Jess & Ducko - Hit Breakfast - FULL SHOW | Slick as shit

Episode Date: April 15, 2025

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A Minecraft movie Happy Meal has arrived at Macca's with one of 12 toys to collect. Jess and Duggo! This is the Jess and Duggo podcast. Welcome to the podcast. How do you know you're getting old, Shy Guy? When you get the birthday present that we bought you and get excited about it. I'm just thrilled. More than the actual gift itself, it's the fact you know me.

And I look at Babs when I say that because I don't think you had anything to do with this, Shy Guy. I think you contributed, but I don't know if there was a group chat. I delegated. Hey, Shy Guy. It was a group chat. Was there a, hey, do you like this or this? Or was it, hey, Babs, you're a shy guy?

It was more of a, does Jess have this question? Oh, okay. Yeah. So I just kind of was like, well, I'm just going to go shopping. As in, did you ask Shy Guy if I had these salad service? No, it was more just like thoughts and do you think she would want these salad service? And what did you say, Shy Guy? Probably nothing.

I was like, yep, that's fine. Yep. That'll do. Did you confirm? I think I said that'll do. They are the most exquisite salad service with the handle of some little cherry tomatoes. And I must say, they might be the most beautiful thing in my house. They're not in my house yet.

I just. Would you actually use them or do they just sort of display? No, no. I very much used, my mum is like that. Yeah, I'm like that. Shout out to Mama Fart. She buys the most beautiful things and does not want you to touch it. Like she bought a white leather couch.

You'd actually love it, shy guy. And to be fair, kids were grown up, no pets in the house, so her and my dad are not particularly spilly people, so they can do whatever they want. But it doesn't feel practical to me, doesn't feel homely to me, to each their own. Me, I love buying nice things to wear and tear the shit out of them because that's how I feel like you justify the price

I'm all about buying quality in my youth I was very much like buy bulk crap yeah and then shock horror it breaks it it um wears on you you know cheap earrings you get the green marks this sort of thing yeah now I appreciate spending a bit more money the's there. I read a great quote the other day and it was like, if something isn't worth fixing, it's not worth spending the money on. So if it's cheap but it's just going to break and you wouldn't go to a seamstress, for example, a garment, to fix it, why are you wasting your money on in the first place? It's a good thing to think about.

So something like this where I go, I'm sure these weren't cheap because they have some heft to them, they look beautiful. I want these tested because I know they're up to the challenge. Are they dishwasher safe? Because that's also a deal breaker for me. That's a quick hand wash. I was going to say, I don't think you'd put those in the dishwasher. I like that about ceramics because ceramics to me, even though these might have been mass produced, I don't want to attest to it. They look handmade to me. I reckon if you lined up 50 pairs of these,

they would all look slightly different. Well, even the two, well, they both look different. Like the tomatoes look different on both of them. You're absolutely right. The askew angle that they're on, I just love them. And a beautiful jug as well, but you've absolutely nailed it with the salad servers. Thank you very much.

It's been the most fabulous day. Thanks, guys. Oh, good. You're welcome. I know it's hard having my birthday first in the calendar year because I am the celebrator and I love throwing you guys things. It actually makes it easy because

then we know the hard part's over. Fair. I was going to say you've got nothing to sort of benchmark it. Do you know what I mean? Yeah, true. But you've now set the standard because this is amazing. You're up next, aren't you? I think so, yeah. Are you early June? May. Sorry, May what? I think it's next? You're up next, aren't you? I think so, yeah. Are you early June? Like May?

May. Sorry, May what? I think it's like the week we come back, the 13th. And then I'm June. You're June. Sorry. I want to make sure I've got you in here. May 13.

Yep. Babs's birthday. I've got you in here. Woohoo. So I'll actually set that. What's the point of reminding us on the day? I'm going to set it for the Monday, shall I go? And we'll work towards Thursday.

Oh, it's a four day event. Oh, sorry. I'm looking at, it's a Tuesday. So maybe we even look at the previous Thursday. Anyway,

we'll workshop that. We've got time. But no, wonderful day. We had a bloody F bomb on the show. Yeah. Will the uncensored make it to the podcast, Shy Guy?

Or is there no feed of that? Well, it always sounds, I like to include it just because it's easy, but it's because we have to say, well, we've got a dump and there's gaps. It just sounds weird in a podcast. Oh, okay, so we're not going to be. Well, the video is on Jess and Ducko Instagram.

We'll put it on. You can have a look there. We'll figure it out. Just watch the video. You won't have to find it in the podcast that way, but go to the podcast anyway because we did some cool stuff. What do you mean? They're on the podcast now. Oh, yeah. to find it in the podcast that way. But go to the podcast anyway because we did some cool stuff. What do you mean? They're on the podcast now.

Oh, yeah. Sorry. I thought we were on air. I love how casual and relaxed you are. How have you felt? So we're two days in now, shy guy. How have you felt? Yeah, fine.

Oh, you know how I feel about that word. Yeah, good. In parts, I think today was stronger than yesterday. In parts. You did something today that I had to stop down and celebrate Anna, you ruined how good it was My boss was like, you shouldn't have stopped I didn't mean to ruin it, I just really wanted to give you an applause Nah, it was nice, thank you for that compliment

We'll put that in the podcast It was slick as shit Actually, how indulgent is it, Babs, do you think to save that And then play it for Ducko when he comes I don't think so. Maybe back. Maybe not when he joins us on air this week because we want to talk about his baby, but I really want him to hear it.

I think, yeah. He look at that, though, as gunning for your job, though. No, I reckon he'd just be interested to see, to hear how it was. Obviously, he might not be listening. Whenever we do both ends of the spectrum, right now your worst stuff up is saying Alpha B Box is 10 seconds. Yeah, that was funny. It's probably that bad.

But one end of the spectrum to that slickest shit you did today. Yeah. So if you do worse, we'll put that at the end of the pile. We'll play the worst and the best. Worst and the best. Okay. I like that. When we come back after break, obviously.

When we come back and everything's settled in. That's a good idea. I don't mind that. But I feel a little comforter than yesterday. Awesome. But yeah. I haven't been reading the dictionary in your spare time, but that's okay. Who needs diction comforter than yesterday. Awesome. I haven't been reading the dictionary in your spare time, but that's okay. Who needs dictionaries? That's for nerds.

Make it up as you go along. What did we say? We said smarter? Smartness. Smartness. S-M-A-R-T. If you know what I mean when I say smartness, this is the show for you. You're our people.

Can I do a jarring left-hand turn? Yeah. I'm seeing Katy Perry get absolutely roasted. Yes, there is that. For her, how long were they actually up there? Like 20 minutes or something? 11 minutes it took. To get up there?

The flight. And stay up there? No, the whole flight was 11 minutes. They go up and they come back down. So if you did miss it, it was the, it was all female. Is it Virgin Galactic or is it the Tesla one? You couldn't be more wrong. Is it the Musk one?

No, it's Amazon's Bezos. Oh, shit. It's called Blue Origin. It's the third billionaire who's in the space race. Yeah, yeah, yeah. They're all in there. Bezos. Oh, that's right.

Because wasn't, is Bezos his partner? Wife. I forget her name. Five women. Yep. Gail King. Oprah's bestie. Six. Katy Perry. I forget her name. Five women. Yep. Gail King. Oprah's bestie. Six.

Katy Perry. Bezos' miso. And I'm sorry, I don't know the other women. They got to go up in the little rocket, float around in no gravity, look at Earth and come back down. That's pretty cool still. While the other women were like looking at Earth and I guess enjoying no gravity. Katy Perry holds up a little, it looked like a cardboard or paper butterfly that clearly had words on it, but there's no way you could make out

what the words were. She held it up to the camera inside the space shuttle. So do you want me to tell you what it was? Yes, please. It was her set list for her tour. Which has just been announced? Yes. Did she?

No, no, the tour's already been on and the sales are not very good. Oh, hang on a minute. She's on tour and she's just sharing what the order of songs. I thought it was like she's announced a tour so this will be what she plays. Nah. Hang on, she only had 11 minutes up there and she spent it doing that? She held her piece of paper with a set list on it. But it was such a tiny butterfly you couldn't read any of the words. Yeah, but then people talk about it. Oh, well look at us. And we're talking about it. What's the butterfly symbology? Is that a word?

God. You guys are making me dumber. I swear on me. It's him. Hey. Say onion. Onion. Well, you fixed it now.

We were off air before. Yeah, we are now. I'm saying onion. You know what could be fun? An IQ test when Ducko comes back, the four of us. That could be fun. That could be fun. Because then that person gets bragging rights.

I'm actually not that dumb. I didn't think I was that dumb either. I got a degree, Babs. I went to uni for three years. So did I. What did you do? I did comms. That's right.

Comms. You're the talker. Well, I didn't. So that makes sense for me, guys. No, we know you didn't. Yeah, you're not here for smartness. Anyway, back to the butterfly. I'm Googling it.

It's something to do with the album, the whole, you know, the vibe of the album. Sure. No, I don't, actually. I'm looking up the album. No. The last thing I saw about Katy Perry was her doing the AFL halftime show. Was that last year? In the album, it's like a butterfly, right?

