ZM's Bree & Clint - ZM's Bree & Clint Podcast - 29th February 2024

Episode Date: February 29, 2024

Random acts of kindness.  Leap Year babies.  The one and only, Guy Williams!  Blink-182 hate Christchurch :(  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The ZM Podcast Network. Cutie everybody, yeah, it is cricket time. Thanks Raylene. The Blackcaps are doing very well against Australia at the moment. It's free on TVNZ if you've got a TV at your work and you want to pretend that you're working and watch the cricket. Speaking of Aussies, Bree's not here. She's off sick.

She's probably going to take the rest of the week off. So you get to hang out with me, you lucky wee things. Today on the show, we're going to play five on time and we're going to try and give away $11,000, $12,000. Not this again. Well, no one writes it anywhere.

We're giving away $12,000. Well, we might give away. We hope to give away $12,000. $12,000. Not this again. Well, no one writes it anywhere. We're giving away $12,000. Well, we might give away. We hope to give away $12,000. $12,000. Just plus two. We should have a big sign in here, like one of those charity thermometers that says how much money's been donated

to replace the roof on the church. We'll hold up signs like we're ranking your performance. $12,000. I'm a 12. If you want to win that, you've got to stop our stopwatch, bang on five seconds at 4 p.m. this afternoon. And if you do it, we will pay you the $12,000 today.

First, though, much less money, but still a hell of a lot of fun if you're keen to play tradie versus lady, thanks to our mates at KFC. $50 cash up for grabs if you're the smartest tradie and or lady this afternoon. You should give us a call right now on 0800DIALZM, and we'll play next. Bree and Clint. It's tradie versus lady. Three, two, one, let's go.

Welcome to tradie versus lady, where the scores for the year are roughly 15 to the tradies, 13 to the ladies, although I think the tradies are even further ahead than that now. Bree usually keeps score and she's sick, so we'll figure it out. Let's meet our lady first. She's from Whangarei. She's 26 years old and I DJ'd her school ball. What a fun fact. Welcome to the show, Lav. Hello. Hello. When did I DJ your school ball?

Oh gosh, like nine years ago now. Oh yeah, was it good? Yeah, yeah, it was good. You did I DJ your school ball? Oh, gosh, like nine years ago now. Oh, was it good? Yeah, yeah, it was good. You did a good job. Okay, great. Good to hear. Yeah. You're taking on our trainee today.

He's from Invercargill. He's 32, and he has pet ducks named Cheese and Quackers. Welcome to the show, Jason. Hey there. How's it going? Excellent names for pet ducks. Jason, who came up with those? You or the kids? That was me. That's far too punny

for the kids. Yeah, no, well done. That's very good. Your buzz is tradie, lab yours is lady. Whoever gives me three correct answers first is going home with 50 bucks cash from KFC. Good luck. First question. What are the flavour, what flavour are the red

tubes of Pringles? Are they original? Jason. Original. Original, yeah. Frantic. Big Pringles fans. Okay, second question. 1-0 to the tradies. Who in New Zealand playing in the cricket

right now? Ladies. Yes, lads. No, I have no idea. Have a guess. Have a guess. Black Sticks. No, that's a hockey team. Lav. Sorry, Jason.

Do you want to have a go? Yeah, the New Zealand girls. What? Who in New Zealand playing in the cricket right now? Oh, Australia. Yeah. Black Cats. Yeah.

I'm going to give it. We're going to keep this game moving. That's 2-0 to the Tradies. Third question. Who sings this song? Yes, Jason. Oh, fuck. I don't know.

Neo? Neo? No, it's not Neo. Lav, you want to have a guess? Is it Flo Rida? It is Flo Rida. Damn it. Well done.

You got one on the board, Lav. Thank God for that. Thank God for that. Thank God for that. Okay, question number four. The main character in the Back to the Future movies is Marty who? Trady. Jason? McFly.

Marty McFly. That's the win. Woo! Yeah! Lev, it's not a down trail. You got one on the board, so you can be proud of that. Congratulations. Real proud of you. Look, it's not a down trail. You got one on the board, so you can be proud of that. Congratulations. Real proud of you.

Look, it's a rough day. Jason's proud of you. $50 for you, for cheese, and for quackers. Jase, congratulations. Awesome. All my dreams. Thank you very much. You're welcome.

