ZM's Bree & Clint - ZM's Bree & Clint Podcast - 16th October 2024

Episode Date: October 16, 2024

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Or wherever you get your podcasts The ZM Podcast Network ZM's Bree and Clint, new deals weekly with KFC Supercharged Savings And now, coming to you live from the ZM Studios In Auckland, New Zealand, it's Bree and Clint. That's right, everybody. Welcome to the Bree and Clint Show. Woo! Guys, happy Wednesday.

Bree's a bit worse for wear after her book launch last night, which is fair enough. It was a hell of a book launch. It was one hell of a book launch. Pushed out the boat, celebrated. More of a drag show come book show. It was at Kaloosey Cabaret, and if you've never been to that incredible venue.

Which I hadn't. That was my first Kaloosey. What did you think? It was incredible. Isn't it? They do such a good job. If you're looking for something different or to go and have some fun, look into

Kaloozie Cabaret. I haven't told you my idea and can anybody see if Ross Boss is in the office and if he's listening at the moment? He's right there. My suggestion is that we have the ZM Christmas Party at Kaloozie this year. Hell yeah! It is honestly the best place. If you're not having your hen's party there,

if you're not having your end of work party there, you're crazy. It is such a good time. Yeah, shout out to Keita Main, Miss Gina and Rita Menu, the three drag queens that were there last night. My favourite was seeing the looks on people's faces. The ones who'd never been to Kaloozie, didn't realise what was going on,

the lights went off, and everyone kind of shuffled to their seat, and next minute, these three drag queens burst out from nowhere into this full performance of It's Raining Men, and it was just amazing. The CEO of our company, big company, this, that owns it,

and they also own The Herald and Newstalk ZB, he was there last night, and one of the drag queens called him Daddy, which was a fun part of the night. He was loving it. He was loving it. He was absolutely loving it. So, yeah, it was a fantastic night.

We've got a copy of Bree's new book to give away on our Instagram, right? It's up on the Bree and Clint Instagram right now. So if you want to score a copy of that new book, which is out in bookstores now, jump on the Bree and Clint Instagram page. Make sure you're following us and comment on that post there, and you can score score a copy of that new book, which is out in bookstores now, jump on the Bree and Clint Instagram page. Make sure you're following us and comment on that post there and you can score a free copy.

Sounds good to me. Should we kick off the show with Tradie versus Lady? We should. The Tradies had a win yesterday. Oh, no, the Ladies got it. The Ladies went to 90 yesterday. That's right. The Ladies holding that lead.

But what will happen today? Well, you guys have to call and we can find out. Bree and Clint. that lead, but what will happen today? Well, you guys have to call and we can find out. It's Tradie versus Lady. It's going to be a dog fight. It's going to be a dog fight today. I want a good, clean fight.

I want a good, clean dog fight. No knives. 86 Tradies, 90 ladies. A lady's calling from the City of Sales. She's 38, I think, and she loves karaoke. Welcome to the show, Bex. Hello, Bex. Hi, how are you?

You love karaoke. Are you any good? I'm average. Average, yeah. Can we hear a few bars? No. Can we get a bit of meatloaf? Yeah.

Yeah. Okay, you're taking on our tradie today. They're calling from Auckland as well. They're 32, and they've got three kids and one on the way. Welcome to the show, Johnny. G'day, Johnny. How's it going, T? You'd be a busy man.

Yeah, well, hey, we bought a seven-seater, so we might as well try to fill it up, eh? Yeah, yeah. May as well. It's a waste of seats if you don't have all those kids, eh, hey, we bought a seven-seater, so we might as well try to fill it up, eh? Yeah, yeah. May as well. It's a waste of seats if you don't have all those kids, eh, Johnny? 100%. Yeah, yeah. We'll have a full basketball team when the new ones...

From one dad to another, what sort of seven-seater are you going for? Santa Fe. Santa Fe. Oh, good option. Good option, Johnny. Okay, good. Your buzzer is tradie. Bex, you're the lady.

First to three is going to get the $50 cash. Good luck. Here we go. Question number one. What is the name of the multi-billion dollar company that Jeff Bezos owns? Lady. Yes, Bex.

Is it Microsoft? Ooh. No. Johnny? What? Amazon is what we were looking for. No points there. Question number two.

What is another name for a Bottle-O? Lady. Bix. Liquor store. Liquor store. Well done. One on the board for the ladies. Question number three.

Which Kiwi artist sings this song? Johnny's in. Stan Walker. Stan Walker. Stan Walker. Well done. That's a forgotten Stan Walker banger, that one. Bulletproof. He's got a heap.

It's very good. He's got a heap. All right, we've won a piece of this game so far. Question number four. What TV singing show did Stan Walker win? Was it New Zealand? Yes, Bex. Is it New Zealand Idol?

No. Johnny? Are you going to finish the question? Yeah, Bex. Is it New Zealand Idol? No. Johnny? Are you going to finish the question? Yeah, you want the multi-choice? I can finish the question. Was it New Zealand Idol, Australian Idol, or American Idol? Aussie Idol. Aussie Idol is correct.

You sure did. Two to the tradies, one to the ladies. Question number five. What type of summer shoe has one rubber bit between your big and second toe? Yes, Bex. Thongs or jandals. Thongs or jandals. Nice.

We're all tied up in this game. It's a ripper. Here comes the tie-break question. Question number six. Which famous actor is the voice of Woody from the Toy Story franchise? Lady. Yes, Bex, for the win. Go, Bex.

She's got it. That's a lady victory. She's a lady. Whoa, whoa, whoa. She's a lady. That was quite the battle. That was a great game. Very good game.

Well done, everybody, particularly you, Bex. A win for the ladies in Tradiverse Lady. 50 bucks cash coming your way. Awesome. Thank you, guys. Very good. Brian Clint. I saw this article talking about a psychological test

that can tell you things about your personality with a bit of a riddle. Okay. And I thought we should all give it a go. Producers, you want to give it a go? Absolutely. Or CBF? Is this like that one where it's like you've got a lion,

a snake and a bear and you have to save one or something? Kind of. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Okay, so essentially I'll give you the scenario and based on what you choose to do in the scenario apparently... It says a lot about you. It says certain things about

your personality. Okay, so here we go. Imagine you're driving home on a deserted road in a sports car in the middle of a stormy night. On your way home, you pause at a bus stop and notice four people desperately in need of transportation. The next bus isn't scheduled until the morning and you can only fit three of them in your car. You cannot bend the rules to allow you to fit all four in the car with you driving.

Can't stick one in the boot. You cannot. You go up to meet them. Here's your choices, okay? These are the four people that you meet. The first one, a pregnant woman who started to have excruciating pain and looks like she's on the verge of giving birth. She's pleading to be sent to any hospital or at least be helped while going into labour. She's in, yeah.

Number two, a young child that's crying and screaming because he or she wandered away from his or her parents in their home. The child doesn't know where his address is but does know the full name of their parents. They just want to go back to their parents and be home with them. Yeah, that kid's in. Number three, a surgeon doctor with his briefcase that contains his medical tools. He needs to go to his hospital as soon as possible in order to perform a very critical surgery.

