ZM's Bree & Clint - ZM's Bree & Clint Podcast - 21st March 2024
Episode Date: March 21, 2024Brodie Kane filling in. What do you do even though you know it's wrong? Foods that pulled out your teeth. Who even is Fred Again?? (ily Fred) Brodie Kane is on Bumble. See omnystudio.com/listen...er for privacy information.
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ZM's Bree and Clint.
With guest host Brodie Kane.
We're very, very grumpy, very bitter co-host Brodie Kane this afternoon.
Oh, I'm getting through it.
Are you?
No.
I'm not, I'm not criticising you.
You're in the same boat as a lot of people who tried to get tickets to Fred again,
everybody's new favourite DJ.
Oh, don't play it.
Don't rub it in.
How did he instantly sell out two Spark arenas?
I know he's popular, but that is colossal.
That's huge.
And also the fact that, bear in mind, this guy is playing next week.
Next week.
Yeah.
So it's not like when, for instance, normally it's like, right, everyone, Pearl Jam is coming in November.
And you're like, right, can I do that?
Do I have time to get a babysitter?
Yes.
Is it in the budget?
All of those things.
This is like, he's like, you know what, geezers?
I don't even know what his accent's like, but that'll do.
You know what, geezers?
I'm coming to Auckland.
And we're all like, ah!
If you are hearing all this, by the way, and you're like, who is Fred again?
That's okay, too, by the way.
100%.
100%.
It's very cool and hip.
Like, it's not like, not everybody is expected to know who Fred again is.
We will deep dive Fred again a little bit in the show today.
And we'll try and figure out why.
I mean, I know what, I kind of know my why.
Yeah.
I think I know most of my why.
But also I'm like, grow up.
Grow up, for goodness sake.
It's a bloody school night too.
On a positive, we're going to play for $50,000 cash today
in Five on Time at 4 o'clock.
We could give away 50 grand this afternoon.
I think that we'd like to do that and then maybe if
that person wins, they can
bribe someone for a Fred Again ticket for me.
I was going to say, you could get 50 grand and still not
be able to go to that show. The tickets are that hot.
This is the thing. Unreal, but yeah, let's
give that away. That'd be great. Let's kick it off with
Tradie vs. Lady. It's 24 tradies, 21
ladies. If you're keen to play, 0800 dials at M.
There's $50 cash.
A thousand times less than five on time, but still a good price.
Bree and Clint.
It's time for a round of Tradie vs. Lady.
It's Tradie vs. Lady.
Three, two, one, let's go The tradies are on 24
And the ladies are on 21
In the current tradie versus ladies standing
So let's meet our lady first
She's in Auckland, she's 36
And she was born premature at 7 months old
She was only 1.5 kilos
Welcome to the show, Lisa
Are you there, Lisa?
Oh, hang on a second, Hang on. Hang on. Wait.
I'm going to do that. And then if I do that,
you should be there now. Are you there, Lise?
Yes, hi. Nice. We got you.
Okay, great. Sorry.
My bad. You're taking on our tradie today.
He's calling in from Wellington. He's 23
and he is the captain of his rugby club.
Welcome to the show, Waylon.
G'day. g'day.
How are you?
Good, thank you.
You too.
Good, thanks.
Weylon, I see that you're 23 years old.
Is that correct?
Yeah, yeah.
Do you, are you in the Fred Again hype?
Yeah, I am, I am.
You are.
Did you manage to get tickets?
I'm a retailer. Oh, a scalper, I am. I am. You are. Did you manage to get tickets? Are you a scalper?
I'm a retailer.
Oh.
A scalper, he said.
So how much did you pay for your tickets, Waylon?
$4.04 in Wellington.
Yeah.
And how much are you going to sell those tickets for?
$400, yeah.
$250.
$250 a ticket?
Yeah, $2.50.
Oh, whatever.
Oh, yeah.
Righty-o. All right, here we go. Waylon, your buzzer is tradie. Yeah, $2.50. Oh, whatever. Oh, yeah. Rightio.
All right, here we go.
Whale on your buzzer is Trady.
Lisa, yours is Lady.
The first of you to three correct answers gets $50 cash from KFC.
Good luck.
Okay, team.
Question number one.
Who is the all-time leading NBA point scorer?
Trady, Trady, Trady.
Oh, he wants to go.
Whale on.
LeBron, the GOAT, James.
Oh, he didn't even need the options.
Didn't even need the options.
Smashed it one to the tradies.
Oh, well then, should we go question two?
Yeah, go on.
Yeah, I suppose.
Ticketmaster website today was jammed up after a UK DJ released...
Sorry, sorry, sorry.
Waylon?
It was Fred again at one o'clock.
No, it was Tom Jones. It was Fred again at one o'clock. No, it was Tom Jones.
It was Tom Jones.
All right.
Okay, here we go.
Okay, Lisa, here we go.
Ready?
Okay.
Orchid, Dahlia and Snapdragon are all types of what?
Lady.
Yes, Lisa.
Balance.
Yes.
Yes.
Way long was going to say DJs. DJ. Waylon was going to say DJs.
DJ Snapdragon.
I was going to say rugby players.
All right, here we go.
Question number four.
Who is Justin Bieber married to?
Lady.
Lady.
Waylon.
Hayley?
Yeah, it is Hayley.
What's Hayley's surname?
Yeah.
It was my surname, but it's Beaver now.
Yeah,
good from you.
Yeah,
well done.
Are you a Baldwin,
Waylon?
Oh,
no,
she had another one.
She had a,
it was secret.
It was,
who ordered Robertson?
You're so full of cuckers.
It's not.
You're the winner of Trading First Lady, though,
and you get $50 cash from KFC.
Well done.
Thank you very much.
Are you even the captain of your rugby club?
I don't even know what to believe anymore.
Is he 23?
I don't know.
Is that his name?
I love it.
I've got a question for you.
Yes.
Do you still put a cotton bud
in your ear hole?
What do you mean still?
I never did it
That's actually fair, so you still operate a cotton bud
in your ear hole
The reason I ask you this
I was doing it this morning, I'm standing in the bathroom
just sort of staring at myself in the mirror
and I'm like yeah I'm going to go in
I'm going in with the cotton bud.
And I think almost every time I do it, I think we're not supposed to do this.
But I can't imagine there being a day where I give a damn about that.
I would rather – the reward is greater than the risk, wouldn't you think?
Cotton budding my ear holes is my smoking.
You know?
I know that it's bad for me,
but how can something so wrong feel so right?
And you almost want to sort of call BS on it.
You're sort of like,
I don't know if what you guys are saying is true because I've been doing this for 37 years and I'm fine.
It's got so bad for me that it really is like smoking
that if I don't do it, I'm fine. It's got so bad for me that it really is like smoking that if I don't do it
I'm so
irritable. Like if I go three or four days without
doing it, I'm like, I've got to do it. I need to do it.
What's happening in there?
How much stuff is in there? Oh, I've got to do it.
It's so rewarding
and I can't
even remember why you're not supposed to because what, you're
pushing the wax in there, aren't you?