And you're a Tradie vs. Lady champion. Bree and Clint. No, Bree today, she's off sick. I had a really nice and wholesome interaction with a stranger yesterday morning. I had my little girls and we were at a cafe and we went

for a walk about 50 metres from the cafe to this little grassy bit and they were playing around there and then when we were walking back to the car they were pretending to be horses and they were playing gall there and then when we were walking back to the car they were pretending to be horses and they were playing gallopers and it's not the best game when you're pretending to gallop like a horse

I don't think crocs on a toddler are the best footwear to be doing that in. Anyway you can guess how the story ends. Tui who's my four year old daughter went splat on the concrete quite hard too like she for lack of a better word she ate shit she like carked it and she started screaming instantly as as toddlers do they did

that thing where there's about one and a half seconds of silence where you're like oh maybe you are okay maybe you're fine and then like an air raid siren it goes up to a level of a scream that was audible to everybody in the area and i scooped her up and there's blood coming out of her knee it was just a scrape she was fine but there's blood coming out of her knee and then when she saw the blood it made it worse and so we went over to this park bench and i was just sort of holding her while she calmed down and this man this this tradie in a work van who was i didn't notice at the time he came walking over to us and he had two lollipops in his hand and he just went straight over to us and he said i hear that someone's hurt themselves would a couple of lollipops help and maggie the two-year-old themselves. Would a couple of lollipops help?

And Maggie, the two-year-old who was fine, reached for the lollipop first. She goes, yep. She took a lollipop. And then Tui, when he handed her this lollipop, she took it straight away and she instantly stopped crying. It was like lollipop medicine. And I looked at this man and I said, thank you so much. That is incredibly kind and you've saved the day because she now feels better and we can calm down and we can deal with this. And then he said to me as well, I've actually got some plasters in the van. I'll go and grab you guys a couple of plasters. And he came back with plasters and we cleaned up her knee.

And then he went on his way. And it was really kind and it was really sweet. And I was very appreciative of it. And it wasn't until after the fact that I thought, oh, hang on, what is the lesson here for my kids? Because I have to say, I said to her, say thank you to the man. And she did. But I have to then explain to her, that was a lovely thing that that man did for us. But if a man in a van ever comes over to you with a lollipop and I'm not there, don't ever take it it and we had that conversation this morning

and she's like but I thought he was a good man and I said he is a good man but if I'm not there or if your mum is not there it's I know it sounds weird but you can't take lollies from strangers okay if that happened if it happens and we're not there you can't take lollies and you saw this little four-year-old brain going I don don't understand, but I'll just say yes. Anyway, so it was just this weird juxtaposition of lovely and what is the lesson out of this? But I thought we could park the

weird stranger danger bit of it, which this wasn't that situation, by the way. This was a kind person doing a kind thing. And we could take calls from people on 0800 dial the ZM this afternoon who have experienced random acts of kindness from strangers. You, when you were in a moment of trouble, someone has swooped down on you and helped you out

in a situation that you weren't expecting. Like, I don't know, maybe your card declined at the gas station or at the supermarket or you were somewhere overseas and your suitcase broke and somebody just filled that void and did something that they didn't have to do. They went above and beyond and they were your saviour in that situation. If you have a story about that that you'd like to share with us,

we'd love to hear it this afternoon. We're talking about random acts of kindness from a stranger after a strange man in a van gave my daughters some lollipops. Which, when you say it like that, it doesn't sound good, but it was good. He was a tradie who was in the area and my daughter fell over and she skinned her knee and she was bleeding and she was crying really bad. I was there, by the way, and I was holding her. And he just popped out of his van with two lollipops, saved the day,

went back to his van, got us a plaster and then went on his merry way. And it was in that moment I went, you know what? That's a good person doing a good thing and it has changed the course of the rest of our day. So we're going to get people to share their random acts of kindness that they've experienced. Inga has called up. Hi, Inga.

Hi, how are you going? I'm good. What happened for you? It's a few years ago now, but I was driving home, and I had a baby and a toddler in the car, and the toddler decided he was going to be sick and proceeded to vomit all over himself. Oh, God. Yeah.

The baby's car seat, everything. It gets everywhere, eh? It gets into places you didn't ever imagine that it could get. It was insane, and I kind of pulled over, and I took kids out of the. And I kind of pulled over and I took kids out of the car and baby out of the car and took car seats out of the car and I stood there and went, now what? I've got these spewy kids in spewy seats. And I kind of was ready to sort of pack it all in and cry.

And this lady pulled up behind me and she jumped out of the car with a whole pile of baby wipes. Oh, my God. And she helped me clean my children's vomit up. She got in there and got dirty with you and actually cleaned the vomit? She 100% did. She was awesome.

