Is It Just Me? - #83: Can Churi Still Play Saxophone?

Episode Date: September 13, 2021

In this episode:Embarrassing shit at your 21st (7:39)Is this the WORST or BEST ad ever? (13:34)This week’s reviews (25:02)Keiynan Lonsdale talks bullying, coming out & psychedelics (28:35)Can Churi still play Saxophone? (45:56)Our “Secret Segment” ADDebrief (58:12)Follow us @coupleofmitchesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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What about me? Don't forget Chin-O. Who? Now, here's Mitch Chudy and Mitchell Coombs. 83 crack, my knee. Hello, Mitchell Coombs. Hello, guys. Welcome to the show.

Mitch, how are you feeling this week after your behaviour last week? I'm in a good mood. I had so many messages of praise after my snapping on the last week's show. I don't know why people loved it. Yeah, there is something fascinating about us switching roles, you being the cranky one for once. But thank God you're not cranky this week. I don't have it in me to try and be the nice one.

I had my bloody Pfizer jab yesterday and I'm feeling. Oh, you got it done. Yeah. How do you feel? It's almost like a hangover feeling. So I'm not saying I'm in a bad mood, but I definitely can't be trying to be the nice one. That's for sure.

No, I do that every week. It's exhausting trying to be nice. That's how she sent it up. Snapping. Also, Prizekeeper Jenna is here. Jenna, you're sort of neutral ground. You can go either way, to be honest. Either way.

You know how it is. Yeah. She's either horrifically pleasant or a fucking cow. I think I'm in the middle. Oh, really? A quick change. Okay. A bit tired.

It's on a hinge. Mitchell, how do you feel after Pfizer? Look at Jenna. She's got like a litre of water with lime in it. Wow. You're A bit tired, so. It's on a hinge. Mitchell, how do you feel after Pfizer? Look at Jenna. She's got like a litre of water with lime in it. Wow. You're hydrating. Good boy. I'm pretty sure I already answered that question, how I'm feeling.

Yeah, I think so. Yeah, but it's. Thank you, Jenna. I thought I was going insane. There could have been a story from the Vax Hub. Someone might have spotted you. The dancing, singing boy from TikTok. I don't know.

There could have been something. None of that. Bit of a sore arm. Feeling a bit lethargic. Yeah, it was the sore arm. It's not a good story. No, okay. No wonder we didn't dwell on it to start with.

I appreciate you digging, though. No, that's fine. But it's very important and great that you got it. And that we all got it. We're all vaxxed. Yes. Look at us go. Except I'm double vaxxed, so I am better than all of you for a couple more weeks.

Yeah, we get it. Listen, this is a great show today. There's a lot happening. You guys know Keenan Lonsdale from Love, Simon. I don't really know what else he's from. Dance Academy. Dance Academy. Yeah, so he's going to be joining us in a bit.

I hope you've done some research. No, I know what he's on and I know what he's at. He's got a brand new song out, Rhythm and Music. Have a listen. It's very nice. Isn't that hot? So he's one of those men of many talents types. He does movies and shit.

That's where I know him from. But now he's got the music out too. Yep, triple threat. He can do it all. And the music video for Rhythm and Music is very nice. He's also in a new Stan miniseries, I think, called Eden. And he's got this big breakout role. So he's from St Mary's here in Sydney.

Like he is a real true bonafide like success story. I know. He's the Western Sydney boy. I had no idea. Love him. So he'll be on later. He'll be zooming through. And he's a bit of a queer as well, right?

He's one of us. Bit? Oh, my God. He's a big queer and I love it. But I know he's battled with it. Like he's definitely had some issues. I mean, coming from St Mary's in the West, anyone would. So he's definitely battled with it. But I think he's battled with it. Like, he's definitely had some issues. I mean, coming from St. Mary's, I mean, in the West, anyone would. So he's definitely battled with it.

But I think he's in a good spot. So we'll ask him all about it when he's on later in the show. Cool. Yeah. I don't imagine St. Mary's. I mean, I could be completely stereotyping here. St. Mary's could be a lovely place to be a mo. I don't think I've ever been to St. Mary's.

Where is St. Mary's? Oh, don't rush off. Really? I swear to God, St. Mary's, an Indian restaurant in St. Mary's, is what gave Mary's? Oh, don't rush off. Really? I swear to God, St Mary's, an Indian restaurant in St Mary's, is what gave me Crohn's disease. Oh, God. Is that true? Well, I never recovered.

Like, that place is just skewing a bit Dodge, okay? Like, nothing against the people there, but the actual main town centre of St Mary's is nothing flash. Aren't you born with Crohn's or did you develop it? Well, maybe it was always lingering there, but it was certainly the fucking prawn vindaloo from St Mary's Indian restaurant that really set it off. Really?

That's so interesting. Because I wasn't the same after that. Okay. Now what else is happening today? I thought you were talking about the cathedral. What? St Mary's Cathedral. In the CBD where Rove McManus was married.

Oh, Jenna's like, oh, that's St Mary's. No, no, I don't go west. No, no, no, no. St Mary's Cathedral, though. I was baptised there. They've got a cool pool next door. What do you mean? Keenan Lonsdale, a hit star from Love, Simon.

He's from St Mary's. Does he live in the rafters of the church? Maybe behind. He's a homeless man. I found him on my walk and he's coming on the show. He got scouted at Mary's Cathedral. Mary's Cathedral is disgusting. It's full of pigeons and it's near that pool.

You're right. What an awful place. That pool is cool. It's got a wave pool. He's not from there. He's from Sydney's west and he'll be on with us later. Also, why on earth, Mitchell, have I gone to pick up a saxophone today? Can you answer me that?

You know why. Because you made the claim on your other podcast with your boyfriend that, oh, hand me a sax and I'll be able to play it. So I'm like, well, I'm going to hold you to that. I know that you played it in high school. We'll see if you've still got the skills. Yeah, we have an alto sax in studio. Jenna, I had to go and pick it up.

I was wondering what this big box was. And we'll be playing it. I'll be playing it later on. He did give me multiple reads. I did organise the saxophone. I spoke to the guys. Mike, nice. Did you tell him I said hi? No, the problem was, see, Mike was very nice, but

it took me about 20 minutes to find Mike because as luck would have it, next door to the saxophone store is a music store. Completely run by separate people. So Mitch sends me the address. I go, yeah, I'll pick it up. I'll pick it up.

So I pull in behind the street away. I walk up and I'm buzzing. I see music store. I'm like, great, this is where I'm getting my saxophone to fucking cause. And I buzz the door and I go, hi, I'm here to pick up a saxophone under the name Mitch. And he was like, no, no, no, no saxophones here, mate.

We only do guitars and drums and piccolos. And I'm like, no. no, no, no saxophones here, mate. We only do guitars and drums and piccolos. And I'm like, no. How unfortunate that they're right next door. That must happen all the time. He went, oh no, you mean the saxophone store on the corner. I'm like, there's a dedicated saxophone store? Yeah, it's Sydney Band Instruments in Gladesville. So they were happy to lend us a saxophone. I told them all about what's going to be happening. I'm going to be seeing if you can play it on the spot. So we'll do that later after we've had Keenan on. Okay, great. It's a beautiful store, by the way.

Like, shout out to those guys. That store is stunning. Like, there is just saxophones hanging on the wall. Very sexy COVID safe check-in. So, yeah, shout out, Sydney Band Instruments. And so I'll ask again, did you tell Mike I said hello? I said specifically. I've been chatting on email, but I wanted you to tell him I said hello.

Yeah, he had a laugh. He was like, Mitch, I went, yeah, Mitch I want you to pick up a saxophone ordered under Mitch. I went, no, another Mitch. And we laughed and then he said check in. Oh, we laughed. We laughed. It's funny every time. Isn't it funny?

His name's Mike. I know. At a saxophone store. My assistant, Clarinet, will get your saxophone. But you can call her Clary. Hey, Trombone. The boy's here. Yeah, Mitch!

Mitch! The nice one. Yeah, yeah, yeah. What about Flute? Flute? No, Flute. No, Flute's off sick. Oh, no.

Oh. Yeah. Anyway. Great store. Let's get started. I like what we're saying. Great show on the way, we promise. Yeah, we start the show the same way every week with two Is It Just Me's.

We call them idjems. Something we've noticed. Something we promised. Yeah, we start the show the same way every week with two Is It Just Me's. We call them idjams, something we've noticed, something we hate. Last week, a lot of hatred or appreciate. Mitch doesn't know mine. I don't know Mitch's. And we jump in at the start of every show. Mitch, do you want to go first? Yeah, sure. Why not?

Let's do it. Let's jump in. First idjam of the week. Is it just me? Was there nothing played at your 21st? Oh, no, we've had a fully catered event. We had photographers. No, okay, shut up.

That wasn't an invitation to quote about your rich family in the Shire. You asked me. No, I said has anyone played things at your 21st? You know how that was always the threat whenever there was something embarrassing that you did, someone got a photo or video. I'm going to play that at your 21st. Oh, yeah. My mum loves to throw around.

We'll play that at your 21st. Mum now does it in past tense because all her kids are older than 21. Oh, we should have played that at your 21st. But did anything get played at any 21st? No, nothing was played at my 21st. Although mum had like a photo reel. We had photos, but never a funny, wacky video. And I didn't even have a 21st, but throughout my childhood.

Why didn't you have a 21st? No one organised it. Well, your original 21st was during the Bibbonic Play. It was 1873. So you couldn't have celebrated, of course. What do you mean no one organised it? You're an adult. You organise it yourself.

Yes, I know, but I would have only invited like six people and it would have been quite sad. That's better than zero. Yeah, I would have been there I know, but I would have only invited like six people and it would have been quite sad. That's better than zero. Yeah, I would have been there. Yeah, but I preferred zero. So you had zero. My 18th was in the shearing shed back at home. Very glamorous.