Is that why you can't do it? Is that why they say? I think it's because that. I think it's because you're not supposed to because what you're pushing you're pushing the wax in there aren't you is that why you can't do it is that why they say
I think it's because that
I think it's because you're coming too close to your
eardrum which is easily perforated
which I mean
how many people do you know I've stabbed
my eardrum before I've gone too deep have you
oh you know about it really quick
you know about it really quickly
you haven't done any damage especially with those new
eco cotton buds which are wood.
You know?
Those ones hurt.
Are they dangerous?
Well, if you connect with the eardrum, they are.
Is that like part of saving the planet?
Yeah.
See, everything that's saving the planet is bad for you.
There was that picture that went...
Exactly, like paper straws.
There was that picture that went viral of the seahorse
that was carrying a plastic, a pink cotton bud in its tail.
Oh, no, so don't tell me that.
And everybody went, what are we doing to the planet?
So rather than stop using cotton buds,
we just started making wooden ones.
Because I think that's the thing though, right?
People are like, you need to let me huck out my ears.
Yeah.
Yeah.
It's the one thing I've got left.
But I won't, I refuse not to do it.
No matter how bad you're told it is.
Yeah.
Yeah. Yeah.
I have a couple of things like that.
One is the cotton buds.
Another thing that I do is rub my eyes.
Like I know that they tell you that the skin under your eyes is the thinnest, most sensitive skin on your body.
Very sexy, yeah.
And rubbing it, it's going to give you wrinkles and bags and all that stuff.
I get so much pleasure out of a really good eye rub, especially during allergy season.
Would you rub them at least once a day?
Yeah, 100%.
Oh, really?
I don't think I partake in that.
Can you not see it in the bags under my eyes like that?
We'll get you some under eye cream, Dals.
Yeah.
Some of that egg white one that makes you go.
You use that?
The egg white one?
Yeah.
No.
Honestly, I used it once.
It made me look five years younger instantly.
But you feel like you're wearing like...
You feel like your face is being pulled back.
I'm partial to picking my nose on the odd occasion.
But that's not bad for you, is it?
No, sorry.
That's just bad behaviour, isn't it?
That's a bad habit.
No, just things that you're actually not supposed to do.
Claudia, is this something that you're doing?
You know you're not meant to do it.
You know it's wrong, but you're still doing it.
Absolutely.
I'm a sloucher.
And I've been told by my chiropractor, my physio,
and every gym instructor that I've ever seen to not do it
and to activate my back and sit up straight but I don't want to.
I love slouching in a chair.
You put your bum right at the front of the chair
slouch right down.
Ella, what is it
for you? I have never
lost my voice at concerts
so every concert I go to
now I'm actively screaming
one to celebrate
the artist but also to try and lose my voice.
Because it sounds fun and sexy.
Oh, you're trying to lose your voice?
Yeah.
Okay.
Another one is...
Good for a broadcaster?
That's a good thing for a broadcaster to do?
But no, like, not forever.
Oh, my goodness.
But just for a couple of days.
Just a hell of a time.
Yeah.
It used to happen to me on the odd occasion when I was working in broadcasting on the
daily. Oh. No, no, it didn't happen to me on the daily, when I was working in broadcasting on the daily.
No, no, it didn't happen to me on the daily,
but if Dolly Bird had gone out and had quite a big wee,
it was like, good day, guys, how are you?
Let's have a little confessional.
Let's make each other feel less guilty about these things.
We want to ask you what's something that you're doing,
even though you know it's wrong,
like the cotton buds or the rubbing of the eyes or the vaping.
What is it?
You know that it's wrong, but you just can't.
And you won't stop doing it.
Or cheating.
Cheating.
What are you doing that's wrong, but you just can't stop?
Bree and Clint.
We asked you guys what's the thing that you know is wrong, but you keep on doing, like
us with the earbuds.
Instead, we've just got a whole lot of earbud enthusiasts telling us better ways to earbud
our ears. Which actually, I feel like that would possibly be one of the most common daily sort of breaking the rules type scenarios.
Daily vices.
You know?
Because we're all just like, I ain't got time for anything else.
Someone texted us and they said, you guys should try the spiral earbuds.
Which, by the way, I've just Googled.
Like a tunnelling machine.
The Airwax Swab Cleaner, right?
Yeah.
But do you know what blew my mind?
So you can buy an eight pack.
Do you know where you're from?
Where?
Dick Smith.
Dick Smith has gone really weird.
They're just an online shop now.
They're kind of like Timu.
Oh.
They sell the most random stuff.
Not just electronics.
Well, maybe electronics as well.
No, actually very few electronics, I think.
Oh, yeah, there's all sorts.
Oh, my God, there's sock slippers, there's menstrual cups.
Yeah.
Good on you, Dick.
You're broadening out.
Anonymous has called up.
Anonymous, are you here to talk about cotton buds as well?
Yes, but something better.
Right.
Go on then.
Yeah.
So my bad habit also involves picking out my earwax,
but I actually use bobby pins.
And not mine either.
My daughter's, and she hates it.
I would be lying if I said that I hadn't given a bobby pin a go.
It's way better because you can clean it.
You never leave anything behind.
It's much more environmentally friendly.
Guys, isn't it a bit more dangerous, though?
Nah, nah.
Well, yeah.
Nah, nah.
No, anonymous, it definitely is.
It definitely is.
Because it's sharper.
Someone texted us and they said.
Use the loop end.
So you know how you're talking about that tool.
You can actually buy like a tool for that. And that's what inspired me Oh, use the loop end. So you know how you're talking about that tool? You can actually buy like a tool for that.
And that's what inspired me.
You used the bend end.
I saw that and I was like, yeah, why don't you just use the bobby pin?
This is disgusting, by the way.
This is so gross.
I think we all know that.
But look.
You clean it, obviously.
So it goes in...
Oh, you clean the bobby pin.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
You can't be giving that back to the daughter.
Why is my hair all waxy?
How about this?
There's a text message.
I was enjoying a cotton bud in the air, and I perforated my eardrum.
I'm 47, never done this before,
and I was left with the most annoying ringing in my ear,
some pain, and a little hearing loss for 32 days.
That noise was the most annoying thing ever.
And you say that that and you're right
and it's still not going to stop me from doing it.
No, I know.
Yeah.
My mum actually got her ears badly blocked.
This is not a text, this is my mum.
When we were in Bali years ago
and they stayed blocked for a couple of weeks,
she finally went to the doctor
because the earbuds weren't working,
nothing was working.
There's a way that you can drain out air.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Two and a half mosquitoes.
Two and a half in the air.
In the air.
Two and a half Balinese mosquitoes.
Yeah.
Wow.
Wild, eh?
Surely you would have heard those go in.
Maybe if you were asleep you wouldn't have.
Yeah, true.
I said one of my other vices was rubbing my eyes
and someone said, do not rub the S-H-I-T out of your eyes.
That's how I ended up permanently damaging mine
and I had to have surgery.
What?
Well, you be careful then, Clint.
Did you rub the cornea off the back or something?
Oh, that's wild.
Now, look, I also did say one that is actually naughty
that you're not supposed to do,
which is cheating.
And someone did text in and say, sleeping with the boss's wife. Something that you're not supposed to do, which is cheating. And someone did text in and say,
sleeping with the boss's wife.