There's like a butterfly. That's what I just said. Yeah, but you weren't explaining that very well. No, you weren't. Oh, it's like the album artwork. Yeah, the artwork. There's the butterfly. There's the butterfly, yes.

Did you see her take up a daisy? I know her daughter's name is Daisy. That was cute. She should have left it at that. She had an album called Daisy as well. Yeah. That's her daughter's name with Orlando. Anyway.

Anyway, you wanted us to touch on it. Do you think that's enough? Oh, more than enough. Great. That's her daughter's name with Orlando. Anyway. Anyway. You wanted to touch on it. Do you think that's enough? More than enough. Great. All right. We can move on. Dedicate our podcast intro to it. Enjoy the rest of the show.

Here we go. Another day. Another dollar? That felt like that was the end of that sentence. That's what people say. That's a thing. That's a thing? Yeah. Another day, another dollar. I used to say was the end of that sentence. That's what people say. That's a thing. That's a thing. Yeah, another day, another dollar.

I used to say that all the time when I worked at Cotton On. I was about to say, it's not really applicable here, is it? No. Because this doesn't feel like a real job to me. It is too joyful. We have too much fun, and it is a pleasure to be back with you. Shy Guy Babs, good morning. Morning.

Morning. And, of course, the rice cookers for this wonderful day in April. This wonderful day. This wonderful day. I mean, happy birthday, Jess. I'm having a wonderful morning already, Babs, because I've walked into an explosion of colour and light and joy. There's upwards of 100 balloons in here.

350 to be exact. Oh my God. That's what we bought. That's what's on the receipt. Thank you. 350 to be exact. Oh, my God. That's what we bought. That's what's on the receipt. Thank you. Honestly, I've just walked into so much. You know me and I love colour and I love noise and I love celebrating. So thank you guys for making this special for me.

I am 34 today and my algorithm has bombarded me the past week and a bit with this new medicine, new science, new research that's come out. Aging is not a consistent sort of trajectory. It's not a flat line, as new research would suggest. We rapidly leap in age at certain points in our life. And 34 is the next big bump for me. And that's how old I'm turning today. Okay, so what's in the big bump?

Well, the big bump, it seems to be 34, 60, and 78. So it's like the run to 34 is pretty steady, and now it's like a steep drop off a cliff. It's a decline. Yeah. I'm not someone who has usually cared about the number. I feel pretty good. Yeah, I was going to say, if you feel good, who cares?

It's only a matter of how you feel, isn't it, Babs? Yeah. But my body clock woke me up at about 4.30 this morning. I don't know why. But you know how older and older you get, you start waking up. No, you're just excited. Yeah, you're just excited. But I got up to try and do some stretches. I was like, right, you've read the research.

But I sat on my phone on Instagram. It also was raining really heavy this morning as well. Yes, that woke me up. Hey, maybe that's what woke me up. Yeah, because I woke up too. I thought, okay, this is my body being like, get your ass out of bed. I know you're going to cancel on your PT today,

which I have because I want to go out for lunch with Angus instead. So I was like, I best pretend to do a sit-up in the morning. Pretend to do one sit-up. Well, I didn't even do. I'll cancel PT. I didn't even pretend. I scrolled and then realized it was 20 past five. I thought, I need to be in the studio in 10 minutes.

Is that why you were late? Which is allowed because it's her birthday. I mean, it also wasn't that late because we're so planned. We are so planned. We had a lot of fun yesterday. Great feedback all round, guys. No offence to both of us, Babs, but Shy Guy getting a lot of attention on the DMs, on the text line.

Very nice. So some great feedback. Hope that's boosted your confidence today. Yeah. I mean, it shows I could do it, which is good. Absolutely. But yeah, no, it's good. I mean, what have we got coming up today?

We've got Babs' blog. Yes, that's going to be a daily. Daily blog this week. You're going to quiz me on some kids' alphabet thing. That's right. I listen to a lot of children's music. Shock horror, I've got an 18-month-old. I've got a real issue with one kid's music band and their alphabet song.

They've done like, A is for this animal, B is for this animal. The animals they've chosen, so off chops, and I want to see if maybe you guys are on the same page as Bounce Patrol or if I've just got a gripe with them for no reason. Unjustified. Is it like

anaconda for a sort of thing? Well, that's what I'm looking for, Chaga. Exactly. Let's see how we go with that. We've got Steph D'Souza. She's from MasterChef. Also got a new cookbook

out today. Out today. Exactly. Birthday present just for me. And Gaga tickets. We're playing the one second song game. A big game we played on the show last year were Ice vs Pez. And Gaga tickets. We're playing the one-second song game, a big game we played on the show last year,

Ice vs Pez. That's right. Whereas now it's Rice Cookers vs Rice Cookers. That's right. We've got Renee. Carryover champ. She's carryover. If she gets it first go, she holds onto those tickets.

If she doesn't know the song that we've got for her, then she loses them and they're up for grabs for you. That's right. That's right. The last person standing on Thursday walks away with a double pass. It's a big prize. Very, very exciting. Do you want to introduce this first song?

I do. It's your birthday, so you chose this one. I do. We dished Dochi, unfortunately. Yes, sorry, anxiety. That'll be all right. We'll play her in eight o'clock, I'm sure. Good.

I have one birthday wish, guys. It was to play just two songs of my choosing. Yeah. West Life will be featuring a little later in the show. But I just thought of another birthday wish. Yesterday, Babs, you were like, what do you want? I was like, I don't know. I panicked.

I've just realized what I want. I lost the poll on our Instagram story, Shy Guy. I put up that if the Rice Cookers deemed Seinfeld wasn't niche, then you were never allowed to niche me again. Obviously, everything would be reset when Ducko arrived but came back. But I put it on the poll because you niched me yesterday for a Kenny Banya reference. I said, I'm asking the community, if they vote with you, all right,

I'll shut up. But if they vote with me, you can't play it again. For Seinfeld, I did lose by about 21%. However, my one birthday wish, you cannot niche-sting me all day. And I

get to reference the nichest corners of pop culture. I don't think Ducker would be happy with me if I did that. Just for three hours. Just for today, my 34th birthday. How about I just be more lenient? Okay, I'll take it. And I get to play Janet Jackson, one of my favourite bangers.

Wait, start it again. I talked over the intro. It's the best bit. But the intro's the best bit. All right, all right, all right. We'll just stop down. This is the best bit. This is Janet Jackson all for you, but really listen and turn it up right from the get-go.

Okay, now? Yep. Okay. Jess and Ducko. Jess and Ducko. We're putting Babs under the pump, really making her work this week. Should I blog a day? I know, it's a bit, it's a lot.

It's good. I'm glad you picked up the slack because you know how I said I'd started journaling about a month ago? Yeah. I've given up doing it daily. I'm glad you picked up the slack because you know how I said I'd started journaling about a month ago? Yeah. I've given up doing it daily. Sorry. I've been journaling daily though. I'm very proud of you.

Thank you. Are you just bringing the journal to the radio? No. Oh, not quite. No, not quite. That level of openness, yes. Yeah, not yet. We'll get there.

Now, one of my best mates was in town recently and we were talking about journaling and she sees a therapist. I'm sure she won't mind me saying the therapist gave her the advice. Don't force yourself to do something that's not natural. Journal when you've got something to journal about. And I was getting to the point, I'm writing one sentence. Enough to do. Just for the sake of continuing the habit.

So when Anna gave me that sort of leeway, free pass, I went, oh, thanks, sis. I'm sick of doing this anyway. Good, good quote. So we've got, we've got a daily blog from Babs at least. This might make it into the blog, you know, the personal blog maybe. Right. You'll have thoughts on this. Okay.

Our friends at Body and Soul, one of the journalists there, she's done a bit of an exposition. Oh, yeah. She's not happy about what she's witnessing at her local gym. Okay. But according to the internet, it's happening in all pockets of the globe. Okay. What's that?

Men are ditching traditional active wear. So sorry, Lululemon. Sorry, Reebok. Nike. Nike's another big one. Yep. I don't know why you went with Reebok, but we'll continue on. I have Reebok.

Anyway, because I'm an 80-year-old man. Anyway, they're foregoing traditional active wear. Spandex, lycra, even just a cotton tee. Okay. For denim, shy guy, for denim. For denim. That's right. They'd be up in the jam working on their fitness.

They're delicious, but they're in jeans. A workout. Thank you very much. According to a growing number of male weightlifting enthusiasts, no workout is complete without a faded pair, and they've specified straight leg jeans. So not boot cut. Not boot cut.

I appreciate you ain't doing a deadlift in a skinny jean. You are asking. You are asking for butt crack. You are asking for it probably to be ripped open. Apparently, some gyms have come out saying denim is not allowed, because obviously the little studs, the little rivets, they're worried about tearing bench upholstery or even I guess maybe, is it dangerous? I don't know if it's dangerous, but probably dangerous to equip men.

It would be so uncomfortable. So uncomfortable. And denim retains like you're not breathing in denim. Absolutely. It's not a natural, I don't think it's a natural fibre. No, denim feels bad, mate. There's no denim plant. No, no, no.

What a dumb thing the three of us just thought. God, I think collectively our IQs have just went down. And it's only Tuesday. We've got three more, including today's shows, to get through. We'll be right. People don't come here for smartness. They don't. They come here for lols.