The fourth person is someone who just wants to go home, but it happens to be someone that you already know. You've met this person before. They are a very dear and close friend to you and someone that you have desired in the past and could be your potential forever love match. Yeah, okay. Do we know what happens to the person left behind?

Like, do they die or something? Or just have an uncomfortable night? They just live to fend for themselves. We don't know. We don't know. That's the hard part. I can't leave the pregnant lady or the child. Yeah, agreed.

Are we all agreed on that? No. What? Oh. I know exactly what I'm going to do. I'll just do mine then. Okay. I can't leave pregnant lady and the child.

So it's between the doctor and the hot person that I'm hoping to hook up with one day. And you're going to leave? Yeah, that's out of those two that I'll leave. Okay. Probably leave the hottie. If I'm being selfless. I feel like... It's a surgeon and they're like, I have to perform surgery.

You know? Like there's lives in the balance. The only person in that scenario for me whose life isn't in the balance is the hottie. Yeah. But it could mean because it does say in it... It's your own happiness.

If you choose to leave that person it does say in it. Oh, it's your own happiness. If you choose to leave that person, it does say that you might never, ever see that person again. Wait, so is this like your partner? No. Would you put it as your wife? No, it's your crush. Yeah, but someone that could be your perfect match and you could be with forever.

Okay, quick game's a good game. I'm leaving my crush. Claudia? Is it bending the rules to only take two? Is that bending the rules? Nah, I'll leave it. I'll allow it. I was thinking I'll take the pregnant woman because she obviously needs to be taken.

I'll take the surgeon because someone else needs help. This person that I have a crush on, I probably trust them, so I'll leave them with the kid. The kid knows who their parents are, so they'll sort each other out. Oh, that's quite a good solution. That is quite good. Ella, you're not allowed to copy that one. What's your decision? I'll leave the kid. The kid knows who their parents are, so they'll sort each other out. Oh, it's quite a good solution. That is quite good. Ella, you're not allowed to copy that one. What's your decision? I'll leave the surgeon

behind. That was an option. She wants the hottie. Okay, what does it say about us? So, the pregnant lady represents health. Okay. The doctor represents career. These are the things that you prioritise, is that what it means? Yes. The doctor represents career. These are the things that you prioritize.

Is that what it means? Okay. Yes. The lost child represents father slash motherhood, family. Yeah. And the significant other represents love, friendship, marriage, and relationships. So I sacrificed love. Yep.

Damn it. Ella sacrificed her career. Yeah. Yep. And I sacrificed love. Yep. Damn it. And so bye. Ella sacrificed her career. Yeah. Yep. And I sacrificed love and children. This actually makes sense. It's actually spot on for all of you. Claudia saved her health.

Yeah. And her money. And her money. Well, there you go. There you go. Bree and Clint. This is very exciting because we've got Bluey in studio. But Bluey is here in puppet form.

So instead of speaking with Bluey, we'll be speaking with the puppetry director for the Bluey show, Jacob Williams. Kia ora, welcome to the studio. Thank you very much for having us. God, this is like star power in the studio right now. This is a big get. Probably the biggest star we've ever had on the studio. Thank you very much for having us. God, this is like star power in the studio right now. This is a big get. Probably the biggest star we've ever had on the show.

Look, we've done a bit of media this morning, and I'm so surprised just how star-struck New Zealanders are. Are you surprised? Well, no, not really. I've travelled the whole world, and everyone's star-struck and blue. He's being humble. Yeah, yeah. It truly is like a juggernaut of a worldwide status.

And do you feel that pressure as the person who has been tasked with bringing Bluey to life on stage? Do you feel that pressure? Because people love this dog and this family and this entire show. We did feel the pressure when we created it. And we created it with Ludo who created

the animation. So they were right there with us. Sort of sitting in the corner playing good cop, bad cop. So we like that. That's not quite Bluey. Oh, that's Bluey. And so we were sort of, you know, we had to live up to this amazing show. Yeah. And so we were really, myself and the director and the designer,

we were really conscious about what Bluey means to people. How long did that process take? We started before the lockdowns back in 2020 and then we got locked down, which gave us six months extra time to think about how we can do it. Okay. And then it was a sort of a six-week process.

Sorry, Bluey's looking at me. I know. Bluey, behave yourself. Put those eyebrows down. But the minute Bluey skipped on stage that first time and we played in front of a hometown in Queensland, it was like the Beatles of the 1960s. Just people went wild.

Yeah. And they've been going wild ever since. We went to Singapore recently and I thought Singapore's quite a conservative country. They went wild. You were saying before that this show that is coming to New Zealand, first time it's going to be here in New Zealand, but you've done this show all over the world.

Can you name some of the places you guys have been? Well, probably every city in America. Just finishing up a two-year tour over there. Wow. We just came back from Abu Dhabi. It's currently in Spain, so we had to translate it. It's over in London recently doing Spanish. Spanish Bluey. I'd doing Spanish. Spanish Bluey.

I'd love to hear Spanish Bluey. Yes, Español. Luckily it wasn't me voicing it. So, yeah, and it just goes to show how universal Bluey is to people. It is, and I feel that. But at its core, I've got two little girls, and so we've watched a lot of Bluey. It's quintessentially

Australian, this show. Like, it is Aussie humour. Even more that, quintessentially Queensland. That's a good point as well. Which has a different flavour to the rest of Australia. But that translates well to New Zealand. Bree's a Queenslander and she translates well here in New Zealand. Sometimes. But what do you think it's

enduring relevance is globally? Why does the story of this family make sense so much everywhere? Well, Joe Brum, who created and wrote all the episodes, they're all true stories, and it's just so relatable. I think people see ourselves in this family. We've all been banded, or we've all been

chilly, we've all been bluey and bingo. And it's relatable in Abu Dhabi, in Singapore, America, and even New Zealand. I know you don't write the cartoon or produce the cartoon, but Bree, did you want to share what your dream is? Oh, yeah, maybe you can get this back to the right people. This is what's stepping in the right direction.

I can't promise anything. Maybe you could tell Bluey. Bluey, I don't know if you've ever thought about having, you know, another BFF, best friend come into the show, but I would love to be that person. Season four. Bluey's excited. I think I've got the voice for it.

I feel like I'm a Queenslander, country Queenslander, maybe Bluey's country friend. Yeah, that sounds highly possible. I'll get my people talking to their people and maybe they'll get back to you. Yeah, okay, okay, good. Don't call Bluey Bluey, we'll call you. What sort of dog would you be?

Oh, something small. Well, we just saw the friendliest Jack Russell out in the foyer. Jack Russell. Yeah. That'd be me and I'd come in and I'd be like, crikey, Bluey. And she'd eat everything. Fat income.

She'd chew the legs off everything. I really would. This show is going to Dunedin, Christchurch, Wellington, Hamilton and Auckland in April 2025. The tickets are going on sale from livenation.co.nz on Wednesday October 23. That's next week, isn't it?

