Is It Just Me? - #50: We Have Some News!

Episode Date: November 30, 2020

In this episode:Churi's ARIAS hosting gig (04:05)Mitchell's flaky dates (09:35)Why influencers subtitle their videos (18:03)This week's podcast reviews (22:24)Sharing a lil news with you all! (27:07)��Jenna's job trial as our roving reporter (29:10)Talkback Tingz - Did LADY GAGA call 3AW?! (42:10)Our "secret segment" ADDebrief (57:16)Calling the Coombs siblings (59:19)Follow us @coupleofmitchesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People do some weird shit. Hello, I'm Tracey Grimshaw. Welcome to A Current Affair. Tonight, we're coming to you from my bedroom. Some things make more sense than others. Which Australian gymnast won Commodore Games gold in 1990 for his performance on the pommel horse? India. Hey, Marcus, grow up.

Brace yourself for observations you didn't ask for. You are a cheap tramp and a filthy liar. This is Is It Just Me? Hosted by a couple of Mitches. Do you reckon we should include Janet's name in the opener? How about a compromise? We'll say her name, but it's said in Simlish. Brayley!

Drop a newbie. Perfect. Now here's Mitch Chooley! Drop a newbie. Perfect. Now, here's Mitch Chooley and Mitchell Coombs. Yes, it's us. Get over it. Hello, yes, it's just us two, in fact. Yeah, just a couple of Mitches. Our third wheel is off on assignment, guys.

Can you believe? She's still with us. Producer Jenna, groundskeeper Jenna, whatever variation of Jenna you'd like to throw at her. She is still here. Well, she's sort of been given a job trial this week a potential promotion so jenna has been our producer failed miserably she's hopeless yeah and then she's been demoted to groundskeeper but this is her trial as our roving reporter well she has been slowly and steadily increasing her

workload that's right and so we, let's try and reward her. Let's see if she rises to the challenge. She's out on location right now. Yep, like a classic news cross. That's right. You know, like the Today Show weather reporter, how they pop up at random spots every day. Yep, Sam Mac's down at the local Rosewood Mall. Yep, stuff like that.

So she's out on location right now. We'll check in with her later on. But that is something that came up in our Sunday Night Live, right? It just came out of the blue and we thought, let's roll with it. Instagram Live every Sunday night at a couple of Mitch's if you're not already there. Yep, you've got to be there or be square. This week as well, Mitch. I'm bringing back a favourite segment of ours.

Yeah, Talk Back Tings. I'm a bit worried about this, I've got to tell you. Well, normally you prepare Talk Back Tings, but I have found one. And it is, I could not have been happier. It is a cross-section of things that you love and that I love and that the listeners love. And this week, it's a mystery. What do you mean it's a mystery?

It's open-ended. It's a complete mystery that the hosts of the radio station we're crossing to don't even know the answer to. And we might need to dive in. I'm not understanding. I'm not picking up what you're putting down at all. The audio that I'm playing still has not been resolved.

This is the MH370 of the radio world. Okay, yeah, look, this is your first time bringing a piece of gold you found on Talkback Radio. And look, I'm just going to put it out there. This is my segment. This is my segment.

And I take its position as the favourite segment very seriously. Every time we've done a poll in our Facebook group asking, what's your favourite segment, everyone, the resounding answer is always talkback tings. And I wear that as a badge of honour because it's my segment. Yeah, but it's the audio. If you fuck it up today, I swear to God. It's simply the audio that you find. People are

just saying they love the old people. The segments. The hosts. Oh, but it's very good storytelling on my part. Good reacting on my behalf too. That's right. It's also our 50th episode. We should have mentioned that at the top, for it's very good storytelling on my part. Good reacting on my behalf too. That's right. It's also our 50th episode. We should have mentioned that at the top for God's sake.

Yes, it is. It is our 50th episode. We made a big hoo-ha for our 40th. I feel like we don't want to exhaust all our celebrations. It's coming up to Christmas too. We'll probably do some fanfare for that. We had the one-year anniversary, your birthday. I just think we can't have too many celebrations.

It'll start to wear off. It's also normally the other way around. People hate celebrating their 40th because you're getting out of 30s. And people love a 50th at an RSL. True. We should have gone all out today. We should have, actually. But I will tell you this, guys.

It's a pretty big milestone, 50th episode. Yeah. And we do have a bit of an announcement to share with you later on about the show. Yeah, we do. It's very exciting. I'm exhausted today. Are you? Yeah, that's why.

You should have brought it up. Your ARIA's hosting gig. How did it go? Did you say ARIA's? Yeah. Yeah. It was really good. Thank you.

The ARIA Awards. Oh, the annual ARIA Awards 2020. The first ARIA Awards to be held in a pandemic year. Can you believe it? That's right. And you were hosting the pre-show, the bit that would have been the red carpet. And I've got to tell you, these COVID edition virtual events, they're all just perpetually awkward. They're so cringe in general.

But they were very lucky to get someone who is naturally unawkward like yourself to really carry it. Because I think without you, that would have been a shit show. Yeah, the amount of times. And I don't dish out compliments easily. No, you don't. I think that, like, thank God they had you because it would have been a disaster without you. That's very sweet. Thank you.

There was one point where I gave an award out. And no one prepped me to give the award out. And I had the envelope, right? And I opened the envelope and I didn't know how to pronounce the name. Oh, no. And I thought, this is not something you can rehearse because it's sealed. It had like a little wax seal. They don't tell you in advance.

No. And it was like King Lizard and the Gizzard Wizard or something rhymey. So I was like, shit, is there an L or is that a G? And then I thought maybe my ADHD was playing up and it was mixing the words around. Wait, are you talking about? Oh, no, we had a debate in the office today about whether it's Lime Cordial.

Oh, is Cordial? It is Cordial. Yes, that's what I said. So it wasn't them, right? No, no, it was not them. They were nominated for eight awards. I interviewed them live on the red carpet and went, Lime Cordial, great to have you.

They left. I went, coming up, Guy Sebastian. Went to some ads, came back. Guy Sebastian. I went, Guy, you were the belle of the ball last year because he hosted. This year, it's all the boys from Lime Cordial. He went, yeah, Lime Cordial are doing good. And I went, either Guy Sebastian's got it wrong or I have.

Anyway. It's him that was wrong. I was arguing in the office today going, who would call themselves Lime Cordial? It's not even the best flavor. No. No. It's Red Cordial. No, no, it's red cordial. No, I love that apple one.

The apple, no, it's like apple and something, apple and raspberry. It's like a hybrid. Oh, I know what you mean. And it's not quite red. It's kind of pinky. Yes. My nan used to have that.

It's beautiful. Yeah, it is good. On ice? Yeah. And I like it about probably more concentrate than water. You need to have it real sweet. Yeah, I think so. Yeah.

Not like those canteen ladies. No. After school care, they're one milliliter drop and the rest was water. I know. Like, fucking don't be stingy on the concentrate, Dennis. Barely cordial. Anyway, we said congratulations. The winner is King Snizzin' the Blizzard Dizzard.

And the text put the wrong Zoom up. So someone was like, did I win? Oh, yeah, because they crossed to whoever won on Zoom. Yeah. Which, by the way, some of those fucking dimwit artists you had to cross to, did someone not explain to them, hey, when the host talks to you, you have to talk back, clown? Yeah.

There were so many times that you were like, hey, you've won. I don't know, give me a random singer name. Rule. Oh, no, I don't want to bag out. Rule. That rule's beautifully so sweet. He don't know. Give me a random singer name. Rule. Oh, no. I don't want to bag out. Rule. Rule's beautifully so sweet. He sounds like he has common sense.

Make one up. Concrete Jungle. Concrete Jungle. Concrete Jungle! You've won the ARIA! And they just sit there on Zoom like. Oh, he's literally lost for words. He's lost for words.

Yeah. Oh, don't. And then what feels like a year later, thank you so much. Yeah, thank you so much. Because I try to wrap up because there's been two. I go, thank you anyway. Then they go, thank you. And all the while, I've got an in-ear worm going, wrap up, wrap,

throw it at the commercial, throw it at the commercial, throw it at the Amy Shark piece, throw it at the Amy Shark piece, three, two, one. It's chaos. It's impossible to make those sorts of productions punchy and, like, casey when you're dealing with Zoom. You guys can go and look it up on YouTube if you just look up Aria's pre-show, something like that.

Yeah, by Swarovski, yeah. It's up on YouTube. So you can watch it back and you'll see what I mean, that you were the only thing holding you with a glue. And you know what? I know a couple weeks ago I mentioned that. Thank you. That was a very nice second compliment.

