Is It Just Me? - #71: Getting Candid with Jack Vidgen

Episode Date: June 21, 2021

We have a very candid chat with our guest host Jack Vidgen about drugs, sobriety & all sorts of shit! Here's everything we got up to in this episode: Jenna fangirling over Jack Vidgen (02:26) Jack on his time working in aged care (06:42) Things better than drugs and dick (08:48) Accidentally dropping the f-bomb (12:19) Jack Vidgen’s cover of Driver’s License by Olivia Rodrigo (14:50) Jack is THAT bitch that ‘borrows’ clothes (17:25) Shit that people say wrong (20:53) Prank calling Abbie Chatfield (23:20) Chatting Drag Race Down Under (32:38) This week’s reviews (36:09) Our “Secret Segment” ADDebrief (38:57)   Follow us @coupleofmitchesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Don't forget Chin-On. Who? Now, here's Mitch Chudy and Mitchell Coombs. Yes, hello everyone. Welcome to the show. Hello, Mitchell. Hello, hello. Thanks for tuning in, guys.

We've got a special guest with us today. We do. Jack Vincennes in studio. Oh, hi. Hello, Jack boy. How are you? We're so good. You might remember Jack from many years ago.

Was it 2011 when you were that little kid on Australia's Got Talent everyone couldn't stop talking about? Oh, my God, this. Oh! Can you still hit that high note? Oh, fuck. Oh, wow. Oh, he can, he can.

It's not as easy. It's funny. Oh, my God, you can hit that note. Look at that. You just slipped into that. Fucking hell. It's funny. Oh, my God. You can hit that note. Look at that. You just slipped into that. Fucking hell. It's a bit screamy then. I was actually listening to this earlier and I was like,

even though that was Little Jack and your voice hadn't broken yet and now it has, your singing voice still sounds quite similar. Is there a similar tone? Yeah, there's a very similar tone. There's glimpses of old Jack in the young voice still. I love that. How old were you here? Some people lose their singing voice when it breaks.

No, honestly, I did. Did you? I lost my voice. Really? What happened? It just fucking left. I don't know. It packed its bags and it walked.

I found it. But I had to train my voice again to sound good. And then I started smoking and I lost it. Oh my god. Well, it's great to have you here. I'm a big fan of you. We love you. I love you guys. We know you outside of the pod. Jenna's here. Jenna definitely knows you,

don't you, Jenna? Yes, I do. I do indeed. Yes. Yeah, Prizekeeper Jenna had an interaction with you back in the Young Jack days. Or not an interaction as it turns out. Jenna, Prize Keeper Jenna had an interaction with you back in the young Jack days. Or not an interaction, as it turns out. Jenna, you tell the story. Okay. It was May 25th. Oh, my gosh.

There's a date. 2012. We're at South Sydney Juniors Club. Oh, my God. Why are we there is the first question. No. You were having a tour. Oh, the RSL tour.

The infamous RSL tour. I was front row. Oh, my God. Big fan having a tour. Oh, the RSL tour. The infamous RSL tour. I was front row. Oh, my God. Big fan. Big fan. And then afterwards, I was with my mum. Afterwards, she's like, why don't you go and meet Jack? Because you had a meet and greet after.

Yeah. At that little table, a little signing. I was about to go there and I just couldn't. I was like, I can't meet Jack Fitchin'. And here you are. We'll have to get a photo of you two before you go. We should have done a meet raffle as well just to make it authentic. No, but I remember it so well.

It was such a great concert. Really? Yes. I think that was when my voice was starting to break as well. Really? Was it that soon after AGT you lost it? Yeah, it was like straight away. Oh, my God, you're so sweet.

I love that. Because I remember afterwards talking to my mum and I'm like, he's so talented. He's such a great singer. It's incredible. While you were out in the green room, Jack, we were getting the studio ready. Jenna whimpers to us, I can't believe Jack Bitch is coming in.

It's one of those things. I feel like if you're a fangirl or someone, it just never leaves you. Oh, my gosh. Never. Oh, you are so sweet. I love that. We'll definitely have to get a photo. Finally, after all these years. We're. Oh, you are so sweet. I love that. We'll definitely have to get a photo.

Finally, after all these years. We're so sorry, Jack. I know. I love that. I have a Jack Viggen story, too. Do you? It's not as tragic. But it was school spectacular days.

Do you remember school spec? I do. I used to love school spec. I still do. What is that? Is that a Sydney thing? It's a real Sydney thing. But people, like country kids.

It's like a state public school thing? Yeah. Public school performance. Oh, no. What did you have buddy red faces day or something we had those two um but it's like all the public schools come together and it's like the performing arts sectors the dance and the drama come together actually quite wonderful honestly I did that with a thing called talent development project as well and it was so good for especially for public school kids it's essentially all the gay public school kids that

don't know they're gay yet completely yeah funny that you two met there i know well we didn't meet so i was performing quite clearly gay and uh i was doing a anzac memorial dance it was all very tone deaf yeah i hate to think what that could have possibly been i was in like i was in like car key with like a soldier and i was like you know i couldn't dance so i was always like the soldier because i just walked through the stage and pretend you've been shot at like so you weren't singing you were dancing dancing correct yeah while someone else was singing okay and we had like the dressing rooms weren't like glamorous it was like a open hall and all the kids would sit together like like a zoo yeah yeah but then we had a dressing room and we're like oh we're cool we're like top notch we have the anzac performance and we have a

dressing room so we all go in there we're having fun we're having our poppers and you know the vending machine and dancing playing space jump we were kids yeah and then poppers mean something different as adults oh yeah we like i said we didn't know we were gay yet no no no no no no we're talking like black current robina? No, we're talking like Black Current, Robina. Okay. And then the stage manager walks in, this hefty lady rumbles in, and she has keys on a lanyard. And then she's like, guys, you're going to have to leave. Jack Vision has requested this dressing room.

Wow. And to us, that was like Elton John has requested this dressing room. And we were like, oh, he needs it now. He's coming with his mum. And then you part us like the Red Sea. So we all go out into the hall. And then you are so gorgeous, so cute. Your hair is like platinum white.

You are like a kid. I think you're wearing like a black vest. I was such a little egotistical cunt as well. Really? Were you actually? Yeah. Yeah, because we were terrified of you. I made everyone terrified of me. We were.

I was such a little shit. Really? Yeah. What, just from winning and having the prize money? Yes. I mean, being 14, everyone in the world, not in the world, in Australia telling you, you're amazing, you're this, you believe it. Yeah.

And then I was like, I'm king shit. Yeah. And you kicked us out of our dressing room. Like, give me that fat kid's pop up. To be honest, if I had that power, I'd ask for a dressing room too. I'd rather have that than not have a dressing room. Oh my God, of course. Of course.

Oh God, I'm sorry. That is totally fine. But I've always remembered it. And like as the years went on, I'm still friends with those like drama friends. We always talk about that Jack Vigid moment. Oh my gosh. I'm sure a lot of people have a me moment like that where I was just a little shit. So good.