Wednesday next week for tickets for this. In time for Christmas presents. Perfect. Great Christmas presents. Great Christmas presents for the whole family. Great to meet you, Bluey. Great to meet you, Jacob. We'll see you guys here in New Zealand next year. Thanks for coming in. Bree and Clint. I saw this story today about a job that has been advertised at none other than Buckingham Palace.

Well, it's been advertised by Buckingham Palace. What is the job? It doesn't say specifically. Oh, really? Yeah. But I'm imagining it's some kind of staff. Butler? No, I don't think butler.

I imagine butlers get paid more than this. Like foot servants. This would be like some kind of cleaner. Right, okay. Or like someone to bring the newspaper in or something like that. I don't know specifically. That's a whole job? What do you do for the rest of the time?

Good point. I don't know specifically. That's a whole job? What do you do for the rest of the time? Good point. I don't know. The job ad, which got taken down after people saw that it was paying below minimum wage to work for the royal family. Stingy. The ad was on the royal family's website. It was for £22,000 a year, which is $47,180 New Zealand dollars a year. That's not much.

They wanted you to work 40 hours a week at Windsor Castle. And when they broke it down, that meant that you were on £10.57 an hour, which is $22.70 an hour, which is 87 pence, or in New Zealand dollars, a whole $1.90 an hour below minimum wage for just the 40 hours.

Hi, can you come and work below minimum wage at my castle? Nothing says... Pretty out of touch. Nothing shows that you're out of touch more than hiring staff but not actually knowing what minimum wage is. Yeah. than hiring staff but not actually knowing what minimum wage is. Yeah. It's always so interesting when you see clips of people in the royal family

or even super wealthy people and they just have no idea the concept of money. It's my favourite thing in elections when they ask politicians who want to be president or prime minister, how much is a loaf of bread? How much be president or prime minister yeah how much is a loaf of bread how much is a block of cheese how much is two liters of milk it's like when chris luxon said that he could feed himself for 50 a week oh i think it was 60 oh what was it oh sorry my mistake then definitely no one's grocery no one's groceries have been $60 since 1982. I'm like, Christopher Luxon, are you eating ramen and rice? Is that it?

Are you still getting free meals from Air New Zealand, like in-flight meals? Yeah, are you paying for any of your meals? Buckingham Palace said it was a typo. Oh, here we go, trying to cover it up. And they updated the listing. They took it down, they updated it. It's actually paying £24,000, which is $51,000 New Zealand dollars.

So they've instantly bumped it up by $4,500 a year. So they have bumped it up just so it's not under minimum wage. Is that right? It probably is just minimum wage now. Can you tell me what was it before and they said there was a typo? 47,180. It's now 51,870.

How could it be a typo? When they got every single number wrong. Yeah, exactly. Every single number was wrong. I thought we could do an experiment this afternoon with people who believe that once you work out your hourly rate, so this is really for people who are on salary, but once you work out how many hours a week you

do for your weekly salary, are you technically on below minimum wage? There was a story earlier this week that you talked about about a doctor who said, it's not minimum wage, but they said, I'm a doctor, I'm a fully qualified doctor and I'm making about $30 an hour. Yeah. Yeah. A new doctor. By the time they factored in all of the hours that they do. Exactly.

For the amount of hours they're working and for being, you know, a new entry-level doctor, they're making about $30 an hour. You don't get paid hourly. You get paid on a salary. But once you factor in how many hours you do a week what is your hourly rate work out to and is it below minimum wage and what kind of work do you do

for that below minimum wage money? We'd love to hear from you. Buckingham Palace, the Royal Family are in trouble for putting up a job ad which people worked out was less than minimum wage once you broke it down to 40 hours of work. Not a good look for the palace.

Not a good look. So we're asking, once you add up the hours that you do and divide it by how much you're paid, have you worked out that you're on below minimum wage? Which, for the record, minimum wage in New Zealand currently is $23.15 an hour. Okay. The living wage in New Zealand, which is the amount they work out that you need to earn

to, quote, live with dignity in New Zealand, $27.80. So $4.50-ish above minimum wage. It's so far away from each other. Yeah. Yeah. So the idea is that you should encourage workplaces to pay the living wage, not the minimum wage. Where not the minimum wage, where people can't live with dignity.

So what job are you doing? And if you worked it out, which could be quite depressing, are you technically below minimum wage? Hi, Anonymous. Hi, Anonymous. Hi. Hi. What do you do for a job? So the job I'm calling about is actually a job I had when I first left Teachers College. I was

a primary school teacher at a rural school. And by the time I put together all of my planning hours, all of my meetings, and even all the little things I was doing for the classroom, I worked out I was only on about $8 an hour. Did you say $8? $8, yeah. What year was this? About 10 years ago. 10 years ago. Even then. Even then, 10 years ago, minimum wage

was like $19, I think. And this is what's a real big problem. I remember growing up in a rural area, getting teachers to go out there, especially if you're not going to pay them what they're worth. Are you still a teacher, Anonymous? No, I'm not.

And is that because of the pay? Yeah, pretty much. Yeah. Okay, that's rough. Thanks for sharing. We appreciate it. Someone, opposite end of the spectrum, someone texted her and said,

what is my hourly rate? Honestly, it's about $40 an hour and it feels so good. Oh yeah, so that's the line. That's where you're like, nice. $40 an hour. So how much do you reckon they earn? At 40 hours a week. Let's say 40 hours a week.

At 40 bucks an hour. 40 times 40 is 1,600 a week times 52 weeks a year. They're on $83,000 a year. Not bad. Let's talk to Anonymous number two. Hi, Anonymous number two. Hi, Anonymous. Hi.

It's quite a depressing topic, isn't it? What do you do for work, Anonymous? What's your vocation? I'm a self-employed midwife. Wait, what do you mean you're a self-employed midwife? So you can be a hospital midwife who works in the hospital, I'm a self-employed midwife. Wait, what do you mean you're a self-employed midwife? So you can be a hospital midwife who works in the hospital, I'm sure. Yeah. And then you can be one that caseloads, so you have your own caseload.

Who gets paid more? Probably the hospital midwives if you break it down. So why do you want to be self-employed? I just like having the continuity of care with women and families. Okay. And I just like having one-on-one. And you can pick and choose when you're a freelance, can't you, Anonymous? You can be like, I don't want to work with those people.

I don't want to do that, baby. I don't want to do that one. Okay, Anonymous, if you worked it out, what's your hourly rate? Oh, look, it depends on the weeks. If you've got like a whole heap of personal weeks and you're doing 30 hours at a birth, it would be $5 or $6 an hour. What the hell? Are you kidding me?

I'm really not kidding you. And then we, on top of that, get no annual leave or no sick leave. No, because you're self-employed. Because you're self-employed. And no KiwiSaver contributions. No, no. How? How?

I just don't understand. Such an important job, like incredibly important job, and you're not getting paid the money that you're worth. Like without you, what happens? It's amazing, right? It's crazy. So why do you do it? For $5 an hour, why do you do it, Anonymous?

I love it. I love working with families. I love being a midwife. I love bringing new life into the family. She's a good person. Yeah. Yeah, I try. We've had amazing midwives in our journey.