That just went straight over my head because I'm not used to getting them. You know how I got the Swarovski lookbook and you guys helped me pick the hairpin? Yeah. I ended up choosing the tiara because I thought it would be a more statement piece. I did notice that. Yeah, we did. We did two bits with the tiara. I pretended it was Delta Goodrum stolen from her dressing room.

It was very funny, I think. They've let me keep it. Oh, really? Yeah, we did two bits with the tiara. I pretended it was Delta Goodrum stolen from her dressing room. It was very funny, I think. They've let me keep it. Oh, really? Yeah, I think. Where is it? I think. Let's give it away with a review today. Really?

You're going to give away the, I can't say it, Swarovski? Yeah, Swarovski. You also didn't fuck up any client credits, I did notice. Nope. Thanks to Pandora! No, it was Stella Mag, because I had a teleprompter. Oh, good, okay. So you're going to give away the bloody crown. Yep, I'm going to give out two mugs and the Aria's pre-show Swarovski tiara.

Wow, okay, so I don't even have to bust out the red rooster vouchers. I'm really trying to get rid of these. You're not doing me any favours. Also, do we really want to give out... Yeah, let's give out the tiara, fuck it. Anyway, welcome to the 50th episode of Is It Just Me? We start the show the same way every week. Two idioms, something we've noticed, something we hate or appreciate. I don't know Mitch's, Mitch doesn't know mine, and it starts the show. I say you go first.

Again? Yeah. I reckon this is the third week in a row. You know what? Maybe we just make it a thread that you always start rather than having this conversation at the start of every show. But what if mine's rubbish? Yeah, true.

What if I have a really shit one? We'll just have to wait and see and that's on you. No pressure. All right, I'll go. Here we are. Is it just me or...? Do men need to stop being so flaky? Oh.

I just, I can't anymore. Yeah? I've just had, I've had two weeks from hell where I've just had countless people lead me on and then just not be interested. Which, by the way, is fine. I'm not desperate and dateless. I'm quite happy being single. It's more just the inconvenience. Yes. I hate being, and dateless. I'm quite happy being single. It's more just the inconvenience. I hate having my time wasted. The ones I actually go on the dates with,

always a good time. I always have a good time. But it's more the ones where you chat and then you exchange numbers. Maybe you exchange social media. And then it gets to the point where you're like, oh yeah, maybe we should go on a date. We should go for a drink sometime. And not to toot my own tit, but they're often the ones suggesting it to me. And I don't know about you, but if someone suggests to you, hey, let's go on a date, is that not their cue to organise it? Yes, and this can be tricky, but if the person that instigates it is normally the one that should be following up on these things.

I feel like that's true. And I'm not going to beg and be like, so whatever happened to that date? Like, are we going or not? Yeah. I just, I've had so many suggestions and I've been like, yeah, sure, let's do it. And then we can keep chatting for days after and then nothing eventuates. And I'm just like, it's so frustrating. Don't ask me in the first place if you didn't actually want to.

Is this a new thing or is it a COVID thing? You've had this. This has been irking you for years. This has been a thing for years, but it's only been boiling my blood recently because basically January to August, maybe even September, I was just not dating at all. I was just not interested. But now that things are returning to normal,

it's less frowned upon to socialise. I'm back on the dating scene and I'm loving it. But I'm also reminded at how frustrating it is. There's been a few. One guy messaged me on a Sunday and goes, hey, I'd like to make you dinner next week. And I'm like, that'd be great. That's a romantic thing to say as well. 100%.

And you'd be excited. No one's ever offered me that before. It sounded beautiful. Yeah, that's very sweet. And we'd been chatting for a bit It wasn't as out of the blue But I was like sure let's do it And then messaged him on Friday

And said so like are we still doing this And he goes sorry I've got a boyfriend now I was like it's been three days How did that happen That's rare Like congratulations I'm now married I'm so sorry My child's being born yes oh that's the

worst and then there was another one that was like oh yeah let's go on a date super keen he was the one you know pursuing me and then it was like oh sorry we agreed to go that day but i can't do i'm working then oh sorry i've got a family thing then oh sorry i've got this and i'm like if you're not actually interested you can just stop postponing it is altogether cancelled and he didn't reply I was just like why even bother like I've I feel like unless I actually feel something or mean something I just don't say it yes I'm not going to tell someone I want to go on a date with them if I don't and also not something that you're looking forward to all week I've got that dinner with me it's not it's not like that I don't look forward to it but it's more like I don't necessarily make plans to all week. I've got that dinner with Mitch Turing. No, it's not like that. I don't look forward to it.

But it's more like I don't necessarily make plans with my friends because I'm like, oh, I'm pretty sure I'm meant to be seeing someone that day. And then it doesn't happen. Does it chip away at you when this happens? I wouldn't say it chips away at me because like I said, I am quite happy being single. It's just annoying. Yeah. It's like, why bother suggesting it if you're not going to follow through?

Yeah, I agree. I'm pissed off for you. It's just so annoying. Would it make you feel better if I prank called one of them? How would that make you feel better? I don't know. I'm trying to think of anything that I can do. I don't think that would help.

Give me one! I'll call them as... No, we shouldn't do that. No, I will call them as Dot Wiggins and just fuck with them. Oh, my God. I'll call them as Dot Wiggins and just fuck with them. Oh, my God. Or call them as Dot. Someone did suggest that we reprise Dot Wiggins. You did a prank call as her back in our most recent talkback tings.

Yeah. Oh, no, no. Dot Wiggins is my alter ego, my 87-year-old elderly Australian woman who loves talkback radio. Let me call one of them. What are you going to say to this 20-year-old, like, random off Tinder? Oh, no, no. I'll pretend that I think it's my grandson and I've got the number wrong. Oh, okay.

So you're not actually going to tie it back to me or? No, no. There'll be no way. Oh, that's fine. I thought you were going to be like, my grandson Mitchell. No, no, no. This person will never know. With pleasure.

With pleasure. I couldn't care less if they died. You can fuck with them as much as you like. Send me the number. Hold on. Let me find them. What can I do? I could probably just say.

Which one do I hate? Send me the one that has got a boyfriend now. No, I just messaged him on Instagram. Oh. That one. Gays move on quickly. Oh, God. There's one here who I.

Oh, it fucks me off when they do this. Yeah. They suggest that you go on a date. Yeah. They don't make it happen. They don't follow through. They don't plan anything. And then you just kind of don't speak for ages.

And then the next time they see you, they hit you with the, why haven't we gone on that date yet? And I'm like, because you didn't fucking organise it. I hate it when they put it back on you. That's like when you go to a restaurant, you order your food, and the waitress goes, I'll be right with you, and then 10 minutes later she goes, haven't you guys ordered yet? It's like, that's your job.

That's your job to make sure we order. That's exactly what it is. Let me find another one. I don't want to call him. How do you have these people's numbers? How do you develop from Tinder to message? Oh, it depends. Sometimes we go to Instagram.

Sometimes we go to number. Yeah, right. Okay,? Oh, it depends. Sometimes we go to Instagram. Sometimes we go to number. It depends. Yeah, right. Okay, so yeah, this one. You can go this guy. I don't give a shit about him. Jamie, is that you? Okay, what can I do to freak him out a little bit?

I don't want you to freak him out. Oh, no, maybe we shouldn't do this. I'm dialing already. Hello? already hello my name is dot wiggins calling from the rta how are you today the rta yes rose traffic authority okay um well good to hear uh i just have paperwork here and it's saying that we have an unregistered vehicle parked on cherry blossom street corner of ninth blossom and it's saying that we have an unregistered vehicle parked on Cherry Blossom Street, corner of 9th Blossom, and it's registered under your name. Which suburb is that? Frankstontine West.

Pardon, say again? Frankstontine West. F-R-A-N-K-S-T-O-N-T-I-N-E-W-E-S-T. Frankstontine West. Frankstontine West. Okay. A-N-K-S-T-E-N-E-N-E-N-E-N-E-N-E-N-E-N-E-N-E-N-E-N-E-N-E-N-E-N-E-N-E-N-E-N-E-N-E-N-E-N-E-N-E-N-E-N-E-N-E-N-E-N-E-N-E-N-E-N-E-N-E-N-E-N-E-N-E-N-E-N-E-N-E-N-E-N-E-N-E-N-E-N-E-N-E-N-E-N-E-N-E-N-E-N-E-N-E-N-E-N-E-N-E-N-E-N-E-N-E-N-E-N-E-N-E-N-E-N-E-N-E-N-E-N-E-N-E-N-E-N-E-N-E-N-E-N-E-N-E-N-E-N-E-N-E-N-E-N-E-N-E-N-E-N-E-N-E-N-E-N-E-N-E-N-E-N-E-N-E-N-E-N-E-N-E-N-E-N-E-N-E-N-E-N-E-N-E-N-E-N-E-N-E-N-E-N-E-N-E-N-E-N-E-N-E-N-E-N-E-N-E-N-E-N-E-N-E-N-E- I'm afraid that there's an unregistered vehicle in your name sitting on Cherry Blossom Ave and it will either be towed or you can come and claim it in the next 24 hours. I'm just giving you a courtesy call, my dear. Okay. Well, the thing is, is I don't own any vehicles whatsoever.

