Is It Just Me? - #234: Singing Lessons 🎶

Episode Date: September 10, 2024

Just a heads up, idiots, no new episodes next week!! We're all scattered about the country doing our own things lmao, but we won't be gone long x   In this episode: Doctor's answering machines are so extra (06:40) Do you not trust keyless cars? (12:44) WTF is barbecue sauce? (18:29) Do they Greys Anatomy doctors need to try harder? (21:48) HOBBY HUNT: Our singing lessons with Roving Reporter Oscar (25:48) Our “Secret Segment” ADDebrief (53:02)   Check out our merch shop! coupleofmitches.com.au 🛍️   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! Brace yourself for the rude shocks of young adulthood. I don't want to bore everyone and show you my Europe trip videos. It's a bit late for that. Oh, fuck off! Now here's Mitch Chudy and Mitchell Coombs.

Hello you! Hello you! Oh Mitchell, you're looking gorgeous Coombs. Hello, you. Hello, you. Oh, Mitchell, you're looking gorgeous in your merch. Oh, he's already forgotten. He's already forgotten. What? 234. Oh, oh, oh.

234. He's trying to rhyme the episode number. Kmart's a store. That it is. I hate this. By the way, this isn't merch. This is just a jumper. But isn't it merch for someone? No. No. No. There's darling on it. Yeah, I gave

you the other one, remember? I still have it. I have it. I have it. I wore it once during winter. Yes, and I spilled coffee on it. All down the front of it. But that's why I have a lot of black. You can't really tell there's a stain, hey? No, you look gorgeous. Thanks. Can anyone smell me? What do you mean? Sniff. Sniff your nostrils. Jenna, here's my wrist. Yeah, prizekeeper Jenna out there. Well, she look gorgeous. Thanks. Can anyone smell me? What do you mean? Sniff. Sniff your nostrils.

Jenna, here's my wrist. Yeah, prize keeper Jenna out there. Well, she's close. Give him a sniff. Oh, I like that. Do I smell good? Yes. Mitchell and Jenna, I am now hard launching my autumnal. What season are we in?

Spring. Spring. I'm hard launching my spring scent. Oh, is it new? Yeah. Do you want to smell me? I really like it. Do you smell like me? Because I feel I'm big on scents at the moment

and I want everyone to have a signature scent. Because yours is that blood and piss from Gaga, right? No, no, that one's very rare, so I don't use it. It'll be worth something in a few years. Yeah, that's true. With my arm. What does that remind me of? Give it back, give it back, give it back.

Oh, God, I've got to kiss you. This is going to bother me. I want to guess what it is. Is it some sort of mandarin scent? It's Matcha. It's Matcha by Le Labo. It's a Matcha. It smells like a vape I've had once upon a time.

Mitch is like, is that Kiwi vape? I've just figured it out. I've just figured it out. Yeah, well, Le Labo are inspired by the sense of the world, so they went, let's do it. I'm vape. No, I just launched. I love a good fragrance because it was so cold. I was wearing a cold one. And then I'm like, you know what? I've got to shake things up.

Yeah, I agree. I have the same approach to candles. I would never burn, like, a vanilla or something in hot weather because I'm like, no, that's for winter when you're applying layers of comfort. Yes, and it's so important for the brain. It actually, like, if you wear a soft fragrance in spring, it feels floral, feels warm. It just fits in.

Florals for spring, groundbreaking feels floral, feels warm. It just fits in. For spring, groundbreaking. Yeah, exactly that vibe. I did put on my – this is the other good thing about Moving House. I found all my other fragrances that I just kind of forgot were tucked away in a drawer somewhere. Like what? What were they? The Marc Jacobs Daisy. I was like, Daisy, spring.

Perfect. Daisy's nice. So I popped that on today. Nice. Do you remember the perfumes that your mums wear or wore? I remember my mum still wears Light Blue by someone. Oh yeah, I know that one. Someone. I do have

to question how often she wears it because she wears whatever we give her for Mother's Day but she was still going on the same bottle from like almost 10 years ago. What? And then she specifically wanted the Delta Goodrum perfume so I got her that and she's still going on that too. And that was fucking years ago.

She's using Delta by Delta. Yeah, the OG. Really? Yeah. It's good. What do you wear, Jenna? Usually Santal. Oh, you're a Santal 33.

Yeah. I don't know what any of these are. So there's this thing. This is not paid. I'm not making any money from this. But at Mecca, you can go there at the moment and it's like a bar and you walk in and you sit down and you say, this is what I want to smell like. You'd say, hi, I'm Mitchell Coombs. I love a pub feed and gravy and schnitzel are the tones and the notes that I want to

hit. And some scent specialist will walk around and show you the scents perfect for you, put them on your wrist. But I don't know what I want to smell like. It's not that important to me. No, but it should be. If I said to you, Mitchell, what smells do you love? It's really hard to answer because it depends on the day.

Okay. Well, say, for example, you're going to a comedy gig and you're performing on stage. You want to smell like Mitchell Coombs, the celebrity. He's the superstar. I think our brains work so differently. Really? Yeah. Yeah, but I feel like it makes you feel a different way.

Scent for some people is really powerful. For others, it means nothing. But for me it can make me feel sexy. It can make me feel powerful, strong, switched on. Okay, Katy Perry. Well, it's a woman's world and I've always said that. And you're lucky to be living in it. Well, surely you like flowers.

Don't you like flowers? Not exclusively. You lie. You lie like a mattress. You like, you could get like a fruity fragrance. I just think, Mitchell, once you start the world of fragrances you enter, like Jenna's

involved now. Yeah, I get it. Yeah, if you know, you know. I seriously have so many unfinished bottles. I'm not getting any more. I would have so much fun taking you and finding you a perfect scent. You'll feel like a whole new person. Do I stink? No, no. No, no, no. This is not why I'm bringing it up. It's not an intervention at all.

Imagine if that was you. Yeah, well. No, I appreciate the thought and I'm happy for you because you're enjoying yourself, but that's not my idea of fun. I've got enough shit going on. I don't have time to worry about my scent. I've got a lot of different fucking perfumes. They'll work.

You're a body spray girl too, aren't you? No. Oh, please. You would have had the, what's it called? Impulse. Impulse. Yes. You would have had impulse growing up.

No. Really? I feel like now's a good time to remind you that I'm actually not a girl. You're kidding. All right. Well, welcome to Is It Just Me? Hi, everyone. Every week we start the same way.

We miss Jenna Mitchell. And it's been a while. We just confuse the audience. My favorite thing is when people comment on our TikTok, like, I'm with the girl. And I'm like, who are they talking about? People are so small-minded, aren't they? No, my favourite part is when they wholeheartedly believe that I am a woman and they just go, oh, my God,

she needs to shave her mo. Too much facial hair for a girl. And I'm like, well, actually, I think you're fine. You're telling me that people just think you are. Yeah. And they go, look at the beard on her. That happens? And they're not joking.

Oh, no. That's what they sincerely believe is going on. No, that's awful. People are stupid. No, we start the show every week with It Is Just Me, something we've noticed, something we hate or appreciate. Mitch doesn't know mine. I do not know Mitch's at all.

Yep, we're going in blind. Also, our fourth wheel roving reporter, Oscar, is going to join us. Yeah. We're bringing back Hobby Hunt. This is dipping our toe into singing lessons. Yeah. Because we've decided we want to do it together. We want to learn a duet.

Correct. That's about all we've decided. We need professional help to figure out what the next steps are. Yeah. First of all, what song are we doing? Correct. I don't know. I have a new suggestion, though.

