talk to our higher ups. You'll not hear about it on the podcast. This is done here. We're going to talk to our higher ups at Listener and say, can you talk to someone over at the

radio division? How did this happen? Was there... They can't just fucking do that. The first thing, the only thing you might hear from here is if you listen to that show, you might hear an apology from them that they've legally been mandated to say because we've fucking sued the shit out of them. And can I just say to the listener,

if you wanna help us with this and Doc's in it, do not. Because that can get in the way of the legal process. If you are commenting or attacking them, that will get in the way of our legal process. You need to leave this, let this go. We have to do this through the proper route. And please refrain from saying, Luigi Mangione is innocent until proven guilty.

Absolutely. I hope he doesn't get proven guilty between now and like a couple of weeks from now. Well then yeah, well then. He's Italian, he'll be fine. Yeah. I don't know what that means. I don't know what that means. But the episode four is, guess what's back, Detector Inspector.

Really? Really? Really? Zach and Mark are trying to record a podcast telling stories from the road, so we come back from the tour and we're doing stories that didn't work. They're interrupted by a series of Detector Inspectors who have come to test their smoke. So it's the start of the episode. It's the start of the episode. Wanganade, Warren and Darren. It's 4am. Hey, if you're a listener, if you're a listener and you had this experience of lots of detector inspectors last year, let us know in the new Spotify comment section. We want to hear from you in that Spotify comment section. I wonder what that's like.

I haven't been there. I haven't ventured into there. I wonder. Do we use that, Lindsay? Do we use the comments section? I mean, it's available, right? Like, I don't think it's a feature you can turn off unless it is. Yeah, I think it's available. I think it's just there. Do we use it? I'm going to go on our thread right now. I'm going to have a look there. Yeah. I just, I just thought it'd be funny to be like, to imply, which didn't happen, that we- There's comments.'s comments there's 24 comments Wow under the 3aw special 8 Wow oh here they yeah oh don't worry don't worry about it no no good oh no good oh no good just let it go man just let it go bad bad it's all good oh my god all bad. Oh my god. Bad stuff?

Oh. Nah, it's fine. Oh. You don't need to. Oh Jesus. Bad stuff? We move on? You wanna move on?

What's it, what are they saying? What are they saying in the comments? Uh, I'd rather. I'd rather leave. Mark, trust me, you don't wanna see this. Why? You do not wanna see see this Mark. Why? Just, just trust me.

Is it about me? It's a good, it's a good amount of comments, like people are commenting in that section. I'm not looking at the comments. These are lovely. And I just want to be very clear, I'm not looking at the comments. I didn't want you to get a big head. One says perfection. Yeah, I didn't want you to get a big head.

Oh, I see. Oh, I see. Oh, I scrolled down a little. Well, oh, what is it? Oh, what is it? Oh, Jesus Christ. You know what, I can see- Don't, Zach, don't, don't.

No, I can't, I don't have internet access in this podcast studio. You know what, the journey of- Jesus Christ! Do you know the journey of this, Jokemar? That is unkind. We do this, right? Yeah.

And then someone like sees this in January and then they start commenting like intense shit and then we read it and then we go, you're a fucking asshole. Yeah, you're a fucking dickhead. Don't do the joke. Don't do the joke. Don't do that because we forget that we make jokes like that and then we just read nasty stuff. We just read it as nasty.

Never repeat a nasty thing we've said about ourselves because we forgot we did it Yeah, so like I'll make a character on no dick Jim Yeah, and then you're like you got no dick and I'm like you fucking cunt. Yeah. Yeah, don't call me a dumb cunt clutching at straws That's my that's for I said that about me. That's me, but you forgot, you know But I forgot will have forgotten that I've said that so um so please don't. And here's Detector Inspector again. That's my sincere piece for the podcast. Please don't. Also, people like- Please don't.

People might be scrolling through podcasts, go, oh, what's this top five great way to be introduced to a rather inaccessible podcast? What's this in the comments, nasty stuff? I think every comment on Spotify, every single comment, or at least 70% of the comments should be this exact phrase. Wow. These guys are really funny. There are a few in-jokes and it's obviously improvisational, so you do have to spend a bit of time with the podcast. But after listening to two or three episodes,

it really can't be beaten for comedy, sincerity and hilarity. If that was the only comment under everything we ever did. At least 60% of the comments, I would be so happy. That would be awesome. That would be so, and it'd be funny. That'd be a funny bit that we, you as a community if you're listening, can get behind.

I just don't think it will ever happen. And it'd be hilarious if you gave us five stars wherever you listen to your podcast. That'd be a good bit. And it'd be hilarious to listen right now to Detector Inspector. Even to go to... To Detector Inspector! Where are you? We're at the front of Mark and Zach's.

I can be there in 10 minutes. Righto. Let's go drive down from Maroomba. We just ticked over, we just ticked out, we gotta do it all with the app now. Yeah, it's all online. We just ticked over for four fifteen, so we gotta do four thirty now. Can we uh? I got four thirty three.

I would love to uh. Who's this then? This is Mark. Oh hi Mark. Yeah, hi Mark. We're out in the front. I know. Yeah.