Who? Right. Well, I'll speak to the RTA and I'll see what's happening with that. I am the RTA. Don't be daft. I don't know that you actually are, though, because you sound a bit odd. Who? Beg your pardon. Regardless of my age, I've been working in the workforce for years. I don't think that bears any judgment on my role here at the RTA.

Right. Okay. So what's your name then? And what's... Dot, capital D. D? O.T. Wiggins. O.T.? Sorry, dear tunnel. He's gone.

He won't mess with you again. He doesn't drive. What? He's one of those Sydney gays that fits the stereotype. Can't drive. Oh, no! He really persisted with that longer than he needed to, considering he doesn't drive.

Oh, shit. Also, he was Googling the fake suburb. Is this just part of Dot's catchphrase? He's going, who? Who? When it makes no sense. Yeah, asking who when he asks what time it is. Who?

All right. Just know that you are loved and you don't need anyone to date. No, no, no, no, no, no. That's not the moral of the story. The moral of the story is not that I'm desperate and dateless. The moral of the story is, guys, just don't say things you don't mean. It wastes people's time. These are actual humans that you're dealing with.

Who? Put that on the shirt. Is it just me or? Do you also have no idea where subtitles on Instagram stories have come from? Oh, you mean the ones that people just type themselves? Yeah, I feel like I'm watching an SBS biopic or Naked News or Serbian Update. Every time I go on Instagram, Instagram influencers will be like,

oh, the COVID vaccine came out today and I'm so torn. I don't know what to do. And then they will type it out verbatim, word for word, on the screen. I've noticed that a lot on TikTok as well. They put CC for closed captions and then they'll write exactly what they say. I did see that for a bit. I thought, oh, a lot of people are getting CC spunk on like the chips. But it turns out, no, it's closed captions.

It's off-putting. And if it's for the hard of hearing or for people that are deaf or disabled in that way, then great. Power to you. But who was an email sent out? Did all the influencers just get told to start doing this? No, I feel like it's something that only people who are full-time influencers would do because that's their livelihood. And you know how on Instagram stories, for example, you can look at exactly how many people have exited your story or swiped away. I guess that that retention is what they're trying to build because if someone is watching without audio, it means that they will still be able to watch and keep clicking through.

They won't just be like, oh, I can't hear it. I'm going to fuck away. That's crafty. A good way to keep you watching. So I guess that's why people would do it. But it would take a lot of time. I can't see myself getting amongst it. I've thought about it.

But doesn't the majority of people just watch with sound anyway? Who's watching it without sound? On Instagram feed, where your posts come through on the grid, I think it's 12% of people watch with audio on. So vast majority of people are scrolling their Instagram feeds on mute. Right. Whereas Insta Stories, I think it's 80% of people are watching with sound. Oh, okay.

So it's pretty safe to assume that most people are watching Instagram stories. And even more so TikToks with the audio on, so you don't really need to close caption it. But it has been helpful sometimes. Abby Chatfield does it a lot. Abby does it all the time. If I'm ever in the bathroom at work and I'm browsing Insta stories and I'll see hers come up, I don't want to play it out loud. I'll be like, oh, Abby's there.

I can actually watch hers because she close captions it. Yeah, lose so much more than magic when you're just reading i'm not a fan i'm also very confused by it i don't know where it came from that's my issue with it it really doesn't bother me that much i want the origin story oh yeah i can see that happening well i thought why don't we call the one influencer that i know that definitely does it a friend of mine zoe marshall from the deep, just a lifelong friend. Yeah, she's been on the show before. Oh, we sorry, Tunneled Her Baby. Yes, the last episode of season one, you invited her on as a guest host. She's yet to come in, but not that I'm holding grudges.

No, no, no. We'll try and get her on. Let's call her quickly because I want to see why she does it. Hi. Zopo, it's Mitch and she does it. Hi. Zopo, it's Mitch. And Mitch. Hello. Hi, Mitches.

Where are you? You're at Zen Day Spa. I wish. I'm not at the day spa. Where are you? Just on the couch. Oh, Jesus. Hey, I need your help because I am very confused,

and I thought I'm going to call the most famous, most well-known, most highest-paid influencer that I know. And Abby Chatfield was busy. Yeah, that's what I was going to say. You're not back to DMs either. No, no, no. I have no idea where subtitles on Instagram stories have come from and I've noticed that you are doing it.

Did an email go out to influencers? I've seen this. I've not done them because I think noticed that you are doing it. Did an email go out to influencers? I've seen this. I've not done them because I think it's a lot of work. I think you have to remember exactly what you say and then you have to type it in. Wait, I'm confused. You said that you wanted to call a well-known influencer you know that does it, but Zoe's now saying that, oh, who has time for that?

She's never done it. You should probably try and call Abby again. Zoe, you have done it. You should probably try and call Abby again. Zoe, you have done it. You lie. Unless this is the one. Never in my life. Zoe, we have the same management. I have a feeling that you've got someone to make a story for you

and just uploaded it and you haven't even realised. Which one? I'm so absent right now. I'm, like, taking time off. Zoe, you're useless to me. Sorry, Tata. Is it just me?

Castleton Heights number one podcast for middle aged women who say, oh, I won't be able to put these down after tasting one Dorito. So that's two times now that Zoe Marshall has been sorry tunneled on our show. Well, technically

the first because we did it to her infant son Fox before. I didn't even get the chance to ask if she wanted to come in studio. She was hopeless too. She gave us no answer and nothing. She just waffled on. Also, I'm pretty sure she's wine drunk. You've definitely seen her do Instagram

stories with subtitles, because she's denying it profusely like it's a murder. I would not have called her up on my own podcast and made myself look like an idiot if i hadn't seen it i wouldn't put it past you how stupid anyway let's read out some reviews guys you can be featured on the podcast if you leave us a review on apple podcast um five stars please uh we also at the moment have a couple of mugs left so we're gonna order more. We've got other prizes to give away. I'm sensing this is becoming a weekly thing. Yeah.

May as well be. This section of the show halfway through, we'll read out a few reviews. And there have been a few people who use Spotify or the iHeartRadio app, other podcast apps outside of Apple Podcasts, right? And they've said, I can't leave a review. Well, to you I say, D say darlin there's other ways you can help you can leave a review on facebook or another thing that would be helpful is just take an instagram story of you listening to the podcast like your phone or whatever you're doing when you

listen and then tag us in it so we can reshare it you know just sharing the love okay and you know what we'll count them as entries and we'll read them out and we'll say this person did that and that counts and they can win a mug as well. Oh, if they put their review on Instagram stories and tag us. Or just put up a screenshot of them listening. If you read that out. Yeah, exactly. Oh, okay.

This is intensifying. Any form of promotion for this podcast is in the running for a mug. We will bribe for praise. Here on Is It Just Me? Not afraid to say. Let's go to Shannon.Nicole. You're both going places. She had me there.

Won't even read out the body of the review. Funnily enough, neither of us have gone anywhere. Janet's gone a place. Yeah, exactly right. We have to check in with her. She's probably waiting on Zoom crying in the cold. Yeah, we'll do that in a sec. She says, I listen to your podcast while I drive my partner to and from work every day,

which is a two-hour drive a day. I tell my toddler we're listening to Uncle Mitch's. Oh, how cute. I know. You're both going places. Keep it up. Lots of love. we're listening to Uncle Mitch's. Oh, how cute. I know. You're both going places. Keep it up. Lots of love. You've just won yourself a mug.

Congratulations. I've always wanted to be a problematic uncle. Yeah. Your Uncle Mitchell needs to watch his fail mouth. Do you like gunkle? I don't identify as gunkle, but I don't find it offensive. Like, I would never, you know, put on Instagram, gunkle duties. If I'm looking after Noah and Anna, I would never do that. Oh, I put on instagram gunkle duties if i'm looking after

noah and anna i would never do that i hate that gunkle time you're not a gunkle are you i'm a gunkle oh no my cousin's kids but we're all the same i'm their godfathers no it's not the same it's not the same um we've got oh this is jesus why do i choose these ones td is all pretzel uh says sorry tato nice this is the best i manage 28 staff and every time one comes near me to T.D. Izzle Pretzel says, sorry, Toto. Nice. This is the best. I manage 28 staff, and every time one comes near me to ask a question, I now say, sorry, Toto. Oh, my God.