Okay, great. I'll tell you later on the show. Actually, we should say this, Mitch. This is our last episode for a little bit. Jenna and I have got our usual radio break. Mitch, you're going back to the farm to spend some time with your parents. You're visiting the family. So we won't have any episodes for the next week,

but we do have a big episode on the way today. Shall I go first with my e-gym? Sure. Okay, here we go. Kick things off now. Okay. Is it just me or? Do doctors need to cut the shit in their pre-recorded messages?

You call the doctor's office and first of all, no need to say call triple zero if it's an emergency. I'm not going to call my GP. You just know there'd be so many Froot Loops that would be calling for that reason. Really? I don't believe it. If you've been shot, you don't call your doctor. Even in Sean's line of work, he works for a fucking MP

and people will call their local member in an emergency and Sean has to be like, no, call 000. Do they know how long it takes to change legislation? Hi, I need you to build a new freeway. I'm in traffic but that's just not going to happen. Oh my God. I hate it. My local GP, there is, and I

counted, a minute 40 worth of pre-roll, like you're at the cinemas watching the ads. If you are in emergency help, please hang up now and call 000. We get through that. Medicare rebates are changing. As of September, I'm like, shut up. I want to book in. I don't need this information.

If you feel unwell or have any signs or symptoms. Oh, aren't we done with that? That's my point. Aren't we done? We understand all that. We know how it all works. They still, some places, my GP has a COVID declaration. Sometimes you've got to sit through the pre-roll though

because I fucking shot myself in the foot when I first moved in. Not literally shot myself in the foot. I was the doctor. I was packing my rifles. No, so I was trying to get the internet to work in the new apartment. Yeah, the penthouse. And so I was calling mate, who were my internet provider. Mate.

And they were like, hi, mate. Your call is important to us. So that you don't have to stay on hold, mate, we'll give you a call back. We're experiencing a high volume of calls. Our current callback time is around two hours. So at that point I'd go, hang up, wait two hours, no call. I'd call again. I'd listen up until that point in the pre-roll.

Our current callback time is two hours. And I'd go, all right, hang up. And then again, no call. And then after two fucking days of this, two fucking days of that, I was like, I'm going to sit around and see what happens after that. And they said, our current callback time is two hours. You're next in the queue though, so stay on the line. I was like, are you fucked?

I've had three days without Wi-Fi just because I didn't sit through the pre-roll. I don't think there's one software that I need any pre-roll for. Like absolutely nothing unless it's like press one to go to this department, press two to go to this department. I get that. We need that. But for God's sake, don't spoon feed us, doctors.

I just hate making phone calls in general. Oh, no. I prefer a phone call to a text. Really? No, not a text. I mean online. Like I can book into my GP online. Thank fuck.

Yeah. Oh, Hot Doc? Yeah. Not even that. It's on their website. I'm on, fuck. Oh, Hot Doc? Yeah. Not even that. It's on their website. I'm on Hot Doc. I love Hot Doc so much. You get a repeat referral on that.

It's perfect. You know what I love? Idgm on the fly. Are you guys across video voicemail? No. No? Oh, my God. What?

Is that not just like a cameo? Yes, it's a cameo. So if someone tries to FaceTime you, right, and they don't get you, you get what's, you go to this section called video voicemail. Ready? I'm holding up my iPhone. I don't think I've ever used that. That's so weird. So he's a Mr. FaceTime from Steven, right? And then he's then left me this video. See? The team's cute. I feel like this is cutesy. He bought a coat, a winter coat. Oh, cute. But it's a video and you can watch it and you can save them and yeah. It's like a little story. Is, cute. But it's a video and you can watch it and you can save them.

It's like a little story. Isn't that cool? Yeah. I'll never take advantage of that. That is so weird. I'll do one for you right now. I'm going to send you one. So I'm going to FaceTime you.

But I'm going to see it. Oh, yeah. Close your eyes. And I'll hear it. Oh, shit. I don't know. Pull a grenade out or something. Shoot yourself in the foot.

Again? Yeah. Just have to let it ring out. Don't answer it. I don't plan to. Do you want to say something? It's not even ringing. What? You're on D. Again? Yeah. Just have to let it ring out. Don't answer it. I don't plan to. Jenna, do you want to say something? It's actually not even ringing. What?

You're on D&D. Yeah. Don't answer it. I'm actually not on Do Not Disturb. I created my own focus for the podcast. Oh, here we go. All right. Record voicemail.

Ready, Jenna? Mitchell, you missed us. We're just calling to say happy birthday. It's Aunt Terrence. And it's Auntie Jane. And we love you. You are our favourite niece. Niece, yes. Niece.

Little girl. Little girl. Happy birthday. Happy birthday. How do we switch this off? I think it's that button. Press that one. Yeah, you press that, honey.

Go for it. No, wrong. Here we go. We've pressed it. Cool. Fantastic. See, now that is a digital voicemail. And what section of my phone does it go to?

You get a notification. Oh. You should, but you've turned it off. You're on focus. Is that focus just to shut my number up? No, I told you. You know, you can put Do Not Disturb on. Mine says podcast, and it's all notifications except reminders,

because I need my reminders to come up saying, renew your parking, bitch. I didn't know you could do that. It was easy. Yeah, I'm impressed. Did you get it? Maybe it comes up in the FaceTime app know you could do that. It was easy. Yeah, I'm impressed. Did you get it? Maybe it comes up in the FaceTime app and it should be in Miss FaceTime. Oh, I see.

Play it. I wonder what they said. It was a funny sketch. Yeah, let's listen, idiots. We just heard it. That's funny. That's comedy gold. That's what that is.

That's really good. Can I go with my item now? Yeah, yeah, no, you can't. If you want to watch that now or in five minutes, whatever you need. No, I'm good. Okay. Have them right before my eyes. Yeah.

Lucky you. You got it to watch back later. It's really funny. Yeah, we'll put that on the Age of Socials. Okay, you can. Jenna, that was a direct task. I don't have his phone, so I can't. Oh, God.

Oh, yeah, you actually have to, Mitchell, because... No, no, my age can wait. It'll save me time. There's got to be a way that I can handle all this back. I do enough. Just post it. Not hard. Open your thing.

I'm not accepting it. I'm at work. Oh, I'll just text it to you then. No! I don't want it on my person. There you go. I'll confess. Now, you can post it to the itchim socials.

Jenna, I believe she's talking to you. I had to remind you last week to post photos of your own allergic reaction because you said on the podcast, I'll post it in the group. And I'm like, I bet he won't. No, I just was waiting. For what? For an idiot to go, hey, where are those photos of the allergic reaction? All right, I'm going now.

Bradley, thank you for your patience, mate. Is it just me? Tequila's cars feel fucking wrong? Oh, yes. Oh, no, I love it. No, really? I love them. I feel like I'm starting up a spaceship.

I just don't like it because it kind of takes away the purpose of the key. Whose keyless car are you in? Well, one of my friends was staying with me recently and I drove her car and I was like, I don't like this at all. I think my parents have one too. I love it. You don't have to actually use the key. No, it's quite satisfying.

You know, the jingling of the keys. No, I hate it. I'm all for it because I have to get my keys out of my car. I've got one of those flick switch. I think we have the same key. It looks like a pen knife. Yeah. And I love when I take my dad's car or my mum's car,

you just keep your keys in the back and it knows that you're in the vicinity of the door. I think that's the best technology that we've ever invented. So how does the car turn on? You have to sit in the car. The car registers the keys in the vicinity of the vehicle, put your foot on the brake, and you press it on. Yeah, but then you know what happens?

My friend whose keyless car I was driving, she had the key in her pocket, and she got out of the car to put something in the bin or something, and her car nearly self-imploded. And I was the one in the driver's seat because you can't walk away with the key while the engine's on. And I'm like, why is it yelling at me? I was like, this car, it just freaks the fuck out.

