ZM's Bree & Clint - ZM's Bree & Clint Podcast – 24th November 2022

Episode Date: November 24, 2022

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The ZM Podcast Network. Ready! Hello everybody, welcome to the award-nominated Brie and Clint podcast. That's right, guys. How about that, everybody? We've been nominated for an award. Put it with all our other nominations that we haven't won. Put it in the pile. And the New Zealand Podcast Awards, the the Bree and Clint show is nominated for

Best Radio Podcast alongside our friends Fletch Vaughan and Hayley. Someone from Radio New Zealand who you used to work with Catherine Ryan. Mike Hosking's breakfast show.

Shit we're in good company here. Mike Hosking News Talk ZB. And the Morning Rumble from the Rock Radio Station. That was good Bree. Thank you. Thank you Ellen.

We should go out for drinks with all of those Bree. Thank you. Thank you, Ellen. We should go out for drinks with all of those people. And get Mike Hosking to pay. Yeah. Perfect. God, that'd be a good night. It would be a good night. If it's on his card.

There's a lot of big personalities there. That would be a very interesting night on the piss. Who decides who wins? Public vote or like? No. No, it'll be a panel of experts. A panel of our peers. Hey, panel, if you're listening to this We love you panel

Just be kind and let us win You're all so good looking You all smell so fresh Let's go out for lunch And I've got dirt on all the other nominees So if you want it, let me know As long as you make us Claude, what did you want to talk about?

Guys, I've got some good news. What's the good news? So you know how I've just come back. More good news. That was good news. I've got more good news. You know how I've just come back from having COVID? Yeah. I don't know if you remember.

That is such good news. No, but last time I came back from having COVID, Clint said to me, bad things comes in threes. Bad things comes in threes. Yeah. Sorry, I have COVID brain. So he told me to buy a lotto ticket. Yes. So this time I had bad things comes in threes Bad things comes in threes Yeah Sorry I have COVID brand So he told me to buy a lotto ticket Yes So this time

I had bad things comes in threes Again So I bought a lotto ticket What were the bad What were the three bad things So last time she'd had three bad things happen And COVID was the third bad thing No but has that happened again

Have you had three bad things So I was saying your luck was turning Is why you should buy a lotto ticket Yeah So I had three bad things again So I was saying your luck was turning is why you should buy a lotto ticket. So I had three bad things again. Oh, wow. One of them was COVID. Yeah.

Because of COVID, I had to cancel a trip. That's right. And the same day that I got my COVID positive test, I got my period. So I treated myself. I bought a lotto ticket. Last time I won $72. That's right. I was so jealous.

How much did you win this time? It was the $20 million ball last night. Shut up. And I won $15. Yeah, boy! Drinks on you. But I did pay $18 for the ticket. But I also got four bonus lines.

Yeah, boy! Four bonus lines, how good Hey Ella, were you on your period last week? I don't get it anymore I mean, yeah, yeah, no I am What do you mean you don't get it anymore? It just disappeared What prompted you to ask that?

She's going to ask because we've all synced up Because Claudia doesn't believe in girls syncing up And I was meant to have my period last week. Oh. But I'm on the pill. You should go to the doctor, producer Ella. I don't like the doctor. Neither do I.

Neither do I. You should pee on a stick. But that is not great. Nah. Yeah. Might be the veganism I just said You should pee on a stick

It could be I said you should pee on a stick And Ella goes I'm not And then there was this look On her face like Oh my god Could I be

Could I be pregnant Oh shit Oh because you You don't get your period I'll donate my $15 To a baby That is That is the key indicator

That Yeah You are with child But there I mean there is There's lots of other reasons, obviously. Can be a lot of other reasons, yeah. But that is the first one to eliminate.

Could be your vegan diet. That's content tomorrow. Pallet pigs on a stick. Oh, jeez. Can we not do that for the podcast intro just in case? No, we're doing it live. Oh, my God. That's a terrible idea.

Do you take supplements along with your vegan diet? You should be. When you remember. Yeah, when I remember. You should be taking supplements. Do you know what? This is now the new era of Ella trying to look after herself, of self-care. It started 45 seconds ago.

If you want to be vegan, you need to do some research because, yeah, you should be taking. Yeah, like I have an occasional B12 thing in iron. That doesn't sound like you're taking the recommended Well, supplement queen over here. Jeez, God, even I take more supplements and I don't believe in them.

You don't even believe in supplements. Jeez. Sorry. This is actually quite rich of you to be doling out supplement advice over there. Well, not necessarily vitamins but but there is like people who are vegan will know. When I was vegan for however long and I was dating like a hardcore vegan, yeah, it can be quite dangerous if you don't take the right things. Especially for a growing girl, Ella.

Yes. Yeah, I'm a big growing girl. You've got Especially for a growing girl, Ella. Yes. Yeah, I'm a big growing girl. You've got at least a couple more years till puberty. I can't wait for it. Oh, that'll explain the period thing then. Yes. How old were you guys when you got your period? 16.

Were you that old? 15, 16. Yeah, 16. That's quite late. How old were you? I would have been grade 8, so 13. I was 10. Were you 10?

Yeah, I was 10. Early bloomer. You poor thing. God, you poor bastard. I want it to stop. I hate it. How awkward as a 10-year-old. Awful.

Because you're still so young. You're a child. You're literally a child. I had a friend who got her period when she was like eight. Yeah, I knew somebody who was seven. What? Yeah. No.

It can start that early in some cases, yeah. It's getting earlier too. Why? I think because of a number of reasons, but one of the things is the amount of estrogen we're exposed to. In chicken. Well, it's in chicken. It's in things like plastic containers.

