Who Knew It with Matt Stewart - 43 - Alexei Toliopoulos and Dave Warneke

Episode Date: July 3, 2023

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Oh my God, can you believe it? It's the year 2024. It's Melbourne Comedy Festival and we've just moved venues. We're at the Grace Darling now. We had a great run at the Chinese Museum, selling out shows by the end, but now we need you to come over to the Grace Darling and shows are at 7.15. It's going to be so much fun. Love to see you there. Let's have a beer. Use discount code do go on the show's called dry dry at the melbourne international comedy festival then we're going to sydney and brisbane tickets to all that stuff's on sale now and you can find those tickets and details at mattstuartcomedy.com welcome to who knew with matt stuart the show where the guests write the wrong answers. I'm the titular Matt Stewart and our first guest this week is host of the Do Go On podcast as well as the Book Cheap podcast on this very podcast network. It's Dave Warnecke. Hello, great to be here.

It's so good to have you here. What a pleasure. It's been so long. I miss you, man. I miss you, man. What a pleasure It's been so long I miss you man I miss you man

Our second guest this week Is from Finding Yeezus And the Total Reboot podcast It's Alexei Toliopoulos I would like to use this opportunity To say hello To my two friends

Matt and Dave And I would also Like to extend A humongous hello To all of the listeners Out there in podcast land Thanks for tuning in To the podcast.

Oh, that is a beautiful sentiment. Thank you so much for sharing that with us. My pleasure. And hey, might I say thank you for having me on the show. Oh, it's an honor to have you here once again. I'm trying really hard to be polite. I think it's a new thing I'm trying to do to just be really polite on podcasts. I don't know if this is new for you.

This feels like classic Alexi to me to me wow thank you for the compliment alexi allow me to explain to you how the show works so i ask a relatively obscure trivia question and our contestants have to write a convincing fake answer i then read their answers as well as a real one and i have to guess which one is correct. Okay, are we ready to play? Ready. Absolutely, absolutely. All right, the first one comes from listener Leo McGonigal from Brisbane. And Leo's question is, what does the word spuddle mean? Whoa. What does the word spuddle mean?

S-P-U-D-D-L-E. And while they're writing their answers, I'll explain how the scoring works. So you get one point if your fake answer is guessed by the other contestant and another point if you correctly guess the answer and by the way I'm also playing as the house I've put into my own fake answers with the help of the question writers for each question and I get a point for each one of those that our guests choose so each of us can score up to two points per round it seems fair but the probability actually favors me the house and the house always wins and that's actually been pretty true lately i think

i'm on a streak maybe three in a row so here we go wow uh anyway gosh our questions come from our great patreon supporters for the most part and if you want to submit a question sign up on any level via patreon.com slash do go on pod which is linked in the show notes all right the answers are in so here is question number one what does the word spuddle mean someone who sells potatoes by the side of the road and implement used to churn butter to work ineffectively to be extremely busy while achieving nothing A puddle made of spit or a 19th century device used for scooping out and serving gruel. Oh, wow. A gruel dispenser.

That's what I used to call them, but now I know there's a word for it. That's interesting. How do you imagine this gruel utensil is working, Dave? Because to me, there's a couple of options. It could be a ladle. My mind went straight to ladle I also had another option in my head have you ever Seen like a device that's

Like almost a Big thing where you would fill it with Gruel like a Dispenser that would put donuts into a Donut frying machine or To make the perfect pancake where you kind of Squeeze it from the top down I think that would be a very fun way to experience gruel being spat out by a device.

Yeah. We've got to fancy up our gruel serving device and make it a bit more of an experience. Bit of a Rube Goldberg machine. There's no like chefs going, I've got to reinvent gruel and bring it to the masses again. Or make upmarket gruel. I've never heard of upmarket gruel. Why not? Yeah.

We're missing an opportunity here. The markups would be great. And that's what all these businesses are into, isn't it? Mm-hmm. Small servings. Exactly. Big profit margins. Absolutely.

Underpaying stuff. Underpaying, not paying them back, keeping all the tax, don't give it to the man. I like that kind of stuff. Yeah. Just kidding. I'm for the proletariat. I was being mocking and satirical. Do you have an answer, Alexei?

Do you need to hear them again? Oh, gosh. I'd love to hear them again. I heard the word gruel and my stomach started churning, getting excited. Like a spuddle? Oh, yes, of course. I was making a spuddle all over myself. again i got i heard the word gruel and my stomach started churning getting excited like a like a spuddle oh yes of course i was making a spuddle all over myself so you've got someone who sells potatoes by the side of the road and implement used to churn butter to work ineffectively to be extremely busy while achieving nothing a puddle made of spit or a 19th century device

used for scooping out and serving okay there's a few that i'm drawn to i love the the spud peddler on the side of the roads uh but i think i will go the butter maker i like something about that i'm imagining that happening and i'm trying to imagine what the device could look like and i'm loving it i'm loving it. I'm imagining it like a nice fun little paddle that they're like smacking milk around with in like a big bowl and eventually that milk becomes butter and I love that.

That's such a great visual image you've put in our minds and the listeners' minds, Alexei. Well done. What do you think, Dave? Look, since Alexei went on about gruel there that's all i can think about and i'm thinking i'm so tempted to lock that in and i don't know if that was him trying to put it into my mind and if it is well played to you because that is all i can think about as well so put me down for a spuddle is a gruel device all right looking in the gruel scooping device for

dave let's go through who wrote the answers Firstly, we had someone who sells potatoes by the side of the road That was written by Leo, aka The House Great work, Leo, you almost got me, mate Yeah, that was very tempting for my mind, too And I didn't even put together the spud peddler that you had there, Lexi Which is a whole other level of fantastic I have one of the most intricate and fast working minds.

I hear words and I can put them together. I find the entomology of fake made up things by guys across the world. And I mean, you really showed how your mind works when you came up with the answer, a puddle made of spit. Yeah. Yeah. I hear spuddle, I go, what? Sounds like a puddle made of human spit. Yeah. Yeah, yeah. Are you a spider? I go, what? Sounds like a puddle made of human spit.

Dave, you went for a 19th century device used for scooping out and serving gruel. That was the house. Oh, no. Wow. Congratulations to the house. Gruel feels like maybe a bit of a trope of mine. Gruel's one of your crutches, is it? I think it might be.

It's just such a funny idea. It is funny. You're always reaching for Gruel. It's such a fun word. Yeah. Gruel. It just- Gruel just sounds torturous. You can't imagine it having a flavour.

You just go, well, it sounds- The word itself sounds like a like what it would sound like to have like a semi-soft liquid being poured into a plate yes it's perfectly named well i assume i have no idea what it is actually but it's just like it's like a slock edible slop uh where's porridge i love porridge which is also an edible slop they're probably very similar but uh we'll never know how could we uh an implement used to churn butter which alexi went for that was dave warner key wow dave sorry you have bested me sir and for that i feel extremely betrayed i know i feel really dirty about it. Sorry. Wow. I was so excited about that butter image.

So, you know, at least I have that moment to live from. Yeah, that's right. I put that in your mind. I will be thinking about getting spuddled up for the rest of my day. That means the correct answer is to work ineffectively to be extremely busy whilst achieving nothing. Just absolutely spuddling achieving nothing. Oh. Just absolutely spuddling right now. Oh, gosh.