Why don't you just come in now? Nah, can't do that. Right? Nah, you gotta do a whole spose. We're doing two is. We're doing through the front. I know. Yeah. Why don't you just come in now? Nah, can't do that. Right? No, you gotta, you gotta do a whole... We're doing two is... We're doing through the app now. Well, we've got stories to tell. You gotta fill in a form first. So if you go through the portal. The portal.

There's a portal. You go in there and you give out address, you know, COVID certificate. Uh-huh. Then I'm coming. And that goes through Susie, right? She's in the office. Yes. There's also the inspector detectors on her ass. So she's in the office, right?

Yes. She's in charge of the apps and everything. She's the youngin. And she does all the apps and whatnot. Right. Gotta go through her app. So I used to, we used to just do it. Remember when it was just paper on the dashboard?

Yeah, coming, yeah, yeah, yeah. Or dashboard. Yeah, you know, in the- And a walkie-talkie. Passenger seat dashboard. Yeah. That's a perfectly fine desk, you know? Yeah. You understand that?

No, I'm going to be honest, I kind of just blanked out in the middle of that bit. Start again then. So you probably got a desk in your study. I do have a desk. I'm going to concentrate this time. Yeah, well podcasts and stuff through there. Well we were doing a podcast, my friend Zach and I, my lover and friend, were doing a podcast this morning about stories from the road.

We just went on tour. Before I am you were doing that? Yeah, before I am. Well, you know, we're night owls, which like if you were to talk to Demi Lardin, would tell you it was just a regular owl. Yeah, that's good. No, because it's the morning here for us. I was up at two.

I go to bed, so I'll do my day. I'll come down from free hour. I'll start my day around four, if there's any extra work. They only book them in at six. I don't sleep much anymore. No, no, no. Piece of toast for dinner. That's all I need. I wrap up around midday.

I try and get as many houses in as I can before I have my hot dog at six. Yeah, and then I get, so I do my full day by about midday 1pm. The young fellas, I go to the gym then, because they're doing the gym and everything there. Oh yeah, they'll go and lift and they'll bloody go in there and lift and carry on. Yeah and I'll go, I don't need that. Yeah and the young fellas I'll go down to the gym and I'll go oh no don't bugger that. So I'll just go down you know I'll get home, I'll try it maybe I'll do a bit of a, I don't know, I'll get home to the miss out about 6pm. Nice. So you just start it, start at 2am. Wake up at 2am. And then he's done by 6pm. No I'm done by 12. He's done by 12. And then he did something in between those hours. Drive around, drive around, that sort of thing. Drive around? Yeah drive around. For 6 hours? Carbohydrate to the light, you know. Chuck in 20 of the puggies. That's for sure.

Maybe I'll have a couple of beers, you know. Get a couple of tinnies and drink them in the car. Yeah. And then I'll be home by about six. In the car. And she'll, you know, and she'll have some dinner ready for me because she's, she finishes around three. She works in...

She teach her? No, she works, she's a mental health nurse. And then I'll get to about 6.30. Yeah. Okay. My hands, they've touched that many smoke detectors, mate. Got a little battery, I should, you know. Yeah, that's right. Well, guys.

Can I come in? Yeah, it's 4.15. Well. Who is it? One second, I gotta get off the phone. Who is it? One second, I've got to get off the phone. Who is it? Hey Warren.

Hello. Hello. Wanganine. Detective Inspector. Oh, of course the Detective Inspector. Let me just open the front door, but not the security door. Hello. Hello.

It's me, Wanganine from the phone. Oh we were just talking on the phone, Warren and Wanganine. Warren and Wanganine, we got Darren here. Now he's going to detect the, inspect the us. Yes. We're going to detect your smoke dick. Darren, you've got him, it's just a formality. You've caught me at a bad time. I'm in the middle of doing stories from the, tours from the road. Yeah, good on you mate. Our audience. What do you do for a job? I'm, you know, I'm sort of like a freelance, like writer, performer, comedian.

You know you should do a bit of writing back in in the day but the horses are just too expensive to maintain. No, you're thinking riding. Yeah, I had a horse. I was brought in with a couple of mates. We had about 400 bucks each. This was when I was married. And you'd go and see it up at Randwick or you'd see it doing the rural horse racing.

Werribee? You ever make it to Werribee? There was a meet out there, yeah. My one was my daughter's right? She wanted a horse from, oh jeez, she was seven years old. She watched that saddle girl. Saddle club. Saddle club, yeah. She always wanted a horse and we got her one.

And she would go out on the Saturdays and Sundays and go for a ride. It was good because that was near the gun range so I'd go shoot some targets, shoot some clay. Yeah, nice. All right. I mean, do you want to come in? Fuck it. Absolutely. Yeah, come in.

You want me to shoes? Air out with shoes? Yeah, take the shoes off if you could. You mind if I do a poo? No, that's fine. There's only one toilet. We're the teg during speakers. I know.

Why do they? I'm going to do a quick poo because I don't have a, you know, I've got a, this is my work, you know, as a people's place. I'm gonna do a quick poo and then I'll come and inspect the detector. Alright, here I go. Beep. Yeah, that's good. Alright, here, I'm done with me poo.