And basically, so we wiped down car seats and seatbelts and she put the car seat back in the car and she goes, it's going to be okay. Oh. It was awesome. And, you know, the lollipop thing, it's a bit of a theme because she actually gave the one that had vomited everywhere a lollipop thing, it's a bit of a theme because she actually gave the one that had vomited everywhere a lollipop

and then said, feeling better now mate? Just needed to come out, eh? Who is this fairy godmother of a person who is just driving the highways of New Zealand looking for parents in trouble? What a wonderful person. No, she's a better person than me. Yeah.

You'll have to pay it forward, Inga. Next time you see someone having a chunny, you're going to have to take your cardigan off and offer to mop it up for them, you know? You're going to have to fill the karma cave back up. That's the one. Yeah. Okay, hey, thank you for the story.

That's a great story. Let's go to Tessa on 0800-DARLS-AT-HEM. Hi, Tessa. Hi. You got a random act of kindness that happened? Yeah, so I work at a local cafe, so we're pretty close with the customers. Yeah.

And this was about three years ago. My gran had passed away, and I'd had about like a week off work and was back at work really weepy and stuff. And one of the regular customers, I was friends with her on social media, so she had seen that my gran passed away, and she came in with a package,

and it was a dress package and it was a dress and it was a dress that i had complimented her on like three months prior and she was like i know you're sad and i just wanted to get you this dress because i know you loved it oh i know i kind of got a bit of goosebumps about that did you did you did that set you off like it was oh yeah i i'm actually i'm going to a concert tonight i'm wearing the dress and every time i wear it i think Did that set you off? Oh, yeah. I was amazed. I'm actually going to a concert tonight. I'm wearing the dress, and every time I wear it, I think of that. Oh, that's a sweet thing to do.

She actually literally gave you the clothes off her back. Yeah, I know. It was crazy. That is very kind. That is a lovely story as well. Thank you for sharing that. Someone's texted in a story where they were the person who did the random act. They said, I was in a supermarket and I saw a man struggling in the feminine hygiene aisle. He looked so uncomfortable.

I approached him and I asked if he needed help. The relief washed over him. He explained that he was a single dad and he had no idea what he was doing. He thanked me and said, I not only helped him but his daughter. It was such a special moment and I'll never forget it. I'll bet. I'll bet. And you would have saved, because he would have been so far out of his depth

in that situation. That is very kind of you. Someone else texted in and they said, I was food shopping with my four kids. I was at the checkout and they were all eyeing up their chocolate bunnies. A lady came over and offered to buy them all one each. They were the big Cadbury bunnies as well.

It was so generous of her and to the kids it made for the best food shop ever. See, that's nice. And probably cost that lady 20 bucks, you know, and she would have felt good about it for the rest of the day as well. There's heaps coming in and we can't get through them all, but I appreciate your texts. There's lots of random acts of kindness, which restores your faith in humanity a bit. It's great.

Bree and Clint from iHeartRadio. This is the latest live from LA with Zima Cathy. It was all very controversial when it happened and now Ariana Grande has spoken about her new relationship for the first time, Dean. She has. She's done one of those podcast

sit-down interviews at a warehouse in Los Angeles. It looks pretty cool, actually. And she's really opened up about this relationship. She said she's frustrated by how people are so infatuated with this relationship of hers. And she finds it unusual that people are so obsessed with who she dates.

You know, they obviously met on the set of her new movie, Musical Wicked. And I think things are going pretty well. They were both, I think, seeing people at the start of the movie. And then by the end of the movie, they were seeing each other. So that's for a timeline. But yeah, she's really not into it. She's just annoyed by how people are so obsessed with her dating life.

She wasn't seeing somebody. She was married to somebody at the start of the movie being filmed. I think that's the reason people are so invested. They're like, girl, what the hell happened? You had like a whole husband and things. Anyway, we've got a clip of Ariana Grande from the podcast. I feel like we don't need to go into

any specifics, but of course there's like an insatiable frustration, inexplicable hellish feeling with watching people misunderstand the people you love and you and anything. That it's, yeah, of course.

That's a lot of big words that didn't really explain anything. Yeah, I think she's kind of missing the point. I think she lives a public life. I'm not saying we're entitled to know everything about her, but it's when people use elements of their life for publicity and then when things change and there's no explanation, it's that vacuum

of information, right? That's when everyone goes, what the hell? What's going on in this situation? That's why. Totally. She's a big star. She's a big star. And that movie looks great. So, good on her, and she seems happy, so that's fantastic. Bree and Clint, that's Dean McCarthy. He's our Hollywood correspondent

live out of Los Angeles. Bree and Clint. Bree's away today so Claudia and Ella, I'm actually going to need you guys for this. My time to shine. I'm about to mansplain how leap years work. Oh, I can't wait. No, I'm happy about that. You are?