We had to clear out all the sheep shit and like the lanolin oil that had come off into the floorboards from the wool. Oh, my friends loved it. Nothing hotter than getting fingered in a sheep pit. What's it called again? The sheep shearing? Shed. Shearing shed.

The shearing shed. It's where you give the sheep haircuts, city boy. And there was no fingering happening at my 18th. I'll give you the tip. I didn't even drink. That was in my pure phase when I was adamant. Oh, no, I'm not going to drink, you know, when I'm an adult. It's so unnecessary.

You don't need alcohol to have fun. Fuck that. 18-year-old you would be so disappointed in 2021 version of you. Yeah. Oh, I didn't start drinking until I was like 19 or 20. Really? I never looked back. No.

I never looked back. My 18th, my friend Matilda, I probably shouldn't add to it, Matilda had sex with someone in my bathroom, so I've come to learn. At my 18th. My 18th was horny. Wow, I guess I just wasn't friends with skanks. Well, that has changed. Jenna?

Oh, my word. Not looking at anyone, Jenna. What embarrassing thing would you be terrified of being included? If someone were to make a video now, what haunts youunts you is there something out there that you think oh my god someone somewhere has that yeah like to the point where i'm not even going to tell you because i'm pretty sure it's still on youtube as you know i'm a video creator and you know that stemmed from childhood i was always making home videos filming other people and at some point everyone got the shits of me filming them that's when I had to start filming myself um but there were many cringe

like home movies where like we were trying to act and shit have I seen any of these oh nah you wouldn't have seen them Jenna shut your mouth right now Jenna open the computer. No, do not. Don't listen to him. Really? They're that bad? Yes, and I can't figure out the password to the old YouTube channel they were uploaded to. It's so bad. Some of them I had to actually email YouTube pretending to

be my mother saying that I was distraught and being bullied over the videos. So some of them are gone, but a lot of them are still there. What are you fucking doing on your phone? What are you doing? Nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing at all. Don't. Today I'm going to be lending my skills as the natural hardworking hand.

That's your first video. No, it wasn't. Yeah, that's not an old cringe one, though. That was on my channel. That was one of my launch videos. Oh, so there's a secret. Oh, I'm not on the wrong account. Yeah, I'm talking when I was maybe 10 years old, maybe even younger.

But anyway, enough about me. What about you, Mitch? Is there any embarrassing videos of you still out there? No, I'm terrified, and this is in the public domain only because I wanted to keep the domain. I have a website called Witch Mitch, which I pay $20 a year for the fucking domain. That became a segment of ours as well. I know.

Witch Mitch. What the hell? What did you write on your blog? It was for a uni assignment that I got such good marks for in the one semester that I went to uni that I kept writing and I journaled. I wrote articles and they were horrific and so poorly written and so grammatically incorrect. Are they still there or not? Jenna, good girl.

I can see you Googling. I tried to delete because I remember I got an email saying, do you want to renew this domain? And that's the only time every year that I'm reminded of it. I found it. Oh no. Jenna, is it still there? It's described as 18.

Oh, I was 18! Druggling actor, possible radio presenter, I was 18! Drugling actor. Possible radio presenter. Indefinite pole dancer. Funny. My posts are real and they're juicy. All right, Jenna, shut the laptop, please. I told you I was worried about it for a reason. It's not good.

You gave us the domain, darling. You asked for this. That's embarrassing. That, Mitchell, and Lemonade with Mitch and Paige, which I have successfully removed from every living streaming service. Oh, your old podcast. Is that not out there anymore? I got rid of it.

I was just worried that I said something dumb. I say dumb shit on this podcast and I'm 25, let alone I can't imagine what I would have said when I was 20 with a podcast. No way. Oh, maybe they'll play it at your 21st. But why do we stop saying that? Oh, might play it at your 30th. Why do we draw the line at 21?

No, no one makes such threats anymore. I post embarrassing shit myself. I've got nothing to hide. I might say it to my grandma to keep her up at night. You keep behaving like this and I'll find a sneaky video of yours to play at your 90th, you naughty bitch. At your funeral. I was going to say that.

At your funeral. Savage. Okay. Let's move on. Ready for my agent? Yeah, that. You're beautiful. Savage. Okay. Let's move on. Ready for my agent? Yeah, please. Let's go. Is it just me or?

Is this the worst ad you have ever heard? Volume up, ladies and gentlemen. Jesus is our only hope. For a free Bible, contact Jesus1.4u at bigpond.com. One free Bible per person. This was an actual ad that aired on actual television, and the best part was that it was just a blue screen with Comic Sans font. I am so glad we're finally talking about this because you sent it to me the moment it happened, this ad.

It was just like plain text on a screen. It was the most basic, cheap-looking ad. Yeah. And you say that it's the worst ad that ever exists. I got to tell you I disagree. I thought it was so simple and effective and there was no sensory overload. It got the message across. It was just text on screen, some clown talking over Silent Night.

I got the message. I wanted me free Bible. Jenna, Mitch and I did reach out. Look what I've got with me. No, you did not. Yeah, I got mine. Wait, so they actually sent it. Sorry, I'll go get mine.

Hold on. Go get yours, Mitchell. So they actually sent you a Bible? Yeah, listen to this. Ready? This is a full thick Bible. Hold on. Go get yours, Mitchell. So they actually sent you a Bible? Yeah, listen to this. Ready? Oh! This is a full thick Bible. Yeah, we just emailed Big Pond or whatever it was and asked for the Bible and here they are.

Mitchell, it would be interesting to see if we got exactly the same thing. I got Holy Bible in giant print. Look, Jan. Oh, there's heaps of shit in here. Yeah. Oh, gotcha. Oh, there's not just a Bible. Oh, I forgot how thin the paper is on Bibles.

Oh, I love that paper. So, yeah, these guys weren't pissing around. They paid for their TV ad and they've sold at least two. Well, not sold. You know what I mean? Just keep in mind that it was in the middle of daytime television. So, Sarah Harris would have gone, all right, dude, he's coming to us from a farm in Thoreau after this.

Good morning, it's Studio 10. And it would have been bookended by two other ads with quite high production value. And then this scabby piece of shit that looks like a poster that someone's made for a school of fate just pops up in the middle. Yep, this. Jesus is our only hope. For a free Bible, contact jesus1.4u at bigpond.com. jesus1.4u, that's amazing.com. jesus1.4u.

That's amazing. One free Bible per person. I mean, it's straight to the point. It is straight to the point. So Mitch, you think that's a good ad, do you? Well, it's seriously, it was more engaging than anything else I've seen recently because you can't help but watch it. It's just so simple and plain and it just, yeah, it worked for me because here we are,

we've got Bibles. I wonder if they would have willingly sent you the bible if they knew that you were living in sin having pre-marital sex with a man oh god i doubt it look at it but no i seriously think less is more like that was very simple and effective well i got some guitar music which means you did point out is just silent night whittled down to a slow guitar strum, which is very weird. I don't know if you could tell in the ad, but it's definitely a Christmas carol in September. Let me listen.

Hold on. Let me play it one more time. Jesus is our only hope. Oh, my God. For a free Bible, contact jesus1.4u at bigpond.com. Yeah, you're right, Mitch. It's very random.

Like, it's free Bibles. They paid for ad space, so it's literally not for profit. Why did they do that? And who is paying for this? The Christian church? I don't know. They can't even afford

a proper email address. They're using fucking Big Pond, but they're just sending out shitloads of Bibles. It's very weird. They're not paying for their own domain, but like you said, it worked. We got two free Bibles. We had a couple of other friends send it to us going, oh my God, have you seen this? So what have you got this music for?

Is this headed in the direction I think it is? Okay, so I got the music. I just thought, what if other big brands decided to take the less is more approach and advertise the same way that the Free Bible Company, or whoever the fuck it is, because we don't know because they didn't tell us, has advertised? They've got their mobile here on the return to sender section. Do you want to call them? Oh my God.

Yeah, we could call. Yes. Well, I better not read it out. Oh yeah. Yeah, I'll send it to you. Send it to me. Does it have a name? No. Sorry, this is totally derailing what you're about to do. I'm guessing you're about to do your own ads, but I just saw the number. I'm like, I want to know who these clowns are. All right. What's with the evil laugh?

Ted White, good morning. Afternoon. Hello, Ted. How are you, mate? Good. Hey, listen, I saw your ad on telly and you sent me and my friend a Bible. I got one. Okay.

Who am I speaking to? My name is Mitchell. I'm here too. You've actually got two Mitches chatting to you right now. I wanted to ask you, what is this for? This is a not-for-profit. They're free Bibles, but you're paying for ads. So who is this for? This is basically for anybody in Australia who wants to get to know God a bit better. Simple as that. Who's paying for all the bloody Bibles? Yeah. Where do you get the Bibles from? Simple as that. Who's paying for all the bloody Bibles?

Yeah, where do you get the Bibles from? We buy them in bulk. We buy 500 at a time. There's a group of us. There's eight of us in the group. We're all retired pensioners. And if we can do good for just one person in Australia, we've achieved our goal, mate. Simple as that.

I love that. How many Bibles did you end up sending out? Because I got one, the other Mitch got one. Like, was this a good return on the ad? We spend roughly about $100,000 a year on TV and stuff. What? Whoa. And to date, we've given out over 1,500 Bibles.

Oh, my God. Why does it cost you that much when the ad, and I say this with all due respect, is not exactly high production value? Why does it cost that much? Well, you're paying roughly between, depending on your time slot, okay? That's how television works on a time slot. If I put on ads, say, from 11 at night to 1 in the morning, I can get them for about $80 for 15-second ads. Shit, we're good for that, Mitch.