Oh, well done. As if she's a neurosurgeon. Doctor, we have a brain bleed on patient seven. Sorry, Toto. Oh, my God. In an operating suite? You can't do that. This is a long one.

Can we fuck off with the long ones? Oh, come on. No, not just up my speed. If you're listening now and you want to go through this quickly, just do two times speed and you'll hear me speak like this. Sheila 21 says, love this podcast to the moon and bag. I often thought and wondered, is it just me? When I stumbled upon this podcast, filled me with glee. With groundskeeper Jenna, Mitch to Midnight,

and the face of Bogengate. The weekly episodes are always worth the wait. Oh, it's rhyming. I get it. Yeah. The idjams also, which I totally relate. You've got to listen to this podcast. It's a laugh a minute content, which is never dull.

And while you're reading this, I'd just like to say, oops, sorry, tunnel. Nice. That's a real. Well, you know what? It's not done. Oh. Three enchanting, lovable, down, sorry, tunnel. Nice. That's a real. Well, you know what? It's not done. Oh. Three enchanting, lovable, down-to-earth individuals,

I can't wait to hear this rhyme, who you just want to hug. The big question is, does this rhyme deserve an exclusive mug? Oh, I would say so. I'd say, yeah, you've won the mug. Well done. That is Sheila21. We're definitely going to have to order more mugs. Yeah, we really are.

If your name was just called out, DM me or the podcast page or Mitch, whoever, we'll work it out. I'll send the mug out. No, don't send it to me. Okay, send it to me on Instagram and I will make sure you get yourself a mug. Mitch is now Deputy Editor-in-Chief of our Campaigns and Activations Department. Yes, which is now growing because Mitch- You keep promising mugs to every bitch that listens.

No, I know I do. But we really should make our announcement now, don't you think, Mitch? We should. Do you have any like grand Oscars music or like a drum roll or something? Yeah, I can make it happen. We didn't prepare this. It was just before the mics went on that I was like, oh, should we tell them? Yeah, I think we should tell the people. Here we go. Something exciting happened in our podcast world. It did.

You've been listening to us for well over a year now. That's right. As you know, we've been hijacking the Kiss FM studios where we work for the last year while we've been doing this show. And after all this time of invading, our parents have finally decided to adopt us. Yep. We have now been signed as an ARN podcast partner with iHeartRadio. We're an iHeart podcast, baby!

That's right. And so we've been signed, bitch. Yep. It doesn't mean much to you guys. No. Other than the fact that you're going to start hearing ads pop up in the middle of the show occasionally. Yeah. But if one of you assholes whinges even once about that,

I swear to God, I'm not a fucking charity. I've been doing this show for free for a year. And if I've got the opportunity to make money off it, please encourage it. All this means is that mummy and daddy are now, we're now making bank. Bitch. That's right.

We're making cash. But it's also a big boost for the show. Correct. If you listen to Kiss FM, you might even hear ads for our show throughout the day. What are our ads going to be? I don't know. We haven't gotten to that point. We've only just signed the contract. True. And so

you'll also see our videos popping up on, you know, the KISS Facebook and all stuff like that. So it's exciting. We're now part of the furniture. Yeah, we are. And now legally, contractually, we have to be careful what we say. Otherwise, we might be removed from the network. I know.

We're not just sneaking in and using the studio after hours. We're actually a product of the business. Congratulations, Mitchell. Congratulations to you, too. Jeez, we should have got, well, we had Moe Shandon for my birthday. It's exciting. Anyway, we should continue with the show. We should check in with Groundskeeper Jenna, actually, on location.

Oh, yeah, of course. We've even got theme music for her, guys. On the road again. She's on the road. She is on location, we should say. Usually Jenna is here in the studio with us every week as our third wheel, but this week it's her job trial. She could get a promotion after this.

She's going to be our roving reporter today. So she's out on location. The first spot we've sent her to is Blacktown Drive-In Cinemas. Yeah, luxury. In Western Sydney. I've actually been there on a date. Have you really? I have.

How'd it go? I've never spoke to him again. And rightly so. Some Margot Robbie film. Can't even remember. Rumour has it that he's still waiting at the front reception. Well, will Mitch Coombs return? Actually, this came about from an Instagram live we did on Sunday night.

We do it every Sunday night. I don't know where it came from, but we were talking about news crosses. Yeah, we were talking about, well, you and I were toying with the idea of doing the show from different locations. Yes. Like, we would do a show from the Harbour Bridge or we'd record our podcast from, I don't know, just some random spot. Yes.

And then we were like, fuck that. The studio's got air con. It's summer now in Australia. We'll send Jenna out on the road instead as a roving reporter. Yeah, but it's a real fucked place. It's like, Jenna, producer Jenna's crossing to us now from Belangelo State Forest. Hello, Jenna. I know.

It's so, we were talking about how on those breakfast TV shows like Sunrise Today show or stuff like that, their weather reporters just always appear in the most random location and it's just so normal. They're like, oh, Sam Mac is coming to us from a cherry picking farm. It's like, why? So we're just going to give her random locations to go to every show if she's any good today, but like much less glamorous. Oh, she's here. Jenna's coming to us from a dumpster. Yeah, she's on Zoom now. She's there now, is she?

Let's connect her. Our roving reporter, producer Jenna, is officially on the road. Let's just connect her through. Is she there or not? She's got terrible Wi-Fi. There she is. Her camera's not turned on. Jenna, turn your camera on.

And your microphone. Oh, my God. Jenna. If this was the the arias you'd be fired she's so far so good jesus christ she's definitely in it's i've it says camera and mic off jenna turn your fucking shit on, we've got groundskeeper Jenna. Oh, there she is. She's arrived. Jenna, what are you doing?

I'm at Blacktown Drive-In doing a live cross to you. Okay. What's happening at the Blacktown Drive-In? We've got Daryl Graithwaite on the screen. He's going to perform Horses. We're actually, funnily enough, we're at Jonesy and Amanda's Backyard Jam, so WSFM event. Oh, so we've sent you to Blackdown Drive-In Cinema

and by pure coincidence your workplace is putting on an event that you would have been at anyway. Oh, my God, that's so weird. What are the odds of that? Wow, we're so good. Okay, so what's happening? You've got a virtual Zoom appearance from Daryl Braithwaite. I have Delta in the background.

Delta? Delta's there. Geez, from hosting the Arias with me yesterday to Playtown. Really? It's like who else is performing at this stupid event? It's not stupid, but Chris Sebastian just performed here. It's very funny. Oh, Guy Sebastian's brother.

Yes. Jenna, something that's really big with journalists are Vox Pops. Do you know what a Vox Pop is? Yeah, but I'm not doing it. I think you run to someone on the street and go, hey, you know what, Jenna, you're live on Channel 7. Are you enjoying the concert? No, don't say Channel 7.

Don't lie to them. Just say, hey, you're... No, I can't. Come on, Jenna. My video is currently on Channel 7. Are you enjoying the concert? No, don't say Channel 7. Don't lie to them. Just say, hey, you're... Come on, Jenna. No, go up to someone and they'll see us in studio. Do a live cross, Jenna. Go for it. I'm not doing a live cross. Yeah, but this is your job trial for a potential promotion.

Our full-time roving reporter. If you want to get the role, you'll do a quick vox pop with someone there. I'm not doing it. No. Forget about it. Get rid of it. All right.

Thanks, Jenna. Appreciate it. Jenna Benson, our roving reporter on site of Blacktown RSL. Whatever the hell that is. Thank you, Jenna. She's been cut. Thank you. How embarrassing.

That almost doesn't make me feel bad for what we've done to her. Oh, yeah. We were going to tell her her next reporting location, her next assignment. Well, considering she was so happy to do it on the Instagram Live, like we just mentioned, yes, we said we'd do a show from a dumpster in the Blangalow State Forest. Yes, we were planning

all sorts of unglamorous locations to send Jenna to as our roving reporter. And one of them that came up on Instagram Live last Sunday was a coffin. Like an actual coffin. Yeah. And I said, okay, well, let's make this happen. Obviously, I wanted to bury her. Yeah.

But no, she wasn't down for that. She'd rather do it. She's happy to be in the coffin, but it just has to be kind of here in the studio. It's an open casket, like she's Catholic. No, it's not. Well, here's the thing. kind of here in the studio. It's an open casket, like she's Catholic. No, it's not.