When did you have that self-aware moment where you're like, okay, I'm going to be less of an egotistical cunt? Your words, not mine. No, definitely my words. Probably a lot of other people's words as well. I was probably about 17 and I started realising, because like fame comes and goes. Sometimes it comes, sometimes it goes and doesn't come back. And when I started realising that nothing in this industry is guaranteed

and that I was at the time enjoying being famous more than I was enjoying being a singer. Right. That was when it kind of all started to click and I kind of stopped singing in general and stopped working in the industry and that was when I started working in aged care. Yeah, right. Because I was just like, I wanted to did a full 180 and wanted to experience something where it wasn't

about me and I really because I really imagine it wouldn't be glamorous oh no not in the slides I was wiping asses is that the grossest thing you have to do in aged care is there anything grosser than wiping asses um I mean this it's I worked in dementia care so care so it was quite full on so it wasn't the gross stuff that really I didn't really care about that but it was harder because I worked in dementia care and some of the overnight respite centres as well so

it's just hard to watch it's obviously old people have moments where it's just kind of a repeating situation of them not remembering where they are. And I think that's the hardest part is just watching that. Good for you, Jack, because that is tough work.

I had a friend that worked in aged care and she had to give it up in the end because she was like, I just can't handle forming a bond with these people and then they fucking die. Like she just couldn't handle that. Was it the same for you? Yeah, for sure. I mean, I wasn't in like palliative care,

but I was in kind of the step before that. Right. But they would have to leave and go to palliative care and I would know that they were probably going to die soon. Yeah. So, yeah, it was hard. But it was good. It was well.

I really enjoyed it and I loved it. And you're not there anymore, right? You don't do any of that. No. How long did you do that for? About two years, maybe a year and a half, two years. Wow. Yeah, I was 17.

Yeah, that's beautiful. So I wanted to know something better than drugs and dick, in your opinion. What's left? Oh, my God. What a segue. We do this segment with every guest that comes in. We've got a list of things better than drugs and dick.

It's like a way to remind our younger listeners that there's more to life than partying and boys. Which is crazily true. Yeah. Yes. Oddly enough, it is. We would believe. Things that we put on the list, little, you know,

small things in life. Yeah. Good crunch of an apple. What did Angela Bishop put? Her waterbed. Her waterbed, which is very niche. The most Angela Bishop thing ever. Well, she thinks it's better than those things.

I didn't realise that was still a thing. That's exactly what you said. You've got to fill it up and stuff. I said a good ear clean with a Q-tip. Oh. No, I don't do that. I did that once. Yeah.

And I fucking pushed it in too far and I jammed wax in there. Oh, no, no, no. And it wouldn't come out. And I had it for a week. My ear was blocked and I had to go to the doctor and they flushed it out. Oh, so definitely not on your list. Yeah. Okay, that's off.

I can grasp it from the list. No, no. I enjoy it. What else is there? A good floss? I like a good floss. Yeah. So is there any little things in life that you appreciate that we can add to the list?

He can think. More than drugs and dick. Yeah, right. This segment suits me well, actually. I went sober like three months ago. Really? Yeah. You're still sober now? Yeah. Wow. I don't know if I'd cope with that. Was it easy or? This segment suits me well actually I went sober like three months ago Really? Yeah You're still sober now?

Yeah Wow I don't know if I'd cope with that Was it easy or? Uh no Yeah right I was on some heavy shit as well So it's been a process

But things are good now I never even noticed I see you're poofed off all the time You never have a drink in your hand Well that's I mean that's I mean only the last few months Yeah yeah

But it's because I had everything else in my system I didn't need it Yeah right Okay So things better than drugs and dicks Two dicks DP Well, that's, I mean, that's only the last few months. Yeah, yeah. But it's because I had everything else in my system. I didn't need it. Yeah, right. Okay. So things better than drugs and dicks. Two dicks. DP. Yeah.

Poor Jenna's image of you. Her last image of you was standing up at an RSL soundstage. That young child star. I know. It's going to go so far. And you being like, ah, thanks guys for coming. I really appreciate it. And now you're talking about being rammed by two cucks.

What about sobriety? Is that something you recommend? You like it? You're feeling better? It's been incredible. It's something that was very needed though. But I've enjoyed the last three months of my life more than I have the last five years. Great.

Oh, that's good to hear. I can't recommend it enough. But the small things for me is I wake up usually about 5, 5.30 every morning. Wow. Oh, that's good to hear. I can't recommend it enough. But the small things for me is I wake up usually about 5, 5.30 every morning. Wow. Really? And that time of the morning is my favourite time now. It has been the last few months and just having a cup of coffee and writing down what I'm grateful for

and just having that kind of time at the start of the day is really special for me. Sort of early wake up. That could be cute. I didn't sleep beforehand for the last three months, so it's nice to have a bit of a routine now. All right. I've popped that on the list. 5am starts and writing a gratitude list.

Jack Vigil, that's a very good one. That is better than drugs and dick. Right? It's so much better. All right. Well, we should start the show. If it's your first time listening, what an episode to start on. Is it just me?

Already tackled DP. It's I'm Mitch, this is Mitch. Everyone's here. You're on. Yeah, I've been thrown by the double penetration. What do I normally say? We start the show the same way every week. Same way every week.

With two Is It Just Me. Something we've noticed, something we hate. All everyone say together. Appreciate. Mitch doesn't know mine. I don't know Mitch's. Do you have one, Jack? Do you have an itch him? And is it just me each?

We all do one. Is it just me? Mitch has got a migraine today. He's trying to mask it, but he's struggling. Do yours and then I might think of something. Okay, cool. That's a good idea. Should I go first, Mitch, or should you? I'll kick it off. Okay, here we go. First one of the show. Is it just me

or? Do you accidentally say fuck when it's really not appropriate? Oh, yeah, yeah. I let him drop the F-bombs and I just don't have any control over it. Yeah. I had a meeting the other day. Actually, before I left my job, the big boss at the radio station had a meeting with him and he actually swore first.

So I was like, great. Set the tone. Yeah. He's telling me it's safe to swear here. So we were fucking swearing left, right and centre. It was great. And then I'm like, I'm going to try this trick with my accountant. So I dropped a few F-bombs in our meeting trying to be like,

it's a safe space, bro. You can swear to me. He did not like it. Did he say that he didn't like it or did he like, it was just his face that said it all. all yeah and he just like didn't laugh i was like oh coming close to tax time at that fucking time of year and he's like yes yeah you've come at the right time yes oh no this is our accountant though right we have the same one yeah but this happens a lot not just not just accountants i'll do it at inappropriate times and they they're like, are you right? Yeah. I will often laugh in the wrong, like the wrong situation.

Like I just think I throw it in there to like smooth it over. Like I laughed yesterday at Baker's Delight when they said they were out of olive and cheese swirls. We don't have any. I'm like, I would cry. I wouldn't laugh. I just laughed to fill the void. But the question is, is there a void?

