Is It Just Me? - TALKBACK TINGZ: Waiting for a call in silence 📻

Episode Date: September 20, 2020

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Talk Back Tings is our segment where we play the little bits of gold that we hear on Talk Back Radio. Yeah, highly requested too. This has been voted by the idiots the number one segment we do. That's right, our Facebook group. I didn't realise it had been so long since we'd done Talk Back Tings. Was it India? I don't know, actually. Graham?

I feel like it was Graham was the last one we did. It possibly was. But let me tell you, this person we're about to hear from has been on Talkback Tings before. I think it was back in episode 27. Do you remember Carter Edwards? Oh, how could I forget Carter? He's got a special place in my heart. So far, every single Talkback Tings piece of audio that I've played, something whack

from Talkback, has come from the one station, 2SM in Sydney. I don't actually need to go outside of that station because it all, it just delivers so much gold. It's such a random station. You're telling me that they had to withdraw from the ratings because they were rating it such a small percentage? Yes. They were that embarrassed by their poor ratings that they just tapped out.

They were like, we don't want to know. It's fine. They were like, oh, no, ratings aren't even real anyway. And all that. That was their excuse. But really. Yeah. And they run. That was their excuse. But really. And they run on the smell of an oily rag. It's literally just an old man, a microphone and a phone.

That's all they do. That's the only resources they have. But they somehow make it work. Bless them. But I was listening the other night, Carter Edwards late at night on a weekend. And I witnessed the moment that Carter Edwards just gave up. Really? He's been in this game for a long time, been hosting his talkback show for many years,

and I just thought this particular night, he was like, I'm over it. I'm over it. Not his heart. I thought you meant his heart gave out. No, no, no. Nothing like that. You'll know what I mean. But first of all, let's just give you a little taste of what Carter Edwards' radio show is

like. Any topic, any time. Call 13 12 69. There you go. There it's the truth. Yes. Okay. It's your station.

I just push the buttons and give you the chance to have your freedom of speech. And there's all kinds of things that we'd like to give you a chance to talk about. One thing I want to do, i wanted to to try and get your opinion on whatever it is that we throw in your direction because everybody's got a a uh a thought on whatever it is that we're talking about whoops where have I got this happening? A second. Hang on. Okay.

He's not super coherent. You know what I mean? Everyone's got a thought but him. Yes. So you wouldn't really tune into that show if you're wanting slick, polished radio. No. Like the sort of FM rubbish you have to make. Oh, exactly. He left so many lulls.

I could never do that. Oh, if you think those lulls are bad. So when I listened the other night, I heard him do his thing. He's like, you know, this is the number. Call in. Talk about whatever you want to talk about. And then he just sat and waited for someone to call. On air?

No. He didn't fill the silence. He literally just sat in silence waiting for the phone to ring. But was it a joke? Was he doing it as a bit? No, no, no, no, no, no. Just play the audio. You'll know what I mean.

Oh, my God. Okay. Thank you for your thoughts, Maureen. Okay, bye, mate. Thank you, darling. Bye-bye. Okay, agree or disagree? What are your thoughts on that one, folks?

Please, give us an idea. Okay, 13- disagree? What are your thoughts on that one, folks? Please, give us an idea. Okay, 13, 12, 69. I've got one line waiting for somebody. You'll wait. No. Oh, my God. Wait, is this real yeah i'm not gonna make you sit through all the silence it went for over three minutes was he in a bad mood i don't know but can i tell you there was actually nothing he could have said in that moment that would have been more engaging to me than that

silence i wouldn't get out of the car i was sitting there in the car park for over three minutes being like, what's going to happen next? It was actually so gripping. Yeah, but also my brain goes straight to death. I'm like, has he died? Something has happened in the studio. There's a terrorist ISIS have broken in. Oh, my God.

And the listeners are like, oh, that's just Carter. He must be off doing away. Just Carter being Carter. This is why we love his program. He's nodded off again. But anyway, I'm not going to make you sit through the entire three-minute silence, but this is what happened when he came back on air and finally someone called through.