And it's an old timey word as well. It's kind of defunct. Wow. Which I'll take the audience through in a second while you're writing your answers for question number two, which comes from Bree from Buchala country, Harvey Bay, Queensland. And Bree's question is, what was Penelope the platypus known for in the 1950s? Wow, Penelope the platypus. While you're writing your answers, here's some more info on spuddle. According to Wiktionary,

there's a few different meanings, but it's possibly from the Middle English term for a short knife, by extension leading to a shallow plow, and from there to other more metaphoric meanings related to spud there's the verb spuddle uh which includes the meaning to work ineffectively to work hard but achieve nothing but also to loosen and dig up stubble and weeds left after a harvest you've also got to shallowly dig or stir up in an unsystematic manner uh you got to make a lot of fuss about trivial things as if they were important oh he's bloody spuddling it up over here to make a lot of fuss about trivial things as if they were important. Oh, he's bloody spuddling it up over here. We do a lot of spuddling on this show.

And then you've got versions of it as a noun, like it's a mess or confusion. Oh, what a spuddle we've made here. Or an argument or dispute. Don't spuddle with me, mate. Wow. It's almost as if you could have done the whole round where every option was a correct answer of the word spuddle with me, mate. Wow. It's almost as if you could have done the whole round where every option was a correct answer of the word spuddle.

That's such a beautiful word. It means everything. It can just be whatever. There's another version of it. No. You were so close as well, Lex, because there's another version of it that is related to puddles, including a patch of wet mud Or similar substance More vicious Than a puddle

Is that Vicious Vicious or viscous Viscous Oh Thank goodness I didn't read I was imagining

Wow A puddle of Razor blades A flamed Razor blades I read it as My brain read Vicious

I said vicious But it is Viscous Thank you very much By the way Blamed razor blades. I read it as... My brain read vicious. I said vicious, but it is viscous. Thank you very much. By the way, my favorite punk rocker is Steve Viscous. I love that guy. Steve Viscous. Oh, that's really good. Steve Viscous.

I should keep that up the sleeve for a future episode. All right. The answers are in for question number two, which is, what was Penelope the platypus known for in the 1950s? Her promiscuity? Question one. She escaped her enclosure at the Melbourne Zoo and moved in with the Otters, who treated her as one of their own. Wow.

That could be promiscuous as well. Then you've got quite the opposite here. Visiting a church every Sunday. Some speculate she was attracted by the sound of hymns. Oh. Not that people who go to church can't be promiscuous, of course. No, no, they can't, they can't. They got living in a New York zoo.

She posed as an expectant mother so she could lead a life of luxury on double rations. Oh, wow. Or finally, she was a character played by a man in a suit on BBC television, but he was fired after being spotted in a lavish orgy in full costume. Oh, my God. Oh, my God. A furry. Yeah. First recorded furry.

1950s furry. Oh, my gosh. Yes. So, you got her promiscuity. I'm fine with that word, I would say. Her promiscuity. She moved in with the Otters, went to church every Sunday, pretended to be pregnant, or was a character played by a man in a suit.

I mean, I do like them all. I've got to say, they're all great. Yes. Much to ponder. Much to ponder. There's got to say, they're all great. Yes. Much to ponder. Much to ponder. There's not many things cuter than a platypus. And I would say one of them is an otter.

Okay. If you were to put them together, that's possibly one of the cutest combos imaginable. So, I'm going to go with that one because I feel like that's a story from the 50s that they would have reported on that a platypus has moved in. All right. Unlikely friends. Although, they're probably likely friends, the platypuses and the otters. Yeah. Like, if it had moved in with the elephants or something, you would have been, like, maybe slightly more surprised. You were, and it's a female platypus as well.

So, it doesn't have that, the male ones have, like, a poisonous spike or something, don't they? That's right. A venomous spike. Wow, mate. Yeah, same as humans, I reckon. The most dangerous animals of all. Otters are the ones that hold hands, I think. Yeah, and they hold hands and they use little tools to smash things up.

I know that about otters. Whoa. I am thinking, because at first, Dave said something that struck me, which was the 1950s reporting on it. And I think there's something interesting about, like, keeping the- like, tracking the behavior of this creature. And perhaps I can see- it's an interesting story a platypus were to lie and so i'm gonna lock in the option of uh to collect double rations lying about its uh pregnancy status okay i'll lock that in for lex lock that in for me you've you've gone for the two zoo-based answers as well of course because of a platypus in the wild surely it's

not making the news that's normal how would they know what's going on of platypus in the wild, surely it's not making the news. That's normal. How would they know what's going on about platypus in the wild? What, the one who was promiscuous? That could have made news. Yeah, well, the tabloids. I could see that making news in the tabloids. Maybe she was writing letters to the editor about her exploits. I've done it again.

All right. Let's go through. Who wrote the answers? She was famous for her promiscuity. That was Alexei Toliopoulos. A spicy one for me. Usually I'm not a spicy guy, but I think, you know, I just like the idea of a slutty little platypus.

Well, then you might have enjoyed the one where a man in a suit was at a lavish orgy in full costume, which was The House, that one. Wow. House, congratulations, House. Thanks so much. For coming up with something so intoxicating. Yeah, that was fun for the imagination. Yeah. intoxicating. Yeah, that was fun for the imagination. Love to have a little look inside Alexei's mind, seeing what he's picturing there.

Wow, it was quite a devious image, I might say. You may have noticed my glasses fogged up as I was hearing those words pass through my ears. I did notice that. Visiting a church every Sunday, being attracted by the sound of hymns.

That was Dave Warnke. Sorry, I just write what I know and I know the church. You went in a different direction there, Dave. Getting on with the otters. That was written by Brie and the house. Fantastic, Brie. I dared to dream that was real. Beautiful

tale that was weaved there. Yeah, two different types of tale. One flat and leathery and one... Alright, so one point there to Lex because he was correct. Living in a New York zoo, she posed as an expectant mother So she could lead a life of luxury

On double rations What do you mean? They know it was lying? Yeah I wonder what the gestation for a platypus is So sorry for IPD Please edit it out if it is revealed That I'm not so smart

A platypus a rare creature that's like a mammal That lays eggs? So sorry if I appear dumb and please edit it out if it is revealed that I'm not so smart. A platypus, a rare creature that's like a mammal that lays eggs. That's correct. How can they lie about that? So do they just have like a rock that they're like, hey, here's my little egg. So feed me a little bit more. Feed me a little bit more so I can lay some more eggs like this one. Wow.

Their gestation period is 10 to 14 days. Whoa. That's quick. Why aren't there more of them should be taken over they absolutely hate fucking they hate having sex that's what i heard about platypuses well you were banging on about penelope she had there was a there were just one pair and it's mate cecil she would just fake pregnancies with all the time yeah she just would not mate with Cecil that's it's the very example of not of you are the last platypus I'm good I'm good I'm okay for us just to die out as far as I know yeah no I'm good I don't want to

go through a 10 to 14 day pregnancy. Come on. I don't have time for that. Please do give me an extra lunch every day. That's all I care about. I'll tell the listeners a little bit more about Penelope after I ask you question number three. This one comes from Emmy White from Albuquerque in New Mexico. Hey, Emmy. And Emmy's question is, which of the following is a real

species of bird so we've just got to make up a fake species of bird which one of these are real species of bird so according to brie penelope was a platypus at the bronx zoo known for faking pregnancy and abandoning her mate cecil in 1947 she and two other platypuses were sent to new york city they became the only platypuses were sent to New York City. They became the only platypuses living in captivity outside of Australia at the time. Penelope made headlines for her repeated refusal to mate with the zoo's male platypus, Cecil. And the New York Times said that Penelope was not lovesick, but sick of love. And that's why she escaped from the zoo's platypusery in 1957, never to be seen again.