So you should eat more chicken. You'll get more estrogen and you'll die. Eat more plastic. Well, it's twofold. It brings on girls' periods earlier. It also drastically decreases men's sperm count. Oh, we were talking about this. The microplastics.

Yeah, yes. In food, in the air, in everything. Microplastics. Yeah. You know in the ocean there's like this big bloody area that's just full of microplastics. The Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Yeah. Oh, that's a shame.

It's so scary to think about. I follow an Instagram account because I find this stuff fascinating. I follow an Instagram account called Ocean Cleanup and it's this Dutch guy who got million-dollar backers behind him, and he's out there inventing machinery and systems to clean up the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. They need to do something about it. It's fucking fascinating.

Because it's just getting bigger and bigger. Yeah, yeah. I'll find the name of the account. I saw this company the other day that you can buy a beach towel. So it's a beach towel, and then it comes in like this little pouch, and it's made of like nine plastic bottles or something, recycled plastic bottles. Yeah, that stuff is a good start.

That's smart, eh? Yeah. I love that. I mean, your towel's made of plastic, but yeah, it's not a bad start. You couldn't tell, though. You couldn't tell. Is it like those tea towels that just push the water around and you just stay wet?

Like a microfiber tea towel? God, I hate those. It's those cheap ones you get and they just move the water. That's like any towel from Kmart. So if you're interested in that garbage patch thing, by the way, and he's doing it with other waterways. I'll show you this picture. It'll blow your mind.

The account's called The Ocean Cleanup. Look at this. That's the machine that he's created. That's a waterway in Los Angeles That he's cleaning Yeah wow Isn't that incredible Crazy Okay we gotta go

Enjoy the podcast everybody Bye Bye I'm coming in Well howdy pilgrims What time is it Three Two

One It is Brie and Clint Good everybody Brie and Clint. Good evening, everybody. Brie and Clint breaking entertainment news. We've talked about this a little bit. Johnny Depp is going to do another Pirates of the Caribbean movie. Oh, is he?

Yeah. Johnny Depp is reported to make a shock return as Captain Jack Sparrow in the next Pirates movie. I knew it was going to happen. I knew it was going to happen. I knew it was going to happen. Yeah, because there was talk of Margot Robbie leading a different version. Yeah, and they axed it. He said he wouldn't do it for $300 million. I guess they paid him $301. Exactly right.

Crazy. All right, anyway. Hi, everybody. Welcome to the show. Today on the show, some fun stuff coming up. It's What's the Plot Day, but the old count has been reset right back to $50 because last week you got deutst, Bree. I did.

Had a bit of a whoopsie and got beaten fair and square. Fair and square. It's good, though. It's good. Sort of the third winner this year. Is it? Yeah. It's a pretty good odds.

Not bad. Yeah. So we'll play that before five o'clock and before six o'clock we'll play Black Friday Jinx again thanks to the warehouse. Give away two more

great items from the warehouse. I don't want to spoil anything but today we're giving away a pool. Yeah we are. Yeah. Who doesn't want a pool for summer?

A pool. Yeah. You know? How good. Those above ground pools. Everybody used to laugh about an above ground pull, you know? I never.

But now, it's the thing to have. It is the thing to have. So we'll do that, but we'll start the show with Tradiverse Lady. There's 50 bucks cash up for grabs right now. If you want to play, call us 0800 DIAL ZM, and we'll see if you can beat out your opponent next. Bree and Clint. Time for Tradiverse Lady.

Bree and Clint. Time for Tradie vs. Lady. Bree and Clint. Tradie vs. Lady. All right, score update for everyone playing along at home. The Tradies on 105. The Ladies picking up another win yesterday. They're sitting on 86. Let's see if the Ladies can go back to back. She's calling in from Nelson.

She's 21 years old and she cuts open bodies for a living. Welcome to the show Anna. Hi there. What do you do for a job Anna? I'm a mortuary tech. You're a mortuary technician. I just, yeah, help with the autopsy. How did you get into that?

I just asked honestly and here I am. You just asked. Here I am. They're like, yeah, you can have it. No one else wants the job. Okay, that is a unique set of skills, Anna. I hope they help you in this game today. You'll be taking on our tradie.

He's calling in from New Plymouth. He's 44, and he's on the carnivore diet. Please welcome to the show, Jason. Jason, can you please give us a bit more info? Is this where you only eat red meat? Oh, yeah, yeah, just animal products. Meat, eggs, fish, seafood. Right.

What, no veggies? No, no veggies. No, no, no. Good diet. Perfect diet for kids. Perfect diet for kids? Yeah, no veggies. How long have you been...

Oh, I see what you mean. Right. How long have you been... Oh, I see what you mean. Oh, right. How long have you been... I thought you were giving out nutritional advice there, but yeah, I see what you mean. How long have you been doing that for, Jason? Oh, not long. Just on and off. I did it for a month, a few months ago and then I just got back onto it this week.

Right, okay. Well, you're both handling a lot of flesh then between the two of you. Jason, your buzzer is tradie and yours is lady. First of three career dancers gets 50 bucks from KFC. Good luck. Here we go, guys. Question number one. Where is the next Rugby World Cup being held?

Yes, Jason. France. Well done. It is France. One to the tradies. Question number two. What is New Zealand's most popular breed of sheep? Is it Merino?

Yes, Jason. It's a Romney. Whoa, Jason. It is a Romney. You're spot on. You didn't even need the multiple choice. All right. Because I eat sheep.