Okay. Righto. Good evening. Hello. Yeah, can you hear me? I can hear you, yes, sir. Thank you. Good evening Hello Yeah, can you hear me? I can hear you, yes sir, thank you Yeah, I was listening to your conversation earlier It went on from there

It's almost like he was asleep with a newspaper on his head I know Hello, yes, hi, I've been waiting Can I just ask, Mitchell As someone who works on air in FM radio, how much trouble would you get in if you did that? Oh, if I say my name, I'm Mitch Till Midnight. I can't even leave a pause between the till and midnight.

I'm going to say it all as one word, Mitch Till Midnight. I can't even go Mitch Till, eh, midnight. Fire, done, redundant. Very, very fast paced, nothing like that talkback shit. Also, my call, because I take so many calls every night. I can, if they're bad, I chop them. They're done. Really?

Oh, of course. But it's also funnier that way. But this way, like this is next level. Well, as we've learned, they kind of just let anyone on air on talkback. They don't really vet them. It's just like, whatever, someone's called. They'll take what they can get. Also, that lady that he let go didn't even know his name.

Bye, mate. See you, mate. Also, that lady that he let go didn't even know his name. Bye, mate. See you, mate. But anyway, I did feel bad for Carter and the fact that he was just left hanging for three minutes waiting for someone to call. It's quite sad. And so right now, as we're recording, we are on Facebook Live, TikTok Live and Instagram Live.

All of them, hey guys. And so I'm thinking that our listeners, because they're fucking legends, they wouldn't leave us hanging like that, would they? Oh, no. Well, you bloody hope not. Absolutely not. And so we've never done this before, but we're going to give out the number of the studio that we record in. Oh, okay.

Here at Kiss. And then Jenna, I want you to get a stopwatch out. Yep. And see how long it takes someone to call because I don't think our listeners would do that to us leave us hanging for three over three minutes no I don't think they would although our listeners is that way inclined that they might just do it because they'd like oh my god I swear if anyone right now is considering doing this is to troll us I will be furious because like that's gonna be be so tense. I probably would knowing them.

We're also on Facebook Live. I tested it earlier. There's a seven second delay so we're guaranteed at least some silence. Okay. So we're just going to sit here and wait and see how long it takes one of our listeners to call. So Mitch, without further ado, give out the number. Alright.

I'll be the very best Carter I can be. Okay. Give us a call So give out the number. All right. I'll be the very best Carter I can be. Okay. Hold on. Give us a call wherever you are. 13-1065. 13-1065. Waiting for your call. Takk for ating med. Talk tonight.

This is Carter. Hi. Hi. Who have we got there? Eloise. Eloise. Are you calling Kiss 1065 or are you calling a couple of Mitches? I was on TikTok watching your live.

Yes. Yay. One of my TikTok followers. You legend. Oh, wait. Hold on right there. We've got another one as well. Stay right there.

Another call. I'm going to add a second in. Hold the line. Hold the line. Oh, they've just hung up. That's okay. Eloise, you legends. Oh, wait, hold on right there. We've got another one as well. Stay right there. Another call. I'm going to add a second in. Hold the line, hold the line. Oh, they've just hung up. That's okay. Eloise, you're back. Jenna, what was the time? It was 50 seconds.

Suck on that, Carter Edwards. This is what social media bloody millennial generation can achieve. Although 50 seconds still isn't anything to rave over. I saw people in the comments on my TikTok saying, guys, don't call. And I'm like, you motherfuckers. Yeah, same on Instagram. Eloise, where are you?

In a wind tunnel by the sound of things. Tunnel. Eloise? She's in a fish tank. Hello? Eloise, where in the world are you? Sydney. Sydney.

Okay, perfect. Eloise, is there a cat on your lap purring? Sydney Sydney, okay, perfect Is she okay? Is there a cat on your lap purring? Pardon? Your phone line's shocking, darling Call us back Are you with fucking Labarra or something? Oh, I'm off you

I got a new one Hi, it's 131065 Who are you calling for? Calling for Mitch Amazing, what's your name? My name's Angela. Angela. Which Mitch?

