The Chaser Report - ARVO: Harry Jun is Evil?

Episode Date: February 10, 2022

Comedian and teacher Harry Jun joins the studio for Arvo Chat. Zander and Lachlan are desperate for a positive role model, will Harry Jun be the teacher they need? Harry talks about his ideal school day, roasting his students, and what it means to be a comedian and an educator. Plus we find out the answer to the question: what if Harry Jun wasn't so nice? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Striving for mediocrity in a world of excellence, this is The Chaser Report. Hello and welcome to The Chaser Report for Thursday, the 10th of February afternoon edition. I'm Lachlan Hodson here with... Zander. Shavanna? Zander? Yeah. I didn't know his last name.

That's what really happened there. And we're joined by a very special guest. He's a fantastic comedian and he's also a teacher and he's a podcaster. and he's the best role model we have in the Sydney comedy scene. So we're scrape from the bottom of the barrel here. My name's Harry John, good to be here, guys. Thank you so much for joining us, Harry. Zander and I were just saying, like,

because we're both only like 20, 21 years old. Oh, babies. We're just out of school. We need good role models. I need some guidance. And you're the best we've got. No, no, no, no, you don't want me. I'll find some better candidates, all right?

Well, we'll see if we can find out how good of a role model Harry is to us and to his students right after this. The Chaser Report, news you know you can't trust. He's back. We're joined by Harry Joon. School's just gone back. You've had a six-week holidays. What's it like to be in the thick of it again?

Look, we're back. It's summer. It's hot. Kids are bringing water bombs to school. What? Yeah, you know how it is. I mean, back of the day, I remember being a kid. You throw water bombs to, you know,

and that's before, I guess, WHS existed. Yeah. You know, that kind of health has. and stuff, you're not allowed to throw water bombs anymore. Were you bringing water bombs to school, Zander? Dude, I finished high school just before the pandemic started. Oh, right. That's how young Zander is.

So fresh. Wow. Sorry. It was so sick back in the day. And like when the kids bring them these days, I have that like the glint in my eye. Like, yeah, I remember this. But no, you can't. The issue is the kids, they're not buying water bomb water bomb balloons. Oh, no.

They're buying like full party balloons, right? and they're not filling them up so they're just pegging it and they're not breaking they just care it's blunt force trauma like it's actually I understand why we have rules

where you're not allowed to bring water bombs to school because these kids are getting concussed from water bomb fights like it's they've got to introduce some sort of like tensile strength

to how thick the rubber on a water bomb can be before you're allowed to bring it into school and I'll be very happy to test that on the kids I'm going to be there throwing the water bombs

like don't get me wrong like I'll see him come out and I'll be like Like, all right, kids, come on, you know, stop. But I won't stop it immediately. No, no, no, no, you never do. No, you got to let them have a bit of fun, you know, call an AMBO. It's all right.

You'll see, little Sam, take the balloon to the tap and you're like, Sam, no, don't. Don't tie it off. No, a bit more, a bit more water. A little bit more. Better not tight. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I'm going to count down from 10. Nine.

No, cool. So, because I actually used to be a teacher myself where I was a teaching student and a teacher's aide when I was only 18, 19 years old. You were out in the fourth. So what did you teach? Yeah, I was an English teacher. So English teacher as well? Oh my God.

No way. Yeah. And now you're out of teaching. Well, yeah, so this is the thing. Like, I kind of, I actually was going to ask you how you got to the end of the degree. Oh, but also. Also, as a comedian, as someone who is putting yourself out there in various forms online, which we'll chat about later, I've always wondered how you sort of blend that line between,

oh, hey guys, I'm a very professional teacher and I'll hold you back at recess. I haven't got anything to do at lunch. I can stay in here all day. And also, like, being a professional comedian as your night job. How does that work? It's, the lines do get blurred a bit like you, you know, teaching a class and doing stand-up comedy. There are some similarities. You have to engage in an audience and all that.