I want to know. Good. So it's 2024. Can we just call it splain? how leap years work. Oh, I can't wait. No, I'm happy about that. You are? I want to know. Good. Yep. So it's 2024. Can we just call it splain? Well, depending if I know about it or not. But I don't. True. Don't tell me.

This is just splaining. It's the hardest bit of mansplaining is you don't know if the woman that you're mansplaining to already knows the information or not. Well, you're supposed to tell us if we know or not. Oh, yeah, true.

That's true mansplaining. I'm very lost now. Anyway. I reckon you won't know this, but I reckon there's an element of this that will be new news to you about leap years. Okay, I'm excited. Today is February 29th. Today is a leap year.

What? No, that's not the fact. Oh, sorry. According to NASA, it takes approximately 365.25 days for the Earth to do one full orbit around the sun. So 365 and a quarter days to do a full orbit. But because you can't add a quarter of a day to the calendar every year,

we round it up, we save it up, and then every four years we add an extra day to catch up. That's our leap years. And leap years keep the calendar and the seasons lined up with Earth's actual orbit around the sun. You knew that bit, right, Claudia? Yeah. Thank you. Was that new

news to you, Ella? Brand new. I thought it had something to do with the moon. No. No. It's got to do with the speed at which we go around the sun. But this is where it gets really interesting. This is where it gets really interesting. What you might not know is it takes slightly less than 365 and a quarter days to go around the earth, to go around the sun.

So having a leap year every four years, if we didn't take a break from having a leap year, that would actually push the calendar out and we'd go out of sync with the seasons in a couple of centuries. Because it's not exactly a quarter. And then when you extrapolate that out over years and years and years... Does that mean it is slowly shifting? No. So here's something that I never realised. To keep

the calendar accurate, years divisible by 100 but not 400 are not leap years. Even though they're in the four year cycle. That's confusing but look at it this way. The year 2000 was a leap year. The year 2100, 2200, and 2300 will not be leap years, even though they fall into the four-year rhythm.

But the year 2400 will be a leap year. So someone has to make sure that we follow that. I mean, not us. Yeah, it's all written down. Wow. But no, there'll be people listening right now who are going to make it to the 2100. True.

There'll be people who are listening right now who'll be alive next century. And it's their job to keep us on track. So it's every four years, except for the centuries where we skip a leap year. Buzzy. That's a lot of words. I know. And how does anybody how did anybody come up with this in

like the 16th century? How did you manage to track the movement of the planet accurately enough when you also only lived for about 40 years? It was dark all the time. How can you track the stars that much? Everything was in black and white. Grainy. You know? It was dark all the time. Yeah, how can you track the stars that much? Yeah, everything was in black and white.

Grainy. You had to walk everywhere. Also, on a leap year, women are allowed to propose to men. Oh, I had no idea. Only on a leap day. That's the tradition. Every other day, not okay. Every other day, not okay.

Oh, my word. So did I mansplain or did you learn something? I think I learned something. I learned something today. But I also am quite confused. Yeah. Let's strip it all back. Let's go away from the nerdy part of the leap day.

I want to ask if you're a leap baby. Is today your birthday? And you're a fully grown adult, but you're actually only six years old because you've only had six birthdays. You'll have to ask your parents if you can call. Yeah. Yeah, yeah, totally. 0800 dials the number. You can text us on your parents if you can call. Yeah. Yeah, yeah, totally. 0800 dials the number.

You can text us on 9696 if you're a leap year baby. Let's celebrate you this afternoon and find out how old you actually are. It's a leap day on a leap year. And we just learned some stuff about leap days and leap years. But Claudia and Alan, did you guys know about leap seconds? Have you ever heard of leap seconds? No. Someone just sent me a Wikipedia link about leap days and leap years, but Claudia and Alan, did you guys know about leap seconds? Have you ever heard of leap seconds? Someone just sent me a Wikipedia link about leap seconds. I didn't know either.

A leap second is a one-second adjustment that is occasionally applied to the coordinated universal time to accommodate for the difference between precise time, which is atomic time, and the imprecise solar clock because it's not 100%. You know, it's gravity. It's moving.

So they invented it in 1972, and since then there have been 27 leap seconds added to the clock. What? Whose job is this? Yeah. And who cares? I don't care if,

it might be a bit of fun if I'm young and winter's in, what, July and then by the time I'm older the world's done its thing and winter's in December. Not even that.