Right. Oh my God. That's that 5am wake up. You know what I love to do at the moment? I think it makes people feel a bit awkward, but when you're talking with someone, obviously I think it's very good to be connected. And then when there's like no one says anything,

I love just looking at them. Oh, no, Jack. And just like feeling the connection. Yeah. A lot of the time people laugh. Really? Just to feel it? Like you. Just unbroken eye contact from a distance. like feeling the connection yeah just like just and they a lot of the time people laugh really yeah just unbroken eye contact from a distance that's that's nice that's horrific because there's nothing i don't think that like there's there are no voids it's all just like i agree there's no

there's no situation that is an awkward situation unless you allow it to be totally Totally. Just fill the void. Ease the tension. Don't do this to me. Oh, you just reminded me. Is that a void? We're going to get Jack to do a sound of silence call later in the show. That silence reminded you? It did. It did. I forgot to mention this at the start of the show, but we're going to get you to do one of our prank calls.

We have to play Sound of Silence by Dami going into that. Oh, that used to be in the intro. That's a good song. We do have the Simon and Garfun by Dami Im going into that. Oh, that used to be in the intro. That's a good song. We do have the Simon and Garfunkel version, but that's all right. Fuck that. But anyway, Jack, I know that it's not just me that says fuck it in appropriate times because you were in this very studio quite recently doing a cover of Driver's License by Olivia Rodrigo.

Oh, I remember this. And obviously on radio, I'm not allowed to swear. You forgot that rule, didn't you? I know. I did. And I was saying it to myself and saying it to whoever was here with me. I was like, I can't swear. I can't swear. I can't swear. I can't swear. And then I said, fuck. I mean, they are

the words, to be fair. I've got the grab if you want to play it. So this is from the Kyle and Jackie O show live performance. It's a very good cover, by the way. You said forever now I drive alone past your street. Red cover by the way I am you said forever now I drive alone past your street red lights

stop signs I still see your face in the white cause front yards can't drive past the places

we used to go to cause I still fucking love you, babe You panicked in the radio station. What? I was panicking. But you, no, you like,

And I know we were perfect Yeah, I tried not to let it, like, come through. If you watch the video, I'm my face, I'm shitting myself. Really? I'm about to get taken off. They're never going to have me back. It is beautiful.

Hold on, listen to this. This is... Oh, my God. Wow. So good. Thank you. I'm not just saying this to, like, lick your ass, but I don't think I've ever heard you,

even at parties and stuff when you're just singing along to the music, I don't think I've ever heard you get a wrong note. You're just too drunk to even realise. There is that. Or I'm too drunk to realise. You can go quite high as we just heard. What's the lowest note you can do? Oh, shit.

Guys, he was doing that unbroken eye contact thing as well. It was very off-putting. That's low. That's those Winfield blues coming in. How low can you go? How are you? G'day. That's slow.

Jenna? I like that. Oh, my God. Thank you so much. Well, I'm a trained operatic singer, Jackson. That's it. You look like you're giving head. Yeah, you were really leaning into that mic with your mouth open.

It's a sexual show. So sexually charged. Fuck. Fuck. All right. My turn? Yep, you go for it. Let's do it.

Is it just me or? Do you just hate it when someone borrows your clothes and just never returns it? Oh, I'm that bitch. Oh. Oh. Yeah. Really? I am.

Not on purpose. Sometimes on purpose. Yeah yeah do you ever return the clothes yeah when they're really yeah but it took me like i've gave a pair of pants back to my friend the day it took me three years so there's still time mitchell coos i said not to bring this up i'm furious i even would not let me talk about what did you borrow oh i was telling you last week and then i said no and you're like bring it up with Jack when he's in. I was like, no, I don't need to bring it up. But that sounds a bit petty now.

I feel fucking idiot. Jack, you stole some of Mitchell's clothes and never returned them. Oh, I did? Yeah. You borrowed. What did I borrow? And it was his favourite. His grandma's knitted sweater.

Stop. I have the audio of you telling the story on the show last week. No. Want to hear it? Here's the audio, Jack. Ready? One time I had a house party and I invited him and his boyfriend. And they had just come from the races, so they were blind and really dressed nicely.

And I said, oh, well, that doesn't look comfortable. Do you want to slip into something of mine? I'll lend you like some trackies and a jumper or whatever so you can be more comfy. Very sweet. Same size. And as I went to the cupboard and opened it up i thought fuck i hope he doesn't choose my favorite jumper which i've only had for a matter of days oh no i went to an op shop and i got this really cute knitted jumper and then sure enough he wore them home and i've never seen

them since you should bring that up with him you really should do an intervention on the pod no it's been years i that feels a bit petty, being like, oh, you dog, you stole my clothes. Remember when this happened, Jack? Have a laugh about it. We'll move on. Have fun about it. No, it's fine. I'll let it slide.

Yeah. Let it breathe. Water under the bridge. I won't bring it up. All right. When was this? When was that recorded? That was last week.

I was telling him last week and I said, no, let's not bring it up. And now here you fucking are bringing it up. Oh, my gosh. I'm trying to remember the sweater. Where were we? My place. I'll see if I can find a photo of the sweater. Hold on.

I'll buy you a new one. No, it's fine. I've clearly moved on, although I'm still talking about it three years later. Shut up. You brought this up. I said I wasn't going to. So you said you've actually returned clothes three years later. I think, well well two years so this

this pair of pants that i took back to a friend the other day it was it was about two years ago that i borrowed them but i thought i'd lost them yeah and i was gonna i offered to pay for them he was like no it's fine anyway my mom was going through some of my shit she lives up the coast yeah and she was like i've got some of your old clothes here and then those pants were in there and then i wore them and i put them up for my instagram story my friend was like you said you're fucking awesome here i found the photo this just goes to show how long ago it was because i still got my really short twink i remember that sweater lovely isn't it it's a lovely sweater show me flip it i want to see i wore it a few times actually i'm glad it got some wear. Oh, we put that up on our Instagram. Oh, that's a nice sweater.

But it wasn't very comfortable, I remember. How dare you? How dare you? Is it just me? Make sure you hit follow on your podcast app so you don't miss a second of this bullshit. Our gyms are out of the way. Jack, have you got an is it just me for us?

It's so fine if not. We can skip straight to the prank call. No, I do. Oh, good. I'll fire it. I'll fire it. Then you continue straight after. Ready?

Okay. Okay, here we go. Is it just me or? Do you really hate it when people say I could care less rather than I couldn't care less? Yes. Yes, I do. It just fucking gets to me. I couldn't care less. Yes! Yep. Yes, I do. It just fucking gets to me. I can't stand it.

Right? I could care less. I cannot stand it. Yeah, it just means that you could care less. It doesn't make sense. Yeah, it means you care. Yeah. I don't care.

Dope. Oh, my God. There's a few of these. I can't think of any off the top of my head, but there are so many things that people say wrong like that. Yeah. I'm going to Google it. Hold on. No, because I rememberardashian there was an episode of keeping up with the kardashians yeah where she brought this up and i was like wow i'm actually connecting with kim we have the same we're the same person and there was a couple more

all right i've just done a quick google search and i've found so many examples that i agree with it fucks me off when people say these things when people say off your own back oh i decided off my own back instead of bat yeah yeah another one i've got one play it by year yeah it's played by year yes play it by year by year play it by year what else what else um What else? On a win, it's whim. Whim, yeah. It's whim. I've got 25 phrases people often say wrong. I don't have to go with...