I like the old school key. You know where it is. It's not possible to lose it because it's in the fucking ignition. And do you know what else fucking freaks me out in cars like that? You don't have the crank for the handbrake. It's just a little switch. That's not reassuring. I hate the sound. A little button. You press it and it goes...

I hate it. I love a cranky gear stick. There's nothing... No, the handbrake. You're right. Handbrake, sorry. You can feel that wheel get locked in place. Yeah. And it's a bit gaslighting, these new cars, because they'll put the handbrake on for you as soon as you've stopped and then you question yourself, wait, did I put the handbrake on?

Oh, it says it's on, but I didn't do that. I didn't do that. Yeah. And then when you like start to leave, it automatically takes it off and then you go to take the handbrake off yourself and then you accidentally put it back on. Yeah. And I'm like, just let me do some things. Leave some things in my control, please.

I had a hire car recently for two weeks. It was fully smart. Push button start. I hate it. Everything. Me too. Then I got back in my car and I felt old. I thought, this analogue car is incredible.

No, I missed it. No, you know what my car does? My car has CarPlay. I love it. But it's got an analogue handbrake. It's got a key start. It doesn't have any smart driving, doesn't change lanes for you. It's analogue and I love it.

Yeah, same. I felt comforted getting back into my car. Auto lights. I like auto lights. I've got those too. See, that's I felt comforted getting back into my car. Auto lights. I like auto lights. I've got those too. See, that's good. I haven't had to touch my headlights in years. You poor things are begging to be touched.

You'll sell that car and the value of that novel won't be touched. But I love my blinkers are all automatic. Some cars these days, auto sense, if you're like starting to turn, it'll indicate for you in my dad's car. No, I hate that. I don't think that's cool. In my dad's car, the blinker's on the steering wheel. Just leave them as they are.

We've all gotten in the habit of putting the handbrake on like so. Why change it? I'm with you. I'm loving that Jen is cooperating as if she knows what we're talking about at all. Yeah, I've been in cars. If you've been in cars... Not horse-drawn ones. We're talking about real cars.

Yeah, I do miss the horses. What do you think a handbrake is putting your hand in front of the tyre to stop it? No, it's pulling back the horse. Saying woo. The woo brake. Is it just me? The rude shocks of young adulthood. Alright, we're missing a

wheel right now, aren't we? Long time no see. Fourth wheel, Oscar. Come in here, bub. It's your time. Oh, my God. Chookin! Come on in. Oh, hi, Chookin! Hello. Where should I put my purse?

Just on the floor. Put your purse over here. Next to me. Just on the ground there. This is where you sit. You're on that microphone. Take a seat, Chookin. Thanks, darling. From the Misfits. We're excited to have you here. I'm a little nervous. Can you tell us the extensive, I feel like we're at a job interview, tell us the extensive history of your singing? Because you've been singing since you were a wee boy.

He's very talented. I've been singing since before I could talk, probably. Basically, long and short of it is I started singing properly when I was about maybe eight or nine years old. Oh, baby singer. Yeah, I was a little baby singer. I was a part of Sydney Children's Choir, which they um shout out to them because they taught me the basics of like classical techniques and how to preserve your voice when you're singing like four hour long concerts and shit like that

um but then i also did musicals and uh professional shows amateur shows but i went and got myself a uh a vocal teacher his specialty was was helping young boys navigate their voice through puberty. And here I was thinking you were just a natural. See, singing lessons do count for something. Singing lessons do count. You've trained. Well, no, there's two of us in this room that have had singing lessons. I had singing lessons as well.

Did you? I didn't know that. You would know this. I went to theatre school. You didn't tell us that part. You didn't study singing. Yes, I did. Operatic singing is a major part of the American rubric.

That actually makes so much sense when I was listening to you guys sing, what was it again, the Grace song? Yeah. And you had this like timbre and vibrato on you. I can sing. I remember, in my head I was like, I have to ask him about that because surely that's been taught. I studied, yeah, I've had full A vocal training, like to control my voice through acting in

theatre in America. And then, yeah, also singing training. But I wasn't good at singing and I also thought, oh, I'm never going to do it. So I didn't pay attention. I gave up. Well, we're actually going to do this singing lesson in a little bit. I think we should warm up our vocals. Oscar, have you got an idjim to share in the meantime?

I do. Just to get us warmed up. Yeah, of course. Oh, I'm excited. Yeah, I do. Oh, but we can't have Oscar do one. They're not, what was your name again? Sorry.

Is it G for Jenna? G for Jenna. Yeah. G for Jenna. You should do one too. I can do one? Do you have one? Yeah.

All right. We'll do both of yours. All right. Bradley, let's go. Is it just me or? What the actual fuck is barbecue sauce? That's so good. To die for.

It is beautiful. Don't get it twisted. But you know how like you've got tomato sauce, garlic, aioli. What the fuck is barbecue? I have always wondered that. They just like lick barbecue clean go that's yummy yeah like because at the end of a barbecue it's all like stale and crusty and that do they just gather that up rinse it down and go i'll put that in a bottle that's true whereas barbecue sauce just like they put like jenna get

googling yeah jenna can you google that um harry hines please and see what he has to say about this because like they always have on and he's mr to say about this? Because they always have on barbecue. And his sister Henrietta Hines. Yeah. They always have on barbecue sauce related condiment. There's an onion and a tomato and a burger. It's always an onion and a tomato. And it's like, so is it just brown onion sauce? Is that what it is?

I think it's just savory sauce. Because in America, all barbecue sauces are smoky. Like, really smoky. Did you Google word for word what the fuck is barbecue sauce? So what defines a barbecue sauce is the method of cooking that it's used in. So it's used as a marinade and topping for meat cooked in barbecue cooking style, and that's where it comes from. So you can only use it specifically if there's been a barbecue involved.

Well, fuck, I've been bastardizing that sauce for many years. No, but what else do you put it on? I only put it on a steak. I put it on a sausage sandwich. I feel like that hasn't answered my question because we've got barbecue-flavored chips. We've got barbecue-flavored crackers and some bullshit. I feel like there's more to it. Well, this isn't the Julie Goodwin podcast.

This is a government secret. I don't have the answer. Oh, sorry. You could have fooled me with those glasses. Well, this isn't the Julie Goodwin podcast. This is a government secret. I don't have the answer. Oh, sorry. You could have fooled me with those glasses. Yeah, no, I know. I'm fooling you with the glasses and the perm. Most barbecue. Wait, sorry.

You're getting flustered. Tab closed. It came up with a subscribe. Your ad blocker didn't kick in. Most barbecue sauces include vinegar or tomato paste as a base, liquid smoke flavoring, onion, spices. Liquid smoke. Liquid smoke flavouring onion spices. Liquid smoke. Liquid smoke?

Yes. Does that mean that you just ash a dart in there? Yeah. I could have made fucking billions when I was a smoker then, if that's the case. Liquid smoke is a clear liquid that is just a smoky essence. You can put it in so many things and it makes it smoky flavoured. Really?

Yeah, it's really yum. Well, in answer to your question, it's not just you, because I've always wondered what the fuck does that actually mean? Yeah, because's really yum. Well, in answer to your question, it's not just you, because I've always wondered, what the fuck does that actually mean? Yeah, because I was scrolling on TikTok, and this chick named Nara Smith came up where she made her own barbecue sauce, and I was like... Oh, I know Nara. Yeah, like, love her. She's a close personal friend. I hardly know her.

Yeah, no, me neither, actually, but in my head, we've got close personal friendship. Yeah. And she made her own barbecue sauce, and if you don't know who Nara is, she's renowned for making her own bullshit. She makes everything from scratch, including things like bubble gum and bullshit. The side note, I always go through the comments because everyone says, can you make a Zempik from scratch?