If I'm putting them on peak time, peak time we're paying anywhere from $285 to $450 for 15 seconds. And it's interdenominational. Yes. Even if an atheist wants one, we'll send him one. What about everyone, even the homosexuals? Mate, we see people as people. God did not send his son into the world to condemn the world, but to save it. So if somebody who's transgender or gay or whatever,

whatever you call them, we'll send them a Bible. Simple as that. Amazing. Well, hey, it was great to chat to you and keep doing the Lord's work, I guess, as they say. Yeah, that's what we're here for, mate. To two Mitches, bless you both. Oh, thank you. Right back at you, bub. Take care. Cheers, mate To two Mitches, bless you both Oh, thank you

Right back at you, bub Take care, cheers, mate Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye Oh, he was actually lovely Anyway, you were planning to take the piss out of them, weren't you? I bet you feel like a piece of shit now No, no, no, no, no I wasn't mocking them

I think they're very nice and very lovely I was thinking about the ad The ad is so effective. We just had a live reading of it. I actually think, religion aside, companies could take this on. Imagine a Nurofen ad. Oh, jeez. Here we go.

Nurofen. Sore head. Maybe an elbow. White tablets available in all chemists. Six-pack, 12-pack, Nurofen. Available at all reputable retailers. See, I'd buy it. Yeah, like usually they've got some people, like some mum clutching her back going,

oh, that hurts. And then they're like buying your phone. It's like, no, no, strip it back, make it more. Even then, you ran overtime. Too many words. Really? They're only paying for 15 second slots. Yeah.

Well, give me another brand and I'll work out an ad for them. What about like existing ads? Like you're just dumbing it down. I don't know. Oh, right, right, right. You do one. I'm going to find one. Well, that Crimsafe ad is really famous.

If it's not Crimsafe. If it's not Crimsafe, yeah. So they'd just be, don't get robbed. Bad people are out there. Crimsafe your windows. If it's not Crimsafe, it's not crimsafe.com.au. Simple. That's so effective.

So effective. Do you guys, I just found this one. Do you remember this ad? Can you hear it? My mum gives me my load to go and go and go. And my mum gave me Milo. It's got the grandma, the mum and the daughter skipping. Yeah. And my mum gave me Milo to go and go and go. Too much. So what's your pitch? No, give me the music. I'll tell you. Milo is the answer.

Milo is the answer. If three generation of women in your family fancy skipping in tandem, Milo is your only hope. Email milo at bigpond.net. I've got one. You know, not happy Jan. Yeah. Okay.

Yellow pages. This would just be, yeah. All this would be is lady with head out window yelling she's not happy with Jan. Get a Yellow Pages. Yellowpages at bigpond.com. Even then, dumb it down further. It's like book an ad in Yellow Pages. Yellowpages at bigpond.com. Even then, dumb it down further. It's like book an ad in Yellow Pages or your boss will be pissed off. Oh, really pulled back.

Wait, what about this one, Reddy? Do you remember this? Hold on, it's loading. My fucking internet. Sorry. No, you're fine. Anyway, it's just loaded. I'll shut my mouth. All right, remember this ad?

Hey. Hello, Fossum. Natural Confectionaries. The Natural Confectionary Company jellies. You know what's in these? Yeah. Don't chop the dinosaur, Daddy. Don't chop the dinosaur, Daddy.

Yep, that one. Chop it. Dumb it down. All right, I'll give you the guitar music. Snakes are your only hope. If your bratty, irrational infant daughter is getting hysterical at the thought of you decapitating an inanimate dinosaur, email naturalconfectionery at dodo.net for your free sample. the thought of you decapitating an inanimate dinosaur.

Email naturalconfectionary at dodo.net for your free sample. I'm sold. I'm buying natural confectionery, Co. And then you'd have one of those terms and conditions fast-speaking voices at the end. Lobbies may get rotten and deformed in the mail. You're listening to Is It Just Me? Who doesn't love some free shit? All you have to do is leave a review.

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Even though we just mentioned you, you don't get another fucking mug. Pricekeeper Jenna, did you end up sending her a proper mug? I did. I did. Oh, good. Yes. Okay. We like Talia now.

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I've got to sit up. All right. This sounds interesting. What have we got? Okay. So Maybe Obama says, as someone who plays Fortnite often, I regularly regain my virginity. Funny.

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They're the rules. Are they quite simply just saying that they have come or they've been having sex while we've been on in the background? Is that what they're saying? I guess you could deduce that from that review, but yeah, it was a bit all over the shop. Something about Vegemite? I don't know.

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we don't want people that come listening to this podcast. Oh, no, I don't do that. All right. Leave us a review. Five stars, please. It keeps us going. In the meantime, guys, you excited for our guest this week? Yes.

Yeah, I've had enough of you two. Get him on. Guys, this week we have a Hollywood A-list celeb in the studio with us, and he's Aussie too, which is even better. Keenan Lonsdale. Well, when you say in the studio, he's on Zoom, but I didn't realise, because I know him as a Hollywood star, right? Like you said.

But I didn't realise he was bloody born and raised in St Mary's, Sydney's West. Isn't that crazy? Just looking at him, I think I see celebrity. I don't see St Mary's. So hasn't he done well? He's got new music out, Rhythm and Music. It's off his new album.

He's a superstar. He's in the new Stan show. He was GQ magazine actor of the year this year. He's in Eden, which is that new Stan show. He's a superstar. You'll know him from Love, Simon, and he's here with us now. Hello, Keenan. Hello.

Hey. You're topless. Guys, he's topless. Look at him. I did message him and say, the only way we will interview you is if you're butt naked. And he committed. And you've done it. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

I didn't show you the proof of the butt nakedness, but I did fully commit. I promise you. Oh, I can tell. Yeah, I can tell. There's an energy coming off the webcam. Mitch, are you obsessed with Keenan? I am too. Even from way back when we loved Simon Days, I had the biggest crush on you back when I was still in the closet.

And now that we're all out and proud, I do have a partner. So the crush is decimated. It's not there anymore. Otherwise, you would have been in with a chance, right? Yeah, would I have been in with a chance, Keenan? Hunter, with that beauty, that glow, what are we talking about? I'll get naked too. I'll get naked too.

Take your top off. You need me to. Did you have a crush too too mitch i feel like just collectively everyone did oh 100 i'm also very impressed that like just having the confidence to just rock up to interviews topless that's well okay but look i'm home it's also like midnight here i am yeah and it's super hot because i'm in the desert so i'm just like yeah i'm always naked usually around the house i have clothes on to a degree so here i am okay all right why are you in the desert what's going on in the desert i just mean like the california desert i was just in the desert actually i was in joshua tree um sometimes i like to just go to the desert it's a good place to clear your thoughts to do psychedelics do that like

jenna loves mushrooms i'm on mushrooms right now the dubbo mushrooms they hit something different i was in i was in joshua tree like in 2019 before covid that place is whack man like i love it the energy what do you mean joshua tree is like it's like a couple hours out of LA, right, Keenan? And it's, Joshua Tree is the kind of tree that is just everywhere. It's this weird, like, porcupine kind of cactus thing. But it's like the home of aliens and, like, mushrooms, and it's this giant national park. It really is desert.

But it sort of changes the way you think. Like, it's a wacky place. You don't know unless you've been there, I guess. 100% it is a wacky place, and I hadn't been there in a couple years, and it had a big influence on me making the album that I did. I wouldn't have made it like that had I not been to Joshua Tree and had such strange, cool experiences. Were you scared to do Mushrooms the first time?

I'd be terrified. I feel like I'd look in a mirror and then I'd just start melting and then i don't know what i'd do i hear the horror stories i'm so i'm such a white scared boy help me keenan they say to not look in the mirror with psychedelics right but i'm like and once i got over my fear of psychedelics in general because i feel like i'm generally a late bloomer but i was terrified but then the experiences were so uplifting and not all the time um but i was like i'm gonna look in the mirror because i feel ready i feel great yeah and so so it's like yeah this is a few years ago and i was like yeah i'm gonna look in the mirror i looked in the mirror and i was like ew you look disgusting and i'm like whoa oh my

gosh not just disgusting but actually you're a hideous you look like a monster and so my face started morphing into like this monster and i was like this is probably why people say not to look in the mirror yeah and then i was like but you know what hippy dippy shit i was like you know what i need to be compassionate if that's what i really look like am i still gonna love myself am i gonna banish myself if i'm actually like a monster i'm like because i'm still a good guy and so i was like just stick it out so i stayed and then eventually that monster started to become this like fairy and then it became this like alien avatar alien then i was a fish underwater then i was a bear then i was

fucking michael jackson then i was not fucking michael jackson and then i was wow who was on top the man in the mirror he was the man in the mirror and then like i was like a really old man and then i became like it was all this crazy stuff but it was nevertheless, it was trippy. Yeah, why did you have to go all the way to Joshua Tree to get fucked off your face like that? You could have just stayed in St Mary's, darling. Oh, gosh. I wasn't going there for that reason.

I just went there because I was like, I've never been. It's crazy. So you say it influences your music. What part of rhythm and music came from fucking Michael Jackson? Figure of speech. Oh, God. Great question. Well, the music treatment definitely had some MJ vibes in there.

Yeah, I can hear it. Thanks. He's been one of the biggest influence, the biggest, you know, artist influence in my life since I was a kid. And so for me, like every dance competition I was doing was always to MJ music, mostly. MJ, Janet, Little Richard. And then we wanted to make something that was our own.

