Is It Just Me? - #170: Wicked (Mitches Version)

Episode Date: November 7, 2023

In this episode: Being unfollowed on Instagram (09:17) John Laws chats with chickens (13:06) Our rendition of Wicked The Musical (23:31) Our “Secret Segment” ADDebrief (42:48)   MUG-VEMBER: Order your 'Teal Era' mug here: coupleofmitches.myshopify.com Join our Facebook group 'Endurant Idiots' facebook.com/groups/477062186470271 Hit us up: @coupleofmitches Send us a text: 0422 948 202See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This is Is It Just Me? Hosted by a couple of Mitches. Hello you! Hello you! Go! Brace yourself for the rude shocks of young adulthood. Is it just me? Is familiar and farce kind of fun?

Just you, you filthy unhinged bitch. Honestly. What's wrong with you? Now here's Mitch Chudy and Mitchell Coombs. Hello, you. Hello, you. Hi. Oh, my gut instinct was to say, how are you?

No one. Actually, if you're in your car or wherever you are listening in your AirPods, say it. How are you? Oh, good. That's nice to hear. Yeah, good. That's great news. No, that's so good.

Or, or, so sorry. Oh, Chook. That's great news. No, that's so good. Or, or, so sorry. Oh, Chook. That's rough. We sound like Jenna, that TikTok creator that has those one-sided conversations with a cup of tea. Oh, we need to get her back on the podcast. I love her. Jenna, yeah. I need to be checked in on.

The amount of sour cream she goes through. Like, her recipes always have sour cream. She's like, today I'm making a cup of tea. You'll need one cup of sour cream. I go, Jenna, that doesn't seem right. No, I believe anything she says. I feel like if I was going through some shit, I could call her and she'd just drop

everything. She's the kindest soul in the world. I couldn't get a fucking hold of either of you, Mitch and Jenna, today. Well, I was on a phone call. What? Wow. First word of the show and it's that. What? Last time it was when? Yeah, that's true. Yeah, bitch.

Still thinking about that. Jenna, yeah, is a sweetheart. You could call me that whenever. I tried. What happened today was I left the house to come into the studio and I'd driven about 10 minutes and I realised, oh, I didn't bring the fucking adapter for my laptop because you know how MacBooks don't have USB ports anymore?

Yeah. I was like, oh, shit, I'm going to need that if I'm going to be loading audio today because that's how I get it off the laptop. And so I was calling Jenna to ask if she had one already so I could just keep driving or if I'm going to have to turn around and get one. Couldn't get a hold of her. Yes, because between the hours of 12 and 1, I'm at Pilates. I did actually remember that.

I was like, oh, Jenna's at Pilates. That's right. I don't have to yell at her. And then I had to use my Apple Watch to write Pilates and it wouldn't get it right. That's all she gave me. Just the word Pilates. I did actually remember that. I was like, oh, Jenna's at Pilates. That's right. And then I had to use my Apple Watch to write Pilates and it wouldn't get it right. That's all she gave me. Just the word Pilates. No, Mitch, it's so hard to write with an Apple Watch. That's why I don't have one.

It's like you're playing fucking Operation. Well, imagine doing it while you're doing Reformer Pilates. I couldn't imagine that. But it sounds hellish. It is. Sometimes even the phone I find too small and I just jump onto the laptop. Imagine me trying to use a watch. Oh, it's hard.

My watch. And also you told us that your Apple Watch causes anxiety because you've got your notifications strapped to you. I turn all my notifications off. Well, what's the fucking point of it? It's really good. It tells the time. You could just get an Orba watch.

It's worth the $2,000 price tag. It tells me the time. You could get a watch that you don't have to charge all day. I have to take my watch off now when I do weights at the gym because my wrists are so thick that when I bend back, I've called the emergency services like four times. Really? Yeah, I'm in the gym. Oh my God.

And it goes. And my personal trainer's like, Mitch, you've called the federal police again. Sorry, I have to turn it off. And how long does it give you to hang up the phone? Let's try. Like if you accidentally call the SOS, doesn't it do like a three, two, one? If you don't fucking cancel it, we're calling the cops. I'll initiate it now.

Ready? No, please. Oh, this is risky. Don't try this at home, girls. Please don't. Eight, seven, six, five. Where's the alarm? There we go.

Oh, that's scary. Stop it. So it gives you eight seconds and then from five seconds onward, it starts yelling at you. And the flashlight just started going off, too. Does it call triple zero, or is it an idiot and calls 911? No, but it'd call triple zero. What else is it going to call? Fucking wires?

Hello, you're a fallen koala. Have you fallen from a tree? Yes, I'm a wombat. I've been hit by a Hilux. That's sad. Yeah, it's so sad. Why would you bring it up? Welcome to the show, everybody.

Wednesday episode. Famously more unhinged than a Monday episode. Yeah, so far that has been the trend, yes. You're right, mate. Did you hear that again? Yes. Did you really hear that? I turned my mic off.

Yeah, but we weren't talking. Like, you chose the worst time. You just, like, instead of doing it underneath my voice, like, if you did it right now, you wouldn't hear it. So you just coughed and no one heard it. But you specifically waited and just went. Why are we bringing it up? Just let me move on from it.

Pain in the ass. What's with this cough all of a sudden? It's because my fucktober. I'm on Armiforce, which is like, it's working, but you can feel my immune system fighting so hard to not get sick. I've got like one eighth of a sickness and it's like my body's just trying not to get any more in there. Oh, when I feel the one-eighth, I just know my immune system's not going to bother with

this. I just kind of surrender and go, let's fucking ride it out. Normally, I do that. Normally, my immune system implodes, but this Armiforce, which is a vitamin you take, it's like 80 bucks, but it genuinely has kicked it in the butt. I have this cough. How much do they pay now? Armiforce? which is a vitamin you take, it's like 80 bucks, but it genuinely has kicked it in the butt. Like I have this cough. How much do they pay now? Armiforce?

Yeah. Absolutely nothing. Really? Yeah, they're not. I'm telling you. I'm not making money. I can mention brands on this. I suppose you can, unless it's a cigarette brand.

Totally. God. And that's my kryptonite. I noticed Jonesy mentions it a lot. Armiforce? No, cigarette brands. Fuck yeah. Let's take him down.

Let's take Jonesy down. Let's report him to the Australian Communications and Media Authority. Oh my God, Jenna, you should just walk in and go, hey, Jonesy, I've got 12 examples of you breaking radio codes, and unless you fuck me on this radio desk. Does he actually mention cigarette brands a lot? Yeah. Oh.

Because I don't know what the podcast codes are. I just only know the radio codes, so I kind of just play by that rule. I think they're very similar. I'd say that. You're not allowed to say specific brand names of cigarettes. But you can say drugs. The other day I'm like, opioids, heroin. You're allowed.

It's very rude. Oh, that usually gets beeped out on air if you say heroin. Really? I don't have a beeper. Maybe that's why. Maybe the investigation is currently into my show. Who knows? It's night. Sometimes, investigation currently into my show. Who knows? It's night.