I eat sheep like carnivore. And he speaks French. Here we go. Question number three, two to the tradies. You need this one, Anna, to stop him, okay? Who invented the telephone? It's a lady. Anna.

Alexander Graham Bell. Well done. That is on the money. She's on the board. Here we go. We got a game. Question number four. The high fashion brand Balenciaga is making

headlines this week after a controversial kids ad campaign. Oh, I haven't finished the question. You're going to need the question so we'll keep going. Controversial kids ad campaign had to be pulled down. Name two other high fashion brands.

Brady. Jason for the win. Prada and Louis Vuitton. He's got it. He smoked it. Jason, it must be all that meat. Makes your brain work well.

The protein. Yeah, yeah. It's connected to everything. It does. It gives you mental clarity. Carnivore diet. Carnivore diet. Carnivore diet! All right, up the tradies.

Congratulations, Jase. $50 cash coming to you from KFC. Put it towards a bit of Brussels sprouts or something, would you? Thanks, guys. You're an awesome radio station. We listen to you all your time at work. We crank it up real loud. Thank you so much.

Brie and Clint. Brie, did you know it's been 19 years since Freaky Friday came out? Lindsay Lohan's biggest movie of all time. Really? 19 years. Is that her biggest movie? Yeah. What about Mean Girls?

It's bigger than Mean Girls. Freaky Friday was... Oh, Mean Girls is definitely better than Freaky Friday. I agree, but as far as... Freaky Friday's a remake. Yeah, I know, but they trotted out... It's a format that they trot out all the time. Remember they did the Matthew Perry, Zac Efron one as well?

They also did the Ryan Reynolds and Jason Bateman one too. Ryan Reynolds. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. It's just a format. That was 2003, Freaky Friday. Mean Girls was 2004. So it's been 18 years since Mean Girls came out. And after that, Lindsay Lohan kind of hit the skids a bit, didn't she?

Well, she had a bit of a rough patch, didn't she? Yes. Not the best relationship with her parents. No. Dad's a real piece of work, eh? Yeah, real piece of work. Went to rehab, and then she opened up that beach club. That's right.

Didn't she? She's dancing at the beach club to do those weird dance moves. Well, forget all of that because Lindsay Lohan is back, baby. There is a new Netflix movie that's just come out. It's called Falling for Christmas, and I hear that it's amazing. Right, Bree? Look, I can't comment on the full film. I watched half, and I'm not going to say I turned it off,

but I was doing something else and I wasn't so invested that I stayed to watch. But I probably will watch the end of it at some point. So you're not convinced it's the second coming of Lindsay Lohan? I'm not going to say it's the second Mean Girls, no. Okay, here's a little bit of the trailer. When people look at me, all they see is the spoiled daughter of the hotel magnate.

I just want people to remember me for more than my last name. The last year with you has been truly magical. Will you marry me? Oh, Ted! Oh, Ted! I've got you! It's another redo of a format.

Essentially, tell me if I'm wrong, she's the heiress to a hotel fortune, right? Yeah. And she falls down a hill skiing and she forgets who she is. Yeah. She gets rescued by some hot guy who runs a hotel that's down on its luck. Correct. It's quite a good idea for a Christmas movie.

Yeah. I mean, I wouldn't say that I hated it. It's just got that daytime Christmas movie vibe. It's got that Netflix movie feel to it. Yeah. Claude, you watched the trailer and you straight away went, I'm watching this. I was just joking there.

Oh, really? I probably would watch it for Lindsay. I was excited to see Lindsay back and that's the main reason I turned it on. I was just joking though. Oh, really? I probably would watch it for Lindsay. I was excited to see Lindsay back and that's the main reason I turned it on. I think people are. I think people want to see her. Ella's not impressed. You don't want her back. No, she's fine. She's great. You literally

just copied her hairdo. What do you mean you don't want to see her? I'm not copying her. She's great. Iconic. I'm not going for her. I'm going for these stupid, crappy movies that are the same copy cardboard thing can we have some grit to them please well let's talk about it then grit and a christmas movie yes just something what christmas movie what new christmas movie have you seen like come out in the last what five ten years that you think has been original and has been different nothing i

haven't seen a new Christmas movie in years. Every Christmas we watch the same Christmas movies. I'm going to say the Happiest Season is a new concept because it was the first gay Christmas movie.

Yeah, it's a new idea. And it had lots of famous people in it. Very good film if you haven't seen it. That's nice. Quite funny. It's got the guy from Schitt's Creek in it. It's very good. Harold and Kumar's very Harold and Kumar Christmas. Also an original concept.

I'll put my hand up and say the best movie, probably it wouldn't be in the last 10 years, but Around Abouts was the holiday. That is such a fantastic Christmas movie. Kate Winslet. Cameron Diaz. Jude Law. Such a good Christmas movie.

Why do I not think of that one when I think of Christmas movies? Because that is such a good Christmas movie. Yeah. It is a Christmas movie, eh? It's a Christmas movie. Is it a Christmas movie? I like the Christmas movies. It's called The Holiday.

It's a Christmas movie. They aren't just solely cheesy Christmas love stories. There's something to it. So you would like Home Alone then? Nah, it's alright. Home Alone's the one I've got. Wait, what? Sorry.

It's just like... What do you mean it's alright? It's one of the greatest movies of all time. You don't love Home Alone? That's fine. Wait, does Claudia not like Home Alone either? I can't remember if I've watched it. You can't remember if you've watched Home Alone?

I think I've watched it, but I don't remember. Guys. Keep the change, you filthy animal. What are you up to out there? I'll say where that's from. Hmm. What? But you guys haven't seen Harry Potter.