Smartness. See, that's exactly why they're here. Because they know what smartness means. I am so smart. But apparently there's a bunch of, of course, influencers that are keeping this thing alive. Lenny Kravitz, first and foremost, he actually pivoted from denim and he went another step up doing a workout in leather.

I do remember that video going viral. But to be fair, I can't picture Lenny Kravitz in any other fabric. No, I can't imagine him in anything but leather. Exactly. So I saw this last week at my gym, actually. Someone was wearing jeans. I thought that was weird. I thought maybe you just didn't have your shorts around.

And what activity was he doing? He was doing just on the bench. So bench press. I didn't pay too much attention. But he wasn't squatting. He wasn't on the treadmill. He was sitting down, seated position, doing like, you know, whatever that's called. I think they're called flies.

Yeah. Kind of might be proud of me. Yeah. Which I won't be doing today. But yes. Okay. Something like that. I appreciate a few people have gotten in touch saying it's got nothing to do with aesthetics.

It's got nothing to do with trying to be a part of a trend. I'm just busy. And I've got 45 minutes of a lunch break or maybe an hour while the children are napping if it's my day with them. I don't have time to get changed. I'm just going to run to the gym or go out into the backyard, quickly bust out a workout. I'd rather take them off. I was going to say, it takes like 30 seconds to change your pants.

Like, I don't think... Totally. But then there's a corner of the internet, the true blue power lifters. They're going exercise has become too much about aesthetics. I feel personally targeted. I feel like that's a jab at women there. Yeah. Let's get back to basics.

It's just about the exercise. It's not about what we look like or what we're wearing. But to argue, when you buy a nice active wear set, it makes you want to go to the gym. Doesn't it just? Yes, and it makes you to go to the gym. Doesn't it just? Yes, and it makes you feel good at the gym. Doesn't it just? But I don't want to really get it sweaty.

Yeah, exactly. So, well, yeah. Jess and Ducco. Hey, it's Babs, and this is my blog. Men's Operation Superstar Bratslay. It was a birthday wish that we hear from Babs today. I know you did your blog yesterday. I did.

So I'm so glad you did a bit of extra work and came up with another topic for today. It's okay. I didn't really have to work very hard. Okay, where does this come from? Your personal life? Yeah, it was personal. I think my neighbours saw my boobies last night. What do you mean? How many ways to interpret that sentence? Her neighbours. She said, I think.

She did say she thinks. Well, I think they would have. What I'm, is it your bedroom you were in? And are you the front of the house? Yes, sis. We're breaking down her walls, shy guy. I'm trying. Remember when we first met her?

Very buttoned up. The nickname Saint Mary didn't come from nowhere. Now she's getting her t walls, shy guy. I'm trying. Remember when we first met her? Very buttoned up. The nickname Saint Mary didn't come from nowhere. Now she's getting her tits out for everyone. Always in clothes. For the street. Never naked. Now look at you. It wasn't intentional, trust me.

You went air drying? No, so basically... All her towels were in the water. Our bathroom is in the middle of the house. It's not working. That was you blowing on yourself. I better go for my hot girl walk. Whoops, I forgot a shirt.

Enjoy that. What suburb do you live in? I won't say it. No, don't, please. There'll be a mass drive-by. Yeah, everyone will be lining up. They're like, where's Babs' boobs? Okay.

What size cup are you? Just joking. That's not funny. You've got a deep... No, I'll stop. No, I don't. Maybe stop there. Keep got a deep nut. No, stop there. Keep going, Babs. Stop.

So who was looking, who did you see out of the window? What time of day? Okay, let's, okay, some context. So basically, I live in a share house, obviously, with two other girls, and the bathroom is in the middle of the house. Now, they get dressed when they go to the bathroom and have a shower, whereas I'm a put a towel around me and walk to my bedroom kind of girl. There's two types of people in this world, Babs.

I hate getting dressed in the bathroom. Me too. It's hot in there. Yes. That's cramped. It is, yeah. I've got a tiny-ass bathroom. And if I change my mind about what I want to wear, I can't just, you know.

I'm with you. And I just feel like you need a few more seconds to properly dry. You do. When you're just like after the gym or the pool. Yeah. It feels sticky and weird. Yeah. Shy guy, what say you?

Are you a got to go back to your bed? I know you live alone. It's a bit different. It's a bit different. I'm nude more often than if I was living with people, I guess. But in my house, I could be nude because the front door has like that privacy screen. So no one. You can't see it, but you can see.

So you could walk to your bedroom. Yeah. And even the windows because there's a bit of a garden bed and it's the house is a bit sunken down. So you can't really see. Yes. So I'm kind of protected. Okay.

But I'm with you, Babs. I get it. Wanting to go back to your room. Yep. So I just go back to my room and drop my towel. But I always have, I've got this habit where I always have my window open in my room because I like fresh air and, you know, don't want to get... Oh, not just curtains.

Window fully open. Windows and curtains are always open in my bedroom if I'm home. Yep. But I need to stop just walking into my room and just stripping and then standing there because the other day I did it and I was in there for like five minutes just like walking around nude. And I look outside and my neighbors are just standing out there. And I don't know how long they've been out there for. On their front lawn or like on their street? Yeah, on their front lawn, which is directly opposite my house.

I'm sorry, were they looking in? Well, I don't know. I like looked at them and I don't know. I didn't see them there. They could have been looking for the past five minutes. Totally. I was not self-aware at all. You didn't make eye contact though?

No, no, no. Like they happened to be looking away at the moment you spotted. Yes, at the time that I looked. But you've been strutting back and forth. Yes, I've just been walking around. They probably think, hang on, Babs is putting on a show. Let's go out. Do they have lawn chairs out and popcorn? No, they didn't. It's not that exciting. Oh, so what did you do? I have a similar situation. I've got a front room where I keep my clothes. We don't have a lot of storage, so mine are in there. Angus's in another. But yes, Angus

has often reprimanded me. Close the curtains. It's a relatively busy street. The house is quite closely condensed. A few times people have walked past my house just, you know, on the move, and I just drop to the ground. That's what I do too. That probably looks worse. Well, you hit the deck.

I hit the deck. You just drop and roll. But that probably sudden movement is what draws their attention maybe. And then when you army crawl to your clothes. Well, I just wait till they go and then I pop back up again. Like a puppet show. It was bad because my neighbour's house was for sale recently, so there was a lot of sticky beakers.

I was like, crap. So I guess we've got to, what are we going to do moving forward? I don't know. I need to stop doing that, I guess. Just close my windows. But or maybe we just embrace it. It's really hard, though. I just forget that I'm at the front of the house and, you know.

And it's your privacy of your own home. But then also, like, my housemate's girlfriend has almost seen my boobs once, too. Yep. Because I've been getting dressed and she walked past. So it's – yeah. Nothing really sets your day alight like seeing a pair of titties, though. So, I mean, I think you're doing God's work. Well done to you, babe.

Be free. Be free. Half a pair of titties though. So, I mean, I think you're doing God's work. Be free, Babs. Be free. Be free. Alpha Bucks, that's next. Jess and Ducko in the morning. Jess and Ducko's 10K Alpha Bucks on here. Alpha Bucks. Yep. 10 questions, 30 seconds.

I thought there was a little bit more in that intro, but anyway, whatever. That's the 8 o'clock one, maybe. Yes, who have we got today playing, Jess? We have got... Wait, you didn't finish all the rules. What's all the rules? Ducco usually does all the rules, gets the boring stuff out the way. Don't we tell Chloe the rules?

Oh, so he usually gets all the boring stuff out the way, then we can have fun with Chloe, whereas I appreciate, now you make a good point, let's ask Chloe what she'd rather. Good morning, Chloe. Good morning. So usually what Darko does is get the rules out the way while you're hanging in the background, but you can obviously hear it. But would you rather be told directly to your face so it really sinks in?

Yes, please. Oh, there you go, Shy Guy. Way to play the player. Tell Chloe what's up. All right, Chloe, I'm going to take this down so everyone can listen. 30 seconds to answer 10 questions, all starting with the same letter. Jess will give you a letter in a second. If you get all 10 questions right, you'll get the $10,000.

We can only take your first answer, and you can't say the same answer twice. If you're unsure of a question, you can pass, and we'll come back to it if there's time. Understood, Chloe? Yep. All right. She's really across the rules. Very good.

Chloe, good morning to you. What would you like to spend $10,000 on? I'll probably take my family on a holiday. Beautiful. Where do you want to go? New Zealand. Nice. Gorgeous.

Pop over to Hobbiton, maybe. Big Lord of the Rings fans in this room. One. One, me. Ducko is here to back me up. Anyway, Chloe, let's waste no more time. The letter you're going to work with today, it's F. F for friends.

Okay? Okay. All right. Let's rip and tear, Chloe. Your time will start after the first question. Starting with the letter F, I need you to name an animal. A flamingo. An instrument.

Loop. A fabric. Path. An occupation. A path. A mythical creature. Fairy. A country.

France. A horror movie. Fairy. A country. France. A horror movie. Freddy Krueger. A colour. Pass. A girl's name. Felicity. Felicity on the buzzer?