Oh, nip it in the bud versus nip it in the butt. Which one do you think it is? It's bud. Bud. It's bud. It's bud. What's bud mean? It's like the bud of...

Isn't it like a cigarette? Of a bud. Yeah, it is. I don't think so. Wouldn't it be nip it in the bud like a flower bud so it doesn't grow? I thought it was a flower bud? Yeah, it is. I don't think so. Wouldn't it be nibbled in the butt like a flower bud so it doesn't grow? I thought it was a flower bud. Wait, no, a cigarette butt is a cigarette butt, not a bud. Yeah, of course.

So it's a flower bud. We're all idiots. Literally. Fuck. You know what I hate? When people say, I want to get it right. Ask me if I know Terry. Do you know Terry?

Oh, yeah. He come over the other week. Oh, yeah. Right? That's not hard. He come over. Yeah, I hate it. And also, people are like, oh, he'd come over the other week. Oh, yeah, I know. Right? That's not hard. He'd come over. Yeah, I hate it. And also, people are like, oh, I shouldn't have done that.

It's shouldn't have done that. Yeah, yeah. Please. Yeah. What about when people say, oh, I'll arx instead of ask? Like, A-K-S. Oh, I've got to arx them. Oh, my God.

This one kind of ties in with your aged care experience. Apparently, a lot of people confuse Alzheimer's disease with old-timers disease. She's got early onset old-timers. What's old-timers disease? Nothing. You're an old-timer. You're old.

Yeah. All right, should we get into this Sound of Silence prank call? Yeah, why not? This is going to be fun. Let's do it. Hello, darkness, my old friend. Yeah, Sound of Silence. We didn't warn Jack that he'd be required to do a prank call of sorts

when he was coming in here, but hey, are you down? I'm down. I'm nervous. I hate these kinds of things. Really? Because I feel really awkward. It's actually beautiful because you technically don't have to say anything, so it actually works, right?

Yeah, you start the call and then you can freak out and just shut up. It's perfect. That's the game. Okay. So we've done it with a few guests. I believe penfold is in the lead i think she got over two minutes but how it works is you call someone yeah and you have a bit of a chat and then once they ask you a question it might be oh how have you been yeah and then you just go um and so you're thinking about the answer so i can um and uh only at the start and then you leave as much silence

as possible. And then when you feel like it's about to, like they're about to hang up, you're allowed to extend that silence by saying one bridging phrase, which could be something like, yeah, I'm still here. Or, oh, one sec. Hold on. Wait, wait, wait one second. Yeah.

Like to keep them going. I have anxiety. Once you're silent, you're only allowed to speak one more time. And it's just to kind of try and keep them stringing along. And so we thought when you were on I'm a Celeb, Get Me Out of Here on Channel 10, you became quite chummy in the jungle with our mate Abby Chatfield. So we thought give her a buzz,

see how much silence you can create because she likes to chat. So she might not leave that silence, will she? When was the last time you spoke to Abby Chatfield or called her out of the blue? Probably when I was on Kyle and Jackie last. They tried to call her because I went to her housewarming when I was in drag. Right. So random.

I was there too and I did not know it was Jack for like half an hour. And then he came and spoke to me and I was like, hey. Oh my God, that's Jack. I had no idea. People think you look like Sophie Monk in drag, I think. Yeah, you do. That's a huge compliment. Yeah, take it around.

Not to her, God. All right, so she might not expect a call from you. No, I mean, I don't really call her out of the blue. We messaged probably like a week ago because I was inviting her to my single launch, but she's already writing her book. So hopefully she's not secluded writing her book right now. Yeah, you might have to do,

oh, how have you been? Let's catch up. And then she'll be like, oh, when are you free? Silence. All right, your phone is plugged into the desk so we can hear the call it's not coming from no caller id which is good so she will she'll know it's me she'll know it's you um we're turning our mics off okay and uh the timer starts once she asks you a question fuck we're going cold jack see you soon. See you on the other side. Okay, bye. Hey, darling.

Hi, how are you? Good, how are you? Are you there, babe? Oh, shit. No! Fuck! She has no patience. That was five seconds. What a cat.

No. Oh, my God. She's calling me back. Okay. Do it again. What do I do? Do it again. Hold on.

We're going off. Hold on. Hold on. Make sure you um and ah. Okay. Hey, doll. How are you? Sorry.

I'm just driving home from... I'm much of a cousin from Byron, so it's like... Oh, my God. How was it? Were you writing your book? Yeah. No. I've actually stopped writing the book.

Really? Yeah, I got too much work on. I'm too fucking busy. That's fair. I mean, you do a lot. Yes, I just went and visited a friend in Byron. Then I'm driving to see mum now. Oh, gorgeous.

Oh my god, your mum. I love your mum. Give her my love. Yeah. Oh my god, I will. What's up, babe? Oh my god, this fucking reception.

Hello, you there? Jack! My love. Ah, Jack, wait let me... I added that to the first call, so it's 19 seconds. It's just all a bit... Oh, she's calling back.

Let's explain this time. Let's explain this time. You answer it, then we'll say hello. We'll say surprise. Babe. Jesus fucking Christ. All right, tell me what's up. Sorry, Abby.

It's us. Mitch, Mitch and Jenna. We're fucking with you. Hello, babes. We got you. What? We have a game called Sound of Silence. I'm with Mitch and Mitch.

Where we just see how long people can keep others on the phone in total silence before they hang up. You do not have much patience, darling. Oh, no, I'm driving. No, no, I'm driving. No, actually, I was just on the phone to my friend and I'm driving from Byron to Brisbane. Oh, right. And so it's been cutting out anyway.

I'm so glad it been cutting out anyway. I'm so glad it was cutting out because it saved the awkwardness if you were just like at home and I had to be silent. The record for this game, for this sound of silence, the record is over two minutes. You lasted 19 seconds. You bitch. You bitch. She's a busy, you know what?

She's a busy girl. She's a busy bitch. She's got work to do. Babe, I just had a breakdown. Abby, don't give up on the book. It's going to be awesome. No, I am. You know, I'll tell you all about it another time,

but I just need a break from the writing, you know. She's a busy bitch. Yes, she's a busy bitch. Do you know what will happen during that break? All the inspo will come to you just out of nowhere, and you'll get it done. It actually has already. I've gotten a few ideas to my friend

that I saw last night, so maybe I will just get it done. Anyway, enjoy. I love you guys. She's going to hang up on us now. She's like, fuck off. Oh my god. I love you. Are you on the pod? Yeah, a couple of Mitch's pod. Oh, have fun. They're really fun. Love the Mitch's.

Love the couple of Mitch's. Oh, we love you. Alright They're really fun. Love the Mitches. Love the couple of Mitches. Oh, we love you, Abby. All right, love to you. Bye. Sorry, Tunnel, Abby. Sorry, Tunnel. Sorry, Tunnel. Oh, my God.

Okay, it wasn't as awkward as I thought. I started fidgeting. When I get nervous, I fidget a lot. Yeah. You were great. What was your bridging term? Babes. My love.

My love. My love. Oh, that's the best. We love Abby. Oh, well, Jack, it was so good to have you on. Thank you. Thanks for coming in. What a pleasure.