I made my family disappear. I've got one. Yeah, good. I'm glad you've got something because we're about to launch into the topic what is the ultimate Christmas movie and we just found out

you two haven't seen Home Alone so come on get some credibility back Spirited Spirited it's the new one from Ryan Reynolds

and Will Ferrell it's a musical and you think that's the greatest Christmas movie of all time wait one of them Ryan Reynolds and who Will Ferrell Ferrell Ferrell Will Ferrell. Is it?

Ferrell. Ferrell. Will Ferrell, you know, because I'm happy. Oh, no. Will Ferrell. Damn it. Will Ferrell.

Your vote is cancelled. Bye. Claude, what's the ultimate Christmas movie? I can't even think of one. Okay, we've had three hours, but that's fine. Brie, what's the ultimate Christmas movie? Gotta go, The Holiday. The Holiday, thank you. Love Actually.

Clint? I told you, Harold and Kumar's very, no, Home Alone. Absolutely Home Alone. Number one or two? I'll pick Die Hard. Number one, because I like the classics. Yeah, number one is good. And I think we take Love Actually off the table because that is obviously one of the greatest Christmas movies of all time.

It's obviously top three and everybody defaults to Love Actually. So yes, you're right. Let's take that out of the conversation. Great Christmas film. Christmas with the Cranks. Oh, such a love. It's chaos. Okay.

Christmas with the Cranks. I don't know if I've seen that one. Oh, haven't you? It's got Tim the Toolman Taylor in it. Oh, yeah, yeah. Every Christmas at my in-laws, it's Griswold's Family Christmas. One of my all-time favourites. Or Lampoon's National Family Vacation, whatever you prefer to call the movie.

Same, same. Chevy Chase, very old. What are you talking about? We're talking about Christmas movies. Sorry, we're talking about a movie that doesn't have Will Ferrell in it. Ella's like, I like the oldest movie I watch is Minions. Yeah, that's a good one. The Grinch?

Have you seen The Grinch? I have. Oh, I love The Grinch. Yeah, it's good. Bree and Clint from iHeartRadio. This is the latest live from LA with Dean McCarthy. This is breaking entertainment news. He said he wouldn't do it, but there are strong rumours that Johnny Depp

is going back to play Jack Sparrow again, Dean. It's funny because he actually came out saying, I wouldn't do that for $300 million. So maybe they've found $301 million to pull this thing back together. But here's what is being reported today. The rumour, this is not conservative, this is kind of the rumour, right?

So basically, he's returning as Jack Sparrow. And the reason they are saying this is because apparently someone got their hands on the call sheet. Like the actual call sheet, it's what they release every morning for a shoot, right? So like if they're doing a big production on the call sheet, is everyone involved for that day and all of the details? Apparently someone got their hands on the call sheet

and they are apparently shooting in the UK and starting soon. So this would mean that Johnny Depp had forgiven them for... Oh no! Oh no! Can we get Dean back? Had forgiven them for what? What did he have to forgive them for? Was it they axed him?

The suspense is killing me. I know. They forgave him for overdoing it on the eye makeup on his character. We've got Dean back. Sorry. He's forgiven them for what, Dean? Well, they kind of turned on him once and they deserted him once he had been accused of different misconduct. And so now, yeah, they want him back.

They've forgiven him and moved on, apparently, according to this. Yeah, right. That would explain why they dropped the Margot Robbie one as well because that one was in the pipes and then she's done an interview with Variety this week and she said yeah they've canned it

so yeah what do you think Dean what would you have liked to have seen Johnny Depp in another Pirates of the Caribbean or the Margot Robbie version I kind of want to see both to be honest. I'm still

on the fence. I don't know how solid this is, this story about him returning as Jack Sparrow. He would have to really, really forgive them. But I mean, $300 million? You can do anything. You can push me down a cliff. Yeah, yeah, exactly right. Yeah, I don't care who it is or what you did for that much money.

I don't want to see either. I want to see new movies and new storylines. I don't want to see either. I want to see new movies and new storylines. I don't want to see any more sequels. I'm so over it. Where are the new ideas? I listened to a podcast with Quentin Tarantino this week, and he's like, even like the Avengers stuff, he's like, yeah, cool, another Marvel movie.

I have an idea for a movie. Yeah? So it's about this pride of lions. Okay, go on. And there's the dad, and then he's got an evil brother. Right. Is it like a royalty theme running through it at all? Yeah, kind of.

Kind of. And he passes that. Has this been done? I don't know. There's the latest live out of LA with our Hollywood correspondent, Dean McCarthy. Brie and Clint. Once upon a time, there was a girl.

She was smart, debatable, talented, eh, athletic. Not really, but picking a movie title based on just the plot line. That she can do. Brie and Clint's What's the Plot? Our epic movie guessing game where you take on Brie to guess movies as quickly as you can, just based off vague plot lines that I read out. That is the game. Who is the contestant?

Today, taking you on is Daniel. Hi, Daniel. G'day, Dan. How you having it going? Good, thank you. You know your films? Yeah, I should do. What's your favourite genre?

Probably thriller. Thriller. I knew you were going to say thriller. Interesting. Yeah. Okay, Daniel. Not my favourite I knew you were going to say Thriller. Interesting. Yeah. Okay, Daniel. Not my favourite. We're playing for $50 cash today.

The counter has been reset because Bree went down last week, so it could be a good time to pounce. You know, she could be like a wounded gazelle. Oh, gazelle. I'll take it. Ripe for the picking. Won't take that part. I'll read plot lines.