She made it, we can assume. They think she died, but I think she made it. Do you think she's still out there? I think she's still out there. That's amazing. Pretending to be pregnant. Far out. Getting double rations from whoever she can.

Someone should make this into a movie, because you always hear those stories about alligators escaping into the sewers and coming out humongous. Someone should do that about a big old platypus crawling through the New York sewers. That'd be so good. Coming up through the toilet. Yeah. Alright, the answers are in for question number three. Here it is. Which of the following is a real species of bird? Spiny backed hummingbird, moustached puffbird, the little tiny finch, the bee bopping never stopping bird, or the white-feathered brian? Whoa. Oh, my gosh.

Some of the most majestic birds of the animal kingdom. What a menagerie they'd make. Was that a word meaning something to do with birds? Yeah. Oh, yeah, I guess so. I guess so. We've got a grand menagerie of birds. Yeah, I've heard menagerie, but menagerie.

It's almost menagerie. I'm loving it. Making it sexier. How else would you mean? A menagerie of birds. Wow, wow, wow. This is a very, like, ornithoptic podcast. You're always talking about birds on this podcast.

Oh, yeah. We're a horny for horny here. Do you think your listeners just, like, they love birds and they're like, we've got to send in more questions about interesting birds? Yeah, maybe. Have we had another bird-related question so far? I'm talking about in the history of this podcast. We all love birds. You know, I think of this episode

as not just the only canon episode of the podcast. This is part of a lineage of episodes you've had coming out. I forget you're a listener, Lex. I'm an avid listener. I'm an avid listener. I listen with great intent. How do you listen with intent?

I have a picture of you sitting there. A stern look on your face I do I stony face listen to this podcast Really I have my hands clasped together As if I'm posing in a very thoughtful manner As I take it in

And probably every 15 seconds I go Indeed A lot of people they'll ride into a podcast be like oh my gosh i can't believe how embarrassed i was listening to this on the bus and just absolutely laughing my pants off i'm so embarrassed listening to this podcast on the bus because i keep going yes yes yes yes interesting, rocking back and forth as I learn new interesting trivial facts from around the globe. I mean, I love both responses.

I love hearing about people laughing on the bus, but now I also love hearing about people mmming on the bus. Yeah, you get people writing in saying they almost crashed their car They were mmming so much And I'd say well were you singing along to the classic 90s tune by the Crash Test Dummies And I'd say no we were listening to your podcast intently With great respect and intent Is it my turn to pick first?

Yeah do you want to pick first, Lex? Yeah. I can't remember what any of them were. So, you got the spiny-backed hummingbird, moustached puffbird, the little tiny finch, the bee-bopping-never-stopping bird, or the white-feathered brine. Wow. Okay. I've never heard of a bird called brine before, but I'm drawn to it.

I am drawn to that brine option. I am drawn. But I also drawn to that Brian option I am drawn But I also love puffbirds What was it? A kind of moustache puffbird? Or was that two that I put together? No, no, you put one together Lock in the moustache puffbird, brother That's what I like the sound of that little fella

Can't wait to see what he looks like one day It's locked in, brother What do you reckon, Dave? Oh, I was also tempted by the mustached puff bird. But the other one, was it little tiny finch? The little tiny finch, yeah. I reckon they found the tiny finch and then they found one even smaller. So, they were like, fuck.

No. All right. This is the little tiny finch. Yeah. And then they found the extra small little tiny finch and it's just gone on from there. But I'm going to say little tiny finch. All right. Lock in little tiny finch, and it's just gone on from there. But I'm going to say little tiny finch. All right, lock in little tiny finch for Dave. Let's go through who wrote the answers.

Which of these are real species of birds? Spiny-backed hummingbird. That was written by Emmy. Okay, the house. White-feathered Brian, which Alexi was tempted by. That was Dave Warnocky. Wow. I have met a bird called Brian.

It's not my first time I've been tempted by a Brian Not the first time I'm picturing a beautiful bird White feathered Brian Distinct from the The purple feathered Brian Or all the other Different species of Brian

So many beautiful Brians Then we had the Bee Bopper Never Stoppin' Bird That was the house species of Brian. So many beautiful Brians. Then we had the Bee Bop and Never Stopping Bird. That was the house. No. I thought that could have been a real one.

And we wrote the Bop Bird and I'm like I reckon I can have a little play here. Maybe put a little spit on this one. Spice things up a little bit.

Yeah. Then we had the little tiny finch Which Dave went for That was Alexi Toliopoulos Oh beautiful work my friend Beautiful Thank you so much Meaning the correct answer

Was the moustached puff bird Which Alexi got So Whoa Maximum points there To Alexi that round Gosh and I feel Freaking alive right now

I mean you think That any bird called The moustached bird You think that's think that any bird called the mustache bird, you think that's peak, or any bird called the puff bird, I would have said that's the best bird I've ever heard of. But put them together, that's just annoying and unfair to all the other birds in the world. How is Brian meant to compete?

I should say I love, I've looked at it, I quite like it, but I don't know if it quite lives up to the name, the mustachioed puff bird. Oh, my God. I'm going to look it up. I'm imagining a Pokemon come to life, and I can't wait to look at this bird. I've looked it up. I think it sucks.

Shit. They come up with this name. It may as well be a fucking sparrow, this thing. It sucks ass. It may as well be a fucking sparrow, this thing. It sucks ass. I thought it was going to be a big old puff with a little beak popping out. It's very hard to live up to that name.

This bird sucks ass. He absolutely sucks shit. He just looks like a normal bird. I've heard that you'd see a broiler on some garbage fucking quilt like 100 years ago. He looks normal. This bird is the king of marketing. The normal boring bitch bird. He sucks ass.

Yeah. It's, yeah, the mustache isn't that defined. Sort of got, it is like a bit of a handlebar Mustache going on But Yeah I don't know I think it's a great looking If you just show me that bird Without the name I'd be like

What a great bird But hearing the name Then seeing the bird It's a It's a let down It sucks man It sucks shit This looks like

Default birds It should be called Default bird It's what you imagine When you hear bird They go Oh I imagine Some little fucking thing With a beak And a couple of wings sitting on a branch

that's all it is there's nothing exciting about it let's call it normal bird and also i think mustache is bad title a bird can't have a mustache because it's beak and its nose are the same thing a mustache is meant to sit between the mouth and the nose. Yeah. So what are they doing here? They should be called maybe the goatee bird or something. I think you found the one thing that angers me in this world. I'm angry. I can't help it. You can't hold me back, mate.

I need everyone to right now Google Inca turns, I-N-C-A and the second word T-E-R-N-S, and that is a bird with a moustache. Okay. I'm looking it up. Okay. Now we are talking, Dave. That's a moustache.

