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Anastasia's busy so you're going to have to do the trumpets.
Sweet, maybe we scrap the trumpets until Ben's back.
Maybe we... Oh, just a thought.
Just a thought.
We're having to...
We're in lockdown here
and it's changing the way we do everything.
That's part of the reason why Ben is not available.
He's stuck at home at the moment.
So, look, we have to reassess everything
and I'm reassessing the trumpets on the fly.
Yeah, probably a good idea.
Same with the dolphin.
Oh, fuck, we've got to do the dolphin
at the end of this too.
Yeah, nah, I think the dolphin's gone as well, I think.
I had a message today from long-time podcast listener Kariva.
Remember Kariva?
We've talked to her before.
Yes.
She said that it's unfair that the milk-off has been judged without Ben's input.
She said that she knows for a fact that Ben is working on a special milk
and that to judge it now and close the competition is unfair.
She said, Ben has got a good idea and you've got to remember the scores until he returns.
Now, the reason I think that might be interesting for you is shot at redemption.
It would force a re-vote.
I know you feel particularly hard done by by Anastasia's avocado nut milk.
It was delicious.
Yeah, I know.
No, I just feel, I just feel, I don't feel hard done by.
I feel cheated.
I feel like there was some foul play at hand.
There's absolutely some foul play at hand. There's absolutely some foul play at hand.
Yeah.
And I feel like Clint's on my side.
And you girls out there, you know, you're on a team of your own.
We're on a team in here.
Yeah.
Why don't we call Ben?
I don't want to hold out hope that the milk-off is going to continue.
If he's not sitting on a milk idea.
I'm kind of done with the milk-off, eh?
Yeah, I feel like podcast listeners would be done with the milk off too.
But I've already put the phone number on.
But that's what you would say because you've got what you came for.
You've cheated everyone and now you're off into the sun.
He doesn't answer.
G'day, guys.
Oh, there he is.
Hey, Ben.
G'day, mate.
G'day, mate.
Hey, look, we've had correspondence that suggests,
even though the milk-off wrapped up yesterday,
that you're sitting on a powerful, powerful milk and that we should actually keep it open until you can make it back
and include your milk in the voting.
Is there any truth to that?
Yep, heaps of truth in that,
and I definitely think you should keep it open.
I'm ready to come back on Monday, and you will be shocked.
Right, okay.
Can you give us a teaser about what sort of milk you've got?
Fruity.
Oh.
Is it kiwi fruit?
I'm not allowed to say.
I know Ben.
Ben's a massive fan of banana.
Is it?
And lime.
I reckon it's a banana lime milk.
I can't say anything.
I'm not giving anything away.
Okay, but you want us to leave it open.
Can I make another milk?
I want to make prawn milk.
Ew.
No, Ben's alluded to prawns.
I want prawns.
Then I definitely can't come back.
Anastasia is being so underhanded about this competition.
She voted Brie out strategically,
and now she wants to kill you with anaphylaxis with her
broad milk. I think you're not included
in the next lockdown competition because you've
really, really showed your true colours.
So I'll just go home.
Okay, Ben, while it stays open, man.
Yeah.
We'll wait for your fruit
milk on Monday. Sounds good.
I'm looking forward to it. Banana lime.
Lock it in. I reckon that's what it is.
You don't necessarily lose your title, Anastasia.
This is going to be a re-vote,
and I don't believe Bree is going to look as kindly on your milk
in the next round of voting.
Yeah, you were lucky that I voted before you voted.
That's all I can say.
Whoa, whoa, whoa.
Oh, shit.
Yeah, sorry.
Yeah, there's a bit of anger in the studio, Ben.
I'm competitive, and I'm not afraid to say it.
No, but it's fine to be competitive, because I'm competitive.
Clint's competitive.
I know.
But you need to be fair.
I think it was fair.
Oh, no, I can't talk.
I didn't even try a drink.
I enjoyed Alice Milk.
Thank you.
Look.
It sounds like tensions are high, guys.
Yeah, tensions are high, man. Tensions are high, man.
Tensions are high.
You're so full of shit.
Okay, Ben, we'll see you on Monday with a milk for the milk off.
Good.
I was hoping this competition wouldn't end.
I've been enjoying it too much.
No, I haven't.
The feedback's been great.
I think we need to move on to a new content.
Soup tomorrow?
Soup.
I love some soup.
How are you meant to make your own soup?
I feel like that's a lot more work.
Maybe.
You know how we're not doing any noises at the moment?
Yeah.
For tomorrow's international birthday banger,
should we all sing one of the songs?
Oh, God, that's cancer.
Oh, fuck that.
Ben, for variation,
can you dolphin us out, please, this afternoon?
And Ella is going to splash us.
Oh, do you want me to fire off the dolphin sound effect?
No, a live dolphin, just out of your mouth, because we've got no buttons.
Oh, a live dolphin.
Yeah, I can do that.
You let me know when you're ready.
You're doing a splash at the same time?
Thanks, everybody, for listening to the podcast.
Have a great night.
Looking forward to that milk, Ben.
Dolphin, go.
Splash, go.
Splash.
How did Ben do Such a good dolphin
That was really good
That was an excellent dolphin
Good job Ben
Wow
Proud of you
Is that your girlfriend
Brett
I heard she does
A good dolphin
I don't know what that means
Me either
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Welcome to the show.
It's Bree and Clint.
Happy Thursday, everyone.
Just saw a funny thing on the Hits Instagram page.
Oh, yeah.
That we can do real quick.
Oh, yeah.
So apparently Anika, who's on the hits,
said she has a theory that pets have the same personality as their owners.
Okay.
Yeah.
So if we're saying what the personality traits are of our animals,
let's see if it matches in. So you would be obviously Bowie.
Yeah.
Because your wife is Ziggy.
Yeah.
Your two cats, you're Bowie.
So what are Bowie's personality traits?
Annoying, stays up too late, makes too much noise in the bathroom.
That's you!
Literally.
That's literally you.
And Ziggy would be a bit shy, a bit timid, likes to stick to the house.
The pretty one
Yeah
Whoa
Okay
Let's do Whitney the dog then
Bat shit crazy
Checks out
Do we become our pets
Or do we project our personalities
Onto our pets
Which way does it go do you think
Well I think it's the same as like
Kids
I feel like you know you have influence
They're a product of their environment. You have a bit of influence
on their personality
by their upbringing. Yeah right
Did you want to talk about your thingy by the way today? Oh yeah
Exciting times for me this morning
Got my first vaccine
this morning and it was very
seamless. Took about 45
minutes to an hour all up. Where did you go?
I went to a place
in Monaco.
Monaco.
And I just
made my booking online. It's a long way for you to go
for a vaccine. Yeah, but it was
the only place I could get in
last week straight away.
So I was like, oh, not a big deal. I'm going to be
in my car. I didn't get out anywhere.
So I just drove there, got out.