The two of us. Angela's off the line. Put her back on. That's fine. We've got another one. I'm waiting until we get one from Shuri. Here we go. Hi.

Put her back on. Who are you calling for? Hi. My name's Luke. I just thought I'd call off TikTok from Mitch's TikTok. They're all coming from my TikTok. Hi, Luke. What's Mitch's last name? What's his last name's Luke. I just thought I'd call off TikTok from Mitch's TikTok. They're all coming from my TikTok. Hi, Luke. What's Mitch's last name?

What's his last name, Luke? Mitch Coon. Thank you. Can somebody call for me? There's another one. There's another one. We're moving on. Hi.

Thanks for... Oh, they hung up. Must have been a Jennifer fan. Well, we've got three currently. Who was the first girl again? Eloise? There was Eloise. Her phone line sucked. Eloise is in. I'm also going to add the second one, which've got three currently. Who was the first girl again? Eloise? There was Eloise. Her phone line sucked.

Eloise is in. I'm also going to add the second one, which I believe was Angela. You're both on there. Hi, girls. Hi. Oh, hi, ladies. Thanks so much for calling through. I really thought for a long time there that we were going to have no one.

Thank you for calling through. We do have one more. So I'm giving it away to someone else. There's someone else. Hi. What are you calling for? Hello? Hi. What's your name? Angela. What are you calling for? Hello. Hi.

What's your name? Angela. We already spoke to her. Hi, Angela. Don't hang up on her again. Sorry. So how many people are there on hold right now? There's one more person calling through.

Oh, well, okay. Hopefully they're for me. Leave Angela on. Just put them on the other line. Okay, I'm going to get rid of you. Sorry, the girl in the fish tank. Hi. Who are you calling for?

Hi. Hi. Calling for Kiss FM or the Couple Mitches podcast? What channel? The second one. Oh, hi. Couple Mitches podcast. You sound familiar.

Hi. We watched your video of Bodengate in English. Oh, did you? Really? Hang on. I need context on this. For what reason was the teacher showing you my old Bowdoin Gate video? They were talking about lower to middle class families.

Shut up. Yes. Well, for some reason, they thought it was really exciting for English so we could research other areas of Australia. Other cunts. I see. Okay. I mean, it would have made sense in a geography class,

but I don't understand English. So what was your name? Sorry. Mia. Mia. Meet Angela. You're both on English. So what was your name? Sorry. Mia. Mia. Meet Angela. You're both on the line at the same time, I believe. Hi.

Hi. Are you both in Sydney? No, I'm actually in Newcastle. Oh, nice. Okay, well, they don't have a kiss there, so it's all sorted. All right, I'm going to have to get rid of one. Who are we dropping? Because we have more calls coming through.

I vote Angela. You've been on the line, so you have to say goodbye to Angela. Angela, thank you so much. Bye, Angela. Bye, Angela. I vote Angela. You've been on the longest. You have to say goodbye to Angela. Angela, thank you so much. Bye, Angela. Bye, Angela. I found the other girls like, bye, Angela. 131065 if you're watching with us too. Just letting everyone know that I'm here as well.

Fuck off, Jenna. I'm adding them in. Wait there. Here we go. Apparently the line's busy. That's what I keep being told. Hi. Hi.

Who are you calling for? Mitch Coon. What's what I keep being told. Hi, hi. Who are you calling for? Mitch Coombe. What's your name? Luke. Luke. Is this the one that we answered earlier? No, I'm a different Luke. Oh, because what happened to the other one?

He hung up. He hung up. We got another one. Well, a different Luke. Welcome to the show, no less. Thank God you saved us there. Luke, you stay there. I'm adding someone else in.

Stop. I'm trying to have conversations with these people. We can't not let people through. Hello. Hello. Hello. What's your name? Kate.