Well, here's the thing. I made the call earlier in the day because we had to do it during work hours and it just so happens that I was here in the studio, so I had to record it. So I've made the call to the local casket maker. Coffin dealership? Yeah, coffin dealer. Yeah, you made some inquiries.

We want to actually make this happen. Maybe the last show of the year, Jenna can be in a coffin. Live from a coffin, yeah. So I actually have an update and I have a resolution. Yes, I'm yet to hear the resolution. I was waiting for the update on the show today. You haven't heard it. I should say, this idea must sound so whack

if someone wasn't watching our Instagram Live. Because I was thinking, is it one of those you-had-to-be-there things? I think so. Everyone watching on Instagram live was caught up in the moment. Oh, that's funny. How funny would it be if you put her in a coffin? But new listeners are probably like, what the fuck are they doing? This is fucked.

Yeah, we don't have the pool of people that watch Instagram live. It's very small compared to the listeners of this podcast. Anyway, we're rolling with it. I want to know what happened. You called the coffin dealership. All right. I called the coffin dealership a couple of hours ago before we started recording and it went really well.

I have the audio. I'm going to roll it for you now. He was a lovely guy. He's very, very apprehensive to start, but I win him over towards the end. This is me making a call to five dock coffins. I don't think that's what it's called.

It's caring funerals. Caring funerals. Well, he was very caring and I promise I get a plug in. So let's roll the call, the audio from the call from earlier today. Five Dock Coffins. Caring Funerals, can I help you? G'day.

Is this Caring Funerals in Five Dock? That's right, yes. G'day, hi. My name's Mitch. How are you? I actually, I'm recording a podcast right now. We're doing a segment on the show. One of our co-hosts, quiz question actually.

We have been looking all around Australia and we're wondering if you guys would be maybe potentially open to Contra if we'd get a cough and then plug the local business on the podcast. We could, yep, look at something like that, yeah. Well, we're local, so we're in Sydney. We actually record really close to Five Docs, so we wanted to get one that was as close to us as possible to support local business.

Yeah, and we'll be able to work in with you, yeah. Awesome. Well, essentially, one of our co-hosts, it comes from a fun place, she said that she loves our show so much, she dedicates her life to the show, she'd even do the show from a coffin. So that's when we thought, well, let's get one and put it to the test and see if she'll actually do it from the coffin, you see.

Yeah, yeah. Matt Thomas could be in contact with the arbiters to fly you on to help you. That'd be brilliant. A couple questions just to make sure everything's all good. Would she be able to breathe inside the coffin? Yes. So we wouldn't have to make any adjustments?

No, no. The lid just sort of just fit on It's plenty, like it's not a rubber seal or anything like that Great, great, okay And considering we're not using the coffin for its intended purpose Yes It could even just be a higher deal We get it and we give it straight back if it's a show one Yeah, yes Like a demo coffin, you know Like a car demo coffin, you know, like a car dealership,

like a demo, a used model. There's plenty of options like that, yeah. If you want a higher one, that gives you the chance to maybe having a bit better type of one where half the lid can open up a bit like a Dracula type one. Oh, and you know what? She's very pale too, so that'll work. That'll be great.

Very Dracula-esque. I could send you know what? She's very pale too, so that'll work. That'll be great. Very Dracula-esque. I could send you through some pictures and then you'll get over. Oh, I would love that. So we could get the coffin. We'll plug it hard. We get a lot of, like at least 100,000 listens per day on our podcast, so you'll get a good amount of business. That's no problem.

I'll help you. Oh, amazing. What was your name? Adam. Adam. God, you. Oh, amazing. What was your name? Adam. Adam. God, you're good, Adam. Now, would it be easier for us to come to you or can we get it delivered here and then how will it work?

I can deliver it to you. Oh, God. You are good. I'll deliver it to you. That's easy. Okay, great. And do you have colors or is it all sort of a bit, you know, sad, dark? No, you can choose the color.

Great. Adam, my name's Mitch. I'll be in contact probably early next week. Okay, no problem. Adam, you're a bloody legend. Thank you so much. I appreciate it. You've got a real radio voice. It helps that I've got the

microphone. I think anyone speaking into this would sound like Ray Hadley. Does the heavy lifting for me? Our old mate. Old mate Ray. Oh, God. Ray't. Does the heavy lifting for me? Our old mate. Old mate. Oh, yeah. Old mate, Ray. Oh, God, Ray and Alan will be in the business for a coffin for themselves very soon.

My God. The next generation's coming on up. There's a few people want to put him in one, I think. I think so. I know. My God. And that Kyle Sanderlands, too. Bloody hell.

I always laugh and Ray sits there. Oh, battler. I understand the battlers. Oh, I'm a battler myself. Battler, battler. Oh, how can you understand a battler when you're on $4 million a year? I agree. I completely agree.

Give us a rest, Ray. And the audience believe in that. Eat it up. Oh, no. Oh, no, I know. I know when Kyle peed in on the ratings. That was good. Wasn't that golden?

That was golden. Well, my name's Mitch, so I actually do the night show at Kiss FM. Oh, okay. Yeah, so I work with Kyle. Anyway, we'll actually do the night show at Kiss FM. Oh, okay. Yeah, so I work with... Anyway, we'll talk. I'll give you a text next week, okay, Adam? Thanks, Mitch. Thank you.

Thanks, buddy. Appreciate it. Have a great day. See you, mate. Bye. Thank you. Okay, we have a lot to unpack here. He was so keen.

It will happen. Okay. It will happen. So he's willing to work with this, but he kept using the word hire. Does he realise that contra means that he provides the product and we provide the exposure? We don't pay shit for a coffin. Oh, no, of course. But I sort of insinuated that he would be getting this coffin back.

Yeah, and he said hire. And I'm like, in what scenario do people do coffin hires? You usually get buried in them. Is that not the point? Yeah, true, actually. You can't borrow a coffin, can you? No. It stays in the earth.

How do you give it back? Where do you put the person after you're done with the coffin? Look, I've got his details, so I will make this happen. This can be my mission. But wasn't I good? Come on. Yeah, look, he actually didn't take much convincing. He agreed pretty early on in the call, which is why it's most confusing to me that you proceeded to lie and say that we get 100,000 listens a day. You didn't need to lie.

He already agreed. I got nervous. Why? He'd already agreed. He said, yeah, we can do that. We can work with that. He didn't even question it. I wanted to over-deliver on the campaign. Okay. Well, good to know that she won't suffocate in the coffin because I wasn't down for an open casket. I think if Jenna's going to be doing the show live from a coffin, she's got to be in it lid closed. In fact, I hope they bring it in. You know how they kind of wheel the coffin in on that weird

stretcher bed thing? Yes, yes. Ideally, it would be brought into one of those and we'd be able to lock it and then we could push Jenna to a mystery location and she has no idea where she is in the building. Oh, then we open the coffin and then all of a sudden she goes, how the hell did I get to, you know, Wollongong?

Yeah. Maybe we put her in the coffin. Yeah. And then, okay, when you text him next week, ask if we can borrow the hearse. I think we drive her somewhere. Oh my God. Do you think that, would they have a hearse? How else is he delivering the bastard?

I don't know. He's not just going to carry it over from Five Dog. In his Tarago. Oh God, we did well with that one. Is she going to do the whole show in the coffin? Yes, the whole thing. She won't be able to get out. What do you think it's going to sound like in the coffin?

Like it's going to have that hollow wooden sound. Yeah, it'll be like her microphone will be muffled slightly like this. Hold on, turn this mic on. I'm going to get under the desk. What number is it? Six. Our mics are going cold. Three, two, one.

Hi, it's Jenna. I'm in a coffin. Here we are, the episode from a coffin. Producer Jenna, how is it in there? It's very claustrophobic. Oh, no, Jenna. I believe there's a hand in there. We've left a hand and a foot in there from the previous owner.

It smells like a whole person. There's stains on the wall too, Jenna, I can see. How does it sound? Sounds so convincing. Great. Yeah, there'll be no trickery about it. She'll actually be in a coffin when we do it. Yeah. Anyway.

Alright. Well, I'll show the ear. Get ready, guys. Alright. Good to know. That's still to come. Well, before we go, I believe you've got to talk back to me. You're going to ruin my segment. No, I'm not. That's still to come. Well, before we go, I believe you've got a Talk Back, Tings. You're going to ruin my segment. No, I'm not. I'm going to make this the best segment ever. You better be.

Let's roll it. Yeah, this is Talk Back, Tings. You do this setup, I guess, Mitch. It's where I find little bits of gold on Talk Back Radio because it's a world of its own that I feel a lot of our listeners don't really get amongst. So they're not familiar with the kind of bizarre magic that happens on Talkback Radio. Old mate at the funeral home, he's fully aware. He listens.