You don't wait for me to finish If you think you know what it is You buzz in with your name and have a guess If you get it wrong, the other person gets a free guess First to two correct movies wins the game Alright, Daniel Let's go Damn, Daniel

Today, with the rumours that Johnny Depp Will be returning to the Pirates of the Caribbean Franchise As Captain Jack Sparrow, these are all other movies that the Pirates cast have starred in. I don't even know who's in that cast. You don't know who's in Pirates of the Caribbean? Orlando Bloom. He's in there?

Keira Knightley? She's also in there. Yeah, that's it. You're good to go. Okay, here it comes. Movie number one. Free. Bend It Like Beckham.

Bend It Like Beckham is in here. Damn, thought it was worth a shot. Would you like a free guess, Daniel, before I've even said a word? Whale Rider. Whale Rider. Who's in Whale Rider? Isn't Keira Knightley in it?

No, that's Keisha Castle-Hughes. Oh, right. I love that so much. Let's keep going. Oh, Daniel, I love you. This could be a very interesting game. This is the story of love and life among the landed English gentry

during the Georgian era. Mr Bennett is a gentleman. Brie! Brie. Pride and Prejudice. Pride and Prejudice is correct. Keira Knightley's in it. Yes, she is a gentleman. Brie. Brie. Pride and Prejudice. Pride and Prejudice is correct. Keira Knightley's in it. There she is.

I had to watch it for school. It was boring. One to Brie. Daniel, you still with us? Yeah, yeah. You got this one. No, I know, but this one's right up your alley.

I can tell. Here it comes. Movie number two. Starring cast of the Pirates of the Caribbean series. This epic portrays the battle between the ancient kingdoms. Brie. Brie.

Lord of the Rings. Lord of the Rings is star Orlando Bloom. I thought I'd give it a go. But it's not correct. You want a free guess, Daniel? No, got nothing. You don't want to have a stab? No.

No, okay. I'll keep going. It portrays the battle between two ancient kingdoms, one of which is Sparta. Bree! Bree. The 300? No, not 300.

Free guess, Daniel? What is that? No, I got nothing. No, I'll carry on. While visiting the Spartan king, Prince Paris falls for the king's wife and takes her back to... Brie. Brie. The king's speech?

The king's speech. Daniel, you're on free guess. Daniel, you and I are going shopping. King Arthur's incorrect. All right, get ready for a big clue coming up. Okay. Prince Paris falls for the king's wife and... Oh, my God.

The Hobbit? No. We didn't get to the clue. Daniel, just keep having guesses. Lord of the Rings in two hours? No. Good guess, Dan. Good guess.

All Lord of the Rings is out and the Hobbit. Okay. Okay. He falls for the king's wife and takes her back to his city of Troy. Free Troy. Free. Troy is correct. That was so much harder than it needed to be.

Good game, Dan. Got destroyed. Nah, mate. We both got destroyed, and you're getting 50 KFC chicken dollars because you're a good sport. Oh, sweet. Thank you. That's what's the plot. We'll pay for $100 next week.

Oh, oh. Is it a... Whale Rider was my favourite. Whale. Brian Clint. Such a good movie. Daniel, thank you, Daniel. Next on the show, Green MP, Chloe Swarbrick joins us on the show.

She's going to tell us what it's going to take to save the St. James in Auckland, the iconic music venue. She's spearheading a petition to get some money in there to fix it up. So we're going to talk to her next and figure out what it's going to take. ZM. The world's biggest artists are on their way. Time to let your hair down, Aotearoa. ZM

getting you. Bree and Clint. If you're a millennial or older actually, chances are that you've been to a gig at Auckland's iconic St. James Theatre. I saw these guys there. Banger. I saw these guys there.

And I saw these guys there. But in 2007, it was damaged by a fire. And since then, it's just been sitting there, slowly decaying into the shocking state that it's in now. One person who's trying to do something about it and save the St. James is MP for Auckland Central, an all-round cool millennial politician, Chloe Swarbrick. And she joins us on the phone now.

Kia ora, Chloe. Kia ora. G'day, Chloe. What an introduction. Are you a millennial or are Chloe Swarbrick. And she joins us on the phone now. Kia ora, Chloe. Kia ora. G'day, Chloe. What an introduction. Are you a millennial or are you a Gen Z? I am at the very tail end, according to the internet. I was born in 94, so it puts me in the millennial category. You're a millennial. What would you rather be?

Millennial or Gen Z? Look, I actually turned down an invitation to be on Dr. Phil to talk about one comment that I once made in our parliament speaking about the generations and Gen X and boomers. Okay, boomer. So yeah, we can stay away from that one because I'm greatly, yeah, my email inbox is had enough. Okay, millennial.

I love it. Hey, Chloe, we're here to talk about the St. James. How the hell did one of the oldest, most iconic music venues in New Zealand get to this point? Yeah, look, you've touched on precisely the kind of driving factor, which was that fire and subsequent we saw the building taken over actually by a guy who I've had a lot to do with called Steve Bealby, who's actually been one of the key figures stopping it from decaying even more so than it already has.

But look, the building has been subject to break-in after break-in. The most recent one at a really high level was kind of an Ocean's Eleven job where we saw the flashings, the lead flashings, which are responsible for piping around the ceiling, being ripped out. And as a result, we're now seeing water ingress at a level that we haven't seen before, which is eroding the concrete and starting to see the ceiling fall away. And effectively, we're in a situation right now where we aren't having a conversation about mothballing.