Kate. Where are you calling from? Facebook, Instagram, TikTok? Facebook, actually. Yes. We've got one from Facebook. Amazing. Where are you calling from?

Wollongong. Wollongong. I hope you're not talking and driving. Oh, look, it's hands-free. Hands-free. Hands-free. Nice. Okay.

You wouldn't usually allow such a thing on the radio. No, yeah, you'd be cut straight away from my program. I'm not sure about Carter's. You'd probably be left out. How long have you listened to our podcast for? Since the very beginning. Really? Oh, it's one.

Oh, thank you. I've been the other one. There's the Shitty Community. Thank you so much. Oh, stop hanging up Oh, thank you. I've been to the other one. The shitty community. Thank you so much. I'll stop hanging up on them. Thank you for calling through. I appreciate it. It was nice of her to join.

She got cut off because she was going down the Wollongong, the spit bridge. Why do you keep cutting off? What about the other ones that were still there? They're all hung up. I want to talk to Luke. Are there more? Fuck a Red Bull. What do you bitches need?

There he is. Oh, there. Sorry, Luke. He keeps hanging up on people. I'm going to fucking ban you from that desk if you keep hanging up on my callers. We've got calls coming through. This is how a radio show works, guys. You've got to get through them.

No, it's not how a radio show works. I've never heard a radio show that just answers and then goes, oh, sorry, after two seconds. Next one. I think they're throwing you under the bus, really. They absolutely are, darling. Jesus Christ. Get his number off the air while you're at it. Let's pretend this is a radio show.

What have you called about, Luke? I was just calling for the pop quiz. Oh, okay. Well, I'm sorry. You've missed the cue. That's actually already happened, so you'll have to try again tomorrow, darling. But is there anything on your mind?

The three questions for 30K? No, anything? Okay, he's called the wrong show. Yeah, he's definitely a Conjurio fan. Luke, how long have you listened to our podcast for? I actually follow Mitch Coombs on TikTok, and I have never listenedekio fan. Next look. Luke, how long have you listened to our podcast for? I actually follow Mitch Coombs on TikTok, and I have never listened to your podcast. Okay.

Well, you've got some homework to do, Lukey. So it's called Is It Just Me? You'll hear yourself next Monday when this episode comes out. Great. Thanks. Just what I've been looking forward to. Don't fucking come here with your sarcasm, darling. Anyway, love you guys.

See you on TikTok. I love you guys. Thank you so much. All right, bye. Thank you. Bye. Jesus. Can we get someone

from Instagram, please? 131065. Instagram, call through now. Jenna's on what social? Jenna's on LinkedIn Live or something. We've got another one. We've got two.

We've got three. Oh, I think we got them. Okay, here we go. Here we go. Hold on. All right, let's go to call number one. Hello. Hello. name where you from i'm jess hi jess what were you watching on um i was on tiktok amazing thanks for calling through jess you're in sydney are you

yeah i was your latest video that was my comment oh you're the one that watched my video in class as well are you you? Yes. Can I tell you are one of literally hundreds of people that have told me that. Am I in the curriculum or something? Yeah. You must be. We learned it because we're learning about rural places. Yes, country. Can I ask you, Jess, how did the

class react? Were they like, God, this is cringe? Or they were like, okay, we get to watch YouTube. No, we loved it. We loved it. Oh, God. And then you showed up on my For You page like a week later and I was like, oh my God, it's Mitchell. And you were like, oh my we get to watch YouTube. We loved it. We loved it. And then you showed up on my For You page like a week later, and I was like, oh, my God, it's Mitchell. And you were like, oh, my God, he's way more foul these days. Because I didn't swear in that Bogan Gate video. That's the weirdest thing about it.

Back in my day, we'd study Romulus, My Father and Blade Runner. That's what I did too. Look what these kids get. This is trash. Anyway, thank you for calling, Gabby. I don't remember her name. Her name was Jess. Jess, Jess, Jess, Jess.