Don't forget, guys, you can stream Jack's new single, Love Me Lonely. It's out now. Plus, I believe, check his socials. There might be a show coming up soon in Sydney. Yeah. Ooh. At Jack Viggen, is that right?

Yeah. At Jack.Viggen. There we go. Keep an eye out. Mosh ticks to get the tickets too. The song is amazing, Rudy. We've got a little grab of that. Call me.

40 million people who don't know me. I've got to say, this song is amazing, we've got a little grab of it. I've got to say, this song is the sort of one where if I'm sitting like at Pooftoof, maybe on the couch it's over in the corner. If this one came on, I'd be like,

get up, get up. I'm good, I love that. Did you honestly design this song for Pooftoof? Absolutely. It's the gayest song. What's Love me lonely? Are you in a relationship right now?

No. Is it about that? No. No. It was about my relationship with drugs. Oh. Before going sober. Yeah.

Wow. Did you feel the most lonely you've ever felt on drugs? No, because I was escaping my reality. Yeah. And so I would kind of, I mean, it's about a lot of things, but I think they only love me when I'm lonely. It was kind of the feeling of not being enough without the drugs and people not needing you or wanting you or loving you or whatever.

But probably as well the people that I was doing drugs with, they only love me when I'm lonely because when I'm doing drugs, I'm not my loneliest, like, internally without even knowing it. Very deep meaning behind the song. It is. But you know what? Especially the last year, two years, it's been a shit show in terms of that stuff in my personal life.

But I've had the best times of my life as well in partying and in clubs and especially in gay clubs and with my community. And it's kind of like bringing those two worlds together of like okay it's been there's some heavy shit that's been happening but also I've had the time of my life in clubs and that's kind of wanting to bring like the heavy meaning with the dance yeah like this song it's got such a heavy

meaning but you sound so happy you're like like you've got a smile on your face while talking about really deep shit totally I love it question before you go because are you doing drag just for fun these days Like you've got a smile on your face while talking about really deep shit. Totally. I love it. Faking it till I make it. Question before you go, because are you doing drag just for fun these days? Yeah. So Jacqueline Vagine.

Well, I've done it, what, twice now. Is that all? Yeah. Oh, you look pro in it. Thank you. Oh, I didn't do it. I didn't do my makeup. Oh, you get it.

Do you get another drag queen to do it? Well, first of all, my Hanaconda did my face the first time. And then my housemate, it's by Brandon, like on socials. He's like a content creator. He's like so talented. He was on the TikTok Marnie Garfield with me and he's like a whiz at makeup. So obviously you're going to look stunning with him around. Yeah, exactly.

Well, our beloved Mitchell Coombs, by the time this episode airs, will have done his first performance in drag. Oh my God, when? I'm doing a show in Brisbane over the weekend And I There's a drag element to it But it's like I have to do stand up comedy And then there's an intermission And then I have intermission to get into drag And I'm like it's gonna take a long time to look good

So I feel like it's gonna be a little bit Wait how long's the intermission? Fucking as long as an intermission is Like not very I feel like it's gonna be very like budget Like quick drag Yeah So how long did you take to get into drag?

Oh god Um All up the process was probably a few hours Jesus That's what I mean Quick drag. Yeah. So how long did you take to get into drag? Oh, God. All up the process was probably a few hours. Jesus. That's what I mean. I reckon I'm going to look a bit scabby. So, yeah. We'll see.

We should get Jack back in and we should. Oh, no. I was going to say you should do our drag makeup, but you don't know how to do it. Yeah. We'd have to get Brandon in. I'd love to get to drag. Jenny, you could be a drag king. Yes. I want to do that.

I'll chat to Brandon. I'll see if he would be keen to do something like that. That would be cute. Get Brandon in. That is amazing. That would be so much. I'd look like E. I'll chat to Brandon. I'll see if he would be keen to do something like that. That would be cute. Get Brandon in. That is amazing. That would be so much fun. I'd look like Eureka O'Hara. No one watches.

Did you watch Drag Race? Yeah. Yeah, I'd look like Eureka for sure. I loved Eureka. I agree. And everyone's like, oh, she's coming back for All Stars. I know, I saw. Everyone's like, she's so annoying.

I'm like, I want her to win. What do you think of Drag Race Down Under? Look, it's rough. Yeah. Yeah. And I don't know if they handle the controversy well um yeah they really kind of just brushed over that oh you did black faced ones there but also there's another queen in there that's that's been alleged by or not blackface but uh karen

um yeah what did karen that's so disappointing yeah karen yeah look into it um but she has a collection of gollywogs, which are, yeah, black-faced dolls, and she has a gollywog tattooed on her leg that she's had removed. But, you know, I don't want to cancel people out. I feel like people can redeem themselves, especially if this goes back years ago. But I feel like it's tainted the season.

The editing was a bit choppy. I've loved it, to be honest. I don't know why. It's all a bit of odd. I've loved it, to be honest. I don't know why. It's all a bit of a shit show. I've barely watched any other drag race, so I've got nothing to compare it to. It's why I love the Aussie version. Yeah.

I love it too because it feels... You can relate to it. Yeah. The jokes and like I knew a couple of the queens on it and like they got up so early that I was so sad. Yeah, I know. I know, right? Coco was out early.

I know. Maxie in the middle. All the ones I was rooting for. Same. Yeah. Anyway, hopefully season two is better if we get one. I was so sad. I know, right? Coco was out early. I know. All the ones I was rooting for. Same. Anyway. Hopefully season two is better if we get one. I really want Hannah to be on. Hannah Konda to be on next season. I love Hannah Konda. I'm sure she will. I hope so. She's fabulous. She's

hilarious. Would you do Drag Race ever? No. I'm not a drag queen. That would just be disrespectful to all the queens that are put in the hard yards. Just because I fucking put on a wig and a bit of lip gloss and call myself a drag queen doesn't make me a drag queen. Or quickly tell Jack your drag name. Well, we were talking about this last week and we settled on Ophelia Puss. But I've since changed it.

Why? I want something a bit more gender neutral because at the end of the day, I'm not going to feel your puss. Why would I ever do that to anyone? I feel your buss. I feel your buss. I'm not doing that. I hate buss as a word. That's vile. Buss is fine.

I hate the word bussy. Buss is hard. I feel your box. That's male or female. That's funny because in the law and the backstory, you're cousins tophelia Box. That's male or female. That's funny because. That's funny. I quite like that. No, that's good because in the lore and the backstory, you're cousins to Fifi Box. Yeah.

Yes. Yeah, that is it. That's the real thing. Yeah, you're Fifi Box's cousin. I love that. Oh, my God. Why would I claim that I'm Fifi Box's cousin? No, I'm claiming it.

Ophelia Box is Fifi Box's cousin. Oh, my God. I love it. This is gold. You know what my dragon before I went sober was going to be? Anita Bag. That's brilliant. I like that.

That's brilliant. What else did we have last week? We had some other options. Ophelia Flaps. Ophelia Flaps. I love the way you say it as well. Ophelia Flaps. I would be Donna Kebab.

Why? Because Donna Kebab. I love that. It's a type of kebab. Donna Kebab. I've never Donna Kebab. I love that. It's a type of kebab. Donna Kebab. I've never heard of that. Yeah. Neither.