You've got to roast the front row as well to keep them in check. I'm just, you know, well, what do you do? Oh, you're a student. Oh, yeah, oh, well, fucking, okay, cool. There's a few drunk kids sitting up the back. Yeah, at the back yelling from the darkness. I'm, I'll fucking get them out of here. No, no, look, there are similarities that make the job easier, but I won't lie.

like the issue is having an online presence, right? It's like, you know, TikTok and all these online platforms, all comedians are branching out to online. I can't do it because it specifically states in the code of conduct. That you cannot do it. Yeah, you've got to have a private social media account. And so that's the one reason why I'm blaming I'm getting low ticket sales. Well, that's exactly one of the things that led to me not being allowed to be a teacher anymore.

It's because I worked here and I was doing little, to chaser things and publishing articles. Wait, so you're telling me the reason why you're not a teacher anymore is because you were on the chaser and I am a current teacher and I'm currently on the chaser. Okay, so it's been real fun being a teacher, guys, thank you. Look, the seven years I've done it, I wasn't the best, but I tried my best and that's all that seven years, wow. Yeah, dude, I'm coming up on that.

I knew that it was like a long time in teaching because I calculated the fact that I am able to access my long service leave. Wow. It starts at the seventh year. And then it's also another indicator that you're burning out a little bit. If you're checking, you'll leave balance every day to see if you can access your long service leave. But yeah, dude, seven years this year. I mean, look, not to be all negative.

I do enjoy it. It's like, it's so fun. No, you do. But it just gets harder and harder. Like, the rules keep changing. I don't know if you know about this. Perritae is like instigate. He's introduced this new idea of changing the school hours.

Do you know about this? No, I heard about this the other day, but I didn't look into it. What is happening? He wants to shift the school hours because traditionally it's been nine to three for like decades, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. But he wants to change it to account for, like, working families and shit. And, like, his, his one suggested model. Well, he's got eight kids.

Well, that's what I'm saying, like, we can't all have nine kids, but he's suggesting that'll change it from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. And to that, I say, good fucking luck, bro. Like, my start time, the kids, the first period of my school, 8.40 a.m. And kids are late. Can you imagine them trying to get to school before seven? At seven, eight. No.

They're too tired, bro. It will not happen. They're working the night shift on their forklift job, dude. They're doing the double. They're trying to pay for the fucking rat fund. I think that this all works out, though, because any kids who can't make it to school at 7 a.m., you can just expel for being trained. Yeah, that's, just cut them out.

That's it. Sorry, guys. Goodbye. I know. And, like, honestly, like, realistically, if it's seven to one, like, I would feel. feel so lost at 1 p.m. Just, do you know what's going to happen is teachers are going to finish at one,

go to the nearest pub and just get fucking blind. It's too much time in the afternoon. Yeah. It's way too much time. Absolutely. Like we would finish at three and I would get home, have afternoon tea, do a bit of homework and then still have like three hours till dinner. And the sun's still up.

Yeah, it's crazy, dude. Like, oh, I mean, I don't know. That's one of the models he suggested. I don't know how that dude thinks about anything. So can you tell me what is your ideal, model. Oh, my ideal model. I reckon, look, I wake up at 10. You know, I check the weather forecast. If it's raining, I'm like, oh, a bit of a slow walk to school. Look, honestly, if it's, if we started at, let's say 10. Yeah. Yeah. Let's just, let's just smash out a 10 to

four school day, right? 10 to 4, right? Would you be interested in, I was a bit of a controversial teacher. I believed in a few controversial practices. All of this project-based learning, bullshit. Just don't go to school. Recess and lunch are kind of just, they're just eat up time. Oh, wait, you're telling me. So just cut it. Like, I, when I was teaching, I never had recess or lunch. You're a mad man. What do you mean? We just cut it out. The kids don't need it. They've got that much energy. They're fine. You do need recess and lunch. You've got to break No, no, but if you tell them that you get to have a whole extra hour off school. No, I would prefer recess and lunch.

Recess and lunch was the social hard. Bro, where, Lockland, where did you teach? North Korea? What are you doing? Let's like kind of labor camp model are you running, bro? I sort at a private school, so basically the same thing. Bro, you finish class at, like, lunch starts at, like, one or whatever. You leave the classroom and you instantly become the don't call the owner of the playground.

There we go. Start making deals. Yeah. You start selling those. Remember the fundraising chocolates? Yes. I never did a background check on the kids that sell that shit because I don't fucking know what it's for.

