Who Knew It with Matt Stewart - Mini Ep 1 - Claire Hooper, Suren Jayemanne and Ray O'Leary

Episode Date: March 27, 2025

Who Knew It with Matt Stewart is a comedy game show podcast hosted by Australian comedian Matt Stewart. This is a mini episode featuring comedians Claire Hooper, Suren Jayemanne and Ray O'Leary!Support the show via http://patreon.com/dogoonpod and you can submit questions for the show!See the podcast/Matt live: https://www.mattstewartcomedy.com/Check out Matt's podcast network: https://dogoonpod.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ahoy ho, it's the titular Matt Stewart just letting you know that I'm about to start my Melbourne run at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival from the 8th of April at Spleen bar so pumped come see me bad boy That's the name of the show now on with this show Welcome to who knew with Matt Stewart mini episode. The show where the guests write the wrong answers. I'm the titular Matt Stewart and our first guest is performing her show at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival opening this week.

Nothing to see here. It's Claire Hooper. Thank you so much for having me on your mini episode. It's so good. This is going to be so many so efficient. And if people feel like it's not long enough, they could just listen to it three times. Yeah, exactly. I will slow it down. You got that technology. Oh, my gosh. That's a good idea.

Our next guest is performing his show. There's a world where my head ought to be. There's no two. There's no two. It's really good grammar. Oh, isn't that fun? I noticed that today. I've added that in myself. No one's like, oh, that's an interesting title. They're just like, where's the two? No, there shouldn't. It doesn't need to be a two.

I don't think there needs to be. But a lot of people have. Was that a post? David Astle? A little savings. Sorry. David Astle, the ABCs and Celebrity Letters, the numbers. David Astle. What did he say about the two? He felt that there should be or he whenever he reads it, he says he says it with the two. Yeah. OK. So. Sorry. I think you might be wrong

I mean, yeah me saying it that way Maybe he was right and then David Astle on it swings it back Hey, I think of myself as a David Astle level word nerd Our third guest this week is performing his show laughter I hardly know words Ray O'Leary hello hello thank you very much I would also like to chime in and say that Serene's title is wrong where are you each performing at you're all it's in the Melbourne CBD that's if people don't know yeah so just wander the streets yeah you'll find the show between 6 and I'm at 6 p.m. Oh

Little Collins Street, what's it Vic hotel? It's a lovely venue. Yes. Yes in the little great thing down the acacia room the room at the bottom Sorry, I was just that was a room that I've been in clay but yeah No, that does make sense. The arrogance of me thinking that you'd be treading in. I don't mean to sound out of touch, but what is the Acacia room? Adorable.

Yeah, I figure, I figure, I figure. I'm just gonna jump in now, because I know Saran's gonna say, where and when he's on, but I'll just jump in and say how complimentary. You can see Ray O'Leary at 6 p.m., and then you can just go around the corner. I'm 710.

Literally around the corner at a different hotel, the QT. Perfect double bill. Tell me, are you at 820, Sir Ed? No, if only. And another hotel. I'm at 620, so I will start halfway through Ray's show and finish about 10 minutes into Clash. So yeah, I mean, if you want to see neither of their shows, I'm conveniently located right in the middle of them as well in the Melbourne town hall.

We'll say, yeah, perhaps Ray's show sold out or you're running late after work. Then Seren, what a great opportunity to go see him. Yeah, I reckon it'll be pretty good. Too early for Claire. Yeah, that's right, too early for me. And I'll yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, Also, we should point out there are 22 nights at which you can be able to come in twice. Yeah, you could see me each of those. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. But yeah, I've watched my first 15 minutes twice. I mean, yes, that's beautiful.