Really? Donna Kebab. Yeah, it's called a Donna Kebab. I think Donna's like halal. It's like, I don't know. But is it pronounced Donna? No, D-O-N-E-R. Dona.

Donna Kebab. But I'll be Donna Kebab. Okay. I mean, I don't have any plans in the near future. You should. Jack, it was so good to have you in. Oh my God, thanks for having me. Lovely to see you again. I know. I will try and find that sweater the near future. You should. Jack, it was so good to have you in here. I adore you. Thanks for having me. Lovely to see you again.

I know. I will try and find that sweater and bring it back to you. It's fine. It's yours. Keep it. My ex-boyfriend probably has it. Oh, no. Oh, my God.

Imagine that awkward phone call. That poor thing. It came from an op shop. It's had so many lives. Yeah. Like, it's gone through so many people. I wonder where it is. Who knows?

We'll never know. It's trash. It's in some gutter somewhere. I've let it go. It's fine. Jack, we love you. Thanks for listening. What's episode 71? 71? We'll never know. It's trash. He doesn't need it. In some gutter somewhere. I've let it go. It's fine. Jack, we love you. Thanks for listening. What's episode 71?

71? Yeah. Sounds good. Should we do some reviews quickly while Jack's here? Yeah, let's do it. Jack, you can just tell us if you like the reviews. Okay. People, why don't you tell Jack.

Reviews on what? This is just people who leave reviews on our podcast and we bribe them. We give them a prize if it gets read out. Okay. We actually give them a mug with our faces on them. Oh my God. Who wouldn't want that? Right. This one is Becky it gets read out. Okay. We actually give them a mug with our faces on them. Who wouldn't want that? Right.

This one is Becky Lynch is the best. We'll be the judge of that, Becky. What a Mitch of a podcast. The podcast is one of the funniest podcasts. How many times do I have to say podcast? I've ever listened to and I couldn't recommend this podcast enough. Podcast. I love this podcast.

Five. I love it so much that I even bought Their merch Which this don't do Because we be cheap Okay Oh okay We be cheap She's cheap We be cheap We don't mind

I could listen to this podcast Six For all of the times Is this one comment Yeah And all of the lives Third wheel Third wheel

Jenna has lived Wow Well Becky I should have proofread that But you've won I like her Go Becky Hit up Jenna At couple of mitches And she'll send you a prize If we hear from you Within seven days Wow. Well, Becky, I should have proofread that, but you've won. I like her. Go Becky.

Hit up Jenna at Couple of Mitches and she'll send you a prize if we hear from you within seven days. That was all over the place. I loved it. This one's from Chloe's, another enduring idiot. The three best friends I never had. Mitch, Mitch and Jenna and Sam, you guys make my work day every time I listen, making me laugh. I enjoy the work and I don't know what I'd do without the show. You bunch of beautiful, hilarious people.

Keep doing what you're doing. I'll be here loving and supporting. Well done. Thanks, babe. Have a cuppa for me. Chloe's another enduring idiot. Well, she's one. Jenny, you'll send those out?

I will. Indeed. All right, Jack. I love that. Yeah, a bit of fun. Did you like the pod? Did you have a good time? I had a great time.

I love that you guys, I love that you can just swear and shit. Yeah. I feel like I can never do interviews where I can just like be myself. Yeah. Yeah. You, you, you. I'm such a grunt deep down. I'm so happy to hear that, that you're a grunt deep down.

I feel everyone is. Some people are just better at masking it. You just got to dig deeper with some people. Yeah. Did you say, oh, dig deep. I said dig deep. I'm like, drag. Bit of both.

Dig deep? No. Let's go. I don't mind it. Let's go. No, you should sit in go. Let's go. No, you should sit in this. What's it called again?

The awkward... What do you want me to embrace? What do I want you to embrace? Yeah, remember I'm embracing the void. The void. The void. Or question whether the void is there or just like... If it's in my head. I sound like a fucking nut job.

Jack, you've lost fans on this show. Jack Viggen on socials. Give him a search. And Love Me Lonely is out now. Have a stream and we'll have you back on again. Please, I'd love that. Alright guys, we'll see you next week. We can talk more about dicks and drugs. Double dicks.

That we don't do anymore. We'll see you next week for 72. See you guys. podcast by a couple of mitches make sure you've hit follow on your podcast app welcome to add brief this is the secret segment on the end it's even a secret from jack see you buddy he was like oh i actually want to do really more. And we were like, we don't do that here. We only do it, we only let the guests stick around for ADD Brief if we know that they're aware of the secret,

because we can't just tell every bastard that comes in here about the secret segment. Also, we might have an ex of Jack's listening, and they might detest him. We need to really cater to the whole audience, you know? Definitely. Who has and hasn't Suckermound? Jenna, the aunt of TikTok, we call her.

We couldn't get rid of her. No, yeah, she knew about ADD briefs, so she was more than welcome. Abby Chatfield saved for ADD? No, she didn't. Did she? Jenna, I'm sorry to say. Oh, your migraine's really throwing you. It's bad, guys.

It's so bad today. I've had three penidine four, and Dr. Gay will know that that's a lot of codeine and an ibuprofen. I've told you, if you've got a migraine, just use that as an excuse to chuck a sickie. Why wouldn't you? I only chucked my first sickie in six years last week. I can't back it up and do another one this week. If you've genuinely got a migraine, yes, you can. No, it's because I had a photo shoot here in studio yesterday,

and I did the show, and I had a pre-record, and I had three interviews and drag race. It was fucked. And then I had to get up early this morning, and it just set me off. Right. Like, I knew when I woke up. Why did you have to get up early? Oh, I had a meeting with my management.

How early is early? Nine. That is so early. I'm on Mitch Cherry time now. Oh, no. Yes, thank you. Finally. When you finish, like, I finish at 1am, 1.30am, I'm in bed by 2pm.

9am is fucking early. Jenna's like, I've been in the office for six hours. I know. All the laughing hurts. It feels awful. The idea of having to get up and go somewhere by 9pm is so confronting right now. Yeah. It's awful, isn't it?

Imagine. That sounds horrific. You have to be up by 8pm to shower and get dressed. And then be on right now. Yeah. It's awful, isn't it? Imagine. That sounds horrific. You have to be up by eight to shower and get dressed and then be on the road. There's travel time. Is this a joke? Jenna, you don't have to travel. You do a cartwheel and you're in the office.

We both work nights. Yeah, Mitch is a nights worker now. Why? It's true. I do genuinely become more productive at night. Do you like working nights? I start working on shit around 11 a.m. and then I'll have lunch and then I'll bum around for a bit and then I'll work a bit in the afternoon and then I'll be like, all right, logging

off for today. Yeah. And then I'll watch like a couple of episodes of SVU. And then all of a sudden during that downtime while I'm watching, sorry, watching a bit of TV, that's when more ideas start coming. So I end up back at the laptop working nights. It is depressing. With kids on the background, obviously.

Have you been listening? No. You'd be able to listen to Mitch till midnight now. I heard you in the Uber last night. Thank you. Electra Shock, Drag Race Queen, she was on. She was great. She was very, very good.