Sometimes, you know, after 7.30 at night, you're allowed to be more sexual? In life or on air? Well, it's actually how it works in life, I find, normally. Normally, most of my actions post 7.30. Not a fan of a matinee. Oh, matinee fuckers a lot. No, not at all. Like in the middle of the day, sex?

Oh, it doesn't matter if it's bang on midday. It can be 2 or 3 p.m. No, morning. I prefer morning or night. Yeah, there you go. Middle of the day, I've got stuff to do. And it's not you. I'm talking about people, not you.

Yeah, okay. I've tried. Actually, I've never tried. Morning's just a bit impractical because you don't have the opportunity to prepare. No, of course, of course. You know what I'm saying? It is fun because it's like the sleepy, then, you know, the erections. That sounds a bit. No. No, of course, of course. Yeah, I'm saying. It is fun because it's like the sleepy, then, you know, the erections.

That sounds a bit. No, I mean, oh, shut up. I mean. They're barely conscious. No. I love it. They're not alert. No, it's not that.

Because it's like you've got the romance of like, oh, shut up. Oh, real funny, was it, Jenna? Hey, she's laughing at one of my jokes. True, true. That was really funny. Thank you. He's funnier than you. Yeah, today. I've always said that.

It's fun. You can have it. Take it. Take the compliment. All right, today, off the back of my date at Wicked, which I don't know how to quickly talk about my date at Wicked. Well, we'll do that in the Wicked segment, won't we? Oh, sure.

Yeah, why not? Why not? I went to Wicked, and I have seen it once before in London, but I was so young. Oh, I thought it was your first time seeing it. No, I saw it in London. Oh, Doody Dench was Debbie or I don't remember. What? Doody Dench?

What? Doody Dench was Glenda. Someone famous as Glenda. Okay, you're having another one of those days, so let me just spit it out. Coming up today, we're doing a Wicked reenactment. Mitch was that much of a fan of the show that he wanted to recreate one of the scenes here on the podcast. I text Mitch and said, I love Wicked.

Let's do an acting class. Yes. And also a talk back, Chings. Oh my God. I've been checking in on our mate, John Laws. Can you answer me this question? Why? We did one two weeks ago. Oh, my God. I've been checking in on our mate John Laws. Oh, jeez. Oh, wait till you hear this. Can you answer me this question? Yeah.

Why? We did one two weeks ago. Yeah, and in that segment, I said I need to do a welfare check on John Laws because we often play him at tour back things and I haven't listened to him for ages. That's very true. Yeah. Okay. And I did, and he didn't disappoint.

I've got gold. You've got something to report, do you? I do. Okay, good. You've got gold. Gold is in his microphone because he speaks into a microphone. That's true. A gold microphone. A gold. Alright, well that's all coming up. I can't wait for the acting

class. Me either. Oh my god. You have no idea. No, I'm so excited. Now, we should start the show. If it is your first time listening, we start the show with an Is It Just Me? Something we've noticed, something we hate or appreciate. We've got a very special idiot on the line joining us from Sydney.

Stephanie, hello. Hi. Hi, Stephanie. Have you ever been described as a very special idiot? Oh, I feel honoured. I had a public conversation the other day, actually on the tour bus, on the tour with Brittany and Laura. I was like, oh, an idiot's coming tonight.

And they went, what? What? And I was like, an idiot, He's coming to the show tonight. And they were like, what are you talking about? And I was like, oh, we call our listeners idiots. They thought it was hilarious. Oh, thank God. I thought you were about to say they were cancelling us. No, no, they thought it was funny. Are they not idiots as well? Brittany Hockley is an idiot. Shout out.

Clearly not a real one. She didn't recognise what idiot meant. She listens every week. No, she probably just thought we were being bitchy. She listens all the time. Yeah. Oh, Britt, can you just DM me, babe? I've been trying to get you and Laura on the podcast, and Mitch is shit at organising. We can barely get them on our own fucking podcast, let alone ours.

Stephanie, you have an idiom of your own? Yes. All right, let's go. Is it just me, or...? Does anyone else get salty AF when someone that you follow on Instagram unfollow you? Oh, yeah. Yeah, I'm like next level.

Steffy, Steffy, Steffy. You shouldn't be checking those apps. Yeah, definitely shouldn't be using those apps. Do you need an app? Do you have an app, Steff? Yeah, so I have like this, it's such a dodgy app, not going to lie. It logs me out of Instagram whenever I log into it, which is pretty bad.

But I'm just like walking that fine line. But literally, I go like next level. So if I see that you unfollow me, I go to like your profile to unlike all your pictures and then hit unfollow. You should report some photos while you're there. Yeah. Yeah, absolutely. I'm like, I'm not giving any likes out. Like, that's how petty I am.

Get rid of the app. That's not good. Do you have the app? Yeah, but, like, if somebody unfollows me, I'm going to unfollow them. How often do you check the app? Oh, maybe, like, once a week. Wow. Oh, Jenna.

Yeah, I'm with Jenna on that. Oh, no, guys, you can't worry about that shit. Can I tell you, Mitch, can you go to your profile now? If you knew how many followers I lost in a day, you'd be shocked. Luckily, my ratio, I gain more in a day than I lose. What do you mean your ratio? Like you can see how many followers you gain in a day plus how many you lose in a day. I'm losing a lot of followers.

Yeah, okay. But I gain more, so I'm growing. But let me – total followers. Here we go. This month, I've gained 2,418 followers. Well done. When? Stephanie.

I have gained none. Okay, but I've lost 390. So you're still ahead of the pack. So I'm still well ahead. That's good. Who are the 390 fuckf you're still ahead of the pack. So I'm still well ahead. That's good. Who are the 390 fuckfaces that are unfollowing me? Well, look at these people who've unfollowed me. Oh, they're blank.

Oh, I love fucking Istanbul. That's someone's name. I'm not even joking. Jenna got unfollowed by tourist Istanbul. It's I love my hair. Oh, yeah, it is. Can I challenge you to, like, not use the app for a month and see how you feel afterwards?

Because who cares about that shit? Yeah, but it's happened to me, right? Erin Molan unfollowed me. Why the fuck did she follow you? Because I did so many videos for her when she used to come in for Jonesy and Amanda. And she unfollowed me. I unfollowed her back. I'm sure she felt the pinch.

Erin Molan unfollowed you. Sky News pundit Erin Mullen. Yes. That's funny. She followed me for two years and gave up. I also think that unfollowing is a bit nasty, don't you reckon? You can just mute them. They don't need to know that you're unfollowing.

I agree. No, I'm pretty big on unfollowing. I unfollow a lot. I block. Thanks, Stephanie. Anyway, Steph, don't forget to hit up Jenna on our Instagram at couple of matches. Yeah, and also if you would like to be part of the show,

don't forget we have our new jingle to remind you. If you've got an Is It Just Me of your own and you want to come on the show with us, you can do the DM thing at coupleofmitches or send us a text. What's the number? Send us a text. You sure can. I love that we've kept the jingle on the end of it. Like it's another, it's a Justin Timberlake song as well as a Kelly Clarkson song.