Let me have a look. It stinks. Beep beep. Now I'm gonna change it back. Alright, sorry boys, I missed it. I missed it. Can you do it again? I'm booked up now. Oh fuck. Alright we're gonna have to come back. Alright when are you free Mark? Um. And we're back. And we're back. Okay Mark you were gonna say something? I was gonna say even if you go on to Google Maps and Google reviews, go to the Triple M studio and leave

five star reviews for the Aunty Donna podcast. Like that would be sick. I reckon that would just be funny. Love this building. It's where they make the Aunty Donna podcast. Which is my favourite for comedy, for sincerity. They should be paid what Fifi, Fev and Nick are getting on Fox. Each. Anywhere you...

Like, combine what they're getting paid and pay them each a Fee Fee Fev and Nick combination. Or just the Fee Fee Fee. I'd be okay with the Fee Fee Fee. I'd be stoked. I'd be stoked with the Fee Fee Fee split three ways. Yeah. Oh my god, yeah. Can I just say, if you're listening, I also think it would be really funny to...

Oh, I want me that one third of that Fee Fee Fee. I'm so sorry. No, no, that's fine. I think it'd be really funny as well, I want me that one third of that fee fee fee. I'm so sorry. No, no, that's fine. I think it'd be really funny as well because I just realized that that's where we record the podcast, one place, but people listen to the podcast in many places. Couple of places.

So I think if you want to jump on the Google reviews and review things like, ate my breakfast here while listening to the Auntie Donna podcast. Uh, the staff were very understanding with me keeling over in laughter. You just reminded me, um- Positive reviews of places, but mentioning that you were listening to the Auntie Donna podcast. I think that'd be cool. It just put into my head that people, where people listen to this podcast, and I really thought about that.

And I thought about it when I was in Tokyo, there was a jazz bar that I went to, which was the size of a fucking cupboard. You walk in, you're not allowed to talk in there. He's playing out of speakers that you face a jazz album. He just points to the menu and says, what do you want off that? No, no talking. Do you think somewhere in Japan there's an auntie on a podcast bar where you go in, you're not allowed to talk and he just plays? No. I doubt it. I'd be pretty confident.

I know they've, they do niche stuff. Because I've heard that whatever you're into you can get in Japan. Not that. I think they're referring more to like the, you know. Not smelling the underwear. The underwear. Can I just say, I'm really big on this idea of Google reviews where you do a positive review for the place, no negative reviews, positive review for the place and talk about either listening to the podcast or buying tickets to our new live show Drem, or Bush, in positive reviews of the play and try, try to make the

review good so that they like give it a bump. Yeah, you can become a super reviewer. Absolutely. I'd love to drill down on getting a third of the fee fee fee because that would change my life down to a third of it. What? Change my fucking life? I would say just hold back, chill out, we'll have a conversation about this Tommy Little

on a Boat thing and maybe they can make things go away by a third of the fee fee fee. Cause I would take it, if they gave us, if they misunderstood and gave us a third of the fee fee fee and then we divided it. One third of a third of the fee fee fee. So we each got a ninth of the Fee Fee Fee? That would change my fucking life. I think, I don't know for sure. I'm not exactly sure at that point

how much it is. But I think a ninth of the Fee Fee Fee would still be a good fee. It'd be a nice fucking chunk of change. Who are you calling? Calling Nick Cody from Fee Fee Fever Nick. Wow. Just see if we can get it. Just see if we can start the ball rolling.

Let him know you're on the podcast. Yeah, of course. I would never. They wouldn't wanna. Brody, it's Kelly. Cody, you're on the podcast. Yeah, of course. I would never. Brody and Kelly. Cody, you're on the Aunty Donna podcast. How are you, mate? G'day legends. I've just come back from Thailand. Hell yeah.

Dilly gaff. Now, we were just talking about, we were just figuring out if like... Explain the Tommy situation. Oh yeah, so Tommy Little, we're gonna sue Tommy Little, because he was on a boat with Carrie Bickmore. But... Yeah? Cause we're the boat guys. Cause we're the boat guys. Oh okay, yep. But then secondly, how would we go about getting the fee fee fee for us and split into three? Like how would you, how would we go about getting the fee fee fee? Split to three.

Nick, Nick. Hold on, the fee fee fee split to three. So fee fee fee for Nick on your drive to work in the morning's breakfast. We were saying Nick, that if we got a... I don't know what her fee is, but I know she drives a Range Rover and I ride a push bike in. So it might be different. That's what we're getting at. We're not asking for the Nick Cody fee.

No, I wouldn't say no. No, I wouldn't say no to the Cody fee, but I need a full Cody fee. I'm telling you, say no to the Nick Cody fee. Where would I start with a third of the fee fee fee? Probably with Fee. I'm not going to ask her. But Nick, do you think we would be happy and set up for life if each of us had a third of the fee fee fee?

Mate, I don't see Fee do another job. Yeah, yeah, yeah. She's not on the project panel cracking jokes. Oh, she is sometimes. She's not on the project panel cracking jokes. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Oh, she is sometimes. She's not doing stand-up and doing stuff with the UFC in the project.

She's not on Aunty Donna's podcast. That's the way I was after returning from a holiday. I don't know what this Fee is, but if it's a bit of Fee Fee's Fee, that'd be great. Great. Well, I've got some exciting news for you as well, Nick. Wet Hogs from Come Here. Wet Hog is the third episode on the Aunty Donna Best Of. Excellent. As it should be.