They'll just be like, it's for my netball team or dance trip to Europe. Yeah, exactly. Like, oh, this is for the Boy Scouts. It's like, I've kind of never seen you tie knot in your life. Don't try and give me that. You know what I mean? Like, it could be for anything. I just always found it.

How do they've just sort of, like, punched a kid on the way into school and stole their box? Stole a box of Fredos. That's right. I just found that it was always the dead shit kids too. and it's like, I'm going to give you $1 and I'm still going to get two chocolates out of this transaction. No, no, no, I'll take it. Thank you very. No, it's ridiculous, dude.

So wait, so you used to be a teacher and how did you find out, Lockland, that they were, did they email you or they had a meeting that they were like, hey, yeah, yeah. We heard your stuff on Chase. So we love it, but also. It was definitely not we love it. I got asked why I made fun of Scott Morris. And really? They asked you why you made fun of scoma. Yeah, they did.

It's awkward signing autographs on the way to period three when you're a teacher. So this was the thing. So this was the thing. I lost it because of the political reason, but also because students started to find out. I wasn't plugging it in class or anything like that. Yeah, they're very resourceful. They find everything. Okay, so the kids were finding it.

Kids were finding all this stuff. And they, the whispers sort of spread. So the other staff men. who didn't follow Chaser because, oh, that's, that's naughty stuff, found out because one day there was students watching. I did some stupid Gina Reinhart stunt out at Sydney Uni one day. Students were watching this stunt in the middle of class. And another teacher found it.

And then it spread like wildfire throughout the staff. They saw your face on the YouTube video. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And so it was just the thing, it was like, oh, well, I'm only a part-time teacher's aid. I didn't know that this would be a breach of contract. And apparently it was. So they fired you immediately. No, no, no.

It was kind of an awkward discussion. It was like, you've got to choose what your career is going to be. And it was like, hmm, I haven't really got like, this is the thing. There's no real joke. It was just like, no, I'd much rather be doing funny stuff than pretending to be an adult. Because I always struggled to play that character of authority. There's no jokes here. I'm very sorry.

No, but it is tough. It is, because I, like, you know, it's hypocritical too. Like, I'm telling kids, you know, some kid will say fuck. And I'm like, you don't swear. Yeah, absolutely. They come back and we're like, I've seen a video of you. I reckon three minutes straight. And I like so badly, just want to go down and be like, shut up.

Don't you fucking tell anyone? No, but I can't. So I want to be like, oh. Yeah. It's really difficult. Yeah. It's very hard. Like, you do have to, I kind of swing the other way.

We're like, I don't think I'm a prick when I'm a teacher, but I'm real hard line. No, you do. Yeah, absolutely. Yeah, you've got to have those boundaries. Oh, and it's not even like a boundary. It's just going like, just like, you know, they might be working a job for someone at Maccas and they've got a boss who they've just got to follow the orders of. Exactly.

To play that authority. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Thank you for. I had a, I remember I did my first practice. This was when I was a Prack teacher. So I'm probably similar to your age. Absolutely. And I didn't know how to walk that line of authority.

And I remember going up to the front And this kid was presenting I was teaching Japanese at the time This kid was doing this speech And I was standing up at the front of the class Because I was teaching his time to present He's standing next to me And I'm about to explain the activity

And he puts his hand on my shoulder Oh No, that's bad Like you know what I mean Like you don't touch the prison warden Like you do not And so I was I And I shouldn't have been that authoritative

But I instantly went Get your hand off my shoulder And you could And the air changed. Evil Harry Joon showed his face. Yeah, yeah, yeah. You know, the Tyler Durdon in me, do you know what I mean? Like I just, but it was too much.

Like the kid kind of froze up and I could tell that I, it was a bit of a faux par because I went in too hard. And then my supervising teacher at the back is kind of like, shit. They're on the edge. They're like, what's he going to do? And next thing you know, you're finding out why the teachers want to finish at 1 p.m. Yeah. Because they can spend the next two hours,

sending emails to parents. Yeah, just, like, I'm sorry that he abused a kid. But, like, yeah, like, it's hard to draw the line, man. It is, it is, yeah. It's funny, speaking to evil Harry June, man. I, like, I think it must have been last year. And we're talking about breaching that kind of teacher-student relationship. I had just finished a comedy show, and I got a,

on my phone, and I look at my phone, I got an SMS text from an unknown number. Oh, no. And it said, huge fan of your comedy. and I'm also a huge fan of evil Harry June. Thank you, sir. Oh, no. No number. And I'm like, I'm kind of freaking out, right?