Well, it kind of grew on me, that little dun, dun, dun, dun, dun, dun. Yeah, it's fun. It feels very us. You can see the post in our Facebook group that said, I was going through the Maccas drive-thru listening to the podcast episode where we were playing the jingle option. I did see this. And the person working at Maccas said to them out the window,

which one do you prefer? Yeah. Because they were a fellow idiot. I was like, oh, what are the odds of that? That's so cute. That's so sweet. I love it. All right.

Shall we do Talk Back Tings? Yep. Let's get into it. So Talk Back Tings is where we bring you the cooked things that you are missing by not listening to Talk Back Radio. But it's fine. I'll bring you all the good shit. Don't worry.

You'll hear it here. We did it two weeks ago. Yeah, that's right. We were playing a different radio show to normal because I feel like majority of the Talk Back Ting segments we've done have been surrounding John Laws. We haven't interviewed John Laws. We have. That was the weirdest interview of my life.

The worst interview of my life. I was terrible. I was terrified of the man. I fucking loved it. No, I was so scared. He was trying to make you uncomfortable and you know what? You let him win. I did.

It worked. Yeah. I just tried to make him uncomfortable back. No, I don't think he was trying to make me uncomfortable. I think he'd sold himself. No. Mitchell, he was not well. When I met him, I think he did as well.

Yeah. He's an odd nut. He didn't know what was going on. For the international listeners, John Laws is an Australian broadcast legend. He's been on the air for 60 years? No, 70. This is his 70th. 70th year on air.

And he's an old, old man. He's a talkback radio legend, basically. And if you've listened to this podcast, he's no stranger to you. We said last time we did talkback things that I was going to check in because I hadn't listened to John Laws for a little while. I said I'd do a welfare check.

He actually did have a lot of time off. He was gone for like two months and literally last week returned. Was that because his wife passed away? No, that was ages ago. We spoke about that with him. Oh, I thought you were just saying he generally had time off, but he had recent time off.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Last week he came back after two months off. No, but I, yeah, it jumped in. Yeah. So I was doing a birthday check, but he was fucking gone. And so he came back last week, thank God. Good. And remember how we realised that his voice is getting a bit concerning, like he started to sound a bit like he's on his deathbed.

Yes. His voice was going. The golden tonsils were acting up. I feel like that two months he had off overseas have done him well because he's sounding gorgeous at the moment. Really? He's in a great mood, having a good time. And so he's back.

Welfare, all good. Okay. The check has been done. And he's been feeling playful, I feel, because what we're about to play is a couple of calls that I heard. And normally he suffers no fools. And if someone is a bit of a fuckhead, he doesn't have patience for it. But he was just having a laugh to the point where he was chatting with birds.

What? Like women? No, no, no. Birds. Poultry. What? Oh, okay. It's two instances No, no, no, birds. Poultry. What? Yeah. Oh, okay.

There's two instances where he was having conversations with birds. Oh, my God. I need to hear this. Sure. Yeah. So the first one, another cooked caller. Yeah. Called in and he was actually drunk at the time when he made the call to let John know

that he'd lost his dentures. So he had no teeth. Oh. His old drunk guy. Yeah, right. Called in. And then the guy put John onto his bird to have a chat. Oh, wow. Lawrence,

are you there? Yeah, I'm here, mate. How are you, buddy? I'm a little bit... I've got a bit of booze on me. I lost me false teeth down the bus stop the other day. I sneezed on Victoria Road and I couldn't

believe it, mate. Yes. Hang on a minute. I sneezed on Victoria Road and I couldn't believe it, mate. Yes, sir. Hang on a minute. You lost your upper set of false teeth and your lower set of false teeth when you sneezed. Must have been a hell of a sneeze. Biggest sneeze of my life. I didn't really come down and run over the whole lot of them. There was gums and teeth going everywhere, you know,

and the school kids were... Well, there wouldn't be much left after an 18. Thank God they weren't in your mouth. They weren't in the drawer. I love your comedy. See, I've got a lot of things now because I'm 76. I don't think I've got long to live, you know. Well, I've got to say you sound all right to me, Lawrence.

You sound pretty bright and pretty happy even without your teeth. I've got a bird called Ringo. His name's Ringo. He's a cockatiel. He's the most beautiful little thing you've ever... I don't like birds in cages. Okay, but does he talk That bird

I'll get him One second John Where are you Pete He's on the phone Come on Ringo talk to John Lewis Hello Ringo Come on talk to daddy Come on

Don't get angry with him He won't talk if you get angry with him. He's not going to talk to me, John. I don't know what's wrong with him, mate. But don't get angry with him. He's a little bird. No, he's not going to talk. Come on, talk to me.

Come on. Hey, listen, Lawrence. Yep. I've got to go now. Goodbye. Wow. Oh, my God. The bird literally didn't talk back.

Yeah. So he was like, fuck that. Was there a chirp in there or did I make that up? Yeah, I heard a chirp. I couldn't tell. It sounded too clear to be a phone line. I thought maybe someone was playing a sound effect or something. Yeah, right, right.

But what I'm about to play you was much more successful as an interaction. He had a full-blown fucking conversation with birds. Okay, so someone must have been listening to that and thought, I can top it. No, this was just a coincidence. Are you fucking kidding? Oh, my God. All right.

Let's have a listen. Joseph, are you there? Yes, John. How are you, Cobber? I'm all right, thank you. Listen, where are you? Am I hearing a bunch of kids in the background? No, chickens.

Chickens? They're all excited because they're going to a big poultry show on the weekend. So you show your chickens? I sure do. I'll tell you what, they're talkative little birds, those ones you got. Oh, they can probably hear you on the phone, on the air, John. They're a bit excited. But, uh...

I'm talking to them. Listen to that little one. It doesn't apply to too many of the people around the town because you can't have roosters in the urban areas now. They're all barred. I'm doing bird impersonations here and now your birds are talking back to me. I just heard them talking back.

There they go. There's one here. A little in time to pull it. It's just about to lay. I'll help. You must have a thing on these females, John. I don't know what it is. Is it working?

Well, I hope if she starts lying to him later, well, this could... So you might stimulate her maternal instincts a little bit. Well, we can only hope. Anyway, Joseph, thanks for your call. We'll talk again another day, I'm sure. All the best, Baba. Okay.

And to you. Wow. Really tickling himself pink there. He had lost a marble in that moment. But didn't he seem like he was having fun? What the fuck was that? He had lost a marble in that moment. But didn't he seem like he was having fun? He seemed like he was really enjoying himself. Usually he's going on some rage or some tantrum,

but here he is trying to talk to chickens. He actually sounded young in the bucks. Yeah. Those buck, buck, buck, buck, they were young and sprightly. That was a much better, fuck, he should have given you a ring. You literally used to play a chicken with the radio station. My first ever role on the radio station was the cash cock. And can I tell you something? It's like the station mascot.

The station mascot. And can I tell you, they brought it back this week at Kiss. And I'm still the voice of it. They've had it around for ages. No, no, no. But it goes on breaks every now and again. I don't want to hear the fucking sweepers you record. You can just do it live now. What do you want?

Just improv. Pretend that you're on the phone and you can hear chickens in the background and you're trying to converse with them. Oh, alright. Bloody hell! That's my cousin Betty! Betty! It's me! Cashcock!