And it just kills me. It's so funny. And she made barbecue sauce and it's been sitting with me for about three weeks. I'm like, what the actual fuck is barbecue sauce? Could we just add liquid smoke to a Sprite? Like, can you add liquid smoke to anything? Smoke Sprite. Smoke Sprite.

Just Hubba Bubba with a dash of liquid smoke. Grape. Smoke. It's called a vape. Yeah, you're right. Jenna, have you got an Is It Just Me ready to go? No, I got it. You got it?

Okay. Bradley, when you're ready. Is it just me or Did doctors on Grey's Anatomy and other medical shows let too many of their patients die? Okay, I've got an example.

I've been into Grey's Anatomy lately and... What is with Grey's Anatomy making a comeback? So many people are starting it from scratch. Well, I'm up to season five now. And honestly, you've only got 97 to go. Every episode, patients die. So they come in with a headache. By the end of the episode, they're dead.

They're dead. Somebody came in with a nosebleed, dies on the table. Yeah. I feel like Grey's Anatomy should just stop. I know. No, I'll tell you what else really annoyed me and was the fact that one of the main characters drowned and died in the water.

Oh, no. And they saved her, spent six hours resuscitating her, and yet they couldn't fix the child with a broken leg who ended up getting sepsis and dying. That is such a good point. They take you by surprise. You think, oh, you can fucking survive that. Don is such a good point. They take you by surprise. You think, oh, you can fucking survive that. Don't be a wuss.

And then they don't. They're all screaming, oh, we can save Meredith, but let's not save this child with a simple ailment. No, it's not RPA. It's not reality. It's a drama series. Yeah, well, I feel like these writers should be caring more about the patient. I'm kind of with you.

As a kid, I had such a warped idea of what medical professionals were like after watching House. Like, I thought my GP wanted to fuck me, but no, he didn't. That was just House. There'd be like a 21-year-old girl who has, like, come in with pneumonia and he's like, right, so is it that heavy rack on your chest or are you just sick? I'm like, House? That walking stick? He was just such a weird doctor.

House is on such a different level, though, because that is such a cooked show in general. Like, he is awful. Like, Hugh Laurie, the actor, is fantastic. And he's a great comedian as well, if you've seen any of his comedy stuff. And he's in Stuart Little. And he's in Stuart Little. Of course.

But he was sweet as fuck in Stuart Little. But God, he was a creepy old bugger. Stuart's father, the adoptive father. He played Little, actually. Got it. Got it. Got it. But no, it's fucking hell.

No, I'm with you. I've never enjoyed nor have I sat down to watch any medical dramas. It's not my genre of TV. Mitchell, do you like medical genres, medical TV? I've never really enjoyed them. But I just don't know why you're shocked watching a medical drama that there's death involved. No. I watch it for you and I expect there to be some fuck shit going down.

I expect there to be death, but I don't expect somebody with like a fractured wrist to end up dying. They go in with an ingrown toenail and by the end of the episode, brain aneurysm. It doesn't seem to make much sense. Literally every single time. Literally me the other day. I think the message is obviously, oh, can't be too careful, go get it checked out, even if it seems like nothing. That's right.

Yes. Unless you're a doctor, then other doctors will save you over a child. But also, have you been in an emergency room when it's full-blown? Yeah. How do they have all the time to sit there and talk about their personal lives? When I was in hospital a couple of years back in the emergency room, the nurse that saw me to do my blood test, she literally said I was the 18th person in the space of 10 minutes.

Yeah. How do they have the time to sit there and talk about Meredith's puss getting stretched out or some crap? Like, I'm like, sobbing. I agree. No, I'm with you. Like, uh-uh. I know.

Sandra Oh's talking about her investment property that she's lost money on and there's someone code blue-ing in the emergency room. For instance, there was a ferry explosion. Oh, ferry, like a... I heard ferry explosion. What, they put a bomb in a poof, did they? A ferry explosion. Got it.

And thousands died, but they managed to have an affair in the closet. You're not really selling this show to me, I've got to say. Yeah, but once you watch it, you kind of get into it. Yeah, I'm enjoying it. Well, great agent, Jenna. I just hate the doctors. Don't we all? Right, now let's stop fucking about.

Let's get down to business. The reason you're here, Oscar, is we need your help. We're doing this again. We need your help. We're doing this again. Yep. We wanted to try singing lessons together. Consider this kindergarten of singing lessons.

And if you feel we're ready, we might graduate to another singing teacher. Yeah. But I didn't know we had a fucking in-house singing teacher. Since when? Well, it was short-lived. But when I was in my last year of school, I basically started teaching kids the very bare minimum basics. So things like- Well, that's what we need. Yeah.

That's us. Things like breathing, like your stance. Stance? Things like that. I'm not getting up. No, no, no. Obviously, we're not getting up in this instance because we have to sit with microphones. Of course, yeah.

But, like, things like that. And I, like, when I felt satisfied with where they were at, I would palm them off to another teacher. Oh, perfect. Or I'd palm them off to my teacher. Imagine if he fails us and says, no, you're best just to drop out. We can't. Well, I will say you guys are probably the oldest students I've ever had. Usually the students I've had, the youngest would have been about seven.

Oh, so Stephen's age. But yeah, so I haven't done it for a good long while. And this instance is going to be a bit tricky because obviously I don't have a real piano with me. Do I have to put my hand up to ask a question? Yeah, go on. What's your question? I am on theatre talk and I often see like musical theatre performers referring to like their head voice. What does that mean?

Head voice is, another term for it is falsetto. That's where you do what's called like a vocal flip. So you go from like your chest voice. Can you do a flip? What's the opposite of head voice? Chest voice. Okay. Can you do a flip from chest to head

sorry i had a coffee i felt it no there's a crack that was pretty good you can hear the crack yeah yeah yeah that was that was pretty good though how do i know if that's the chest or head that i'm starting with maybe you can feel it you can feel it go into it like, maybe think of it as like your throat. Like, Adam's apple's down. That's a perfect example. Star pupil already. The Adam's apple thing really helped.

Yeah. You're fired. He's a great teacher. I remember this from school. My teacher, Mandy, was so good. You know, she said, you know, when you need to clear your throat, you go, that is so bad for your throat if you're a singer or a theatre performer.

So what they would suggest is, Mitchell. I can't imagine the irreversible damage that coughing fit chicken has done to you. You've ruined it. Well, I did ask us to stop for a reason, for health issues. Instead of coughing, if you've got a bit in your throat, you do this. You swallow. It does the exact same thing.

That's good for you, Mitchell. You just swallow. I'm not familiar with that. Mandy is quite correct. What about a belt? It's head voice, chest voice. What about a belt? Have you lost that much weight?

A belt is when you are using the support. Well, when you sing, you should use your diaphragm. I don't think I have one. Well, everyone's got a diaphragm. He said this a few weeks ago. And I believe it because you guys couldn't narrow it down. We're not. Sandra O from Grey's Anatomy.

You do have a diaphragm. It's under my belly button. I was confused. So you use your stomach to sort of support yourself when you're doing like extended notes. Do an example of no diaphragm and then kick the diaphragm in and we can hear the difference. I'm not saying this to be an asshole. I genuinely don't think I can sing without my diaphragm because I've got 15 years of training. Yeah.

Like, boy, you're just constantly flexing. Is that how it works? Yeah. Yeah. Sounds annoying. Touch my stomach. Touch my stomach. Oh, my.

Touch my stomach. Okay. It's not flexing too much. It's just like a little bit of engagement. It's just a little bit. If I went higher. No, your throat's too constricted. If I went higher in pitch, then you would feel it really.