I mean, sir, sir's just a very formal term that everyone gives. No, it doesn't mean that. In my lot of work, it means that this is a kid at my fucking school who's found, you know, but the evil Harry June Twitter page. Okay, so for background context here, on Twitter, Harry has a Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde-like presence. There's three accounts, one of which we've accidentally tagged instead of the real Harry Joon, which I love.

And there's neutral Harry Joon, there's Harry Joon, and there's Evil Harry Joon. That's right. So evil Harry Joon, a lot of followers, I might add. Very funny person. Whoever's running that page props to him, he's killing it. kind of wish he'd kind of funnel that follow account to my own private

Twitter page for once. Like, you know what I mean? Like, oh, it's like a chicken or egg situation. Everyone knows Harry June from evil Harry June. But I'm like, I'm Harry Jordan. Like, I run my own page. That's me. Like, come on, guys. But, yeah, what can I say?

I actually, it is a friend of mine that runs it. He did a couple years ago. That, dear friend of him. I won't say who. All I can say, hilarious comedians. a good close friend of mine. He hasn't been doing stand-up much lately, but one day he just decides to make an evil Harry June

like a Twitter page because the silly thing in the comedy scene was and I kind of, it is stupid, but I like to be polite. I like to be nice. Yeah. And so people will kind of be like, oh, Harry is not. He's a nice guy. He's a nice comedian. Is he funny?

He's a nice guy. He's a nice guy. And so I'm this nice guy. And so my mate decided to me. make this parody account of like what and the little tagline at the byline says what would harry john be like if he was evil and so he starts tweeting like some real funny stuff like not not not not edgy things but just things like you know not nice you know Elon mask is actually real cool or something like you know it's just stuff that like you know it's kind of funny and then

and then it blew up and now in my in the bio that i sent to like you know if i'm doing some kind a gig, like, you know, or a festival, it'll say, I'll, I'll have to tag evil Harry George. Because I know that if they Google it, they're going to find that first. And I have to mention, by the way, it's not me. I'm the, I'm the inspiration behind Evil Harry Joy. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. But we're actually very separate entities.

Yeah, yeah. I like to think of myself as the muse for the painting. I inspire, but it is a good, a lot of fun. And so does it, has students ever found this account? Have you ever had like a, apart from the. ominous text messages has a kid ever stuck their hand up and be like mr evil june see not in real life but like kids are real good about keeping this online life and like their social lives online and real life separate so like all these kids will they they very

subtly tell me that they know it's like it's like it's kind of like fight club you know like when fight club's a thing and you see someone who's got the shit kicked out of their face and you're at the restaurant and they're the way to serving you and you give them a little nod yeah like Like, they're doing that to me at school. Like, they're like, so you have a, you have TikTok? I'm like, and I don't have a personal account, but I've been on like other people's TikTok. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

And I'm like, nah, but then I give them that look. And then they look at me and then they're not. And I'm like, 100,000 likes. Yeah, that's absolutely it. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, all the marks you want, no, no, no, I go, keep quiet.

I go, hey, hey, hey, hey, I could comment that. Okay, I have a question for you. Do you, Lachlan, would you ever go back to teaching? I mean, you're getting it, you're getting a nerve. The silence. It depends if this works out. Exactly. It's always an option.

Yeah. Yes. I had a teacher who I knew had failed comedy. And I just, I saw. in him, this scary future projection of myself that I cannot let get anywhere near. That's eerily accurate. Like, that's kind of crazy, dude. The Chaser Report.

Less news. Less often. You have a podcast called Pass Notes. That's it. Pass Notes. It's on FBI Radio. It's actually, so this Thursday was the second last episode on FBI, but it is on all podcasting platforms, and it's going to continue on there.

cool um it's just a 30 minute podcast where i interview people about fun stories from school uh and then the concept is at the end of the show i get them to publish a note on air yeah uh to someone from school like it could be a teacher a student that was involved in like one of the stories they told and i've had some i've had some doozies let me tell you like uh i haven't had any responses back but like you know people are telling stories about betrayals or like you know the times they've been betrayed or the times, you know, they betrayed someone else and, like, I would love to hear from stories back from the people that are receiving these notes, but it's been such a wild right to hear about people that I know in comedy what they were like in school, you know?