You're amazing people. So thanks for sharing, Anonymous. We appreciate it. You're welcome. See you later. That's so annoying. That really annoyed me. Yeah.

It does when you see, because they're on call 24 hours a day. That's the thing. Babies don't come between nine and five. No. Yeah, it does when you see, because they're on call 24 hours a day. That's the thing. Babies don't come between 9 and 5. No. And it's so emotionally draining, taxing, like every, oh God. Someone said the military tells you that you're paid 24-7.

So you have to be on call 24-7. That would mean that I'm paid an hourly rate of $9.34. Oh jeez, that's rough. 24-7. That is rough. I'm a school teacher. I reckon I'm on $11 an hour. There was a few teachers that have texted through and said that.

Yeah. Salary approximately $64,000 a year. I do 95 hours a fortnight. After tax, that would be about $19 an hour. Yeah. That's some good math. Someone texted and said don't take the job before you ask what the salary is and how many hours

you're expected to work and then divide that to find out if you're a minimum wage or not. It's a great way to look at it. But then if your purpose in life is to be a nurse or a midwife you know you don't have the luxury of going sometimes. Someone text through and said, farming, enough said. Because the amount of hours farmers do is endless.

And you're on $0 an hour sometimes. Pretty much, like depending on what's happening with your crop or with your animals. Hey, you know who... Hey, Claude, could you let Newstalk ZB know that we're coming for their jobs after this segment? It's very like that, isn't it? Do you want me to get like a ransom note made up?

Yeah. I think maybe we're moving into talkback. Yeah. We'll get the Minister of Money on the phone next. Okay. Actually, Claude, swipe that. No, no, that's a big interview. The Minister of Money.

The Minister of Money on with us at Newstalk ZB next. You've seen him. The guy with the monocle on the Monopoly board. Oh, I love that guy. Someone on the text machine, and I don't know, because we were talking about Monopoly Man and how he has a monocle. Someone said Monopoly Man never had a monocle. Just saying. Yes he did, didn't he? Is this the Mandela effect?

He definitely has a monocle. Monopoly Man. No monocle. Who had the monocle? Was it the Fat Controller? No, it was him. He bears a striking resemblance to the Fat Controller. Look, it was him. He bears a striking resemblance to the Fat Controller. Look, here he is with a monocle. He's got a monocle in this one. Fat Controller doesn't have a monocle either. Oh, yeah, that Monopoly guy's got a monocle.

Is that the Monopoly guy? That's the Monopoly guy, isn't it? It is, eh? Yeah. He's on the front of the Monopoly box, so it must be him. Oh, yeah, I'm looking at modern Monopoly guy There's a whole Reddit page Dedicated to the theory

For the Monopoly man's monocle What does it say? It's huge, I couldn't begin to go into it Monopoly Mandela effect mystery What have we stumbled across? The Mandela effect Is when a large group of people Remember something contrary to the known publicly accepted fact.

Okay, so does he have a monocle? Are you looking at an authentic Monopoly picture where he has a monocle? I don't know now. Or has someone placed a monocle on him? Because then you can populate the internet with the images that you want to exist. I really don't know now. Oh my God, that's so weird. And you must be the Monopoly guy.

Hey, thanks for the free parking. Do you feel lucky? Well, do ya? It's time for Bree and Clint's Google Down. Punk. Do not pass, girl. Do not collect $200. All right, it's time to play some Google Down.

This is where we find out who is the fastest Googler and you can win yourself 50 KFC chicken dollars if you back the winner. Clint, Ella, Claudia, we all had a big night last night at Bree's book launch. Yep. I think Ella of the three contestants is faring the worst. I'd say so.

If you want stats on the athletes. You want a bit of background? I've got nothing. Do you reckon you're running at 40%? Maybe 38. Loading, loading. I need some fries. Rainbow wheel, rainbow wheel.

Rainbow wheel of death. Okay, who you got? Text it, 9696. Text it through to 9696 And I'll put them all head to head next In Google Down Time to play Google Down Do you feel lucky

Well do ya It's time for Bree and Clint's Google Down Punk Right it's time to play Google Down Where I put the crew head to head To see who is the fastest Googler. And this week we're all a little bit dusty from the book launch that occurred last night, but we press on.

If you've text through, and there's still time to text through, you can text through Clint, Claudia or Ella. I'm going to be reading out questions. Whoever yells out the correct answer. Sorry, I put mugs on. That was whimpering. That didn't sound good from you. Will win.

Okay. Trying to get that out. Sorry. I have been running themes in the old Google Down and this week is no different. To celebrate my book coming out yesterday this will be a book-themed Google Down. Okay.

Here we go. Here. Question number one. We all ready? Yeah. Who wrote the book The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe? Al. Damn, I wish I knew.

C.S. Lewis. Damn it! Claudia gets it done. I knew that. It's one of those initial ones. This is why I'm bad at pub quizzes, because I know it, but I don't remember it. You're a bookworm, too.

This should be yours. Should be your domain. I'm so mad. She doesn't read the covers, though. Yeah, I'm very bad at retaining. Anyway, moving on. Question number two. How much money is JK Rowling worth in 2024?

£120 million. £1 billion. Hang on. I want to lock in something. £1 billion. £1.1 billion. £1 billion. This is technically £1.1 billion.

But because everyone got it wrong, I'm going to give it to Clint because he was the closest. Oh, man. Nice, Clint. Nice, Clint. All right. Question number three. How many copies of the Twilight book franchise have been sold?

160 million. Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. I've got to give it to Clint. I said it first. I love how much you didn't want to give it to me. No, because she was looking at me going, give it to me, give it to me, give it to me, give it to me. I'm calling replay on that. Officially, I want to replay.

Just because you're louder. No, I started first. You slurred your words too. Are you still drunk? I actually wondered that this morning. You shade. All right. Two to Clint, one to Claudia.

Question number four. What is the most popular genre of books sold? Oh, my gosh. Friction. Romance. Romance. Ella got in. We've got a game on our hands.

It is romance. Oh, my gosh. Do you know what popped up? The Google, do you want to sign in or sign out got a game on our hands. It is romance. Oh, my gosh. Do you know what popped up? The Google, do you want to sign in or sign out? And I quickly pen it. Okay, go. She's ready now. Question number five.

What is the oldest known book in existence? Claudia's out. Oh. The Diamond Sutra. The Diamond Sutra. I'm going to give it to Ella. It is the Diamond Sutra. The Diamond Sutra. I'm going to give it to Ella. It is the Diamond Sutra. What is it?

What is tick? It was a good guess though, right? It was a good guess, Claudia. It was worth a shot, which means two to Ella, two to Clint, and one to Claude. Yeah. Okay. I can still win. You can still win.

Ella, please. Sorry. Question. Question can still win. Ella, please. Sorry. Question. Question. Number six. We're all on the edge of our seats. Stop. Who is the best-selling author of all time?

Stephen King. William Shakespeare. I made it up. Hang on. I'm going to take my time with this one now. Best-selling. I know. Hang on.

Best- selling author. One second, it's just loading. William Shakespeare. I didn't have that. Danielle Steele. Agatha Christie. That's what I had and I'll give it to Clint. That is the win.