Hang on, Matt Stewart. What about you? When are you? Oh, I forgot that I was even involved in this. But that's about being a bad boy. Yeah, I've got a show called Bad Boy. It's I think it is on late. I think we could do the treble, you know, if we're getting Saran because I'm on it I ate something I think Edison should surrounding It is I'm fault. You know why I don't know when I'm on yet because I'm I'm studying on the eighth, which is so far

No, it's not get you to get out 845 That does work. What a beautiful travel make a little bit of time in between just do not see serene So this is the first time we're trying this is a mini episode we're just gonna do one question and Yeah, I'll Look, I haven't even told people if maybe there's some new listeners go on. I'll start with the shortest episode There is I really hope there's not new listeners going on, I'll start with the shortest episode there is. I really hope there's not new listeners. After all of this bullying, it will feel genuine.

So the way the show works is ask a relatively obscure trivia question. Now contestants have to write a convincing fake answer. I then read out their answers as well as the real one. I have to guess which one is correct. I also add two of my own in under the name of the house with the help of the question writers. So our question this week comes from Becca from Park Ridge in Queensland. Thank you for writing in Becca. I hope things turn around for you.

And the question is, it's a culinary question, which I'm only just thinking about now, it gives Claire perhaps a big advantage. Oh, you overestimate how much I paid attention on my cooking show. Okay. Do you have a cooking show? No, it's not a sexist thing. No. All right.

Okay. That is so funny. The question is what is the name of an open-faced sandwich which includes the ingredients turkey, ham and bacon covered in a Mornay sauce then grilled? What is the name of an open-faced sandwich of turkey, ham and bacon? Your show was more based on bacon and bread. There was not much sandwich work. That's the kind of great Australian bake off I could do. The great Australian toast off.

I think I could be a contestant on that. Wouldn't that be, it would be a good episode, a toasty episode. First round's Jaffles, you know. And then? The show's stopper, double leveled jaffel. I don't know about a double leveled. No, I don't think that'd be too much.

I think you have to have an untoasted sandwich. If you're trying to showcase it. Yeah, that's about height. Then don't go flattening it under a skillet. Yeah, do you go under a skillet? I don't know. Yeah, you go between skillet. Something like that.

Should I answer it? Yeah, you answer the question. Does open faced sandwich mean it doesn't have a, there's no top bread? Yeah. It's basically like a tuna melt, but we're talking turkey, ham, and something else that I didn't hear.

Bacon. Bacon, turkey. With Mornay sauce. That turkey, ham and bacon. Yeah, yeah. Oh, geez. Geez Louise. Yeah, yeah. turkey with more nice sauce that turkey ham and bacon yeah yeah geez geez Louise yeah yeah so well they're writing their answers this is how the scoring works get a point if your fake answer is guessed by the other contestant and you also get a point if you correctly guess the answer so

we can all score up to two points per round because if if they score, oh, sorry three points What am I saying? It's three points per round three contestants three points. All right, the answers are in It's when it takes all here as well. Oh, so it's just one question. It's just one question. Oh, no, I was warming up Well, if you like a couple of weeks, we'll do a full episode Okay, what do you think about that? I think that's maybe in about a week weeks, we'll do a full episode. Okay. What do you think about that? I think that's maybe in about a week and a half or less. Sounds good.

Okay. All right, the answers are in. Here is the question one more time. What is the name of an open face sandwich of turkey, ham and bacon covered in Mornay sauce and grilled? Gobbledy pork. which hot brown hot pig fountain Mornay more yay or messy Bessie well I think it's pretty clear oh yeah do I write you what I think the answer oh you what yeah cuz you know okay well I mean

mainly because it's an audio medium I think it I think it's better to say that. But that will make it. That will make it. You saying because normally I'm going to let the others have a thing. Yes, I think I like that you're already thinking tactically. I'm like, no, that's it. I know it is the one. Yeah, there's only one round.

But you've also hosted a cooking show, Saran. I forgot. Or a food show at least. It was an eating show. Yours is probably more applicable to this. Mine's a baking show, yours is an eating show. I think a sandwich is. True. What was the eating show?