Felicity on the buzzer. On the buzzer. Yeah, yeah, yeah. What'd she get, Shaga? She got... I wasn't sure on a horror movie. Is that a horror movie? I know he's a horror character. Did he get his own film is the question.

If you'd said Freddy vs. Jason, definitely could have... Yeah, or Friday the 13th. I'm not seeing one just based on him. His movie is A Nightmare on Elm Street. Is that a seven? I think that's a seven. I think that's a seven. I think it's a six, but you're doing the counting.

One, two, three, four, five, six, seven. Look, you still didn't win the 10 grand, but what you do win, Chloe, is $100 to spend at Minx Adult Boutique, minx.com.au. That's Minx with three Xs. You can go buy something nice with that, Chloe. Oh, thank you.

You're welcome. Thanks for joining the show, Chloe. Thank you. Have a wonderful day. You too. Bye with that, Chloe. Oh, thank you. You're welcome. Thanks for joining the show, Chloe. Thank you. Have a wonderful day. You too. Bye. Thanks, bye. Oh, she mad at you.

She is mad at you. It's okay. I'm trying to give you another point. I know, I know. Were you going to pay Freddy Krueger? What? Yeah. Oh, okay.

Well, that's nice. That's good. It's not a movie. Oh, it doesn't make a difference. It doesn't, but dangerous precedent, bro. Well, that's nice. That's good. It's not a movie. That doesn't make a difference. It doesn't, but dangerous precedent, bro. Wow. What if it comes down to 10 grand next time and they say Freddy Krueger? But then we would have gone to the song, added some drama.

Fair. Okay, it would have been a whole thing. There'd be ways around it. Anyway, from horror movies and horror characters to children's music, Shy Guy. Great segue. I've got a quiz for you and Babs. Can you get in the mines? Bounce patrol. Jess and Ducko.

Pitbull, Nero, Afrojack, gimme everything. Jess and Ducko here. Ducko's off on paternity leave. We're going to tell you how you can win some Lady Gaga tickets very soon. But first, we've got a little bit of a game we're going to play. So I've got some dramatic game show music to coincide. Sorry, we've got to stop now. That was amazing.

Thank you. That was hot, man. It just kept going. That was fantastic. I looked at my dot points from our boss yesterday. That was slick as all hell. Thanks for stopping down. We could have just kept going.

It would have been a great break. Sorry, no, that was really well done. This is a crap. People just think we talk out our ass. I'd like to thank Pitbull for giving me a good song to come off the back of on. The person in that seat, and again, credit to Ducko. He does it amazingly. He does.

That was really good. Thanks. We are having a little game, Shy Guy and Babs. You're in the studio for this little contest as well. You know what? It's not even that you guys are going to win or lose. I just want to see if you're on the same page as me or the same page as a great children's music band we have in Australia called Bounce Patrol.

Now, you're forgiven for never having heard of Bounce Patrol because until Lucia came around, I didn't really listen to that much kids' music. Obviously, everyone knows The Wiggles because I'm pretty sure they're our most successful band collectively in this country. But I listen to a lot of children's music now. You know, the ABC, Best Doll for Children and Calming Children's Music. In the car, it's always Disney songs.

Or I try and educate. And there's a lot of songs out there that work on alphabet and that work on phonics. Phonics is the sound that letters make. So obviously teaching children A, A, A, A, things like that. And it's a great way to sort of develop language. Okay. The Bounce Patrol team have an alphabet animal song. So it is that tune, A, A, A, A. And then they go on to list an animal for every letter of the alphabet.

Yeah. I want to know if you guys think their choices are as rogue as I think because I tried to sing along. Okay. And obviously when I first heard it, I was guessing A, it's obviously going to be I was so often correct or at least matching what they had said. Okay.

So I want to see if you guys are on my page or theirs. All right. Let's start with the letter A. Here's Bounce Patrol. All right. A. A, A, A. What animal?

Ant eater. You went ant eater. Shy guy? Aardvark. Oh, my God. You and I on the same page, babe. Okay. The only animal with a double A to start.

Obviously, that should be the choice. Yeah, let's do it like that. I like data. Ah. B. A. let's see what they say. Let's do B really quick. Alright, B. B! Baboon.

Banshee. Baboon. Baboon. Banshee. Banshee's not an animal. Isn't it? Oh, I thought it was like a fox anyway. Butterfly.

They've gone insects as well, team, so broaden your minds. Okay. Now, C I thought would be the most obvious choice. C. Cat. Yeah, cat, right? It should be cat. Cow. C, C.

Wrong. Cow is not the choice. Now, to be fair, they do d-d-dog. So maybe they didn't want to do cat to dog. Right. They changed it up. Let's jump to H, please, Shy Guys. H.

Hippopotamus. Yeah, I thought hippo, too. Oh. Okay, what do you think? I thought it should be horse. Oh. Hippo. Oh, yay.

Well done, guys. H, H. One to you in Bounce Patrol. One point. J for me. J. J. J, J, J. One to you and Bounce Patrol. Nice, one point. J for me. J. J, J, J.

Jaguar? I don't know, J. I'll say Jaguar too. It definitely should be Jaguar. Listen to what they pull out. Hang on. Jellyfish. What?

J, J. Wrong. Let's go. These guys would be great at Alphabucks. Or Scattergories. Not saying the same as anyone else. Couple more for your team. All right, keep going.

Letter O? O. No. O. Octopus? Octopus. Yeah, that's what they picked and I just... What did you want them to say?

I want them to say orangutan. I hate octopus, but that's a personal gripe. We've got the right. You're well done, guys. It shouldn't be, though. Hit me with R, Shaga. Rat. Wow.

See, I thought it should be... Sorry. I thought it should be rhino. Play again what Bounce Patrol said. Rabbit. Rabbit. Boring. Boring.

I guess they are kids' music. Maybe thinking Peter Rabbit. Yeah, true. Two more for your team. All right, let it tea. Tea. Turtle. Tyrannosaurus Rex.

I actually was thinking that as well, and then I was like, that's a dinosaur. I thought it should be tiger, but Babs has got it. Turtle. Turtle. And now I want you to keep in mind this is an Australian band. Kids music. Okay.

Hit me with W. It should be Wombat. Shaga, what do you think it should be? I'll say Wombat because I can't think of another one. Wolf. W-W. Wolf. I would even think whale would come before wolf.

Wombat, surely. That's a great W. Whale. They do all dress up in the film clip, so maybe it was too hard to get a whale costume or a wombat costume. But there you go, guys. Is that rogue? It's not just me.

That is rogue. You've got a couple. Pretty rogue, I mean. It's pretty rogue. But well done, Bounce Patrol. I guess you're thinking outside the square. Let's go to Jess and Ducco. KFC, Jess.

We love KFC. Yes, finger licking good, shy guy. They have released a collaboration with High Smile. You know, the teeth whitening people? Yes, I do. I do not see how this makes sense. I'll tell you. They have created a toothpaste inspired by all of KFC's 11 secret herbs and spices.

I've got a real issue with this. This is a real thing. Apparently it's finger-licking good toothpaste, says the press release. I have spent 34 years brushing my, oh, maybe you get teeth at one. Let's say 33 years brushing my teeth. I am accustomed to spearmint or whatever that minty flavour is of toothpaste. I don't know if my tiny brain could comprehend.

This is still good for my teeth if it tastes like chicken or popcorn. And I love popcorn chicken. Well, it was sold exclusively last week on the High Smile website very quietly. It sold for $13 a pop and they sold out the following day. Why didn't they make noise about it? I think it's that old marketing trick where you put something out, don't tell anyone, and then you can tell everyone it's sold out. So if it doesn't work, no one knows about it.

It's not a failure. Yes. If it does work, it's sold out, suddenly people want it. Yes. That's why we're talking about it. It's like so many people go, oh, yeah, there's only a few tickets left. I think I can still wait. Oh, hang on.

It actually did sell out. Oh, no. Now I want it. Yes. It says the toothpaste description on the website contains a fluoride-free formula and has long-lasting oral health benefits. a fluoride-free formula and has long-lasting oral health benefits. A fluoride-free formula? Yeah, yeah.

Isn't that what makes toothpaste effective? But I am no dentist. I'm not a dentist. And I'm not going to put that out there. But it's good for oral hygiene. Yeah. There you go. I thought as well we'd go through some other collabs.

It is a weird collab, Shy Guy. So hit me who else has done this. We've got Travis Scott. He's the rapper? He's the rapper. Is he the baby daddy of one of the Kardashians? Babs. Travis?

Is he Kylie's ex? I'm not sure. I don't keep up. Kylie. Yes, yes, yes, yes. I was like trying to. So he collaborated for the Travis Scott meal, which is a quarter pound of cheese, bacon, lettuce,

along with chips and barbecue sauce. I mean, that's such an honor. That's like Babs getting her own Babs meal at Guzman, you know? You are so royal. Yeah, we should. Can I get the Babs, please? And it's just your standard order. Yeah, the Babs.