But it wasn't really in Monaco.
It was like more, like it was closer.
It was more like Royal Oak.
Oh, yeah, okay.
More like, yeah.
Oh, you're nowhere close.
Yeah.
Huh?
That's nowhere close.
Talk about 15 minutes.
Yeah, right.
Good, good stuff.
They're rolling out quickly now.
I heard the ad from the COVID lady,
who's definitely got a cold by the way,
saying that over 30s can now book their vaccines.
Which is exciting.
Today on the show, we've got free money to give away with Free Guy at 5 o'clock.
If you can last that long in your work from home office, just keep ZM on, we'll pay you then.
We should talk about the other big money that we've got.
Oh yeah, Watch the Plot is happening today.
We're playing Watch the Plot at quarter to five for $1,050 today.
It's our movie guessing game.
So if there's one time that you tune in to our show this afternoon,
it's just before five.
Yeah, just be listening from 445.
I'll give you a shot at taking on Bree to win over a grand.
It's the most money we've ever played for on What's the Plot.
It's huge.
It's big. It's large. It's the most money we've ever played for, and what's the plot? It's huge. It's big.
It's large.
It's large.
Enormous.
Sizeable.
Gigantic.
Girthy.
Bree and Clint.
Bree and Clint.
That's, what's her name?
Olivia Rodrigo.
I was about to say Paramore.
Well, there's that story out today.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
About how...
Paramore are now getting a writing credit on that song.
Yeah. Because it sounds so much like misery business.
I reckon it's because everyone just
started that TikTok trend and Olivia
Rodriguez is like, shit, I don't want to get sued.
Don't let Hayley Williams know.
Bree and Clintz.
Tradie versus
Lady. Alright, big game yesterday
in Tradie versus Lady. The scores
were tied at 68 apiece, but the ladies took it out,
so they are ahead on one point on 69 points.
The tradie's still on 68.
Let's meet our lady for the day.
She is from Christchurch, and she's a massive Star Wars fan.
Welcome to the show, Suzanne.
Hello, Suzanne.
Hello, hello.
What's your favourite Star Wars film?
It's got to be original New Hope.
Yeah, me too.
The first one.
Absolutely.
I'm more of an old school man.
I'm a return of the Jedi.
Oh, yeah, that's pretty cool too.
Yeah.
Today you'll be taking on our tradie.
He's 25.
He's from Auckland and he's doing lockdown solo.
Jeez, what's that like, Carlo?
Not too bad.
Yeah?
You're not lonely?
Sometimes, but...
What's the deal, Carlo?
What's the rules?
Can you add one other person to your bubble
or you can't do that in level four?
Honestly, I'm not too sure.
I'm just, yeah, thinking about myself.
I've got to be honest with you, Carlo.
It sounds very relaxing. I'm sure it gets lonely thinking about myself. I've got to be honest with you, Carlo. It sounds very relaxing.
I'm sure it gets lonely, but it sounds quite relaxing to me.
It is quite relaxing, yeah.
Don't have to do what anyone else wants to do any of the time.
You don't even have to get dressed.
No.
Okay, Carlo, your buzzer is tradie.
Suzanne, your buzzer is lady.
The first of three correct answers wins $50 cash thanks to KFC.
Good luck, guys. Here we go. Question number
one. New Zealand has 68 new
COVID cases today. Half of 68
is 34, which is
Clint's age. What year was Clint born?
80, or Lady.
Suzanne.
86.
So close. Carlo,
guess.
Oh, God. So close. Carlo, guess. God, what's the math?
Three, two, one.
Oh, no.
Too late.
Sorry.
Too much time in there until you potentially get a calculator,
so we'll have to move on.
1987.
Question number two.
You were so close, Suzanne.
The man that was the naked baby on the front of the Nirvana album
is suing the band for putting his willy on the cover.
Finish this Nirvana song title.
Smells like?
Brady.
Yes, Suzanne.
Team Spirit.
That is correct.
Nice work.
Question number three, one to the ladies.
660 are releasing new music tomorrow.
That's exciting.
What Auckland stadium did they sell out earlier this year?
Lady.
Yes, Carlo.
Mount Eden.
I'll give it to you.
Eden Park and Mount Eden.
Yeah, we'll give you that.
All right, what a piece.
Question number four.
Starting with C, what is the name of the pigment
that gives plants their green colour?
Lady.
Yes, Suzanne.
Chlorophyll.
More like borophyll.
Am I right?
Okay, I'll stop.
Question number five.
Two to the ladies, one to the tradies. What was that reference?
You don't know that reference?
No, what was that one?
From Billy Madison.
Oh, nice.
He goes back to school.
Is that how you knew the chlorophyll thing?
I was like, how does Bree know about chlorophyll?
Yeah, that's where I learned it from.
Right, okay.
Yeah.
Who would have thought learning stuff from Adam Sandler?
Question number five, two to the ladies, one to the tradies.
Jonah Hill is in the news today saying he believes Instagram
is our generation's version of cigarettes.
Name a Jonah Hill movie.
Tradie.
Yes, Carlo.
21 Jump Street. Yes, Carlo. 21 Jump Street.
Yes, 21 Jump Street with Channing Tatum.
We're all tied up.
This is for the win.
Question number six.
The Empire State Building is found in which city?
Lady.
Oh.
I don't know.
I don't know either.
I'm not willing to call it on that one. I think you have to avoid the question. I think't know. I don't know either. I'm not willing to call it on that one.
I think you have to avoid the question.
I think we do.
I think that was exactly even, so we'll move on.
Of course, it's New York City.
Question number seven.
This is for the win.
Can you tell me who sings this?
Oh, there we go.
That was a Claire Carlo.
Eminem.
Eminem is correct.
Woo! Oh, there we go. That was a clear Carlo. Eminem. Eminem is correct.
Tight game, but Carlo taking out the win for the tradies,
which makes us even again, both on 69.
Thanks for playing, guys.
Carlo, we'll get you 50 bucks.
Thanks to KFC.
Bree and Clint.
We're going to have a round of quarantine Cluedo next,
and guess where you are in your house for lockdown. I want some people to test us today. I want some people to go to some creative
places in their house. Like the attic? We've never had an attic. Do you have an attic in
your house? Yeah, got an attic. Yeah, we do too. Got an under the house. It's not really
a basement. It's more dirt and piles, but you know, you can get there. Call it the basement.
You can call it the basement or you can call it under the house.
You can call it under the house.
Maybe there's a large hole in your backyard you want to play from this afternoon.
The out the back shed.
Yes.
People have outdoor sheds.
Inside the compost bin.
Whatever you're up for this afternoon, if you want to try and trick us in a creative
place, call us now on 0800DIALSZM to play Quarantine Cluedo.
Where are you hiding?
We're coming for you.
We gon' find you.
Gon' find you.
We gon' find you.
Oh boy.
Free and Clint.