I'll do that. Gotcha. There's different elements and parts of it. You and I have done many drunken singing instances before. Yeah, it's not good. No. You think it's not good. I personally think you're more a lower register singer.

But I said to- Like a baritone. When we were first trying to decide a song, I said to Cherry that I'm best suited to being someone's backing singer. I can do the harmonies, but when I'm isolated, it's bad. And there was one fucking time that Oscar and I were doing karaoke, and because he was standing right next to me, and he's quite loud as a singer, we just thought his mic was on. It wasn't.

So everyone listening to us at the pub could only hear my vocals and they weren't good. That sounds like a stitch up. And I'm looking out into the audience going, why are they blown away by our beautiful voices? And then I realised it's because they can only hear me. That's tragic. I forgot about that. Speaking of a song, have you guys decided what duet you want to do? No.

No, but I have a new suggestion. Oh, hit me. I want to sing Die With A Smile, Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars. If the world was ending, I'd want to be next to you. See, now, where am I going wrong? Because if I were to do that in the car, I might hit the notes on paper, but my throat hurts.

It's because you're yelling. Yelling. But isn't that what a head voice is? No, you never yell, ever. No. See, you can hear it's a little bit breathier. That was nice. Was that it?

Honestly, that was in the same wavelength. Mitchell, your throat. Can you open your throat? Not for you. For the audience. For the audience. How do you open it? Like, I can go.

That's me opening and closing. I don't know if I can tell if it's opening or closing. Make that noise. See how his larynx is dropping in and out? No. Oh, yeah. Yeah. So you're just moving the Adam's apple like we said before.

Yeah, but that changes the pitch and tone. Right. Just be silly, buddy. That was cool. But how do I know if I'm doing it right if I'm literally just being silly? Try it. We'll tell you. We'll watch your throat.

Yeah, look at your neck. Right. Now, Mitchell just shot a baby deer in the studio. No one can see. Poor Bamb Try. We'll tell you. We'll watch your throat. Yeah, look at your neck. Right. Now, Mitchell just shot a baby deer in the studio. No one can see. Poor Bambi. Poor Bambi. Had it coming. Poor Bambi.

He had it coming. So, that's a good one. I feel like that might be a bit too high for Mitchell's range, personally. Yes, thank you. So, I've got a list. I tried explaining that to him last time. So, I went back. So, I listened to all that.

I've done a little bit of preparation with some songs. But I have also got the post because the Endurant Idiots started a Facebook post where they all put suggestions on. So I do have that on hand. We did ask for their suggestions, didn't we? Yes, we did. Oh, yes, you did. Yeah. So I've written five duets that I think could work with both of your ranges where if I've got Mitch doing.

Thank God you're here. Thank God. think could work with both of your ranges where if i've got mitch doing god so if i've got uh if i've got gorgeous cheery doing a more of a higher register and i've got gorgeous coombs doing a bit a little bit lower is it just me on the fly would no one have picked that no that i'm the lower pitch honest to god no no i would not oh not until i heard that episode of of cheery singing and he's hitting notes that not even i can hear what oh wow Oh, wow. And like I said, you had this beautiful. Oh, I don't believe that. I do.

Oscar, do a high note. Just sing the word yeah as high as you can. Yeah! You? Oh, you're good. I can't do it. Yeah, you can. Do it.

Try. Yeah! He was slightly lower. Very close. Very close. No, you were only a tiny bit lower, but I didn't expect you to get even close. You were Kate Miller-Heidke and I was Jack Vigin. Anyway, sorry, I interrupted.

No, you're all right. So I've got five songs written down. The first one is, and I'm actually quite nervous to say this because I know how Chiri feels about this song. Everything has changed from Taylor Swift and Ed Sheeran. Oh, that's a good song. So hear me out, Chiri. Hear me out.

Hear me out. Hear me out. Look at my clothes. Boring. This was actually the karaoke song where his mic was off and they could only hear my harmonies. So Taylor is, this is going to sound controversial. She's actually quite a weak singer. No, we all knew that.

Yeah, we all knew that. Is she? She's a very weak singer. No, we all knew that. Yeah, we all knew that. So she's quite, she's a very weak singer. Like she couldn't do Defying Gravity. It's not a bad voice. Of course not. She doesn't have a bad voice at all but it's weak. Yeah. And her higher register is not even that high of a

register. Got it. But Ed Sheeran has got a lower voice which sits in Mitchell's range perfectly. Can we demonstrate? Can we? We'll just go to the chorus. Well, you've got the bung eye.

The Ed Sheeran bung eye. I thought you were looking at me. I was like, that is correct. No, I've got the private jet. Where are they up to in this instrument? Is this it? Hang on. I need the lyrics.

Hold up. What a pussy. I know. I know. You'd think for a performer, I'd know how to actually remember. Do you want me to get the lyrics up? No, he's doing it. No, I've got it.

I just want to know you better know. You better know. You better now. I just want to know you. Know you. Know you. Cause all I know is you said hello. And your eyes are looking like I'm in hell. All I know is you said hello And your eyes look like I'm in home

All I know is a simple name And everything has changed All I know is you said hello Isn't it gorgeous? Do you see what I mean? That was beautiful. Do you want me to go home now? Or do you want me to come back in an hour?

No, no, no, I want you to stay. Oh, okay, sure. I want you to stay. It's a pitch, you fuck. It's a pitch. It's not every second has to be about you. No, no, I just thought the whole point was to see, because the singing's done.

No, we're trying to convince you because you've already vetoed this song. I must say that was extraordinary. It was nice. So the reason why I brought that up is it sits perfectly in both of your ranges. Because you guys are not, I don't know how else to say this, because you guys are not i don't i don't know how else to say this but you guys are not performers in the sense of you can go out with a band no no not yet i think i see that as a challenge somehow anyone got a band anyone got

a band who wants a couple of singers yeah i'll be backings um bullshit so i think that particular song would just really work for the both of you while you're starting out. Got it. Do you know what I mean? I'm obviously in favour of that. What other ideas have we got? So the other ones, some of the other ones I have are Lucky,

Jason Mraz and Colby Calais. I don't know if I know that. Lucky, I'm in love with my best friend. Oh, we can't sing that together. People will talk. Oh, fair enough. The forums will kick back up again. I don't know that one either.

No, no, valid, valid. The next one is Shallow, Gaga and Bradley. Oh, yeah, I mean, that's classic. I heard you, Churi, do the... Yeah. And it was gorgeous, if I say so myself. Room for improvement, no doubt. Of course.

I mean, that's where I come in later on down the track. I stubbed my toe. So that's another option. Need You Now, Lady Antebellum. Do you know that one? I love that one. Do I know that one on down the track. I'll stub my toe. Uh-huh. So that's another option. Need You Now, Lady Antebellum. Do you know that one? I love that one. Do I know that country though? I'm all alone and I need you now.

Have we thought that this might be extremely cringe? As I'm hearing this, I'm thinking, are we going to really upset the listeners? Why? Why? I just think, I just get, it makes me, I can't listen to it. I'm so put off. By what? The singing.

I'm not a singer person. I think it's just overcome me with immense sense of dread. Oh, so day one of the hobby hunt and he's like, I don't want this one. Well, the point is that we have to find if the hobby works for us. But I couldn't make eye contact with you guys when you were singing like when a dog does a poo in a public park. That's okay. What else? Is that all the ideas?

The last one was Stay, Rihanna and Mickey Echo. But I don't know how you would feel about his part. Yeah, because he's singing the same notes as her. To me, it has to be Shallow. I'm on board for Shallow. Or the Ed Sheeran, Taylor Swift one. But does that mean you're Gaga in Shallow? Yeah.