It would be like three centuries before it would ever get completely out of whack. Like it's never going to affect you. It's kind of like the ultimate selfless thing

to keep the world's clocks and calendars in sync because it's never going to affect you. It's kind of like the ultimate selfless thing to keep the world's clocks and calendars in sync because it's never going to affect you. So buzzy. Yeah. Anyway, we've asked, are you a Leap baby? Is today your Leap birthday? And Katia has called up. Hi, Katia. Hi. Is it your birthday today? Yes.

Happy birthday. Thank you. How old are you? I'm 13 again. Teenager again. Wait, let me do a little couple of calculations. So this is your 13th birthday, but you're a leap baby. So let's times that by four.

Are you 52? Yeah, but I prefer the 13. Do you? You can't do much as a 13. Your 21st is going to be fun. Put it that way. Well, let's hope I get that far. Yeah, no, you won't.

I reckon you will. That was a bit dark. Do you celebrate your birthday on February 28th or do you celebrate it on March 1st or do you refuse to have a birthday party unless it's a leap year? No, I'm thinking I'm pretty special, darling. I need to celebrate for at least a whole week. But you get a full week.

Well, I just think you should party all the time when it's not your birthday. A full week and none of those days are actually your birthday. No, no. What are you doing for your very special leap birthday today? Me and a few friends are going out for some dinner. Yeah. And I've got a little special person next to me who wants to say hi to you.

Oh, go on. Who's that? Hi. Yes. Go on. Hi, I'm the lady which has a ching-a-ching. Oh, you're the girl that we talked to last week who said, show me the money. It's me.

Amelia again! Wow! What was your name again? Is it Amelia? Yeah. Oh, we remember you, Amelia. We've been talking about you. We love you.

You're awesome. Yeah, I got like a chinky chink. I can buy a VIP. Ha ha! Oh, Cuddy, you got... I am a VIP. You're a VIP. I'm trying to get out. You're've got... I am a VIP. You're a VIP.

You're a VIP. I am a VIP. Happy birthday, guys. Have a great birthday. All right. Thanks a lot. Thank you so much. There you go.

I didn't think we were ever going to hear from her again. That was... And then again, why wouldn't we hear from somebody like that again, you know? I feel like we might hear from that person once a week for the rest of our lives. Thank you, Amelia. Kate's here. Hi, Kate. Yeah, hi.

How are you? Hi. I'm good. Is it your late birthday today? It is my birthday today. Oh, my God. What's your birthday? I am 10 years old today.

So I'm celebrating the big 4-0. You're 40. Yes, that's correct. Was it fun? Was it like a fun, quirky thing for you as a kid that your birthday only came around every four years or did you hate it? I thought it was fun and quirky.

I think it's all good, but it is a big task explaining it to people all the time. Yeah. You know, like, it's what, you're only six and a half? No, really? How does that work? You know how if you go to Denny's on your birthday, you dine for free, or somewhere that does a special on your birthday.

How does it work for people who were born on a leap year? Can you go in there on a day? Exactly. The day doesn't exist. The day doesn't exist. You only get your free Denny's meal once every four years. I know. So when it's your actual birthday, you go all out and make it really special.

Yeah. Yeah, the 18th birthday was a hard one because it wasn't a leap year, right? So you're trying to get into a pub and they're like, well, you're not 18 yet. Oh, my God. That's such a good point. It's not the 29th. So the door guys were giving me a hard time with my ID on my A-Saints because it wasn't a leap year.

There you go. So today's double special, you're 10 and you're 40. What are you doing for your birthday? Well, my dad's over from Australia to see me so we're all heading out for dinner tonight somewhere nice in Christchurch and then I'm off to Wanaka for the weekend with hubby without the kids. So yeah, weekend away. Surely you're going to Denny's to get that free meal. Surely you're

nice dinner out in Christchurch you're going to Denny's Yeah maybe not. Denny's Denny's Denny's Denny's Denny's Happy birthday Kate thanks for calling us No worries There you go. Cheers. Happy birthday to all the Leet Babies. We've got some text from people who

whose friends gave birth today. So more Leet Babies coming into the world. It's a magic day. I reckon we should get it as a holiday, a public holiday once every four years. Are you guys keeping up with the US presidential election stuff

and who's going to be running for president? Claudia just visibly rolled her eyes. I know why. I'm not keeping up. I know, I know, I know. It's just a lot. It's a lot, eh? Yeah.