You have brought me back from the brink of despair. I was about to start smashing and crashing and losing my mind. And now I can understand how a bird can have a mustache it works yeah it does it's like because it it starts on either side of the beak right in the middle so that fully works it's like a you know just like a poirot big poirot mo it goes off it looks like it's been waxed oh it's fantastic oh my god this is one of the great birds this is a fantastic bird i am i feel alive and invigorated seeing this creature i can't i i actually cannot believe my day was saved oh my goodness thank goodness i'm i'm saying this bird without the mustache is another standard bird yes but that mustache and

that little bit of yellow around the mouth just elevate this to a magnificent bird on a whole other level. If you cover the mustache on this bird, it looks like if a pigeon fucked a seagull, which is the most boring bird you can imagine. The two most common birds getting it on. But just a little bit of pizzazz around the mouth Or the beak I think as they call it in the bird world Oh my god, can you say that on a podcast? A little bit of pizzazz around the mouth I don't know if you can say that kind of thing mate

You were a filthy boy today sir We'll have to put this episode behind some sort of sealed section I think You'll have to punch in your date of birth to download this episode we're getting up to the halfway mark we've got question number four coming up now from colin from tucson arizona in the 1960s who or what was slenderella in the 1960s who or what was slenderella while you're writing your answers here's a little bit more info about the very disappointing mustachioed puff bird i hate this thing i'm gonna mute this part of the podcast while i listen to it yeah you want to learn more about the puff bird boring sucks ass and he's got nothing to tell you well go to ebird.org this plump brown bird is found in the Andes in Venezuela and Colombia from the lower foothills up to 2,100 meters.

Females are darker than males with less prominent white mustache. Even less prominent. Not many similar species in range. Beware. I like this. This is a bit of a warning, I guess, for the bird watchers who use this resource. Watch as you use this resource. Beware white-whiskered puffbird, which is typically found at lower elevations and shows yellowish, not grey, lower mandible and more streaking on belly.

Typically inconspicuous in the lower to middle levels of wet forest, where singles or pairs often sit motionless on a horizontal limb. That all sounds pretty saucy, actually. Hey, while you're still writing your answers, let's go for a quick break. Sounds pretty saucy, actually. Hey, while you're still writing your answers, let's go for a quick break. All right, your answers are in. So here's question number four. In the 1960s, who or what was Slenderella? Once America's largest carpet retailer, a real rags to riches story,

Slenderella had stores in 38 US states. The tabloid nickname of the mistress to the Italian Prime Minister, the first soft drink that was packaged in aluminium cans, a comic book villain who would unsuccessfully try to defeat Wonder Woman by negging her about her weight, or a powdered meal substitute that was intended for weight loss but

actually just caused extreme diarrhea. Ugh. That does sound nasty. There's a bit of a gruel factor to that last one. I wonder, yeah, I wonder when was that realised? Like it made it to the shops and sold big. Well, back in the day, I think anything can go back in the day. It's like, yeah, it helps you lose weight by shitting out everything you've ever eaten.

So I think, Dave, maybe it's your first crack here. So you've got the carpet retailer, nickname for the Italian Prime Minister's mistress, first soft drink packaged in aluminium, comic book villain who negged Wonder Woman, or the one that made you shit yourself. Okay. I'm thinking about the first soft drink in an aluminium can.

Slenderella. I've never heard of it, but I'm sure there's plenty of drinks and stuff that I haven't. But then also, like, the Italian Prime Minister's love interest, Slenderella. I could see that as well. He's Goomar. Where did you learn the term Goomar, Lexi? It's from The Sopranos and lots of Italian-American literature. He's freaking Goomar, dudes.

He's a mistress. I think Slenderella sounds like a nicer name for it, but I don't know what Goomar actually translates to. But as a word. Yeah, if you're in that top spot the top job you get the slender ellers something about guma is not the i don't know it's just not a nice word you could believe guma is the italian word for gruel it's like hey we've got some guma yeah exactly uh i'm gonna go i'm gonna go g, okay, Italian Prime Minister's lover.

Okay, locking that in for Dave. Interesting. I was also thinking about this one. And now allow me to play a full game plan out in my head right now. I'm going to say everything that my brain is thinking. The two options that I was thinking about were the Canned drink As well That's the option the other option Dave

Was mulling about there is part Of me that goes oh well to keep Things interesting allow me to pick That option but here I am Alexi Thinking that perhaps A betrayal is happening Right now and this could very in fact Be Dave's submission thinking that perhaps a betrayal is happening right now.

And this could very in fact be Dave's submission. He has put this in as his submission and he is trying to capture me into picking his option by saying, wow, this one is so good, even I would pick it. But now I'm thinking Dave has written this one. I would pick it. It's so good. I would pick it. I believe that I'm in the midst of being double-crossed.

So, there is paranoia circling every thought that I'm concocting right now. And to me right now, the only safe option is to also pick the one that they've picked because I am- and I am going to do that. What if I'm doing a double bluff here and that is my one Trying to get you to get it Because if I lock my own one in I'll probably get none but I'll get one from you And none for anyone else

So you locked in with mistress to the Italian prime minister Are you trying to tell me that this is a bluff From Lex himself I'm just wondering I'm just asking you the question You're locked in This is tricky I think i'm gonna i'm gonna stay i'm gonna stay wow he's staying but i will say i still think can is a fantastic option

okay i've used every skill i have in human perception to detect every instance of movement and gesticulation from dave's face and I am also going to stay. I'm picking the Gumar option. Alright. They call you the human AI, don't they, Lex? Absolutely. They say this guy seems like a creation, not a real human

being. They say, yeah, he does experience empathy, but in a really strange way, as if it's learned by picking up traits from other people. All right, let's go through who wrote the answers to who or what was Slenderella. A powdered meal substitute that was intended for weight loss, but actually just caused extreme diarrhea. That was Lexi Taliopoulos.

Well done for spelling diarrhea. I assume correctly. Well done. That's a tricky word. Well, no squiggly line came up. I did for me. Well done. That's a tricky word. Well, no squiggly line came up. I did for me. Damn it. I did it for me.

I was double checking it. I almost Googled it. Is there an O in there? I left an O out. Exactly right. Okay. Does not compute. The comic book villain who negged Wonder Woman That was Colin, okay, the house

Good one, Cole Dave's option has yet to appear That's what I'm really keen to find out Once America's largest carpet retailer Had stores in 38 US states That was Dave Warnocky That was me Wow, okay

I have a true friend in this world And I'm sorry for assuming that he would try to betray me. I would never cross you. Oh, my gosh. You know, I am sitting here with egg upon my face and a sad song in my heart. And that song is a song of doubting someone you love. Hey, you're forgiven, not forgotten. That's another song, guys.

And it's a sad song, too. And it's a sad song too So the tabloid nickname For mistress of the Italian prime minister Which you both went for That was also Colin Fuck you Colin God damn it So the correct answer

You were so close to getting it But you freaked each other out It was the first soft drink that was packaged in Aluminium cans or aluminium. I will tell you this. I am livid right now. I'm absolutely livid. Two points to the house.

I know you're going to tell us more about it, but I'm so keen to hear if Slender Ella is still a drink or if that's just its legacy. I haven't really been able to find out that much about it. All I know is that it says proudly on the can, artificially sweetened. That's good. Like it's a selling point back then.

Yeah. And also vitamin C enriched. The C stands for cancer. All right. So, question five comes from Matthew Boar from Kelowna in British Columbia in Canada. And Matthew's question is, what was the bizarre headline in the 15th of August 2008 edition of the Brisbane Times? What was the bizarre headline in the Brisbane Times on the 15th of August 2008?

Whoa. This British Columbian guy knows about the Brisbane Times? Yeah. Yeah, it's interesting, isn't it? Might just be a big seller over there. I reckon you made this guy up. You just revealed you got no listeners. You put these out to yourself, mate.

And you make up these names and the people that do them. I don't think this is real, mate. You can try to pull another one over on me today. Matthew Boer, please get in contact with Alexei Toleopoulos, maybe on Twitter. And what's your Twitter handle again, Lex? This is Alexei. This is Alexei.

