Who Knew It with Matt Stewart - 198 - Alexei Toliopoulos and Suren Jayemanne

Episode Date: June 29, 2026

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Starting point is 00:00:08 Welcome to Who Knewit with Matt Stewart, the show where the guest write the wrong answers. I'm the titular Matt Stewart, and our first guest is performing his show, VHS. It was a smash hit at the comedy festivals. It's back on at Replay Festival in Melbourne on the 18th of July. Two shows only. It's Alexi Toliopolis. My God, I've never seen you so much gusto. Matt, I'm touched that you could bring that all up for me.
Starting point is 00:00:30 I've never seen you that much energy. Oh, no. When I'm in hosting, mode, I'm all gusto. Okay, well, thank you. I appreciate. I would say, Matt, you're always in hosting mode, and I've never seen that much gusto. Yeah. You're never not in hosting mode.
Starting point is 00:00:46 Ah. What do you, like day to day? Oh. Or just on this show. Well, that was definitely more gusto than day to day. Yeah, yeah. When I'm hyping people up, I'll bring a little more gusto. Now, this is more like it.
Starting point is 00:00:58 This is the man I know. Flummoxed by one question from one of his best friends. So this is what I like. Okay. Now I'm comfortable again. And the second guess is we're. week is doing shows with me in Sydney and Brisbane coming up. Details to be confirmed.
Starting point is 00:01:13 Check matchualtrialcom for details. It's Seren. Hello. Oh, hello, Seren. It's so good time. Hello was for me or for the people listening, but I'll accept it as a hello to you. All of the above. I trust that you were listening then, Alexi, so you count in that bigger group.
Starting point is 00:01:32 Alexi, this is the first time I've seen you, I think, since the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. I believe it might be. And I just realized now the whole time since then, I've been walking around with a photo that you took. Oh, yes. In my phone, I don't carry a wallet or anything. This is like the closest thing I have to like a little treasure.
Starting point is 00:01:49 It's your ID. It's a polaroid I took of you. Yeah, yeah. Enjoying a little martini or something. Yeah, it's it. We had a few drinks. Me, you, Nina, Naila, Am I, the Baldwin, let it be known.
Starting point is 00:02:00 We shared some cocktails on night. Was that at Comedy Republic? No. It was like the gym palace. I mean, you could have just. You could have done it for tying it back in, but you had to go with facts. Alexi, he's really strong on facts. It's true.
Starting point is 00:02:15 Can't fib. I studied documentary and it's made me become an honest person, you know. It's forced my morality down a certain path. Yeah, like Jim Carrey in that famous role of his. Yes, of course, he's famous role of being a documenter in liar, liar. All right, so, the way, oh, I should say, Serene, it would have just been recorded, but you are not able to make the 200th. So I thought, so good to get you on back to back in these two episodes leading up to the 200th.
Starting point is 00:02:49 You will be there in spirit, though. Yes. Sending in your answers from the road. Yeah. Pretty exciting stuff. What a bit of sizzle that is. So the way the show works is ask a relatively obscure trivia question. Our contestants have to write a convincing fake answer.
Starting point is 00:03:05 I then read their answers well as the real one and have to guess, which one is correct. And the first question comes from listener, Chris George from Ohio in the USA. Chris has written in brackets, The Best State. And I'd agree with that. Never been to Ohio,
Starting point is 00:03:18 but I do believe that is true. It's the best state? Yeah. God's country itself. Yeah. Okay. So Chris's question is, Nordically speaking,
Starting point is 00:03:28 what are frapping lines? Okay. Did you say nautically as in like, you know, boats or Nordic? As in like, Oh, no, I'm talking like boats. Okay.
Starting point is 00:03:41 Yeah. And what was it? Frapping lines. Okay. And while they're writing their answers, I'll let the listeners are how the scoring works. So they get one point if their fake answer is guessed by the other contestant. Another point, if they correctly guess the answer.
Starting point is 00:03:58 And by the way, I'm also playing as the house. And, yeah, I've put it into my own fake answers for each question with the help of the question writer. And we get a point for each answer. one of those that I guess choose. So each of us can score up to two points per round, which seems fair, but the probability actually favours me. The House, and the House always wins off if you've listened to previous episodes. You'll know that is not necessarily the case. It's even things out that guests get triple points in the final round. Although,
Starting point is 00:04:24 thinking about maybe doing a re-jushing of the scoring system after 200 episodes, I'm going to call out for some listener feedback with a little survey. So keep your eyes peeled on the social media for that. Very exciting stuff. being involved in democracy like this. Anyway, most of our questions come from our great Patreon supporters. If you want to submit a question, sign up on adding level via patreon.com slash do you go on pod, linked in the show notes. And yeah, also I should let you know that we film the episodes these days,
Starting point is 00:04:52 the in-studio ones at the very least. So, yeah, you can check them out on the do-go-on YouTube channel. You can be watching this right now. Maybe you are. Maybe you're looking at me right now. And if you are, I'm giving you a thumbs up. even if you're not. All right, the answers are in.
Starting point is 00:05:09 For question number one, nautically speaking, what are flapping lines? Okay. Rope used to control a lifeboat. The mysterious lines of rope that connect each continent. These ropes have existed since before history has been recorded. And nobody knows what their original purpose was,
Starting point is 00:05:28 or who strung them across the ocean floor. Wow. That's option two. Option three. the lines on a map that illustrate tides. Option four. Songs similar to sea shanties that were mostly written and performed in the English Channel off the coast of France. These songs would sometimes include spoken word rhymes like French rap, otherwise known as frapping lines.
Starting point is 00:05:52 Example, I beep your beep, you big mother croissant. Okay, that one's interesting. Or finally, when the seamen have to line up for their frappes. Okay How are you spilling semen That's C.A. M-A.
Starting point is 00:06:14 All right, Alexi, which one of these do you reckon is real? Can you give me a quick rundown? Yeah. Rope used to control a lifeboat. Yep. You got rope that connects
Starting point is 00:06:25 all the continents? Mysterious, rope. Mysterious. You've got lines on a map that illustrate tides. You got sort of French rap similar to a sea shanty or when the seamen have to line up for their frappes. Wow, they all sound...
Starting point is 00:06:43 Equally plausible. Yeah, equally plausible and none worthy of submission. It's not one runger. Now, of course someone would have to send that one in. Well, I feel like a few of them, if they were real, would be worthy of submission. Yeah, I guess the mysterious ropes that connect the continents. I mean, you know, that does intrigue me to be like, wow, who could have left those ropes? Exactly.
Starting point is 00:07:07 Pretty history? Those ropes across the ocean, I'd love to learn more about that. Who was back there throwing rope? Wow, maybe the ancient framerers themselves could be doing that. Maybe I'll say, what was the lines of tides? Lines on a map that illustrate tides. Yeah, I reckon. That or the, I don't know, I'll just go that, the lines of the tides.
Starting point is 00:07:39 I guess if you're submitting that one, you go, the word frapping is funny. I can't wait to hear Matt say that out loud on the podcast. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So maybe I'll lock that. All right, that's locked in. The question submitter, Chris George, kind of getting a little bit of a roasting there from Alexi, I suppose, on his question selection. Just the fact.
Starting point is 00:08:02 Let's not forget that Chris George. George comes from Ohio, which is the best state. The best state. Yeah. With the best fact. The best state of being, I would say. Oh, yeah. Ohio is the state of being whereby you don't care whether your question gets roasted.
Starting point is 00:08:13 Yeah. I sure hope not. On a podcast. I, look, I love the mystery lines. Yeah. Oh, wow. The ropes. I just, because it would be, we would change everything.
Starting point is 00:08:26 It could change everything, yeah. But it's obviously not that. I'm not sure, Serena. I think it could be so interesting. it were that. How long would those ropes would have to be? Oh, that's been pretty long. Since before recorded history, so minimum 3,000 years, I reckon.
Starting point is 00:08:41 And you reckon they're made, they're just like normal ropes? Or are they like, you know, like lengths of coral or something naturally occurring? Or you think they're actually twine or whatever? I'm thinking of twine. But that would surely need some maintenance as well. Pretty history. Because history goes a way back. What's the earliest thing you know about?