I feel like we did that. I don't know if you saw the other day, but Lizzo actually did a ranking of who she thinks is the prince and king and queen of pop. Michael Jackson was king of pop. And quite controversially, she put Janet Jackson as the queen of pop michael jackson was king of pop and quite controversially she put janet jackson as the queen of pop and everyone's like um what about madonna but i'm guessing you would rate janet right um well yeah janet's definitely my queen but madonna's also a queen

like she's fucking madonna um but yeah janet like she was like the first concert i ever went to as well as a kid really yeah yeah yeah i had one ticket i wrote in a letter and everything had you in the tickets through radio i feel like it was like a radio competition yeah and it was like you can submit you can write a letter or whatever in and and i think it was so it was supposed to be for like these VIP, like, you know, meeting tickets or something like that. Yeah, yeah, yeah. But I was, I don't know how young I was. But they ended up being like, you know, someone else won,

but we want to give you tickets anyway because your letter was so sweet. What was in the letter? It must have been beautiful. Yeah, it was very cute. My mum still probably got it. Oh. Yeah. Hey, I know that when you were young,

you were also told that you were feminine and your voice is high pitched. I'm guessing just by listening to you that that's not really a problem anymore. So my question is, when's it going to end for me? When's me voice going to break, darling? You have a beautiful voice. Thank you. I feel like honestly, though, when I was definitely growing up, I was, like, purposely trying to speak as low as possible.

I gave up on that, yeah. And then I got calmer by, like, then having a really low singing range and I've had to work there my whole life to extend the range back up again. Oh, yeah, right. I don't know. You're lucky. Mitch, what's your singing range again? Oh, you don't want to hear it, darling.

I've got a cat by my side. She'll freak out. Hey, I know that you've also said that whenever kids made fun of you back in school, your sister would be the one to put them back in their place. What does that actually mean? Like what did she do? Was she bashing people on your behalf?

What are we talking about? No, you just knew that you just like weren't going to mess her you know and my sister she never laid any hands on other kids but there was one time we're on this bus because like I didn't look like my sister so she was like is the bullying really happening as bad as you say it is I'm like yeah she's like well I'm just gonna sit on the bus and watch because they're never going to guess that we're related. So then she did. Oh, nice. And she witnessed a bunch of cool, terrible, you know, childhood bully stuff.

And then I don't know what happened, but I got suspended. Oh, you don't know what happened. How convenient. Yeah. What are the odds? I set their know what happened. I set their house on fire. It was nothing.

And I'm like, okay, what? You're going to suspend me? Like this kid's been bullying me for these months and months and months. Yeah, that's true. I'm like, all right. Okay, I see you. I see you there. I remember my sister once sticking up for me on the bus. There was some kid being a little turd because it was sports day. know he had the different uniform and i was wearing shorts and he's like oh those

shorts are very short you look gay and my sister's like how very dare you he's not gay he's got a girlfriend well here we are does she know yet let's call her up and tell her on the phone because she should know my sister was the bully my sister was was like, I'm from the Shire, Keenan. Like, you know, the Shire. You're from St. Mary's. I'm from the Shire. Don't live there anymore. I got out as soon as I realized.

And I – I like the Shire. What are you talking about? No, the Shire is beautiful, but they are about ten years behind everyone else. You know, they catch up slowly. And my sister was just the bully she was the cool girl like she didn't want to know me in fact she told people we were cousins when i was because she did not want people to think that we had a blood like an actual brother and sister

relation it was awful did not have the sister like you guys did oh gosh yeah is this story is this meant to be a funny story that's terrible i know i went so dark in my head i don't know don't look in the mirror don't look in the mirror no she's beautiful i love my sister we're best friends now but uh it was just that time yeah yeah yeah no my sister's always had my back she's like the biggest supporter she also like she came out to us like when she was like 16 and so she was the first person that showed me like what it is to stand in your truth in that way and um she had no insecurities about it she didn't care what anyone thought and so a lot of my strength in inner self-acceptance has come from her yeah did you come out when you were in your

teens as well or are you a bit of a late bloomer? Definitely a late, late bloomer. I came out to my friends when I was like 21, I think. Oh. And then I went back on in the closet. And then I'd moved overseas and I just didn't know how to like come out all again to like new people I didn't know. So I went back in and then I came out again online when I was 25. Now I'm 29. So it's been four years of really being out for whoever and whatever wants to. I love that. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

I mean, we have so many young listeners. I mean, Mitch and I are both gay. Is there any advice that you have for people that are struggling right now? Like you said, you went in, you went out. It's different for every person, but for a young queer person listening now is there any any advice that you went through that you thought was really great when it was happening to you um i think just seeing examples but one thing is like you know i really felt chained by it i felt like there's absolutely no way and even though i'm seeing other people out even though i have friends that are out, even though like, you know, there's proof around me, but I felt like, but with my circumstance, there's absolutely

no way I could come out because this, this, this, this, and it will always be like that forever. And all I will say to them is that you, you are really, you are free. I promise you, you are free and you deserve to be free. i don't know what those circumstances are for everyone they're all different and you know but i the first place that it has to start is with them to know yeah um and you know psychedelics hippie stuff getting deep whatever but there is some there's a reason why um there's been so much shame placed on what it is to be queer and there's like a magic that we have there's a lot of healing that comes from it and a lot of power that comes from it and society's been afraid of that power and it's up to us to be the ones in charge of loving it and loving ourselves

in order to really then show the world and keep it pushing in the right direction. You're doing a lot of that. You're pushing forward and I'm so glad you're in charge. You can be our leader, Mitch. You can be Vice President Mitchell of the new up-and-coming gays and I can be Secretary. Are we all happy with our roles?

Say ah. Yes, it's me. I need all the help I can be secretary. Are we all happy with our roles? Say aye. Yes, it's me. I need all the help I can get. Truly. Now, guys, I have a weird connection to Keenan. Oh, Jenna, you say not one word the whole recording and then you decide to jump in at the end. We have a beautiful moral.

Everyone's crying. Keenan's completely naked again. This will be good. Go on, Jenna. So you went to school at TDHS, which was through Sydney Distance, right? Yeah. I was in the year below you. So I used to see you a lot at exams and stuff on campus, right?

Oh, really? Oh, really. And seriously, you were the coolest person ever. Really? Like so, so cool. I remember all of us like just looking up to you being like, he's just got this cool vibe to him and everything. Really? Like so, so cool. I remember all of us like just looking up to you being like, he's just got this cool vibe to him and everything. Really?

That's so funny. I was not cool. I'm such a nerd. Really? It's hilarious to me that that is what you thought. That's so cool. So whenever I saw you on Dance Academy and things, I was like, he's so cool.

Were you one of those people that would tell others that you're friends, even though there's no connection, and just like knock, because you go, oh, I'm friends with him. And they go, oh, tell me what you're friends with. Yeah, definitely. I mean, even seeing Love, Simon, I saw it with my mum, and I said, I went to school with him. Yeah.

Right? Milk it. Best friends. That's so cool. We went through some life tests together. Well, clearly you're not milking it that much. You didn't even tell us. You kept that quiet. Yeah, we didn't know that. I know. Well, clearly you're not milking it that much. You didn't even tell us. You kept that quiet.

Yeah, we didn't know that. I know. Oh, that's funny. All right, well, hey, look, we love you. We're such big fans. Thank you for staying. What time is it in LA? I know it's late.

It's just past midnight. It's midnight. Before you go to bed, I've got one very important question to end on. Mitch Jenner, you know exactly what this is. I ask the same question whenever we've got guests on. It's to contribute to our list of things better than drugs and dick. The list of things better than drugs and dick is designed to remind our young listeners that there's more to life, to partying and boys.

So it's like a little thing in life that you appreciate. What are some examples that people have submitted, guys? What do we have? We had a good ear cleaning with like a Q-tip. I think that was me. Like that gets me going. A nice cool breeze. Nice cool, yep.

Fresh linen, getting into bed with like fresh linen after you've showered, like butt naked, which I'm sure you've done. That's so much better than drugs and dick. Oh, sliding in. It's those things in life that in that one moment are better than drugs. Yes, yes. Looking outside, having the sunshine hit your face things in life that in that one moment are better than drugs. Yes. Yes. Looking outside, having the sunshine hit your face and then seeing a little chipmunk go by.

So much better than dick. But not drugs. Interesting. You're like, oh, I can't, I can't forego the drugs. Well, that's the drug. That's the drug there. Seeing the chipmunk and the sunshine on your face. Yeah. I reckon I killed like half an hour the other day staring

outside my window. There's a bunch of trees and I could just see this fat fucking possum climbing up and like breaking branches and stuff. The sun was shining. So I'm with you. Better than drugs and dick. That was me actually. I was trying to get your attention.

I was jumping from tree to tree. Thank you. I'll take possum. Guys, you need to listen to Kenny's new song, Rhythm and Music. It's amazing. The music video is great. He rekindles his friendship with an old pal from Dance Academy. It's hot.

It's very MJ. And we won't keep you up much longer. Thank you for being here. We appreciate it. Thank you. Thanks so much for having me. This was cute. Oh, he just dropped the camera.

He's butt naked. I saw it. I saw it. Speaking of chipmunk in the bush. Oh, my God. Oh, my goodness. Bit of bush. Bit of bush. Bit of bush to end it. Speaking of chipmunks in the bush. Oh, my God. Oh, my goodness. Bit of bush. Bit of bush.

Bit of bush to end it. Not yet. You'd have to wait for the only fans. Wait, it's after midnight. It is after midnight. Was that a Joshua Tree or are you just happy to see me? So stupid. Those prickly things.

Very prickly. All right, Kanan, we'll talk to you soon, okay? Thanks, Kanan. You're listening to Is It Just Me? The rude shocks of young adults. Shit, isn't he a nice guy? Love the drug chat. I was here for that.

I love that he didn't clarify. Well, like, name something better than drugs and dick. And he said, yes, looking into the sun is better than dick. Yeah, also I feel like we have a responsibility to say, everyone don't rush out and try shrooming because he really spoke quite highly of the experience. But no, no, no, no. Don't be doing that.