Yeah. Yeah. And I think it sort of, it connects to this idea of when you're in school, there's the class clown. Yeah. And it's like, oh, oh, mate, you should do comedy. And it's really just that kid who, like, we've all seen that Auntie Donna sketch who just gets up and says, I'm going to go have a.

way in the middle of class and it's like no there's a difference here what what were you got i'm fascinated now what were you like in school are you always this this charming he's a really nice guy i i don't think i was the class clown like i remember stories of like being a bit of a smart alec but i don't think i was necessarily the class clown like they were way funnier people at my school than me like i remember they do the stupidest stuff The most random stuff as well that I would never have thought of. But I think as a mechanism to fit in, I was always trying to like be silly and make jokes with my mates, you know.

And like that's probably where it came from. I was a very nervous child, very anxious as well. Well, you're in the right company. What about you, Zander? Were you a bit of a class land? I think like not in the start of high school. I was quite like I think probably from like year seven and eight, I was like the weird nerdy kid.

Okay And then like year nine I think I started doing drama And started to find my footing And then I think from like Performance Okay here it is And then through like year 10 and 11

I think I like Started being a funny person See my issue was I was I played guitar from like year six And then I just assimilated that as an identity And like I had a band And I was trying to be a cool like rock kid So you can't really be the funny

Yeah And the band Yeah exactly exactly so I was trying to ride that wave and like to be honest dog shit guitar player but you know what I mean like I had to you have to commit it's like all it's an express line to central you can't get off before yeah no you can't not before you you graduate and then you can start playing around with your personality exactly yeah well it's funny because up until so I I done music in hSC I was going to be like learned jazz bass at A&U like and I set up like all the auditions and everything I had

this coach who had worked at the conservatorium as one of the judges that sits in the audition as well and he's like, you're assured. Connections, man. You've got it. And then I remember like, I think two weeks before the audition date,

I just, I choked and I just pulled out. I was like, no, I, and I never, like since then, haven't really played like the guitar or the bass,

you know, properly. And it took a while, like union and all this stuff. But then comedy came along and it reminded me of, like, oh, I actually love performing. Performing, yeah, absolutely. Like, it's so fun.

And, like, I think lower stakes than music in a way, where it's, like, music is a level of technicality that's expected of you as someone on the stage. Whereas, so, like, comedy can be a bit more casual, I think. I was having this discussion with Zanda very recently, where I just pointed out, the reason why I think comedy is such a great art to get into is because there's such an easy metric of success.

I tell a joke and someone, laughs, I have won. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, exactly. But you can't, I mean, you play a mad lick and you see if someone got closed in his eyes and bobbing his head. It's like, is that, does he, yeah, is he hating this? Like, is he actually, what's going on in there? When is this going to end?

Yeah, he's got his eyes crunched. You don't know. Like, you have no idea. But comedy, you're right. The audience has the opportunity to be very honest. And you can grow, I guess you can, I feel like you can grow exponentially quicker from that too. Yeah. Because if you've got jokes that are just bonoomically.

like consistently with lots of different audiences you suck you know and I'm no stranger to that like I've been there I have been there but yeah music I have a lot of respect for musicians because and I'm sure there are musicians out there who don't take it

seriously but I feel like like I have a lot of respect for them and how much work they put into it you know but especially when you're uni age you don't ever like really hear of bands who are like just doing it for fun I think everyone's like we're going to be the next Nirvana or we're getting on triple J

they're all like a hundred 100% committed. Yeah, yeah, yeah. They'll just like drop in a group chat, like, hey, guys, can you check my unearth page out? Yeah, please. I'm assuming that's where the situation Harry's in is he's the teacher for these kids. And you've got kids who would be trying to become the next kid owner.