So get onto Alexei and say, I am real. It'll be in about a week from now, which will be fun because Alexei will probably not understand what the tweet's about. which will be fun because Alexi will probably not understand what the tweet's about. But I think it would vindicate me and I'd appreciate that. While they're writing their answers, here's a bonus fact about tin cans from Colin, the question writer.

Says, Hawaii has different soda can sizes than the rest of the US. This is due to having smaller lids which use less aluminium and not upgrading to the one bottling plant on the island due to initial costs. It says aluminium, sorry. I really struggle with the aluminium. Alright, the answers are in. Here's question number five. What was the bizarre headline in the Brisbane Timesbane times on the 15th of august 2008 local seniors choir sued by disney corporation mick disaster big rat founded big mac free the

nipple faces off with counter protesters from sons out guns out pineapple giveaway goes wrong six in hospital Wow, that's... I'm trying to figure out how wrong can it go. In my head, I'm imagining... You know, the most obvious option is like, oh, it's a bad pineapple got people sick. But in my head, I imagine it's like a T-shirt gun that fires pineapples. At a footy game or something.

And they go stem first into their face. Unfortunately, it went wrong. He will launch into someone's face. But they kept going. Six times. We did it six times in a row. He didn't even go right one time. Yeah, we had six pineapples to give away

and they all put someone in hospital. That's option number four Final option is Man gets stuck having sex with bench That's great A bench That's hard I mean what do you reckon

Do you reckon he's on top or underneath the bench Well that's going to depend on personal preference, isn't it? I don't know, but which one's harder? Which one's more likely to get you stuck? You're right, yeah. Yeah, that's true. If you're on top trying to pull away, maybe you get caught. Well, you know, if we're trying to logistically figure out how this happened,

the image that was conjured in my mind is a man, he's lying face down on like a park bench, and he's humping away, having a grand old time. He's erect penises between two slats of this bench, and the friction is causing him to feel pleasure in his nether regions. But then he's pumping a little too hard and I believe two of his nuts spell down that same crevice.

And then we got retract. It's a one-way valve. And excuse me if that was rude what I said, but I couldn't help but say it. Hey, you were just playing the picture of your mind. All right. Do you need them again quickly or you got answers? Can we have a maybe

like a quick summary? So you got the seniors being sued by Disney, the rat fan of the Big Mac, free the nipple versus sons out, guns out, pineapple giveaway going wrong or man getting stuck

in the bench. Oh my gosh. Well, is it my turn to pick first? you want to yeah go for it okay there's a few things that sound very 2008 to me here sun's out guns out free the nipple that's taking me back in time i like that a lot uh obviously the man on the bench i'm think i can't stop thinking about it unfortunately the big mac with the rat in it i do remember stories from back in the day of you know fucking rodents and things but perhaps a better headline could be crappy meal instead of disaster oh that's great i would probably i'm gonna go mr bench mr bench

the guy that fucked the bench and his nuts got stuck through it. What was the headline for that one? Man gets stuck having sex with a bench or with bench. Okay. Wow. It's not that. I'll still go with it. I'll go with it because I can see the picture in the newspaper. It doesn't specify the kind of bench.

I wonder if it's like the full bench of the Supreme Court, something like that. I think in my head, I'm imagining, do you remember the iconic image of the poo jogger, the Brisbane poo jogger, the guy that got caught taking a shit on a jog? The CCTV picture, yeah. He looks, he's looking at the camera and his eyes are glowing and it's just kind of like, oh, I'm imagining that, but it's a guy on a bench. Oh, all right. lock that in for Lex. What do you reckon, Dave?

What was the headline for the McRat again? McDisaster. Big rat found in Big Mac. Crappy meal would be great, but I think that- Crappy meal is fantastic. But I feel that feels- Like, I also remember at the time there were a few stories of people finding stuff in food. And also the Brisbane Times can they in 2008 is crappy too controversial for them to use as a word.

It does seem like that's a headline that was used. I didn't do it. A lot of times like the Mc-something. Any McDonald's related story becomes yeah um you know like someone wins the mcdonald's monopoly thing it's mick winner yeah yeah for sure but mick joy they've probably trademarked every single thing so they've probably trademarked mick rat before this somehow just in case um i'm gonna go with it though I think it might be McRat Alright locking that in for Dave

Well here we go With who wrote the answers for question number 5 Local seniors choir sued by Disney That was written by Matthew Boar A.K.A The House A man that Alexi claims does not really exist Well how do you write that then He wrote that though

Well I believe It was you Donning an identity Of another person And then writing it As them Yeah you reckon I came up with the name

Matthew For my fake name Jeez I work In mysterious ways Free the nipple Faces off with Sons out Guns out

That was the house Oh that That is a great one Really good fake one Pineapple giveaway goes wrong Six in hospital, that was Dave Warnocky Yep Were you thinking pineapple gun day

Yeah Absolutely Yep The people were Life or death, they were critical. I was picturing it like some sort of FM radio promotion, and it was like the first few people in to get a pineapple ended up crushing each other in the stampede.

Then we had Mick Disaster, Big Rat fan of Big Mac. That was Alexi. No! What? Did you punch up your own entry? How did you do that I betrayed you I used it to betray you Even though you

Never betrayed me It is I Who is the betrayer I dared to love again And you ruined it That is so I can't believe Is that the

Biggest power play You've ever seen Matt there Punching up your own thing Yeah I think that might be. That's incredible. Deserves a point. Quite amazing. But that also means Lexi was correct.

It is man gets stuck having sex with a bench. Was I also correct in how it happened? Did his nuts dislodge and get stuck between the slats? Well, I'm going to read the full story from the Brisbane Times in a second. But, you know, I think it was more just the main shaft, I think, got stuck. Oh, thank gosh. I thought you were going to say he was the other way around. The bench was inserted into him.

That's how it got stuck. I hadn't even considered that as an option. But, yeah, good point. Good point. So, quick score update. We hadn't even considered that as an option. But yeah, good point. Good point. So, quick score update. We haven't done one of these yet. In third place on one point, it's Dave Warnke. In second place on four points, it's The House.

But out in front on five points, it's Alexi Taliopoulos. Wow. Let me tell you, I got here playing a dirty game. I think you can go all the way. I'm backing you, man. Take down the house. They've had a streak of three in a row, I hear. Yeah, house is on fire.

We'll burn it down. Well, it's still truly anyone's game, Dave. Two more rounds to go, and don't forget, the final round is worth triple points. Exciting. I always sit back until that final round, and then I really go for it. Yeah, you're a real bouncer. That's's real tactical i've known all the right answers so far

but you like to build that suspense yeah that's right seven out of seven plus triple points people it looks suspicious so i hang back here is question number six this one comes from siraj pieris from macau and siraj asks in december of 2015 the premier of china went on national tv what did he talk about in december of 2015 the premier of china went on national tv what did he talk about while you're writing those answers let me read you the article about the stuck man hong kong emergency so it's a brisbane article but it's about a story in hong kong emergency workers took four hours trying to free li jing after he attempted to use a hole in the exercise bench in a deserted park after dark eventually they had to take him to hospital with Oh my god.