Alright. Hey, Nick, kop kum krup. And I hope you had a great trip and have a great break. Kop krup, boys. Kop kum krup. Bye, Nick. Wow. Beautiful Wow beautiful man I want to kiss him wet wet hogs what oh I'd love you want to kiss everywhere you're gonna get the kissing disease what's that what's that? Meningococcal? Is it Meningococcal? The kissing disease.

Croup? Herpes? Herpes is one. I mean that's one. Type one. And in rare occurrences type two. Diabetes. I think type two is for them. It is but in rare occurrences it can jump. Wet hogs. Here's number three. Number ten. Wet hogs from come Here, Wet Hog. We will do something with that one day. I promise.

Meltman is back. A table read of the Meltman movie. Wonderful. Meltman reveals his close relationship with one of his hogs, Gooboo Loo Boo. This is great. This is one of the best. This is one of the best. One of the best.

Self explanatory, I believe. Self explanatory. I think this is great. This is one of the best. This is one of the best. One of the best. Self-explanatory, I believe. Self-explanatory. I think if we were to ever do a fake table read again, I would write some real big print. Hard to improvise big print. Yeah. I learned that day. You can improvise character. Hard to improvise big print. I would love one day to turn that into some sort of short film or a feature film. I really believe in Meltman.

If we make it into a movie and it costs us $10 million to make and no one goes and sees it, can it still end with, you mean there's more? Dun dun dun. Yes. Meltman will return with the full knowledge to never return. We've already do we did that with Tony me everything we've ever done. Yeah, we love it. We love a We love I almost as soon as I put a cliffhanger in something I hope it adds a little bit of hope that we won't get more because I love it an unresolved cliffhanger

These are the podium ones and please enjoy your bronze medalist. Wow bronze medalist. In a year of Summer Olympics here enjoy wet hogs from come here wet hog. Oh this is number three second runner up. Yeah yeah wow. The husband is feverishly drying his hogs when he notices one last wet hog but his arms are tired and weak. Gubu lubu, the wettest of my pigs, the moistest of the swine. You are a liquidy boy, Gubu lubu, pig of mine eye. I wish I could kiss you, I do, but the laws forbid it. The laws forbid a man and a pig wedding because of the pig freak men that resolved from it. And your titties are large and full of pig milk,

which is wet. And if I get that pig milk on you, goodness knows what will happen. Everyone's saying the melt man will come, but melt man doesn't exist. I feel like I can talk to you, Gooboo. I feel like I can say things to you. I can't say to my wife. I can talk about the things I wish I could put up my ass. You know, just small things, things that'll come out again, just tiny rocks. It's like an OCD thing.

Kubulubu, yes, you are wet. Yes, you are. All the synonyms of wet, damp, moist, liquidy, but I like you wet. They want me to dry you. The sundown man in particular. He comes, he stands a couple meters away, speaks as if he's yelling from a great distance. But you, Gooboo, not you, you just huff and hog and roll around and filth and just get all wet.

Come have a shower with me wet come have a shower with me Come have a shower with me under the moonlight Let's get Fuck it. Fuck the world. Fuck God and all these commandments exterior Having a showerband is down nude. He has a shower with Gubu. It's not sexual. He just washes Gubu like a child. Soap up you swiney hog. Soap up and get wet and clean and eat your own shit.

God, I wish we could wed, not for any sexual reasons. It's because I feel like you understand me. I'm wet, you're wet, the sun is dry, the moon is wet. A wet moon. Let's boil some sausages. Come inside, have tea with me. The wife is asleep and I know how how much you love wet sack of meat So come

wet hog Come with me inside Cottage hut night The wet hog stands before the sleeping wife and virgin daughter and baby the sleeping wife and virgin daughter and baby. Licking his lips ready for a meal. Husband is preparing some boiled sausages by a fire. Gooboo looboo we will have many sons. We'll have ten boys and eight girls. Let me list their names. Shubu Mugu, Timothy the Wise, Lippy Lubdubs, Jeremy Irion. Sorry, I must have a different draft of the screenplay because I've got 10 more names I list before the big picture. screenplay because I've got ten more names I list before the big... Oh I'm so sorry. No, no, she... This is right, this is right. The wife wakes, sits up, he

doesn't notice and continues to list names. Timothy Sharamu Pig. Sharamu. Grifty the Wise. Shar-blub-dib-a-lob. Ding-dong the Brave. Oh, you are too dry for my liking, Gooboo. Come with me to the tub. I need to boil the water for a bath, get a lukewarm. Fetch me a ale from the icebox, Gooboo, I've trained my pig. I've trained this pig

to be dry but also wet. I must rest. and this pig is wet and, uh, I wish to rest now." And there it was. Wow. Amazing. Beautiful. Good, good one. Hard to think of what would be 201 if I had to have guessed Loo boo boo. Loo boo. Goo boo. Goo boo. Goo boo. Goo boo. Goo boo. Goo boo.

If I had to have guessed goo boo, loo boo would have been my guess for number one. Well, and if I can say something sincere right now, you boys, Mark, you might be short of stature, but you are tall in your heart. And Broden. I'm your heart and Broden... I'm average height. Broden, you... Yeah, people don't know that about us. People always go to me, oh, you're tall.