And it's, how do you let them down easy? Yeah. Oh, do you know, like, I'm always, I'm a big supporter of their dreams. But I don't ever want to be that teacher that when these kids have tried so hard to achieve these kind of pretty impossible dreams. And then they crash and burn. I don't want them to ever look back in resentment and be like, I'm like,

I said you and told me I could and I fucking believed him. And yeah, but like I don't know. You never know, man. Like I feel like it's always better to err on the side of I will support you. Whatever your dreams are, let's keep going. But then I remind him, it takes commitment and hard work to achieve it. And if you slack off, that's on you. But you've got to try.

But I also think that as a student, like you kind of remember all the teachers, You do remember the teachers who really support you all on the way and pointed out opportunities to you. Yeah. But who you really remember is the teacher who is like, nah, mate, that's not happening.

Well, do you really? Because then you spend the rest of your... I've had it a few times, mainly because I want to film in the long term, right? And they're like, want to go to Hollywood,

mate? Oh, so taking the pit. Yeah. Really? Wow. I wasn't his teacher. I don't believe.

Well, because, I don't know what happened. They were like old farts. Yeah, maybe it's just older teachers. They're the jaded ones. They're the jaded ones who don't have the sense of what I think you do have to have as a young teacher,

which is, no, I'm here because you do 100% genuinely love the kids. You do care about what their future is going to be. And regardless of if they're going to achieve those dreams, you don't want them to become the jaded adult that they will get to. Well, like, if I think about, like, kids are making and showing things to me all the time. And like, don't get me wrong, not all of it's great. But I'm not going to be, like, I don't tell them this sort of finite, absolute thing of like, you're never going to make it.

No. They're 12, bro. No. Like, everyone's starting. And the crazy thing is if they start at 12 and it's, you know, not that great, you get better. Yeah. 12 year olds are dead shits. They all suck at everything.

Yeah, man. If you're bad at something at 12, it's because you've got the next 10 years to get better at it. Absolutely. Actually, that reminds me, I remember when I was 12, like, shout out to my high school mate, Alex Ross, he and I made little claymation videos. Oh, do you know, yeah. So we did this, uh, like a parody of start, like a low budget version of Star Wars, but it was like stupid and fun, whatever, but.

Do they have the big like ball, ball looking eyes? No, we, we, look, we didn't have the production, but we didn't have that much of it. But we, we had heaps of fun, like making comedy through, like videos. Yeah. And I feel like if I, like, we uploaded it to, remember Deviant Art? I don't know. Oh, yeah. Yeah, we uploaded a demon art.

And like, back then, a thousand views to us, we felt like was amazing. Oh, well, a thousand views to me is still huge. Yeah, like, I was so psyched. But I feel like if I had a teacher at that age, tell me, like, what are you doing? Like, you know, you're wasting your time. I probably would have stopped. Plummeted. Yeah, I would have stopped.

Your sense of self and your sense of, like, future dreams would drop entirely. So that's why whenever I make anything now, I still think back fondly about that time making inclamations with my mate, you know? And like, I'm glad that I had a lot of supportive teachers be like, oh, you know, give it a go, have some fun. Well, we had a teacher in year seven, right? And we this thing could enrichment where you were like, try to, like, be taught new skills. And so that was when I was first starting to get into filmmaking. And we had this really old teacher. You know those old ladies who, like, apart from teaching food tech, you know, just like puff dari's all day? Okay, they're the coolest teachers to hang with. They are, but they walk in.

into the room and you're like, ah, melanoma. They got that raspy voice here. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, I'm tired today. I haven't had my meds or I sit in. But they're great, right? Yeah, yeah, yeah. And I made my first comedy film in her class.

Oh, no way. And, like, I wrote it late night when I was like 12 years old, and there was this one line which was like, shut up all your cousin goes, kaboom. I mean, you know, that's got potential. That's more skill right there. You still remember it? But it was like one of those things, it was just so dumb.

But she was never like, what the fuck are you guys doing? Exactly. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, see, it doesn't, I mean, I'll take indifference over, you know, over a bad, like an insult. You don't even have to be supportive. No. Just be like, okay. And then let him go.

I've got to say, I'm, I don't want to speak on behalf of you, Zander, but I'm feeling very supported. Right now. I think, are you feeling supported, Zanda? I'm supported. Have we found a role model? All right, guys, follow me on Twitter. It's evil Harry John. More advice.