There's Pokemon, partnered with the Van Gogh Museum. Well, that's a bit of fun. I mean, Van Gogh is long dead, but I love that someone's drawn Pikachu in his style in amongst the sunflowers, maybe. The North Face partnered with Gucci. They made $2,000 hiking boots. That's what I want. When I'm stuck in the wilderness, you know,

sludging through mud and getting all bare grills on everyone, I need a $2,000 pair of boots. It's okay. I've got my hiking boots. Yeah. And then Crocs for the final one. Balenciaga and Crocs partnered up with Kanye, Adidas, Mercedes, Bang & Olufsen, which is a sound brand.

Hang on. This is one hell of a collaboration. It's a big collaboration. It's Crocs' biggest collab, and they had partnerships with Bieber and Bad Bunny. What, just for some shoes? Yeah, there were shoes, but they had- They're just disgusting shoes. Yeah, I don shoes, but they had... Disgusting shoes. Yeah, I don't really know what was...

Or were they doing bespoke jizz bits, all those people? Well, nothing's better than our bespoke jizz bits. Well, no, exactly. That's a brand partnership. I know. Well, if Crocs wants to reach out, you can find us on socials, Jess and Ducko. Jess and Ducko. Hi, hi, it's Lady Gaga.

You've waited long enough, little monsters. Lady Gaga presents the Mayhem Ball, a core stadium Friday, December 12th. Tickets and info at livenation.com.au. Lady Gaga! The perfect doll for just me and me and me and me. Lady Gaga. Ooh la la. Jess and Duckos.

One second song game. Not everyone is as comfortable in front of 120,000 people as Lady Gaga. Shy guy. That's right. But that is the woman who we have tickets to. She's bringing the mayhem ball down under. In December, we have a double pass that we're going to give away on Thursday to the last person standing with the one-second song game. Yesterday, we met Renee.

She is our carryover champ. She joins us again this morning. Renee, how are you feeling? I'm so nervous. Yeah, look, there's a lot of pressure on you, Renee. And I must say, Shaga and I were talking off air. God, we'd love to see you take the week. Just a clean sweep of the week.

You and me both. However, I've got to tell you, there's about 15 people waiting in the wings, hoping and praying you stumble here because then they get to swoop in. But we're not going to let it get to that, are we, Renee? No, no, no. You know Gaga. You know her tracks. We've got another second of a song for you to identify.

Have you got your ears switched on? I'm ready. I'm as ready as I can be. Shy guy, give her the one second. Here's your one second, Renee. Oh, f***. Content dumped. Sorry. Not suitable for broadcast.

Oh dear. Pissed someone was naughty. That's okay though. The show is back in three, two, one. All right, we had to dump Renee. We had to. She's not disqualified, though. She's. She didn't give us an answer, technically.

She actually did. Hang on. Hang on. I've got to get us back into the light. Give us a second. Hang on. You hear something, then we'll come back live after. Hang on a minute.

Hang on. All right, we're back. Is everything okay? I think. Renee, have you still got us? Hang on. Let me bring Renee back. It cancels everything out.

Renee. Don't swear again. Renee, don't do it again. I'm going to need you to lock in an answer. Go. Okay. I think this is wrong. Maybe.

Do you want to hear it again, Renee? Yeah. I don't think someone who says the F-bomb on live radio. Well, you know, we got rid of it. No one knows who said the F-bomb. Sorry, no one ever heard it. All right, here we go. What is it, Ren?

Is it you and I? Oh, it's not. Sorry, Renee. Sorry, Renee. Now we can call it even. You and I? Oh, it's not. Oh! Sorry, Renee. Sorry, Renee. Now we can call it even. You swore and we knocked you out. You can hang up and then you can swear, all right?

Nice try, Renee. Sorry, Renee, which means Will is on the line. Hi, Will. How are you guys? Oh, so good, babe. Renee, our carryover champ, she's out. She guessed you and I. So cross that off your list. And don't swear.

Please don't swear. Will. Here is the one second, Will. Here you go, Will. Is it not Alejandro? I wish it was. I think that's my favourite Gaga song. Sorry, Will. let's go to Lauren

We're looking for a new champion Lozzie, good morning It's not you and I, it is not Alejandro Here is the one second for you What do you think, Lauren? Oh, I was thinking Alejandro too Don't waste your guess Oh, I know, Iandro too. Don't waste your guess. Oh, I know.

You tell us this all the time too. Oh, I don't know. You're bailing out. Yep. All right. You can try again tomorrow, Lozzie. Let's go to Ben. Good morning, Ben.

Benny? Ben, have you got us? Yes. Okay, Ben, it's not you and I, it's not Alejandro, and it's not I give up, I don't know. I know what it is. Okay, we'll give you the song and then tell us what you think it is, Ben. What is it?

That is AA, nothing else I can say. Ben! He's done it. Yes, he is. Well done. Did you know that straight off the bat? Me? Yeah.

I sure did. Were you just like, I've got it. I've got it. That's amazing. We thought that might be a little left of centre because who the hell knew that was called AA? I thought that would take longer, Ben. I'm not going to lie. Congratulations.

I'm an OG. I'm an OG. Oh, my God. Have you ever seen Gaga live, Ben? Yes, in 2011 when she came boy. Oh, my God. Have you ever seen Gaga live, Ben? Yes, in 2011 when she came live. Oh, my God. Well, Ben, are you up for the challenge? You need to be the last person standing come Thursday.

So we've got to get you back tomorrow. Well, let's get through tomorrow first. Are you available same time tomorrow? I sure am. All right, we're going to send you back to Babs. Ben is the one to be. Otherwise, he's off to the mayhem ball. Thanks, Benny.

Thank you. It's Jess and Ducko with you here on Hit. Ducko off on paternity leave. It is just you and I, Jess, and we were talking yesterday about soup. That's right. We had a very divisive question actually out of the MasterChef kitchen, former judge, food critic Matt Preston, putting it out to delicious.com.au. Your favorite website.

That's right. That soup can and should be a meal. We just maybe are doing it wrong if you're like Shagai and Babs who think it's not a meal. So we thought, right, well, we need someone to weigh in on this. You and I can have our silly opinions, but how about we go to an actual cook? Someone with over 2 million followers and hey, a brand new cookbook that is out today. It's called Easy Dinner Queen. She's an absolute legend, MasterChef alumni herself, and we'll

get to her returning to the MasterChef kitchen very soon. It's Steph D'Souza. Good morning, babe. Good morning. What an intro. Well, your resume could actually go for a lot longer, but I'm conscious that you're a busy lady and we are on, you know, commercial radio.

Congratulations on this new book, Easy Dinner Queen. I take it you were just inundated from your two million followers being like, Steph, what should I make for dinner? It's a Wednesday and I can't be bothered doing anything fancy pants. What have you got for us? Absolutely. It's funny how people just want it in a book. I've got all my recipes on my website, all on my social media,

but people just want it in something they can touch. So here it is. It's so funny you say that. I literally was talking to my mum about this the other day. She loves an old school cookbook, but she's really embraced social media and websites and food blogs. And she'll constantly send me the URL link. And I had to say to her, there is something different about trying to follow an Instagram reel or a TikTok video, because obviously you've got 90 seconds to work with. There's something tangible and really, I don't know, authentic might be a wanky way to put it, but just being able to read the book and hear maybe a bit of the thought process or the story from the chef's mind.

So is that what your audience and what you've landed on here? Yeah, I think so. And I think I've done my book a little bit differently. Firstly, it's really bright and colourful. So it's kind of a bit more engaging maybe than a normal cookbook. Well, like you, Steph, bright and colourful is how I describe it. Thank you. Thank you.

But also how I've really restricted the number of ingredients. So I've kind of like eight ingredients I've tried to cap it off at. And the instructions are really simple and easy to read. Sometimes I find cookbooks are really, you know, there's 50 ingredients and the instructions go for days. Oh, my God, and like quarter teaspoon of that. And I swear I had one the other day, half a teaspoon of cumin. I was like, what?

What the hell? Yeah, why are we doing that? Yeah, and all of my measurements are in cups, and I try and make them whole cups or half cups. None of these, like, one-eighth of a something. Yes. Oh, my goodness, that drives me mad. I can't do maths when I'm trying to, particularly midweek, hey?

You've got busy family. You've got kids demanding something. We don't want spaghetti bolognese again. So eight ingredients sounds magic. If you're returning to the MasterChef kitchen at the end of the month with MasterChef Australia back to win on Channel 10 and 10 Play, when you're in the kitchen, what are the judges doing while you guys are cooking for your 60 minutes or your 30 minutes?

Are they just wandering around the whole time or are they giving you tips? No, they don't give us tips. They're not allowed to, which is really disappointing. But they're wandering around intimidating us, really. It's what it feels like, to be honest. Trying to distract you. Oh, they come up and they'll have a little taste and they'll go, mmm, with a funny look on their face.

I'm like, oh, what does that mean? Does that mean mmm delicious or does that mean? Does that mean delicious? Does that mean? So you've got to kind of take their facial expression after that sip about what you do next in your meal. Yeah, it's funny. I said that to Poe one day because Andy came up and he tasted one of my things and he went, whoa. And I didn't know if it was a good whoa or a bad whoa or whatever.

And I went to Poe and said, what does that mean? She goes, the only thing you've got in this kitchen is your instincts. Just go with it. I went, oh, yep, good point. All right, I'm going with it. That sounds like a good thing. Yes, that does sound like it. It's still cryptic though.