Something that you're doing even though you know that it's wrong,
sleeping with the boss's wife.
Yeah.
Well, it's more wrong for her than it is for you.
Sleeping with the boss's wife.
No.
Oh, yeah, he's your employer.
Well, they are your employer.
That's a bad situation altogether.
Oh, and the eye person said their cornea is stuffed from rubbing their eyes.
Okay, well, you need to...
The more you know, right?
You need to be...
That's more dangerous, I think, for you, the eyes than the ears.
The eyes, the ears.
What are those people?
Ear, nose and throat specialists.
Yeah.
They'll all be cringing at this today.
Oh, they'll hate this.
They'll hate this.
Yeah.
Especially old anonymous hucking the bobby pin in there.
Oh, dangerous behaviour. Bree and the bobby pin in there. Dangerous behaviour.
Brian Clint.
Smack that five exact.
Oh, not yet, not yet, not yet.
ZM, Brian Clint with Brodie Kane.
It was me, guys.
It was me.
That was Joe.
It was 100% me.
I've just got up off the floor.
I've put my neck out, and I'm in an incredible amount of pain at the moment,
and I was just maximising my floor time.
Yeah, it's not good this, mate.
I know how it feels.
It's not good.
We're doing a kitchen reno at our house and I spent the whole night moving furniture,
but I tried to play tough guy and move the furniture myself.
I carried a whole dinner table by myself and I put it down and my wife goes,
I could have helped you lift that.
And I said, yeah, I know, but how hot did I look carrying it by myself?
Well, I'll tell you one thing though
you're not going to look hot tonight
are you
with your gammy neck
for a few days now
yeah
anyway lesson learned
this is a real story
that's really happening
Chumbawamba
looking at suing
Winston Peters
Chumbawamba the band from the 90s who did Tub Thumping,
are looking at suing Winston Peters from the 70s
for using their song at his rally.
I support them wholeheartedly.
They haven't gone as far as suing him yet.
We've got to be clear about that.
But they have said we could sue him.
If we wanted to, we could sue him.
Go off, Chumbawamba.
I also, for the record, that is an absolute banger.
The song?
Yeah, totally.
The one-hit wonder?
Massive one-hit wonder.
Yeah, yeah.
So Winston Peters has tweeted,
it seems the media care more about the Chumbawamba story than we do.
We actually don't care.
The song worked a charm for our first public meeting
after the election.
Over 700 people in the crowd thought so too.
They can't hear!
Sorry.
No, I'm not sorry.
I'm actually not sorry.
I actually saw the footage of that rally on the news
and the crowd looked annoyed at the song.
They felt like it was too loud.
Yeah, because as I say,
they're at their Tauranga rest home, aren't they?
He said, Winston Peters said,
I would use another Chimba Wamba hit,
but they don't have one.
So shots fired.
I just sometimes wish people of his age would just go and enjoy their life
in the retirement village.
I want to know if he chose it.
I reckon he did.
It's because of the lyric.
No, he wouldn't have.
You don't reckon?
Nah.
Nah.
Don't give him that much credit.
Yeah, right.
Yeah.
I want to see him do a TikTok dance to it.
In his pinstripe suit.
Don't you love how he just always rocks a pinstripe suit?
He's a sharp-dressed man.
Yeah.
The oldies go crazy for a sharp-dressed man.
Yeah.
Oh, well, let's watch this space, eh?
Watch this space.
What are Chumbawamba up to these days?
They broke up a couple of years ago.
Oh, did they?
Yeah.
So this could be a good way to make some money, couldn't it?
This could launch the comeback tour.
Yes.
Bree and Clint. they? Yeah. So this could be a good way to make some money, couldn't it? Launch the comeback tour. Yes. Yesterday, we shared the news that Whittaker's a ceasing production of the Whittaker's toffee
milk bars. Which I remember well. Yeah. But I haven't, I can't complain about that one
because I haven't had one. Me too. In many a years. I love them. They were great. And
when I heard the news, I was like, you can't.
And that was can't, by the way.
I said, you can't.
Sounded like something else.
It sounded like the number one most forbidden word to say on the radio.
I said, you can't.
I know.
I know you said that.
It's the Kiwi accent. But you said it loudly too. It's a real can't. I know. I know you said that. It's the Kiwi accent. But you said it
loudly too. It's a real can't. Yeah.
Oh gosh.
Stop it. You've got to stop yourself.
But you're right.
You cannot. You cannot. You cannot.
That's what I should have said. You cannot.
And then I went, oh no, I'm not
buying them. I haven't bought one in 15 years. Yeah.
So.
They were a real classic for pulling out a filling
or even a wiggly tooth, the Whitaker's Toffee Milk, weren't they?
Oh, yes.
And, you know, I don't think one ever got a tooth,
but they were always high risk,
like you were dicing with death of the tooth.
Have you ever lost a tooth to a lolly or a filling to a lolly?
I, do you know what?
I actually think I've lost a couple of fillings to cabers.
Oh, yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah, they were a shocker.
But not a tooth.
Not the whole tooth.
Not the whole tooth.
I wouldn't expect the whole tooth to come out unless it was wiggly to a lolly.
And that would be if you were doing it deliberately.
Yeah, and then you'd be like, oh, good, now the tooth is out,
we can fast forward the process.
But losing a filling to a lolly is a real bugger
because then you have to go to the dentist to get your filling redone
and they go, how did this come out?
And you have to say, I was eating lollies.
And also they go, that'll be $700.
I lost a whole filling to a minty.
That'll do it.
But it was good because it was one of those metal fillings
and then I got to get a nice new white filling.
Yeah, gosh, yeah, that's right, metal fillings.
Yeah, weren't they grim?
Yeah.
Yeah.
So, no, I haven't lost a tooth, but the K-Bar, I mean,
the other ones that were a time were tangy apples.
Yes.
Oh, I love a good tangy apple.
Yes, a tangy apple is a shocker.
Yeah, that'll pull right out.
Look, it just sometimes depends.
Like, even if a fruit burst is hard,
like, it depends.
Really?
Sometimes I don't know where they've been,
but they've either been somewhere cold.
Or if they're old and they've gone a bit plasticky.
A Macintosh.
Dangerous.
A Macintosh is a ripper.
Except for the malt ones.
A malt one wouldn't pull anything out.
I'm partial to a Macintosh, but I like old man candies. So I love a Macintosh is a ripper, except for the malt ones. A malt one wouldn't pull anything out. I'm partial to a Macintosh, but I like old man candies.
So I love a Macintosh, love a Jersey Caramel,
quite like a Werther's Original.
Yeah, they don't go well, the old aftertaste,
the Werther's Original.
Oh, $800 at M, or you can text it to 9696.
Real simple question for you.
Let's put together the catalogue of lollies that pull your teeth out or your fillings out or even just pull a bit of your tooth out.
The Air New Zealand lolly?
Dangerous.
If you bite into that, you could be all over, couldn't you?
Do you reckon you could break a tooth on the Air New Zealand lolly?
100%.
Have you ever, like, tried to mash into one?
Okay, broken teeth go too.
Because I'm a biter, not a sucker.
Take that out of context.
You can't.