And then I see the cli... And they go, oh, Mark's not 4'11". Mark, you were offered a college scholarship to play for Duke. Yes, I was. Because you were a tall basketballer. Mark's seven foot tall and me and Broden are eight, nine each. Yeah, we both have walking sticks to walk. Yeah, we're like, we're Guinness World Record holders. No, I'm short, but I am the tallest in my family. No, you're quite normal height.

Yeah, and then like I said people go I get this like oh you're taller than I thought. Yeah, and then I go huh? Huh? Yeah. How, how small did you think Mark was? If you thought I was 5'5", and brought in something sincere to you, that blue is doing wonders for you. Is this sincere or is it even the... Even rhymes, I don't think it can be sincere. Blue is doing wonders for you.

I really like your shirt. And broadly, I think you've been very well dressed the last year or so. I think you've matured into a fine man. You are moving into sincerity with great aplomb and ease. Yeah. Yeah, thank you. Thank you. Thank you. And number two, thank you, thank you, thank you. Number two, silver medalist.

First runner-up. Runner-up. Runner-up, runner-up. Let's talk about what's something we spent the majority of the year doing. Do we need to do the... like the music? Yeah. Number 10. Number two, and some intense like da da da da music.

I have no idea. I have no idea. What did we spend most of the year doing? Hint? Tom. Tom's panicking. Tom stuff. Tom stuff.

But I don't know, but what are we talking about with the podcast? What? We were doing Tom stuff for most of the year, but that was private. We don't talk about that on the podcast. Tom stuff is most of the year, but that was private. We don't talk about that on the podcast. Oh, Tom stuff is what we call... Anyway, now when Tom came on the podcast we redid a theme song. He never came on the podcast. Oh, yes.

Come on, Mark. I was genuinely confused for a bit. He never came on the podcast. Oh yeah, no, he never came. He never squirted. When we were doing Tom stuff. Jesus. Jesus.

What? He never had a squeeze. Can I guess? Yeah. Which particular one? When Tom first, when Tom, I don't know if this has anything to do with Tom, but when they first started improvising Uptown Funk as a warm-up. Who?

Like the band for Bruno Mars. What the fuck are you talking about? So Bruno Mars, the early versions of the song before Mark Ronson got involved, the early versions of it was a riff they would do as a warm-up for the show. But what does that got to do with Tom coming on the podcast? My guess is that maybe the episode we did about that. We didn't do that. I'm thinking of a different podcast that breaks down the creation of songs that I listen to.

Song Exploder or something? Nah, it's similar to Song Exploder. Different podcast. And that would not make sense for them to be on this list. If you were just joining us this year, a large portion of the year, we brought Tom in and said we'll do an episode, a singular episode, about Tom making a new theme song. Tom being our music guy. Sure. It took up 51 of the podcasts for the year.

I had forgotten that it was such an epic adventure. This one is part of the series from theme song part one two and three it must be I'm the top two must have to do with this. Yeah, that's right. That's what I'm saying Yeah, so both two. I'm saying this is the runner-up. Yes, and I must also have to do with this because I feel like now I know what the winner might be unless it's this and if what I'm thinking is the runner-up then I'm surely confused as to what the winner could be. I'm shook to the core. This is Chicken in a Bag. Oh what? So what the fuck is number one? From New Theme Song part 1, 2, 3. Started the year trying to write a new theme song with Tom.

Chicken in a Bag was one of the options. Worked on it over multiple episodes and here is a little clip from it at number two. Yeah no I think this one's gone a little um I think you're- Come on, come on, come on. I think you've approached this one like milk it's gone a bit past your head. Past your head. Par over your head. Past your- Past your-

I gotta stop pretending to not get his so that I can just say that I don't like yours. Past your- Third song? Past your- No I need to hear this one! We need to hear this one properly with a VO. I don't like you Past past third song last Like he's no video I need to hear it purer like milk just no video just give it to me Put it in the freezer Two days Put it in the freezer! Put it in the freezer! Wait for the film! This part's just talking usually. Talking, talking, talking. In the fridge! Put it in the fridge!

See you next time. Sing Chicken Now. I need to hear it a few more marks, I'm just gonna listen. Alright, what's the next one? I really like that, that's top of the list. How long have we gone? You just hit 30 minutes. Wow. So we've got two more. Three more. Three more. And we need to work on them as well. Give us your feedback on... And luckily we're not banking them. So any feedback you give on these two, we will take it to the next episode.

We will bring it in. We're going to listen to that feedback. We're going to consult it. We're going to hear another three. Get your feedback again. And then with your feedback as fans, we're going to make this, all of us together, we are going to make this interesting. And I would also like to apologize unequivocally for banking them.