Oh, the moment I mentioned Ray Hadley, life bled into his veins. Exactly. He figured out you had something in common and you went from there. Exactly. But today you've found the audio. I have. And in fact, it's a mystery edition. Yes, I'm a little bit unsure of what

you mean by that no uh the thing is this is a piece of audio that is an australian radio station down in melbourne okay 3aw oh this is big this is the first time we've ventured outside of 2sm yes correct very true i haven't heard of these announcers before. I'm going to get the date. Hold on. Wait, I actually didn't get this. Okay. See, this wouldn't happen if it was me. Like I said, very good storytelling.

You'll cut this out. No, I won't. All right. 3AW. Newstalk 693. In 2012, this is eight years ago, Mitchell. Oh, well, don't be withholding good information from me. Why is it only coming up now?

Someone called through to the 3AW program late at night. Someone that you admire very much. Right. Someone that you look up to. Someone whose music you consume. Mitchell Coombs' Lady Gaga called 3AW Talkback Radio to have a chat. Eight years ago in 2012. Oh God.

In 2012, she would have been on the Born This Way ball. Correct. She could have been in Australia at the time. She was in Melbourne at this exact date. That's why... You're kidding. The mystery is open-ended because it was never confirmed nor denied. And the dates line up.

Wow. So gaga was just sitting around in her hotel room on tour in 2012 we're just tuning the old wireless found a station and was like i'm gonna have a yarn here's the thing no one knows if it's her because she never admits to being lady gaga it's almost as if she wanted to call through to talk about how good Lady Gaga was without ever revealing that it was Lady Gaga. Oh, God, it sounds like something that we would do. Oh, I dare you to print call the radio station. It would have been her and her makeup artist or something. Yeah, 100%.

I have it here. Are you ready to roll the mystery Talkback Tings featuring Lady Gaga? I've got to tell you, the audio better not disappoint because so far this is definitely a bit of gold on Talkback Radio that I haven't heard before. Oh, you're going to love it. I can't believe I haven't heard this. No, it'll blow you away. And I think out of anyone in the world,

you'll be able to decipher if it is in fact Stephanie Gemmarosta. Whatever the fuck. What's her name? I would have done the research if I was to do that. Stephanie Joanne Angelina Germanotta. Angelina Germanotta, correct. Okay, let's roll the audio. My, Tury, first edition of Talkback Tings.

Let's go. It is 13 to 2, Melbourne Town 3RW. Anne of Burwood and Bob, please hold. But right now, Stephanie of Richmond is here. Hello, Stephanie. Hello, how are you? I'm good. I hope you're well.

Yeah, how are you guys? How's the weather? You guys? Hello? Yes, hello. I just didn't catch the last part, Stephanie. I said, how's the weather? How's the...

The weather. Oh, the weather. That's fine. It's fine, yes. I hope it's fine in Richmond. Well, it's a bit drizzly. It's cold, but we seem to be okay. Yes.

Yeah, what else do you want to say? I was at a concert on Saturday night. Yes. It was one of the best concerts that I've been to. Who was it? Lady Gaga. Oh, wow, yeah. Of course.

Everyone seems to just love it. John Burns from the Breakfast Program said it was better than the first time he saw her. I was absolutely... I was just speechless. Her shows, her performance, it was unbelievable. Yes, and how many costume changes were there? There were quite a few. Yeah. I don't know how she does it.

She must have, well, she has arrived with a whole team of people, hasn't she, of course, to help her do all that stuff? Yes, I bet she does. I'm glad you enjoyed it. Oh, thank you. That's all right. Bye, Stephanie. Take care.

Bye. Bye now. That's it. That's the audio. Okay. I'm not convinced either way. Either it's her trying to alter her voice to sound different or it's someone who isn't her trying to sound like her

because there were glimpses of her voice. It was the vocal fry that I was like, oh, that's her. The tone was not her at all. To add to the mystery, there was a full thread on the 3AW693 Newstalk page that has since been removed. Oh. That I was only reading about a month ago when I found this audio. Okay.

How did you find this audio? It was sent to me by a contact. I can't reveal who. They probably just Googled it. Yeah, I'm sure they did. Dear Lady Gaga, call the 3AW open line. It's been viewed 100,000 times. 2012.

open line. It's been viewed 100,000 times. 2012. Don't forget her voice would have sounded different in 2012 too. That was the start of her career. No, no. I reckon 2012 she'd really developed that deep

huskiness. She was a bit more baby and mousy back in 2008 when she first started. She'd been around for a while in 2012. Hannah May says the dates match up. I was there at the concert in Melbourne. That is her voice. Her voice is identical to when I saw her in concert.

That's not identical to her voice, though. They can't just say that. Oh, that's identical to her voice. No, we've all heard it too, bub. You don't have to be at the concert to hear her voice. Do you think it's Lady Gaga or not? I don't care either way. I actually think it is her because I love the mental

picture of her baked off her mind. She would have been. Sitting with her makeup artist like you said in a hotel. Shall we just call the radio station? It's a terrible impression. God. I mean, I want to believe it's true, but I'm not. I think it's more likely some smart-ass gay.

It would have been someone like you or I. Yeah. That was like, let's call and pretend to be Lady Gaga calling a radio station. There were no podcasts in 2012. No one had any real reason other than to do it for their own amusement. I don't know if you realise this, but sometimes friends like to have fun together and not record it. Sometimes people just are funny and not for content purposes.

Very true. Do you know how many prank calls I've done that I haven't recorded? Really? Oh, my word. Actually, I've been involved in many. That's how this podcast started, I think. We were driving back from down the coast. We were doing Poppy.

That's how Coughing Bit Chicken started. I was like, I need to just call the radio station and just cough at them. And then I was like, why was that genius? We need to do that. Yeah, that was ridiculous. Should we call 3AW 963 and ask? Maybe the phone operator knows about it. Maybe it's a famous thing in the halls of 3AW.

Is Dot making a comeback? Yes. Dot returning for the second time this episode. What are you going to do? Are you going to call them and ask about the mystery? Just ask straight up? Yep Okay

Music's off Here we go Sorry, W Hello, my name's Dot Hi Dot, what did you want to chat about? Good question I have just discovered YouTube And I look at the clips online of you and the page,

and I've seen, did Lady Gaga call the Thraw, 3AW, sorry, Hotline. Lady Gaga called up the radio program years ago. Yes. Well, we believe. But what, hold on. I can't get my head around. My grandchildren, I've got a little gay grandchild. He loves, loves Lady Gaga.

Did it not happen? No, well, we think it did. She was in town. It sounds exactly like her, and she called herself Stephanie. Who? Well, that's her real name. Oh, Lady Gaga. Yes.

But did she really call? Well, who knows? Who knows? It sounded like her. It's a good story if she did. Wait, wait. So the rumour in the building, so is it like a tale told in the building down there?

No. No, it's not. We do a lot of radio here. Oh, true. Another day, another dime. Yes. Dot, lovely to chat to you, unless you want to talk to Dennis.

Put me on. I'm not sure I want to. Are you taking the mickey a little? Who? Who? All right, dot. Lovely to chat to you. I haven't talked to a dot before.

That's a very old name. Okay. Take care. Bye. Ta, ta, ta. Well, she was the right bitch, wasn't she? Yeah, I think so. I've never spoken to a dot before.

What are you doing? What's up with you? I accidentally just. Sorry. I accidentally just called back. You're just trying to snitch on me. I accidentally just called back. You just called back while I was bitching. How did that happen?

I didn't do it with my hand. Something's going on in this studio. Everything's just stopped working. Mystery, what just happened? This is creepy. Well, old mate Bitch Tits believes that it was Lady Gaga. She went straight into it and knew exactly what Dot was talking about. Well, hey.

As if she's never spoken to someone called Dot. It's 38W. Yeah, I know. Everyone's called Dot. It's a common John. Have you been impressed with my talkback things? How would you rate it out of 10? Because I was impressed with it.

Oh, there's a few categories I can work around. The content itself, the audio, 10 out of 10. My level of intrigue, 10 out of 10. Your research, rubbish. Yep, no, I would take points off myself. Um, this is just my own perfectionism. This is not like a criticism of you per se, but it fucks me off so much that you don't use our whoosh.

Oh, it's because I don't have the editing skills. You know the little sound effect that I use to top and tail every piece of audio I play? It's like a little bookend whenever we play a grab. I have it here. It's like isolated. Find an old grab of mine and you'll see that I've put the little beep thing at the start and end so that you know when it starts and when it finishes. Right.