Starting point is 00:09:02 Oh, now it's Roep. Yeah. Frappines have bumped it up to number one now. One more quick run through, please. Rope used to control a lifeboat, mysterious lines of rope, lines on a map,
Starting point is 00:09:19 illustrating tides, songs similar to sea shanties, or seaman lining up for frappes. I really wanted to be semen lining up for frape's as well because that, They're either so dry or, oh my God. Let's lock in the lines on a map.
Starting point is 00:09:40 All right. Both going for lines on a map. Here's the right. The answers. The mysterious lines of rope that connects each consonant. That was Alexei teleopolis. Wow. Yeah, it's based on a true story.
Starting point is 00:09:54 You're a truth teller. Yeah, things happen beyond our understanding out there. And that's something I believe in, that there were once a civilization that drew lines of rope between one continent to the next. Maybe they were the ropes that were used to build the pyramids. I reckon, yeah, they repurposed them right after they did the pyramids. They're like, you know what? Let's throw these all the way over to New Zealand or something. Do you think we could just pull Tasmania in then, back to the mainland?
Starting point is 00:10:25 Well, they're part of our continent, so there's no rope going through. It just goes to... Nice try, Saran. Nice try. You're going to trip him up that easy. Yeah. The frapping line to Australia just goes to like Townsville, you know?
Starting point is 00:10:39 So we don't have one going to Tasmania. They should tie it around one of those capes up there. You know, those pointy bit, the bit of the wrench, the spanner bit. Yeah, that'd be the word of just what to do it. Now, the song similar to sea shanties. That was Serren. No way, jose. I beeped your beep, you big.
Starting point is 00:10:58 mother croissant That's a common French rap I reckon almost before that you could argue it was guessable but that the example Maybe push it's very obvious I would say in you reading them
Starting point is 00:11:10 The one The two that had Two more sentences Than all the others Might have been written in the moment Uh lining up A seamen lining up for frape
Starting point is 00:11:21 That was Chris The question writer Good work Chris Uh the lines on a map That illustrate That was the house I took every ounce of my creativity to come up with that. Which means, because I had to have one other one that was sort of believable, I thought,
Starting point is 00:11:38 but neither of you even really considered the true one, which is rope used to control a lifeboat. Hey, you're looking pretty silly now. You think that's dull, Alexi? Yeah, I think it was even more boring than the one you can't make that. That's why I didn't choose it. I was like, maybe there's something funny in the lines of tides, because like, how can you you draw lines of tide if it just changes or whatever. But the boat, the rope that connects the boat to another boat,
Starting point is 00:12:05 I wish I didn't know the words. I have to say, I don't know what I've lost now to know that bit of knowledge. I don't even blame Chris George for this. I feel like people who listen to this podcast, you've got to send in more questions because Matt's stocks are obviously running dry. If that's where we've started, mate, you know, this is. This is unheralded. I've never.
Starting point is 00:12:27 I don't think I've used the Chris George question before. I try and give... Well, Chris, I love you, but I think... I've done this podcast so many times. That might be the most boring answer. Yeah. It was unentertaining. The flapping lines is a fun term.
Starting point is 00:12:44 It's funny. The word's funny, frapping lines. And it gave you two some, you know, enough rope to write some good stuff there. Too much rope. Surin had to try so hard. He hears the word. word frapping goes, maybe French rap, I'm not right about prasance, you know. You see how hard surrounding it? He works really hard. He's sweating.
Starting point is 00:13:06 I'm inventing mythologies that don't exist, you know, trying to bring a little something. Well, I thought it was a great question. I'm so glad to know it now. Next time I'm hanging out with a, you know, a man of the sea, an old salt dog or whatever. I'll be able to say, oh, how the frapping lines holding up? If I was in a lifeboat and someone said to me, you know, those are called frapping. lines, I would dive out of the boat into I can't even swim. I would I'll be like, this is it, I'm ending it now.
Starting point is 00:13:34 Well, I promise you the questions from here out are a little more, a little more interesting, maybe. Arguably. It's good to have variety. You'll argue it. Well, you'll argue the point. This question number two comes from Amelia Mellor from Melbourne.
Starting point is 00:13:48 Hello, Amelia. And Amelia wants you to come up with a fake species of moth. Okay. Fake species of moth. Now we're talking. Now we're talking. And in the meantime, Chris writes, Frapping lines, tricing pendants, and grips
Starting point is 00:14:05 are all essential parts of lifeboat launching. If done properly, gravity's launched lifeboat can lead a serious neck and spine injuries. If done properly, however, it can lead to being trapped in a plastic tube with 20 plus smelly seasick people. Hey, he's riding, he's running gags there. You guys have been too rough on Chris.
Starting point is 00:14:29 I think Chris has done fantastic work. Good work, Chris. On you, mate. I think Alexi is, I'm going to say it, he's pushing for villain status. Ben Russell's had that lockdown for a while, but... Something's changed within me today. Something changed within me. It's been changed for a little while, but you've been time cop for a while.
Starting point is 00:14:51 And now... Yep, yep, yep. Okay. I think you're going forward. villain, which I don't know, a heel turn for Alexi's pretty fun. It's pretty exciting, I reckon, you know, especially if it's just contained to this one podcast. I like that.
Starting point is 00:15:07 Yeah, yeah. And Ben has been trying pretty hard to say that he's, he's no villain anymore. He swung back around for the white time. Exactly. Wow. All right. The answers are in for question two. And I've got to tell you, what a beautiful list of answers we've got here.
Starting point is 00:15:27 Which of these are real species of moth? The uncertain. Oh, wow, the uncertain moth. Heart flutterer. Big bong moth. Oh, wow. Grand moth Tarkin or creepy little cousin. Oh.
Starting point is 00:15:44 Okay. Wow. Serran, what do you reckon? Can I hear it one more time, please? You sure can. You got the uncertain. You got the heart flutterer. Okay.
Starting point is 00:15:54 You got the big bong moth. Okay. You got Grand Moth Tarkin and you got creepy little cousin. Okay. I've been watching Andor as of late. So I can rule out Grand Moth Tarkin. Or maybe I'll rule it in because it's like the kind of thing that it's, you know, scientists. You've ruled it out and back in and I like that.
Starting point is 00:16:20 Yeah, really. Poki Pokedos style. And order. I like that. Sorry, a little Hokey pokey move there. Well, I'd say if there's a lot of it. That could describe my current state. Do you reckon?
Starting point is 00:16:29 It would be the Ohio. It would be uncertain. The uncertain. Yes, true. Do you think Andor is like the next level of yes and? Yeah. Yeah. It is funny to have your name.
Starting point is 00:16:44 A series of options. Ends or. I'm Cassian and Andor. Endor what? So grand moth park and, is from Andor I've seen it Oh he's for Star Wars
Starting point is 00:17:00 But I think he appears in it Yeah Um I kind of like the creepy little cousin Wow Locking it in No I was just talking about my family Extrific family
Starting point is 00:17:12 Everyone's got one mate Please lock in creepy little cousin Someone A listener said recently They're like I can't believe you don't do that joke Every week where you say And your answer
Starting point is 00:17:23 I feel like you can have too much of a good thing But, all right, Lex, what do you think? Wow, wow, so many beautiful options. I'm thinking the uncertain. I like the uncertain moth. There's something about that that's quite beautiful, you know? Yeah. Like if I were to be going through like a little terrarium or something and they go,
Starting point is 00:17:47 and this is our most prestigious moths, the uncertain moth. Like he doesn't know whether to go up to the light or to, I love this. I'm invested in this creature. Yeah. I feel like the answer, it'd be hard to get out of caterpillar phase. Yeah, that's true. You've got to be pretty decisive to be,
Starting point is 00:18:04 I'm going to go into my cocoon. To me, it feels like the name of like a, like a mysterious WWE wrestler or something. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Yes, the uncertain. I feel, because I wasn't even putting moth at the end of it. No, the answer.
Starting point is 00:18:17 Yeah, yeah. Yeah, that's all it's written as. I believe that's. Okay. All right, so let's see who wrote the answers. Yes, okay. Big bong moth, which Alexi didn't mention, I'm afraid. Seren wrote that, but he is trying this week, and I thought that was really good.
Starting point is 00:18:35 Was that inspired by, you know, seeing a moth fly out of a bong? Or just bongong moth. Oh, my God. I was trying to do a little bit of a... You would hear a little word of so... Yeah, somewhere deep down in your lines. I did almost think of doing one of mine could be called the... the storytelling podcast.