No podcast banks. There isn't a podcast on earth. Every guest podcast we've ever done when we've gone on someone else's podcast, it's come out that well, like, like the next minute we're done, we finished recording and then it's out to the public. Cause most podcasts operate that way. So on behalf of everyone at Aunty Donna, we will never bank again. And we aren't. Can I just ask quickly, before we go to the next episode, can everyone bring back their Nerf gun? Can you bring the DVDs back next week? I'll make sure I bring this incredible,

true space book. Just, and if you could all wear the same outfits. I would really appreciate the continuity See you next week for the part two. Oh we're going out with it Going out with the news Freeze your chicken when it's in the fridge Freeze your chicken when it's in the fridge Freeze your chicken when it's in the fridge Freeze your chicken when it's in the fridge You can poach it from frozen

You can save us three months in the freezer If you're looking at the chicken it doesn't go bad Wait till Frozen lets his guard down and then you can poach it from the ice man Alright so week one is this Week one is this Hey everyone welcome to the Aunty Gunnar Podcast Chicken in a bag Sorry go again go again go again

Stop start again I'm so sorry And the lyrics are Chicken in a bag, chicken in a bag. Sorry, go again, go again, go again. Stop, start again, I'm so sorry. And the lyrics are, Chicken in a bag, frozen chicken in a bag. Yeah. And that's all we get, all right? Yeah. Chicken in a bag, frozen chicken in a bag. Hey everyone, welcome to the Aunty Donna podcast.

This week, Frogman goes on an adventure with Pizzaman into the world of unknown, or maybe it's Italy. Why don't we go and find out right now, in a second, when it happens, because it's going to be cool. And I love Aunty Donna so much and you're going to have the best time. Let's check in with the boys right now. Chicken in a bag, frozen chicken in a bag. So that's week one.

And then by week two, it's this. Chicken in a bag, frozen chicken in a bag. Chicken in a bag. frozen chicken in a bag Hello it's me Frogman Oh, it's a me, it's Doobadub Great Well why are we putting it to a vote? I don't know Just keeping in the lazy ineptitude

Why are we putting it to a vote? And I think we recorded the vocals for the track. Because I think we jumped everything. Out the opening piece. Well, thanks for going on this journey with us, everyone. We hope you enjoy the new Aunty Donna theme tune. Join us next week. That'll be the new theme tune. Great. Hit it, Tom.

Tom, where did we... Last time we had five demos. Hit it, Tom! Last time we had five demos. Hit it! Last time we had five demos and... Hit it. Hit it. What am I hitting?

Make some music. See what happened was we landed on the rock tune last time and that's what the bag was. So do we want to change... go for a different tune or do you want to stick with that tune? Let's play that and we'll sing the lyrics. Okay. Because I think we got over doing the intro after a week as we said we would. Yeah, we did. We got too bored and hit it. Hello, welcome to the podcast. This week it's, um, Shell Brazier. Not this, not this week. No, I don't think we should argue in this bit. I think we should actually just figure out what we're going to say and then just have someone say it.

Unless this is a good vibe. No, this is terrible. Is it? Yeah. Well, I mean the podcast is funny though. I think it's gonna be... Chicken in a bag. Frozen chicken in a bag. Chicken in a bag. This is good. Frozen chicken in a bag. This is good. Frozen chicken in a bag. I think it's great. It's pretty good. So that's a song about when you bulk buy chicken and then you put individual chickens into the Ziploc bag.

And remember to put the date on it. Oh, I don't. Yeah, I don't date my mate and I should. You should. You really should because you'll regret it in like however many months later. But the thing is is that it the Song doesn't quite resonate for me anymore because over the holiday period. Mm-hmm. I did this with ribs So would you like to make it ribs in a bag either that or make it about the podcast mm-hmm

Good clip. I remember and I was I was trying to bulk buy chicken at the time and freeze it. What's that got to do with chicken in a bag? Well, because that was in my brain. Freezing chicken and putting it in a bag. Oh, I see. That's how it works. Sorry about that. That's how it's relevant. Wow, only five more to go and we'll know number one. I have no idea. I have no idea.

I would have thought Chicken in a Bag would have been number one. Now I have no idea. Well, that's really interesting. Lindsay, to put you on the spot, do we have some notable mentions? From other ones that weren't? Yeah. Let me try that. I can leave you for a moment to think about that.

I'd like to first say thank you all for coming to the awards ceremony for What Is Number One of 2024. I believe my favourite year of pods. I've really enjoyed it all year. Thank you for being on the journey with me, Zach, and thank you Mark for doing it with me. Thank you for kind of just putting Zach and I as secondary kind of members of the podcast. I don't think I did that.

I think I was just... Said thank you for doing it with me. Thank you for doing it with me. I misinterpreted. And for coming on my show. Thank you for doing it. The best year of the podcast. Well there it is again.

There it is. And the last year of the podcast. Your show? This is... No, it's yours. Yeah, I'll give you. No, I don't want it. No, no, no, no, Yeah, I'll give you this.

No, I don't want it. No, no, no, no, no. I don't want this. Don't put this on me. I'm just along for the ride, brother. Don't fucking put this on me. It's Lindsay's more than anyone. No, I wouldn't blame Lindsay for this. It's Lindsay's fault.

Lindsay's done a lot of great work to, you know, have us know what we're talking about. Picture us in tuxedos right now. Mm-hmm. That's not what we're wearing No, no, no, no, are you ripping apart a nerf bullet? Yeah, that's outrageous. I know I'm sorry. What are you fucking? Luigi Mangione riding all over a bullet. Broden you are dating this podcast Well, he's an Italian icon. I am seeing the evergreen quality of this podcast slipping away. Luigi Mangione, the on trial for shooting the CEO. Now, you're in a suit. You're in a suit.