Google have released
the country's top searched topics.
Our search history really
for the first week of lockdown.
I can think of a few.
Bit of an invasion of privacy, I thought.
Oh, yeah, give me a few.
What have you got?
Banana bread.
Yeah.
Recipe.
Is that on the list?
I'm pretty sure that is in there, yeah.
We're so basic.
We're just doing the same things as last lockdown.
Things to do when you're incredibly bored.
Is that something that they're Googling?
No.
No, not on the list.
I think they're Googling these things because they're incredibly bored.
Right.
So this is for the first week of our lockdown.
It's New Zealand specific.
These are the things that we've been searching broken down into category.
Under the delivery and food category, we have been searching alcohol delivery,
lockdown loaf, meat delivery,
and are bakeries open at level four?
I've Googled two of those things.
Have you?
Yep, I've Googled.
Meat and alcohol?
Yes.
Like I said, we're so basic.
Did you find an alcohol delivery?
Yeah.
Did you?
Around the corner from my house.
Oh, a local one.
Yeah.
Good for you.
Support local.
That doesn't help me. Support local business.
Okay, here's our recipe searches.
Everyone's getting back
in the kitchen and cooking.
I tried to buy flour
from the supermarket last night.
No chance.
Really?
Although I went across the road
to the dairy.
Heaps of flour.
Just go to the dairy.
So much flour.
The dairy's so good.
Love the dairy.
Okay, these are the recipes
we're cooking this lockdown
according to Google.
Focaccia.
Oh, focaccia.
Cinnamon rolls. My wife made cinnamon rolls Google. Focaccia. Oh, focaccia. Cinnamon rolls.
My wife made cinnamon rolls today.
They were so good.
Yeah, cinnamon rolls are the bomb.
Pizza dough recipe.
Yeah, bring that on.
That's so good when you figure out how to make your own pizza dough.
Pancake recipes.
Pizza dough recipe again.
Scone recipes.
Oh, I love a scone.
Brown recipes.
Brownie recipes.
Okay.
Doesn't say whether they've got wheat in them or not.
A lot of sweets.
Yeah, and apple crumble recipes.
All sweets.
Everyone wants comfort food.
See, comfort foods for me is pasta.
Right, okay.
Yeah.
No one's on there going,
what's a lockdown curry I could make?
But you should. I love curry. Yeah. Now one's on there going, what's a lockdown curry I could make? But you should.
I love curry.
Yeah.
Now we get a little bit more serious.
These are the top searches
under the home improvement slash DIY category.
Okay.
Because you've got two people in lockdown.
One goes straight to the kitchen and cooks or eats.
That's me.
The other one goes straight outside and goes,
whoa, what are these jobs we've been meaning to get around to for ages?
That's my partner.
That's me. Yeah. So these are the top. Oh, and your wife get around to for ages? That's my partner. That's me.
Yeah.
So these are the top.
Oh, and your wife is the cooker.
Yeah.
And she's the cooker.
Yeah.
That makes sense.
Here are the top searches in New Zealand on Google in the last week under home improvement
slash DIY.
Number one, is Mitre 10 open?
Oh, yeah.
It's not.
It's not.
Not even for click and collect.
That's level three.
They're doing delivery of essential items, I think.
Oh, right.
But unfortunately,
things like outdoor furniture,
those nice rope lights
that you can get.
Yeah, can't get those.
Same with animates, actually.
Like any pet stores and stuff.
Oh, yeah.
They're only doing certain stuff.
DIY desks,
as in how to build your own desk.
Really?
That's one of the top searches on Google at the moment.
Mitre 10 is only open for essential things.
Paint is not essential.
That's why homemade paint is one of the tops.
That's not a good idea.
That is never a good idea.
Can you imagine if we're in this lockdown for a bit
and we get to the end of it
and you've decided to paint your house in homemade paint?
Can you
imagine the first
rainfall? What's going to happen to your
homemade paint? You'll have a watercolour house.
Chainsaw rental? That's risky
as well. People googling
chainsaw rental for DIY.
And the number one search
under home improvement DIY
for lockdown week one in New Zealand
was
how to build a deck.
Now, again, much like chainsaw rental and homemade paint,
unless you know what you're doing,
I don't think this lockdown is the time to start figuring it out.
It's not a good idea to start at the deck level.
Like, start with a flat pack.
Yeah.
Bree and Clint from iHeartRadio. This is the latest live from LA with Dean McCarthy. Like, start with the flat pack.
Dean's on the line with us.
This story is huge today.
It's everywhere.
The baby from the Nirvana Nevermind album cover,
the naked baby that was underwater chasing the dollar bill,
is suing Nirvana, Dean.
Yes, this is absolutely... We didn't see this one coming.
So 30 years ago, the guy's name is Spencer Eldon.
He did that photo shoot.
He was a four-month-old baby,
and his father was actually friends with the photographer.
So that's how he was, I guess you could say, cast.
Now, 30 years ago, you know, he's grown, man.
Now he's even got the album cover tattooed on his body, actually.
But now he's changed his tune.
He's come out and says that this has really affected him negatively.
He's claiming that the photo, as per the report, is child pornography.
And, of course, very explicit, considering the baby is reaching for a dollar bill in the actual photo.
As you all remember, it's a very, very memorable, very, very famous cover.
He says it's private sexually explicit materials and described as sex trafficking.
So he won, he really won, $150,000 from each of the members,
including also Kurt Cobain's estate
and everyone else involved with the production.
He says it's very negatively affected his life
and he alleges the photo of him as a baby
is now considered child pornography.
Yeah, right.
This is such an interesting story to me.
Well, because it's become a piece of pop art.
It's iconic.
It's folklore now.
And they would have never known that the album was going to be one of the biggest albums
of all time.
Right.
And I don't know what technology they had available in 1994 or whatever it was.
Probably should have photoshopped out the wanger, you know?
Probably just the image would have still been as powerful
if a baby was chasing a dollar note
if they just photoshopped out the little baby wanger, right?
Look, I reckon it's interesting that he wants such a specific amount
from each person that he's suing as well.
That's quite interesting too.
Yeah, he knows what he wants.
I'd like to know where, like his background,
what he's doing in his life.
Is this like something,
and maybe it has negatively affected him.
I don't know.
I haven't lived his life.
Or does he need cash quick at the moment?
I don't know.
Who knows?
Yeah.
It comes back on his parents though.
He should be angry at his parents.
Yeah, well why?
He should have gone,
why did you put my wanger on an album cover in the 90s?
And they said, because we love Nirvana.
I mean.
It's like if Brie put her dog's wanger on the Ariana Grande album cover.
Well, that'd be very interesting because my dog's a f***er.
Wouldn't that be very interesting?
Look, I'm not going to lie.
One of my favourite things in the whole world is cheese.
Love eating it out of the bag.
Love cutting it from the block.
I love putting it on my food.
I love it.