Starting point is 00:19:01 That's fun. Yeah, so it's a reference to a podcast or a storytelling night that's across the world called The Moth. Which I imagine you've done very well out over the years. I've never done it, never been asked. Oh, I don't think you get asked. I think you have to show up. Yeah, I don't know.
Starting point is 00:19:16 It's like open-mic storytelling kind of, maybe. Yeah, I love to think of myself as a raconteur. I think they used to do it at Howler, I think, maybe. Anyway, the heart flutterer, that was the house. Beautiful. Creepy little cousin, which a Seren went for, that was Amelia slash the house. Oh, well done. Emily from Melbourne.
Starting point is 00:19:38 Grand Moth Tarkin, that was Alexi and or. No, it was Lexi. It was me. Peter Cushing played that character in Star Wars. Oh, that's the Peter Cushing one. Yes. Who was like an early AI sort of, or like. They did a CGI recreation of him.
Starting point is 00:19:56 That was a creepy little cushion. That was. Surin, very, very good, sir. Very, very good. Really impressive that you could do that. That worked on, that was perfect.
Starting point is 00:20:09 Thank you. Worked on all levels. Because it was very creepy. It was uncanny valley. It was unsettling. Oh my God. The Lord signs upon you today, Sirren. Wow.
Starting point is 00:20:21 The law is signing upon you. How did he do it? The only way to do it. riff that good is if someone up in the world is looking out. And that means finally that Alexei is correct. It is the uncertain. Oh my gosh. The uncertain.
Starting point is 00:20:41 The uncertain. That's one of the most poetic things that's ever happened on this podcast. That's so great. I love it. Second only to creepy little cushing. To hear about the uncertain moth is poetic, you know. Oh. For those two things that happen back to back.
Starting point is 00:20:56 I can't wait to hear the facts about this. Okay, if you're listening, Chris George, that's how you submit a question. That's how you do it. That's how it's done, mate. Because it's not that, it's not like, oh, how wacky and weird. But it was fascinating and it was, it contained beauty. Something about it contained beauty and allowed Surin to just take this to the stage and just weave one of the greatest riffs in podcast history.
Starting point is 00:21:22 Yeah. Like people, people, it was a riff so good, people would be in awe. Maybe not laughing, but they would be like, they would be looking up in the sky going, wow. Yeah, they would be. Something powerful in this universe exists. Yeah, acquainted with their own sense of wonder. Occasionally, I'll get messages of people saying that this certain riff had me embarrassing myself laughing out loud on a tram.
Starting point is 00:21:43 But this time, I think we're going to get messages saying, that riff made me sit on the tram, looking at the ceiling, wondering, wow, anything's possible. There are ropes that connect this entire world. together and Sarenne can see them. Yeah, they're called frapping lines, okay? So point to Alexina, a point to the house there. Meaning after two rounds, the house is in a strong position on three points. Lexa won.
Starting point is 00:22:16 Surin yet to score, but still four rounds to go. Beautiful. Plenty of chance to score. Here is question number three. This one was written by Logan Husky from Brisbane. and Logan's question is, what did U.S. President George H.W. Bush do on the 6th of February 1992? So he was president at the time.
Starting point is 00:22:36 It's George W.'s dad, George H.W. What did he do on the 6th of February, 1992? And while they're writing their answers, I'll let the audience know a bit more about the uncertain. I haven't even read this yet myself, would you believe it? Amelia writes, found across Europe and the cooler regions of Asia, the uncertain moth is named for its ease of confusion with a similar moth in the same genus known as the rustic.
Starting point is 00:23:03 I think our mythology was better. But according to naturespot.org, it may be necessary to refer to the genitalia of the moth to identify it. Wow. The hummler. Oh, my God. Sorry, moth, I'm a little uncertain. Come up a little pique down your pants. Jesus.
Starting point is 00:23:27 Oh my gosh. It's not a very interesting moth in itself, but please enjoy the mental image of scientists squinting at a bunch of almost identical brown moth specimens and deciding that the best name for one of them was basically, I don't know. That is good stuff, Amelia. Thank you very much.
Starting point is 00:23:45 All right, the answer in for question number three. What did US President George H.W. Bush do on the 6th of February 1992? He dined with six celebrities who all died under mysterious circumstances in the following years. Oh, wow. He attempted to walk through the drive-through at In-N-Out Burger, which caused a bit of a scene as he had his security detail in tow. Wow, okay.
Starting point is 00:24:08 He wrote a letter to his White House staff demanding they no longer feed his dog as it was getting too fat. Option four, he was the first sitting president to climb Mount Rushmore and stake a claim for three extra heads to be added. one for him and two for his sons, Georgie Jr. and Jeb. Or finally, he sang a duet of achy-breaky heart with Billy Ray Cyrus in the West Wing in an ill-fated attempt to combat presidential opponent Bill Clinton's rising popularity. Wow.
Starting point is 00:24:42 All right, Lex, we're back to you. You got dead celebrities, in and out burger, fat dog, Mount Rushmore, or achy-breaky-heart. I'm drawn to the fat dog. I'm drawn to the fat dog. The achy-breaking hard is pulling me to a direction as well. But I think I'm going to lock in fat dog. Lock in the fat dog. Can I hear Mount Rushmore one more time?
Starting point is 00:25:12 Sure can. It was the first sitting president to climb Mount Rushmore and stake a claim for three extra heads to be added. Him and his two sons. He called that pretty well. Yeah. Yeah. Have you ever seen the zoomed-out shot of Mount Rushmore?
Starting point is 00:25:28 Yeah. It's so grim. You're like, oh, man, they're really butcher this beautiful bit of nature. I think it's one of the most beautiful things to have exist. It's true. Every country should have a Mount Rushmore, I reckon. Yeah. Not the same four guys.
Starting point is 00:25:45 Like, every country has their own individual. We don't get the same four guys in Australia. Who's going on? Is it all PMs for us? It's all prominentists. Yeah. No fun rift to be had, sorry. We will be priminiscences.
Starting point is 00:26:00 It will be the world leaders. So you got, you got curtain up there probably. Yeah. Maybe the first guy. Yeah, Bobby Chifley. I don't know who what he did, but I love to be Chifley. Yeah, Chifley is a great. Barton.
Starting point is 00:26:12 Barton? Barton. Don't know much about him, but he was. Edmund Barton. Edmund. Yeah. Yeah. Bobby Skoma, Chuck Skowna off there.
Starting point is 00:26:21 It would be great if you had. He just one. To make, I reckon, Skirmo. Not many facial features. He's got a bloc your head. Just the glasses, it'll be tricky. I reckon in that revolving door area, you've got to have Rudd, Gillard, Runds. Like two runs.
Starting point is 00:26:33 Yeah. Have two runs. But like Gillard's nose and centre of her eyebrows. Yes. Yeah. And then Rudd's cheeks. Yes. I like that.
Starting point is 00:26:41 It's an amalgam. We're doing amalgam. I like the Rushmore one, but I feel like he wouldn't have climbed it. Right. I don't think that's the process. He's a fit fella. Do you have to stake your claim? Well, you know, this back in the 90s.
Starting point is 00:26:57 You know, this is, you've got to remember, this is the 20th century. This is back in the 1900s. True. And otherwise you couldn't just write an email back then. Incredible foresight, though, because one of those. Did become president. And the other one, the other one got beaten by Trump in the primaries. Oh, true.
Starting point is 00:27:12 So he was the one that, if you, but back then, that he, Jeb was the one that was going to be president, probably. Oh, yeah. And more likely. George, was not seen as... He was seen as a bit of a dope, but I don't know,
Starting point is 00:27:27 sometimes I think populations like a dope to lead them. Let's go achy, breaky heart. Okay. Locked in. All right, here's the right.
Starting point is 00:27:37 The answers. He died with six celebrities who all died under mysterious circumstances. That was the house. I just liked the idea that someone happened that cursed the table that night. When you started reading it,
Starting point is 00:27:48 it sounded like a Miss Marple episode, or like Poirot, but then it's over it. for six intervening years. Imagine borrow trying to solve that. Yeah, I'd written the guest list included Lady Diana, but then I took that out.
Starting point is 00:28:03 Oh, that mysterious. I know how she died. Well, there's conspiracy theories. Kirk Cobain. Kirk Cobain was there. Tupac. Yep, Tupac was there, Biggie. He attempted to walk through the drive-through at In-N-Out Burger.