I'm in a suit. I'm not going to lie to our audience. We're in a suit with Carrie and Tommy, though. Oh, you were in a lawsuit with Carrie and Tommy. What a great year. Any last words? I can't wait to find out who the winner is and I am gonna have a guess after a hint and I will not have that right taken from me. That's fair. As Luigi's Dane caught is also he will have that right. Lindsay and Mark, do you have any last thoughts? No.

For the MyPod? No. Try getting a jury that'll convict that man. Lindsay, any of the sort of notable mentions? Notable mentions. Big linoleum from when you went to Paris. Big linoleum went to Paris. When you sung Man on the Moon.

Man on the Moon. Man on the Moon. Mr. Sexy. Mr. Sexy didn't get a Guernsey this year, but Mr. Sexy will be back next year. City Gym. Check and Charlie. These are great characters. City Gym was when Maddie came on.

KFC. Oh, KFC. A sponsored podcast. Of course, yeah, that's great. And that was great. That one was good. Maddie was great. We should have Matty back. Big Thick Mark. Big Thick Mark. Greg Larson.

I love Greg Larson. And you, Mark, rapping as a dog in Gardening Restoration. Well, that I don't remember at all. Gardening, the fact that Gardening Restoration had both something in the top 10 and a runner-up is wild. That's wild. With Vaughan Monk. Yeah. had both something in the top 10 and a runner-up is wild. That's wild. With Vaughan Monk.

Because that was a tough 40 minutes in my life. Yeah. All right. All right. All right. All right. Wow. Number one, are we ready for this?

You ready, Linz? Are you ready, Mark? Always. The zeroth runner-up. Can I just have a very quick thank you to Lindsay for all the work that Lindsay's done on the podcast. Absolutely. Absolute icon out there.

Now. And then also to Nick who does all of our great social assets and reels and things like that. And also to Tanya and to, and to Jim and to Sam. And everyone back at the office. Everyone back at the office who make this podcast what it is. Of course they'd be nothing without us. Yeah. They wouldn't have a job, a job without us. I don't want to put on them this podcast though it is, of course, they'd be nothing without us. They wouldn't have a job without us.

I don't want to put on them this podcast though either. And can I just say thank you to you two? I wouldn't be here without you. And this journey has been crazy. I was thinking the other day about the fact that RuPaul is a fan of us. I remember I said it in a show and people were so blown away and I thought, it's these little details

of our career and our life, these things that I'll be so proud of when I'm older that sometimes you forget when you're in the grind of it and what a joy it is to be on this journey and how grateful I am that you have helped elevate me as a performer and together we've gone on this journey. And there it was, the moment of sincerity came at the last minute. That was beautiful. Wonderful, Zach. The fact though, the fact that I did it for the bit...

Makes it insincere. Yeah. But it was good though and I do appreciate it and it's with that wonderful moment that we announce it. Give me my guess though. Okay. Give us a hint. Well I think your thing just touched on it.

It's about the friendship. It's about being friends. Oh. I want to be more than friends. Well that's your guess. My guess is a good guess. Is it really? Mark, that's a good guess, but can you allow me a guess?

Sure. Now I was going to say I want to be more than friends. Well you can't. That's my guess. No I can't now because Mark jumped in with that guess. So you have to guess something else. So I'm going to guess the episode where we improvise. I should just say at the moment the winner of the best guess gets a million dollars. Wow.

Okay yeah. I'm going to go from whom? From your third of the Fee Fee Fee? Jesus, can you imagine? I don't want, you're not touching my fucking Fee Fee Fee, that's for my kids and my family. The Fee Fee Fee. I'm gonna go with, I'm gonna go with my guess, which again I would have guessed that one, but I'm gonna go with a guess where we did an episode of Friends, where we improvised an entire fake episode of Friends. Don't think we've done-

Which again, Lindsay, could you write that down? Pretty finally. Pretty finally. We have to do one more episode today, so... Yeah, let's do that today. The episode is The More Than Friends theme song from Four Men Who Are Just Friends, writing music with Hans Zimmer featuring Tom. That's a genuine surprise.

And that's lovely. I love that. This bit received almost double the number of votes as number two. Wow. Zach is Hans Zimmer, classic Zach character. Tom is here to help write a new theme song. He creates a song based on friendship without listening to it. He just picked clips and put them in the thing and here it is folks enjoy number one number 10 can't wait to hear Tom's music yeah I made a song about friends without listening to it okay sure oh I can't wait to hear that's that's new wave yeah Beethoven when he was deaf. Yeah. What genre?

Well, I've gone into the sample libraries and I found stuff about Friends. Yeah. And without listening to it, I've put it all together. Wow. Wow, okay. I've guessed a mix here. Yeah.

So it might be awful. Go for it. Shall we have a listen? Please. Let's do it. Maybe just wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. Wait one second before you hit play. Let's see how well we're doing with potentially going to an ad or not Ah, this is a shame you didn't have an ad this time. I know

We're back Tom play us your crazy un-listened to tune I wanna be more than friends. I wanna be more. I wanna be more than friends. I wanna be, I wanna be, I wanna be more than friends. Just three friends, you know? This is um... Isn't it? It's, it's, it's, it's, I know it's about friend, friendship on one level. Yeah.