Jenna's made that mistake. Oh, haven't you ever. Please, just don't. Well, Jenna thought she was eating a mushroom risotto, but the poor bitch was actually psychedelics and she was tripping for days. No, Mitch, you weren't on the Katiki trip. You don't know what you're talking about. Oh, maybe that's why you went

ruthless through the Thames. Maybe. The Thames. Jenna's canals were raided. Oh, God. Alright, look, before we go, Mitch, you mentioned on your bastard child podcast, the one you created with your

unmarried lover, your gay boyfriend Hayden. Yeah, we'll edit that out. Can I get confirmation? Yeah. Nah. You mentioned on your other podcast, The Top 100, that you reckon if someone handed you a saxophone that you'd be able to play it and you'd remember it because you learnt it in school,

you played it as a kid and you're like, oh, yeah, it's like getting on a bike. I can remember how to play the saxophone. And I was like, well, going to hold you to that that dallin i don't remember saying that word for it we have the grab so this will be interesting because i feel like this is a fleeting comment jenna here it is i played saxophone i have we have discussed this just play saxophone alto alto i tried to move to tenor and they said no you haven't even paid off the alto i just like the glitz of it all yo it's very the saxophoneophone as well is very dramatic.

Sexy. Yeah. And very culturally relevant around the 2014 era when Thrift Shop was popping off. Oh, yeah. And then that Jason Derulo song. Yeah. And Problem by Ariana. It was a good year to be a saxophonist.

I think, I guarantee you, hand me a saxophone alto at this point and a reed, a moist reed, and I can perform Eye of the Tiger with my eyes closed. Okay. Well, if you stick around, maybe you'll hear that. No, you definitely won't. Yeah, you will. Why do I go into such specific detail? Eye of the Tiger.

Did you ever learn that song? Yes, because I had to pick this thing up and today on the way here and I called my mum just as a daily update and I went, oh, I just picked up a saxophone. Remember I used to play in primary school? She said, yeah, and the only song you knew how to play was Eye of the Tiger. Wow. So you weren't just bullshitting.

You actually knew that song. Yeah. There you go. Well, anyway, you guys thought, oh, how are you going to get a saxophone, Mitch? Because I wanted you to play it on our podcast, prove that you still can. You were like, how are you going to get a saxophone? Piece of piss. I just emailed Sydney Band Instruments.

They're in Gladesville. Mike was lovely, very helpful. He's like, yep, I'll provide a sax to make this happen. So you've picked it up. Where is it? I've got it here with me. I'm going to play it. Hold on.

Why open it? This is the song I want you to. Eye of the Tiger. That part, see? Very easy. Couple notes. Okay, yeah, that's the easy bit. All right, that's the song. I'm going over.

So they're quite tricky to put together. Is it just in the box or have you put it all together with the reed and everything? Can you hear me? I'm moving microphones, Jenna. Yeah. You can hear me nice and clear. It's still in the case. Hold on. Oh, so you haven't set it up. and clear. It's still in the case. Hold on.

I'll see. I haven't set it up. All right. We could be here a while. This is a first open. Ready? Look at that. Oh, it's lovely.

Sydney Band Instruments. Look at you go, darling. Yeah. Sydneybandinstruments.com.au if you want to have a look at the range. I'm going to have to work out how to put this together, to be honest. So I've got the saxophone. Oh, the reed! Jen, the wet reed!

Now, the reed is a little wooden duck tongue. It's a really thin piece of wood that goes on the mouthpiece, and it's what helps the vibrato, but it has to be wet before you play it. And I remember you have to leave them out to dry in the sun, otherwise they get mouldy. And before my big recital, I forgot to leave it out in the sun. It was mouldy, but I played through the mould. Oh, yuck. I remember my sister would walk around the house with the reed on her tongue,

kind of like she was sucking on a paddle pop without an ice cream. Yeah. Because you have to get it moist, yeah. And she always used to get so shitty at me. I would accidentally bump the saxophone and chip the reed. Okay. I'm going to have to remember how to do this. I wish I had done this part i thought that it was set up already

okay the reed is on the reed is on that's all right we're making okay cool and then this see this piece mitchell kind of looks like an elbow of sorts yep assuming all that god i just remember every time I looked at Nicole playing the saxophone, I just think there's so many fucking buttons. How do you remember where to put them? And it's not like a piano where the buttons are in order from like low to high. They're all over the shop. Wow, this thing is stunning.

Is it better than the one you had in school? Oh, God, yeah. The one I had in school, every kid had been through. I think I've set it up. I'm going to put the neck strap on because they supplied one and why would I not? Oh, look at that. Oh, you're a natural. I've got to remember that.

Jeez, it looked a lot bigger back when I was a kid. This looks like a prop when I'm holding it. It's tiny. But it really suits you. It does, actually. Mitch, as soon as I hold it, it all comes back to me. It's actually quite magical. Oh, my God.

Wow. I wonder if I'd be the same with my violin. First nose. Don't celebrate too early. It was one hoot. Oh, God. Sorry. Sorry.

I've got to learn. I've got to relearn. All right. It might have something to do with your breath. You look like you're pushing really hard. Did you hear a bit of that, though? No, of course I did, but it was a bit all over the shop. Okay.

I think it had something to do with your breath. Your cheeks were really puffed out, so it did seem even more controlled with your diaphragm. Also, are you playing Eye of the Tiger? The quick brown fox, yes. I can start from the beginning. Yeah. Sorry. Sorry. Oh, bravo.

Sorry, I'm laughing and blowing. Oh, it's beautiful. Okay. That's it. That's the bit. Well done. Nailed it.

Yay. No, don't patronise me. It's good. I've got a couple of songs that I wanted to see if you could play, like some of my favourite iconic saxophone songs, you know, like pop songs. Do you remember this one, 2014? Yeah.

See if you can give this a go. Okay, good. Ready? Okay. Yeah, yeah. Save me. Okay, that's enough. Do more, do more, do more. Play something else.

I think I'm getting, the more I play, the more it comes back to me. What about this one? Do you reckon you could do this? It's one from ABBA. ABBA. Jenna, stop encouraging it. He couldn't be further from nailing it. He's just blowing it. Back to Eye of the Tiger.

Shit. I thought I would have had it. Let me get the notes. Hold on. That's kind of beautiful. Oh, a little trill on the end of your scale. Oh, what a pro. In any Arabian film, when there's a plot twist,

when they're running through spice markets. I'll do Harry Potter, Welcome to Hogwarts. Okay. Okay. That's not Not Harry Potter. I think you'll find it is Not Harry Potter. All right, anything else before I go? No, that's quite enough.

I think I want to buy one, guys. One last time for the fans. Okay. Eye of the Tiger. And I'll play it over the song. Here we go. Eye of the Tiger. Oh, it's shocking. Okay. Okay. You're not even close.

You're not even close. I think I'm doing something wrong. Yeah, maybe. Okay, we're still going. Okay, we're done, everyone. Thank you so much to Sydney Band Instruments. Oh, yeah. I don't think we're the best endorsement of what their instruments are capable of,

but no less. But also Mitchell. Yeah. Mitchell, weren't you, weren't you also playing an instrument? Oh, not anymore. I used to play violin when I was in high school. Violin, that's it. Well, why don't we get you a violin and you can do it next week and see if you're any bloody better.

I mean, I'm not making any claims like you did that I'll hand me a saxophone and I'll be able to play Eye of the Tiger, which we've clearly proven is incorrect. You absolutely murdered it. I don't think that if you handed me a violin, I'd be any good, but I'm open to it. I can give it a crack. Maybe I'll surprise myself.

I think you would. Jenna, can we organise a violin for next week? I'll do it. Okay. Okay, let's get Mitch a violin for next week. Let's do it. Jenna, why are you so unhelpful? I don't know where to go.

You wouldn't have had to have done anything. All you had to say was, yes, enable me, and I would have organised it. Yeah, you just Google. Look, do what I did. Google instrument hire in Sydney. Fuck. Yeah, but I can't get there. Guys, she can't.

I'll sort it. Mitch went for me. Guys, my lip is quivering from the vibrato of that reed. Yeah, my sister used to say that. Every time she finished playing sax, it would be like this weird, tingly feeling. She needed chapstick and stuff. Yeah, my lip feels like I've just been hooked up with.

Like you've just given a gobby to a lawnmower. Yes, yes. And I swore I'd never do it again. All right, let's go. That glorious golden saxophone staring at me from the other end of the room. What a charm. Oh, we have it for a couple more days, Mitch. Mike was like, oh, there's no time.

There's no rush to get it back to me. Get it back to me once you're done with it. And I'm not done. Did he? Yeah. I told him we'd just, you know, borrow it for the afternoon. But okay, what are you going to do? Oh, I'll be reciting it.

Oh, poor Hayden. He'll be fine. Put his AirPods in and shut up. Stop complaining. I'm so sorry, Hayden. This is my fault. Oh, well, you know, your poor housemate, your poor cat. How will they bear with your violin next week?

Is there any specific type of violin that I need to look for or is a violin a violin? Yeah, just a full-size one. They're pretty much standard. Violin. Oh, I've just searched Facebook Marketplace. Do you want to keep it? No. I've got one.

I've still got my one from high school, but it's at my sister's place. She's got like a music room. Okay. All right. All right. Leave it with me. Violin next week, guys. Thank you for listening to the episode.

Thank you to Keenan Gonsdale for being here. What a superstar. Yeah, he was great. We adore him, and we will be back next week, guys. So I guess we'll see you then. Yeah, looking forward to it. See you for Ready 4. Bye.

Bye. Is it just me? A podcast by a couple of mitches. Make sure you've hit follow on your podcast app. Welcome to ADD Brief. This is our secret segment on the end. We pretend that we're done, trick people out of listening,

and then we keep hanging out just for you guys. Yep. This is what it is. A bit of fun between mates. Do you tell people we're friends when you go, I do a podcast with my friends? you guys. Yep. This is what it is. A bit of fun between mates. Do you tell people we're friends when you go, I do a podcast with my friends? How do you describe it?