So that's this year, the US presidential election. It engulfs the entire world when they do these. More and more. Like, it's become more and more of a carnival every time now. They haven't decided who is going to be running for president yet. They haven't put the two nominees

officially forward, but it's looking like it's going to be Biden versus Trump. Oh, just like last time. Well, no, last time. Oh, you know, you're right. Sorry, yes, just like last time. But Joe Biden won. How? I have so many questions. Okay, what's one of your questions?

Well, with all the stuff going on with Trump and prison or impeachment, how can he just look past that and be put forward? Yeah. With all that's going on. That confuses me. I know. But it'll come down, ultimately it'll come down to what the people want. And if enough people want him, they will.

There's so many weird things about this election. Joe Biden is 81 years old right now. He's already the oldest US president in history ever right now. If he wins this campaign and he gets another four years, you can only do two terms in America. If he gets his second term, he'll be 85 by the time he finishes being president of the United States. I would just feel like I would be tired.

You know? Oh yeah. Like why would you want it? Why would you want it? You'd be exhausted. Yeah, it's the culmination of his entire life but surely at that age you'd go Yeah. As soon as I hit 65. Retirement sounds pretty good. If I can, I'm just

retiring straight away. Also, his dog keeps biting Secret Service staff at the White House. He's got this German shepherd that keeps biting people. Apparently, he's bitten 23 people. What? Yeah. I thought it was like three people. No, it keeps going. They can't control this dog.

Oh, my God. So the dog doesn't want to be there either. Trump, on the flip side, is 77 years old. Still, why would you want it? If he wins it, he'll be 81 at the end of his second term. So if he campaigns and he's like, Joe's too old, it's like, well, you will be his age

as well. By the end, yeah, you're just going to be contradicting yourself. Joe Biden is married to Jill Biden. They've been married for 47 years and there's a book coming out which talks about Joe's secret to a long-lasting happy marriage. Oh, okay.

That's cool. Joe Biden's... What? 81-year-old Joe Biden's secret to a happy marriage? Good sex. No, it's not. Yes, that's what it says.

No! That's what it says. Oh. That's what it says. Oh, my God. There's a story in there where he was going to run for president in 2004 around, it was maybe the year before Obama. Yeah.

And his wife didn't want him to, Jill, and she came into the bedroom with, in like, in some kind of outfit. Where are you getting this information? The book. The book. And she came in with no written on her stomach.

And someone asked him, why aren't you running for president? And he said, I'd rather be at home making love to my wife while my children are asleep. It's like hearing about your grandparents, you know? What? So he might be, like the saying goes, he might be old, but he's not dead. Did he write this book?

I don't think so. This is like the Prince Harry thing all over again. Yeah. Talking about his todger. Yeah. Don't even get us started on Trumps as well.

Guy Williams is in the studio right now. You're a piece of ish. I'm a piece of ish? Yeah, you got me, I'm trying to swear because I'm trying to be professional, Clint. Oh yeah, now. You're a piece of ish. I'm a piece of ish? Yeah, you got me. I'm trying not to swear because I'm trying to be professional, Clint. Oh, yeah, okay. You got me here under false pretenses.

Why? What are the false pretenses? I thought I was here to plug my show in New Zealand today. However, you're like, I want to quiz Guy on the future of journalism and the company I work for. If I say the wrong thing, I'm in big trouble. Can I say the company I work for is a great company and they did a great job?

Well, can I say the company you work for might not exist in a few months, so say whatever you want. Yeah, that's fair enough. That's fair enough. This is off the shock news yesterday that the company that owns TV3 might be downsizing from 350 staff to 50 staff,

which is a wild equation. That's a crazy number. The reason I got you here is because you, also because I know you, but because you have worked for TV3 for a long time. Long time. You could argue that you have been the poster boy for TV3 for a long time.

And I don't think that people understand. You were on the posters. You're the poster boy. I don't think people understand what the announcement was yesterday. Yeah. Does it mean that shows like New Zealand Today and The Block and things like that are not going to exist anymore? Or is it just News Hub that's not going to exist anymore? Yeah.

Yeah. No. So I'm not a spokesperson. I don't really know what's going on. But it's a very sad day because they're closing their news operation, which is, you know, a big deal for New Zealand because we don't have many news operations in New Zealand, right? What do we got? We got the Herald.

We got Stuff. We got TVNZ. We got Radio New Zealand. Maldi TV. Yeah. There's a few. Yeah. But there's not, you know, there's not a lot of news.