Starting point is 00:28:24 That was Serene. I liked that a lot. I like that a lot. Beautiful works, Surin. Sometimes presidents get hungry. Yeah, I could see that being part of a Simpsons episode or something. He was the first sitting president to climb out Rushmore and take his claim. I like the idea that there are other presidents, but I'm sitting.
Starting point is 00:28:46 He was the first sitting president to climb. That was Alexi. That was fantastic work. I like it. I sort of, I suggested Serene lift to Alexi standard, but it feels like Alexi's more gone to Serene. I've gone down.
Starting point is 00:29:00 I've gone down to Surin level. Serene went for achy, breaky heart. I'm afraid that was Logan and the house. Oh, that's really good. That's twice a row, the question writer's got me.
Starting point is 00:29:11 Meaning that Alexi is correct. The fat dog. The fat dog. I'm going to read out the full memo while you're writing your next answers. Yeah, great. It's sort of tongue and, cheek, but it sounds a bit serious too.
Starting point is 00:29:23 Bit of fun, Pat. Good on him. All right. We're at the halfway mark. The scores are Serenia to score. Lexi on two points, but the house out in front of four points. Question four comes from Real, who knew it, royalty. Probably had the most questions on the show.
Starting point is 00:29:37 It better not be Chris George. It better not be that Christian. Now, this is from Jim Bates from Sackett's Harbor. Oh, wow. Okay. Sacketabba. I've been around this guy before. I'm wearing his... He sent me his...
Starting point is 00:29:57 Oh my God. Oh, my God. Oh, yes. Wow. Let him show that Matt just whipped out his penis and had a condom that's in Sackett's Harbour on. Well, I think people watching a video or no, that's not quite accurate. I'm wearing a t-shirt.
Starting point is 00:30:14 They wasn't a condom. He's just got a tattoo. Jim's question. is what is the name, basically the question is just come up with a funny name of a person. But to be specific, what is the name of the Edge Russia who played for the University of South Carolina Gamecocks, which is a great name for a team. He wore number 30 and this is just a couple of seasons ago. Just come up with a...
Starting point is 00:30:40 So what's an Edge Russia? Edge Russia is a defensive player. They're trying to attack the, I'm going to NFL. Is this sport? American football. Okay. edge rushes the I think they're the ones
Starting point is 00:30:53 The guy Like maybe a guy That works at a universe And he goes We've got to employ an edge rusher Yeah he's the guy Who comes in after the guy Edges the lawn
Starting point is 00:31:04 He rushes in And sweeps up the I think he makes the frappers For the seaman I'm pretty sure The edge rush is the one Who goes after The quarterback
Starting point is 00:31:13 tries to sack it Oh okay Sackat Saba It's all coming together So while you're coming up with that. And what a great team name, the South Carolina Gamecocks. Big fan of that. But while you're writing your answers, here's the memo from George H.W. Bush. The White House, Washington, February 6th, 1992. Mamo. Important announcement.
Starting point is 00:31:36 This is an all-points bulletin from the president. Subject. My Dog Ranger. Recently, Ranger was put on a weight reduction program. Either that program succeeds or we enter Ranger in the Houston Fat Stock Show as a prime herifet. Okay, now this is having a bit. of fun. Good on him. Good on him. Remember when presidents used to have fun? It's all business these days.
Starting point is 00:32:02 Now that's that political sting we like from you, Matt. The memo continues. All officers should take a formal pledge that reads as follows. We agree not to feed Ranger. We will not give him biscuits. We will not give him food of any kind.
Starting point is 00:32:19 In addition, Rangers access is hereby restricted. He's been told not to wander the corridors without an escort. This applies to the east and west wings to the residents from the third floor to the very, very bottom basement. Although Ranger will still be permitted to roam at Camp David, Camp David staff, including the Marines, Navy personnel, all civilians and kids are specifically instructed to rat on anyone seen feeding Ranger.
Starting point is 00:32:44 Ranger has been asked to wear a do not feed me badge in addition to his ID. I will, of course, report on Rangers fight against obesity. Right now, he looks like a blimp. A nice, friendly, appealing blimp, but a blimp. We need your help. All hands, please help. From the president, signed George H.W. Bush. Sounds like he lost his mind there, but he was having fun.
Starting point is 00:33:10 That's nice. He's quirky. It's a lovely memo. Hey, while you're still writing your answer, let's go for a quick break. And we're back. Here is question number four. What was the name of the Edge Russia for the University of South Carolina Gamecocks? Thor Swinghammer.
Starting point is 00:33:34 Shwinghammer. Ed Grusher. Demon Clowny. Oh. Cliff Hanger. Or Dick Leaky Throbbingcocks. Okay. They all sound like real names.
Starting point is 00:33:50 Yep. Sir, and we're back to you. Thor, Swinghammer, Ed Grusha, demon clowny, Cliff Hanger, or Dick Leaky Throbbencox. That's a hyphenated surname. Oh, okay.
Starting point is 00:34:05 I was going to check about that. Wow, Throbbing and Cox family is linked up. No, Leaky and Throbbing Cog. Oh. Yeah. I thought it was, yeah, where is the Hibble. Leaky was the nickname. No, no.
Starting point is 00:34:17 Leaky is one of the proud families who came together with the Throbbing Cox. Is Throbencox one word? Throbbing Cox is one word, yeah. Can you spell it? T-H-R-O-B-B-B-I-N-C-O-X. Oh, yes. I think it's Croatian.
Starting point is 00:34:37 I think it might be Croatian, yeah, yeah. Okay. Dick Leaky, Throbbing-Cox is a work of art. Dick Leaky does sound like a name of them. Yeah, Dicklicky. You don't have all the other stuff. Dicklicky sounds like a name. Yeah, yeah.
Starting point is 00:34:57 Dicklicky. I mean, you've got, like, if you want to go through in the first half of the names, I think Ed, Cliff and Dick are all pretty standard. Thor and Demon, a little more unusual. What was Demon's surname? Clowny. For surnames, I don't think any of them are normal surnames. Swinghammer, Grusher, Clowny, Hanger, or Leaky Throbbingcocks.
Starting point is 00:35:19 They're all pretty unusual. Not an everyday name. Not every day, though. Or at least a part of the world's that we know. Yeah, exactly. That's right. The world's a mysterious and beautiful place. Exactly.
Starting point is 00:35:30 Held together by lengths of rope. Speaking of that, is this a Chris George question? No, no. This is a Jim from Sackett's Harbor question. Oh, yeah. This is Jim. Oh, okay, that changes everything. Because Jim is a long-term listener.
Starting point is 00:35:48 Yes. He's got a great, he's got a great, legacy of fantastic questions. So all of them are in play here. Yeah, I think so. All of these would be worthy of submission. If I just opened up a page of notable people from a town and I saw any of these names and go,
Starting point is 00:36:06 fuck, you know who's got to hear about this. Matt Stewart. Yeah. I want to get those messages from you, Alex. I quite like, can I hear the first three? Thor Swinghammer, Ed Grusha or Demon Clowny. And then what's the next one? What was the guy?
Starting point is 00:36:23 What was the, what was he, what was he, what was the life of the guy that we had to? He was a footballer and Ed, Ed, Ed, Russia for the University of South Carolina. Ed Grusher is, you know, a bit of nominative determinism there, perhaps. I quite like Cliff Hanger, because it's sort of like, that would be notable. Yeah. If that's your name. Hmm. Because it's sort of, it's like a thing as well, isn't it?
Starting point is 00:36:46 Yeah, that's right. Sylvester Stallone film. But I do feel like they're, there could be a guy called Demon Scrawn Butt or whatever his name is Demon Clowny Oh Clowny Demon Scrawn Butt
Starting point is 00:36:58 I think that's a good name for a future I couldn't remember what else Let's go while Let's take a swing Let's go throbbing cocks The one you didn't mention at all I just want it That would be amazing
Starting point is 00:37:12 It would be amazing It would be worth learning I would say And because it would be You'd have to shorten your name to Dick yeah. If you're a leaky, Throbond Cox.