I would argue it's about,'s about not just like being friends. Can I ask you a question about your podcast? I don't listen to it often, you know. Yeah, except on the way. I'm trying to tiptoe around kind of what I think is going on there. Yeah, no, and this is I think the feedbacks that I'm going to give is dependent on the answer to this question. So I was on the way in, I had to listen to the last episode, so I knew what I was in for. Was there an ad? There was not, I had to listen to the last episode so I knew what I was in for. Was there an ad?

There was not, I'm afraid. Oh fuck. Now my question is to you two. I know that you're friends, is there homoerotic undertones to the friendship? Yes. Well, for some, more for some than others. We don't talk about it because it's gotten us in strife before. No, I'm not asking if any of them are closeted.

I'm asking is there homoerotic energies between them? Oh yes, yeah, absolutely. But it just, you know, some people are more comfortable talking about it than others. Sure, okay, sure. Well then this song is entirely appropriate. Okay. It is actually quite good because it does speak to, I guess, what's happening under the hood.

Can I? For all of us. I think that it would be a shame if you didn't at least include it for an episode. Yeah, I think so. Okay. Okay, great. Could you add a little bit where it's like, add a little bit where I can introduce what the episode's about?

Absolutely. So what if I gave you like, if it was just guitar for two months. I actually really like this. Yeah, I think maybe. I actually think there's something in there. I think it let it settle for a month. Yeah, four episodes. What I love about this is you've had exactly the same realisation I had with my Interstellar

moment. Yeah. If I had just gone and done a piece of music for sci-fi it wouldn't have been the beautiful piece of music it is. Or as this is, this is really elevating the podcast. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Cause I wanna be more than friends. I wanna be more than friends. And I think it will re-people will re-listen to it with a different perspective. Well what it does is, I mean, it'll make people go back and listen to this podcast from the start with this context.

Because that changes everything. Let me do a little bump. It's like re-watching Fight Club knowing that they're the same character. Oh, give it to you, eh? You haven't seen Fight Club? I was busy composing music for us to film at the time. No, if you haven't seen it. If you don't know the twist in Fight Club, it's 2024. The movie's been out for 25 years.

You fucking ruined it for me. Oh, fuck you. I might have even composed Fight Club for sure. Hi, welcome to the Aunty Donna podcast, a wacky adventure through improv comedy. This week, Mr. Spoof goes on an adventure to find shoes at the shoe shop powered by the antique doubtnoticlub powered by Patreon. I wanna be more than friends, I wanna be more. I wanna be more than friends, I wanna be, I wanna be. I'm sorry but I can't believe we found it. We fucking nailed it.

We fucking nailed it. Hans, you're a genius. Not me. Thank you Christopher Nolan. I would love to put in just at the very end, just like a, welcome to the Aunty Donna podcast. Something like that. Sure, you know, is that just what you want to do? Yeah, yeah.

I think that just adds to the... Maybe it could be like this. Welcome to the future. Yeah, just put that in. That's what it needs. What even opens is that, so it goes, welcome to the future. No, I think right future. No, no. No, I think right at the end, right before we go into it.

I wanna be more than friends. I wanna be, I wanna be. Welcome to the future. It's like we spent so long trying to find the right tone and the... Because why? You were looking for the wrong scene, weren't you? Hans, I can't believe you came in and you cracked this with one note, one simple note. Don't try and write around the idea. Don't try and write on top of what it is what you do. Through.

Well, you kind of get to the core of what it is that you're trying to say. Don't go under the idea. Don't go over the idea. You've got to go through it. That's, you always say that. And there it was. And what a year it's been, 2024, a year of ups and downs politically. Ups and we saw Brisbane break a 20 year drought and win the flag and the mens and fall short in the W. Brighton Run podcast. North, oh yeah, North won the W. And then. Can I, I'll have a go, let me have a go.

What a year it has been, we've got just 40 films or television shows to go. We got retweeted by Leguizamo himself. Zach, Zach, you're nuts out. I know. Oh, there you go. Beautiful. And thank you for joining us on this journey, everyone. We'll see you in 2025 when... We do more of these.

We're probably going to be worse. Probably worse, worse. Yeah, I'm tired. Yeah, so probably unsubbed. But, and hey, don't forget to comment on Google Maps. Yep, at triple M. And anywhere you've listened to the podcast. You can make it up as well.

And thank you. The most important person to thank is... Me. Zach. Zach. No, no, I meant like me. Oh me. Thank you, Zach.

No, no, like you thank you, I thank me. Thank me. The most important person is me. Is me. Because you gotta put yourself number one. That's me. Ah, thank me. The most important person is me. Is me. Because you got to put yourself number one That's for you too listening It's for all the mothers out there. Thanks to all the mums. That's who it is. Happy Mother's Day Thank you to all the mums because what you do does not go unnoticed And we'll see you in 2025, which is we're in now. We're in now, it's the start of it

So we are seeing you in 2025. See you this year. We'll see you now. For more fun. Really nailing this closer. And we'll see you in 2026 as well. We will. Bye. You've been listening to the Aunty Donna podcast.

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