Oh my gosh. So they tried to drain it and that didn't work. I tried to drain the main vein. Oh my god. Oh my gosh so that did he had to go still attached how did they set him free so it took a while

he had to go to hospital and the article finishes by saying doctors said the 42 year old was lucky to still have a penis after the embarrassing incident so he survived and so does his member did he say if he thought it felt nice a penis after the embarrassing incident. So he survived and so does his member. Did he say if he thought

it felt nice? Did he say if it felt nice or not? Yeah, I think he's quite a saying no regrets. No, he wouldn't. No, he wouldn't. That would be incredible. That would be so good. I feel like he might have had a couple of regrets.

He called the cops himself as well to get freed. Obviously, he was in a lot of strife. Yeah, making the call to the cops. Oh, my God. You'd have to be like, all right, I'm doing it. What's your emergency? I'm currently having sex with a bench. This isn't a prank. I'm genuinely having sex with a bench. This isn't a prank.

I'm genuinely stuck. Okay. No, I am. I'm actually... Please. Please send help. All right, your answers are in. So, here is question number six.

In December of 2015, the Premier of China went on national TV. What did he talk about? He challenged his political rival to an eating contest after his stamina was publicly questioned. He bemoaned the failure of his country to produce a good quality ballpoint pen. He talked up the quality of his family business that was about to be launched on the stock market.

A string of ongoing deaths among teenagers playing Pokemon Go in peak hour traffic. Or to refute reports that his feet are only size four. Wow. Okay. So, you've got challenging a political rival to an eating contest, bemoaning the failure of the country to produce a good quality ballpoint pen, talking up his family's business before launching on the stock market, bemoaning the failure of the country to produce a good quality ballpoint pen, talking up his family's business before launching on the stock market, a string of deaths of teenagers playing Pokemon Go,

or to talk up the size of his feet. More than twice the size as well, by the way. Size four up to a nine and a half. Yeah. Feels like that'd be pretty easy to prove. He's putting some mayo on that one. For sure. He's a seven at best.

Wow. What year was it? 2015. Trying to cast my mind back to the Pokemon Go craze. Was it 2015? A little bit later. I remember Hillary Clinton saying, Pokemon, let's go to the polls. That almost works, Hillary.

Did she actually say that? I think she said something like that. Let's Pokemon go to the polls. She lost. So weird. The first one, because I think it's my turn to go first The first one What was the full wording of it again?

Can you remind me please? He challenged his political rival To an eating contest After his stamina was publicly questioned That was it I was thinking about what I couldn't remember why he was challenging Okay

His stamina Let's have an Let's have an eating contest I'm're you're a bit old for the job also also i'm gonna say in china i don't think political rivals rarely challenge people yeah publicly you think it's sort of like A Joe Biden type Who People who Oppose him Say that he's old

And You don't have the stamina For the job And so he Joe Biden calls a press conference Saying I will eat You under the table

Trump I can eat 48 burgers I can do it Oh mister You don't believe me Why don't we bring in 50 hot dogs and see who eats more in 10 minutes that would be that would be such a big move i'd love it man

i'd watch it for sure that's great um gosh i'm blanking on the other ones can you quickly remind me uh and i'll lock something in bad ballpoint pens uh family family business on the stock market, Pokemon Go, and feet size, foot size. Okay, I'm going to go family business. Family business for Dave. I'm going to go ballpoint pen. Lock in ballpoint pen, please. Lock it in, babe. I'll lock it in for you, babe.

I like the use of the word bemoan. He bemoaned it. Yeah, bemoan's good, isn't it? I like that. He bemoaned it. He bemoaned it. Yeah, bemoan's good, isn't it? I like that. He bemoaned it. He bemoaned it. All right. If you had used the word lament, would I have picked the option?

Who knows? We'll never find out. Oh. Lament, that's also a good word, but it's no bemoan. All right, let's go through. Who wrote the answers? He was there to refute reports that his feet are only a size four. That was Dave Warnicky. That was me.

Good job, Dave. Love that jump in size. That was a good jump. Great jump. A string of ongoing deaths about teenagers playing Pokemon Go and PKO traffic. That was Alexi Toliopoulos. Yeah, I was trying to think what was happening in 2015, and Pokemon Go came right to mind.

I reckon that must be the third time it's come up on this podcast. It's a great go-to, Pokemon Go. It was a cultural touchstone. What a moment. Absolutely. One of the key events in history was Pokemon Go and everyone going fucking crazy for it for a few weeks. He challenges political rival to an eating contest.

That was the house. It's great. I love it. I wish it was. I love it. I love just like politicians with hubris and not really thinking things through, but saying, I'll show you. It's a real funny idea to me.

He talked up the quality of his family business. That was also the house. That's what Dave went for. Meaning, Alexi, yet again, you're on a hot streak here. You were correct. He did bemoan the failure of his country to produce a good quality ballpoint pen. I love this bemoaning minister. What a story.

I love to take to the news. Come on, we've got to be better the news come on we got to be better guys we gotta we gotta be better than this we're china okay we're we're a big powerful country we invented paper surely we can invent a better pen i can see why why he'd be bemoaning it um all right well that brings us to the final question question number seven we always finish with a cinema based question a film synopsis and uh alexi being a behemoth of the cinematic universe uh oh do not bemoan me sir do not bemoan me means that i have to seek far and wide for a movie that may stump him uh and as it turns out i don't see that far i go to his very good friend cameron james from the total reboot podcast to suggest a movie and uh that's

what we've done this week so it's triple points wow our contestants are going to write a synopsis about this film short paragraph short to medium i'm nervous because last week, last time I was here, Cam did stump me completely. Which, I mean, that's the hope. If you know the answer, it's probably less fun. Or maybe it's not. I don't know. Let's find out. So, the question this week is, what is the synopsis of the 1970 film The Strawberry Statement?

Okay. What is the synopsis of the 1970 film The Strawberry Statement? Okay. What is the synopsis of the 1970 film The Strawberry Statement? Let the record show, Cameron has once again found a movie I've never freaking heard of in my life. Never heard of The Strawberry Statement. Oh, my gosh. He knows me so well. I've got no idea. You two do-

You've done multiple projects together about films in the past. You're two big cinephiles. It's true. We have worked together. We've got a history together. And I pray an even longer future. While they're writing their answers, here's some more information about those pens. According to the BBC, it has sent rockets rockets into space produced millions of the world's smartphones and built high-speed

trains but until now one bit of manufacturing had perhaps unexpectedly eluded china the ballpoint pen a year ago premier lee k-kwang went on national television and bemoaned the failure of his country to produce a good quality version of this seemingly simple implement. Locally made versions felt rough compared to those from Germany, Switzerland and Japan Mr Lee complained. The problem was not the body of the pen but the tip the tiny ball that dispenses ink as you write. It might be something we take for granted but making them requires high precision machinery and very hard ultra-thin steel plates. Put simply, China's steel has not been good enough,

and it has struggled to shape its pen's tips accurately. Without that ability, China's 3,000 pen makers have had to import this crucial component from abroad. But according to People's Daily, the state-owned Taiwan Iron and Steel Company thinks it has cracked the problem after five years of research. The first batch of 2.3 millimeter ballpoint pen tips has recently rolled off its production lines, the paper says. And once lab tests are completed, it's expected China could phase out pen tip imports completely within two years. All right, we're up to the final question. Question number seven.

What is the synopsis of the 1970 film The Strawberry Statement? A preschooler named Katie sends the President of the United States a letter describing why they should pull out of a long drawn out war in Southeast Asia using a simple fruit-based analogy. Against all the odds, it finds its way into his morning briefing folder. He reads it, and it really gets to him. But will the strawberry statement be enough to convince the president to end the war? Canadian diplomat Michael Wright is framed as a mole leaking valuable agricultural secrets.