Starting point is 00:37:22 Yeah, I think same for Grushy. You couldn't be Edward Grusher. Yeah, true. Ed Grusher. Especially when you, you know,
Starting point is 00:37:29 you end up as an edge Russia. Demon Clowny, actually, please. Okay. I'm off to Throbon Cox. Okay. Locking and Demon. And what do you think, Lex?
Starting point is 00:37:38 I'm going cliffhanger. Cliffhanger I like. Whenever I hear Cliffhanger, I think about, I had this conversation with David Stratton once, and he said that at Kahn, I asked him about like,
Starting point is 00:37:50 any interesting stories from Khan. And he said that when the movie Cliffhanger was premiering at Khan, there was a French sales agent that kept on pronounce saying, Cliffanger, Clifanger. Whenever I hear Cliffhanger, I think about, they would start going, Cliffanger. That's so good. Is it Josh Earl who has a story about him where he rushed up to him
Starting point is 00:38:15 at some ABC event to correct him on how he says, years? He's like, it's 203, not 2003 or something like that. I don't know. I like that. Right. That's just a great. What a great story. If true and if Jirle. So he ran up to Jirl. Yeah, they were at some sort of ABC event years ago. And Jirle, he'd seen Jirl saying a year at some point. He's like, that's not the correct format of how you say a year. That does sound like my hero, David Serran. Does it? Great.
Starting point is 00:38:49 Yeah, it does sound like. What can only imagine what he said to the French guy who was saying? If I'm gone. All right. So here's who wrote the answers. Surrend's so close to locking in Dick Leaky Throbbingcocks. Did well to avoid it. That was Jim.
Starting point is 00:39:04 Okay, the house. Thor Swinghammer was also Jim. Okay, he was taking a few big swings, wasn't he? A few big swingies. Ed Grusha. With Alexi, it's just good stuff. Thank you, mate. Grush is a good name as well.
Starting point is 00:39:22 Grush is fantastic, yeah. Now, Alexi went for Cliff. Hangar. That was Seren. Surin's on the board. Good work, Seren. Thank you. That was, it hurt to put that in because it felt too.
Starting point is 00:39:38 I think, but funnily enough, it was, I think, the most believable. Yeah, yeah. All the options. You're telling me that this guy's name's demon clown? That's name. Is demon clownies? Oh, what a huge round. Oh,
Starting point is 00:39:51 God, Serene gets all two points there. On you, Sarend. Which is a huge round, which means going to the penultimate round, Alexi and Serene are equal on two points a piece. Do we think, oh, you're going to read about it, I guess. But I'm wondering whether he,
Starting point is 00:40:06 did he work his way through the ranks like Friday night lights college football? Is Demon Clowny? Or is that he's changed his name? I believe that he was, that was just his birthday. That's his birthday. I think, but I don't know.
Starting point is 00:40:20 Of course he was born from the pits of her. Yeah, but he did also do Goli Air Trades. Yeah, those people who have the fear of evil clowns would not like watching him play. They're just scrolling through that list of names. All right, penultimate question here comes from. Ashley Hall from Brisbane in Queensland, Australia. The question is... The way you lined that up, it sounded like,
Starting point is 00:40:54 this is going to be a Brisbane I've never heard of before. And it turned up into the early one that I know about. It's because... This person's come from Brisbane. They could... Queensland, Australia. They could put in whatever they'll, you know, where they're from.
Starting point is 00:41:11 And some people give more information than others. But I, and I just compulsively read the whole thing. I wasn't going to. And that was where the pause came in from Brisbane. They come from Brisbane. The words are there. I'm going to read them. Queensland, Australia.
Starting point is 00:41:26 And Ashley's question is, what is unique about the 19th century American man, Brigham Young? Brigham Young. Brigham Young. Well, you're all writing your answers. Here's some more info about Demon Clowny. According to the Gamecox website, man, I feel like I want to go for the GameCom. Cox. Their website writes, Clowny was an edge rush who spent one season with the Gamecox. He began his career at Ole Miss, spent three seasons in Oxford before transferring to Charlotte
Starting point is 00:41:59 for the 2023 and 2024 seasons. I hope I'm saying that. Right, David Stratton, if you're listening, was on the Louisville roster in the spring of 2025 and appeared in 40 games with eight starts over the past six seasons, logging 75 tackles, including 14.5 tackles for loss and 6.5 sacks. Couldn't tell you how good that is. Sounds all right, I don't know. But I guess the fact that he only started
Starting point is 00:42:32 in eight of his 40 games means he probably wasn't the best of the best. But I tell you what, his name sure is, demon clowny. All right, answering for question number five, what is unique about the 19th century American man, Brigham Young? He's the only human to be born with working wings. Yes, this is the famous man who could take flight and glide like an albatross from land to land.
Starting point is 00:43:00 Exploring the world like nobody before or since. Open bracket, until the invention of the famous airplane vehicle, close brackets. I think that's. That one sounds good. That sounds good. I don't know why you're laughing so much. I'm laughing because the joy brings me to remember this famous flying man. Yes.
Starting point is 00:43:22 It fills me with joy. It rings a bell. It rings a bell now that you mention it. If anything, I think he might have been inspiration for the famous airplane vehicle. Yeah. It sounds like it. I think he was actually... We can lock them in here.
Starting point is 00:43:34 He was the neighbor of those famous brothers in Ohio, actually. Yeah. The best state. Can't think of their names. There's a couple of bros who... All I know is that they were correct about one thing. That Brigham Young had beautiful wings. Beautiful wings.
Starting point is 00:43:53 You know, that old was like, get him out, Brigham! Shouse your wings! Wings out for the boys. Wings out for the boys. Stuff like that. Well, that's option one. Option two. He had empty vertical shafts built into his large premises.
Starting point is 00:44:08 When asked what they were for, he replied they were for a future technology. He didn't yet under... understand. They later turned out to be the exact dimensions of modern elevators. Wow. You've heard of this? No, just what else would have shaft? I thought, I would have thought like, AI data centers. This is his story. It's like, nah, AI data centers are actually really good. Vision came from God who told me to build, you know, this is what like AI bros are starting going on it. No, no, this is, you know, there is the theory that AI is the second coming of Jesus. Oh, is that a theory? Yeah, I think, I'm pretty sure, is it, yeah, I think some of the, some of the great thinkers.
Starting point is 00:44:54 Chris George, research that and write a question around it. Pretty sure, what's his name, the wrestling guy, who has a big podcast? Oh, um, uh, Joe Rogan. I think he's talked about it. He's a UFC guy. UFC, sorry. Wrestling is one of the mixed martial arts, though, isn't it, anything goes? Yeah, that's... So I think technically... All right, let's get to the point, guys. Time cop's back. The Time Cop is back in.
Starting point is 00:45:19 The Baton of the Time Cockp is swinging around threateningly right now. Okay, so we got the first band with wings. You got the guy who accidentally left room for elevators. Option three, he had 56 wives and 57 children. Fuck. Whoa. Got a moment of peace for this fella. Option four.
Starting point is 00:45:40 I want to have evenly there were. some bloody wings so you can fly out of there. How even was the distribution, or did he... For people who don't know, Alexi's stand-up style, he does a lot of 90s, women and men are different. My wife, you can take my wife, that sort of stuff. I love that kind of stuff. I love that kind of stuff. I'll know you fly that to the 90s, but then you said maybe the oldest joke,
Starting point is 00:46:04 take my wife, please. Yeah, I think of, yeah, I don't know why I think of that as a real 90s. It's probably, yeah, like a 50s joke, isn't it? Yeah. Anyway. Hanny Youngman. Oh, Henny Youngman. Option four, he was the first person on record to count to a million out loud.
Starting point is 00:46:23 Oh. Or finally, he was born with testicles that rather than left and right were front and back. Front and back balls. All right. Lex, back to you. What do you reckon? Man with wings. Elevator in Venice, sort of.
Starting point is 00:46:37 Lots of wives and children. Count to a million out. loud or front and back balls. Well, I'm drawn to the wings. I'm drawn to the wings. But maybe I shouldn't pick it. Maybe I'll leave it for surrender to choose the worst. Like Icarus, Lexi, choosing that.
Starting point is 00:46:55 You might be getting too close to the sun. I might go for this guy, had a lot of kids and a bunch of wives. All right. Locked in for Lex. What do you think, Seren? The elevator shaft is. Like, that's a beautiful mind. It was a magic moment when you predicted that's where it was going to go.