Of course. I don't know. I don't really describe it that way. I just say, oh, I do a podcast. I don't say with friends. I don't talk about it. I'm ashamed by it. No, it's not that. I've never had to say my friends or if I'm doing an email,

like for example, Mike at Sydney Band Instruments, I didn't say, oh, my friend. I said my co-host, also named Mitch, blah, blah, blah. I can't believe that there was a music store next to the saxophone store. It's absolutely ridiculous. It's like someone going, oh, I've ordered burgers for lunch. It's at that burger place in South Sydney. And you go to South Sydney and then you go to the restaurant that says

hamburgers, but he goes, no, no, no, no. You want a cheeseburger next door at Cheeseburgers, two doors down. What? My brother once said to me, because he's such a shit stirrer, he came down to Sydney for like a weekend away with his mates and he goes, hey, I just got to Sydney. I've broken down. Can you meet me at the traffic lights?

Funny. How many traffic lights are there in Bogengate? Well, none in Bogengate. Forbes has one set of traffic lights. So it makes sense to say at the traffic lights. But Parks has none. Really? But they didn't when I was there.

You know what's funny, Mitchell? So after we did a Sunday night Instagram live, oh, have I told you this story about my dad? I don't when I was there. You know what's funny, Mitchell? So after we did a Sunday night Instagram Live. Oh, have I told you this story about my dad? I don't know. Tell me. So we did our Instagram Live Sunday night dinner with both Mitch's dad Ian and my dad Mark. And they both came in. It was very impromptu.

Oh, it was so cringe. It was for Father's Day. And the internet was so bad. It was very laggy and shit. Yeah. And it was just, it was fine. Like, it was fine. It was actually fine.

People loved it. But our dads were so awkward. It was great. At one point point mitch and i actually at multiple points mitch and i just left we just decided to leave and let them do it together um anyway my dad called me the next day mitch and said um and said um i want to apologize i said what for he said for the live mate um i've really let you down and he te. And he teared up. What? He teared up because he's so emotional and such an empath. He went, I don't want your fan base to think that I'm not prepared

and I don't have any memories of my son because I've got nothing but beautiful memories of you. And I went, no, because when you asked him if he's got any memories of me, he sort of flumbered and flustered and flabbergasted around. But he just was on the spot. Because we were doing, it was like a Q&A for our dads. And one of the questions was, which, by the way, very loaded question. I wouldn't have thought of something on the spot either.

Oh, what's your favourite memory of your son? Like, they fucking raised us. There's a lot of things to choose from. Yep. Poor dad. He was very upset. And then mum went, Mark, what are you talking about? Mark, give me the phone.

What about my mum giving the answers to every fucking question mum was standing there holding the phone and mitch would go mark what's your favorite memory of mitchell and dad is that your impression of me yeah it is um i've spent hours on it and dad would go my favorite memory and then mum would go the beach when he fell over at the beach. And he did a wee on the beach and then the seagull came and bit his face. And it was like, mum, we can hear you. You're holding the fucking phone. The thing is though, she wasn't even whispering. It was like, oh, what are you most

proud of, Mitch? The radio show, Mark. The radio. It wasn't whispering. I was like, we can hear you. Your dad's proudest moment of your career was starting at Kiss. Yeah, I was like, oh, the job I just left. Sweet. He's like, yeah, you peaked early, son.

Was it you telling me that your dad thought I was on Survivor, actually a contender? Yeah, I mean, you did post on your Instagram a photo of you in the Outback with a Channel 10 logo on it. I don't think you ever actually clarified what was happening there. It was just for your radio show. You were there interviewing the people that were on the show. But when people at a glance, my dad was like, oh, Mitch was on Survivor.

That's impressive. I was like, he'd be dead if he was on that show. I interviewed George, who is on Survivor, and he said, I think you'd be great on the show. I wonder what people's perception of me is. Maybe they just, I think I'd be good at like the gameplay, but nothing else. That's it. No, you wouldn't be good at the gameplay because like you're a people pleaser.

You wouldn't want to backstab and plot against people, all that shit. No, I'd love that! If there's no one like, if it's not my career at stake or people that I know, I get all good with people that I know but if they're fucking randoms and we're playing a game I'm the most competitive person

ever. I'm ruthless. I think you could do it. Bullshit. Did you or did you not send an apology message to Talia after you smashed her mug last week? I didn't apologise for anything. I'm ruthless. I think you could do it. Bullshit. Did you or did you not send an apology message to Talia after you smashed her mug last week? I didn't apologise for anything. I just said all in good whatever that expression is. We'll still

send you a mug. Thanks for the review. Didn't apologise because that was a real emotion. She didn't cop it though. So many messages saying they love that anger outburst. Jenna, maybe you should be angry one podcast. It's clear that people love it. Yeah.

I was thinking that. We haven't had a Jenna tantrum. God knows what she's bottling up. I would love to. I might do that. Not on cue, but like feel free not to let it bottled up one day. Yeah. Mitch, you should have just seen the evil in her eyes when she said that.

I was like, don't do it now. She goes, no, when I want to. It was like a squint and a sideways glance. I can see the flicker in her eye. You're insane. It will happen. About Ken and Ronsdale, you don't say one word the whole interview and at the end, oh, I studied with you.

You didn't even tell us that. I know. I know. Mitch and I looked at each other like, where is this coming from? And whenever you ask a question, it's always that point one second after the goodbye has been left for too long. Because I thought, oh, maybe this is stupid to bring up. But I thought, we can always cut it.

No, always. May as well bring it up. You are free to say whatever you damn well please. I just thought it might have been something you'd mentioned to us. We're like, oh, we've got Keanu Lonsdale on the show today. You're like, oh, always. May as well bring it up. You are free to say whatever you damn well please. I just thought it might have been something you'd mentioned to us. We're like, oh, we've got Keanu Lonsdale on the show today. You're like, oh, yeah. Nothing. No, he's good on Dance Academy.

That's what I told you prior to this interview. What was Dance Academy? Oh, fantastic ABC show about a dance academy. No way. I was hoping it was a fish and chip reality show. Yeah. You really helped us crack that code, Jenna. Thanks.

I'm so glad I asked you. Jenna, genuine question. Yes. Because Mitch and I obviously call each other and say, what are we going to do on the show? Apart from the idjams, that's always a mystery. But do you often just show up here and the mics go on and you have no idea what's about to happen.

So when we're telling everyone listening, here's what's coming up in the show. You're actually finding out for the first time. Absolutely. That's every week. She writes it down to remember. She doesn't know what we're doing on the show and she's on it. Yeah. I see you with your run sheets and stuff that I think it's just exciting.

We don't even use run sheets anymore. We don't even use them. Guys, the receptionist at Kiss said to me the other day, Mitch, I'm starting a podcast and I'd really like if you could share me a mock run sheet from Is It Just Me? And I went, ah, and pushed her down a flight of stairs. I said, run sheet, fuck off.

We used to use run sheets when I was in my uptight era, but now I'm just like, fuck it. No, they're too rigid i i like going going with the flow and the podcast going row going going with the flow and also yeah the the thing is that i would make the run sheets we'd agree upon it but then we'd always not stick to it anyway so it's like what's the point yeah very true true like have you ever mitch thought oh where are we up to? I'm going to have to look at my sheet. Oh, I've got to read reviews now.

No, we fucking know. We've done 83 of these things now. We're fine. In the middle of Keenan Lonsdale. Oh, shit. Sorry, Keenan. Where can people get the mugs, Jenna? How long until they can message you to get their free mug?

So I was in the desert. My dick was horrid. Jenna. Who's this again? It's not on the run sheet. Who's this again? Good get from you, Mitch. Look at you go with the guest booking.

Thank you. Well done. You know who is actually releasing new music at the moment and may be doing press rounds? Yeah. And it's not as unattainable as Dido. I'm not going to be ridiculous, but I'd love to get Abba on the show. They've got new music out.

Can you get us Abba? Okay, here we go. This will be my metric of whether or not we can. Jenna, have Jonesy and Amanda arguably keeping Abba's discography alive? Are they speaking to them? Not at this point of time. Right. Then I doubt the two gays on the iHeartRadio podcast will score an exclusive interview.

Or maybe they're not hustling. We hustle. Exactly. Exactly. Well, that's where you're wrong, Mitchell. Jonesy and Amanda may not have ABBA, but that doesn't matter because we're better than Jonesy and Amanda, are we not? Yes, we are.

They might not have ABBA, but we have FIBA. That's me. Nah, I reckon we could get ABBA. What are their names again? Benny, Bjorn, Agnetha, fucking Frida, I don't know. Do they have names? Yes. Are they all siblings?

Are they like the ABBA siblings? No. Mitch, do you not know this? No. So they were on Eurovision. I knew that. And it was Waterloo. That was their winning song.

Then they became a really popular band and then because there's two guys, two girls, they both paired up, started fucking, got married. And then both of them, both couples got divorced and that's when they started releasing all those horrific breakup songs like Knowing Me, Knowing You, Winner Takes It All. It was all based off their real life crippling marriages from within the band. Imagine if we like seriously had this huge fight

and then we came on and made art about it. Is it just me or is your co-host a cunt? That is so Scandinavian as well. Isn't that like the, what are they, Swedish? That's the most Swedish thing ever to divorce your partner but then go, yeah, let's make a music out of it. Yes. Put on Winner Takes It All.

That's my favourite ABBA song, I've got to say. Oh, I like Waterloo. Waterloo. I like SOS. Yeah. Oh, that's another breakup one, Jenna. Yes, good. Mm-hmm.

There we go. Here we go. Beautiful song. Should we test the delay between my home studio and your studio by me trying to sing along? Okay. We'll see just how bad the delay is. Ready?

Here we go. Just out. How far behind am I? I'm going to see if I can preempt it. I'll sing early. see if I can match. Oh, you're one beat behind if it's done. Yeah, okay. Ready?

Go, go, go, go. The loose is standing small. Beside the victory. Oh, close, close. That's her destiny. How close was I? You got it, you got it. I was in your arms. Here we go? You got it, you got it! I was in your arms

Here we go. Yes, you got it. Now do it. Thinking I've been long there I figured it made sense This is a good song. But no, I like... Was I close?