Do you listen to the podcast, Jess? Yeah. Good to hear. Amazing. I don't need to bully you into listening then. Thank you, Jess. I'm going to let you go because we have one more. Thank you, Jess.

Okay, bye. What's your name? What's your suburb? Oh. Are you there? Is this Rachel? Hi, guys. I love you so much.

Thank you. Oh, hi, Rach. What are you calling from? What social media did you find us on? Instagram. Oh! There we go. We got one on Instagram. That love you so much. Thank you. Oh, hi, Rach. What are you calling from? What social media did you find us on? Instagram. There we go. We've got one on Instagram. That's all I wanted.

How exciting. Thank you. We've done the full sweep. Yeah. Oh, for God's sake. I've just got a notification saying Jenna's gone live. On what? Her own Instagram.

Oh, Jenna's live on Pinterest, I believe. So where are you calling from? Newcastle. Newcastle. Nice. Another Newcastle girl. How are we getting fed to Newcastle. Newcastle. Another Newcastle girl. How are we getting fed to Newcastle and regional students? Like, what is the algorithm? There you go.

Wow. How long have you listened for, Rach? Oh, since the very beginning, guys. Oh, I'm so glad you didn't lose interest along the way. Thank God. So I had to catch up today because I've listened to it in my mind, but I've literally listened to the last two episodes today. Really?

I couldn't listen to more than one episode in a day, to be honest. Yeah. What's the most amount that you've listened to in one go? I actually, this is really sad, but when I went through Trisha Foster, I went back and re-listened to other old episodes for probably like three hours. Oh, my God. Oh, my God. Were you sick of us by the end, surely?

No, I've actually introduced my husband to you guys as well. No way. What did he think? Well, you know, he's just a big, burly bloke and I didn't think that he'd be into you guys, but he actually really liked you guys. That's funny. Yeah, we have broad appeal.

I mean, that's why we have Jennifer the tits. So. Broad appeal. I mean, that's why we have Jennifer the tits. I'm just joking. That's why I'm here. The B cup. Well, thank you for listening and thank you for calling.

That's all right. I'll get back onto Instagram live and keep watching. Thanks, Rachie. We love you. See you. Bye. Wow. I'm blown away. This was a success.

Why is no one calling for me? I don't think you've explained it. Bye. Wow. I feel like this was a success. Why is no one calling for me? I don't think you've explained it to your Instagram followers. Jenna hasn't done this set up. You just went live with no podcast. Call 13 10 65 and ask for me. Oh, Jesus. Live on Etsy. Well done. I'm very impressed with our followers. Thank you

to Instagram. Everyone's saying hi, hi, hi, hi. One, three. I don't like to try and thrive off validation from other people, but my soul died in those 50 seconds when I thought that no one was going to call. Me too. Like, my ego was like, bang!

Took such a hit. How's my ego after everyone, I'm here for Mitchell Coombs' video he put on YouTube. Shut up. Well, I'm on TikTok right now. You are on TikTok. I'm on our stupid little live. We have one more. Let's end with this. Come on,. Shut up. Well, I'm on TikTok right now. You are on TikTok. I'm on a stupid little live. We have one more. Let's end with this.

Come on, may as well. Hi, name, suburb. Hi, it's Holly. Hey, Holly. Holly from Hobart. Oh, didn't we speak to you a while ago? Yes. That's right.

She's come back. Did the red rooster voucher reach you? It did. Hey! What did you... I haven't been able to use it. Oh, you're kidding. Well, send it back, you bitch.

I'll use it. It never occurred to me that there's no Red Rooster in Tasmania. That's bullshit. Yeah. And you can't even leave. What a shitty competition we run. Here's a prize that you can't use. And also, I don't think corona...

I'm pretty sure those vouchers expire in December and the borders aren't going to open before then. No, they're not. We really fucked you over, Holly. Sorry. I'm so sorry, Holly. Shit. Thanks for calling anyway.

Appreciate it. All right. Who are you calling for? Which Mitch? Just name a surname. I'm calling for Jenna. Yes! Yes!