Your favourite flavour of cheese is grated, isn't it?
I love grated cheese.
Can't beat it.
Melted cheese.
I never understood grated cheese in a bag until I bought it.
Then I was like, this is genius.
So good.
And you can buy like the real good grated cheese.
You can buy good pre-grated cheese.
Yeah.
It's brilliant.
The cheese tastes better when you don't have to grate it yourself.
Sometimes people say, what's for dinner?
I say grated cheese in a bag.
Bag of cheese.
Bag of cheese.
There's been a survey done in the UK where they've asked people,
what is your favourite cheese?
What is the best?
Oh, yeah.
And this, it interested me because I was like,
I wonder what people are loving.
I don't trust British taste buds.
If you're listening, British people, I love you,
but I don't trust your taste buds.
Okay.
Why?
I find English cuisine very mild is one way to put it.
Right.
What about the black pudding?
Oh, we'd give that to the Scots, Right. What about the black pudding? Oh, they're...
We'd give that to the Scots, wouldn't we?
The black pudding?
Yeah, they're from the UK.
Yeah, right, true.
Okay.
Yeah, I'm just saying I feel like...
Right.
That's the home of a milky tea, put it that way.
Oh, yeah.
They love a milky tea, don't they?
Well, this might interest you as well then.
What do you think has made the top ten for the favourite cheeses in the UK?
They'd love a brie.
They'd love a creamy brie.
Brie's in there.
Came in at number six with 17% of the vote.
They'd love a mild cheese, just a mild.
Is that an option?
No.
Colby.
They'd probably call it a Colby.
Which would you say is a cheddar?
Yeah.
A cheddar came in at number two. Yeah. 33%.
Yeah, yeah, great.
I don't think you will ever guess what came in as number one for UK's favourite cheese.
Okay, give me top three.
Okay, top three.
Coming in at number three, mozzarella.
Oh, okay.
Which I mean, mozzarella.
It's so useful.
It's such a great cheese.
It doesn't have a lot of flavour to it, but it's so useful and its cheesy consistency is really good.
You can do a lot with mozzarella.
Yeah.
That came in at number three.
I just said before, cheddar, number two.
Yeah.
But taking out-
It's not not cheddar.
Cheddar is a classic.
If we're talking about a block of Colby,
New Zealand was built on a block of Colby, okay?
Oh, yeah.
But I mean-
Value metric block of Colby.
What I would say to people if they said,
oh, my favourite is a block of cheddar cheese,
I'd say you need to maybe explore a little bit more.
Broaden your cheese horizons.
Okay.
Coming in at number one for the UK's favourite cheese is those processed cheese slices.
No joke.
I told you I didn't trust the English taste buds. What are they
doing? I told you and if you, when I said that,
when I called you mild, said that that was
mean, you've just proven me right.
That's not okay.
I will say
I do love a processed cheese
slice. I mean, I don't hate it. It goes
beautifully on a hamburger. But I
know I'm not eating cheese.
I know I'm eating a cheese replica. You technically can't call it cheese. It's the difference between a sizzler and a sausage. But I know I'm not eating cheese. I know I'm eating a cheese replica.
You technically can't call it cheese.
It's the difference between a sizzler and a sausage.
I don't mind a sizzler.
I love a cheese sizzler.
Wait, what's a sizzler?
Have you not had a sizzler?
No.
A bean to sizzler?
No, a sizzler sausage.
They have to call them sizzlers, not sausage,
because there's not enough meat in them to be called sausage.
I don't know if I want to have one.
Ella, who's feeling like a bean is vegan, you can probably eat a sizzler. I mean, I don't know if I want to have one. Ella, who's feeling a bit of a bend, is vegan.
You could probably eat a sizzler. I mean, I don't know
the actual meat content of it. There are some.
Ew, I do not want to touch a sizzler.
That's probably
worse than meat because you don't know what you're eating.
Cheese? Do you like any cheeses?
I like vegan cheese. Vegan mozzarella,
as you were saying. Delicious.
Yeah, I'll be sure to
get around that. What about you, producer'll be sure to... We'll take your word. Be sure to get around that.
What about you, producer Anastasia?
What's your favourite?
Old Amsterdam.
I love Old Amsterdam.
It's an aged cheddar.
Yeah.
Or a holder.
A holder.
Yeah.
Which Kiwis would know as gouda.
Yeah.
Gouda.
Is it a Dutch cheese, the gouda?
I don't know.
I probably just made that up.
You just Dutch-ifying it? I claim a lot of things to be Dutch. What about you, Clint? What's your favourite? I don't know. I probably just made that up. You're just Dutchifying it. I claim a lot of things
to be Dutch. What about you, Clint? What's your favourite?
I don't mind a Havarti.
I love a
blue cheese.
I love blue cheese.
My top cheese is
halloumi. Salty, salty
halloumi. Unpopular opinion.
Halloumi is average
as... tastes like a piece of... Well, let's see if it's an unpopular opinion. Halloumi is average as... Tastes like a piece of...
Well, let's see if it's an unpopular opinion.
Anybody agree?
You can't...
Actually, when I wasn't vegan, it was kind of good.
Okay.
Yeah.
Rubbery until cooked properly.
Yeah, you're right.
It tastes like rubbery...
It's salty, yes.
It's awesome.
And you can cook it in the sandwich press.
It does get a bit dried up and shriveled.
It's not bad.
It's like all like, yeah, sweaty. Put it in a curry. Like pretty sweet. I really like it in burgers. The ultimate cheese. bit dried up and shriveled. Salad's not bad. It's like, it's like all like,
yeah, sweaty.
Put it in a curry.
Like pretty sweet.
I only like it in burgers.
The ultimate cheese.
Alright, alright, alright.
Cheese influencer,
tell us what the best cheese is.
The ultimate cheese,
and hear me out,
is of course,
parmesan cheese.
Because,
it makes so many different meals
way better,
and then eat it on its own,
it's amazing. It's too on its own. It's amazing.
It's too small the quantity.
That's right.
It comes in such a small block.
That's not the cheese's fault.
It's so expensive too.
Jeez, this isn't the cheese's fault.
Pre-grated Parmesan though.
So good.
Such a good life hack.
Just quickly on the cheese conversation,
shout out to the person who texted and said,
I ate a wheel of camembert every day while I was pregnant.
You're my actual hero.
Whoever you are, you are an absolute icon.
I imagine them eating it like a cookie time cookie.
Just like.
Have you ever done that?
Bit into a wheel of cheese?
No.
So eating a whole wheel.
Oh, no.
No, I've only ever sheared a wheel.
Yeah, same.
My own new truth.
This year in particular, the secondhand video game market has gone ballistic.
I found this really weird, the things that are valuable at the moment.
It's NFTs, Pokemon cards, and vintage video games.