No, it was Georgina Walker, actually, that I heard, the psychic you had on. Yeah. She's good. That's a great segment. Yeah. I really like it. She's coming on, actually, on my show. She's no gay whisperer. No, she's not. She's coming on. She's good. That's a great segment. Yeah. I really like it. She's coming on, actually, on my show. She's no gay with bra.

No, she's not. Oh, true. She's coming on. She's back again real soon. Yeah, she is. Isn't it weekly? Yeah, it is weekly. So, yeah, real soon.

Go ahead. Cool. Anyway, Precious, how's your week, Jenna? What? I said go ahead, Precious. How was it meeting Jack, Vig and Jenna? Yeah, it was great. It was great.

He's so sweet. He's so sweet. He's so handsome. He's got the teeth and the eyes and the eyebrows. I'm glad he felt comfortable to be a gronk here. I'm sure he's used to going on radio where he has to, like, oh, I have to, you know, be on my best behaviour here, you know, have to not, you know, be offensive. And we're here, I'm like, babe, the more fucked the better.

You know what I love now is that because when he comes on my radio show and we're not as close as you two are, he puts on his radio vibe. Right. But I now know that now that we're closer, when he comes on in the future, because he's been on my radio show three times, it'll be great to have him back on as that Jack,

as friends now, which is going to be great. It's always so much easier. I can't believe you brought that fucking missing jumper up. I said that I didn't want to bring it up because I would seem petty. I know. It was so awkward. That was great. But the best part was it didn't click for him that he was the one that hadn't returned

the clothes for like a minute. God bless him. He's sober. Good for him. I know. Well done. Good for him, I suppose. I can't imagine anything worse.

Yeah, but remember when you did Dry July? Yeah, do you know what happened? What? Oh, yeah. Because I was not drinking when i did dry july a few years ago my brain was just craving other sort of mind-altering stimulants so i smoked like a fucking chimney not vapes cigarettes and so what and funnily enough once i got finished dry july and started drinking again no more cigarettes i don't know why i just i feel like

i need something i I need me poison. You also broke that dry July for your birthday. Yeah, but if someone buys you like a, I don't know, what is it? A golden ticket or something. It's like a day off or something. Is that really true? Yeah. If someone donates a certain amount of money and buys you like a golden pass, you're allowed

to have one day in July where you drink. Golden ticket! So someone got me that for my birthday, I'm pretty sure, so I could drink. That's so funny. If someone gets you a golden ticket. Something like that. I don't know if it's called a golden ticket. No, it was something like that.

Like a gold park. Jenna, when I got in the lift today, because Mitch is now not an employee, so he's just a peasant in this building amongst talent and radio stars. He said, can you bring me up? I ran down and got him. And then another co-worker was in the lift. Zoe Sheridan. Hugh Sheridan from Packed Her After Sister.

I just saw her. Co-worker of ours. Beautiful, stunning. And she said to Mitch, what's in your teeth? It was his nicotine gum. She noticed it. She noticed it. Well, you know how I told you that you're not meant to chew it.

You meant to chew it a little bit and then just store it like behind your gum. So when I smiled at her and said, hi Zoe, she's like, what the fuck is that above your tooth? I love that she noticed it and pointed it out. Like sort of just rested on the bottom gum. Admittedly, I didn't give it a lot of thought. I love that she noticed it and pointed it out. Can't you sort of just rest it on the bottom gum? Admittedly, I didn't give it a lot of thought. I just stored it. You weren't thinking gum placement. Do you forget that it's there?

God, no. You joke. It's really hard not to chew though. If there's gum in your mouth, your instincts are to chew it. Is it tasty? It just tastes like normal gum. Do you want some? Yeah, I'll have...

Actually, no, not today. Not the brain day. Maybe it'll fix it. Imagine that. All you needed was a dart. Just a bit of nicotine here with your migraine. You know me. One cigarette and I have had three strokes.

Well, this won't make you cough. It's not smoke. It's not going to fuck your lungs. It's just a bit of gum. I don't know what's wrong with me. I feel like... You have a brain condition. I have a brain condition, but I'm so susceptible to substances like i remember my doctor was like try magnesium

tablets and i took magnesium tablets and i could feel it in my body like i felt different i'm like i feel like i've either got a sixth sense to vitamins or my body is missing a organ that everyone else has i just i'm like not filtering it out. Maybe I don't have a liver, but I just feel it. I'll even have like a fucking vitamin C tablet. I can feel it in my blood. What about last week after the boat party? You had one suckle of a vape and you're like, oh, I'm on vocal rest.

I can't talk. Vocal rest? Oh, my voice is still fucked. Can you hear it? Do you know what I just thought of? What? So speaking of vocal rest, I've learnt so many fucked things from watching SVU. Yes, I can imagine.

Apparently, a way to get drunker quicker is to, instead of drinking it through your mouth, you drink it through your arsehole. I've heard that. Because it bypasses the stomach and just enters your bloodstream. And apparently singers who don't want to damage their throat will drink through their ass. You are kidding. That's how they get drunk without anything having to touch their throat. What?

You're telling me Lady Gaga shoved a corona up herself. Well, I don't think she would have. Why was the first person I pictured doing it Lady Gaga? Yeah, I picture Lady Gaga too. Anyone listening, if you also picture Lady Gaga, DM us. I pictured Susan Boyle. Oh, yes. Oh, my God.

She'd, what, sit on a cup of Guinness. Another thing I learned. A cup, a mug. There's like some condition, I think it's called fatal fatigue. Oh, no. Where like someone just can't sleep ever. And obviously they're exhausted and they start losing their mind and they go a bit mental. Oh, that sounds horrific.

And then they usually last around 15 months before they die from exhaustion. Oh my. Imagine not sleeping for 15 months. That's hell. Yeah. You know, SVU's great and I love it. But the thing that always gets me is when they do celeb cameos. So they'll be like, we know who the pedophile is.

They'll run the intro and they'll come back. And then they'll fade and it'll be like the Bronx, 42 and 2nd, corner of La Brea and Avenue Street. Hey, guys! Like Robin Williams. I'm like, what? Yeah. Like Justin Bieber.

Literally. They've had a lot of cameos on there. I'm Swarovski Ronan. What? It's like, here's the murderer. We found her. Fucking Ellen. Oh my God.

You're taking me out of the illusion. I know Ellen hasn't raped and killed a girl in a primary school. You know one thing that really fucks me off about the show? Yeah. I can't help but notice it. They always have characters enter the conversation that two people are having and it's like they were listening the whole time even though they weren't in the room because they contribute to the conversation like there'll be the two detectives there chatting being like where the hell is our

perp and the lawyer who was not there yeah for the whole five minute scene just walks in and goes i've got a warrant for their and it's like how the fuck did you know where they were in the conversation like they just seem to interrupt even as though they were listening the whole time, but they weren't there. Like, they just appear in the know. Yeah. They make those episodes. As I've said, I'm very good friends with Mariska Haggerty's stand-in, Kelly Hartnett, who

messaged me this week, and I brought her up on the, I haven't spoken to her in five years. The stand-in that I know, she saw the Stellar article, clearly not the New York Times. Oh, I thought you were going to say she heard us talking about her on the podcast. No, but we should get her on. Yeah, we should. You keep saying that, but it's up to you, darling. If you make it happen, it'll happen. I'm going to Facebook call her now.