Dentists rejoice because the Whittaker's toffee milk is being discontinued.
So that's one less lolly from the dairy that could pull your filling or your tooth out of your mouth.
I guess this particular question and discussion around lollies almost pertain to an earlier conversation around what should you do, what do you do
that you probably shouldn't do because it's high risk.
Eating some of these high risk lollies
is possibly something that we should take a bit more care of.
Now, a question for you as well.
Are you more careful now in your post-invisalign era?
With my teeth?
Yeah.
Yes, I am.
Same.
I'm also a flosser now because I've put so much time and effort into my teeth? Yeah. Yes, I am. Same. I'm also a flosser now. Because I've put so much time and effort into my teeth now,
I'm like, well, I might as well floss.
Yeah.
You know?
I haven't got that far, but I've got the little Christmas trees.
They're a hoot to put between your teeth.
Oh, yeah.
They're like a bottle brush.
A little mini little Christmas tree.
Yeah, just get them in there.
Oh, it's divine.
So we want to know, what's the lolly that wreaked havoc on your teeth,
pulled out a filling or a tooth.
Hi, Ashley.
Hello.
What was it?
What was the lolly?
Okay, so it was Whitaker's chocolate peanut slab.
Yes.
Really?
Well, because if it's super hard, that's ruthless.
That's basically biting into concrete.
But are they super hard? Yes. Are they? Yeah, they are. Well, some people prefer's super hard, that's ruthless. That's basically biting into concrete. But are they super hard?
Yes.
Are they?
Yeah, they are.
Well, some people prefer their chocolate in the fridge, let's not forget.
My dairy's very warm, so all of my Whittaker's peanut slabs,
they're kind of a bit squishy when I get them.
No, peanut slab goes hard.
Did you chip a tooth, Ashley?
Okay, so it was my dad, and it snapped right off at the top of the gum line.
Oh!
Oh!
He would have had to have the rest pulled out and then make a whole fake tooth, right?
Well, to be honest, his teeth weren't really good, so I think it was that sign for an expensive visit.
Ah, okay, yeah, right.
Yeah, yeah, he wasn't impressed.
He's got brand new teeth now. It looks great. Yeah, it's yeah, right. Yeah, yeah, he wasn't impressed. Yeah. Oh, okay. He's got brand new teeth now.
It looks great.
Yeah, it's the perfect ending.
I wasn't expecting to, but let's add peanut slab to the list.
Absolutely.
Of dangerous mouth lolly foods.
Just quickly, a dental assistant has texted and said,
pork crackling is a biggie.
Really?
Oh, yeah.
Do you like pork crackling?
I really do.
Is that because it's so hard or because it can be a bit chewy? Both. I reckon both. Really? Oh, yeah. Do you like pork crackling? I really do. Is that because it's so hard or because it can be a bit chewy?
Both.
I reckon both.
Really?
Yeah.
Because a chewy crackling is dangerous, but a hard pork crackling.
Carolyn's here.
Hi, Carolyn.
Hi.
What's the lolly that broke a tooth for you?
It was actually one of those squiggle biscuits, the golden ones.
Oh, my favourite.
Yeah.
My absolute favourite biscuit.
So, yeah, I guess it just managed to tip the very edge of my tooth perfectly
as I bit down and just totally shared the side of my tooth.
Oh!
That's devastating, isn't it?
Because it really sort of like puts a damper on such an enjoyable occasion.
And that's a great point, Brodie.
Carolyn, has it scared you off squiggles forever or are you still a fan?
Yeah, no, I haven't had one since.
Oh, that's devastating.
They are honestly genuinely my favourite biscuit.
Yeah.
Wow.
Evil little squiggle.
Okay, thank you.
Someone said, I ripped an entire tooth out with a mint Macintosh.
All I remember was feeling it rip out and then the taste of blood.
Pretty sure it was only just wiggly.
Definitely not ready to come out.
Oh, so it sounds like it was at least a kid's tooth.
A baby tooth.
There's a lot of minties.
There's a lot of minties here.
Yeah, a lot of Macintosh as well.
A lot of that stuff coming through.
I think that the other thing being though is that,
what's a chocolate almond from the fridge?
Oh, like a scorched almond.
Is that a scorched almond?
Yeah.
That's a scorched almond, isn't it?
Chocolate almond?
I ate half a box of scorched almonds last night.
Did you?
Yeah, love a scorched almond.
Once the packet's open, it's all over, isn't it?
They just roll into your mouth.
Someone said, not really lollies,
but when we were away on holiday,
I had a bit of coconut for breakfast
and it pulled my braces wire out.
Oh, no.
Had to wait to be back in New Zealand to repair it.
What's a razzoo?
Someone says one of my teeth came out from a razzoo.
I think it's a razzoo.
Is that the red one?
Long red one?
Kind of like a red skin?
Yeah, okay.
I think.
A razzoo.
Kate's here.
Hi, Kate.
How are you going?
What was it that broke your tooth?
So it was a corn chip.
Oh.
Just one chip?
Yep.
Eating like nachos or whatever and a corn chip broke the tooth.
And I was like, you know, you kind of like think you've got something stuck in your teeth.
You're trying to dig it out.
Yeah.
And then next minute I was like, oh.
And I thought it was my filling.
The dentist was like, no, no, that's your tooth.
Oh.
Oh, there's that.
And then the real kicker was as they were, like, drilling it out,
they're like, oh, the next tooth needs a filling too.
Oh, it's double whammy.
That's how they get you.
Oh, they just get you, don't they?
Please tell me it hasn't scared you off eating corn chips.
No, but he did tell me, like, oh, don't eat anything hard,
like cookies or anything.
Get in the bin, dentist.
Honestly, they always sort of deprive us of fun.
We can blend our food in our 80s. But now we bindy. Honestly, they always deprive us of fun. We can blend our food
in our 80s.
But now we've got to live, right?
Exactly.
Thanks, Kate.
We appreciate it.
If you've been on social media today
or you work with anybody
under the age of 32,
probably Fred again
is a name that you've been hearing
all day today
in the last couple of days.
When are the tickets going to go on sale?
Where is he going to do these pop-up gigs?
Can I get in the queue for these tickets?
And you would be forgiven for possibly not even knowing who Fred again is.
I agree with you because he's sort of quite niche,
but when we say niche, also ginormous niche, like massive.
Performed at Coachella, sells out wherever he goes.
But the way he sort of operates, he's a DJ and a really skilled DJ.
He blew up after his Tiny Desk and Boiler Room performances,
which also you might not know what those are either.
But anyway, he's a talented DJ.
He's kind of like, kind of, I guess, almost the opposite of some DJs.
Like he's not, he doesn't do anything.
He's a bit gritty and grimy and like just in the van and like.
And also a bit shy and reclusive.
Like if you watch his Zane Lowe interview, he's quite like, quite subdued.
Yeah.
Yeah.
He's a geek.
And I say that.
He's a producer, so he's a big music nerd.
Yeah.
So I say that fondly.
Anyway, I like him.
I like his music.