Cashcock's always very... he's very jumpy. Like nervous. The way you shake your whole cheeks and you go, Betty. That's Cashcock. I don't think John's impression was very good. If I was trying to talk to chickens, I'd do like a. Yeah, I agree. You know?

Something like that. Yeah, Cash Cock's not true to life. Cash Cock's a character. No, yours is more accurate than John Law's. You think? It is, definitely. Should I just call him one morning? He sounded like he was just muttering profanities.

He's going, I want to fucking drop my pen, fucking... Yes, he did. He did. He did. You need to call him one day. And have a cock off. Well, that would be a very different experience. I think I'd win, hopefully.

Jenna, can you do a bird noise? Surely. Ma, ma. That was a fucking sheep. What the fuck? Ma, ma. Jenna, that's the same noise you just did. You're making a bar, like a sheep.

Ma, ma, ma. What about a chicken? Ma. Can you, Mitchell? I already did the chicken. What about a rooster? Oh, that's good. Owl. Owl.

Magpie. What is that bird that you always hear like early in the morning that's like... That sounds like a dove. Oh, yeah. You know, you just sometimes hear that. Sounds like a dove. Bird chat. Quack, quack.

Yeah, fascinating shit. Okay, that's enough. I want to hear cash cock noise. Yeah, me too. Well, I used to do jokes. I actually still have them in my notes app. You want to see them? Oh, really?

You saved the jokes you used to make? I think I've got it. It's just not that I didn't like them. Don't be gatekeeping. I want to hear them in my notes app. Do you want to see them? Oh, really? You saved the jokes you used to make? I think I've got it. It's not that I didn't like them. Don't be gatekeeping. I want to hear this shit. Me too. I love the reprisal of Cash Cock. Cash Cock 2021. I've got all the jokes I've ever made. I love Cash Cock. Look at them all. It's heaps. Return of the Cock. Good to be back.

I'm known for my comebacks. Funny because it's a sexual innuendo. Yeah. Wait till I'm released. Don't want to be premature. I've had issues in the bars. I feel comfortable in Liverpool. I think most of the locals have chased after a cock in a public park at least once in their lives.

Why did you ever give that gig up? You fucking peaked early, honestly. I really did. That's your best work. They're coming from all different angles. I feel like I'm in a Bukkake video. You should start just slipping

that into our podcast occasionally. Cash cost. It's just me, the podcast. Don't worry, Talkback Tings will be back. Is that what you want to? Yes, I like that. You're listening to Is It Just Me? Listening on Spotify. Don't forget to leave a five-star rating.

Oh, my God. I'm really excited for what we're about to do. I'm really nervous that we're not going to do it justice We are doing our own interpretation Of Wicked the Musical Speak for yourself I'm a classically trained actor I've studied I'm fine I know my way around a script

Well like I already said I'm off book I don't need a script Yeah I'm not With my severe memory issues that I've got I'm well and truly on this book But I've got the script in front of me And so you went to Wicked the Musical

Last week I did And apparently not the first time you went to Wicked the Musical last week. I did. And apparently not the first time you've seen it, but the first time as an adult. And that's when it kind of sinks in. It's a weird thing to see as a child, by the way. Oh, I would have seen it when I went to London in 2012. Same year as the Jubilee. Same year as the Olympics.

2012? Yes. Oh, that wasn't that long ago. No. So yeah. Anyway, long enough for you to forget it with your memory. 14. I seriously do not remember it at all.

Well, you do now. And you said to me you loved Wicked so much that you wanted to do a scene on the podcast. And I've never said yes quicker. I messaged Rich and said, let's do an acting class. So here we are. Firstly, I will say I went on a date at Wicked. And I think if anyone's like, oh, what do I do on like a fifth or sixth date? Go to a musical.

It was a really good date. Really? Yeah. You get a drink before. Cute. And then when you're watching it, it's like you don't have to sit there and talk. Really? Yeah, you get a drink before. Cute. And then when you're watching it, it's like you don't have to sit there and talk. You're kind of just like in each other's energy. Put a hand on a knee or an upper thigh.

Okay. I've actually been on quite a few musical theatre dates. You're right. They're good, aren't they? Yeah. No, I rate it. You can get like a drink in the bar. There's the intermission to chat.

You've got things to talk about because you've just seen all this content. So it's not like, what are we talking about? Not that the conversation needed that, but it was a good date. Yeah. No, I agree. I'm with you. So it's not like, what are you talking about? Not that the conversation needed that, but it was a good day. Yeah. No, I agree. I'm with you. So, all right. For those of you that aren't familiar with Wicked, right,

it's actually the backstory or the prequel to The Wizard of Oz. I'm sure everyone is familiar with the plot of Wizard of Oz. This is just kind of a plot twist. Correct. This is what's happening while the witches are off camera. Well, Wizard of Oz starts with that dumb tornado and then the house lands and Dorothy's house gets pulled up and then she lands in Oz. Yeah.

And then she goes down the yellow brick road because Glenda says, hey, Glenda, Glenda says, go down that yellow brick road. And then we see that happen in Wicked. It's very funny. And the house, after the tornado, it lands on the Wicked Witch of the East. Correct. Which is Elphaba's sister. Yes.

And you see in the movie The Wizard of Oz that the Green Witch rocks up, pissed off as fuck. And then Glinda, the good witch, says, right, off you go, Dorothy. Just follow that yellow brick road. Yeah. And the scene we're about to do is what happens immediately afterwards. Can I say, the one gripe I had with the production is that there wasn't any, you didn't see the stockings and the dead feet of the witch. What do you mean? What?

You didn't see, the house was off camera. It was in the cornfield. No, it's underneath the house on stage. You see the feet coming out. Yeah. Did you actually? And remember, the Wicked Witch of the East had the red slippers that Dorothy stole. The ruby red slippers.

Yeah. But there was no feet. Not from my production. Wait, were you sitting on the right? Yeah, right. Yeah, no, I Not from my production. Wait, were you sitting on the right? Yeah, right. Yeah, no, I had the same issue. When I went and saw the show, I had to say to Sean, lean over because you can't see the feet from our angle.

Is that true? Yeah, you know how the view gets obstructed in the theatre sometimes? Yeah, and I also missed out the slur that was written on the fucking Goatley's whiteboard. Remember how he was like, this is bad. Oh, yes, the goat that was the university lecturer. Remember how he was like, this is bad. Oh, yes. The goat. Yeah.

That was the university lecture. Tillichum, whatever his name is. Dr. Dillaman. Dr. Dillaman. I'm pretty sure it said, this is how off book I am. I'm pretty sure it said animals should be seen and not heard. All I saw was animals heard because it was obstructed by the view. And also, I will be honest, I had some real diehard Wicked fans next to me.

They were a bit much. They were singing the words and they had green. Oh, and of course I went on the 100th anniversary night. Oh, not the 100th, the 20th anniversary. Everyone was in green. So I had some bitch in front of me and a green tinsel wig she got from Hot Dollar. And you know those cheap tinsel wigs go. So every time Alphabet sung loudly, it kind of went.

You could hear it get blown. And that mechanical dragon every time. It's Elphaba, by the way. Elphaba, Elphaba. So I will be playing Elphaba in this scene. You will be playing Glinda the Good Witch. And Jenna, you will be playing our love interest. There's a love triangle between the three of us.