So to have one of those disappear is like tough. That's five. Yeah. Some people would argue that's a lot for a country like new zealand uh yeah okay you kind of got me there but like you need a wide range we've only got two like major mainstream tv stations and that's one of them gone yeah you need a wide range i mean australia would have 50 america would have 150 and back when i started i don't want to say it's directly related to me but in 2010 2010, when I was like a young buck,

you know, there was way more journalists than there are now. People don't realise, my brother didn't even understand, journalism's really important. It's what holds the rich and powerful to account. You know, it's like they investigate stories. They find out what's going on when there's flooding. They investigate what the politicians are doing behind closed doors, you know?

And so people don't realise that's a big shock. So that's very sad. But to your question, you worded it in a way where it looks like, I'll go, the good news is that I think the entertainment shows are still going. Right. But you make me look bad because I go, I'm fine. I think you're projecting there. I think if you're worried that it looks bad that you are surviving, that's...

I feel guilty, Clint, because all these proper journalists who make the world a better place and investigate stories, they're not going to have a job anymore, whereas me, I'm a dipshit. I don't know if... Sorry if that's a bad word. No, it's an accurate term. It's fine. Idiots like me, I still have a job, and that's kind of sad, right? The weirdest bit about it is you are a pretend journalist.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Your TV show, Guy Williams, New Zealand Today, you masquerade as a journalist. It's kind of like we're through the looking glass in this situation. Yeah, I'm parodying something that exists less and less. And it is something I think all New Zealanders need to be aware of this, that it's an important part of democracy. They call journalism the fourth estate because it is so important.

And I do a parody of that. And the thing that I do a parody of is existing less and less in new zealand did you get asked to go to the big meeting at tv3 yesterday the big announcement no i haven't been invited to any i need to be invited to the christmas party i love it you think i'm an insider by the way don't quote me on any of this this is just what i've heard and what i know like i'm not some sort of media authority i don't know who you think i am, Clint. You think I'm the CEO or something? I think you're Guy Williams, volunteer journalism and paid member of TV3.

That's who I think you are. I'm an idiot off the street. All joking aside, it's good insight into a really shit situation. Yeah, it's so sad for everyone who lost their life and sad for, yeah, New Zealand. Lost their jobs. Yeah, lost their jobs and lost a pillar of our... I keep on saying democracy. You said lost their lives. Oh, did I. Lost their jobs. Yeah, lost their jobs. And yeah, lost like a pillar of our... I'm not saying democracy.

You said lost their lives. Oh, did I say that? Yeah. Okay, they didn't lose their lives. I'm sorry. Man, I told you I got up early. Man, I'm bad. This is why I don't trust anything I say.

I'm weird. Brian Clint. Guy Williams is here in studio at the moment. We just talked about everything that went down with TV3 yesterday. But let's talk about your show, which is on TV3 as well, New Zealand Today. Season three? Four, Clint. Follow my career.

Or at least, here's how you lie following a friend's career. Just check out an Instagram post and just see what I wrote on there, you know? Okay, that's good advice. It's up to season four. It's called New Zealand Today. It's a hell of a show. Everyone should check it out. Yeah, I saw you had the succulent Chinese meal man on the show.

Look, you say that so condescending. That is a big get. It is a big get. The succulent Chinese meal video, the preeminent Australian meme, I found that dude. Do you know how hard it was to find him? Where did you find him? I had to, Kamunya, in the desert of Australia.

So this is what I had to do. I had to talk. Do you know the punk band The Chats? Your audience might in the desert of Australia. So this is what I had to do. I had to talk, do you know the punk band The Chats? Your audience might have been familiar with them. There's a well-known Australia band, check them out, they're very funny. I'm on Smoko.

Smoko, so leave me alone, I'm on Smoko. Yeah, so that punk band featured him in a video, so we contacted them, and they couldn't give us much information, but they were just like,

we know he's in this area here, and they point to the outback. And we, so we flew to Australia, because, oh, so give people context, there's two barbecue noodle houses in Auckland next to each point to the outback. And so we flew to Australia because, to give people context, there's two barbecue noodle houses in Auckland

next to each other with the same name. Yes. And we're like, we're going to find out which one's better. So we flew Succulent Chinese Meals to Australia

to try and get Jack, the expert of Succulent Chinese Meals. Other radio shows, Clint, they have a clip now. So for the people who haven't seen the meme will know what we're talking about here.

But you have not, Clint goes on his computer. He's going on google.com to search it up. The video, I can just do it for you if you want. Do you want me to do it? He goes, he's getting... There's a man who's getting arrested in China. Yeah, there it goes. There's a man getting arrested at a Chinese

restaurant by about five policemen on national TV. This is how it goes. This is Democracy Manifest. Have a look at the headlock here. See that chap over there? Get your hand off my penis! It's iconic.