Hey, where's Agatha Christie? That means so much. I don't have that here. Bree, you're the winner of Google Down today. Congratulations. Thank you. Yay, thank you. I knew if I kept voting for Clint,

eventually he would win. Hey, it's a good strategy, Bree. That means even more. Have you stayed loyal to me through the dark days of losing to Claudia? Yes, it's been about a month. Oh, jeez. That's a grim month for you, Brie.

Well, I'm back. The losing streak is broken. Brie, we've got 50 KFC chicken dollars coming your way. Thank you. Well done. That was a good game. That was a good game. It was close.

Everyone was in there getting involved. Could have went any which way. Was it Claudia's worst game in a long time? Oh, for sure. Yeah, not my niche. To only get one point, you came last. Thank you for highlighting that. I love how it was her worst game, but she easily could have won as well.

Yeah, totally. Let's talk about hot men for a second. Okay. Let's get steamy up in here. Some hot men. Let's talk about them. A facial cosmetic surgeon has used the Greek golden ratio of beauty to determine the 10 most handsome men in the world right now. Okay.

So if you don't know what the golden ratio in ancient Greek mathematical, it's an ancient Greek mathematical equation, which essentially I think it it um it's facial proportions right yeah like gets all the proportions of your different parts of your face and a and symmetry and symmetry yes that's a big thing and base is how attractive you are off like your symmetry there's tiktok filters that will do it for you but they'll only make you feel shit about yourself yeah don't don't. Stay away from those. Yeah.

So should we get into the list? So these are the top 10 hottest men, according to this formula. According to science, according to this formula. A few people on the text machine have put a few people forward. Oh yeah, who's hot on the text machine?

They said Travis Kelsey, Steve Irwin, Harry Styles. Steve Irwin? Yes. That's a good one. Steve Irwin. Someone said Elton John.

Elton John. I love this text. It says, hottest men according to science. One, Henry Cavill. Two, Henry Cavill. Three, Henry Cavill. Four, Henry Cavill. And it just keeps going.

And it says, sincerely, a heterosexual man. I love you, whoever you are. That's hilarious. The straight dudes do love Henry Cavill. A bit of Henry Cavill. Okay, let's go from top to bottom. Idris Elba's on the list. Oh, yeah.

10? 87.94%. And I believe 100% is obviously the best. Oh, I see. So he scored 87. Yes. Right, okay. Well, nearly 88, so it's high.

No arguing with that. He's hot to trot. Brie wants him to be James Bond. I, okay. Well, nearly 88, so it's high. No arguing with that. He's hot to trot. Brie wants him to be James Bond. I really do. Does anyone know who Charles Melton is? No. I don't know who that is, Charles Melton. Anyway, he was on the list, 88.46.

Next on the list is Nicholas Holt. I don't know who that is either Oh Charles Melton's an actor Do you recognise him? I think I've seen him in something He's very handsome He has the squarest jaw I have ever seen Oh I want to Google him now

What did I say his name is? Charles He's in Riverdale Oh I've Googled the wrong person That's just some guy Some old dude I've Googled the wrong person. That's just some guy. Some old dude. Okay, we all know this person. They've made it onto, if you just joined us,

these are the 10 hottest men in the world right now. According to science, George Clooney. Yeah. A bit of the clones. Clone dog. Clone dog. He got 89.9%. It's always crazy to me that George Clooney didn't get discovered until like his late 30s. Yeah.

Like he didn't get famous until he was on ER and he was almost 40 already. Samuel L. Jackson. So he was just having a hot boy life without being famous. He's had two lives. He's had the best of both worlds. He's had two lives. He's been hot and not famous and now he's been hot and famous. Samuel L. Jackson didn't get his first big gig until he was like 45.

Really? Yeah, I'm pretty sure. It's hope for me. I'm just going to skip over the people I don't know. Robert Pattinson is on here. What number? He is one, two, three, four. Number four. He's number four.

92.15%. I think he's been hottest man in the world before. He, I think if I saw him in real life, I would instantly get pregnant. Claudia said he was on Claudia's list for if they weren't famous, I could get them. Eh, Claude? He was on yours?

Yeah, of course. I stand by that. You know what? Good on you. You shoot for the stars and we love that about you. Thank you. Yeah, it's endearing. It's endearing.

Next on the list, Paul Mescal. Oh, people love Paul Mescal, don't they? Is that the person I'm thinking of? Is he the short shorts guy? Oh, I think, yeah, you might be right. Yeah, he is. Yeah, he's the Irish actor. Why don't we know any of these people straight away? Oh yeah, he's

stunning. He's good looking. Is he the third best man on the planet according to science? According to science, he scored a 92.38%. He's in the new Gladiator movie. He's in Gladiator 2. Yes. He's going to be the main character. Which people have low hopes for

that movie. Yeah, apparently it's not all that great, but we'll be the judge of that. Next on the list is a British actor. Number two. This is the second hottest man in the world, according to science. Yeah. Lucien Loviscount. Stop saying

people we don't know. God, he is hot to go. H-O-T-T-O-G-O. Lucien Loviscount. Oh, that's a handsome go. H-O-T-T-O-G-O. Lucien, love a scout. Oh, that's a handsome man. Oh, my God. Oh, he's in Emily in Paris. Okay, yeah, yeah, yeah.

Oh, my God, he's a picture. Oh, holy hell. Yeah. Who is that? It's Lucien. That's not fair. Yeah. Jeez.

He's so hot, he wears a suit with nothing underneath it, just the jacket buttoned up. And pulls it off. And pulls it off. He doesn't look like some weird guy who forgot to put a shirt under his suit. Nah. Yeah. God, that's one of the best looking people I've seen in a while.

And he's only 32. Damn. Okay, last person. Hottest man in the world. Okay, the hottest man in the world, according to science. According to science. I've got my fingers crossed. I've got my fingers crossed.

Aaron Taylor Johnson. Damn it. my fingers crossed. Aaron Taylor Johnson. Damn it. Okay, who's Aaron Taylor Johnson? We don't know any of these people. Aaron Taylor. Isn't he rumoured to be the next Bond? Oh, yes. And he's married to a woman who's like 20 years older than him.

Yeah. Yes. That's the hottest guy in the world. You know what? Good for her. Yeah, good for her. Absolutely. Like, he's cute.

He's no Lucian. Lucian. Yeah, you're right. Is that the other guy's name? But is this, so is this PR for the new James Bond series? Because James Bond should probably be the most handsome man in the world at the time. He's got to have that sex appeal. So this is a real chicken and egg situation, isn't it?

Is he handsome enough to be James Bond or is he James Bond because he's handsome? I guess we'll never know. I guess we'll never know. I guess we'll never know. Well, congratulations to Aaron Taylor-Johnson. We're very proud of you here at the Brian Clint Show. And also, congratulations to me because I'm going to be Googling Lucien

Laviscount pictures all afternoon. I think you need to watch Emily in Paris. Is he on it? Yeah. I said that like three times, but you were busy looking at his pictures. He is one tasty looking croissant. Brian Clint. See, in Brian Clint, that's Teddy Swims.