So we have... There you go when it starts and when it finishes. Right. So we have... There you go. Yeah. So I put the little... At the start and finish. You do not. It's just like a cold start. Yes.

And so the audio just kind of starts and then it finishes. And I don't know, because we went through this whole process. In our very first episode, I brought all these whoosh options and we settled that whoosh and you don't even fucking use it. And you selected it. So you're mad that I just played... It is 13 to 2, Melbourne 10. I don't like that. Yes. You want these whoosh options and we settled that whoosh and you don't even fucking use it. And you selected it. So you're mad that I just played... It is 13 to 2, Melbourne 10. ...better like that.

Yes, I should have heard the... Because that's our... It's like... It's an identifier. It's part of our show's identity. Okay, well, I've got the whoosh here isolated. Yeah, because I put them in there in the first episode. They should all be there.

Oh, yeah, true. Oh, yeah, it is. So I could just play it and play the audio, if that would make you happier and get me to 10 out of 10 points it would actually i feel like there's got to be an easy way though you're really going to do yes oh here's the 3aw it's going to be tricky you have to click one and click the other really quickly here's a 3aw call it is 13 to 2 let me put on two different faders right there okay all right here is the lady 3AW call. It is 13 to 2. Melbourne Town 3AW.

That was actually seamless. That was seamless. And then I'll skip to the end. Does it give you a little countdown so you'll know when the grab's about to finish? Bye, Stephanie. Take care. Beautiful. Yeah, that was good, actually.

10 out of 10. A lot of brain power, to be honest. I can't commit to that every week. My fat fingers were already exhausted. I feel like they've run a marathon. It's nice to get it off my chest though. It's always bothered me. I don't know if people listening to this episode have any

future plans of listening back to old episodes but please keep an ear out. I always put our woosh that we as a team committed to. As a family. The unit. The listeners chose too. Yep, very true. And then you've just abandoned her.

You don't ever bother to put her on your sound effects. Oh, it's a very busy week for me. I hosted the fucking Arias. Give me a break. Oh, I love that the isolated whoosh is still there. We could do like a fake grab. Yeah, we could. Ready, I'll be a news reporter.

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You get what I'm saying. Yeah, I know what you mean. Yeah. Yeah, we could. It was too lazy to do it. I love them. They are very fun, aren't they? I love the whoosh.

It's a good whoosh. For season three, should we change up the whoosh? Absolutely not. We could. What is it? It's a fucking Star Trek thing. Beep-bop. The spaceship's crashing into the Glorpnort.

Eric. No, I will not have this. You agreed to that whoosh. It has a special place in my heart. Wouldn't it be an absolute... Stop pressing it. People are going to get confused. We've wired their brains to think that that's a start and finish of an old piece of audio. Anyway, guys.

Anyway, we're back next week. Episode 51. And then it's the downward slope to the new year. We haven't worked out how many more episodes until we're going to wrap up for season two. But we'll have an announcement on that soon. Well, I now have the next seven weeks of sleeping in. I don't have to set my 3.45 a.m. alarm again until mid-January. That's heaven.

Kyle and Jackie O are on holiday, so I don't have to get up early anymore. So I've got so much life in me. I can just power through. Are you going away? No. Bougainvillea at Christmas? Yeah, I will be heading back home. We'll talk about that in the Christmas episode.

We will be back. I just assume we're doing a Christmas episode. Probably. Back next week, guys. Thanks for listening. Five-star review. If you don't mind, and if you want to join the secret Facebook group full of idiots, there's a lot of behind-the-scenes goss too and stuff that we don't talk about on this

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and now we have hundreds of people trying to enter. We don't let them in unless they know the answer to the entry questions. Good luck. Crafty. All right, we will see you guys next week. Thanks for listening. See you, Mitchell.

Catch you then. Bye-bye. Is it just me? Don't forget to subscribe and leave a review on your podcast app. Or follow on Spotify. Welcome to ADD Brief. This is the secret segment on the end. It is.

We hope to trick people out of listening. And this is the answer you need to get into the Facebook group. Yeah. The question is, what's the name of the secret segment on the end. It is. We hope to trick people out of listening. And this is the answer you need to get into the Facebook group. Yeah. The question is, what's the name of the secret segment? The answer is AD Debrief. And everyone else, we've got all these pending people. And it's just like, I don't know. Let's go to one now.

Someone said, I just follow your TikTok. Well, then you're not getting in the group. You don't count as a valued listener. Sorry. Endurant idiots. The name Endurant me, idiots, a valued listener sorry endurant idiots the name endurant me in idiots means that you are endurant enough you listen to the secret segment exactly or someone what's the name add brief they don't get the joke they're just spelling add brief dumbasses honestly hey this segment can often be like the crunchy chips at the bottom of a

chip bag it can be the best at other times it can be the simply the crunchy chips at the bottom of a chip bag. It can be the best. At other times, it can be simply the worst. Oh, yeah, totally. It's usually garbage. Like, we just go on weird tangents and talk shit. I liked, was it last week when we called our parents? That was cute, actually. Yeah, we called my parents and my sister.

You know that I, for the very first time, uploaded something from AD Debrief as an episode highlight. Really? Yeah. It went up as its own standalone little preview. What was it? Us calling our parents. time uploaded something from AD Debrief as an episode like highlight. Yeah. It went up as its own standalone little preview. What was it? Us calling our parents. Oh. Because it was quite good.

So that was something good that came out of AD Debrief. That made some people cry. It did. And it really showed off how different our parents are. Well, if there's one thing we've learned, if something works, let's do it until it's dead. So why don't we ring, let's ring your sister. thing we've learned. If something works, let's do it until it's dead. So why don't we ring, let's ring your sister.

But then we have to call your sisters to show that how different the sisters are to each other. Yeah, we called my sister last week, so avid listeners will have to go back and listen. So just take a mental note. Was it last week? Yeah. Okay, well in a nutshell, what are your siblings like? Are they different to you? Well, my sister's a cop.

Straight to the point. Very funny, my older sister. And we get along like a house on fire. She's the point very funny my older sister and we get along like a house on fire she's very me then my younger sister no she's just cute to boot very introverted um very smart and sensible yeah okay the opposite of me in some ways well me and my siblings we couldn't be more polar opposites to each other in terms of like on the surface yes because nicole's quite a you know sensible polite very nice well-mannered yeah family woman yes she's got children yeah married yep very wholesome has a house to look after, a dog. And then my brother is a fucking dopey straight tradie that plays football and is always covered in dirt and has a bruise at least some spot in his body. A bruise.

Man of very few words, like absolute ochre Aussie bloke. And then there's me, who's just a bloody effervescent drunk poof. Yeah, exactly right. How did we all come from the same parents? I want to ring your sister then out of those comparisons. Aussie bloke. And then there's me, who's just a bloody effervescent drunk poof. Yeah. Exactly right. How do we all come from the same parents? I want to ring your sister then out of those comparisons. I've met your sister. We're very similar in terms of sense of humor. I was going to say, the same jokes that I get laughs from from you, I got from her.

Yeah, like she, we have the same. That's what I meant when I said that like on the surface we're very different. Yes. But we're very similar personality wise. Mark, similar personality-wise, Mark, Nicole and I. Let's ring Nicole. Sure. Send me a number. Pass me the phone.

It's kind of late. The kids might be in bed. They'll be fine. What are they called again? Jemima and... No, we're in Anna. Moses and the Ark. Thank you.

So I wonder if they'll talk to me on the phone. I talk to them on video chat a lot, but they have never – I don't think I've spoken to them on the phone before. That'll be a first. Or are they like the Mormon kids that don't know what a phone is? Will they be fine? No, they play iPad and shit. No, good.

Also, she does – she hates phone calls. Oh, no. She did answer. Hello, it's Mitchell and Mitchell. Hey. Well, hi. Hi. What's happening?

I'm just reading bedtime stories. Oh, don't let us stop. and Mitchell. Hey. Well, hi. Hi, what's happening? I'm just reading bedtime stories. Oh, don't let us stop. You continue. So they are still awake. I was just saying I wasn't sure if they would be. No, I was reading the story. She only has two kids, but it sounds like there's hundreds. She's at a crash.

What book are you reading, Em? Noah, what's this book called? What's the book about? It's called Find Out About Feelings. And on each page it talks about some kid and what they did that day. And then it's like, do you think they felt happy or sad? And you've got to lift the flap and choose the right expression for what they were feeling. Oh.

It's actually quite helpful, really. Yeah. Am I on speaker? You were, but then I couldn't hear you because these two are just too loud. We'll be polite. I was going to say hi to Noah. Hey, Noah. Uncle Mitch wants to talk to you.