Yeah, yeah, yeah. You got it. You got it towards the end. I sound insane to myself, singing out of time on purpose. This is my favourite ABBA song. You can get a saxophone in that. So is this during the height of the marriage or was this after the divorce?

No, this was the... I could be wrong, Jenna. You were there. Yeah. Was this the song that won the Murovision? I'm pretty sure it was. Let me just double check. Really?

Yeah. Yeah, this was like their burst onto the scene song, you know? I like Volet Vu. Have you heard the new songs? They're not great. Oh, I like it. I haven't heard it, no. What's it called? There's two. Oh, I like it. I haven't heard it, no. What's it called?

There's two. Oh, I didn't know. They released two singles and I went the longest time without listening to them because I was like, I don't want ABBA to be shit. It's been 40 years since new ABBA music. And I got there and I listened and they're fucking terrible. Oh, really? I haven't heard yet.

So this will be a real take. What's it called? I Still Have Faith In You is one of them. That's one of them, yeah. And then there was two. What was the other one? The other one is Don't Shut Me Down. Here, this is ABBA.

I Still Have Faith In You. So the first one is more a slow song and then the other one was upbeat. But even the upbeat one, I was like, this is doing nothing to me. To the joy and the sorrow We have a story And it's a lie Oh. Do you know what? It's grown on me a bit. I should never judge the first listen.

I like it. How does it start? Yeah, this was the underwhelming bit, the start. Yeah, it gets so much better. Sounds like we're in Frozen. I still have faith in you. In you. Also, I don't want to sound mean, but doesn't it sound like Doc Wiggins singing?

Like, they're so old now. Through all these years I hit that hill. Somehow there was a you. That was my next question though, Mitch. Are these old songs that they recorded at the height of their fame or is this new recordings? New. I don't know. Do I look like a fucking encyclopedia?

I don't know. You brought it up. What's the other one called? I mean, it's the first music they've released in 40 years. I would hope that they didn't just, you know, find an old USB and go, oh, this is one we haven't released. Well, that's like the Spice Girls. I'm assuming it's new.

The Spice Girls are doing their 25th year anniversary and they're releasing unreleased songs from their heyday. Like, they're not re-recording. Yeah, that's shit. What about this song, Rennie? Hold on. While Jenna gets from the name of the other one. Don't shut me down.

Oh, don't shut me down. See, this one's grown on me now. Yes, I like it. I still have faith in you And I would say Even though they sound like they're close to death. Yeah, they do. This is Don't Shut Me Down. Oh, Mitchell, as soon as I pressed play, you sung. And I thought that was it.

I was going to remember this part. I loved it. Sorry, I was mocking the old song. I still have faith in you. I loved it. Sorry, I was mocking the old song. I still have faith in you. Stop my dentures. Pick them up, please, Sven. Oh, this is better.

Oh, they've got that iconic vocal, though, don't they? That's great. Yeah, again, I shouldn't jump to conclusions and make such wild and baseless claims. Exactly. Like the new songs are rubbish because that's the second time I've heard it and I'm like, oh, it's all right.

Yes, it's good. It's not this though, is it? Give me, give me, give me On the head of the midnight Take me to the? This is brilliant. You know that riff has been sampled. The Madonna song? The Madonna song, yes.

Oh my god, I was so dumb as a child. I didn't realise that that Madonna song was sampling an ABBA song. Find the Madonna song. And when my sister was watching Mamma Mia, the movie, for the first time, they played Gimme, Gimme, Gimme. And I said to her, why are they playing a Madonna song in an Abba movie? Like I seriously – and then I was like, oh, my God,

they stole it from Madonna. I didn't realise Madonna sampled it. No, so this is the original. You're like, we just played. And it's the – I don't know what instrument it is. It's really good. A keyboard. Yeah. Yeah.

Then Madonna's like, you know what, I'm going to nick that. In the background. She would know the old bitch time going by slowly. That's good. But, you know, Ava Max also sampled that in her latest song. What? Yeah, but I can't think of a name. Is it even that good?

Is that riff that good that everyone needs to keep pinching it? Ava Max. Fucking hell. I mean, you've spoken to the cow. You should know. I've spoken to her pinching it. Ava Max. Fucking hell. I mean, you've spoken to the cow. You should know. I've spoken to her fucking seven times. Really? Yeah, six.

I was doing the count and I had her the other day. Shit, guys. I'm so sorry. I didn't come prepared. That's all right. That's the beauty of ADD brief. Nothing's prepared. Okay, is it torn?

Or emotions? No, it's torn. It's torn. We just, nothing's prepared. Okay, is it torn? Or emotions? Yes, no, it's torn. It's torn. It's torn, I believe. Yep, torn. Torn. Unintentionally has an ABBA influence. What?

No. Oh, come on. It is so, it is such a, because I love ABBA and I also love Madonna. So as soon as I heard this song, and I asked her in an interview and she said, oh yeah, I take my inspo from so many powerful women, but she said she was sampling Madonna. Dumb bitch doesn't even know she's sampling ABBA. She's dumb like me.

So I'll play you the Ava Max song and you tell me when you hear it because it's not as obvious as Madonna. She sings for a bit. She's a lovely lady. Oh, she's a singer, I say. She's a singer, yes. That makes sense. I wonder if she just started doing slam poetry to a beat. Yeah.

Ready? Background. Yeah. That's definitely tight. Wait for the hook. Wait for the hook. It's there. It's there.

Yeah. It's there. Isn't it weird when you notice a song sample something else? Mm-hmm. Oh, he smells me. Do I smell a segment brewing? Oh, my God. Secret samples.

Yes. Top five. Yeah, Indigem top five. Oh, my God, yes. Samples. That's brilliant. I love it. Yes, I love that.

So far, we've got one. No, we've already done this. This was the little taster. I love it. Yes, I love that. So far, we've got one. No, we've already done this. This was the little taster. Oh, God. So it's a total clean slate. I need five. Yes. No, never mind.

Yeah, you need five. No, we can come up with it. We'll have to discuss this off the air because I can't think of any others off the top of my head. I can't think of any others. I'm sure there's plenty. Hayden loves it. Hayden loves to notice a sample. I love it.

Oh, he's probably got a top 100 prepared. I'll just see if I can pinch a few of his. What about this? Do we all know what this is sampling? Yes. Do you reckon that Rihanna regrets sampling Rolf Harris? Does she sample Rolf fucking Harris? I've been everywhere, man, looking for you, babe. That's not a sample.

It is. Have you not heard the Rolf Harris one? I sang it on this show once. I've been everywhere, man. Yeah, but she's not sampling that. It's just a glitz and a delirium. To her own admission, she is. What does she say?

I've been everywhere, man. Like, I don't want to fucking spell it out to you, but that bit. No, I know that. Looking for a young one. Like, I just think it's a coincidental lyric. I doubt she's sampling Rolf Harris. Here I come with my breadth of musical knowledge and you shut

me down like I'm making up lies. She said it in an interview. Oh, she said I sampled Rolf Harris. Yes. Actually, no, to be fair, I'm pretty sure that I've Been Everywhere is also an American song, and Rolf Harris did an Australian version with Australian town names. Tell them all, see them all.

There's Mumululabani and Bomberidge and all. But I think there might be an American version that she sampled. You're right. Yes, yes, okay. I take it all back. Yeah. I sampled Serial Pedophile with Wolf Harris. He's amazing.

I've looked up to him for my whole career. That's a better Rihanna than I could ever do. I was impressed with myself. That was very good. You had the Jamaican twang in there and everything. That was good. I was like, I didn't know I could do a Rihanna. Rihanna needs to put fucking music out.

What is she doing with her life? She's taking her time. Too much. Yeah, you know what she's done now? She's done an ABBA. She's left it so long that there'll be so much anticipation and hope for these songs and then we'll hear it and go, terrible. Yeah, we will.

You're exactly right. Just like what Lorde did. Lorde left it like seven years or something. Yeah, yeah. What can you do there? That's terrible. Yeah, we will. You're exactly right. Just like what Lorde did. Lorde left at like seven years or something. Yeah, yeah. What can you do there? That's rough. Did she? I didn't notice the Lorde pause at all.

Oh, my God. Lorde was missing for years. The joke was like, where's Lorde? She just didn't drop any music. She's gone. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

A lull's quite nice, isn't it? Yeah. You know what? A lull is like, you know when you have a nice stare, when you just get caught staring? Everyone try to force a nice stare now. Ready? Just get locked on something.

Oh, not with another person. No, no, no. No, no, no. No, no, just when you're staring. No, they're a fucking aimless stare. They slap. I can get amongst that. Yep.

Go for me. What is it? can get amongst that. Go for me. What is it? Oh, my God. It's heaven. Just relax. Oh, Mitch, add it to things better than drugs and dicks. Add it. A good aimless stare.

Yes. Dissociation. Yes. Borderline personality disorder. Is it dissociation or disassociation? Disassociation, I think. Disassociation. Disassociating.

I just thought I'd pull myself up there before some dickhead got in the group saying, mispronunciation from Coombs. He said dissociation. Oh, I'm a serial dissociator and it affects me. Shut up. Welcome to the agricultural association. I'll just get rid of the A. What would their podcast be? Welcome to A Agricultural Association. I'll just get rid of the A. What would their podcast be?

Welcome to AGG Brief. Welcome to the Country Women's Association. Look at that nice juicy sss. It took me a while. That was good. He's hot Look at his little In bed with someone

Tight little Do you play the Oh no this one doesn't work I was going to say Do you play the acoustic guitar Or the No it's got to be the start It doesn't have to be

We are literally Me making up rules. I hacked it out of the middle. I said dissociation instead of disassociation. So I just hate A's apparently. Oh, yeah. Hey, Jen. Yes. That was the joke.