It's the door. Oh God. We forgot to do our job and then the song started to end. But we are professionals and so nobody will have noticed that.

We are doing the things. Nobody will know. Doing the things. Hey, speaking of the things, weddings is what I want to talk about. There's been a lot of chat recently I've seen on social media,

in the actual media, where people are talking about what is the appropriate amount to spend on a wedding gift. Yeah. Or to give to the wishing well. In 2024. In 2024. It's an interesting one because everyone's broke at the moment. It's been a really, really rough year for everybody

Imagine if you've got four weddings In wedding season And you're having to spend however much on each gift For what? But on the flip side The weddings haven't got any cheaper to put on They've gotten more expensive And you're still planning to drink the same amount of rosé at that wedding

What is the right amount to spend on a wedding gift? I saw Abby Chatfield talking about this online because someone suggested that, let's go with $150 as an amount. Someone said that $150 is not appropriate as a wedding gift. That's a birthday present. Wait, is birthday more important? No, less. Oh.

What? Yeah. So it's more than $150. But who's spending $150 on their friend's birthday? Yeah, not me and my friends. No. I mean, keen when my birthday comes around, but no. But it means, you know, if everyone's spending that on you,

you have to spend it on everyone else. Who's getting their friend's birthday presents anyway? I get my friend's birthday presents, but like little cute fun things. We get each other birthday presents. Yeah. I guess, okay, yeah. It's quite nice. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

We actually do spend about $150. But combined. It's combined. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, not with just one person. So, wait, they're saying saying 150 is a birthday present. Yeah, but that's just someone's opinion. That's not the benchmark.

Which means, let's just go with their opinion for a second. So 150 for a birthday present. So what does that mean for a wedding present? So it means north of 150, so 200? Is that just, wait, is this as a 200? Is that just... 250? Wait, is this as a couple? Surely. Or is this just me?

We have a wedding coming up. It's Ella's, our producer. We all need to get on the same page. We need to get on the same page. So Ella, don't try and be polite. I need an honest reaction from you. Okay. And you probably hung over enough today to be honest with us.

I will be honest. How much do you think people should spend on your wedding present? Okay, here's the thing. I don't care about the monetary value, but I do love presents. Okay. Oh, so you don't want money. Presents over cash? Oh, here and there.

Like, the cash will go to the honeymoon. Heck yeah. Great. But I love presents, so I am excited. I won't lie about that. Cash-wise, it's so hard because we're going to get a list thing and you can tick and just buy it. A wedding registry. Thank you.

Which is great, by the way. Yeah, absolutely. Because you put fancy things on there, you put cheap things on there. And you get everything you actually want. And then people have the ability to get the thing that suits their budget. That is awesome. And I'm not going to care because we... And it's useful stuff.

Yes. So we want like a cutlery set, but we love... Like Kmart is great. They've got the cute things. They last ages. We'll have a Kmart cutlery. No, girl. It's your wedding.

No, seriously. We don't care. No, no, no. No, genuinely. But I want good sheets. You get farmer's cutlery minimum for a wedding present. Nah, nah. No, you do.

I want good sheets. I want good towels, please. Yeah, you need heaps of stuff. A blender, knife. Because you guys are quite traditional in that you are literally setting up your lives together. You're going to move into your first home together after your wedding.

You need to get upgrade from your king single bed. Yes, so thankfully Ryan has a bed that he inherited from his grandma. He's got a double, hasn't he? Double bed. Queen. Oh, it's a queen. I'm quite a wriggler, so it can be nice.

You're getting grandma's old bed? No, he has it already. Did grandma pass? She went to a rest home, but now she's passed. Rest in peace. Nothing like starting your marriage and did grandma bed? Actually, it passed down to his sister, and then they rompy-pompy'd on it. So they did they conceive? It's the family bed.

Is it? Yeah. I feel a bit weird. Did everyone in Ryan's family conceive on that mattress? Conceive? So the bed and the four grandparents are in and Willy Wonka and the chocolate factory. Yeah. It feels a bit weird. I kind of would like to get a new bed to be honest. That's your gift. Yeah, you should just be like

you can give me money towards this and we're going to get a new bed. Or a vacuum. I really want a vacuum. Okay. We're so far off topic. We're trying to figure out what the appropriate gift amount is. What are we thinking? 500. Honestly, I don't care. 80 bucks, 100 bucks.

It's hard out here for everyone. She doesn't care as well. She's very good about that stuff. She is good about that stuff. But I'll take your money, Clint. Why just Clint's money? Oh, you know, he could give some away. It's charity. It's not charity.

It's your wedding. Should we ask the people? Should we ask the people? Yeah. I know it's not about that. I know it's not like an expectation, unless it is. I reckon at some weddings it is. There's always a benchmark. What is the benchmark for the appropriate gift amount

for someone's wedding in 2024? How much should we be spending on a wedding gift in 2024? Also, I'd love to hear from people, if you've gotten married or you've heard of a story where the couple got given a huge wedding gift. Yeah. Oh, yeah. You know? Yeah.

Like got given something outrageous. Yeah, like a car. Yeah, or like $10,000. Or an apartment. Yeah, I mean, huge. Shoot for the stars, right? Yeah, like a car. Yeah, or like $10,000. Or an apartment. Yeah, I mean, huge. Shoot for the stars, right? Yeah, why not? Okay, what are we doing?

What's the appropriate wedding gift in 2024? Oh, $100 at M or text 9696. And if there's a bed sponsor listening that wants to give Ella and her fiance a new bed so they don't have to sleep in Ted Grandma bed. And 16. Sister's bed. We're open to that too.

Smells like Red Door perfume. Bree and Clint. We all need to get on the same page here, people. Let's all get on the same page in 2024. So we can all give the same amount. Obviously, we accept that everybody is in a different financial situation. Of course they are. And some people can give more and some people can't really give anything at all.

And I hope that nobody thinks that that means they shouldn't be able to go to a wedding that they're invited to. But let's just figure out if you can, what's the amount? What are we doing? Yeah. What are we doing? Let's just unanimously decide what the number is. Let's talk to Jordan first.

Hi, Jordan. Hi, Jordan. Hi. Hi. Have you got a wedding coming up or have you had a wedding recently? We have one coming up in the summer. Okay, good to know. You're perfect for this then.

What are you thinking, Jordan? What is the right amount that you're going to be spending on the wedding gift? We've essentially just said that first and foremost, we want you to be able to come. So if you're traveling from overseas or traveling from another part of the country zero expectation at all really there isn't a huge expectation to begin with okay however the way that we've kind of looked at it is well how much would you spend on the night out with your partner um we're really keen for people to kind of give around that 150 mark as it just helps cover the cost of their food and the open bar it actually doesn't cost the price that um cover the price per head that we have for our venue,

but we just think it's a really good middle ground. But also, like, the most important thing is that we have people there to celebrate with us. But I do hope it also helps. God, you sound like the nicest bride in the whole world. You sound thoughtful. Like, did you hear her say that if people are travelling or have to spend money, then they don't need to buy a gift? Just so thoughtful.