Would you want to be Gaga? Well, I don't know what role I suit. Tell me something, boy. Versus? But I have to sing the same notes. Tell me something, girl. No, he's a little bit lower. Tell me something.

No, he goes something when I go deeper. It's exactly the same. Is it? Tell me something. There's no key change at all. He sings exactly the same. So those were my suggestions. I have also saved the post that the idiots did all their suggestions.

Oh, yes. What do we have from the idiots? So one of them said. They know us. So the top one that's for me says, what I've been looking for, Sharpay and Ryan from High School Musical. Oh, that's a good one.

That is pretty good. That's pretty funny. Is it less cringe if it's just something dumb and we're actually just having fun with it? Maybe that's why. Because I'm thinking easy, slower. I just don't want to be a singer, so I think it's cringe for me to be like, I'm going to give it my all to sing.

No, that's valid. Lane Shesser from wherever said Breaking Free from High School Musical. Yeah, nice. We're breaking free. And that is lower, so I can be like, And then you have to come in with the, If we're trying. Can you go up the office?

I like that. I like that one. It's already stupid. That's cute. That's good. Aaron Thomas, shout out to you, said, Yeah, by Usher. Is that what you went?

Yeah. Yeah. It says, It says, Yeah, by Usher, feature Lil Jon and Ludacris, Jenna as Lil Jon. Nice. Oh, my.

I don't know the words. Get them up. What's it called? Breaking Free. I don't actually know the lyrics either. By the way, not even Zac Efron could handle this. Yeah, that's true. Yeah, he doesn't sing.

Yeah, someone dubbed it. He didn't sing, did he? No. I've got the lyrics. Okay, let's sing. Yeah, someone dubbed it. He didn't sing, did he? No. I've got the lyrics. Okay, let's go. Yeah. You're going to have to point to him when he needs to sing, because he'll get confused. Shit, really will.

We're soaring, flying. There's not a star in heaven that we can't reach. You know the world. What? I don't know the rhythm. What's the rhythm? If we're trying, we're breaking free. Start again.

Yeah. It's fine. You'll have another line. You know the world can see us. Oh, that's hard. In a way that's different than who we are. Creating space between

us. Till we're separate hearts. But your faith gives me strength. Strength to believe. We're breaking free

Soaring High There's not a star in heaven That we can reach Mitch Turi What? You stole my character I'm so confused

I'm the alpha So Mitch, let me just say this first of all I nailed it, thank you That was fantastic Thank you No, let me just say this first of all. I nailed it. Thank you. That was fantastic. Thank you. No, let me just say this. Even if you don't, if you're not 100% confident in what you're doing, just fucking commit to it.

Belt it. Okay, good at that. He's good at that. I was going to say that's sort of my MO. Yeah. Just commit. All right. So what did I do wrong?

So... Stole my line. They're not outlined. It's not outlined easily. Oh, do you not have a version that has like Troy, Gabriella? No, are you on Genius.com? No, I've got the lyric video on YouTube. It's highly sexist.

The boy's line is blue. Not in this 2024. It's fucking pink. And then when they sing together, it's purple. I'm getting it up. Mitch. Yeah. Can I also be really nitpicky?

Yes, go for it. Can you straighten your shoulders? Oh, my shoulders are bad. Sure. You can't sing when you're spying. It's crooked like this. Oh, spying. That's a good point.

A bit of a throwback. Good to know. So if you just shoulders back, everyone. Shoulders back. Tits up. Is your video by xsmiley95? Huh? Your video?

Who makes the video that you're watching? Thinking. I love that name. Got it. Oh, that's clever. Much like the Titanic. Yes're watching. Thinking. I love that name. Oh, that's clever. Much like the Titanic. Yes. Thinking.

Thinking. Pink is girl. Yes. Blue is boy. And you are girl. Yes, so let's give it a go. And you are girl. Why don't we try this?

This could work. Yeah, go for it. We have to hit play at the same time. Ready? Three. Okay, hold on. From the very start. Yes.

Okay, three, two, one. Oh, it's got this shit. Yeah, I've got the same thing. So. Okay, hold on. From the very start. Yes. Okay, three, two, one. Oh, it's got this shit. Yeah, I've got the same thing. So, Cherry, remember, confidence. If you fuck up, go with it. A lot of notes for me. Sure. I'm pink.

Yep. I'm girl. It's really named Alicia. Get down. We're soaring, flying. We're soaring, flying. There's not a star in heaven that we can't reach. Good job, man.

If we're trying, so we're breaking free. Fire. Fire. You know the world can see us in a way that's different than who we are. Creating space between us. Yeah. Till we're separate hearts. But

your faith gives me strength. Strength to believe we're breaking free Star in heaven Boy, you're doing it again. That's mine.

Star in heaven That we can't reach It would fly in Yeah, we're breaking free It would help if we knew. Yeah, I know. That's my point. We just...

That was so much better than it. Oh, and that's the segment. I can just see it in your eyes. No, but seriously. You want to give up. I don't want to give up. I just don't know if I'll ever apply this. I agree.

I agree. But even still, like that was so much better just from a performer's point of view. Even if like, even if you weren't't 100% sure, just commit to it. Commit it. Well, I believe I did commit to it. But breaking the fourth wall, here's something the audience didn't know. My throat's killing me now. What did I do wrong?

Oh. Your shoulders. Number one thing, you're singing like this. Oh, that junkie. Can I actually tell you why? Because these fucking chairs won't wheel. And I tried to pull it in. Once there's weight on it, the wheels lock. So I was trying to lean into the mic. And I'm like tell you why. Because these fucking chairs won't wheel. And I tried to pull it in. Like once there's weight on it, the wheels lock.

So I was trying to lean into the mic. And I'm like, oh shit. So because you're doing this. I could literally just pull the mic. You can move the mic. What's wrong with me? So Coombs, when you're singing, if you're doing this and you're going jaw out first, that's not going to help you.

So sing with the double chin. Yeah. Yeah. Chin it out. So like, we're breaking free. Like, see how the mouth is coming out like this? For the idiots who can't see, I did a vertical mouth. So I did it.

You've got a puppet mouth. I don't think Cherry's very happy with me. No, I am. I'm very happy. I'm just not. Singing isn't my most comfortable space. That's okay. Well, I mean, that's the whole point me. No, I am. I'm very happy. I'm just not, singing isn't, I'm not my most comfortable space. That's okay. Well, I mean, that's the whole point of Hobby Hunt, isn't it?

To find new hobbies and learn new hobbies. Mind you, it would be, we'd be having an easier time if I had a piano in front of me. Got it. Where I could like hit some notes. That wasn't on your rider. No. Talk to your manager. Let him pass it on.

Shit. We've got to talk to Scooter Braun again. But no, otherwise that was really good. I mean, yeah, flat notes here and there. I didn't hear any. No, nor did I. I couldn't feel a lot of confidence. But the bones are there.

Do you know what I mean? But let's try Shallow because I feel like you're going to have a better time with Shallow. With Shallow. Okay, sure. Let's get Shallow up, Mitchell. Mitchell, can you get Shallow up for me, please? Yeah, right. Now, wait, before we fucking do this, what do I do, apart from not deep-throating my

microphone, to not get a sore throat? Try not to yell it. Oh. That's all I can say, because it's natural when we want to go louder with singing to start going a bit yelly, but if you can try and pull it back and use this area. Tell me something, girl. Yeah. That was good, do you think?

Yeah. Okay. Do you not agree? No, no. Just interesting teaching methods. Did you study at Scientology singing school? That was gremlin-esque. But also with that, this is the first time Mitchell's being told to

use something other than up here, so it's not going to come out sounding incredible. People have asked me to use things down low. No, I don't mean it like that. I just mean when you learn to use your diaphragm, if you haven't done it... Mitchell does Pilates. Yeah, I use my core. Does that count?