We can't kick the can even further down the road. What we need now is for the government to come to the table and to commit, at the very least, the same stuff that the council did back when Lynne Brown was mayor nearly two years ago. Jeez, yeah. $15 million. Is that what it's going to take, Chloe, to get this theatre back into good shape so people can see, you know,

music and gigs there? $15 million, do you think will do it? Yeah, so based on the kind of scientist that was gone over it back in 2020 by the infrastructure reference group as a result of the shovel ready projects kind of process we saw that there was a kind of $67 million being required

and approximately half of that's being provided by adjoining planned apartments who are going to kind of build up the likes of the elevators and other necessary infrastructure. Council, as I said before, several years ago, under Mayor Liam Brown, promised $15 million. So the final kind of hole is that shortfall of $15 million,

which we've, of course, been trying to get the government to come to the table on. And the real interesting thing about this is that we've never seen anything like a lack of the... We've got such ferocious support for the St James, actually across the political aisle. But there's been this inexplicable political delay from successive governments' appetite

to meet that Auckland Council commitment. So we're saying now's the time. We cannot leave this one on the back burner anymore. I don't understand because I know $15 million sounds like a lot of money, but to a government, that is nothing. $15 million is such a small amount. They spent more than that on not changing the flag.

So why do you think nobody has put up the $15 million to save the theatre? In the centre of Auckland, it's right on Queen Street. It's pizza history. Yeah, freely and frankly, it's just because we don't really value arts and culture in this country. I mean, you've hit the nail on the head again.

We spend more money for not changing the flag in a referendum, and we continue to also spend money on a range of other projects, whether they be in sports or otherwise, but we simply don't track that same budget to caring for our arts and culture. And as you say, look, the St James Stitches Auckland Arts Precinct, you know, it sits between Queen Street and our central library and obviously also the Civic Theatre. And a really interesting point about the Civic is the Civic,

anyone who's been in there knows it's absolutely stunning, a beautiful building. But 20 years ago, it was in a worse state than the St James is now. And we saw the council and government coming to the table and deciding to fix that up has made it an icon and integral to the fabric of arts and culture in our city. So the revival of the St. James is the revival of not only that entire block of Queen Street, but it secures the street status,

you know, as a buzzing destination. It's the venue that we've all been missing. That's the one. It's the missing link. We need more venues. It's that mid-sized venue that we don't have. Okay, Chloe, thank you so much. We appreciate the info that you've shared.

Just quickly, if people feel passionately about this and they want to help, what can people do to help save the St James Theatre? So we've got an open letter, which will be running probably for another two weeks or so, which we're then hoping to table with government to kind of get it across the line at the upcoming budget. So if you just Google St James Theatre petition,

you'll find it. But it's also available on the Greens website. And we're currently sitting at just shy of 9,000 signatures. So obviously it would be mean to kick that over 10,000. Perfect. Amazing. Chloe Swarbrick, thanks so much for joining us and bringing up our collective IQ on the show.

We appreciate you. I appreciate you guys. Bree and Clint. Clint, I don't know if you've seen it, but Camila Cabello has done a Christmas song. Well, she's done. She's done a Christmas performance, hasn't she? Performance, a remake of a Christmas song.

It looks like it's from Graham Norton or something. Yeah, and she's getting roasted online for the way she says Christmas, right? Yeah. So this is everywhere. If you haven't seen it, here's a little clip of her singing the Christmas song. I will be home for Christmas. Or should I say quiz-moise?

Quiz-moise. What do you think it is? I think she's tried to finesse it too much. She's trying to do the Marilyn Monroe sexy up happy birthday. Yeah. Except she's doing it with Christmas. Happy birthday. Yeah.

Bit of that. It's almost exactly what it is, eh? Christmas. Christmas. But hey, she's getting roasted. I think we jump on board the support train. Okay. I think we get this started.

Yeah. And a good way to do that is to just start using the way she says Christmas in normal conversation. Okay. So I'm going to call my mum, test it out, and just say it the way she says it. See what she's doing for quizmois. Quizmois. Hello? Hi, Mum.

How are you going? Good, good. Hey, you know how I'm coming home for Quizmas? Yeah. I was just wanting to double check, because, you know, for Secret Santa, for Quizmas, we're doing... For what? For what did you say?

Quizmas. We're doing... What? What did you say? Quizmoth. Is that Scandinavian or something, is it? I'm just saying Christmas, Quizmoth. How do you say it? Have you had some vodka this morning, have we? Well, I was just wondering, because for Quizmas, I was thinking...

You sound like Nona. You sound like Nona, I should say. Just trying to call you about Quizmas. Nothing weird here. Is that how the New Zealanders say it, Brianna, for God's sake? Hey, don't drag us into this.

Don't you dare. When you came from the Scandinavians, that was one thing. Don't you dare drag New Zealanders into this. This is all on your daughter. That's how everyone says it. It's the new thing, Mum. Haven't you heard? It's like the new Xmas.

People are saying Quizmas. I don't think so, Brianna. And unless you've got a very strong Italian accent, I don't think you're going to get away with it. Well, Mum, you're going against everything Camilla Cabello stands for. Take a listen. This is her new Christmas song. I'll be home for quizmas.

See? That's a G up. And Bree said that Camila Cabello song is better than the whole Elvis Christmas catalogue. Oh, Brianna, don't wash your mouth out with soap. Haven't you heard the new rendition of the new Elvis Christmas song? I'll have a blue, blue, blue, blue quizmas. All right, Mama Di, we'll let you get back to quiz-moist shopping, okay? Spread the word.

Talk to you later. Spread the word. Merry quizmas. See you later. See you later. I'll be home for quizmas. I think it's going to catch on. I will be home for Christmas. I think it's going to catch on, yeah. I think it's already working, yeah.