I've never come across this though. It was called Good Tucker. Oh, not nice. Available on, is it still? SBS on demand. SBS. I don't think it's there anymore. Isn't it? But it was very good. Since we were running out of bandwidth or something. I didn't know they took things down. Yeah. It's so weird when they do that. I don't think it's there anymore. It was very good

So weird when they do that I don't get it give the Vimeo link maybe read other URL. Yeah All right, Ray, then you're the only one who has has no experience eating food On camera Did that would taskmaster New Zealand does that kind of have any food rounds? There was one where I painted a sandwich blue, but it was never shown on camera. They cut that. They cut off. I don't remember if I had to eat anything. I don't think so.

What are you thinking on this one? Well, my main thought is now I wish I'd submitted that to Morne. Oh! Because as soon as I heard Morne, Morje, I'd submitted that to more name because I said as I heard more name or yeah I've ruled that one out I think the one that it is I think it's I'm gonna lock in messy Bessie messy Bessie all right welcome that in for a can I hear him one more time sure can gobbledy pork, meat witch, hot brown, hot pig fountain, more nay more yay, or messy-bessy. Ooh.

Oh, I dream of it being a hot pig fountain. So I have to- Will your dream come true today? I have to play that hot pig fountain. I would love to order that. If I saw that on the menu, I would order it. Yeah, the hot pig fountain. What do you think the turkey is doing in there?

The turkey is bathing in the fountain. Yeah. Yeah. Just for a little change up. Like they're only into friends. And Claire, what do you think? I mean, you know, obviously something like this, when it's just a kind of like, when it's a goofy sandwich, what's it called?

It's like, well, it depends. It depends on the mood of the person who's writing on the sandwich board. Isn't it? You know what I mean? Like this is, this is like saying, all right, everyone, what's this dog called? And it's like, well, whatever it's like, right. Don't you? That's this whole show. But I still say it's messy Bessie. Oh, too messy Bessie. I think it's messy Bessie. Is it her own?

Cleo's staring me down. She's trying to psych me out, but I've already guessed. I don't know what you're talking about. I don't know what I'm doing. I feel like I should change my answer. Well, I think, I mean, we're making this up as we go along. Sometimes we do an extra guess each, where you guess what each other wrote. Oh, that's fast.

Do you wanna try that? Yes. Well, maybe we'll go in reverse order. So you guess what you think Saren wrote and what you think Ray wrote. Oh my God, this is so complicated for people listening. Okay. All right.

Well, no, I mean, maybe if this is no good. Thank you, Dick. I wanna guess what Bicca at home wrote. I think I've got a vibe for her. Oh, okay, I mean, maybe if this is no good. Thank you, Doug. I want to guess what bicker at home wrote. I think I've got a vibe for her. Oh, okay, yeah. All right, I'll guess that, Saren, sorry, I think you're a more talented writer than this, but I'm still gonna say more nay, more yay.

Okay. All right. I like that, because it's sort of like, that's a real back, there's a forehand and a backhand in there. I think you're better than that. But I think that's you. But I do think that's what you did today. OK. And then I think Ray did.

I mean. It's it's one of the hots, isn't it? Do we think it's one of the hots? I'll just go, I'll just chance it that Saran picked Ray's one and it was Hot Jaggy Fountain. Okay? Okay. All right. And what do you think, Saran?

What fun this is. This is, that was a whole other thing going on here. I think, yeah, I would say that Ray was one of the hots. I think it would be, I'm invested in him being Hot Brown because I've already looked in hot pig fountain. Okay, and then, so there's no messy-bessy and somehow Claire both managed to insult me and get it correct.

And I did, I wrote more name or yay. Well that will be revealed soon, Saran. I don't know why you're jumping ahead there. I'm spoiled. Because Ray still hasn't guessed. Oh, maybe I'm trying to steer the, yeah. there. Because Ray still hasn't guessed. Maybe I'm trying to steer the... yeah. Oh yeah, maybe that was a trick. It was a trick.