Correct. Fiero, that's his name. Wait, can we do an announcement like they do at the theatre? Like, boom, boom, boom. In tonight's production of Wicked, Elphaba shall be played by Mitchell Coombs. Hey, I'm no understudy. They only make that announcement when there's an understudy. Oh, you're right.

Oh, sorry. I'm the lead witch. Yum, yum, yum. Very well. All right, so I'm ready. Are you? Yeah, but I need to give more context about the scene, I feel. Okay, go, go, go.

So at this point, Fiyero, who was in love with Elphaba, after having run off with her, he was dating Glinda first, and then me, the backstabbing bitch, took Glinda's man. And so he's leading the team that are trying to hunt the witch down, but he's not actually wanting to kill her. He's in that role to try and find her and, but he's not actually wanting to kill her. He's in that role to try and find her and get back with her. He's horned up.

She's hiding. Gone into hiding. Of course. And so, like you said, this is immediately after the house falls on my sister. Correct. And for context, Glenda, who I'm playing, is the good witch. I think we knew that. I don't know.

I'm just trying to set up context. And she's the one who put the hit out on her sister. She told an old woman. Well, that's the back story. We didn't know that in Wizard of Oz. No, we didn't. And that was cold of her. I know.

She made that happen. All right, are we ready? Yeah, I've even got like the backing music and stuff. No, we're all ready. From that scene. So you're Glinda. You start. Do I start the music then begin?

Yes. Okay. So this picture's like a scene start. Do I start the music then begin? Yes. Okay. So this picture's like a scene change. You know those transitions where like bits of the set fly off? Yeah, correct. And then the new set comes on. We're now in a cornfield. We've just come back off an applause.

With a house on top of a woman. And the yellow brick road, of course. And a few laughs in the audience. That's right. You just take that one road the whole time. I hope they don't get lost. I'm so bad at giving directions. Oh, Nessa.

What a touching display of grief. I don't believe we have anything further to say to one another. I wanted something to remember her by. All that was left of her were those shoes. And now that wretched little farm girl has walked off with them. So I would appreciate some time alone to say goodbye to my sister.

Nessa. Nessa, please forgive me. Elfie, don't blame yourself. It's dreadful. It is to have a house fall on you. But accidents will happen. You call this an accident? Yes. Well, maybe not an accident.

Then what would you call it? A regime change caused by a bizarre and unexpected twister of fate. So you think cyclones just appear out of the blue? Well, I don't know. Of course you never you're too busy telling everyone how wonderful everything is. Well, I'm a public figure now, Elfie, and people expect me to be encouraging.

And just what exactly have you been doing besides riding around on that filthy old thing? Well, we can't all come and go by bubble. Whose invention was that? The wizard's? Of course, even if it wasn't, I'm sure he'd still take credit for it. Yes, well, it seems a lot of us are taking things that don't belong to us, aren't we?

Now wait just a clock tick. I know it's difficult for that blissful blonde brain of yours to comprehend that someone like him could actually choose someone like me. But it's happened. It's real. And you can wave that ridiculous wand all you want. You can't change it. He never belonged to you. He doesn't

love you and he never did. He loves me. Oh, this is where you slap me in the face. Oh, sorry. Ah! Oh! Ah! Ah! Feel better now? Yes, I do.

Good. So do I. Oh, this is where we have a scrag fight. Yeah. Oh, okay. Yeah. Oh, wait. One of the other security guards that isn't Jenna comes in.

I'll do that. I'll do that. I'll do the blokey voice When I'm now the guard But we have a fucking cat fight And we have our wands Like our staffs right Yeah

Yeah okay cool So alright Just I'll slap you one more time And then we go into the scrag fight Ready Okay sure yeah Good

So do I Fucking whore Come here I'm gonna kick your ass You blonde bitch Little green fucking toad I'm gonna go ahead And fuck you right up Come on You're a little witch You're a little fucking Glindy I know I'm going to kick your ass, you blonde bitch. Little green fucking toad. I'm going to go ahead and fuck you right up.

Come on. You're a little witch. You're a little fucking Glindy. I know I'm Glinda. In the name of the wizard. Is your pussy green too, bitch? Shut up. Shut up, you.

You shut up. No, you shut up. Come over here. I'll show you who's boss. I'm going to kick your ass. Is that a broomstick between your legs? You just happen to see me. Oh, don't tempt me, bitch. Oh, well, you're a fucking boss. I'm going to kick your ass. Is that a broomstick between your legs? You just happen to see me. Oh, don't tempt me, bitch.

Oh, well, you're a fucking wizard. I'm a wizard. Oh, sorry. You've got a line. Hold! In the name of the wizard! Let her go! I almost had the slut!

Sorry, off-book. Sorry it took you so long to get here, miss. I can't believe you would sink this low to use my sister's death as a trap to capture me, you piece of shit. Alfie, I did not mean for this to happen. Bullshit. Don't lie to my face, bitch. Jenna, we're killing time.

That's your cue. Jesus Christ. No, I'm flying in. Make noise. Let the green girl go. No, you gotta. Jenna, that was shocking. He comes in swinging on a rope like it's Tarzan. Yeah, I'll

give you your take again because that was really emotional for me. Elfie, I didn't mean for this to happen. Let the green girl go! Fiyero, how in Oz? Let her go! Or explain to all of Oz how the wizard guards watched while Glinda the Good was slain. Fiyero, how about us? Let her go. Or explain to all of us how the wizard's guards

watched while Glinda the Good was slain. Fiyero, no. I said let her go. Elphaba, go now. No, not without you. Your line too. Jenna. Hush, now. Go. Do it.

This is when I fuck off. Now, the guard is really fucked off now at Fiyero for betraying them, so he's going to fuck him up. Okay. Alright? So I'm now the guard again. Alright. Seize him! No!

Wait! What are you doing? In the name of goodness, stop! Don't you see? He was never going to harm me. He just... He just loves her. Glinder, I'm so sorry. Take him

out to that field there. Put him on those poles until he tells us where the witch went. No! Don't you hurt him! Please don't hurt him! The arrow! The arrow! The arrow!

And this is when I do a fucking spell To try and save his life Of course I'm off book Wow, keep going I'm not doing the whole song, am I? Let its flesh not be torn

Let its blood leave no stain If you know it, yeah I can't hear it, turn it up I think I'm out of time Let its bones never break If you know it, yeah. I can't hear it. Turn it up. I think I'm out of time. Let his bones never break and however they try to destroy him, let him never die. Oh, it's too high.

Okay, that's enough for me. Okay, wow, well done. You really tried to upstage my Fiyero. My lover is in danger. I was supposed to be distraught. And it was my lover as well that I was letting go of in that moment, knowing that she's in love with my friend. Fiyero! Fiyero!

We nailed that. You didn't get the role. I'm so sorry. We're making other choices. Who are you going with? We're going with Casey Donovan. She's the role of Fiyero. She is good.

Wow. Can we do popular? Popular. Yeah, you did tell me this was your favourite song. Popular. Oh, so good. Did you not like popular, that scene? I love popular.