Not every bride is like you. Jordan, can I clarify before you go? You've been brave and put the first number out there at 150. Is that per couple or per person? I'd say per plate. So per person. It just covers the food that you're going to eat. It's no different than if you went out to a nice restaurant on a date or something, right?

So it's just trying to keep it even and trying to help a little bit where you can. Okay. And is that, I just want to clarify one more thing. Is that going to be open bar, Jordan? Yeah, that is an open bar. Okay. You're not going to cut me bar, Jordan? Yeah, that is an open bar. Okay. You're not going to cut me off after $150? I hear you.

You can drink up. I will be drinking my weight in Prosecco. Bri and I will be there, Jordan. Thank you. Renee's here. Hi, Renee. Hi, Renee. Hi.

What's the situation with you? Have you got a wedding on the way? We've had ours. We had ours in Fiji, so we didn't expect anything. Destination wedding. Did people, did anyone give you a gift anyway? Oh, we got some photo frames and like some things from Fiji. So it was really nice because it was sentimental from there.

But before my husband and I got married, we went on a partial bit of a world cruise. We were on it for like maybe 14 days or something. Yeah. And most people can't afford that because world cruises are like super expensive. Yeah. Working like $23,000 each per person. And there was only one other young couple who had been on it as well. And they were gifted.

We found out that they got off, but they were gifted it for their wedding. The entire world cruise with excursions everywhere. So it would have been like $60,000 or something. Did you ask them who gifted that to them? No, it became like the story on the cruise everybody's minds were blown and this young couple was just like nah, we've had enough because there was like one little bit going through, I think the Gulf of Mexico where

you just scout a little bit seasick. Oh, they got off. They'd had enough of their $60,000 free cruise. Everybody on the ship apparently was like telling them like, it's just this bit, just hold on, it'll be fine and they were just like, no, it's been enough. Wow. That's a huge gift for a wedding gift.

There's a few more on here that are big gifts. Someone said an old mate of mine got a house as a wedding gift. Yeah, they clarified they got the deposit for the house, but it was like half, half of the house as a deposit. That's still pretty amazing. Isn't that incredible? That's incredible. Someone else said I had multiple people give me $500 for my wedding. Sick. That's pretty amazing. Isn't that incredible? That's incredible. Someone else said, I had multiple people give me $500

for my wedding. Sick. That's pretty amazing. We got a text that said I got a $7,000 coffee machine from my parents and Bree said, I'd rather have the $7,000 cash. I really would. If someone's like, here's a $7,000 coffee machine. I'd be like,

give me a nice coffee machine though. I'd buy myself an espresso and take the cash. Yeah. That person also said, I think the gift should match the cost of the meal. We're getting that quite a bit.

I really like this text that someone sent in. They said, at our wedding, we asked people to put their cards empty in a container. So your congratulations cards, you put them with nothing in them

in a container. And then we had another money, another container where you put your money if you wanted to contribute loose. Yeah. So nobody knew how much money anybody had contributed. And they had no idea what money came from who. And they said it's less pressure on people who can't afford it, you know, because all the money goes into a big slush fund. But it's the funnest part where you open the things and see who's stingy and who's not. I'm just kidding.

But seriously, I sat with my sister and her husband and it was so interesting. I was like, read them out, read them out. And then they went through and looked at all of the cards and stuff. You got a pile of money beside them. His grandmother gave them a thousand. Really? Yeah.

Did Grandma win? I think she might have been the highest. If you're doing a thousand, very generous. Yeah. But I also feel like you want to be crowned the most generous. You're looking for that title. You're trying to win. Yeah.

Like you're definitely attaching it to your card. Absolutely. So everyone knows. Yeah. If there was a separate card and money well and I was giving $1,000, I'd accidentally leave the money to your card. Absolutely. You know, so everyone knows. Yeah, if there was a separate card and money well, and I was giving $1,000, I'd accidentally leave the money in the card. Same.

Yeah, definitely. Good, it wasn't the same page. Oh, I didn't know there was two. I'd already dropped it in. Oh, whoops. That's the part two of the song. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Hopefully it's more fun and better to listen to than part one.

He says it like it is on a Monday, doesn't he? What? He tells it like it is. It's good. I love that. Oh, did I just think it was Monday? Yeah, you did. It's fricking Wednesday, bro.

This is Birthday Banger where we tell you the number one song on your 16th birthday. Caitlin's going to play. Kia ora, Caitlin. Hello, Caitlin. Kia ora. How you going? Good, mate. How's your day been? Yeah, fantastic. Why? Why's it been so fantastic, Caitlin? Oh, sun's out and beautiful Christchurch.

So, yeah, it's just been a good day. How good's Christchurch? Are you doing cup and show? Uh, no. No, I've got to go to work. And then are you going to go to the races after that? Oh, we'll see. Oh, we'll see. Duty calls. Yep, got to go to work. Fair enough, Caitlin.

The old cup and show. Hey Caitlin, what's your birthday? Uh, 22nd of August 1994. Alright, that means you were 16 in 2010, Caitlin. And back on your 16th, this was at the top. Oh, it's a good vibe. We are speaking

North America, North. What do you reckon, Caitlin? Yeah, it's not bad. Do you reckon it's good to hear the whole song? Could we stand the whole song anymore or do we just like this little bit? Yeah, not going to lie, probably not the whole song. Yeah, it's hard to know.

Me, I like it. Yolanda, be cool. Okay, wait there. We're going to do Sophie's Bit There Banger. Hi, Sophie. Hi, Sophie. Hello. Hello.

What have you been up to today, Sophie? You been getting into trouble? Oh, no. Right now I'm hitting the Tron, so maybe some trouble there. I was going to say, trouble on the horizon. Look out, Tron. Sophie's going to cause a ruckus. Hey, what's your date of birth, Soph?

6-5-2002. All right. You were 16 in 2018. And on that day, this was at the top. Guys playing. Guys playing. I can't do this was at the top. Huge. Huge. Huge. Huge. Huge. Huge. From Drake. Huge.

Huge. What do you reckon, Sophie? You a fan? Yeah, it's huge. Love it. Huge. Okay, wait there Sophie. Mock-lusive. Tracy's going to do her birthday banger. Kia ora, Tracy. Hello, Tracy. Hi, guys. Now, I know you've been's going to do her birthday banger. Kia ora, Tracey. Hello, Tracey. Hi, guys. Now, I know you've been causing trouble today, Trace, haven't you? No, I only wish.

Oh, we can all wish. We can hope. There's always tomorrow, Tracey. Yes, true. I'll try for that. Yeah, good. Hey, Trace, while you're here, give us your date of birth. The 21st of the 2nd, 1968.

All right, that means you were 16 in 1984. And, Tracey, we've done the calculations. Here's your birthday banger. Oh, get it! It still sounds good. Oh, my God, how can you go wrong? Oh, you can't. 40 years after it was released.

Sounds as good as the first day it was released. Do you love it, Tracey? Yeah, it's a New Zealand icon. It's a New Zealand icon, yeah. It really is. I'm going to vote for it. I'm voting for it. Tracey, you just won birthday banger.