Ultimately, he has music that fondly. Anyway, I like him. I like his music. Ultimately, he has
music that is very cool at the moment
and turns out he is
mega niche enough that he was able to
sell out a show in Wellington
and two Spark Arena gigs
instantly. And let's not just
realise as well that this is
next Tuesday and Wednesday.
So this is not like when
Pearl Jam announced their concert
and then they do sell out, but that's November.
This is, hey, there's thousands and thousands of people
that are willing to drop what they're doing for two school night shows.
Furthermore, as someone that was trying to get tickets and was in the queue,
so you were in the queue on Ticketmaster and then apparently the queue was random.
Then at one o'clock when the tickets went on sale, you then apparently the queue was random then at one o'clock
when the tickets
went on sale
you're in the queue
on one of mine
I started at 37,000
in the queue
and then the other one
I was 33,000
my mum
got her involved
she was like
hey
I'm 65,000
in the queue
should I stay in here
I was like
I don't think
you should bother
and that's for the
Spark Arena shows of which there are only two and at it's most Spark Arena holds 12,000th in the queue. Should I stay in here? I was like, I don't think you should bother. And that's for the Spark Arena shows, of which there are only two.
And at its most, Spark Arena holds 12,000 people.
Correct.
So at 50,000 in the queue, you had no chance.
No chance.
If you were 24,000th or worse, then you had no chance.
No chance.
The ZDM office today, while this was happening,
was reminiscent of when everyone was trying to get the Taylor Swift tickets.
That's what it looked and felt like.
And yet, like you said, Taylor Swift gave you months of notice
that hers were going to go on sale
so you could get all your bits in line and get yourself ready for it.
This was rumoured yesterday that there was going to be an Auckland one.
Then it was confirmed this morning that there was going to be an Auckland one.
And then it happened at one o'clock and sold out instantly.
Bear in mind, this just happened in Australia as well.
So he's like, and I'm in Melbourne and I'm doing Rod Laver.
And I think he did Rod Laver Arena like three or four nights in a row
and it packed out every night.
So it's like, this guy, that's wild.
So here's my prediction of what's going to happen.
Because he's in the country now and he's going to do Wellington
and then he's going to do Auckland.
There are going to be other ones
happen but they will happen
on the day. You will
find out about a
sideshow happening the day
that it happens and it will be in a secret location
and it will be small and very cool
but it will happen
like that. And as much as I like to
think that I am still cool
I don't have the bandwidth
for that
to try and find
the secret spot
or be on my phone
all day.
What was more
Brodie was more angry
about today
was it that she had
missed out on tickets
or was it that Fred
again had the audacity
to hold a rave
on a Tuesday night.
I know
because I said to Clint
I was like
if I get these tickets
what's going to happen
on Wednesday for goodness sake. But I know, because I said to Clint, I was like, if I get these tickets, what's going to happen on Wednesday, for goodness sake?
But I think as well,
I'd be grappling with the fact that I'm probably
one of the more older fans.
And I'm like, what are you doing?
Why are you so stressed out about this?
About the FOMO.
Yeah, it is the FOMO.
Yeah, that's right.
Because there's something happening
and you want to be a part of it.
I get that.
And I do like to do the toe tapping. So maybe you don't know, and maybe you do want want to be a part of it. I get that. And I do like to, you know, do the toe tapping.
So maybe you don't know and maybe you do want to know what a Fred again is.
So this is a Fred again.
This is the easiest way to explain it.
Just play some of the music.
Yeah.
This is Adore You by Fred again.
Bree and Clint.
Zed and Bree and Clint with Brodie Kane.
That's Fred again in Adore You.
He's the guy that everyone's going crazy for, for tickets at the moment.
And that might be the first time you've heard Fred again,
like this text here that said,
yeah, okay, that's Fred again,
but why does he kind of sound like Winnie the Pooh?
Okay, just to be clear,
the guy singing is not Fred again.
But I've listened to that song a lot
and now I'm never going to not be able to hear it
as Winnie the Pooh.
And little Winnie the Pooh dancing.
Honey is my absolute most favourite fool in the whole world.
And just bobbing with his little red t-shirt onto this.
With no pants on.
Oh my God, all I can hear is Winnie the Pooh now.
The person who texted and said, I'm 26 and I've never heard of him.
Does that mean that I'm not hip?
No, no, no. Because I think you either have or you haven't.
I think he's going to blow up.
I think he's going to,
well, he has already blown up,
but I think he's going to blow up, blow up.
And within a year,
everybody will know who Fred again is.
This is like right at the crest of the wave at the moment.
But I think that also his music,
people don't like
electronic music
and not going to like his music.
Totally.
So.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
So there'll be heaps of people.
That's not your scene.
If you don't like house music
or German bass music,
you're probably not going to
check this on in the car.
No.
Oh!
Damn it.
If anyone's got any tickets out there,
0800 dial ZM.
Who wants to take Brodie on a date to Fred again?
We don't have tickets, but if you do,
call us now,
and I will be your chauffeur for the evening.
Sober driver?
Yeah, I would.
Absolutely no way you would do that.
Not to this show.
No, true.
There won't be a sober eye in the house.
No, there won't.
Breaking news.
We just found out that our producer, Claudia,
got a ticket to Fred again,
and she doesn't even like Fred again.
All these people that missed out on tickets,
Claudia's going.
It's not that I don't like him.
Yeah.
I just don't know him.
Is that worse?
Well, well,
you were trying to be all smug in there
with I don't really know
and I'll see how I go.
I've got some breaking news too.
Tell me.
I'm going to Fred again, again, again
on Wednesday.
Yes, yes, yes, yes.
That's not how you're supposed to dance.
There you go.
Good things happen to people who complain enough.
Thanks to my friend Blaine.
He got in.
He got in on the queue.
Friends in high places.
Yeah.
Got in on the queue and then I was obviously,
I think I was fifth on his queue.
Your friend was busy.
Yeah, yeah.
Wednesday night, gosh, all right.
Can I come in and sleep here?
After the show?
Yeah.
Yeah, pull up a pew.
Yeah.
And now we're going to find out the number one song on some people's 16th birthdays.
And whichever one comes through the strongest, that's what we're going to play out in full today.
Okay, let's go.
Beverly's here.
Hey, Bev.
Hi, how's it going?
Bev, do you like being called Bev?
That was very, um...
That was assuming of you, Clint.
I thought it was, um...
Presumptuous.
Yeah.
I thought it was friendly.
No, I don't mind it at all. I get called Bev or Bea or whatever. Yeah, it's fine. Yeah. I thought it was friendly. No, I don't mind it at all.
I get called Bev or B or whatever.
Yeah, it's fine.
Okay.
I knew that about you, B.
I knew you'd be fine with it.
Oh, my God.
Here we go.
Yeah, that's what I thought.
Yeah, totally.
Yeah, yeah.
We're on.
Me and Bev vibing.
What's your date of birth, Beverly?
My birthday is 18th of the 8th, 1988.
All right.
So, 18th of August August 1988 means that you were 16
in 2004 and this
was your banger.
I love it
and I can already tell that Brodie hates it.
That's the Rasmus
and In the Shadows.
What do you reckon, Beverly?
I think it's okay.
Yeah, she said okay.
That says it all, doesn't it?
Yeah.
I'm even quite surprised that it made it to number one.