Starting point is 00:47:17 That was really good. Look, I think it is probably... When you hear shaft, do you think going up and down? Yeah, in an elevator. In an elevator, yeah. Yeah. I think about floors in a building and... Of course.
Starting point is 00:47:31 Getting off. You're thinking about the beautiful bellhop, helping you get up and down. Exactly. All right. First man to... count to a million in public. That's what you're going with? Yeah.
Starting point is 00:47:44 All right. What didn't say in public? Oh, what did it? Just out loud. Oh. But I guess it was in public. Was anyone verifying it? I'm guessing so.
Starting point is 00:47:52 It would be fun if he was just like later, I'm like, guys, you wouldn't believe what I just did. Yeah, you won't believe this shit. Hey, Guinness, I got a record for you. Is it going with that? Yeah, let's do that. All right. Here's the answer.
Starting point is 00:48:07 Front and back balls. That was Serren. Yeah. And in two, Two ways. This is going to shock some people. The first human born with working wings. Not just, yeah, these are what, would you call it?
Starting point is 00:48:22 Does that mean they're prehensile wings? That was Alexi. Obviously there are a few people born with wings that didn't. They couldn't get off. Dudd wings. Yeah. Dudd wings. Little flappers.
Starting point is 00:48:33 This guy had Glythers that you've never seen before. Another beautiful bit of mythology you've created today. Lex. I love it. Yeah. I believe he may be the one to string the rope from continent to continent. They were underwater wings. Also notice fins. The vertical shafts that were turned into elevators potentially later, that was
Starting point is 00:48:59 Ashley, the question rider, the beautiful mind of. That's really great. That was inspired, Ashley. Seren went for first person on record to count to a million out loud I'm afraid that was the house I originally wrote billion and I'm like how long would this stack
Starting point is 00:49:16 and it's like no one's ever done that still someone did do a million and a bit recently how long did that take? That took like seven days or something seven days did they take naps? I think they must have because it said they broadcast it on YouTube daily but if you take naps does that really count?
Starting point is 00:49:35 Yeah. Okay, great. Anything they're saying. Yes. Right. He's not going, oh, sorry, beg your pardon, can you have me a glass of water, I'm be parched? Yeah. And then he goes, 6,412.
Starting point is 00:49:46 And they're like, you know. I don't even think it. I think if it's a lifetime pursuit, it still counts. Okay. I don't think so. Just as long as you pick up where you left off. The Guinness website says. But then you, what, if you can't, you can't say another number.
Starting point is 00:50:00 Like, then you go, you can't go 4pm. Oh, shit. Sorry. Start again. That's the, that's the, part out of four. 515. You go, oh shit, sorry. That's the burden of ambition, Alexi. It was someone called Fava Ogichiani in Nigeria on the 16th December 2025, count to 1,070,000. What was that name again? Favor Ogitianni. Yes, but the anglicised version of that is bring him younger.
Starting point is 00:50:28 Oh my God, you're right. Bring him younger, go. That's what's about with this. That's what's about with this. That's what they say on Epstein Island. So, apparently favour verbally counted every number up to 1,000 during a series of live broadcasts on YouTube, beginning on the 8th of October. She completed the count over a total of 70 consecutive days. So must have been nap, sort of.
Starting point is 00:50:57 There you go. So that means, if I haven't said this already, that Alexi was right. He had 56 wives and 47 children. Hey, Matt. Bringing him younger. Was this guy, um, uh, Mormon? Yeah, he was like the second inch.
Starting point is 00:51:13 He just came in after John Smith to take over. It sounded familiar. I'm like that name. He was probably referenced in Book of Mormon, I'm guessing, maybe. Also, it was all concurrent. It wasn't like. Well, there's a, there's a Wikipedia page called List of Brigham Young's wives, which I want to read from in a second.
Starting point is 00:51:32 But they weren't all concurrent, but there were a lot of certain. times. But yes, so that means Alex gets another point there. Serending through a point over to the house as well. So going on the final round, which is worth triple points for the two guests. But the scores are Seren on two, Alexi on three and the house on five. It's close. But triple points for you two.
Starting point is 00:51:55 Now, I'm always nervous about picking an obscure movie that Alexi already knows for the last round. So this week, I've done a TV pilot plot synopsis question. Nice, okay. This question comes from Matt Allen from Ben. Endigo, Matt's question is, long before Jason Mamoa was Aquaman, the CW filmed an Aquaman pilot in 2006, starring Justin Hartley. What was the plot? It's just a brief plot of the Aquaman pilot.
Starting point is 00:52:23 Hmm, okay. That was filmed in 2006, or at least released in 2006, aired in 2006. Well, usually they don't air. They don't usually air pilot. Apparently they did air this one, and it was apparently one. of the first things they sold on on iTunes or Apple or whatever for like $2.99. All right, while you're writing your answers, here's some more info about Brigham Young. Like I said, this is from the Wiki article titled List of Brigham Young's Wives.
Starting point is 00:52:54 Brigham Young was second president of the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-day Saints. He married 56 wives during his lifetime as part of religious polygamy termed plural malice. marriage in the latter-day saint movement. Mormon polygamy was started by movement founder Joseph Smith. By the time of his death, Young had 57 children by 16 of his wives. 46 of his children reached adulthood. In 1902, only 25 years after Young's death, the New York Times wrote that Young's direct descendants numbered more than a thousand.
Starting point is 00:53:30 20 years after his death, wild. Sources are varied on the number of Young's wives due to differences in what observers have considered to be a wife. It has been confirmed that there were 56 women that Young was sealed to during his lifetime. Sealed to. While the majority of ceilings, that's S-E-A-L-I-N-G-S, were for eternity, i.e., in the afterlife as well, some were for time only, meaning just until death. In both of these types of ceilings, a conjugal relationship could exist.
Starting point is 00:54:06 though Young reportedly did not enter into conjugal relationships with at least six of his wives. Young did not live with a number of his wives or publicly hold them out as wives, which has led to confusion on numbering. A book published in 1887 gives brief biographical sketches of 26 wives with pictures of 20. Of his 56 wives, 21 had never been married before, 17 were widows, six were divorced, six had living husbands, and the marital stand. status of six others is unknown. Nine of his wives had previously been plural wives of Joseph Smith, and Young was sealed to them
Starting point is 00:54:43 as a proxy for Smith. Four of his wives were sealed to him during Smith's lifetime, 16 after Smith's death, but before completion of the Navu Temple, 19 in Navu Temple, not sure what that means, sorry, for during his journey from the Navu to the Salt Lake Valley, and 11 in Utah. one of young's spouses, Zena Huntington, was married to multiple men at the same time and was pregnant from another living man when she married Young in a polyandrous marriage. At the time of Young's death, 20 of his wives had pre-deceased him. He was divorced from 10 and 23 survived him with the status of four unknown.
Starting point is 00:55:27 In his will, Young shared his estate with the 17 surviving wives who had lived with him. The six surviving non-cogodgical wives were not mentioned in the will. A number of women were sealed to him posthumously, but this number is also highly debated, as various sealing records from this time are incomplete or missing. According to Ashley, question writer, in 2016, Young was estimated to have around 30,000 descendants. It was only like 140 years after his death, I think. wild stuff. Final question.
Starting point is 00:56:05 Triple points. Triple points. It's still anyone's game. So definitely try and pick the right one and you're in with a very good chance of winning. Wow. And hopefully Surret and I have both done convincing answers. Yes. And there's only one house option in the final round.
Starting point is 00:56:22 Oh wow. Okay. So try and avoid that as well. I think if one of you pick it, it gets harder for you to either of you to jump the house. All right. Final question. The CW filmed an Aquaman pilot, released in 2006 starring Justin Hartley.
Starting point is 00:56:38 What was the plot? Arthur Curry discovers he has super speed while in the water at his high school swim meet. He demolishes the competition and notices a classmate drowning. He jumps in a saver only to discover it was a mirage and he is being haunted by the ghost of his dead father.
Starting point is 00:56:55 It's option one. Okay. Option two. Arthur Curry is your typical teenager. dodging homework, smooching chicks. Sorry, were we meant to know that he's called Arthur Curry? I think maybe I didn't know that. Okay.
Starting point is 00:57:10 But I think that is what his name is. Okay. I mean, I learnt that putting this together. Otherwise, that would be a wild coincidence. Well, I might be in trouble. That's what I'm saying. Option two. Arthur Carrey is your local typical teenager.