No, don't do it now. Kelly Hartnett. So she lives in New York? Lives in New York. And yeah, messaged me on LinkedIn. Out of all places. Your close personal friend who messages you on LinkedIn. It was actually the most New Yorker thing LinkedIn. Out of all places. Your close personal friend re-messages you on LinkedIn. It was actually the most New Yorker thing ever.

It was really insulting. Like, because she's a New Yorker, right? And they're tough as fucking nails. Let me find the notifications. Talk amongst yourself. Hi, Jenna. Hi. How are you?

I'm good. I remember last time I watched SVU, I recognised the actress in it. And I was like, where do I know her from? Who was that? She's from the Soda Stream commercial. Really? That was a big break. Found it.

So I was obviously in Stella and she, I put it on LinkedIn just so, you know, just for fun. And she shared it. And she said, this is the caption on LinkedIn. So proud of this little Aussie. I still remember the first day you came up to me at Atlantic. That's where we studied. Something about your yoga mat. And I thought, who the hell is this guy?

New Yorkers aren't this cheery and friendly and charming and boisterous. You were easily the most interesting and awesome person in the whole program. So proud of you and so happy for you. what was so captivating about your fucking yoga mat what is she talking about well every day we had to do yoga mat because he did breathing and mental exercises before we continued our tchaikovsky scene study i love that she knew you weren't a new yorker by your enthusiasm not your accent i was 19 maybe i'm fit right in you think i'm energetic now? Oh, my God.

At 19 and I was still straight? I was insufferable. Yeah, I wouldn't want to hang out with that guy. I lived in Bushwick, which is like three suburbs into Brooklyn. Had to get the L train into Manhattan every day with my yoga mat and my Anton Chekhov play, my scene. and my Anton Chekhov play, my scene. So I would literally hold it in one hand, yoga mat on the other,

in full athletic gear on the New York subway. Which Anton Chekhov? And I bet you left everything to the last minute, so you were like cramming the script. Oh, I've got to get the subway from Manhattan to Bush Peak, wherever you live. Which plane was it? I've only got this bus ride. Three Sisters.

Oh, that's a good one. It's a great one. I was one of the sisters. I was the brother. Anton, I think his name? Anthony? I. It's a great one. I was one of the sisters. I was the brother. Anton, I think his name? Anthony? I don't know. Great scene. I was told it was terrible. Oh, okay. Anyway. What acting exercise did I

show you guys? Entering the room laughing and then leaving crying. God, that was a good one. Did anyone successfully do it? Yeah, I did it. Yeah, you both did it. I don't think I did it because I was like, that's not my forte. I don't think I could cry. Did I cry?

You did. You did it. Must have skipped lunch that day. Anyway, Kelly Harton did run. Jenna's weren't that different, her laugh and cry. Just kind of a lot of wailing. Yeah. Yeah, a lot of moaning, like a run over hamster.

Have you guys seen that meme that's floating around now that's like, nobody has a hamster that died in a non- hamster. Yep. Have you guys seen that meme that's floating around now that's like, nobody has a hamster that died in a non-mysterious way. I don't know anyone who owns a hamster. Like a guinea pig. Yeah, a guinea pig. Guinea pig. I have two guinea pig stories that no one's asked for, but I will tell you.

Alex Stokes Hughes. That's her real name. Can you keep these stories short? Her cousin, yeah. Door's closing. Her cousin put their guinea pig in the microwave. Oh no! Because she was a three year old baby, raining,

went out to the hutch. Guinea pig was wet. She thought, a warm... Oh my god! God, I'm good at that. That's really good. Picks up the guinea pig. Puts it in the microwave. That's so mysterious. At least you knew what happened

I thought you meant mysterious As in like you just found them there Snapped in half No so that's Alex Stokes Hughes Or like a seagull Just snatched it Oh my god That's what happened to Patch

My guinea pig Yeah that's right A seagull took Patch Well with mine Salty I went down to check on Salty And she had three babies Are you saying your guinea pig was raped?

No, but I don't know by who. She was the only guinea pig. Either you're insinuating that Salty was raped or she was a whore. Dun, dun, dun, dun. Interview Room with Salty. Dun, dun. Do your noise.

What? Do the input. Interview room. Manhattan. 3rd Boulevard. Time. 304. Don't lie to me, Salty. Did you know the pig? I've heard that.

Guys, we need a warrant for search of Salty's hutch. Gay pig shit is the worst. Oh, those fucking pellets. Pellets! But they're pointed on both ends like a grain of basmati rice. They are, they're pointed.

Like a swollen grain of rice. Like a swollen grain of rice. Exactly, Mitchell Coombs. Yeah. Anyway. Have you had enough? You've got a migraine. I'm fine. I'm trying to push through. We can finish now

if you want. I'll have a coffee and I'll be fine. Thank you for your kind words, everyone. I'm assuming by the time this is out, I've received messages. Yeah. Also, Mitchell, well done on the stand-up show this week. Thanks. Hasn't happened yet. No, it hasn't happened yet, but by the time people are listening to this, it would have happened, but we'll debrief next week. Okay.

Also, I'm announcing to you that I am coming. Are you? Mm-hmm. Are you actually? Yep. Where are you staying? Brisbane. What do you mean?

You're just going to be homeless for the night? No. We're staying on the corner of 12th and Brisbane. No, I think we're going to stay at the QT. Hayden's coming. Oh, cute. The only issue is I'm hosting a trivia night on Friday. Why is that an issue?

I have to fly up Saturday. So am I. Oh, great. You're the performer. Here I am fretting. Yeah, what the fuck's the issue with that? I'm flying up Saturday and it's not till Sunday. Is it not Sunday?

What time? Is it not Sunday? Yeah. What time? Have you got fucking tickets? You're clearly not that organised. Do I have to buy tickets? Is it like 7.30?

7.30 Sunday. 7, I think. Because I wanted to come. You don't sound that organised. I thought it was Saturday night. No. I would have went if it was Saturday. Look at the event.

I've been posting it all over my social. I've just seen it. Oh, my God. Maybe we can't. Oh. Well, Hayden has work. I can do it. Right.

Well, everyone, it's been a great show. Are we ready to go, everyone? Yeah. Yeah. Thanks for listening, guys. It's slowly becoming an ASMR podcast, isn't it? We just think. Yeah.

Pick up the pace, mate. We hope this podcast. Yes. Actually, no, this part's meant to? Yeah, pick up the pace, mate. We hope this podcast actually, no, this part's meant to be whispered. The new catchphrase. We hope this podcast made you feel at least 2% better today. That's all. You sound like Ida Buttrose. Your whisper is very similar to your Ida Buttrose just minus the lisp. We hope this

podcast made you feel at least 2% better today, boys and girls. Ta-ta. Farewell. See you next week. Bye, guys. See you, bye. Is it just me? A podcast by a couple of mitches. Make sure you've hit follow on your podcast app. Bye.