I think Messy Bessy could be the actual name of the sandwich. So it would be the... what's left? Gobbledy Pork or Meat Witch. Oh, I forgot about Meat Witch. Gobbledy Pork, I think maybe Clare. Well, I was was gonna suggest that Serena's not talented enough to have come up with Mourneau. You can only dream of coming up with a sandwich with that name. Someone's copped it here and if it's not Seren who's written it then they've not got the compliment they've've just got that. This is a bad one But clear but Sarita's admitted to writing it. So I'm gonna lock

You don't believe he's playing like 3d chess No, I don't think this is some sort of Trump like a little strategy. Yeah, surely getting these is not worth the full point What do you think it should be worth? It should be half a point. Yeah And I think clear I think I think gobbledy pork was clears All right, very interesting stuff So here's so and that were they're worth half points this has has become, somehow, a one question game has become the most complicated episode we've ever made of this.

I don't even know how to go. The only one no one touched at all was Meet Witch, and that was written by The House. It's very good, don't get down on yourself. We should all get a point for that. I mean, it's better than more name, more yay. I think we all know that. And yes, Saren wasn't lying, that was S thread. So I'm going to, I'm going to.

All right. So that's a half a point to Claire and Ray. I think cause we both used to wish we get triple points. The scoring is too simple. Yeah. All right. Now you both said gobbledygook was written by Claire and that was correct as well We know each other, we all know each other But I'm insulted because I didn't try hard on it No, I thought it was pretty clever I thought gobbledygook was great

Nobody went near it as an actual option Did you go from gobbledygook? Like gobbledygook, gobbledygook, gobbledygook I don't go buddy pork I was gonna say serene wrote that until serene admitted You were talking about skillets, so I was trying to eavesdrop on that conversation This will change the stakes for the episode that we record in two weeks. Yeah I'm really gonna be thinking about what I was going to be thinking about.

OK, now, so when you guess the real one to be hot pig fountain, Claire gets that to be raised. It was raised. So you were two from two, Claire on that. But so was Ray. And so was Ray. Yes. But Ray then gets a point because Seren picked his as the real one. So that's normal scoring. Oh, I see. I forgot about that.

So Ray wins. Oh, so we didn't even need the tiebreaker, really. Well, well, this is where it gets in there because the house hasn't scored yet until Ray and Claire both picked Messi Bessie, which was the house It's hot brown It's hot brown. So it is hot brown I'm glad it is. I nearly picked it. This is a real train What a horrific sandwich do we think this is gonna keep people coming back in a week and a half at all? I think so. Yes, I think this could be really

Hot brown, I think so, yes. I think this could be really big. We're giving them an appetite for hot brown. I think, well, it's somewhat about it. If you've got an appetite for hot brown, they could go see Siren's show at six to eight. They're finally a compliment. Yeah, it's not a nice name for a sandwich, but a great nickname for a comedian. I wanna order a sandwich called

the World Where the Heat Ought Be. I think. That's it. So the scores at the end of this one round game, somehow Serene, even in this version of the game, you have come last. On half a point. In second place on a point each is Clare and the House,

but out in front on two points is Ray O'Leary. Ray O'Leary. Thank you. Thank you. thank you. And, you know, just before we go, your show, is it just in Melbourne or are you taking it elsewhere? Do I get an extra plug for winning? Oh, thank you.

Oh, I think we all will. We all will, rats, okay. Yeah, my taking the show, yeah, Melbourne starts this week and then I'll be in Sydney, Brisbane, returning to Adelaide, Newcastle, Auckland,, Wellington. I mean some more dates to be announced awesome worldwide So, please please come they find you on Instagram or your website What's the best way to get at Ray O'Leary comedy on all the major social media platforms on Instagram on truth social? Graham on Truth Social on the Rumble. Really?

You're on the Truth. Yeah, I'm on Truth Social. There you go. Pretty active on there. There's some good guys on there. Okay. Misunderstood guys. And Claire, what about you?