Yes! Well done, Jenna. I'm not ending this. Bye, Holly, until I get a cheery. Hi, name and suburb. They're there. Name, suburb. G'day, name and suburb.

Hey, who's calling? Hello? Hello? Hello? Hey, who's calling? Hello? Hello? Hello? Must be a youth fan. They're not all there. Yeah, there's that.

Finally, I get one. And they're not mentally stable. That's my demographic. All right, we need to get out of here. Thank you, everyone, for calling. What a great fan base I have. Thanks for listening, guys, and need to get out of here. Thank you, everyone, for calling. What a great fan base I have. Thanks for listening, guys, and thanks to everyone who called in. We should do this more often.

We should. Oh, we've got another call! Hold on, we have one. I'll put it through. We may as well. Yes, please. We have the one last call. This will be the last one before the lines get cut off. And then, yeah, you better close the lines.

Yeah, okay. Hello, what's your name? Where are you calling from? Hi, this is Braden. I'm actually calling from California in the US. Oh, my God? Where are you calling from? Hi, this is Braden. I'm actually calling from California in the US. Oh, my God. Who are you calling for? Mitch and Mitch and Jenna.

Oh, my God. Wait, wait. You're calling from the US? How did you manage that? I was on TikTok and I saw your live. It's like 10.30pm. Oh, my God. How did you get through?

It's like 11 o'clock here. Did you have to work out the area code and the international country code? I did. I looked up. I was like, what's the Australian international number? I had to look it up. Oh, my God. Well, it's so good to have you.

Oh, my God. That's wild. That's so cool. Oh, I can't believe I actually got on. This is crazy. This is cool. Thanks for going to all that effort. What was it, Brayden?

Yeah, that's it. Yeah. Brayden, do you listen to the podcast or are you just a TikToker? No, I love the podcast. Oh, that's great. How's things over there? Oh, no, you go. My partner and I, we went to Australia in 2018.

We visited Cairns and Sydney. Yeah. And we sort of fell in love with it. Oh, would you ever come back under better circumstances? Exactly. Hopefully, I mean, hopefully we'll be able to get back at some point, but I'm in uni now for my undergrad.

I love that you call it uni. You're an honorary Australian. I know. I figured college isn't the right word because we normally just call it college. What are you studying? Music education. I want to be a music teacher. Oh, that's so cool. I love that.

My sister did that. She loves it. So there you go. Yeah. My whole family's in music. Oh, where in California are you? Central California. Not quite LA, but not quite San Francisco.

We're sort of like right in the middle. Sacramento? Sacramento? No, south of that. It's called Bakersfield. You're in Napa. I've seen that in movies. Not quite.

Not quite that bougie. Are you near the fires currently? Because there's bad wildfires, as you would say. We are not, but we're sort of like covered in smoke. Like at like noon outside, it's like dark. Oh, God. That's what it's like going to Mitch's house. It's smoke everywhere. You walk into his house, it's like, noon outside, it's, like, dark. Oh, God, that's what it's like going to Mitch's house. There's smoke everywhere.

You walk into his house, it's like, Jesus. It's like I'm at, like, a pork smokery. Everything's just smoke everywhere. Anyway, Brayden, what a pleasure. Thank you so much for listening. Spread it to as many Americans as you can. Let's get the word out there. Oh, I will.

I absolutely will. I love you guys. Oh, I love you too, Brayden. Thank you for listening. Well, thanks for answering. That's fine. That delay is very talkback, isn't it? Just to have the pause.

It must be. It must be. Yeah. No, it's all good. Thank you for calling, buddy. We appreciate it. Thank you. We'll see you on the socials.

Thanks. Bye-bye. Oh, Brayden Wait question about California What? Yeah What's that? Sorry

Tattle He would have got a kick out of it guy He would have loved it He would have loved it He would have loved that Oh god He's not in the fires He's not emotional at the moment

He's fine People listening For the first time in this episode Are going to be like What the fuck So many jokes So many jokes Is it just me?

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