This one is even more interesting Pokemon cards and vintage video games this one
is even more interesting
because someone
donated this video game
to the Goodwill store
I love these stories
yeah
well
not for the person
that donated
I think they knew
what they were doing
oh they did
I think they did it
on purpose
and they said
I'm not going to
make a donation to you
I'll give you this game
so Goodwill is like
the Salvation Army
in New Zealand
in America
it's just a charity store.
They sell secondhand things.
Someone gave them an unopened copy of The Legend of Zelda
for Nintendo NES from 1986.
And they sold that copy of The Legend of Zelda,
which was still in its original box, unopened.
$411,000.
Wow.
It's a second printing of the game
and the plastic wrapper is still on the game.
The wrapper is said to have a couple of scratches and smudges.
The sticker on the outside of the wrapper
and one of the corners is peeling off a little bit.
And for that reason, it only went for $400,000.
God, you want to hope it works.
The game.
Yeah, have you paid that much?
You're not playing it.
Oh, why not?
You're not opening it.
Why not?
Because it's worth $400,000.
What's the point?
It's only worth $400,000 because it's still sealed.
You know, I get that.
But why spend that amount of money if you can't experience the game?
If you want to play it, go and trade me and buy a dusty old copy out of someone's
you know, out of someone's rumpus room.
What are you not playing at?
It's the biggest flex of all time.
But that's like, would you buy
You're destroying a piece of art by doing that.
If you bought a
pair of Michael Jordan shoes
that were like, you know, whatever they were
say they were the ones he wore in the first
game that he played, would you wear them?
Yeah, but I could wear them without anyone knowing that I'd worn them.
No, but people can tell.
No, they can't tell.
If I just put them on and just in my lounge
just did a couple of like basketball moves
and then put them back in the case, no one would know.
Whereas this game, if you opened it, it's open.
But it's not a conversation piece then.
What do you mean?
Like if you wore them out in public,
people would be like,
no way, they're the shoes.
They wouldn't know.
They wouldn't know.
You'd have to tell everybody.
You'd have to be like,
hey, did you know these are
the original Michael Jordan shoes?
And they'd go, idiot,
why are you wearing those?
No, they'd probably go,
yeah, sure they are.
The record, by the way,
was set for video games this year,
a copy of Mario Brothers, Super Mario Brothers for Nintendo NES
from 1985, unopened, sold for $2 million.
How much is a, like a 2003...
Crash Bandicoot?
Yeah.
I got that at home.
About 50 bucks on Trade Me?
It's definitely open.
Yeah.
And to use.
It's about that time of the day
where we attempt to boost
the mood of the nation
with a morale boosting request.
A song to lift you out
of your Zoom hole.
Your work from a hole.
Zoom hole's a bad word.
I was going to say.
Don't Zoom your hole.
Wouldn't say that to him.
Don't Zoom your hole.
Three times.
And if you do
Make sure the camera's
At a high angle
Yeah
It's much more flattering
Zoom hole
Zoom hole
We play a song
You guys help us
Pick the song
You suggest it
And then we play
The song
Which will boost
The mood of the nation
We need a theme
What was yesterday's theme?
Songs that were made big
In television
Singing competition
Singing competition shows.
It was great.
Phil and producer Ella wants us to do Disney songs.
No, musicals.
Oh, was it musicals specifically?
Right.
Yeah, I'd love some like High School Musical or we could really, there's a lot.
Yeah, I don't know if we're there yet.
I don't know if we're in that part of lockdown yet.
I do love that song.
And all that jazz. Oh, go on. That's a great song Yeah, I don't know if we're there yet. I don't know if we're in that part of lockdown yet. I do love that song. And all that jazz.
Oh, go on.
That's a great song.
I love that song.
Yeah, like I said, maybe if we end up in lockdown for three weeks,
we might end up there.
We'll get there.
What's the theme for today?
What can we do today that's fun?
Thursday.
Yeah.
It's Thursday.
I mean.
Thirsty Thursday songs.
What about Soft Rock Thursday?
Soft Rock Thursday? Soft Rock Thursday.
First a conversation about cheese and now a soft rock theme.
Could today get any better?
I don't think so.
Perfect.
You've hit the nail on the head.
Next, the morale boosting song, the song to boost the mood of the nation will be a soft rock song.
But you need to suggest it.
It's going to be a tough category.
Brie and Clint.
Zed and Brie and Clint, that's the latest Lorde song.
It's called Mood Ring.
It's time, speaking of mood, to boost the mood of the nation.
After a long day of lockdown and working from home
and dealing with your flatmates,
we want to break the tension and lift the mood
with a morale-boosting request.
What better way to do that with the theme of Soft Rock Thursday.
We and Clint's Soft Rock FM.
That's right.
We're starting our own radio station.
It's all ready to go.
It's all just Soft Rock.
It's just Soft Rock.
It's a dream of ours one day.
Yeah.
Once our time here at ZM is done, we're hoping to move to Soft Rock FM.
Bree and Clint's Soft Rock FM.
Who else will we get on the station?
As a host?
Yeah.
That's a great question.
Just someone with like a soothing voice.
Yeah, who's got a nice voice.
Obviously, you know.
Robert Taylor, who did the sweepers.
Absolutely.
He's on there.
He'd be great.
Actually, I think he's already on Soft Rock FM.
Definitely not ZM. This is Soft Rock FM. Definitely not ZDM.
This is Soft Rock FM.
Okay, we've got some songs.
If you want to be an impartial judge today
to pick the Soft Rock morale booster,
0800 dial ZDM right now.
This one came through straight away.
It was the first one.
Is it Hinder?
It's really good to hear your voice
Saying my name, it sounds soft It's soft.
Artistry.
Is it soft enough, though?
These guys definitely are.
Is it The Fray?
God, I love The Fray.
This is Grey's Anatomy.
It's everything.
It's every teenage kind of TV show in that era.
Is it Lifehouse?
Hard to top that.
Hard to top that.
But you know who could top it?
Who?
Train.
Train.
I went to a train gig about five years ago.
Did you?
And it was...
How did you get there?
On the bandwagon?
I took the train.
And it was the weirdest thing for me
because it was obviously the guys from Train.
It was in this tiny pub and I was like,
this is so surreal.
Oh, was it a small gig?
Yeah.
Oh, Train not doing stadiums these days?
Nah, they weren't.
It was for a radio station.
Oh, right, right, right, right.
Is it Matchbox 20?
Rob Thomas.
Yes, please.
That's just such a good theme.
We don't have a judge, by the way.
It's coming down to you and me.
All right.
So I'll throw two more in there just to make it really hard.
The script.
So good.
Oh, one more.
Gem's blunt.
This is the one Anastasia wants.
Yeah, it's her favourite.
This is her pick.
She's a blunty.
He's just so funny, isn't he?
Anastasia's a massive blunt.
One vote each.
Let's start knocking them out.
Okay, we'll knock them out.
I reckon we get rid of Hinda.
Yeah.