Oh, Tracey, you naughty wee thing. You behave tomorrow, all right? No, I don't. No, I don't. Thanks, guys. See you, Trace. Brie and Clint, zit in. Brie and Clint.

Zit in, Brie and Clint. That's the Pātea Māori Club. And Pōie, it's the winner of Birthday Banger today. It's 40 years old and it still sounds fresh. I absolutely love that song. Took down Drake and Yolanda Be Cool. Gave me life. Gave me life to get through the rest of today because I am...

Dusting. Dusty. You're dusty because last night you launched your new book at a very fabulous drag bar on K Road. Shout out Kaloosie Cabaret. Everybody was there, including your dad, farmer Big Steve. I thought it was going to be his first drag show,

but last night I found out that he said he went to one 40 years ago. Yeah, Steve's got a past. And I don't know if he was in the drag 40 years ago or if he was attending. But anyway. I don't think it's a long shot to say Big Steve was the manliest man at the drag show last night. I think you're spot on there. Oh, except for maybe Ketamine. Oh, yeah.

Takes a hell of a lot to wear those heels. So we're going to get your dad, Big Steve, to review the drag show next. We'd love to hear his thoughts. Yeah. How did he find it?

Country man from rural Queensland reviews Kaloosie's cabaret drag show next. Brie and Clint. Last night, we attended Brie's book launch for her brand new book,

Unapologetically Me. Yes, it came out yesterday. Please go and buy one right now online at any good bookstores or go into the bookstore yourself. This is the week that matters, eh? Yes. The launch week is when they want to get all the sales happening for the book. Yeah. I would love you to buy a copy if you are in the position to do so.

So that would be great. Had a book launch last night. People were calling it the greatest book launch ever. They genuinely were. Yeah. I mean, I haven't been to a lot of book launches. I think I've been to three. This is by far the best.

By far the best. It was a fun night. I've never been to a book launch at a cabaret club, which was full of the most amazing drag queens. Kaloozie Cabaret. If you've ever been there on K Road, you would know how magical that place is. And I thought, if I'm going to have a book launch,

that is the exact place I want to do it. And it did not disappoint. Your whole family was there? Well, your parents were there, sorry. Including Big Steve, who joins us on the phone now. G'day, Big Steve. Hi, Big Steve. G'day, guys.

How are you? I'm a bit dusty still, Dad. I'm looking forward to coming home. Well, okay, that's good. First question, are you as hungover as Bree is today? No, not at all. No, I was responsible. Someone has to be.

Yeah, clearly I wasn't. No, you weren all. No, I was responsible. Someone has to be. Yeah, clearly I wasn't. No, you weren't. Yeah. You got up and spoke wonderfully at Bree's book launch yesterday. It was such a great night, wasn't it? It was excellent. It was a terrific night. It was a night that I certainly didn't expect, I can tell you now.

I didn't know where we were going until we got there. I'm thinking, oh, okay. Tell the truth. Dad thought that the book launch was on at City Hall. didn't expect, I can tell you now. I didn't know where we were going until we got there. I'm thinking, oh, okay, what is this place? Tell the truth. Dad thought that the book launch was on at City Hall. Well, the artist next door neighbour was talking to him and he said, where's the book launch? I said, oh, City Hall. I mean, that's the ultimate compliment. He thinks your book warrants a state event. I know. Steve, the drag queens were definitely a feature of the show last night.

And we thought, we're christening you the manliest man in the room last night, so we thought the contrast would be excellent. Could you review the drag show from Kaloozie last night for us? Okay. The drag show was interesting. Unexpectedly interesting, to be honest. And when the drag queens went outside and started dancing, I thought they were running away for starters.

I'll be going, where are these people going? What's going on? That's right, because some of the performance happens out on the street. It does. They run out on the street into oncoming traffic. Steve thought they were running away. I thought they were leaving. I was going, oh, well, that's it. They're gone. I haven't been to a drag show. That's the second time I've been to a drag show. The first time was about 40 years ago. That was by accident as well.

And I think they've improved a lot since that time because I can remember it was horrendous. What would a country Queensland drag show in 1984 have been like, Steve? Yeah, I don't think the scene would have been great. Oh, no. They were pretty, like, oh, I don't want to be unkind to them, but they were, oh, and they weren't very good. Pretty average.

Were you at the original Priscilla Queen of the Desert show, Steve? Oh, I'm not sure. I don't, look, I sort of tried to get that out of my memory bank because that was pretty ordinary. But last night was very entertaining, I can honestly say, very entertaining. The jokes were quite amazing, and they're very quick-witted, all of them. So, yeah, I was quite impressed, to be honest, yes. What do you rate it out of 10, Kaloosie Cabaret Club?

Well, I haven't got much to rate it against, but out of 10, I'd have to give it a 9, I suppose, yep. A 9? That's high. If we could have got Keita Mean to do the motorboat for you, front and back, would that have gone up to a 10? Oh, I saw, yep. A nine, that's high. If we could have got Ketamine to do the motorboat for you, front and back, would that have gone up to a 10? I saw that happening. I thought, no, I'll stay out of that one, thanks. Yeah, that happened to Matty McLean from the hits.

Yeah, I saw. He enjoyed it too. He did. Steve, bloody good. It was great to see you last night, and thanks for reviewing the Kaloozie drag show for us. We really appreciate it. Thanks, Dad.

No worries. Thanks very much for having me there. I appreciate it. Woo! Hallelujah! Get out there. That's Bree's dad, Big Steve, which coincidentally would also be a great drag name.

Oh, wow. Yeah, it would, wouldn't it? Bree and Clint. And that's us. That'll do for today's Bree and Clint show. There are some very tired, very hungover people who have done very well today to get through today's us. That'll do for today's Bree and Clint show. There are some very tired, very hungover people who have done very well today to get through today's show. I'm very tired now.

Let them off. Let them go home and lie down. I need to stay awake until at least 8.30. Oh, Celebrity Treasure Island final. Because the Celebrity Treasure Island final is on. The producers are excited. Well, you don't. You don't need to stay awake to 8.30 because you were there.

You know who wins. It was so long ago. You're the only person who doesn't need to stay awake to 8.30. No, but I want to watch it. To be honest, it's the only episode that I haven't seen. Oh, okay. Yeah. Who are we picking?

Oh, shit. I was about to have my input in there. I'm backing Christian Cullen. James. I'm going to back JP then. Oh, you guys are being diplomatic. Oh, I like it. Everyone's got one.

No, they're just trying to fill it out. I know Claudia wants Christian Cullen to win. Yeah, but I also love JP. Yeah, that's true. And I love James. So, like, honestly, I'm happy either way. They're a pretty lovable top three. I'm not going to lie. I'm so proud of James.

Oh, he's done so good. How he's sharing his story, the whole thing in the show. It's going to be excellent. So don't miss it. It's going to be good. 7.30 tonight, TVNZ2, the final of Celebrity Treasure Island. If you want to win Bree's book, you can win it on our Instagram. You've got to go there, at Bree and Clint on Instagram.

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