Starting point is 00:57:26 Dodging homework, smooching chicks and hanging tan on a long board. The only thing he has to worry about is who he's taking a prom until he hears a fish that is swimming around a tank in a Chinese restaurant talk. His life changes when he talks back and the fish understands him. They have a conversation. The fish whose name is Majestico
Starting point is 00:57:46 would give him a different mission each episode if the series was to be picked up. That's option two. Option three. Aquaman is seduced into going skinny dipping by a woman who turns out to be the siren that 10 years earlier kidnapped. his mother. She is trying to take him back to Atlanta's to face execution, but he fights back,
Starting point is 00:58:06 killing her with a spear through the head. Lou Diamond Phillips plays the stepdad. Oh, wow. I love Lou Diamond Phillips. That's option three. La Bamba himself? That's right. Which was another beach side outing, wasn't it? Don't know. La Bamba? La Bumba. I always just picture that being near the beach. I don't think I've ever seen it. It's a true story about a real guy. I think it takes place over a lot of places,
Starting point is 00:58:35 not just next to the beach. It's about Richie Valens, a guy who died in a plane. Oh, right. La La La Blamba. Maybe I'm thinking of something else, but maybe the only... The time you heard the song on a beach.
Starting point is 00:58:47 I was on a beach. Your fourth and final option, beginning with a cold open, set 25 years before present day. Celebrity fisherman Rex Hunt is filming the final episode. of Rex Hunt's fishing adventures. As a joke, Rex Hunt,
Starting point is 00:59:03 that's wild to have used the full name Rex Hunt this many times as this early. As a joke, Rex Hunt has long been known to kiss a fish before returning it to the water. But as it is the final episode, he figures, why stop at second base
Starting point is 00:59:18 and decides to go all the way with this particular Murray God? Oh my God. After the deed is done, Rex returns the fish to the river. Cut to present day. Trevor, 24, male, half cod, half rex, is a very thirsty guy and always carries with him a gigantic water bottle, earning him the title Aquaman.
Starting point is 00:59:43 I think Trevor's also known as Arthur Carrey. Yeah, wow. Trevor's his middle name, which he sort of went by, but yeah, his birth name was Arthur Carrey. All right, Seren, what do you reckon? Um, that last one was incredibly compelling. Yeah. Yeah. Especially when you heard a guy about the fuck of me.
Starting point is 01:00:08 Yeah. Well, it's a show that didn't get picked up. Yeah. So you can kind of... Yeah, some of them seemed too plausible. And maybe Rex Hump was like, he's like, maybe he, you know, is he litigious? I don't know. It was his greatest adventure yet, I heard.
Starting point is 01:00:23 Maybe he played himself. I don't know. Oh, right. Yeah. Yeah. Probably is a protest against. the thugs and the scallop industry. I reckon, can I hear the one again about the fish tank, the Chinese restaurant fish tank?
Starting point is 01:00:46 Yes. So he's your typical teenager, dodging homework, etc. The only thing I have to worry about is who he's taking a prom until he hears a fish that is swimming around a tank in a Chinese restaurant talk. His life changes when he talks back and the fish understands him. They have a conversation, and the fish whose name is Majesico, would give him a different mission each episode if the series was to be picked up. Okay.
Starting point is 01:01:07 Because I know that Aquaman, he's meant to be, he's got some sort of water connection. Yeah, and he can talk to secrets and stuff. But it sounds like those, the missions that Majestica has given him aren't necessarily water-based. They're probably more like restaurant-based. Oh, true. Yeah, I assume they probably would have been water-based. But there's nothing... I don't think he's going to go, bring me the soul.
Starting point is 01:01:34 I don't think you probably didn't need to allude to that, but I don't know, maybe I'm wrong. I think that, to me, that goes without saying. And then the smooching one? That was also the smooching one. Oh. I think it, I don't think it's the, there's one where he spears her in the head. Yeah, so he goes skinny dipping with a siren that 10 years ago kidnapped his mother and he's trying to take him. back to Atlantis to face execution.
Starting point is 01:02:02 That's why Lou Diamond Phillips as his step down. Oh, yeah. That seems... Yeah, just the spearing in the head seems crazy for a first episode. Or maybe not. I think it was by the same studio as Smallville. If that...
Starting point is 01:02:16 I'd never saw that either. But, you know, that was... I think it was... The idea was it would sort of... Like a gritty... I think it's the first one. I think the first one, please. I reckon that's the one where...
Starting point is 01:02:27 Super Speed and he sees the ghost who's dead dad. Yeah. Okay, that was the one you asked no questions about. All right, Lex, what do you think? I'm going to look in the first one too, because I will tell you my reasoning why. I knew Ackerman's name was Arthur Curry, so I thought I'd put that in my one as well to make it seem more plausible in case Surin knew that Aquaman's name was Arthur Curry. And then the next thing I wrote was smooching chicks.
Starting point is 01:02:56 Then I was like, oh, shit, I should have cut out the word Arthur Curry. from my one. I, um, I think, when I reread it over, I skipped over the smooching chicks and hanging 10. That's why I was in. And then I had to check. Yeah, yeah. It was like, okay, that's not, yeah. Yeah, I think that, without those bits, I reckon that was very believable.
Starting point is 01:03:16 But you really surrender it with a couple of words there. Hmm, a words that come from my brain, switch and chicks hanging 10. Also, I loved that, I didn't think, like, at the end of the plot summary, it would be like, he'll get a new mission every week. if we happen to get picked up. If we happen to get picked up. I thought that, yeah, to me, that was a great setup. All right.
Starting point is 01:03:35 All right, great, make that TV show. Yeah, I thought I really liked it a lot. Especially the smooching cheeks part. Put that up. It doesn't have to be Al Tha Carey. We could come up with our own Australian. Like Trevor Hunt. Yeah, Trevor Hunt.
Starting point is 01:03:48 Because, you know, like the deep in the boys, that's basically just Aquaman. We could just come up with our own Aquaman, you know? All right, here's the answers. The Rex Hunt one was, Serene. You know, I mean, Rex Hunt is just funny to me straight up. He's obviously a St. Kilda, ex-footballer.
Starting point is 01:04:07 He's a legend of fishing and footy and commentary and also have been caught seeing a sex worker behind his wife's back and trying to spin it so that he's like, he goes, she got paid, I got my rocks off. How good is this? That was his public sort of. I imagine that's what he said after he made, love to the fish in the last episode. How good is this?
Starting point is 01:04:33 But yeah, Tony Martin clipped that out and played it so many times on his get this radio show back of the day. How good is this? She got her rocks off. How good is this? All right. Yeah, so we already heard. Alexi wrote the one about smooching and the fish in the Chinese fish tank called Majestico.
Starting point is 01:04:52 Everything about it was fantastic. I would watch that show. Yeah, what word would be American 90s for smooching? It would have been making out or something. Yeah, making it out, hooking up. So that means there's two possible answers. You went for the one about the Mirage and him being haunted by the ghost of his dead father.
Starting point is 01:05:16 That was Matt, the question writer. The correct answer was the skinny dipping spear through the head. Lou Diamond Phillips. I thought Lou Diamond Phillips was going to be enough to get Alexei over the line. But you were probably thinking I would have known about this because you're a big... I knew that that probably exists, but I don't know how much about TV. I was just like the Arthur Curry got me. Yeah.
Starting point is 01:05:39 I fell into my own trap. I fell into my own trap that I set up and got surrender trapped in it as well. Yes. Well, I thought maybe they did like some sort of... It's like, let's make this gritty and realistic. Yes. Yeah, yeah. But I guess that Matt Allen, who wrote the question, he knew...
Starting point is 01:05:55 Yeah. He played you two for fools. Like fiddles. Yeah. And the house. strikes back after you disrespected the house so much early in the game. Sorry. It's a big house.
Starting point is 01:06:05 That one was for you, Chris. Yeah. From Ohio. All right. So before the final score check, leading up to the release, Lou Diamond Phillips said, the funny thing about the Aquaman project is there's so much buzz about it already,
Starting point is 01:06:18 which is amazing. I mean, you don't usually get that with a pilot. Sadly, though, despite the buzz, when the CW announced their full line up in May of 206, Aquaman was not on the list. Brutal. Sorry, Aquaman.