This is Glynda's big number. Okay. Her most recognised song from the show. La, la, la. Oh, we're popular. Although, I don't know if I can get that high. Well, we'll see. So I found a version of the song, because I knew you wanted to do this.

Yeah. Because I figured you'd fuck the timing. Like you don't really know the song that well. No, of course not. So I've got a version of the song where you can hear Kristen Chenoweth singing, but it's just like underneath. Got it. Okay.

So she won't drown you out. You can just sort of follow along and listen to her. And that'll kind of give me the inflection. Okay. I'm ready. Of course you chose this song where I barely fucking talk. I messaged Mitch and I said, can we do popular? He's like, that's a fucking one woman show.

I was like, that is a Glinda solo. Oh, it's so exciting. Okay. Can I do it? So the three lines. What's the, do you want me to give the context for this scene? Yeah, please. Should I try someone who's seen it once?

Please. Okay. So Elfie and Glinda. Glinda, not Glinda. Okay. They just checked into the hotel. No. They share a room at uni. They share a room atenda. They just checked into the hotel. No. They share a room at uni.

They share a room at uni. They share a room at uni. What, you think they're having a night at the Meryton or something? They've checked in. And they're both sitting on their beds and Glenda says, fuck, you're an ugly bitch. If I'm going to be associated with you, we need to do some work. And she gives her a makeover. But she's inherently green, so it's never going to work.

She's going to be hideous regardless. Well, Glinda's the popular girl at their school. Yes. And her and Elphaba hated each other at first. They were put together as like dorm buddies at uni. They're probably opposite. Yes. But then they end up liking each other and she is determined to make her as popular as

she is because Elphaba is a bit, like people make fun of her for being green. Yeah, true. Yeah. All right, I'm ready. I'm ready. And so this is you trying to teach me how to her for being great. Yeah, true. Yeah. All right. I'm ready. I'm ready. And so this is you trying to teach me how to be popular. Correct. Okay.

I'm so ready. Yeah. Are you ready? Yeah, I'm ready. Elfie, now that we're friends, I've decided to make you my new project. You really don't have to do that. I know. That's what makes me so nice.

That's my only line. Whenever I see someone less fortunate than I, and let's face it, who isn't less fortunate than I, my tender heart tends to start to bleed. When someone needs a makeover, I simply have to take over. I know, I know exactly what they need. And even in your case,

though it's the toughest case I've yet to face, don't worry, I'm determined to succeed. Follow my lead. Yes, you will be popular. You're gonna be popular. I'll teach you the proper place.

Then you talk to boys. Little ways to flirt and flounce. How to wear. How to fix your hair. Everything that really counts. To be popular. Can you hear the backing fear? To be popular.

You'll hang with the right cohorts. You'll be good at sports. Know the slang you've got to know. So let's start. You've got good at sports. Know the slang you've got to know. So let's start. You've got an awfully long way to go. Yo. First, hair. See?

This is how you toss your hair. I think I deny. Oh, sorry, I'm in character. Sure, I'm all ears. Toss, toss. Okay. Toss, toss. No. toss toss okay toss toss no no like this toss toss toss toss well you'll practice practice. Why, Miss Elphaba, look at you. You're beautiful.

You're not following along. You're beautiful. I've got a fucking guy. You're welcome. And though you protest your disinterest, I know clandestinely.

Clandestinely. Clandestinely. You're going to grin and bear it? You never found popularity. La, la, la, la, la. You'll be popular. Quite as popular as me. Wow.

Having the backing singer did not help you one bit. So much for Too High, though. Did I hit it? Oh, yeah. I mean, it sounded like you were, you know, straining a little bit, but you got there. You got there. Just a bit of practice.

Thank you, guys. And I really enjoyed it. Yeah. I really had know, straining a little bit, but you got there. You got there. Just a bit of practice. Thank you, guys. And I really enjoyed it. Yeah. I really had fun. I can't believe we just did that. No, can I? I feel really infuriated. It's like I feel like I'm dreaming.

How the fuck did I convince people to reenact a Wicked scene with me? I fucking loved it. That was fun. I'd do that, like, at your house. Yeah, actually, would you? Yeah. No, you'd fuck it. Of course I'd fuck it, but I'd still do it at your house.

Yeah, of course. I'm not. In fact, I don't know it any better. Oh, my God. I loved Wicked. Go and see Wicked. It's coming to Melbourne too, which is very exciting. Yeah, I feel like anyone listening to that that have never seen or heard of Wicked would

have been like, what the fuck's going on? But hey, if that's not an ad to go see it, I don't know what is. Totally. Did you say it's going to Melbourne? It's coming to Melbourne, yeah. Okay. It's coming to Melbourne. Is it going anywhere? Jenna, can you. Did you say it's going to Melbourne? It's coming to Melbourne, yes. It's coming to Melbourne. Is it going anywhere?

Jenna, can you Google it? Is it going anywhere after that? Let's see. It's seriously so good. And the set design was gorgeous. The costuming's amazing. Even though you couldn't see the fucking corpse underneath the house. I couldn't see the witch, no.

No, no, no. But I saw the big dragon. God, it's beautiful. Okay, I've just looked. So the only places at the moment is Sydney and Melbourne. Oh, they usually do Brizzy after that. Yeah, usually. I reckon they'll go.

I think they will. Fingers crossed. They'll probably do across the country. It's really good. And also worth the trip to Melbourne if you can. Melbourne from March 2024. Oh, so it's still in Sydney for a little bit. I keep getting emails saying, last release tickets.

All right, go see Wicked, guys. Why not? But if you can't be fucked with that, the Wicked movie's coming out next year. That's true. Yeah. Where is that going on? What do you mean? Like, what's it going on?

Is it like on a streaming service? Cinema. Wow, that's so cool. Cinema release. All right, year. That's true. Yeah. Where is that going on? What do you mean? Like, what's it going on? Is it like on a streaming service? I think it's like cinema. Wow, that's so cool. Cinema release. All right, everyone, let's go. Thanks for listening to the show. And we will see you all in a week, yeah? Yeah.

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We keep talking shit. Fooled you. Yeah. Here we are. Have either of you A, listened to, or B, actually read Britney Spears' book? No, but I really want to. I have no interest. Really? It's written in all emojis or something, isn't it?

No. I didn't think I'd have any interest, but I thought the day it came out, I was like, yeah, I'll listen. I'll give it a whirl so that when people are talking about it, I can talk about it too. I got a bit swept up in it. And Michelle Williams is the one narrating it. Yeah.

From Destiny's Child. No, no, the actress. Who's Michelle Williams? The blonde Michelle Williams. You'd know if you saw her face, I reckon, because I Googled her and I was like, oh, her. I genuinely thought it was Michelle from Destiny's Child. No.

But I'm kind of glad that they did get someone else to read the audiobook because have you heard just the first bit that Brittany reads? Yes, I have. She reads the first bit and it's all off. Really? Have you not heard it? No.

Okay, hold on. I'll bring it up on my phone. We played it on the radio show. It's a lot. Well, Jenna hasn't heard it, so I'm going to play it again. You're just going to have to suffer through it, all right? No, no, no, no. I was just for context.