Gone.
Okay, cool.
I reckon we get rid of the fray because we've got the scraps.
Okay.
Okay.
Lifehouse we can't get rid of yet. Nah, that stays. Okay. Lifehouse we can't get rid of yet.
Nah, that stays.
Drops of Jupiter we can't get rid of.
Matchbox 20, unfortunately
it's going.
Yeah, no, it's going.
The script?
It's staying and James Blunt
is going.
Okay, so we've got three.
So we've got the script, we've got
Lifehouse and we've got three. So we've got The Script, we've got Lifehouse,
and we've got How to Save a Life.
I don't know that.
No, we don't have
How to Save a Life.
We've got Drops of Jupiter.
Drops of Jupiter.
Drops of Jupiter,
Hang By A Moment,
Break Even.
Yeah.
Say it with me on three.
Oh, no.
We need to do this.
Okay.
People need their morale boosting.
Okay, okay, okay.
Three, two, one.
The Script, Break Even.
Yes!
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?
A record amount of money up for grabs and a record title on the line in What's the Plot today.
$1,050 up for grabs if you can beat Bree in our movie Guessing Game.
I mean, just imagine the bragging rights.
I took down that Aussie lass on ZM the other day.
Lass?
You reckon they're going to go back to the 1910s and start using the word lass?
They'll probably say Aussie Sheila.
Oh, you reckon Sheila.
I don't know what terminology Lizelle will use if she meets you, though.
Hi, Liz.
Hi, Liz.
Hi, how are you?
Good, how are you?
Good, thank you.
Are you the lass to take Bree down this afternoon and pocket $1,050?
I'd hope so.
Let's hope.
Yeah.
Are you a movie buff?
Do you know your movies?
Yes, but when you put on the spot, you know, that's a whole different story.
Totally.
It is a lot harder when there's pressure placed on you.
But pressure makes diamonds.
Blood diamonds.
Not one of the movies in the What's the Plot today.
Here we go.
I'll give you the rules first, and then I'll give you the theme,
and then we will start immediately.
Your buzzer is your name.
You don't have to wait for me to finish to buzz in to have a guess.
If you get it wrong, the other person gets a free guess.
First to two wins What's the Plot.
Good luck, everybody.
Today, to celebrate a record amount of money,
the theme is movies that blew the budget
and went way over budget.
That doesn't give us much, but that's all right.
Here we go, movie number one.
A famous newscaster leaves Buffalo Bree.
Anchorman.
Anchorman.
Oh, she's good.
Is she, though?
Because that's wrong.
Oh, okay.
Took a punt. Took a punt.
Took a punt.
Would you like a free guess, Lizelle?
I couldn't hear the last bit of it.
I can give you as much as I've said.
A famous newscaster leaves Buffalo.
How did you think?
I'll buzz you out.
That's okay.
Let's keep going.
A famous newscaster leaves Buffalo behind when he wins a seat in Congress.
Moving his wife and family to Northern Virginia,
he seems to have it made.
Then God throws a crisis on Brie.
It's either one...
No, it's not Bruce Almighty Because that's not the plot line
It must be that other movie they did
What's the guy's
Evan Almighty
Evan Almighty
That's the movie
Evan Almighty is correct
Yes
Do you know that one Lizelle
Yes I do
Horrible film
I know
That movie
35 million dollars over budget.
Yeah, they made that big arc.
Movie number two.
This expansive remake of a 1933 classic
follows a director and his crew on a journey from New York City.
Lizelle.
Lizelle.
This is not the Titanic.
The Titanic is not correct.
That would be a film that blew the budget, though, the Titanic.
What do you think?
Very free guess.
I don't know from that amount.
I'll buzz you out.
A director and his crew leave on a journey from New York City
to an ominous secret island to...
Brie King Kong.
Oh, only Brie buzzed in.
So Brie gets the point and Brie gets the game.
Sorry, Lizelle, you didn't use your buzzer.
Oh, I didn't use my buzzer.
Sorry, Lizelle.
Very well done, though.
We have 50 KFC chicken dollars for you instead
as a consolation prize.
Congratulations.
Cool.
Excellent.
We appreciate you playing.
And guess what the third movie
was going to be, Lizelle?
Titanic.
Titanic.
Oh, you see.
There you go.
That's What's the Plot.
We'll be back again
to play next week
for $1,100.
Bring it on, I say.
How high can we go?
I don't know. How high can we go? I don't know.
How high can we go?
We'll be going all year.
No, see, I've just jinxed myself.
It's going to go next week.
Also, I'd quite like to give away some money at some stage.
Yeah, same.
So quite good for someone to win soon.
But how good's winning?
Bree and Clint.
There's a story during the rounds today,
and it's a guy who's posted it on Twitter.
His name is Jacques, and he went on a date
and he said that he got ghosted for what he's saying
is a really shallow reason.
Oh, okay.
Which I'd have to agree with him.
Was it tiny?
No, it wasn't.
Bank account?
Was it small funds?
No, it wasn't.
Was it lack of funds?
So Jacques said he went on a date with a 23-year-old woman.
He thought the date went really well.
But unfortunately, he received this text message the next day.
Okay.
Hi there.
Sorry for not messaging until now.
I enjoyed our date last week.
Oh, sorry, this must be the week after. Date
last week, but when you said the phrase
put my thinking cap
on, it kind of gave me the
ick, so I wasn't really interested
in pursuing things.
That's so harsh.
Yes, but you and I just this week
have been having the conversation about the
ick and how you can't control when you get the ick
and you can't decide what gives you the ick.
And for her, it's put your thinking cap on.
I have a similar reaction when I see people say things like,
I don't want to adult today.
And, oh, adulting is hard.
That's the one for you?
That's the one for me.
I'm like, I don't want to associate with you anymore. You know? I know it's shallow. I you That's the one for me I'm like I don't I don't want to associate With you anymore
You know
I know it's shallow
I know it's shallow
But when I hear it
I'm like
You know what does it for me
That gives me the ick
Yeah
When I hear people
I don't even want to do it
Because I hate it so much
When people are like
Sheesh
Oh that one
I hate it
Man you must hate TikTok
At the moment
Oh I scroll through a lot
I scroll through a lot
I think that's what it is
for me. Anyway, we put it on our Instagram
asking people.
I told you. No, no, no. Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.
What? I told you one that does
it for me as well. What? And then you
said that's awkward because I say that in the new
season of Celebrity Treasure Island.
I said to you the one that does it for me is when people
go, day for it. Oh, yeah.
And then you go, Kate, you're telling me this now?
Six months ago I recorded a TV show when it was still cool to say that.
Can't do anything about it.
And you know what?
I should have had hindsight, but I didn't.
And that will be Celebrity Treasure Island comes out on September 6th on TV too.
September 6th, day for it.
Yeah, day for it.
What a day for it.
September 6th.
Sheesh.
I hate it so much.