Starting point is 01:06:34 But yeah, apparently, like, the reviews were pretty good for what it was. Before we go, or before we get the scores, Lexi, one last time, the show in Melbourne. Playing at the Comedy Republic on July the 18th, it is the return of VHS My Live comedy stand-up show. See Alexei Tolioplos woo you with stories about his life that are told in a hilarious fashion. Yes. and come up to us at the bar afterwards, and we can talk frapping lines. Exactly.
Starting point is 01:07:03 It's our new conspiracy of what ties the world together. It's big ropes. And there's a bunch of great shows at the Comedy Republic. Irvi Majumda is maybe on the same day. You could line up a couple of shows if you wanted to. Do yourself a favor. I'm going to see Irv's show right after mine, so come sit between my legs as I watch Irving's show.
Starting point is 01:07:24 This is from the straddle seat. I really hope Connor's trimmed out that. bit from before, so that is out of nowhere. Serene, what about you? I will be going to Sydney and Brisbane. Yes, we're going to be doing our... Our Spit show. We're both on stage the whole time.
Starting point is 01:07:42 And I think we might be also doing who knew it at the same time. Oh, awesome. So keep your eyes peeled. Maybe we'll be able to get Alexi in the Sydney show if he's available. What day? Australia. We'll have been locked it in here. We're keeping it pretty
Starting point is 01:07:54 hush-hush at the moment. All right. So final score check is Seren on two points with that powerful fourth round. Alexia on three points. But getting all two points in the final round, the house doesn't get triple points. House wins on seven points, a dominant display. Damn you, Arthur Curry. I wish I didn't know that about Aquaman.
Starting point is 01:08:15 His name was Arthur Curry. That's quite a dull name for a superhero. I like it. All right. So that brings the end of the episode. Thanks so much everyone for tuning in. Give us a faster review. and tell your friends about the show
Starting point is 01:08:29 if you know anyone who might enjoy it. Anyway, cheers for tuning in to who knew with Matt's should. Now that you know it, I'd be Matt's shot. Goodbye. Alexi, I should warn you that I told Seren before we started recording that he, being only one of two guests,
Starting point is 01:08:52 that I encouraged him to try to win this week. Oh, fair enough. He doesn't often do. But today, last time he tried, he did win, I'm pretty sure. Alexia, I should warn you, I had forgotten that instruction. And Serran, I should warn you, I don't care. I will never feel competitive.
Starting point is 01:09:15 Competitive edge will never come into me. But maybe I'll try and play a few mind games. Would you like me to play some mind games? Yeah, let's both play some mind games. Okay. I mean, yeah, it's so funny that I've never even considered moths had genitali, but of course they do. No, yeah, I hadn't either.
Starting point is 01:09:32 I think it's considered it. Oh, I've considered it. Very closely. How dull could the moth be that it... Like, surely there's so many moths where they were like... Yeah. I can't tell this apart. This is the one that...
Starting point is 01:09:51 They're like, oh. Yeah, I much prefer our idea of it being uncertain. Not people. Yeah. Yeah, not us, you know, the onlookers, you know? Yeah, like it shrug and its wings, you know. It's shrugging its wings We're tugging on its pants
Starting point is 01:10:08 To find out a little answer Who are you? Are you rustic or not? I think that sounds nice I heard a friend the other day Tell me that their dog had to lose 80 grams That's not much To me that's like a haircut
Starting point is 01:10:24 Yeah, that's right I think that you know If I got on the scars and that child I'm like oh that's you know That could be water away That could be anything I go let me put another 10 20 grams on I'll eat a Kit Kat right now.
Starting point is 01:10:38 Sorry, I forgot I'd put a hat on. You know, it's like it's 80 grams. I don't think I could, I'd know that that was in my hand if I was holding it. I don't know what 80 grams feels like. That's like 20% of a dog that weighs five kilos. It is a, it was a chihuahua. Oh, okay. Okay, I was the little, yeah.
Starting point is 01:10:57 I forgot about the little dogs. That's like, you could, that's ozempic. You've got to get on. Yeah, yeah. I reckon it would be clearing the dog's nails out. It would be 80s. Hey, Lex. Hey.
Starting point is 01:11:11 Do you want to tell the listeners about what to expect at your show? Oh, I expect humongous guffores. My show, VHS, it's a series of stories from my real life, but each one is told in the style of a different genre of cinema, be it adventure, be it crime, gangster, be it horror or romance. So it's a genre study in the form of a stand-up comedy show. show. So good. And it's really funny. Really funny. Sold out every single show that I did for it. It was a blast to do. And I'm glad to do it again. I, um, can I get on the door? Yeah, of course.
Starting point is 01:11:50 I'd love to have you in there. I'd love to have it. Let me check my calendar. Yeah, 18th of July, book it in. Matt Stewart will be making an appearance in the audience. There's two seats available either side of me. We can hold hands. Come on in and see the show with Matt on either side of you. He'll be seeing on either side of you. I'll be straddling you. You get to sit on his lead between the gap of his legs. I believe I'm in town.
Starting point is 01:12:20 I'm looking forward to this. I'd love to have you there. Which one do you want me to come to the... Maybe the... Maybe come to the 3pm. 3pm. Yeah, yeah, yeah, come to the 3pm. And I'll just say, I'll get there and I'll say,
Starting point is 01:12:33 Alexi said it's cool and they'll say, he never told us. And I'll say, oh well. I believe there's a straddle seat for the, it's been kept away. So, Saren, just for the list of it's pretty exciting. Who was in here? He was in the studio just before us?
Starting point is 01:12:54 Wendy. Yes. Zuckerman. Yes, Wendy Zuckerman. Who's so lovely. He has a podcast about science. Yes, cool science versus. Which have been on before?
Starting point is 01:13:02 It's a huge podcast. used to do it out of New York. And you've been on it... Yeah, I was a guest on the episode where she was discussing the topic of semen retention. But today, an Australian icon... You're one of the great seamen retainers.
Starting point is 01:13:17 Yeah, it's quite a big problem for the Navy, actually. They call Suran Tupperware. Yeah, yeah. Or of a semen container, I guess. That's the thing about retaining people don't realize is they think you're meant to keep it in the body, but you just keep it in the fridge. They call them the plate.
Starting point is 01:13:35 That's more of a retainer, isn't it? Oh, yeah. Yeah. I like to use the ones with the lids that clip. Oh, extra. Yeah. Keep it fresh. Yeah, yeah.
Starting point is 01:13:50 You know what? I reckon we can cut this part out. Conner. Don't even put it in the end of the episode. Oh, this has got an end of the episode all over it. That Dr. Carl was here, cut straight to that. Dr Carl was in the studio. We don't need this part to be around that.
Starting point is 01:14:05 I shook that. Dr. Carl left as I came in and I said, oh, hi, doctor. Pretty cool, pretty smooth. He said, could be Carl. Can you check out my retainer, Doc? But yeah, no, very cool. But she's so lovely when she's often in here.
Starting point is 01:14:23 Yes, she's got a great podcast. Have a listen. I will. Okay. Most people probably have. It's a really famous podcast. Yeah, well, you know, good for them, but even better for me,
Starting point is 01:14:37 because I've got them all episodes look forward to. Yeah, it's good. That's how I feel about who knew it with Matt Stewart. This is 198, so you've got a few up your sleeve. A few to go. Born with working wings. It's so funny how Alexi's played the most Seren-like game. I think outside of, of course, Sarenne,
Starting point is 01:15:03 who is, you know. Who is Sorrent. He's Serent. You know, in Alexi's defense, you know, hard to out, Seren, Seren. But it would be, it would be worth emailing in go, the guy had, there was a guy had working wings. Yeah, that's. And his name was Bringum.
Starting point is 01:15:30 Bring him wings. Bring him younger. It's like for a guy who just keeps marrying, that is bring him young. I don't know. It feels a little on the nose. Is that his name? Bring him young. Wild.
Starting point is 01:15:46 Bring him young. Send them old. Yeah, this. It's just to have a, have your own Wikipedia page about your wives. I reckon it must just be him and King Henry the 8th, right? That would be the two. I might look up wives on Wikipedia and see what comes up.
Starting point is 01:16:09 I could give you some inspiration for your matip. new material. Yeah, I'd love to do some. I've been doing a little ball and chain stuff. Gotta try and come up some new ideas.

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