What if I sang in a crunch? We might have to do that off-air. What if I sang in a crunch? We might have to do that off air. What if I did that? Would that help? That's your diaphragm on. C-curve spine. There you go. Maybe that'll help.

Now it's something, girl. There you go. Oh, now I get it. I just need to do a C-curve. Okay, let's do shallow. Let's do shallow. Come on. All right.

Sinking. I've got a sinking feeling. So I'm gargantuan. I'm first, though. Think fuck. Tell me. Is that right? Tell me something.

I'm first, so shut your trap. Tell me. I'm first. Tell me something, girl. Are you happy in this modern world? Very spoken word. Or do you need more? C-curve?

Yeah, look at that. Is there something else you're searching for? Wow. I'm falling. God, I forgot how long the verse is. It's very boring. In all the good times I find myself longing for vapes. Me.

And in the bad times I fear myself. Done. Over to you. No. Ali. Ali. Tell me something boy

Yeah, very good Aren't you tired trying to fill that void Or do you need more Nice violin Ain't it hard keeping it so hardcore

I'm falling So hardcore. What for? For Jane. Okay. Okay, me. Don't fall out. Ready? I'm off the deep end. Watch as I dive in. I'll never meet the ground.

Crash through the surface where they can't hurt us. We're far from the show now. In the shallow.. In the shallow. Blending, blending. In the shallow. In the shallow. We're far from the shallow now. Do you have it in you today, piece of shit?

Oh, yes. I want to hear this. It's like the gay big down set. Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, I'm up in the deep end Watch as I dive in I'll never meet the ground We're a bit out of time. Is this the both of us? Yeah.

Turn it up. We're going purple, yes. Wow. Oh, give her a round of applause, ladies and gentlemen. Maze, Maze. I feel liberated. How do you feel? Genuinely?

I feel good hitting that high note. As far as I'm concerned, I hit that high note. Yeah. I'm happy to fucking lock in that song because it's a lot less work for me. I think you can do it. What do you mean locked in? Didn't we not just do it? No, I mean like the one that we're going to improve upon.

Yeah, with a singing teacher in person. Got it. With a real one. With a real one. I must be confused because I thought that's what this was. I thought we're done now. No, this is an introductory. But also, you're allowed to tap out if you don't want to proceed

because we were dipping our toe in with Oscar. Right. Well, thank you for the first singing school part of Hobby Hunt. I enjoyed that song. You need to wrap us up like most teachers. Well, that's all we've got time for today. Well, that's all we've Singing School part of Hobby Hunt. I enjoyed that song. You need to wrap us up like most teachers. Well, that's all we've got time for today. Well, that's all we've got time for today, class. So review the notes, review your parts, listen and learn your songs,

and we'll reconvene. Oscar, it's our turn. I've been a nasty girl, nasty. I've been a nasty girl, nasty. I've been a nasty girl. Yeah, I'm not doing that right now, Jenna. It's me. It's one of those hellish things I've been a nasty girl Nasty I've been a nasty girl Yeah I'm not doing that Right now Jenna It's me It's one of the most

Hellish things I've ever witnessed Misfits fans Will understand The misfits Will The people who listen To misfits

Will understand I thought you'd been possessed I mean she basically was There's also the life Behind her eyes Disappeared while she was doing that She just went I've been a nasty girl

I was like oh my god Where did that come from Your pupils just dilated Yeah I just became the character. Right, well we better get out of here. Thank you, Sam. Thank you. Thank you, fourth wheel Oscar. I actually feel like I learnt

something. Yeah. Yeah. I didn't actually know I could move my Adam's apple on purpose. Yeah. Up and down. No, I just don't think that singing is something that I want to ever achieve in my life. I feel like for you it is. So for me, I'll get nothing from this. We're not trying to become fucking Gaga ourselves.

I'm just like, wouldn't it be interesting to go to a singing lesson? I think no. But yes, it's interesting. Well, then we cannot. There's a fork in the road. Do we proceed with this hobby in the hobby hunt? Or are you like, nah, we'll try the next thing. I mean, I think I've gotten everything I can.

I don't know if I'd learn to sing. I don't think I've got anything else to learn. I think I'm at my max capacity. I think that was the best you're going to get from me. That's all right. There's nothing wrong with saying, nah, fuck that hobby. Well, I had a lot of fun. Well, if we want to come back.

Why don't we have a performance day? And we set a recital. We can practice in our own time. And then we perform it on the show. And that's the end of the hobby hunt. That's a brilliant idea. But it's the practice in our own time bit that I'm just not sure about with you. I could pop it in the car and sing as I'm driving. I don't know.

But remember that time you – what was the mission he wanted to do, Jenna? He wanted to learn a song without looking at the lyrics. He wanted to learn it by heart. And he was trying to do, Jenna? He wanted to learn a song without looking at the lyrics. He wanted to learn it off by heart. And he was trying to do that Gwen Stefani. Sweet Escape. He was trying to learn that off by heart. And I was so fucking proud because he did it. And then it turns out he had the lyrics the other side of the computer monitor that I couldn't see.

And I shouldn't have told him. And I was like, you're the one that wanted to say you've learned a song off by heart. Now you're doing this. Well, I mean, to be fair, I can't even get him. And I was like, you're the one that wanted to say you've learned a song off the heart and now you're doing this. Oh. Well, I mean, to be fair, I can't even get that either. It's tough. It's a tough song. Even for some of the greatest singers of all time.

And Oscar. That's you. All right. We're going to go, everyone. But like I said, no episodes next week. But we'll chat to you very soon. Bye. See ya.

Is it just me? A podcast by a couple of Mitches. Make sure you've hit follow on your podcast app. Welcome to ADD Brief, our secret segment on the end. We pretend the show's done, but then we keep talking shit here. Yeah. Yeah. We definitely do.

We definitely do. Oscar's repping season two merch. Is that from season two? Mm-hmm. Wow. I was getting dressed to leave. Actually, I can't remember what season. Two or three.

It was early. We did the summer merch after the jumpers. It's the ribbon. The reason he has that shirt is because he was helping me with my clothes, Carl. And when I say he was helping, I mean he was inheriting things that I was getting rid of. And I was like, I've got all this fucking intermerch, but I just need to keep one of everything. I already have one of these shirts. So I was like, okay, Oscar, I don't need more than one.

Take it. Take it. I haven't had to go clothes shopping for the last maybe two, three years because I just get everyone's hand-me-downs. You inherit. I inherit. I don't think even I have one of those versions anymore. Why not? I'd have to look.

I would. It would be in storage, I think. Well, listen, I feel satisfied, but I just don't think I've got the room for growth. I disagree, but it's up to you. There's no room for improvement. No, I don't mean it. I'm seeing all this. It's so spacious.

No, they're not my words. I'm all mean. I've hit my ceiling. It's not a glass ceiling. I'm't mean it. I'm seeing all of this. I'm so spacious. They're not my words. I'm more mean. I've hit my ceiling. It's not a glass ceiling. I'm in a bunker. It really depends on you. I think even if you just go to an actual singing teacher, even just the once, just for fun.

Who cares? That's like saying, why don't you get your wisdom teeth out just for fun? It doesn't excite me. Well, if it doesn't excite you, don't do it. Well, good thing we got Oscar in here. It's like a test on me because that would be so fucking embarrassing. I'd be humiliated if you said this to a real singing teacher's face.

I would. I'd be like, this is so much fun. I love it. What's your Instagram? What's follow? Yeah, you absolutely would. Especially given how expensive singing teachers can be. How much is a singing lesson, Oscar?