I'm not. I just, I think she's been through the ringer. I feel for her. This is my favourite thing. Like, there's maybe three tracks that Brittany reads. The first one is five seconds her. This is my favourite thing. There's maybe three tracks that Brittany reads. The first one is five seconds long. It's just called Dedication. For my boys who are the loves of my life.

That's it. That's it. Wow, she would have been paid shit time for that. And then she did... Love of my life. Life. She did the author's note. And I'll go with the prologue, actually.

She read like the first chapter, essentially. And just the pacing was all off. I was like, I don't think I could listen to that for the whole book. Love the cow, but I couldn't listen if she was reading the whole thing. Prologue. As a little girl, I walked for hours alone in the silent woods behind my house in Louisiana singing songs. Being outside gave me a

sense of aliveness and danger when i was growing up my mother and father fought constantly he was an alcoholic i was usually scared in my home outside wasn't necessarily heaven either oh stop stop it sounds like an episode of keeping up with the kardashians they've spliced her inflections together and also the vocal fry is a lot. Apparently someone went to her home to record just that bit. Like she was just recording at home. I'm like, would it have killed them to turn the fucking sunbeam fan off? Like you could hear.

Was that from home? Yeah. But then obviously Michelle Williams did the actual. Is it Michelle Williams? Yeah, it is. Are we sure? Michelle Williams did the whole thing, the rest of it. And I was like, okay, actually, thank God.

Because she had a good voice. Definitely. Is she allowed out of the house? Well, I don't know. She made it out like at the moment she's just trying to get her shit back together because of everything she's been through. It wasn't even the conservatorship that was the worst of it. It was when they threw her in rehab for a bit.

That's what fucked her up more than anything. She was on lithium. Oh, cool. When was she in? rehab for a bit. That's what fucked her up more than anything. She was on lithium. Oh, cool.

When was she in? When she cancelled her Vegas residency at short notice because she was being made to do a second one. And she was like, come on, guys, I just fucking wrapped the first one. Yeah. I don't want to do another one straight away. And so because she disobeyed her father, they chucked her in rehab. And that's when she came out all loopy. She was like fine-ish before that.

So the lithium fucked her. What's lithium? I don't even know, but it's not good, eh? Yeah. It's what? It's in all those AA batteries. Let me Google it. Actually, I should be getting Jenna to do that, but it's fine. I'm already halfway through this sentence. His fingers were already lit. Yeah, lithium battery is the first thing that comes up.

Lithium. Medication, how it works, and side effects. Lithium is a great word. A mood-stabilizing medicine used to treat certain mental illnesses, such as bipolar disorder. Short-term effects can include nausea and diarrhea, muscle weakness, or a dazed feeling. A long-term side effect can be weight gain, blah, blah, blah.

Basically, it's heavy-duty shit, and it can cause mania, feeling highly excited, overactive or distracted. The poor thing. Aww. Yeah. Because she was on TV, remember? Like before that she was hosting like America's Next. Oh no, she did X Factor and she said in the book that she fucking hated that.

Oh really? Yeah. She was like, I nailed it, but I hated it. Wow. I feel for her. How old is she? I'll Google it again. Yeah.

I don't know. Also, I think lithium is a great word for you to I'll Google it again. I don't know. Also, I think lithium is a great word for you to say with your lisp. Lithium? Yeah. Oh, it just sounds like I'm trying to say lithium. Correct. How old is Britney Spears? 41.

I'm going to say 43. Damn it. You said 40. You could have just been like, I was going to say one. Yeah, but I didn't want to be annoying. I actually was thinking 43. Far out. I don't want to read it.

Really? Yeah, I don't want to read it. Really? Yeah. Just listen to it. It's good. And to be honest, it's like, it's not a tricky read. She's very concise and cuts through all the bullshit and just tells you the good stuff in a concise way. Oh, the whole Britney situation is so

sad. It is. Anyway. What about 1989 Taylor's version? Just catching up on all the fucking pop culture that happened in our wake up it does nothing for me really yeah i just i just enjoy more adult music sorry you've got a real attitude on you today i just wanted to piss off the swifties no i just taylor swift i'm gonna sing a song and you're gonna believe it's a taylor song okay good the fire bush rung really warm and bread. That's a Taylor Swift song.

The city lights captured my heart. I said, no, it's a fart. That's Taylor Swift. I saw a TikTok making fun of Taylor Swift's lyrics. It was like, invisible neon coffee mug high. Invisible neon coffee mug high. She would fucking use that as an adjective. It's so bad.

Chase through the woods on a cold summer's day. Hey, get off me. It is my time to shine. Here you are slagging off Taylor Swift, but if they offered you an interview with her, you'd be sucking right up her ass so quick. I wouldn't prepare one question, but I would completely do it. Yeah, of course.

No, I didn't like Taylor's version of 1989. Really? To get back on track. You didn't like it? I't like Taylor's version of 1989. Really? To get back on track. You didn't like it? I thought Scooter's version was better. It just sounded like really auto-tuned and fucking rushed. Yeah, I get that. Let me see if we've got the two here.

Here we go. So this is a comparison. It's the original. Original. Original. Back every time We never blow out of style We never blow out of style If you've got that long hair

Slick back white t-shirt And I have a good Bad faith And a little girl There was a girl Crashing down We come back every time Sweet

So like do you have to stream the Taylor's version if you want to be ethical? I guess so. Yeah. Yeah. The idea is that fans can morally listen to her music knowing that they're not supporting that dope Scooter Braun. Mitchell, look what you made me do. Taylor's version has leaked.

Ah, bullshit. It's been out for one month, that video, and it's only got 8K views. Extended leak and everyone's commenting. This is exciting. I'm obsessed with this. Skip to 135 says God is above all of us. And I chuck it in twice. Look what you made me do.

Look what you made me do. Look what you just made me do. Is Taylor's version of that song. I don't like it. Look what you just made me do. Matthew Perry died. Oh. Yeah.

How bad was that? Because Oscar had literally been in this studio and said, can Friends just die? Yeah, he did say that. Yeah. I was like, oh, that's not good. No. That was very sad.

Do you know what? I'm ashamed to admit this, but after we did that jingle thing where Oscar did the Friends theme song, it was in my head, and we were saying, Friends isn't very us, is it? It's too straight culture. I started re-watching Friends. Oh, no. And then you died.

I know. So it was like fresh in mind. And also when I was re-watching Friends, I'd started making a list of all the jokes that haven't aged well, like all the anti-queer jokes that have been made. And I was going to do a segment on that. Doesn't seem right now. Doesn't seem right.

Although, to be fair, Chandler didn't deliver a lot of those lines. No. That's true. Who was it? Okay, why don't you guess? Who had the most problematic lines? Joey. No.

I reckon Rachel as well. Rachel. No. Phoebe? No. No, Ross. Monica and Ross. The homophobic. Phoebe? No. No, Ross. Monica and Ross. The Gellers.

The Gellers. There was a few from them. And also the whole fat shaming. Oh, yeah, they love that. And they were transphobic as fuck. Yeah. Yeah. Disgusting.