Hi, Noah. Hi. Hi. Are you going to talk to you. Hi, Noah. Hi. Are you going to Nan and Pop's for Christmas? Yeah. I'll see you there. We'll see Uncle Mitchell at Christmas. Yeah. I'm so happy.

Oh, how cute. I can't wait. I feel like I need to get him a better Christmas present now after that. And, Noah, it's me, Santa Claus. Oh can't wait. I feel like I need to get him a better Christmas present now after that. And Noah, it's me, Santa Claus! Ha ha ha ha ha! Do you know who Santa is, Noah? Yeah. So Noah, maybe it's time to get you some new shoes. I know that your current favourite pair, I got you, right? Yeah.

Do you have a new favourite colour? Blue. Blue. Blue. All right. Ken do. What about Anna? Anna. Anna.

I can't tell them apart. Is that Anna saying Nana? Yeah. I thought so. I'm not getting any of that. Do they live in a Westfield? I feel like we're in a food court. Hi, Anna.

Oh, forget about it. Hang up. See you, family. Merry Christmas. I did not decipher any of that, just so you know. Sorry, they're climbing over me. I've got no idea what's going on. Yeah, family. Merry Christmas. I did not decipher any of that, just so you know. Sorry, they're climbing over me. I've got no idea what's going on. Yeah, right.

Put them to bed and go have a wine. She doesn't drink. Oh, God. Have an apple juice at least, something. Spiky blood sugar. Bye. All right. I couldn't do that.

See you. Bye. Bye. Bye. Well, that about sums up her life. She's happy? Yeah. No, they're not usually do that. Have fun with that. See you. Bye. Bye. Bye. Well, that about sums up her life. She's happy? Yeah. No, they're not usually like that.

They're usually, I can have a conversation with them, but even over the phone, I don't know what that was about. She was like, I'm reading them a book. Is that how you read? I don't want to make wild and baseless claims about my sister's parenting, but it sounded like she'd doped them. They were just like... In unison.

Yeah. It's almost like someone was giving them a Chinese burn on their arm, consistently, for 13 minutes. I'm not even convinced there was two of them there. It sounded like there were 14. Maybe she was secretly at the pub and she just went, shit, me and she are going to get caught out. Oh, yeah.

How does she not drink and have that life? I don't know. Whoa. The only thing that would get me through parenthood. Well, Noah's going to be happy to see me. That's good. I don't even have any babies to call. No.

Just compare to see if mine. He's got, I, um, it's like a thing every year that I get Noah and Anna. Yeah. The little kid-sized Converse shoes. Yeah. And they're so cute. I can't wait to go buy a new one. It's for Christmas this year.

And we got Hayden and I were in the Balenciaga store over the weekend because it was a sale. It's the only reason we can afford to go there. And they've got little mini Balenciaga shoes that are like $8,000. What? For babies. It's like their foot will grow in six months and you'll never be able to wear them again. Well, that's a waste. I wouldn't do that. There's no value. I'm going to dress my children'll never be able to wear them again. Well, that's a waste. I wouldn't do that.

I'm going to dress my children exclusively in Kmart. Oh, I know what my brother's up to. Can you call him too? May as well while we're at it. Yeah, do it. Are we going to call either of your siblings? I can call if you want. No, it's only if you feel like it's actually going to highlight

how different they are. You don't have to if you don't want to. My little sister will hate that we call her on the podcast. Oh, would she? She would hate it. Would not enjoy it at all. She doesn't want any part in this. Oh, Mark's been on before, actually.

Mark has been on before when we did Straight Talk. Yeah. With Pitho. So we've established that Nicole is wrangling her herd of children, trying to put them to bed. Let's see what Mark's up to. See if there's any stark difference. Probably on a lake fishing.

On the spit. Put a girl on the spit. Maybe Dot should come back. Oh, yeah. What's something that he does that I can... Shit! It's probably the private number. I'll leave a message.

No, call again. Hello, darling. Dot Wiggins here. You popped into my apartment the other day to work on the brickwork. Just wanted to say it's a brilliant job. The caulking and the grout

fantastically done I just want to say I'm proud of you thank you darling hoo hoo hoo hoo I love that that's become

Dot's like hoo her catchphrase you're saying hoo to questions that make no sense. How old are you? Who? You go on, let's speak to Neil.

Who? Bloody hell. Should we call him one more time? Yeah, go on, try again. I reckon he wouldn't have answered because it's a private number. Here we go. If you persist, he'll answer. Here we are.

I probably think it's the feds. He's probably on the run, let's be honest. So he might be dodging the call on purpose. Am I being dot or am I being... Oh, it'll just be me. It's fine. I think we've exhausted dot enough for one episode. One more.

He'll be like, oh, fuck, they called again. Maybe I should answer. And then the third time he'll go, ah, I better. I better take it. Get off me dick to some girl that he found at the local pub. He's a gentleman. Hello. About time you answered.

I said you'd answer on the third one. Well, your phone's on no caller ID. No, Mark. I'm calling from the studio. We're doing the podcast. Mitchell too. I'm here as well. Hi, mate.

Oh, shit. Don't worry. No, you just need to answer. Hi, mate. Oh, shit. Don't worry. No, you just need to answer a question honestly. It's nothing bad. We're just checking in to see how different my siblings are to each other and myself. So we've already called Nicole and asked what she's up to. So what are you currently up to? Not much.

Okay. Thanks for your time, everyone. Thanks, Mark. Appreciate you coming on the show. Do you want to know what I'm doing? Yeah. Be honest. I'm watching some cricket on the TV from 2012.

What's the point? Oh, my God. Couldn't you just Google the result? Nah, I've seen it before, just not much on TV, eh? So it's like when you go back and watch an episode of Friends, except it's a four-hour game of cricket. It's a test match. It goes for five days.

Jesus. What day are you on? One. Oh, you're going to make it to the end? I don't know. How long do you reckon it goes for? Five days. As in what is a one day?

Yeah. Oh, like fucking six hours or something. Yeah. Did I get that right? Yeah. Mark doesn't even know. I just had to guess that. But don't they have to do like, don't they, because it's a gentleman's sport, they don't

have half time. They have lunch and recess and shit. Yes, they do. Yes, lunch and tea and shit like that. Jesus. Tea? Grow up. They would have been ball tampering in 2012 as well.

They wouldn't have given a shit. Oh, get over it, Mitchell. That's the one reference I know. Anyway, who's winning? The Indies? Or the West? The West Indies or the North Indies? Yeah, the North.

North Indies. They want those ashes. Do they have teams like the North Indy Mighty Ducks or like the South Pakistan Sloths? Yeah. Yeah. This is weird. Or the Mumbai Monkeys.

They do. Not the international teams, but then you have your competitions in India where they have the Mumbai or whatever you just said. Monkeys, Mumbai Monkeys, yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. I like the Tristledon Tigers too, they're my team.

Yeah. Boom. We'll enjoy. Mitch and I are part of the Parramatta poofs. Yeah, I bet. Yeah, we are. We'll have a bit of ball tampering. All right, mate.

I don't. Just joking. Thank you for coming on, buddy. We appreciate it. No, no. Thank you for your time. It was bloody unreal. Next time you get a call from a private number, just assume it's us.

Yeah. No. Well, I will ring three times. Yeah. I knew it would be the third one. That's our calling card. All right, Marky. Love you to work.

Love you to work. Love you to bits. See you, buddy. Bye, guys. He's gone. Should we quickly ring Becky Cheery? Go to the other one. No, she won't answer.

I'm telling you now. Oh, go on. I'll try. She'll know I'm recording. They'll know that she did. My radio shows on in nine minutes. I have to go. I'll try. She'll know I'm recording. They'll know the shtick. My radio shows on in nine minutes. I have to go. Doesn't matter.

I'll go on with you. No. You're the one that wanted to call your sister. Sorry, that was the mic arm. She'll be freaking out going, who the fuck is this? Hi, it's Rach. Leave a message. Please leave a detailed message. Fun fact, that's my

other sister, because Rachel didn't want to do her own voicemail. Okay, that sums it up perfectly. That sums it up. That's Becky doing Rachel's voicemail. Bless it a bit. I do have to go. The radio show is on very soon. If you want to hear my sister Becky, go to last week's episode and you can hear her chat. Great episode! See you on

episode 51. Happy 50th, darling, and congratulations on signing. Oh, yes, right back at you, darling. We're now an iHeart podcast. If there's an ad for, you know, Australian eggs after this, hey, I know we laughed at it a year ago, but it's making us money right now, so we'll take what we can get. Alright, guys,

we'll catch you back next week. See ya.