After 15 years in prison and the breakdown of his marriage, Wright seeks retribution against those who wronged him. Borganville is a... They wronged him? They wronged him. They, you know, they wronged him. Oh, sorry. There's a note here.

They also wronged him. Oh, okay. They wronged him as well. They wronged him and wronged him. They wronged him. Oh, sorry. There's a note here. They also wronged him. Oh, okay, okay, okay. They wronged him and wronged him. There's nothing wronger than a rogger. Made it. He got absolutely rogged out there today. I thought it was not on. You shouldn't do that to a guy.

He got absolutely rogged. Rogged. So that's the first two options. Option three, Borganville is a raspberry town. Always has been, always will be, at least as far as the locals are concerned. That is until hip young farmer Douglas Loungeman arrives and starts growing strawberries. The town turns on him fast. But with the annual Borganvilleville Jam and Concert competition coming up,

it's time for Douglas to make a strawberry statement and win the Bougainvillians over. Wow, Bougainville. Bougainville. Option four. College student Simon is politically apathetic but drawn to protests on campus because of the beautiful women in the crowds.

His attraction to activist Linda makes him take politics more seriously, and he soon becomes a fully committed radical. As tensions rise in the community between the university and the surrounding black neighborhood over the construction of a new gym for students, Simon prepares to lay his life on the line for his new beliefs. Or finally, in the strawberry fields of Colorado, Jackie dreams of a life much bigger than her small town. She longs to dazzle the citizens of the Big Apple in musical theater. Trapped by Judy to her family, Jackie instead attempts to bring Broadway to her and stage a musical honoring the berry farmers and jammers of her hometown. Five beautiful movies there.

I'll tell you this, just straight off the bat, if I was sitting at a big desk in Hollywood, I would have greenlit each one of these. Wow. Oh, yeah. Me too. That's five thumbs up from me. Wow, and I would have to disagree. I would be a studio bigwig saying,

I can't see any of these movies making very much money at all. And another option, the title freaking stinks. The title's shit. Come up with something cooler. No one goes to the movies to see strawberry bullshit. You got to send them something exciting like salted caramel or some kind of berry blast or some kind. Yes, that's why boysenberry is served in a chocolate top.

They love boysenberry in the cinema industry. Either of you have a strong feeling here? Either of you want to jump in? I'm trying to think once again what Cameron knows about me and where my gaps of knowledge are. One of them was a musical. What were they again? The musical one.

Well, it was about a woman named Jackie who was dreaming of the Big Apple, but ends up putting on a musical in her hometown. So it's not explicitly a musical, but it could be. Was there someone building a gym? There was a guy who built a gym? There was a guy who got into activism because of the beautiful women in the crowds and he put his life on the line to either stop or protect the

construction of a new gym. Okay. I'm not sure which. Then we had the strawberry farmer who came to a raspberry town and he was trying to win them over. We had the Canadian diplomat who got out of prison seeking retribution against those who rogged him and wronged him. And we had the preschooler who sent a letter,

a sort of strawberry statement if you will To the president And yeah Potentially it's going to stop a war So pretty powerful stuff This one's crazy I'm torn all over the place I'm trying to think of things I don't know

I'm going to go Canadian I'm going to go Canadian one I'm going to go Canadian one. Was that the rogged guy? The guy that got rogged off? That was the rogged. That was the guy that got rogged. I'm going to go. I'm going to go rogged.

Yeah, rogged. I think being rogged is something to do with getting done over by the old president of the Olympic Committee. I knew you were going to go there as soon as you said rogged. That's so good. What was his name, Dave? This is one of the great names. It is Rog, but what does it say? It's like Jacques Rog or something like that.

Not Rog Antonio Samaranch? It could be. Rog. It is Jacques Rog. It is Jacques Rog. Jacques Rog. It's one of my favorite names. So good Jacques Rogge. Jacques Rogge. Oh, shit. One of my favourite names.

So good. Hey, you got rogged. I think I'm going to go with the activist kid. All right, locking that one in for Dave. Yeah, a lot of activism in the 70s. A lot of babes to an activism. I reckon that that story checks out as a plot for a movie, I reckon. All right.

Let's go through who wrote the answers. So, Borganville. It's a raspberry town. Then we had Douglas Loungeman come by. Trying to turn it into a strawberry town. We should have a shout out to whoever came out with Douglas Loungeman. That was the house. Well done. Doug Douglas Loungeman. That was the house. Well done.

Dougie Loungeman. Then the house also came up with the preschooler named Katie sending the president of the United States a letter with a simple fruit based analogy. Can I make an observation about the house's writing style? Sure. These both sound like Simpsons episode plots. So, that's why I didn't think they were real movies. Because I was like, oh, this just sounds like Simpsons. Very influenced by the work of Matt Graney.

That's a good... And then Homer says to Marge... Yeah, I had to change the name for a preschooler named Lisa, since the president. And yeah, Homer is Doug Loungeman, making a tobacco. All right, what else do we have? We have In the Strawberry Fields of Colorado, Jackie Dreams of Bigger Life Ends up bringing Broadway to her That was Lexi Taliopoulos What a beautiful I want to watch that movie

Wow Thank you so much I will tell you I was thrown by the title I couldn't think of absolutely anything at all And such a bad name isn't it It's a weird title Oh gosh

So Lexi you went for Canadian diplomat Michael Wright being framed as a mole who ends up seeking retribution against those who rogged him. Special cameo from Jacques Rogge. I was written by Dave Warnocki. Wow, Dave. Yes, I'm the roger. Oh, my gosh.

Meaning Dave is also correct. It's a college student, Simon, politically apathetic, but then gets involved because of the hot women. The prophecy came true. Yes, triple points, baby. Wow. Dave, what was your thinking behind your film, Dave? Did sound like a good movie.

Who's playing Michael Wright, for instance? Oh, in the 70s. Who would have been good back then Lex for a Diplomat wronged A wronged diplomat A wronged diplomat Bob Balaban or something I love Bob Balaban

Would you believe that Bob Balaban Is in the strawberry statement No he's not dude He is He looked his up Oh my god he plays Elliot number 2 What the fuck No, he's not, dude. No, he's not. He is. He is. No, he looked his up. Hang on. Oh, my God. He plays Elliot number two.

What the fuck? There's two Elliot's in this film. Oh, wow. And Bud Cort is the second Elliot. Wow. Wow. Okay. You love Bud Cort.

I love Bud Cort. I love him in a beautiful movie called Dogma. The main actor is Bruce Davison. Are you familiar with him? Yeah. Or the director, Stuart Hagman. Yeah, okay. I know Bruce Davison. I think he's an X-Men.