But we won't flag them off. Yeah, let's not. Let the dead be dead. So, yeah, any updates in your life, Mitchell? Not that I can think of, no. I told you all the good news. Yeah. You weren't as excited as I thought you'd be when I told you that I've been reunited

with Franco the hairdresser. I know that was Monday's episode. I was very excited. I wasn't. I'm excited. I'm excited. I'm going to come down after the tour. It's a couple of days after.

I still haven't had a good eight hours sleep. I need a weekend of respite, you know what I mean? Yeah, I get it. Just to fully recover, be myself again. I feel like I'm being lobotomized. Lithium. Eleven flights in a month. Too many.

Yeah. Yeah, and one bus. How was the camper bus? Oh, yeah, the bus. Absolutely shocking. It wasn't a bus. It was a van. I was sold on a bus with a toilet and a microwave, but it was a van with four seats.

So no toilet. No toilet. So just the minivan. It was a van. I was sold on a bus with a toilet and a microwave, but it was a van with four seats. So no toilet? No toilet. So just the minivan? It was a minivan with two children. Oh, I'm picturing a greyhound. As was I. Coach. It was a Hertz higher car with eight seats. Oh, that's not too bad. That sounds kind of fun. Road trip. Well, the first half hour

was fun. Yeah. Also that boring drive to Canberra. Oh my God. How long does it take? Three and a half hours? It's literally like the maps in my car. If I'm getting directions to Canberra, it'll say, turn right onto the Hume Highway, and then in 400 kilometres, you've reached your destination.

It's so boring. It is on the one road the whole time. Canberra is beautiful, though, for the idiots that live in and around. Questacon. Questacon. Canberra's weird though. It's kind of grim. Lake Burley Griffith is gross.

Griffin. Like the dragon thing. That is Griffin. Peter and Lois Griffith. I get that confused. Lake Burley Griffith, what were you going to say? I like Canberra. I think it's pretty. What's awful about the lake? I think Canberra is I think it's pretty. What's awful about the lake?

No, I think Canberra is pretty. I like the architecture and everything's rounded. Do you know all the streets are round? No. It's a metaphor for how public servants and politics, it just goes around. It's serving. You're making that up.

Or is your recall just failing you a little bit? Because I don't think that's accurate. Someone told me something about the curves. There's no turns in Canberra. It's all round. I'm going to get the map up. Once you're on a road, you're just stuck curves. There's no turns in Canberra. It's all round. I'm going to get the map up. Once you're on a road, you're just stuck there. There's no turns.

You're just going to keep going in a spiral. Red tape. Nothing can ever get done because we just go round and round in circles. I remember the fun fact that they told us on the Canberra excursion. See the circle around Parliament House? Yes. All of those streets in red, they are like Sydney Street, Melbourne Street, Brisbane Street, Perth Street, and they're all the ones that are pointing in the direction of that town.

No. Yeah. This is cool. I'm pulling it up. Oh, yeah. See, look. Circle, circle, circle, circle. I'm seeing a whole lot of not circles, though.

I don't know what you're saying. Well, it's not possible. There are no turns in Canberra. It's all round. I see quite a lot of turns. Big fucking call. Look, there's just a lot of them. Look, round, round, round, round, round, round.

Straight. No. We should get out of here. Hey, look. What? Circle, circle, circle, circle, circle. Yeah, from this. What year is this from?

Circle, circle, circle. Jenna, it's current. It's from. No, it's not. 1807. No way. Okay. Did you go to Questacon? Absolutely not.

No, it was a working holiday, Jenna, not leisure. I was there for, we drove in at 3pm. We had a show that night and then I was flying out at 6am the next day. Yeah, you still had time. What, for a quick 10 minute earthquake room? That's cool. But it was very triggering because it happened, I went there two years after my earthquake.

Oh, God. Jenna. Well, then you would have been equipped to compare. Is this what an earthquake's really like? Or is it just a room that kind of shakes? It was just a room that shook. That shook, yeah. And where in actual fact the earthquake was not a room that shook?

What was the earthquake? It was a that shook. What was the earthquake? It was a horrific experience. I was thinking about it the other day. And you know how we did Jenna's fable, all these horrific stories that she's been through. I'm like, fuck, I could easily whip up a fable too. Because I tell stories on the fly on the podcast. But there's some fucked up things that have happened. I've got some cooked stories.

But I never tell them because then it's very rare that they'd be relevant. That's true. Well, I have fables too. What but I never tell them because then it's very rare that they'd be relevant. That's true. Well, I have fables too. What if we all tell a fable? It has to be really fucked up. Yeah, I've got one. I've got one about my guinea pig patch being taken by a sea eagle. You've told that a few times.

And I don't want to hear animal abuse anymore. I think I did an impression of it at the time. What was it? Ow! Ow! Off into the distance he goes That was brilliant You do a great guinea pig

Interesting Alright well whip up a fable Has to be something fucked though Yeah I've got one I've got so many I've got one about the origins of my cheery name We've heard that

It's not that fucked up How my uncle shot his wife in the head and had to rename cheery Yeah Yeah I've had worse Great great great great great uncle yeah I'm talking about like something that happened to you. I was there. I've never spoken about it.

I was there. You handed in the gun. We hope this podcast made you feel at least 2% better today. That's all. Just 2%. So we do. So we bloody fucking well do. Alfie, that's not my fault you said you died.

I thought I could have done better, but I was okay with it. I thought we were all right. I thought you were great. Jenna, you were terrible. Yeah, but that's the character. She forgot her lines. It's not like she has an excuse because she didn't have to remember them. They were written in front of her.

She didn't say them. Yeah. All right. Well, so we do. It's been said. So we do. See you in a week. Or Monday. Not even a week. A couple of days. Yeah. We'll see you next week. Yes't say them. Yeah. All right. Well, so we do. It's been said. So we do. Yeah. See you in a week. Or Monday.

Not even a week. A couple of days. Yeah. We'll see you next week. Yes, we will. All right, guys. Gorgeous. Don't forget to buy your mugs, girls.

Although I shouldn't keep hammering that. You've got to the end of Mugvember. Yeah. Plenty of time. Yeah. Yeah. Time's ticking, but. Start of Mugvember.

September, October, Mugvember, December. What can we do in December? Deal Denver Decemetery-ver We do a show from a cemetery Let's do that There's no months that really have a catchy pun When it comes to rash fest, is there?

What was that? Instead of March, rash Rash-cember January, February, vest Rash-cember Rash-t February, vest. Rash-cember. Rash-teptor. No, let's go. Guys, we're trying for more.

We're trying to get something and there's nothing happening. Rash-lie. July. Rashoon. For June. Rash-ay. Not even a month. May.

May. Oh, my God. Morgus could work Mug August Well we're not waiting Until next year Who's backdating Morgus Why don't we just say

Why don't we just call it Morgus And say It's Morgus But like we're backdating I'm home now What else is there Cupvember M-vember. Mug-vember works.

Yeah. We've already branded it. See, I thought it was a pretty shocking pun when we landed on that, but now I back it. No, it's not bad. Now that I've explored the options, how do you fucking beat that? Mug-vember. You can't beat it. You've done very well.

Yeah. You've done well. Yeah, so you got to the end of mug-vember to get your orders in, girls. Thank you for listening, everyone. We'll see you on Monday. Catch you soon. Love you. Bye.

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