We put this on our Instagram asking people what's the real shallow reason they got ghosted.
Right.
I'm just going to read you my favourite ones.
Someone said I got ghosted because apparently I farted in my sleep.
Oh, yeah.
I can see it doing that in early stages of a relationship.
Yeah, but you know what else it does? If you can't control what gives you the ick, you can't control if someone's sleep fart gives, yeah. I can see it doing that in early stages of the relationship. Yeah, but you know what else it does? If you can't control
what gives you the ick, you can't control if someone's
sleep fart gives you it. You know what else
it does, though? I know when I really
like someone, because if they fart in their sleep,
I go, oh, that's cute. Or you lean in
closer and you go, oh, like, stop it, that's cute.
Oh, I like that. They fart.
No? Too far? Okay, cool. I don't do that. I was
doing you. Someone else said
I got ghosted because I work as an essential worker in Aussie
and had to keep working.
Oh, yeah, okay.
That's rough.
That's more than shallow.
Yeah, that is rough.
Someone else said, I got ghosted because I was helping out my friends too much.
That's interesting, that one.
It's good to get ghosted.
You know the person's insecure up front.
Yeah, someone else said, I didn't respond fast enough in the middle of the night.
Yeah, good time to get ghosted if that's what they're ghosting you for.
You got ghosted by a stage five clinger, which doesn't usually happen.
You usually get the opposite of ghosted by them.
So good.
Oh, my God.
Listen to this one.
Someone said, the shallow reason I got ghosted is because my autocorrect changed the spelling
of their name from Brad to bread.
I'd take it as a compliment.
Me too.
All the breads out there, that's a great.
Yeah, bread's a way better name.
You can't control what gives you the yuck, we know that.
But some of them seem a bit stupid, don't they?
Bree and Clint.
I found this post on Reddit today quite relatable.
I was like, this person is speaking to our collective lockdown soul
when they wrote, anyone else absolutely possessed with a fierce appetite
now that we're locked down?
And it's like something happens, eh?
It's like a switch goes where you go, I don't know if it's for comfort.
I don't know if it's out of boredom.
I don't know if it's because it's a winter lockdown or what.
But your body just goes, you should eat, man.
Now's the time to eat.
You should eat.
I think it's boredom for me.
For me it is.
And you're in an environment which you're able to eat whenever you want.
To eat whenever you want, all the time.
Stuff that you wouldn't normally be able to get at work.
Yeah, right.
The world is literally your oyster.
Literally.
The house is your pantry.
It's weird, though, because I'm not saying we should be rationing
because you can get it whenever you want,
but if you eat yourself out of house and home,
you've got to go back to the supermarket.
And what happens when you go to the supermarket?
You've got to queue up.
And then you're potentially in a location of interest
if that supermarket gets pinged
you know
but don't ration it
it's not what I'm saying
I'm just saying
it's a weird time
to be eating everything inside
are you trying to make
are you saying
that we should starve Clint
is that what you're saying
we should do
absolutely not
because I'm not
so why would I tell you that
they said
can someone
can people share with me
their lockdown
overeating stories
to make me feel better
some of the responses
are quite good
someone wrote
I made spaghetti bolognese to last two
of us a few days. So that's good.
You know, get a bit of meal prep in.
For your reference, I used one kg
of mints. I got drunk
that night. There is no
spaghetti bolognese left.
Yeah, nice. Solid
effort. They ate a kg of
spaghetti bolognese. Just the mints.
Just them? Or two people. I guess
two of them. It doesn't say actually.
Still a lot. It doesn't say whether the partner got a serving.
That's solid. Here's a family one.
A husband, myself and a four year
old managed to demolish a double batch
of white chocolate chip
and cranberry cookies in two days.
For the record that's
100 cookies. Oh my god.
It's taking all my willpower not to bake more cookies
or carrot cake or caramel slice
because the baking bit, you know, it's fun.
It's stress relieving.
It's wholesome.
But then you go and eat your baking, which you should do.
You shouldn't feel bad about it.
But if you're baking 100 cookies at a time,
probably about portion sizes.
That's a lot of cookies.
Are you selling them?
But you can't.
No, but that's what I mean. Who are you
cooking them for? In two days, I imagine
the four-year-old probably had five max.
That means you and your husband went through
95 cookies. How is that possible?
That's so many.
Last one, someone wrote, baking.
Too much effing
baking. Breads, cakes,
pies, etc. I froze
some of the pies for later.
There are no pies for later.
I am the pie now.
Yeah, solid.
Whatever it takes, right?
And also that carbonara that I made the last three days
that I was meant to eat today for lunch.
Yeah, it was gone yesterday.
Cool.
Bree and Clint.
Hey.
It's my birthday.
It's my birthday. Bree and Clint. Hey. It's my birthday. It's my birthday.
Bree and Clint's birthday banger.
I wonder if any Kylie will come up in birthday banger today.
Or any Jibby Barnes.
I don't think we've ever had Jibby Barnes.
Oh, he's a walking glass man.
Working hard to make a living.
Such a good song.
Let's start with Bianca.
Hello, Bianca.
Hello.
Hey, how are you guys?
Good, mate.
How are you going?
Good, thank you.
That's good to hear.
What's your birthday?
26 of December, 1997.
Rough birthday day after Christmas.
Yeah, Boxing Day.
Yeah.
Oh, well, I guess it's not too bad because everyone's on holiday.
Lots of good food.
Yeah.
Lots of good food left over for your birthday, too.
Yeah, it's all leftovers always.
Your cake is
leftover ham
with a candle in it.
Yeah, I love a bit of ham.
I can't complain.
I'd be keen for that.
Bianca, you were 16 in 2013
and on the 26th of December in 2013
this was number one.
Kasia and Pitbull.
Yeah, I reckon.
The dynamic duo. Do you like it?
Yeah, it's alright.
I was hoping for a bit better, actually, but can't complain. It's not bad. It's a pretty fun song.
It's upbeat. It's fun.
Would have been fun on Boxing Day.
Let's go to Deb. Hi, Deb.
G'day, Deb.
Hey, how's it going?
Good.
How are you, Deb?
Yeah, I'm doing good.
That's good to hear, Deb.
We're going to do your birthday, Bea.
All we need is your birthday.
Oh, jeez.
This will be interesting.
29th of November, 1961.
Right, Deb.
You were 16 in 1977.
And on the 29th of November, on that day,
this was top of the chart.
Oh, Deb, it's the Bee Gees.
Oh, flashbacks.
Flashbacks.
Were you a Bee Gees fan?
Oh, I didn't mind them.
Probably not my favourite, but I'll go with that.
Yeah, right. Well, you have to. Your birthday Probably not the favourite, but I'll go with that. Yeah, right.
Well, you have to.
Your birthday banger chose you, Deb.
It was a bit scary.
That's cool.
Yeah, right.
Okay, wait there.
It might win.