Mustn't have been much on that day.
From the emo era.
Okay, one more.
No, another one for Sophia.
Hi, Sophia.
Hi, how you doing? We're good. How's your, what day is it today? one for Sophia. Hi, Sophia. Hey, how you doing?
We're good.
How's your, what day is it today?
It's Thursday.
How's your Thursday been, Sophia?
Thank goodness.
It's been, yeah, it's been okay.
All right.
All right, let's see if we can bring the mood up a bit.
Give us your date of birth and we'll tell you your birthday banger.
27th of Feb 1985.
Okay, so 27th of Feb 1985. You were, so 27th of Feb, 1985.
You were 16 in 2001 and this came in hot.
Ooh, ooh, ooh.
Jenny from the Block, J-Lo and Love Don't Cost a Thing.
I really like that.
Sophia, what about you? Yeah, I'm pretty sure Love Don't Cost a Thing. I really like that. Sophia, what
about you? Yeah, I was all
I'm pretty sure I've got that CD somewhere.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Yes. Yeah, I'm a big fan
of early J-Lo, eh? Okay, let's do
Melissa's birthday banger. Hi, Melissa.
Hi. How's your Thursday
been?
Yeah, pretty great so far. Good.
Yes, good attitude, love it
Give us your date of birth
We'll tell you the number one song on your 16th birthday
5th of May, 1986
Oh, I'm an 86 kid
So on the 5th of May, 2002
That's when you were 16
And this is what it was One of the great pink songs.
And Don't Let Me Get Me.
She's just been here.
She's just played to 80,000 people.
She has.
80,000 cues.
Do you like it, Melissa?
I absolutely love it.
Yeah.
Nice. Right. Well, it's up to us to decide Do you like it, Melissa? I absolutely love it. Yeah. Nice.
Right.
Well, it's up to us to decide, isn't it, now?
I reckon Brodie only liked one of those songs.
It's actually true.
Out of the three, I think she only liked one.
Yeah.
I liked all three.
Good for you.
I did.
Yeah.
So would you like me to tell you what mine is first?
Yeah.
You go first.
Mine is J-Lo.
Luckily, that's the one
that I like the most. Oh, okay.
Out of all three, that's the one I like the most.
Sophia, you've just won Birthday Banger.
Congratulations. Yeah, you legend.
Thank you. Yes.
Could have very easily been the Rasmus though.
Really? No.
No.
No.
Brian Clint, this is from 2001 on ZM.
Bree and Clint.
ZM, Bree and Clint with Brodie.
That is the winner of Birthday Banger today from 2001.
J-Lo, love don't cost a thing.
Claudia has lodged her protest that the Rasmus was overlooked.
And it's been duly noted.
Twice this week you haven't done the right thing.
Take notes.
Claudia would have had me vote for Emma Bunton solo.
Oh, for goodness sake.
Over what?
What did we go with?
Everything else.
The thong song.
Yeah, the thong song.
Oh, no.
You do not say a bad word about the thong song.
I'll have you know.
The dong, the dong, dong, dong.
I met Cisco.
Yeah.
And I've actually got one of his jackets.
Do you really?
I don't know how I got it.
He's not a tall man, is he?
The teeny tiny.
Yeah.
Yeah.
He was at this when I was working for this company.
Oh, really?
Yeah.
Yeah.
Oh, was it the Friday Jams?
Oh, right.
Yeah, that's where I met him as well.
At the after party, I must have just accidentally taken his jacket.
Did you show him your thong song?
No.
No, no.
Super professional I am.
But I do have his jacket.
Did he ask?
Did he say, let me see that thong?
No.
No.
Very professional.
No, very professional.
But I think it was from Boohoo.
It's just this little jacket with little sparkly diamantes on the back of it.
Is he a Boohoo man?
Must be.
You know, I've still got it.
Anyway, fun fact.
I've been watching.
I've been waiting.
Bree and Clint.
Gosh.
Are you feeling inspired or defeated?
No, no.
This is what I mean.
There's so many lovely stories that are being shared that that's why you have that little bit of faith.
Brodie has shared that she's back on Bumble.
What did you say?
It's about a four-month cycle of doing it, hating it, getting off it,
realising that maybe it could be okay, getting back on it, doing it, hating it.
Yeah, that's what most people will tell you.
And we're at the doing it stage.
Yeah, just at the moment.
So you're on there.
I'm on there.
And you're trying to figure out,
and the idea is convert quickly from match to meet.
I don't want to chat.
I want to chat.
Yeah.
And so I haven't been on a date.
I reckon the last time I went on a date was about two years ago.
Yeah.
And prior to that, it would have been like five or six years.
Okay, what was the date, the last one?
It was a great date. It was drinking some pals at the beach. Oh, that's nice. So been like five or six years. Okay, what was the date, the last one? It was a great date.
It was drinking some pals at the beach.
Oh, that's nice.
So that was quite cool.
Yeah.
And then he friend-zoned me.
Fine, I'm a professional.
I've got a PhD in being everyone's mate.
Don't worry, guys.
I'm actually fine about it.
Yeah.
Very good friend.
But I didn't, I was like, well, I don't need,
actually, I told him about how good the black chilli prawns are
at Canton and Kingsland here in Auckland.
Yeah.
And he sort of like in the message was like,
I had real fun, I'm real busy.
I'm real busy at the moment.
You know, the classic, I'm just real busy.
Yeah.
But at some stage I would like those prawns.
I'm like, well, I'm not taking you to get the prawns as your mate.
Get your own prawns.
Get your own, you go get the prawns. I'll go with my friends to get the prawns as your mate. Get your own prawns. Get your own, you go get the prawns.
I'll go with my friends to get the prawns.
I've got prawn friends.
Yeah.
Yeah, you're not coming to the prawns with me, thank you.
So we want to know what's a good one.
What is a good first date off the apps?
Hi, Sheila.
Hello.
You've got a success story that worked for you and your friend.
What should Brodie do?
What should she offer up as that first date?
Okay, so my friend, she's a lockdown divorce, moved back to Perth.
I was obviously feeling a bit lonely.
Put herself on Tinder.
Yeah.
Met a bloke, Glenn.
They went out for coffee.
Neither of them drinks coffee.
Okay, good start.
After a month, they both deleted their Tinder profiles.
And at the beginning of this month,
I flew over to Perth to be a guest at their wedding.
Well, there you go.
Oh, so they went for the coffee and they didn't drink the coffee,
but that first date obviously went well.
Yeah, very well.
Okay.
Okay.
Okay, we'll put it down.
I still don't feel like a coffee date is your vibe.
I don't think it's my vibe. Yeah. Kate's here. Hi, Kate. Hi, how are put it down. I still don't feel like a coffee date is your vibe. It's my vibe.
Yeah.
Kate's here.
Hi, Kate.
Hi, how are you going?
We're good.
Kate, inspire me.
Okay, Brodie, I've got a good deal for you.
So I reckon an activity because it's less awkward just sitting there sort of twiddling
your thumbs if you run out of things to sort of talk about.
You're sort of moving around and not just sort of sitting down.
See, I...
Yeah, carry on.
Sorry.
I've got a success story.