Yeah, yeah. Oh, so cryptic. At the top of this conversation, Steph, we did say we were at a loggerheads yesterday talking is soup a meal. You've just mentioned pea and ham there and some of those beautiful hearty meats that we can, you know, really cook down. Where does Steph D'Souza stand? Is soup a meal?

Look, it's really controversial for me, 100%. Soup is one of my favourite things. But I think this is a male versus female thing because in my house my boys get really cranky when we have soup for dinner. But I mean when they're eating it they enjoy it but they don't feel

like it's a meal but my daughter and I we love it. Steph, I can't wait to get my hands on it. It's called Easy Dinner Queen. Steph D'Souza. It's out now at all good bookshops and, of course, you can buy it online. Thank you so much for your time today. Thank you.

Thank you. And happy birthday for today. Oh, thank you, lovely lady. You've got a dessert section in the book. I'll have to whip up a cake. Absolutely, yeah. I'll make my husband whip up one. There's some beautiful cakes in there.

Great stuff. Thanks, Steph. See you. Jess and Ducco. We had a little visitor just then. It's through everything, hasn't it? We did. I'm just here mindlessly scrolling, and you said, look up, turn around.

Yeah, and you're like waving at me. I'm like, no, turn around. Turn to the camera. No. A small lady, Lucia Margarita Harper, accompanied by the most handsome man alive, Angus Harper. What a beautiful birthday surprise. Thank you. No worries.

We've got some more surprises coming up. Oh, God love it. Honestly, it's been so joyful so far, but that's one of the, if not the only thing I lament about working breakfast hours is I don't get to have the morning with my family. And, oh, that's so nice seeing her up and about. And Angus put her in a great new Gorman outfit. Yeah, it was very cool, very colourful.

Almost as colourful as all the balloons in the studio here. And she looked fantastic and she was just so joyful to have in studio. So thank you. No worries at all. Oh, that made me very happy, which feels like a jarring left-hand turn I'm going to take next, Shy Guy. But I hope it will be light or at least interesting for the rice cookers.

I want to tell you about what my mum found out her high school bully is doing these days. And by extension, open it up to the rice cookers, what's the bully doing now? Obviously, bullies all grow up. But how do they turn their lives around or not? You won't believe what my mumsy's doing, and we'll get your calls on after a bit of chat. All right, you'll do that part. Okay.

No, I just opened the door halfway, and now you finish it. All right. Here's Pink Pony Club. Jess and Ducko on hit. Jess and Ducko. Doing it for the new Hot Honey range that's just dropped at Macca's for a limited time. I want to hear you do this. What?

As though you are Hot Honey, Shry Guy. I was going to do that when I did the last line. No, I want to hear it from now. The new Hot Honey range has dropped at Macca's for a limited time, featuring the Hot Honey McCrispy, the Hot Honey McSpicy. Hotter and silkier. Stop interrupting me. And the Hot Honey dipping sauce for chicken

nuggets. Ready to embrace the drip? I'm not getting paid enough for this, am I? I wasn't expecting you to do it like that. When I think hot and I think honey. You think of Shy Guy. I was going to say, I think of like Lenny Kravitz and, you know, just like leather pants and they're slick and you went kind of aggressive. Yeah. And that's your interpretation.

Yeah. So if you're ready to embrace the dream. Yeah, head to Macca's today. Hey, it's your birthday today, Jess. It is. We've got one more little surprise for you. Well, I don't know how you're going to top having Lucia and my husband come in. Yeah, head to Macca's today. Hey, it's your birthday today, Jess. It is. We've got one more little surprise for you. Well, I don't know how you're going to top having Lucia and my husband come in.

I was so happy. Babs is going to bring something in with our promotion. It's coming. The signal, she ran off. Sorry. I maybe should have prepped Babs a little bit better. You know what? She got wet. Oh, my God.

Here we go. Come on in, guys. Come on in. You know what? Lucia distracted me from making breakfast. Look at this. It was a good distraction that Lucia kept you from making breakfast because we have breakfast for you.

Tell me this is from my darlings at Porky Deli. This is quite the sprint. And young Nick with the most beautiful bouquet of flowers. It's a huge arrangement. Holy moly. Gorgeous, right? Thank you very much. Where are they from?

Blooms on Derby. Thank you. They are exquisite. Thank you, Blooms on Derby. That's the biggest bouquet I've ever seen. Couldn't agree more. Thank you, guys. I'm feeling so special today.

No worries. I mean, 34. Hell of an age. But to celebrate with these amazing people around me, that's my greatest gift. So thank you. But also the caramelised onions from Porky because I love those. We've got one little treat before we go to Alphabark. Babs, would you like to present some moisture-wicking socks?

We know your husband, Angus, already bought you some, but we bought these first. Okay. So you've now got another pair. You can never have too many pairs of socks. For your sweaty feet. The 18-month-old really doesn't allow me to be on top of my laundry and chores. So I need all the socks I can get because I'm not doing loads. And moisture-wicking, like Babs said, for your sweaty feet.

That's right. But we do have some serious gifts for you. We'll do them at the end of the show, I think. No, guys, you've spoiled me. Thank you very much. No worries at all. Let's boil the rice cookers now, shall we? Yeah, $10,000 could be yours.

Call up now. Alright, let's give away money. I want to give this away. I've got a mouthful of them. I know, we've just given you a charcuterie board. Whereas Babs called it yesterday. What did you call it yesterday, Babs, in our little meeting? A charcuterie board. That's a little board, Babs.

Adorable. Today's player. He's an adorable, so condescending. Sorry, I didn't mean that. Kiri. Hello guys. Hi Kiri, good morning to you.

Thank you my darling, my god. It's been a very, very joyful morning. I know, it sounds good. What would make It's been a very, very joyful morning. I know. It sounds good. What would make it even better, though, babe, if I can give you $10,000 right now?

Oh, that would be amazing. This is like when you would be in primary school and it was your birthday before all the allergy restrictions. You can't do anything now. But you would bring in the cupcakes for all your classmates. This is my birthday, but I want you to have the $10,000. Can you take it off me? I would love to. Good. What do you want to spend the cupcakes for all your classmates? This is my birthday, but I want you to have the 10 grand. Can you take it off me? I would love to.

Good. What do you want to spend the money on? It would be taking the kids on a holiday. Beautiful. Any destination in mind? Well, my eldest son has asked to go to Tokyo. Wow. Cool.

Okay. You can get there on 10 grand. I think you could. I mean, Jetstar does great sales to Japan. This always happens when people say Japan. I'm not very well versed with Japanese food, but there is one I know that starts with the letter you're going to work with, Kiri. When you're over there, maybe he can order some donburi. I don't know if I'm saying it correctly.

I don't know. Donburi? Donburi. I only know sushi, so sorry. Your letter's D.. Don Buri? Don Buri. I only know sushi, so sorry. Your letter's D. Okay. Kiri? Look, now I need to

just fact check that I've said it. While you fact check, I'll go through the rules. 30 seconds, Kiri. 10 questions. If you get all 10 right, we'll give you that $10,000

to go to Japan. We must take your first answer. You can't use the same answer twice. And if you're unsure of a question, you can say pass and we'll come back to it if there's time.

Whatever you do, don't say skip because we hate that on this show. It annoys us. Don Buri is a Japanese rice bowl dish consisting of fish, meat, veggies or other ingredients. Alright, let's do it for the Don Buri.

Are you ready, Kiri? Yes. Okay, your time will start after the first question. Starting with the letter D, I need you to name an animal. A dog. A theme park. Disneyland. A dog. A theme park. Disneyland. A country.

Denmark. A royal title. Oh, um, Dame. A school subject. Or drama. A snack. Oh, um, past. A flower.

Or daffodil. An extinct animal. Oh, um, past. A fashion brand. Dolce daffodil. An extinct animal. Oh, um, past. A fashion brand. Dolce and Gabbana. A three-letter word. Um, day. A snack.

Oh, God, you were out of the gates killing it. I got eight. Damn it. Kiri, you were excellent. What's your skip on? Ew, I just said skip. What's your pass on, Kiri, you were excellent. What's your skip on? Ew, I just said skip. What's your pass on, Kiri? A snack.

You could have said Doritos, Donuts, dried fruit. You could have said anything. I'm not going to judge. You could have said Don Buri, Kiri. I know. Is that a snack, though? I don't know. All right, who's to judge?

Sumo probably snacked on Don Buri. Probably. And Extinct Animal Dinosaur or Dodo. Oh, yes, Dinosaur. I'm just as favourite with Ice Age. Very good. That's not my favourite. It'd be top ten.

Kiri, thank you so much for getting involved today, babe. You're an absolute delight. No worries. Thanks, guys. Thank you. Oh, wait, Kiri. Oh, yeah? You get $100 to spend at Minx Adult Boutique.

Minxwith3Xs.com.au. That's all yours. Awesome. Thank you. No worries. That's hot, Kiri. You enjoy. Okay, thank you.

Thank you, lovely lady. Oh, my God. We've got four more chances. Correct. To give this away. Because Friday's a public holiday. Yeah. We'd love to give the 10 grand away.