So, it depends on how qualified the person is. So, I only ever charged $50 an hour because I'm not qualified. Still pretty X-y. I reckon speaking of X, I reckon my ex was charging over $100 an hour. There we go. The second teacher. My teacher charged $90 an hour. Fucking hell.

I know some people who did the whole study and they got like this qualification that qualification that qualification they charge about 350 an hour it's all a bit much isn't it so when you hear all that and then and then i sit here and go i do 50 now they're like oh fuck i'll go with you then because like that's the cheaper option but um it it teaching people how to sing can be so difficult because you don't know what the extent of their past experience is. So my teacher was lucky with me that I had about six years of choral training. So you can scuba dive? Yes.

Is that like choir shit? Choir shit, yeah. So using, that's where the whole diaphragm thing comes from but the problem with choirs is that because you've got a large group of you if you're in that transitional stage especially like with with young boys who are going through puberty and their voices are dropping they provide nothing for you so in a way i'm actually um in a good position in that my voice has not yet broken that's exactly i should have no issues you have no problems did your voice ever break was yours higher as a kid? I'm literally lower than you, so. No, I know.

True. But my voice, the thing is, mine goes up when I'm making points, but then also my voice goes, my voice is very. Mine just kind of sits down here, but it's got a feminine tone. So it'd be like, let's just say we're playing the exact same note, but mine's a flute and yours is a trumpet. Yeah, very that. Mine's going to sound more fucking pathetic, isn't it?

Because it's a flute. Like imagine playing the last post at Anzac Day, the exact same notes, but on a flute and yours is a trumpet. Mine's going to sound more fucking pathetic, isn't it? Because it's a flute. Like imagine playing the last post at Anzac Day, the exact same notes, but on a flute. That's me talking. It's just the tone. That's quite beautiful. Well said. I was a boy soprano. I've got a bitch tone.

Wow. I was a boy soprano and then, I'll never forget this. And then when I moved into Sydney Children's Choir, when I moved into their senior choir, which that was like, you know, the elite when you were nine years old, I would have been about, no, I would have been about 12 or 13. And they called me in to do a range check. And that was to determine if I could stay with them. And I have no issue in exposing them for doing this

are you trying to convince us that at some point in time someone told you you were too mask yeah i know because your voice is everything so i have no issue in exposing them for doing this it's so fucked up but they brought me into a separate room and checked my range and the whole reason they checked my range was to see if my voice started dropping and started breaking. Testy pops. Yeah. And she determined, I'm not going to name her because I don't want to get sued, but she determined, this person, that my voice had started to break. And if I had hit two notes lower, she was going to kick me out of the choir.

You're kidding. Oh, so you just kind of had to lie? Yeah. Oh, I totally lied. And that was Delta Goodrum. Yeah, yeah. And that was Delta good room um that was delta good room and um delta looked me in the face and said arena haven't spoken to teens

fucking would actually fuck me um but yeah she fully said that if i had gone two notes lower she was going to kick me out like imagine being like 12 years old you've done this choir since you're about eight years old you've got all of your all of my network of friends were there and you've got this grown fuck ass of a woman told to go fuck ass you've got this fucking toad of a woman telling you uh if your voice had gone if you'd been able to go two notes lower um i'd have to i'd have to kick you out because you don't have that pure you don't have your voice break jokes on you bitch you can still hit the high notes still hit the high notes Better than half Them fucking children Yeah fuck em

Fuck em This feels like a Four corners expose I know We're outing them It's like some Dance mum's shit Where's your mother

Why wasn't she In the wings being like How dare you Get spanked With my son Melina would actually I did the choir In primary school

But I was one of the kids That would just Like I'd just join Into the noise So I wasn't actually Singing By the way It's so obvious When people do that What do you mean the kids that would just, like, I'd just join into the noise. So I wasn't actually singing. By the way, it's so obvious when people do that.

Oh, what do you mean? Because, like, I was never in the choir at my high school, but you could fucking tell when there was someone in there just kind of be like, you could hear them. They'd stand out. I think that's why I hate singing, because I was in the choir and I was never taught to love it or enjoy it. Why weren't you in the orchestra? I thought you played the saxophone. I don't even know what that means. You don't know what an orchestra means.

No, is orchestra the band? Yeah. Yeah, I guess. It's just a band. I suppose a saxophone wouldn't be in an orchestra. No. Have you heard of orchestra pit? Yes.

What's in the orchestra pit? Right. Yes, the instrument. Well, you could just say band. Could you not? Oh, well, I'm so fucking sorry. What public school in Australiaralia has an orchestra were you in the caviar tasting at school like no oh do you know what did you go to fencing

i know that we haven't got much time but i'm gonna play for some reason yesterday i had this song which i played in the school orchestra it stuck in my head and i was like god i have to go listen to it again it's just beautiful now hang on. Let me get to the good bit. Remember this shit? What are you playing? Just wait.

You'll recognise it. Oh. Oh. Is this Jurassic Park? No. Is that what it's from? No, no, no, no. This is the Four Seasons.

This is Vivaldi's Summer, I'm pretty sure. No. It's Jupiter, the bringer of jealousy. But it is from something. Is it Jurassic Park? No, um, astrology. Astrology? I'm not right with the Four Seasons. It's from something.

Yeah, let it play. Crooked Mitch has nearly figured out where he knows it's from. It was in an episode of Bluey. Give him a moment. Do you know where it's from? This is the good bit. Oh.

It's not Shrek, is it? It sounds like Shrek. No. It sounds like Shrek. Shrek was adapted from this. It's that... Yeah. I actually don't remember what it's from.

Well, the... That's gorgeous. The song itself is from the... It's called Jupiter. I just can't remember the name of the... Because it's a full-blown... The planets. The planets, yeah.

Hang on. It's the nine of them. Yeah, Hulse,-blown The Planets. The Planets, yeah. Hang on. There's nine of them. Yeah, Hulse, The Planets and there's nine of them. Like, each one has a different, like, Mars, Venus, all that. And Jupiter's just the most famous. Wow. Yeah. When we played it in the fucking school orchestra, there was something that it was from, but I can't remember.

It's... You're on the right I can't remember. It's... You're on the right path with Jurassic Park. It's something like that. Or maybe a Star War. I don't know. A Star War. Any stars in multiple wars, Mitchell. Well, the Shrek Fiona's theme is adapted from that.

I have a feeling Shrek is what everyone's thinking of. I think everyone's thinking of Shrek because it's like. Why don't we do that song? We'll learn that. Do you want to be the bird? Yeah, but who's going to be the bird where you explode? You're doing it right now. I can whistle.

I can be a bird. Yeah. Why don't we do a song where I just have to whistle? See, singing makes me uncomfortable. That's what I've learned. Oh, do I make you uncomfortable? No, no, no. My singing.

I don't feel comfortable when I sing. But you have a voice, Mitch. But I use it to talk. I don't use it to sing. It's not my natural strength. Fair enough. We are very much running over time. Shall we go?

We should go. Thank you for listening, idiots, of course. Sorry to be drastic about it. We do hope this podcast made you feel at least 2% better today. That's all. Just 2%. So we do. Gorgeous. Oh, I liked that. Oh, I liked that. That was nice. That had a ring to it. We do hope this podcast made you feel at least 2% better today, that's all. Just 2%. So we do. Oh, I liked that.

That was a strong one. Thank you for listening. Merch still available on the website, coupleofmitches.com.au. Go have a look. Have a shop. Mitch, I'm going to miss everyone. I'm going to miss you guys on our little break. We'll be back not long. Don't stress. We're going to recuperate. Be back better than ever. Bye.

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