No, he got it. I didn't hear that. Oh. I said, hey, Jen, without the A. You have to explain the joke. You know what they say. No, no, I the A. You have to explain the joke. You know what they say. No, no, I got it. Jen Benson.

Is it just me? Oh, then it works. Like Kieran says it. Is it just me, the podcast? Yeah. My favourite film as a child was 101 Down Missions. No, we're fucking, we're really scraping the bottom of the burl here. Burl.

Do you have the new rpods, Mitch, or do you have the old rpods? Oh, right. You got rid of the A in airpod. But you can say pod normally. It's just the A's that we're getting rid of. Oh, yeah. The new pod. Oh, then it would be earpods.

Ear. Does it be IR? Yeah. Earpods. Much of it is started with the R. Oh, my God. My ear pods. E, because it would be IR. Ear pods. Imagine if you just started the R. Oh, my God. My ear pods are flat. I had to send you my ear pods.

Isn't it weird how words can be spelt exactly the same but pronounced completely differently? I had to email someone today and the sentence was, they're coming across a bit red, as in they're not sounding natural. It sounds like they're reading a script. Were you talking about me behind my back again? I was air checking you. Did you get the email?

And I sent it and I said, oh, she's coming across a bit read. And I'm like, oh, wait, wait. Yeah. No, that's not right. I want to say red. Then I'm like, R-E-E-D. I'm like, no, that's fucking read, which is the same as R-E-A-D. Oh, I hate that.

Honestly, if someone out there who has English as their second language, not their first, apparently learning English, it's the hardest language, one of the hardest languages to learn because there are so many little fuck arounds like that that comes down to just colloquialisms and the way that we say it as natural born English speakers. It's fucked. Who invented the you need a you after a Q rule?

Like queen would still spell the same thing if it was Q-E-E-N. Yeah. Oh, it's the queen. And knife could very well go without the K, thank you very much. Yeah, greedy fucking knife hogging a K to yourself. You start with N, bitch. It, greedy fucking knife. Hogging a K to yourself, you start with N, bitch. It could just be knife. Knife.

What do they think we're going to say? Niffy. What about, did Shakespeare go, add a K? We don't want people saying niffy. He did, actually. Oh, you were there, of course. Imagine if it wasn't a silent K. Knife.

Knife. Knife. You're knieving. It's just stupid. Oh, yes. Please stand for the honourable Her Majesty, Queene Elizabeth. So we're taking silent letters off mute now.

All right. Let's do it. What else is there? Oh, have you met my neighbour, Aaron? I've never understood that, by the way. A-R-O-N works just fine. Neighbour, Aaron. I've never understood that, by the way. A-R-O-N works just fine. I just might legally change my name to Mitchell with a silent seven.

Who's going to stop me? Put them in between the L's. No one will know. Mitchell's. God, that's so stupid. We're dumb. We really are. We make canoes sense. But also faint, F-E-I-N-T.

No. No. Wait, who spells faint that way? That's how you spell faint, F-E-I-N-T, isn't it? No. Yeah, Jenna, you need to stop agreeing with everything he says and actually think. No.

He just went, I know, you're so right. I don't think anyone spells faint that way. Jenna just said, I lose sleep actually think. No. He just went, I know, you're so right. I don't think anyone spells faint that way. Yeah, but you said, oh, lose sleep over it. No. Yeah, she was like, you're so right, babe, you do you. And then she thought about it and goes, oh, yeah, you're right, he got that completely wrong. Faint, I just Googled it, a deceptive or pretended blow,

thrust or another movement, especially in boxing or fencing. Oh, my God, am I spelling it wrong? Yep. It's F-A-I-N-T. You're actually right. The way that you think it should be spelled is, in fact, the way it's spelled. I've been spelling it F-E-I-N-T with an apostrophe over it,

with an accent. How am you using that word? Me all the time to Hayden. Babe, get some M&M's. I'm feeling faint. Babe, order some more Subway. I'm feeling faint. Babe, order some more Subway. I'm feeling faint. Oh, shoot me.

Hey, Mitchell, quick hot take. Did you hear the Chromatica remix album? I still haven't. It's a lot. That's what I mean. It just seems like sensory overload. Like, they've taken this Lady Gaga album, which already is quite

a lot really like it's no joanne it's like a pop album it's upbeat there's a lot happening and then they've remixed it and just like oh it's it's like a it's like the songs have been put in a blender but the blend is still on when you listen yeah some of them what i like is that she's given like up-and-coming djs a chance to mix on a big well-known artist's record which is cool and she's very good like that but some of them are shocking like sign from above with elton john they have done ungodly things to that poor poof's voice like they're adding beeps and it sounds like sounds like a cars reversing and elton you know how in that song he's really dramatic he's like feel my heart've like pitched him right up.

It sounds comical. And they've added beeps and bops. She probably thought she was doing a really good thing by giving these up-and-coming DJs a leg up. But like imagine that legit job interview. Hello, welcome to Stonewall. We've got a vacancy for a DJ on Friday nights. What history do you have?

What's some of your past work? Well, I completely butchered Sign From Above by Lady Gaga and Elton John. Get out. Get off my property. I made Elton sound like a chipmunk. Okay, I feel like I need to hear it now because so many people, not just you, like so many gays in my life have warned me

that that song, the remix, is a dog's breakfast. So I feel like I need to hear it. Sign From Above? Yes. That's specifically that one. Everyone's just said don't bother. All right. So Sign From Above remix.

I can't believe it's not in the system at Kiss. Yeah. Sign From Above, the Chester Lockhart, Mood Killer, and Lil Texas remix. Too many chefs in the kitchen, Gaga. Yeah, it's also Halloween themed. It's really spooky. I already hate it.

When I was young, I prayed for lightning This is fine, just a different beat. My mother said it would come and find me I found myself without a prayer I lost my love and no one cared When I was young, I prayed for lightning I feel like I'm at a fitness first about to do a pump class. Yeah, it's very F45, isn't it? All right, here's the drop.

I'm waiting for Elton. Should I skip? If you want. I think I get the messy picture here. Oh, here. Wait, was that him? Yeah, just wait. It's really kooky.

All right. When I was young, I felt immortal. They've younged up his voice. And I did it without a struggle. What is that? It's like hed on a cat. Oh, this is shocking. I lost myself under the light When I was young

I felt a little, little, little Yeah, I looked with my face up to the sky But I saw nothing there No, no, nothing there See, he's sped up. I like this part. While my eyes Heard off the chair

It feels like Crash Bandicoot. Oh my God, it does. Go back. I feel like that bit there, it was like, that was Crash Bandicoot. Oh my God. Yeah, I know.

With my face up to the sky But I saw nothing there No, no, nothing there I fell off a cliff. Picking up the peaches or whatever they are. On top of the boxes. What was that? They had to beep out the swear word. I heard one cunt from above. There's just too much going on. Get rid of it.

Yeah, it's gone. It's gone. I'm going to have a fit. It's too much. Who was that remixed by? Chester Lockhart. Get rid of it. Yeah, it's gone. It's gone. I'm going to have a fit. It's too much. Who was that? Who was that remixed by? Chester Lockhart. Chester Lockhart and Lil Texas.

Yeah, Chester Lockhart, Lil Texas. Maybe get a trade. Yeah. Yeah. You've got no future in this shit. I wonder if there's any audio producers listening that can deliberately do a terrible remix of our opener. I'll send you all the assets. Just make it really fucked.

Do it. Oh, my God. I love that challenge. Remix our opener. Because I couldn't do that if I tried. I could not do that. Shit. Why have I just developed the hiccups?

Oh, fuck. I've just been sitting here. It's the saxophone. Where'd they come from? Okay. I'd actually love that. Do we want them to do sign from above energy? Yeah, like the more fucking chaotic and senseless, the better.

When I was young. Shut up. People do some weird shit. What about me, me, me, me? What about Kirianne Kikikanali fell several metres from entropy while performing the musical Pippin? Ow, ow, ow. Just her fall on loop. Just her fall on loop.

They turn her fall into the Fox century, whatever it is, 21st century. It's like. Ow, ow, ow. Ow, ow, ow. Ow, ow, ow. Yeah, anyone who's capable of that, please do. Audio producers, send it in. Should we make it the opener for next week or no?

Because unknown listeners will freak the fuck out. Yeah, we might have to preface something. I mean, one week could be a tight turnaround. It could have taken, what was his name, little chestnut, I don't know. He could have taken that clown. That could have taken him years for all we know. Yeah, it could have. All right.

Well, you've got time, guys. Let us know your deadline and we won't pay you. Yeah. We'll work alongside you. Let's get out of here. Good show, guys. Thanks, Keenan Lonsdale, for being here. What a superstar.

He'll be long in bed now. But well done. 100%. Good episode. Well done. Leave us a review. Five stars, please. Keeps us going. On the cloud, win yourself a commemorative mug.

Mitch and I, as Jenna obviously wasn't on the call, as we previously discussed, Mitch and I have all but decided the plan to episode 100, Mitch. We're kind of mapped out, aren't we? Oh, yeah. I mean, to a degree. We don't know what we're doing in the episodes. We just know when we're doing it.

We're going to take a couple of weeks off after episode 86, I'm pretty sure. Because we usually take a mid-year break. This year we were like, nah, let's not. So it'll be an October break. But then we'll come back and soldier through till the end of season three. Yeah, that's it. Alright. Thank you for listening. We love you. Stay safe. Get vaxxed.

Congrats on getting vaxxed, Mitch. Thank you. My arm's a bit sore, but that's alright. You'll be fine. You'll be right. We'll see you guys next week. Stay safe. Look after yourselves. Goodbye. We hope this podcast made you feel at least 2% better today. That's all.

Just 2%. That's all we ask. All right. Goodbye, everyone. Goodbye. Catch you soon, mate. Is it just me? A podcast by a couple of Mitches.

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