So I met my now husband on my birthday in town,
but our first actual date was mini golf because we sort of had
a quick chat about our interests or like things we like to do
as an activity.
Yeah.
And we both thought of mini golf. And so then you sort of get that... Mini golf's fun....compet do as an activity. Yeah. And we both sort of mini golf.
And so then you sort of get that.
Mini golf's fun.
Like competitiveness and stuff.
Yeah.
And it's a good way to break the ice, isn't it,
in terms of establishing whether you've got the same kind of banter, right?
Absolutely.
Like you need to sort that out as fast as possible.
No time, no point in wasting time.
And mini golf is short enough that if it's garbage, the date, you can get out.
And if it's good, you can push on to a bar for a drink or some dinner or something like that, right?
Yeah, and so you can do it day or night.
You know, you've sort of got that flexibility as well with signing.
Kate, have you found the perfect date?
I have been.
So just saying, I got married this year in February.
We were only together for six months before we got engaged.
So when you know, you know.
Man.
Mini golf.
Yeah.
Or what about the driving range?
The driving range could be good too, couldn't it?
Driving range is a good, oh, sorry, Kate.
Yeah, driving range could be good.
I'd be worried I'd give the girl the yak with my awful golf form.
Oh, there's the yak.
There's the yak too, isn't there, to contend with if you're doing an activity?
But, Kate, you're better to get the ick earlier than later.
If you're going to get the ick, get it on the first date.
Don't get it on the ninth date when you're already emotionally invested.
Don't get it on the ninth hole.
Or just score that hole in one.
Someone said on the activities, maybe don't go to an outdoor maze
on the first date.
They tend to bring out the worst in people
Someone has suggested yum cha
Yum cha's great
That is a fun way to eat
That's a double benefit because that's an activity
And it's food
Someone said somewhere open to avoid anything creepy
Like a restaurant
Oh yeah that's another yum cha suggestion
Oh good you see okay
I love yum cha
And then you can
sort of banter off the things that you like
and they like. Yeah. Chantelle, what's
the perfect first date? Sounds like there's a baby
in the background so maybe you've had a success story.
Yeah, well my
partner and I, we've been together five
and a half years and we have a nine month old
daughter. Yeah. And
one of our first dates was
going to Time Zone, to an arcade.
Oh, Time Zone! Time Zone.
Yeah. And hitting the crocodiles
that come out of the bow, bow, bow.
Yeah. You know? There's so many
cool activities there
and it's something that we still do.
You can try and win something together.
But like, yeah, it's great fun.
Do you still get tickets? Do you still get tickets?
It's like a digital ticket system now
so you have a card
but um yeah
they store and they stay
for like a year or something on your card
so you can keep going
and it's great
great okay
thanks Shanta we appreciate it
hey um just another text here
if I wasn't married
and you lived in the south
you would be my first date choice
I would take you to the local club,
few too many drinks, game
of pool and a great meal.
Yeah. Does that sound like a good
date to you? Oh, absolutely
in the regions, yes.
Skydiving.
No, go back to that last one.
No, we weren't taking
applications on here. He also said,
he's married. He said said if I wasn't married
How did I miss that bit?
P.S. Someone's text in saying
Those black and chilli prawns are to die for
They are
So it's only for special occasions
Not people who friends on you
Well best of luck
Oh thanks so much
Question for you.
Is the word tomatoey a word?
Technically, no.
Right.
But yes, it is a word.
It should be.
No, here's what I think, right?
It's in the popular vernacular.
Well, we've got words like fishy.
Yeah.
Salty.
Yeah.
But when you want to describe something as a bit tomatoey, bad English,
I'm on a bit of a campaign.
I think we should write to the Oxford Dictionary people
and say, excuse me,
we think that you should just accommodate
and make a new rule
and make anything with a Y
because everyone knows what you're talking about.
For instance,
had the carpet lady round the other day
testing out the different types of carpet.
What do you call them?
Samples.
Samples for the house.
She said, well, that looks a bit officey.
And it's so true.
Officey's not a word.
But it perfectly, as soon as you say that,
I know exactly what the carpet was like.
Yes.
When you tell me that something was a bit tomatoey,
I know exactly what you mean.
I actually got an infection on my leg when I ran the other week around the bays,
not around the bays, around the coast,
hit a rock, hurt my leg.
The reason I think I got infected
is because I swam at Devonport,
which is a bit harbour-y.
Yeah, so your infection was a bit harbour-y.
Yeah.
Like after you go to a festival
and you're feeling a bit fest-y.
Fest-y.
Yeah.
See, they all work, don't they?
My question is, does it work just for items and food
or can it work for people as well?
Like if you had an item of clothing that didn't quite suit you
because it reminded you of someone else,
like if you had on something that you think reminded you of me,
could that item be a bit clinty?
A bit clinty?
Yeah.
Yeah.
Oh, it's giving clinty vibes.
It's a bit clinty. Yeah. Oh, I can't's giving clinty vibes. It's a bit clinty.
Yeah.
Oh, I can't wear those shoes.
They're a bit bro-dee-ee.
Yee-ee.
Bro-dee-ee.
Yeah, I think it's great.
I just, I love that we all do it.
I just think it should be allowed.
You know, for instance, every year now,
the Oxford Dictionary come out with the word of the year,
and last year it was the riz, wasn't it?
Which, you know, up until whenever, wasn't a word.
It works. It even works
with riz. If you meet a person
and they're trying a bit too hard, they're a bit rizzy.
Yep. Yeah. See, I
think we should just, I think it should be a rule
because I think it just, it
makes sense to me. Is it always
a negative thing when you put Y on the end of it?
It's not because you could say something
is nice and chocolatey. Yes. But
chocolatey is not a word. No. So it's not always negative. I mean, you could say something is nice and chocolatey. Yes. But chocolatey is not a word.
So it's not always negative.
I mean, you could be having a real good oyster and you're like,
oh, she's fishy.
But you mean that in a good way because it's come straight from the ocean.
It's a bit oyster-y.
Yeah.
Oyster-y.
Yes.
A bit fishy.
Oh, that's salty.
You're right.
Fishy can be good or bad.
Yeah.
Yeah.
So I think tomatoey.
Tomatoey is good too because if you're like,
what kind of pasta are you vibing?
Oh, I'm wanting a tomatoey one as opposed to a creamy.
Yeah.
Word.
Why can't tomatoey be the same as creamy?
You're right.
Creamy.
Word.
Tomatoey.
Not a word.
Let's make it happen.
Bree and Clint.
Question for you, Brodie, New Zealander.
How happy are you at the moment?
I am doing well, thank you.
Do you live in a happy country?
Do you feel like you live in a happy place?
Without going too deep, I feel like many countries
are trying to climb out of what's been a difficult few years.
Yes.
So I think people's vulnerability to climb out of what's been a difficult few years. Yes. So I think people's vulnerability to fall out of happiness
is much easier to do than it ever has been before.
The reason I ask is because New Zealand,
for the first time in a long time,
has dropped out of the top 10 happiest countries in the world.
Not by a long way.
We've only dropped down to place number 11.
Oh, just out of the top 10.
Yeah, number 11 in the world.
It's not bad.