Bree and Clint. It's time for a birthday banger. It's my birthday, it's my birthday. Bree and Clint's birthday banger. All right, let's rip into these. You call us. We figure out what was the song that was number one on your 16th birthday and then we play our favourite one out in full out of the three.

Jade's here. Hi, Jade. G'day, Jade. Hey, how you doing? Good, mate. How are you? Oh, I'm great. I'm just on the way to a free party for the Groove of Martyrs,

so I'm awesome. Oh, I'm so jealous of you going to Groove of Martyrs. Oh, that sounds fun. Yeah, and Christ'm awesome. Oh, I'm so jealous of you going to group of martyrs. Oh, that sounds fun. Yeah, and Christchurch. Oh. Yeah, yeah. Oh, I really wanted to go to that. It's in Auckland on Saturday.

Yeah, I know. Yeah. Yeah. Okay, Jade, let's get you to your pre-party with a birthday banger. What's your birthday? March 16, 1989. All right, that means you were 16 in 2005, Jade. And let me take you back there.

The 16th birthday, this would have been number one. Number one? Imagine if it was Groove Armada and it's like, where's your head at? Where's your head at? Do you like Mario, Jade? No, no, it's terrible. I like the honesty, James.

We love the honesty. Okay, wait there. Let's do one for Charlie. Kia ora, Charlie. Kia ora. Kia ora. Kia ora. Kia ora.

How are you, Charlie? We're excellent. We just pulled over on the side of the road on our way up to the Bay of Islands. Who's we, Charlie? I've got my niece in the car and my son. Hi, guys. You're on the radio right now.

We are long-time listeners, first-time callers. It's great to have you guys on the show. Charlie, are we going to do your birthday banger? Hell yeah. What's your birthday? 7th of August, 1971. Alright, Charlie.

You've waited long enough. Here it is. You were 16 in 1987. And on your birthday in 87, this was number one. Oh, I want to dance with somebody. I feel the heat with somebody. Gold standard birthday banger, Charlie. What do you reckon?

Let me. Are you serious? You'reanger, Charlie. What do you reckon? Whitney. Are you serious? We're serious, yeah. I'm going to say you can't get better than that. You cannot get better than Whitney Houston, RIP. Whitney Houston, RIP. Absolutely. Okay, wait there, Charlie.

We've got to do one for Geran. Hi, Geran. Hi, Geran. Hi. How are you guys? Good, mate. How are you? Yeah, not bad.

Not bad. Driving home. Oh, good. Well, let how are you guys? Good, mate. How are you? Yeah, not bad, not bad. Drowning home. Oh, good. Well, let's get you home a bit quicker. What's your birthday? 27 July, 1990. That means you were 16 in 2006. And on that day, this would have been number one.

Hang on. Love this song. Bring back Nelly Furtado, I say. Yeah. She doesn't want to come back, but yeah, bring back Nelly Furtado I say Yeah She doesn't want to come back But yeah bring back Nelly Furtado But I'd like her to come back Oh yeah yeah

What do you think Duran? Hell yeah Bang her aim It's a good one Yeah yeah pretty good Okay wait there Well you know where my vote's going Is that Nelly Furtado song

Couldn't Swing You? Absolutely not Really? Whitney Houston I Wanna Dance With Somebody know where my vote's going. Is that Nelly Furtado song Couldn't Swing You? Absolutely not. Really? Whitney Houston, I Want To Dance With Somebody, that's my vote. Now it's up to you guys. Well, I love that song as well, and I don't want to take it away from you,

and I especially don't want to take it away from Charlie and the kids. Yes, Charlie! So Charlie, en route to the Bay of Islands, you're the winner of Birthday Banger. Yay! Long-time listeners, first-time winners of Birthday Banger. Yay! Long time listeners, first time winners of Birthday Banger. Yay! Have a great time in the far north, guys, and thanks for listening to ZM.

We love you guys. Haere rā. Haere rā. Franklin, here's your Birthday Banger on ZM. Woo! Heart strikes upon the hour And the sun begins to fade Bree and Clint With somebody who loves me

Zinni and Bree and Clint A birthday banger icon for Charlie. From 1987, that's Whitney Houston's I Wanna Dance With Somebody, the winner of Birthday Banger today. Promiscuous girl, sway me. Do you not know me, Clint? No, I know, but this is... I love this song.

And this doesn't come up all that often either. I do like it. Yeah. Would we hear it on Friday Jams? Maybe sometimes. That doesn't matter. That's not a criteria anymore. Would you hear Whitney?

Never. So predictable. I am so predictable. Brianne Clint. I think this next story is a PSA to never hire or work with friends or family. Okay. Because it can or family. Okay. Because it can go bad. Yeah.

I like the idea of keeping the money in the family, you know, or in the friend group. Okay. Are you from a royal bloodline? No, no, no. It's like if I'm going to pay anybody, I like the idea of like. No, Clinton, you must marry your cousin because it keeps the money. You know what I mean.

In the family. You know what I mean. Like if you're going to get some work done on your house, you don't want to pay some rando. Would you say first cousin fine, second cousin. Oh, shut up. Just talk about what you're doing. Where do you finish, you know?

Just go. Third cousin's good. Third cousin's good to go. Okay. There's a story doing the rounds. It makes me really sad stories like this, for real. But a woman by the name of Natasha and her husband, Ryan, got married in Queensland and they hired a photographer.