I know Ducko, in spirit, would love for you to take it off our hands. Yeah. I mean, it'd be very stressful if it does happen. I've got a lot of buttons I have to press if that does go off. But I want to do it. I already tested myself with a dump earlier. You did. We had an F-bomb go live to air for Gaga tickets.

We'll put that in the podcast if you want to hear that. Well, let's see how Shy Guy goes next because he confessed to something off air and I went, whoa, whoa, save that. I want to bring the rice cookers into this conversation. We're going to be asking, what do you do alone that you don't want people knowing about? Jess and Ducko. Shaboozy, as Jess tries to scram, one more bit of cheese in there. I haven't even touched the gorgonzola yet.

No, she was sucking on an olive. Oh, okay. I didn't really see what happened. I don't leave any meat on the bone. Anyway, that was Shaboozy. Good news, fresh from Coachella. He played with Post Malone. Your Coachella.

I just Googled it two seconds before we finished that song. I just realized we've got Year of the Song coming up. We haven't mentioned it once. I also haven't prepped it. We'll be all right. I was about to say, what's your theme going to be? We'll do Coachella performers. We'll find out.

2025 Coachella performers. Love that for you. Ryan, now, I did say Shy Guy mentioned a little tidbit off air yesterday, just having a chat. What have you been up to? What are you going to do this afternoon? He started this sentence and I went, whoa, whoa. Let's bring the rice cookers involved in this because we're going to ask

right now, what do you do alone that you don't want anyone knowing about? 13, 10, 60, I appreciate we are now asking you to kind of out yourself. So if you want to remain anonymous, sure. If you want to get involved in the text line, 0488881069. But let Shy Guy make you feel better because he's going to share. Yeah. So I was watching some kids' movies lately, like The Wild Thornberrys and just other kids' shows and movies.

And you love a kids' movie. I do. I don't even think they should be called kids' movies. It's a Disney movie. I mean, they are just movies. They are really. I watched The Lion King the other day, the new Mufasa. I didn't like it.

That's not fine. We already fought this time yesterday about soup. Mufasa is, I think, better than The Lion King originally. And because of our hours on this show, we're usually home by like midday-ish. Well, I am. You're home at nine. How do you? It's nine-thirty. So in the afternoon, we're usually home by like midday-ish. Well, I am. You're home at nine. How do you? It's nine.

So in the afternoon, I'm just chilling out. I'm watching movies. So I've come across Despicable Me. I couldn't believe you hadn't watched the series. No, never. There's four Despicable Mes. Too many. Let alone the Minions.

Yep. So I'm up to the second one. I started that the other night. Yep. Is that where he gets the girlfriend? I fell asleep at the same point every time. The last two times I tried to watch it. Anyway, I'm watching it.

The volume's up loud because I like to immerse myself in the movie I'm watching. Have you got surround sound? Yeah, yeah, yeah. I've got the whole deal, man. I can see you've never invited us over,

but do you picture what I picture, Babs? Great home sound system. Yeah, I think so. But then just like sitting really still on the couch. Yeah, yeah. I invested heavily in my TV.

Terrible posture in studio, but I imagine him sitting without his back touching the back of his couch. Yes, that's what I think too. And he's like eating something plain like nuts or something. Pistachios. We know he loves pistachios. The blue flavored Smith's chips.

Whatever that came from. Okay, original. Yeah, whatever. They are pretty good though. Blue flavored. Anyways. The blue packet. Anyway.

So I'm watching Despicable Me and there's kids and stuff walking. They're like dogs and the families are walking just outside my house. And I've just noticed, because I can hear their talking or I can hear like the, you know, the pitter patter. Yeah, sure it's not Ducco running outside. Nah, it's not Ducco. It could be. But then I just, because I hear it, I get a little bit embarrassed because I'm watching a kids movie. So I turn the volume right down.

I'm embarrassed that someone's. Do you worry people know you live there? Like it's Shy Guy from the radio? No, they don't know who I am. Kids aren't in there. Also, I'm really annoyed. Babs worked really hard on getting you a Minions grab, and you haven't played it.

So that's what Shy Guy does. He's fantastic. So I'm turning... You can see why I want to turn that down when someone's walking past. I don't want someone to be walking their dog. So you're embarrassed. Not that people will know it's Shy Guy the guy. Just the fact that the person in this house is watching a Disney kids movie.

Or any kids movie. So you're telling me you're watching Encanto and those amazing songs from Lin-Manuel Miranda. You're ashamed of those and won't. I haven't seen Encanto yet, but yes, I probably would turn it down. If I was watching, I don't know, White Lotus or something, it would be full volume. I wouldn't care because it's adult. Oh my God. You turning the volume down to avoid judgment from your neighbors.

Babs, what do you do? Um, I, if I'm listening to music really loud, which I often do in the car, you know, driving around, if I come, yeah, 100%. When I get to a stoplight, I will always, it doesn't matter, I will turn the volume right down. So you're listening to a bit of... I could see you singing along. How can you not sing along to this?

I know, I would be singing. But then as soon as I get to a stoplight, I turn it straight down. Again, are you worried about the judge? Great. Yeah, that you worried about the judge? Great. I noticed what you did there. Thank you. Just the fact that people could be sitting with their windows open and looking at me and just being like, you're a loser.

You know who needs to take a leaf out of your book? Because I'm also, you're very proud of your music taste and you're very happy to champion those. It looks a bit weird, you know, like a young girl in the Red Beetle. Like I stick out like a sore thumb. There's a bit going on. Yeah, there is a bit going on. Fair enough.

The people who need to take a leaf out of your book are the ones who have their Bluetooth so loud I can hear the person who's calling them. And it's like... Yes! So loud at the stoplight. It is, yeah. Well, there you go.

Another one. What do you do alone you don't want people to know about? Watching kids' movies, singing and listening to music on full blast. I don't think it'll shock you guys. Anything I do alone, I'm very happy to talk about. I think you'll have one chance. That's fair. Put it on social media.

That's fair. But we'll ask you instead, what do you do alone that you don't want people to know about? I guess for me, I pick the skin off my yucky feet and pile it on the couch. Oh, yuck. Awful. Well, like make a pile. Make a pile. Because I'm not going to do multiple trips to the bin.

I just make a pile and then hope I get it all. But again, I'm not that embarrassed about it. Jess and Ducko. Jess and Ducko. Not to make you guys feel bad, but no one wanted to enter our sharing circle. Yeah. I'm sorry. You guys have just admitted you opened up the door there for a safe space,

sharing things you do alone that you don't want other people to know about. Shy guy watching Disney movies. He called them kids' movies. I'd argue Disney is really for the whole family. Everyone would turn this down. What are they things happening in my house? Worried he's being judged by the neighbours. And Babs turning her music down.

We had one text in support of you, Babs. Be proud. I love to have my music loud and sing along at the red lights. It's nice that your mum texted in for the show too. That's really nice. Thank you. Good morning to Simone. Really quickly, because I know we are running a bit over time,

shall I go? I just wanted to share maybe something. I guess this could have fit. Maybe something I do alone that I don't want to admit out loud. Wonder where you both were at my birthday party last night. Okay. So, okay. I'm glad you brought this up because I didn't want to.

I put a big group chat out. Yes, you did. About a month ago saying, hey, legends, you know. It wasn't a month. Three weeks? Nah, two. A fortnight ago. I'll even give you that, Shaga.

I'll give you that. A fortnight ago, I put it out to a group chat of my nearest and dearest. Yes. Hey, guys, there's a great event happening Monday the 14th. I would love if you could all buy tickets. Yes, I understand it is a ticketed event, but I thought let's capitalize on this great food month we're having and maybe we could all get together. I didn't think it was a huge investment.

Tickets were $25. No. I'd love to see you there. You and Babs were some of the first people I added to that group chat. Ducko and Morgan obviously also, but I said, you guys will have a, you know, a newborn. So I understand, but both of you, one, can I just say, didn't even contribute to the group chat and then weren't even there last night.

So Babs and I talked about going and we were going to go. Was this when I first put the invite out? First when you put the invite out, because you failed to mention that this was a ticketed event. I gave the ticket link. Don't even lie. Don't make me get the group chat. We didn't know the tickets were going to run out in like five minutes.

Yeah, we didn't know they were going to sell out. I told you it was a ticketed event. What did you think? A million people would be allowed to go? Yeah, we didn't think there was a cap. Sorry that I know. We didn't know it was like Gaga tickets. Sorry I'm not important enough for you to actually execute when you're first invited.

What, do you think you could just book them on the Sunday for the Monday? Well, we didn't go that far, but we then saw that the tickets were sold out. We were like, oh, well, we missed out. Noticed no mention of it yesterday, and I gave myself the ick so bad because I was like, I really want to ask them if they're coming, but I feel like such a loser going, are you guys coming to my birthday party? I felt like such, such a dweeb that I didn't bring it up. You guys did a brag and then you weren't there yesterday.

I was going to bring it up tomorrow because I didn't want to bring it up on your birthday. Is that why you've gone so above and beyond today? Because you've got the guilt. Yeah. I mean, this is a birthday party. No, I don't have guilt. We just thought we'd do a nice thing. Yeah.