But it's not good to be going backwards, you know,
for a country that has so much going for it.
Yes.
But I get it.
Shit is tough out there.
Yes, and I think that…
Shit is tough out there.
The vibe and the mood, I don't always think as well.
It's not just New Zealand that's probably making people
feel slightly less happy.
Yes.
It's the world.
Yeah.
It's the world just like, oh, my God.
It's the mood of the world.
And it's kind of true in every country where politically
the left are really angry at the right
and the right are really angry at the left
and no one's got any money
and there's this existential threat of climate crisis
hanging over us.
And everyone's yelling at each other on social media
and it's just all a bit noisy.
Yeah, that's fair.
You know, I think, and because everyone's trying to figure out their behaviours after
being sort of cooped up for a few years.
Could be worse.
You could be America, who is no longer, for the wealthiest nation on the planet, America
is no longer in the top 20.
They've dropped down to number 23.
I'm not even remotely surprised by that.
Yeah.
Well, they've got the fossil versus the idiot coming up for the presidential 20. They've dropped down to number 23. I'm not even remotely surprised by that. Yeah. Well, they've got
the fossil versus the idiot
coming up for the
presidential elections.
Exactly.
300 odd million people
and they're the best
you can come up with.
So what do you think
the happiest country
in the world is right now?
It will be in the
Scandinavian bloc,
wouldn't it?
I can confirm it is
in the Scandinavian bloc.
It's one of those.
It always is, isn't it?
Yeah.
It's one of the Eurovisions.
I'm going to go with Norway.
Norway?
Okay, the happiest country in the world,
according to the World Happiness Report, is Finland.
Oh, okay.
Yeah, no, that's fair.
Followed by the Danes.
Yeah.
Followed by the Icelandians.
Yeah.
The Swedes.
Gosh.
And then Israel is number five.
Interesting. We'll just park that one
The Netherlands
In number six
Norway
Luxembourg
Switzerland
And then Australia
So those are the top ten
That's quite interesting
Australia happier than us
I feel like Australia
Is probably one position
Happier than us
They get that much
Better weather
They've got that much
Better pay
Their rugby team sucks But you know They've got that much better pay.
Their rugby team sucks, but, you know, they've got those few things going for them.
Yeah, I guess.
They've got some nice beaches.
Yeah.
And then we're in number 11.
Okay.
So not the worst result.
I feel like we still comparatively live in a very good place.
Yes.
Like you could easily compare yourselves to dozens of other countries around the world and go,
actually, it's bloody good here.
But it doesn't mean that you have to feel great about it all the time, especially if
you're struggling.
I also think if it was just based on location, we'd be right in there because we've got one
of the best locations in the world.
If it's based just on environment, then yeah, hell yeah.
100%.
But look, I understand.
The happiness scale for people, I think, has been a real topsy-turvy journey.
Yeah.
I haven't said topsy-turvy in years.
Well, it's a topsy-turvy time.
It is a topsy-turvy time.
Anyway, take it easy on yourself.
You're still in place number 11 in New Zealand.
Yeah.
Bree and Clint from iHeartRadio.
This is the latest.
This is a nice story.
Ariana Grande's 98-year-old grandmother has become the oldest person
to ever score a hit on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
Okay.
Oh, because she's in the song with...
No, because she's got her own album coming out.
She's going on tour.
Who?
Ariana Grande's grandma.
Who's her grandma?
Ariana Grandma.
Oh, no.
No?
Did that happen? That's Grandma. Oh, oh no. No? Did that happen?
That's actually, oh my.
Is that an entire Stitcher?
The whole thing?
Nah, that just came to me.
I thought Ariana Grandma was quite good.
No, her nonna's name is Marjorie Grande.
She's 98 years old and you're right,
she's in an Ariana Grande song.
That's quite cute, isn't it?
On the new album.
The new album is called Eternal Sunshine.
The song is called Ordinary Things,
and it's charted at number 55 on the Billboard chart,
which makes her the oldest person at 98 ever to chart.
Does it say the song Feet Grandma?
You know how the rappers in there are like Pitbull, Feet, Neo?
Yeah, yeah, good point.
Dr. Dre, Feet, Eminem.
Is it Ariana feat Grandma
She's got a writing and singing credit on the song
Oh wow
And here's a little bit of it
It was Ariana Grandma
Sounds like Lady Gaga It was like seeing daylight
I mean I could have packed up and left a million times
You know it's not that we never fought
You can overcome that
She's got full New York grandma vibes
Oh I love it
Very easy and that's why I told her
Never go to bed without kissing goodnight
Surely she's got a ciggy in her hand to like
a glass of sherry. You can't
and if you don't feel comfortable doing it
It's like an old Italian version
of Marvin's Room that Drake's on
That's cool, I like that. When
someone breaks a record, someone has to lose
their record. She's overtaken
Fred Stobor
who was 96
He was the previous record holder for the oldest person with a song in the top 100.
He got to place number 42 in 2013 with Oh Sweet Lorraine.
Do you want to hear his song?
Absolutely.
This is Fred's song.
Oh sweet Lorraine.
Oh.
I wish we could do all the good times over again.
Oh sweet Lorraine. He is not too mad about losing out to Ariana Grande's grandma, though,
because he's dead.
Fred passed away three years after charting in 2013, so he's good.
Oh, God.
You're on one today, aren't you?
That's good. Oh, God. You're on one today, aren't you? That's outstanding.
That's the latest on ZM Bray and Clint with Brodie.
We're back after this.
Bray and Clint.
We are living in a country music world right now.
We really are, aren't we?
Yeah, we are.
Have you got cowboy boots?
No.
I reckon get them.
I reckon you need to get them.
Now's the time.
Actually, I've got a good set of pins.
I can pull them off.
Sorry, anyone can pull off cowboy boots.
Anyone can pull off cowboy boots.
Anyone can.
Could I?
Wait, no.
Could I pull off cowboy boots?
You've got a long leg?
Yes.
Could I?
Yeah.
You would look great in them.
Actually, with the cowboy hat and a belt with the thing on the middle.
Yeah, and a denim shirt tucked in.
Yes.
Claudia, have you got cowboy boots?
I've looked at them online.
I'm this close to buying them.
Just so close.
I know.
It's happening.
I don't think I have the knees for them, though.
Yeah.
This is the thing, right?
It's like not just the cowboy boot, but the black.
Everything around it.
The over leg.
Yeah.
The over the leg boot.
It's a whole attitude, right?
Well, it's just a lot to think about.
And you've got to carefully curate an outfit.
It's not just like a sneaker.
It's not versatile.
It's a whole thing.
Yeah.
No, that's not a country song.
I thought that was going to be a country song.
Bling-dee-ha.
Yee-ha.
Yeah, anyway, that's our advice.
Go get some boots, everybody.
You reckon.
Let's GTFO.
It's the end of the day.
It's a Thursday.
Tomorrow's a Friday, so we'll catch you back then.
There's 50 grand up for grabs at 8 a. Fletch, Vaughan and Hayley.
I've got five on time.
Yes.
And I've got a lot of tickets to check.
So I could actually already be a millionaire.
You need to go home and sort your neck out, please.
Off you go.
All right.
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