We'll go to Reuben.
Hey, Reuben.
G'day, Reubs.
Yeah.
Hey, how are you guys?
Good, man.
How are you?
Oh, you're coming in with good energy.
What's going on with you?
Oh, you know, it's a few beers deep.
Oh, yeah.
Reuben.
Nah, I love it, Reubs.
Reuben.
Thursday, pretty much a Friday, am I right?
Oh, yeah, nearly.
Yeah.
I mean, what day is it, really?
I mean, is there even a Friday when you're in lockdown?
I mean, Thursday is the Friday.
Yeah, pretty much.
Yeah.
Let's see if you've got a vibe to go with your beers,
a vibe to go with your buzz.
Reuben, what's your birthday?
13th of June, 1992.
Ruben, you were 16 in 2008, and on the 13th of June,
this was number one.
Oh, Kiwi classic, Tiki Tane.
Yeah.
Love it.
You like it, Rubes?
Absolutely love it. Yeah? I feel like you would have been happy with most
songs, Ruben, at the moment.
Yeah, pretty much.
He was hoping for that song.
Drink yourself
more bliss.
I thought you were going to say, shot, shot, shot, shot,
shot, shot. What's it going to be?
Kesha, Bee Gees or Tiki
Tane? I don't know today. Love, Bee Gees or Tiki Tane?
I don't know today.
Love the Bee Gees.
That song's not the vibe for the moment.
It's just a bit slow.
It's a bit too slow.
So Kesha or Tiki Tane.
I haven't heard the Tiki Tane song in ages.
It's definitely not a Friday jam.
I'll go with you on that.
Yeah, should we do it?
I also want to talk to Ruben again.
Ruben, guess what?
You just won a birthday banger.
Wicked.
Awesome. Thanks, guys. Love it. Rububen, guess what? You just won Friday, uh, birthday banger. Wicked. Awesome.
Thanks, guys.
Love it.
Reuben, one thing, though.
We need a massive Lush goal from you.
Lush goal!
You nailed it.
Let's go have a glass of water, Reuben.
Not tonight, Reuben.
You're not coming in tonight.
Bree and Clint.
The winner of birthday banger
for Reuben,
uh, Deb, who got the Bee Gees, has stayed on the line
because Deb, I believe there's a family connection to Tikitane.
Is that right?
I'm the mother outlaw, as he calls me, yeah.
The mother outlaw.
Are you serious, Deb?
What are the odds that you would be on the phone in that segment
and then your son-in-law comes up.
I'm like, hey, I'm happy with that.
I haven't heard him sing that for a wee while.
I think the last time I was over there cooking dinner.
That is crazy to me.
Only in New Zealand, eh?
Only in New Zealand.
Oh, thanks.
This is local, eh?
Can you let him know that his song won
on Birthday Banger on ZM today?
Sweet, is it really?
Yeah, it won.
We just played it.
Oh, today.
Sorry, I'm sorry.
Right, I'm with you.
Yeah, sure, well, yeah, I'll be talking to them later.
Deb, do you know what day it is?
This is so funny.
What day is it?
Yeah.
No, I've got no idea.
No, no one does.
No one does.
That's not a problem.
No one's got any idea.
We're all confused, mate.
Bree and Clint.
People are asking, what part of lockdown are we in currently?
Well, it turns out, Bree, we're in the right romantic fan fiction
about Jacinda Ardern, Ashley Bloomfield,
Chris Hipkins' weird love triangle part of the lockdown.
That's my favourite part of the lockdown, to be honest.
The man who has written that fan fiction and is blowing up online today,
his name is Jack and he joins us on the show now.
Hi, Jack.
G'day, Jack.
Hey, guys. How are you going?
You saucy minx.
What motivated you to write a romantic fan fiction
about the Prime Minister
and the Minister of Health, Ashley Bloomfield?
Well, to be honest, I'm a 35-year-old man
and I'm writing erotic fan fiction,
so it's fair to say that I have quite a bit of free time at the moment.
I thought you were going to say, Jack,
that it's a positive that you've hit rock bottom.
No, not quite rock bottom.
That's still coming.
That's still coming in the distance.
Yeah, good
I've just been glued to the 1pm press conference
And it's like a TV show that's been going on too long
The sexual tension in it, the sexual tension
The will they, won't they part of it
Has just inspired me to write this slutty, trashy novel
That I've become internet famous for.
Jack, is this the first time that you've written a fan fiction or is this just something you're
at least putting your hand to now?
This is the first time, yeah.
It just kind of came out of me.
I'm not sure why.
I write a little bit, but I just felt like I had to write this story
because the world needed to hear it.
I think we need to hear a little bit of it.
Will you allow me to read a passage, Jack?
Is that okay?
Yeah, go for it.
The novel is called Blooming Desire, a romance novel featuring the Prime Minister,
the Minister of Health, the Director General of Health, and Clark Gayford.
It's a romance novel.
Here's a romance novel.
Here's a little bit of one of the pages.
No need for a 4pm press conference?
Yes, Prime Minister.
She did her best not to quiver with excitement.
He smiled his boyish smile at her,
his striking blue eyes sparkling behind his glasses.
She wondered whether he enjoyed calling her Prime minister as much as she enjoyed hearing it.
Thank you, Director General.
He smiled roguishly.
She had fought against every fibre in her being
not to call another press conference for 4pm.
There was no need for a professional...
There was no need and she was a professional.
But on the other hand, it was an excuse to see him again.
She smiled back at him, only for a moment,
she bit her lower lip.
I need a cool towel.
Jack, we want to pitch something to you.
What the hell, Jack, are you up to, mate?
What are you doing?
If we were to recruit a cast of semi-professional voice actors
and use a fully professional audio engineer.
What are your thoughts on us producing this book up
into an audio series?
Yeah, that sounds pretty amazing.
I feel like that's the life goal
that I've never really thought I wanted to happen.
And if you guys want to do it, that sounds awesome.
Jack, I feel like the wheels are already in motion.
There's already auditions happening behind the scenes.
Clint and I are going to make this a reality for you, I think.
Do you think Bree would play an appropriate Jacinda Ardern?
Oh, yeah, definitely.
Do you think I could play a good Ashley Bloomfield?
Yes.
And do you think Jeremy Wells might play a good Clark Gayford?
That would blow my mind.
Okay.
I mean, me playing Jacinda, I'm keen for Jeremy to play Clark.
Leave it with us, Jack.
Tomorrow, here on the Brian Clint Show,
Blooming Desire, a romance now gets its first audio treatment.
Epic. Epic. I'm looking forward to it.
Thanks, Jack.
Thanks, Jack. We're going to share that fan forward to it. Thanks, Jack. Thanks, Jack.
We're going to share that fan fiction to our Instagram story,
by the way, if you want to read it.
It's very good.
It's quite steamy, too.
Quite steamy.
Just search Brian Clint on Instagram.
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