He's in the X-Men movies, I think. Is he? Is he the politician guy from the X-Men movies? Yeah, in my head, I'm looking at his picture he turns into like a guy i think you're right to a freaking goo man yeah i think yeah yeah i think you're right he's the goo man politician who becomes a goo man and he's in willard and ben sounds like the critics really didn't like the strawberry statement. There's only three critic reviews on Rotten Tomatoes, so they wasn't able to get a consensus score. One of them was by Penelope Houston,

who wrote, Hagman, the director, got his training in TV commercials, and all too often it shows through in his flashings and zoomings, the narcissistic awareness of the charm of youth oh yeah it's pretty scathing what a takedown yeah uh but the audience uh gave it a much better score 73 approval rating from over 500 audience wow apparently my god i've never even i've never even heard of this movie how does cameron find out about these freaking things because i think the last one he got for you was also had bud court so i wonder if he's just like

looked up bud court's filmography and picked out the obscure ones wow well yeah maybe bud court not that big of a movie star interesting interesting wow apparently this is a good movie all right well final score check here slumping to third and last position on five points it's the house oh yes we're crashing back down defeated defeated the house in second place on six points it's alexi toliopolis wow and i played a dirty game And I got what I deserved You scored the most consistent of all of us But out in front With points in only two of the seven rounds

Finishing on seven points Is Dave Warnicke Congratulations Dave God bless you triple points Thank you all so much i'd like to dedicate my victory to michael wright a canadian diplomat who was framed as a mole for leaking valuable agricultural secrets i was like this one doesn't sound too boring to have been someone writing it immediately uh where can people find you

are you still on break from your podcast at the moment uh yeah i'm not doing too much a total reboot but i will have a couple of episodes out around now talking about the best films of the year so far so follow the feed they'll come out soon uh and then i got a bigger podcast project about australian movies coming out later this year. So, you know, stick around, follow me on the socials. You'll hear about that as it's coming out. Oh, exciting.

Especially the people who wrote questions this week. Please follow Alexi on Twitter and let him know that you're real people. Oh, I just got a follow from Matt Stewart. What the heck? Dave, what about you What's cracking What's been on Do go on lately

I can't even remember We've been doing Quite a few topics As I bring up Our website To find out I hope quite a few topics I know we did the

DB Cooper Copycat killer Yeah we're doing About one a week I think these days Gosh You guys are mental Yeah we've

Recently hit 400 And we've done mary queen of scott's charles kingsford smith matt talked about the shags which were the best or possibly worst band of all time i recently spoke about history's worst popes there's quite a few bad episode people love that episode that got uh got a lot of love the popes i wasn't sure which way that would go i'm glad that people got on board with me hating on, well, not hating on, but just talking about some genuinely bad popes, bad people.

And the 400th episode, Jess told us about the Millennium Dome heist, which was bumbling crooks trying to steal a diamond out of the Millennium Dome. Very fun stuff. So, that's a few. People, hang around for the outtakes at the end of the episode, as I've started doing here. I can't remember what, but Lexi did talk about some funny stuff earlier. No, no, everything I said made it to the full episodes.

You'll have no content from me at the end. Everything I said was on point and hilarious, and there'll be no chaff removed from it nice smooth episodes yeah book cheats probably coming back at some point soon too dave yes that's right i've been reading up a storm i'm maybe five or six books ahead here i'm trying to bank the books and then do the reports in the second half of the year thanks so much for joining us thanks everyone for listening please give us a five star review all your reviews come from the same account.

What the heck? They're all from the same account. Tell a friend if you think you know anyone who might enjoy it. Alexia, you're a listener. Okay. I haven't made you up. Have I made you up? You listen back and there's only two voices on the podcast.

Cheers for tuning in to Who Knew It with Matt Stewart. Now that you know it, I've been Matt Stewart. Goodbye. All right. Let's do it with Matt Stewart. Great title. It's my new spin-off show. What would you do on it?

It's an orgy pod. You just record the audio of an orgy. It's the awkward small talk at the start, and then we just get down to it. Yeah, a lot of squelching. This is so awesome. Oh, wow. I'm freaking burst. of squelching. This is so awesome. Oh, wow. I'm freaking burst.

I'm freaking burst. It feels so good. Yeah, it's going to be real hot. So, if you two are up for doing it, with Matt Stewart and it, we should schedule that. Hell yeah. Do go in. That's the best subtitle ever. Matt, you just had the face of pure confusion and terror for a moment.

Oh, did I? Yeah. Yeah, I've got a very expressive face, very expressive voice. Tells a lot of stories. Yeah, gosh. You've seen things. Oh, yeah, I've seen some things. Yeah, Otter's tail.

Because the beaver's got a pretty platypus-y kind of tail, right? Oh, excuse me. Did you just say pretty platypus-y? You can't say that on a podcast, mate. I don't know. Good Lord, you have to say freaking exception on this one this is not good

yeah this will be an a-hole very rude episode I feel like they I mean they feels like an animal that could survive anywhere

it's got everything you need you know for example duck bill yep fur or whatever it is for warmth For example Duck bill Yep Fur Or

Whatever it is For warmth Swimming ability With flappers For hands Can Can make its way Through the water

Or on land Males have got that Venomous spike Or barb It really is The perfect creature The perfect creature Apparently they Yeah the There was an australian platypus man who was like said in the press that

he was very disappointed with penelope and he sent three more platypuses over after she escaped the expert being like i'm not mad i'm just disappointed penelope wow i've been to Tucson. What a wonderful town. What's Tucson all about? Well, they've got a university there. That's where my dad worked for a little bit. That's how I know about it.

Oh, cool. What did your dad do there? They got a great desert. He talked about human geography. And how does that compare to normal geography? Well, it's about It's not I'm not talking about the map of the body

It is about You know, people and the places they live You know, so you learn a lot about Tucsonians In geography class With my dad teaching them Okay I'm looking up the list of notable people from Tucson See if your dad's on there

Well, he's not from there. I don't think he would make the cut. He did like a month worth of lectures there. I don't think he's going to make the cut. They claim him. I don't think you know cities that well, Lex. If a big enough name drops by, they'll claim him, you know? Gary Shambling's from there.

Oh, that's awesome. Bob Logg III. Jeez, this is quite a town. Bart Bock. I don't know who that is, but what a name. Bart Bock. Bart Bock. White feathered Brian.

Very funny stuff. I think the listeners will be annoyed if I don't ask this. Last time we were on this fantastic podcast, Alexei, you had a cake in the oven. Oh, you bet, dudes. Behind you. We can see you. You're sitting in the same spot with the kitchen behind you.

I've got to ask, are there any cakes currently in the oven? I hate to break it to you, but this week I am not unlike that princess platypus. I have no cake in the oven. I hate to break it to you, but this week I am not unlike that princess platypus. I have no cake in the oven, but I will be having a double lunch. Have you been baking much, Lex? I have not been baking too much. No, but I guess what? I just got an air fryer. I have been finally converted to the air fryer family.

Lots of people have been talking about air fryers over the last few years. I thought they were a gimmick. I thought they were bogus. I thought they were meant for people that were too afraid to use the conventional oven that their house comes with. But I got turned over. I tried it out. I got a discount card. I picked up an air fryer.

And you better believe i've made several things in it recently and i am into it i like it wow so it's a it is a game changer like they say i would say it's not a game changer my game has not changed too much just i have probably made chips a little bit more often Than I normally do That's my main difference So the game has not changed too much Now often usually I just make a steak and salad Now I'm doing a steak chips and salad at home

Oh okay Just adding a little extra something A little crunch factor And taking a little bit of bench space away I imagine Absolutely you can see it behind me Taking up way too much bed space that's me pointing at it right

there in my screen that's it oh yeah that is a chunky base bit of a puff bird of the kitchen how dare you alright we're up to question number five this one comes from Matthew bore from Kalowna in British Columbia in Canada. I'm probably saying... I'm sure someone's pulled me up for saying this wrong recently.

Let me... I'm just going to turn the light on. It's just incredibly... I just saw my window here and'm incredible darkness right now love it whoa holy shit that's fun Shit, that's fun. What's happened there? Kalauna.

What is going on? I turned on my laptop to check the pronunciation of the place, and it went back through on itself. It sounded pretty sick, actually. It was a wonderful effect.