I think one of the most fascinating things about high school, though, is you go from viewing these teachers as these like autonomous people who walk into the classroom and they're like, X plus two equals three, what is X? Yeah. Two, like being teachers with their own intimate lives. With real, yeah, the real human beings. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

Because you as a student definitely get interested in the teacher's private life. Oh, and the best point is when you realize, I can ask Miss about her holiday that she just had. She'll talk for 20 minutes and we won't have to do anything. A little cheeker, yeah. Do you know what? Like, I think these days it's changing in that kids do see teachers as, you know, whole human beings, which is great.

But also, wasn't it a little bit of fun, like, as a student, the mystery of it? You know what I mean? Like, just like, what is this guy's deal? You know what I mean? Like, I remember I had in primary school, there was a teacher who, like all the time would wear a backpack like when she was teaching when she was walking to school and like i don't know how this happened but for some reason someone started the rumor that all she carries around in that backpack is just rocks like she's weight training for like the next iron man

like marathon or so and like no one no it wasn't even a rumor to us like that's what it was it just became it just became the thing like that's what it was and so we're like oh miss so and so oh you know how many rocks do you have today and she just be looking at you, like, what the fuck are you talking about? But the mystery was fun, you know, and nowadays, like, I think, like, there's a bit of the magic is lost, you know what I mean? Like, yeah, treating them like humans. There's no mythology.

Does take away the, the mystery. Yeah, exactly. And also, I think a bit of the, the license to cause mayhem. Yeah, a little, yeah, a little, little story. We had that, we had these two mass teachers who were having an affair with each other. No, get the hell out. It'd come out. How did you know that as a student? We got my hand on the censorship beep right now.

We knew they were having a fair at this point because they both had partners and then they were both seen at the local shopping centre together. No, you're at a local, okay, you're a 12-year-old kid and you see them next to each other. You're like, oh my God. No, no, they were holding hands. Oh, my God, they were holding hands. That's like, that's like seventh grade, fourth base.

Yeah. But the funny thing was, right, is they're having this relationship and they both go from wearing wedding rings to not wearing wedding rings. And so there's some tension going. on in the background. However, the funny thing was they were both trying to pretend like nothing happened. So like, but they would, they would overplay the niceness, you know, so they would walk into the room and they'd be like, hello, Mr. Redacted. I was just, I was just wondering if you could have a look at these notes. Could you come out into the hallway please quickly? And he'd be like,

all right, Mrs. Redacted. And they'd always address each other by the full name to try to be over the top professional. Overcompensating for their salacious acts in the bedroom. And at the time, we're doing algebra and I remember the teacher was like uh so what values do I have left guys and someone was like nun sir oh right that rules dude man these these high school hecklers bro like that's so good they are relentless they're crushing it yeah like my favorite one is like you somewhat like you see kids like talking and some kid will start complaining about something like oh oh like oh miss maybe give me a detention another kid goes when and they'll be like oh Tuesday, and then be like, no, no, no, when did I ask?

And it was like, oh, oh, my God. So, Harry, you've got a couple of shows coming up. Yeah, dude. I've got, I've got, uh, this Saturday the, what are we talking? This Saturday. Oh, you're at comedy club? Uh, well, I've got, sorry, no. No, no.

Lunar New Year show at Chatswood Concourse on the 12th, uh, February, sorry, February 12th, Saturday, the February 12th at 7 p.m. Awesome. And then I've got, uh, a bunch of shows for, Sydney Fringe Festival, which will be good. One of the good ones, which is my hour show. And that'll be on the 28th of Feb and the 3rd of March. But you can find all that on, I've got a linktree.

Linktree.com slash Harry June and it's all there. Fantastic. One of the good ones with Harry John. That's me. Check that one out. Cheers. Harry, it's linktr.e. Is that Harry Joon?

Yes. It's not linktree. No. Why do they have, oh, see, they have to have an English teacher like me to roll up. Keep the word together, mate. It's fine. Yeah. Aguirre is from Road Microphones, and we are part of the Acast Creator Network. Good luck out there on the front lines.

Thanks, boys. Thank you, Harry. Cheers. Thanks, sir.