Her name was Ricky Lee to capture all the special moments on their big day. She's the wedding photographer, right? She's the wedding photographer, right? She's the wedding photographer. They paid her $500 because she was a friend and that's what she said she would do it at that rate. Okay, pretty cheap for a wedding photographer, I think. Pretty cheap, yeah. And she said, anyway, Natasha said there's been nothing but issues

following the three months that have followed the wedding. Right. So they haven't seen any of the photos yet. Oh, she hasn't even sent them through. No. After three months. After three months. Anyway, it all kicked off recently because Natasha messaged her friend Ricky and said, hey, you know, it's been three months.

Where's my photos? I was just wondering if you had our photos and apparently Ricky has kicked off and has said, how dare you hound me for these photos? You only paid me 500 bucks. You'll get them when I am good and ready. That's all you asked for. We would have paid you whatever you said, but you charged us $500.

It's gotten real nasty now because the couple, Natasha and Ryan, have went onto her photography Facebook page and they've left a few public comments on there. That is a bold move when you do not have possession of the photographs because you can't retake your wedding photos or you can but you know you'd have to you'd have to pretend you'd have to act if she still has them and you are posting bad reviews there's every chance she could just wipe that memory card yeah you know she kind of holds all the she's pretty much holding the photos hostage and she's saying

if you want your photos you will remove all of the posts from my Facebook page and they're pretty much saying please do not contact us again. Anyway, the worst part in this whole thing, in my opinion, is that at their wedding they got the celebrant to tell everyone there to put away their phones and not take photos and to enjoy the day. We have a professional photographer. We've got a photographer. So they literally have zero photos from the day.

Using a friend or family member in any professional sense has issues when there are issues, you know, because it's so much harder to speak frankly with a friend about things like that. And keep it business. And say things like, we're unhappy with the service we've been provided. You can't say that to your first cousin. Yeah. Yeah.

We are totally dissatisfied with the job you have done. P.S. What do you want for Christmas? Hey, Sarah. It doesn't quite work, eh? Sarah, these photos are crap. Are you bringing the ham this Christmas? I'll see you there.

Yeah, a little bit awkward. Guys, who wants to take part in a really stupid thing I saw on TikTok? Ah, depends. Me! Is this cooking steak in the toaster? Because the fire service has said we shouldn't do that. That's old news. That is old news.

No, it's back because of TikTok. Oh, really? Yeah. Toaster steak. I used to do a segment on the last show I did where I cooked everything on household appliances. Oh, yeah. Like a sandwich press? I did.

Or an electric frying pan? Like not kitchen. Right, right, right. I did a toasted sandwich in between two irons. Good idea. People were doing that when they were in COVID ISO in the hotels. And a few others I'm not going to mention because they ended in a fire. Anyway.

This is not that. This is not that. But this is a really simple thing. I saw on TikTok this thing going around where if you rub a certain body part 10 times and then smell your finger, it smells like cheese. Oh, Rihanna. Disgusting. Don't be dirty about it.

It's not dirty. It's not dirty. So I thought we could take part. I don't have a cheesy one of those anyway. I beg to differ. All right, producers, are you ready? Are you guys ready? I'm ready.

I don't know. I don't know. you should commit until you know what the body part is Yeah, I'm worried Take your finger and rub your chin Or kind of like the divot Oh yeah Like in between your lips and your chin And rub it ten times Your lip gooch

Ten little circles Just rub it like back and forth 10 times. One, two, three, four. Quite hard. Five, six, seven, eight, nine, 10. Yeah, I've done 10. Okay. Now, does it smell like cheese?

Oh, yeah. It kind of smells a bit cheesy. That's disgusting. It does. Mine doesn't smell like anything. You didn't rub hard enough. I got a little bit cheesy. I got a little bit cheesy.

Is it because you have a beard? It's such an No it works for me too It's such an oily part I haven't done this finger yet I want to do yours No I've got makeup on Oh

I don't smell cheese Sorry guys It worked for me too My sense of smell is like 70% back after my operation And I can definitely get a bit of You get a bit of cheese A bit of cheese Yeah

Well can you Let me do yours Let me do yours You can do your makeup again I don't have makeup with me You can fix it up I don't know how makeup works Get your dirty ass finger Away from my chest

So this is just An opportunity for you To watch us three Rubbing it out And you just sit there And don't do anything I just want to picture All the people

This is an HR issue All the people in their cars Right now doing it And then people in the cars right now doing it. And then people in the car that's not listening to us looking over and people all smelling their fingers. Well, please can you text us if you rubbed your chin with us ten times and sniffed it? Did it smell like cheese? Brie and Clint.

That'll do. Yep. Let's wrap it up, everyone. Brie's got a schmancy awards show to go to for the TV Awards. We'll find out tomorrow if you are TV Personality of the Year. I'm not going to hold my breath, but, you know, good to be nominated. That's what we always say about our show, Clint. Good to be nominated. New Zealand's most nominated radio show.

To have never won an award. New Zealand's least awarded, most nominated radio show. That is our motto, actually. That's how I like to live my life. Nice to be nominated. Yeah, most nominated radio show. That is our motto, actually. That's how I like to live my life. Nice to be nominated. Yeah, good to be nominated. That's what I always say. So if you win tonight at the New Zealand Television Awards,

you have to leave the show. This is a no-winner zone. This is a winner-free zone. I don't want you to leave the show. I'm just saying it'll throw our dynamic off. Because otherwise I have to go and win something. Or it'll throw our show into a different path and we're going to win all the radio awards next year.

I mean, that's a positive way of looking at it, isn't it? That could be a thing. Have a great night, everybody. We'll catch you back tomorrow for a Friday on The Brian Clint Show. See you. Bye, guys. We're coming out and I just have to live.