Where am I? Okay, so here in Melbourne. Yep. And where are you heading elsewhere? The other festival I've got left, the only one left is Brisbane Comedy Festival. And I would love people to come because I was very humble and I picked a small venue and it's nearly sold out. Please sell me out. I just need this. Okay. Okay. I need this. Selling out well in advance. Just wouldn't

that be nice? I've never experienced that before. Imagine like as in a small room. That doesn't matter. The important thing is imagine touching down being like, there's no tickets left, maybe. It's a great comedy city, I reckon. A great festival. Really like Brisbane Comedy Festival. I agree. I like it too.

It's a good time. And Seren? Melbourne. And then I'll hopefully come up to other cities later in the year, but outside of the festival. But they're following you at Seren. Yeah follow you at Seren Comedy. Yeah at Seren Comedy on Instagram and all of them. Awesome.

Claire you don't do social media, is that correct? Yeah I do, I'm on social media but I'm not, it's not on my phone, I don't know my love needs. You've got AI on, is that right? I should do that shouldn't I? No I've got a real person, can you believe it? It's a dear friend, a dear dear friend. That's so nice.

She does it for me. That's a beautiful imagine What a beautiful relationship nice things for other people know that no, I mean the trust that you've put in them Oh, that's uh, I don't think I could handle she could be spelling things wrong. Yeah in your name. She could be putting the two You've hit me up for money quite a lot of time Thanks for listening everyone. Give us a five star review, why not? Let us know what you think of this new short format. We might be doing a few more of them during the comedy festival season.

But cheers for tuning in to Who Knew with Matt's Children. Now that you know it or I mean if you're finished writing yeah talk oh no there's a lot of pressure on them hey what are you um oh you've written you've given me two answers is it the most recent one is the one you want me to take it go to go the most recent one? Sorry should have unsent No, they're both fantastic Thank you. I was gonna be hard to choose if you left it up to me So yeah, I mean this will save me editing and I can just put it straight out

Tell us about your show What is no what so what is it about this year? Well, I I'm someone who sort of eschews about this year? Well I'm someone who sort of eschews sort of narrative and structure and whatnot. So I think the only closest thing to a theme my show has is that I claim I'm Vietnamese at multiple points throughout the show. Okay. So apart from that there's not no real through line. When you say you claim it it makes it sound like it's not true. No, no it is true.. It is true. Actually, one of my deep, deep goals of every Melbourne comedy festival is to be added into the Asian comedian group chat. I've heard about this.

And I'm so close. I could feel it. You did get in briefly. You were in for seconds. Yes, I was in for seconds. And then another comedian removed me immediately. But I could still see some of the things that I flick, you know, but it was, that's a very active thread.

Are you in there Theron? Yeah, and I've been sworn to secrecy. Oh, come on, man. Huh? Not allowed to talk about it. What are you planning, you guys? I go out for meals. Oh, yeah.

All right. No, that's, I guess when I thought of plans, I thought of something more sinister. Yeah, yeah. What are your evil plans? Oh, an evil? An evil dinner. I don't know, I feel like that was something maybe. You know how we were talking about it sounds worse if there's a small studio audience. That's what it is. Yeah, the podcast guests trying to create a vibe is always fun.

Welcome to Who Knew It with Matt Stewart, a mini-sode. What do you, Ray? You're not happy about, what are you not happy about there? Oh, sorry, I was crying. Sorry, my landlord's died. Tears of joy! Tears of joy! Okay, well there you go. Are you, how are you feeling? Oh yeah, great. I've just plugged my headphones in and it sounds so much better.

Yeah, okay. You're like, I'm not getting a lot. Hello! Hello! Okay, maybe I'll start again. Okay. Yeah, oh yes. At Soren Comedy and DM me if you want to get into the Asian comedian group chat. Everyone's welcome. That is explicitly not true.