No, we were going to go. We talked about it. We failed to remember that there were tickets. Only eight of my friends actually did buy tickets out of the 30 people I did invite. So we're not the only two. Yeah, but I'm not seeing any of them today. Just you two. Jess and Daco.

Year of the song. Ty Guy is going to give us some songs. I was really hoping Babs, he'd say, we're doing all Westlife or we're doing all songs that I've expressed liking, you know, a bit of Let's Get Loud, J-Lo, maybe Danza Codura. I thought about that, but too obvious. He did think about it, but he thought I might have an unfair advantage. Yeah, absolutely.

That's true. So instead we're doing Coachella. Performers. So Weekend One was last weekend. You've got Weekend Two this weekend. You can watch it all on YouTube if you're not one of the 150,000 people there in the desert. There's a lot of musicians and performers this year, Shiger,

who I feel like have been on the scene for less than 12 months. Yeah, there's a lot of names that I don't even know. Yeah, like Yololalung, Young was up there, Lisa was up there. So this will be interesting to see how far back you've gone. You got a third? Nope. Bia Badoobi. There you go.

Thank you, Babs. Babs loves Bia Badoobie. There you go. Thank you, Babs. Babs loves to be a Badoobie. I do, actually. All right, first song. I'm going to make a real argument. First song. Give me the year you think this one came out in. Missy.

Missy Elliott. She was Coachella. She was. That's a bit of fun. So this is hard for me because a lot of these artists, like I would have been like really young. I don't even know if you were born maybe. Yeah, well, that's the thing.

I might not have been. But you probably, you just have a good ear for music. I've got Missy Elliott. I mean, she's been around for ages. People you'll know. Not 90s, surely. What have you gone, Babs? I've gone 2003.

That's literally what I was going to do. I'll go five. All right. Is that your birth year, Babs? No, I'm 2001. All right. 2005 for Jess birth year, Babs? No, I'm 2001. All right. 2005 for Jess, 2003 for Babs. The correct answer is 2001.

Oh, it was my birth year. We've both gone over. Stacey's on the text line, 0488881069. You can play along. Stacey nailed it. 2001. All right. No points.

Second song. Charlie XCX. She's been around for two minutes. She's been around for a while. Oh, crap. So not 2024. No, no, no. It would be, yeah.

She performed Billie Eilish. She got brought out with Billie. I can see them being mates. Yeah. Well, they have a song together too. Charlie XCX. This is the queen of Brat. Yes. She had a couple albums before Brat came out too. being mates. Yeah. Well, they have a song together too. Charli XCX. This is the queen of Brat. Yes.

She had a couple albums before Brat came out too. Slay. Yeah. A couple of albums? Yeah. She's like 20s? I don't know how old. That's a different game.

That's a different game. Could have been COVID. I'm going to go COVID times. All right. Jess is in at 2021. Babs, you win? Yep. 2021 for Jess.

2016 for Babs. Shut up, that old. The correct answer is 2014. Yeah. I am shook. That was part of the Fault in Our Stars soundtrack. Yeah, it was. I remember that.

I don't watch sad movies. Yeah, don't watch that. That's why. Too busy watching Minions. This is not great. Song three. Post Malone. Charli XCX is 32.

She is not. She's closer to my age than your age, Babs. I should know her better. I apologise, Charli. She should have got that. Anyway, who's this? Post Malone. Performed with Shaboosie.

This is his worst song. You picked this song for Posty. Oh, I picked this because it varies the years of the answers. I was going to say, this is kind of noir. Good clues. There's a... Oh, do you reckon this is COVID? I'll lock this in for varies the years of the answers. I was going to say, this is kind of new. Good clues. Oh, do you reckon this is COVID? I'll lock this in for COVID.

All right. Okay. Hang on. Babs, you don't get to look at what Jess does and then make your... Shut up. 2020 for Babs, 2021 for Jess. The correct answer is 2019. Oh, far out. You guys are not going well.

There's donuts on the board, Babs. Donuts. Next one. At least one of us should win. Yeah. Not like that year the honey's donuts on the board, Babs. Donuts. Next one. At least one of us should win. Not like that year the honey badger was the bachelor and no one got to win. Zed with Foxes. Clarity is the song name. Zed performed.

He's a DJ. I'm just going to do this and hope for the best. Let me cheat off you. 2015. What year do you think this came out in? 2015 for Babs. I feel like I was around 14 when this came out. That feels good from you.

Okay. 2017 for Jess. 2015 for Babs. Jess. I feel like I was around 14 when this came out. That feels good from you. Okay. 2017 for Jess. 2015 for Babs. The correct answer is 2012. Oh, fire out. Guys. Are you joking? Could this be our first no scoring?

Is that it? No, I've got one more. Come on, Babs. And I feel like this is in your wheelhouse, Babs. Don't put that pressure on me. Thank you. Oh, no. Green day. This is in your wheelhouse, Babs. Don't put that pressure on me. Thank you. Oh, no. Green Day.

This is in your wheelhouse. Holiday. However, this has got to be older than I reckon all of them we've heard. What's the oldest we've heard so far, Shy Guy? Missy Elliott. Was 20? One. 2001. Sorry, yes.

21. Yeah, that doesn't make sense. That sounds like 2021. 2001, my bad, yep. Could this be older than 2001? Nah. I'm going to go 03. I was in year eight.

Babs concentrating so hard. Babs is two years old. Isn't that so funny? I'm going to go 2004. I'm not cheating. That's what I was going with. If we're both over, Shy Guy, we get to go again. That's my birthday wish.

We don't have to because Babs has it right. Yes! And she wins the game with just one point. I don't have any celebratory music. Oh, that's okay. Nah, I don't have it actually. We'll wait. I want to celebrate.

Yeah, please play something. I don't have anything. Ah. Anything, Shy Guy. Just play Green Day again. Anything. I don't have anything. I don't have it.

I don't know why. Now my buttons aren't working. I don't know what's I don't have it. I don't know why. Now my buttons aren't working. I don't know what's going on over here. All right. Punch to the ads. Good call. Jess and Daco. Can I just say, you gave me free reign to pick not too many songs today, because last

time you gave me free reign was- You got two. You got Jen Jackson at the start of the show, and you got Westlife. That's right. Last year, I did the same request, and I tried to play all Westlife, and got poo-pooed for this year. So I got one at least. But Some Days is my daughter's favourite song. So I feel like in essence that was for me too because I love that Some Days song. Guys, thank you so much for tonight. It's been such a wonderful morning. You've absolutely spoiled me rotten.

I'm feeling a lot of love, particularly from the rice cookers on the text and on DMs and stuff. So thank you for making this a wonderful 34th. Yeah, and tomorrow we've got Gaga tickets. We've got, was it Ben? I'm moving right along. I'm keeping us going. This momentum is going, guys.

Even just like a you're welcome would have rounded that off. Well, I thought we said in the song we weren't going to talk about your birthday anymore. No, but like I thanked you. So you say, you're welcome Jess. I hope you had a beautiful day. Babs, thank you so much. I really did. I, I thought we said in the song we weren't going to talk about your birthday anymore. No, but like I thanked you. So you say, you're welcome, Jess. I hope you had a beautiful day. Babs, thank you so much. I really did. I'm really enjoying watching you discover these new charcuterie items.

Oh, I'm having the best time. I can't usually afford like deli meat like this. So this is awesome. Well, thank you, Porky. Shy Guy, thank you to you too. You've made it really lovely. No, thank you for being here, Jess. Great.

Now we can move on. Tomorrow at seven. Sandy's reigning champ. Yeah. You took him off Renee this morning. Stolen. Just, Jess. Great. Now we can move on. Tomorrow at seven. Benny's reigning champ. Yeah. He took him off Rene this morning. Stolen. Just like that. Click.

Done. That's right. She said the F-bomb. Shy Guy had to dump and it threw the whole system out of whack. We weren't able to play other buttons just recently. We recovered. We're all right. We did.

But Benny's now carryover champ. So he gets first bite of the cherry tomorrow with another one second. If he stumbles, though, swoop in. You could Bradbury. Is that a Bradbury? I guess that's a Bradbury. Absolutely. Sport references.

I'm just like Ducko. Absolutely. A little bit more slick, let's be honest. I know you said it'd probably take you a year to grow the same mustache he has because you're a patchy beard boy, but you could try. So we've got that tomorrow. The last person standing on Thursday, because obviously Friday's a public holiday,

will win a double pass to see Gaga at Acor Stadium in December. So join us. We've had to bump Shy Guy dips, but just to later in the hour. So that's on tomorrow. It'll still be in the 7 o'clock hour. Absolutely. Yeah. Babs will be here.

I'll be here. Are we getting a third blog? Yes If you join us from 6am You are treated to the private life Of one St Mary Sweet Babs Yep The private life of

The secret life of I should say Mm-hmm Shaga you'll be here? I'll be here And I'll be here too We're going to have a lot of fun Yes hopefully checking in with Ducko When he and Morgan are ready

But otherwise thank you so much again guys We'll see you tomorrow. Bye. Bye. F**k. Sorry. Sorry, sorry, sorry. Ew.

Ew. Ew. And ew. Jess and Ducko. That was the Jess and Ducko podcast. Hot Honey has dropped at Macca's for a limited time only. Embrace the drip.