Everybody knows the succulent Chinese. He says, what is the charge? A meal? What is the charge? Eating a meal? A succulent Chinese meal? That was when you played that clip, you forgot the funniest line. But anyway, get your hands off my penis is also iconic.

And I tracked him down and I was proud of it. I went to the Outback and one of the people I met in the pub to track him down knew him in jail. And I was like, what'd you go to jail for? And he said, murder. Wow. Yeah.

I put my life on the line for this show and I come into this, whatever you call this radio station and I come here to do a professional interview and first you bombard me about my employer and try and get me in trouble and now you know no details about my show. I'm very proud of this show.

I've put a lot of effort into it. I know that you've got an episode on tonight. Yeah, thank you, Clint. On TV3 and on the Three Now app. Who are you investigating tonight? Tonight I'm going to a place called Nightcaps, which is so cool. It's like, you know when you go to the bottom of New Zealand

and you're just like, what is down here? The answer is not a lot. Some shuttered coal mines and some old men who are so entertaining because, like, we're just not on the same page at all. They're talking about rugby being soft, and I was like, what was it like back in your day? And the guy says, I got my head kicked in

and was in hospital for nine months. Like it's a good thing? Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. And he goes, not like today. And I was like, yeah, they're soft today. They can't even get brain damage. He was in hospital for nine months. He almost died.

And he talks about it like it was the good old days. It was so, oh, that was so cool, man. I just shout out to Nightcap. So if you're ever down there, check it out. I thought this afternoon

we could use the radio to help find talent for New Zealand Today Season 5. That's a great idea. You find the weird and wonderful people around the country who deserve to have their moment in the sun. But it's hard to know what's interesting

in every town in the country. So do people know of an interesting store, person, car dealership? Something weird in your town in the country. Yeah. So do people know of an interesting store, person, car dealership? Something weird in your town that you need investigated, I reckon, because I'm here. Yeah. I've got skills. I found the succulent Chinese meal, man.

I'm talented. He can find anything. So if you want to suggest it, you should text us now on 9696 or call us up on 0800DIALZM. Suggest, pitch your idea for New Zealand today to Guy Williams. Please, I'm desperate. And we'll see if we can get it investigated for you on the next season. Bree and Clint.

ZM, Bree and Clint. Wow, these dreams. That's Taylor Swift. With BVs from Guy Williams, who's in the studio at the moment. That's my era, Taylor Swift. I like that. That's your jam? None of this new Taylor Swift. I'm an old That's your jam? None of this new Taylor Swift.

I'm an old school, I'm a real fan. Yeah? Yeah. Taylor's version only though, eh? Yeah, man. Is that Taylor's version right there?

Yeah, of course it is. It better be, otherwise I'm going to burn the studio down. Tonight there's a new episode of New Zealand Today on TV3. 8.30 on TV3?

Yeah, man. Or it's 3now.co.nz. The future is, we've got a website now. We only got it last year but we're going well. And I'm doing a live show in Auckland if people want to come along next week. It's all good.co.nz. The future is, we've got a website now. We only got it last year, but we're going well. And I'm doing a live show in Auckland if people want to come along next week.

It's all good. It's all happening. All those details will be on Guy's Instagram. But right now, we want to crowdsource ideas for the next season of New Zealand Today. Are there weird and wonderful things in your community

that you think deserve to go on the TV? Like this text message that's come in. Guy Williams should track down Little John. He is a caveman who lives in Outram. He hitchhikes to Dunedin every day. He recently went to jail for burning a shed down.

He lives in a cave. This is amazing. I wanted to talk to Little John and I couldn't talk to him while filming because he was in jail and we were like talking to Department of Corrections.

That is, thank you. That's right on the money. That's exactly what I'm looking for. I wanted to talk to him. Legend. Depending on the length of Little John's sentence, he might right on the money. That's exactly what I'm looking for. I want to talk to him. Legend. Depending on the length of Lil Jon's sentence, he might be on season five. Megan is here on 0800 Dials at M.

Hi, Megan. Hi. You've got an idea for Guy for New Zealand today? Yeah. So there's this guy in Mount Maunganui, and he's quite old now, and he wears these very short, flurro yellow shorts,

and he has the most leathery tan you've ever seen on this occasion. I've seen him. I've seen him. I love that. I love dudes who've just been at the beach too long and have changed ethnicities. He looks like a vintage brown leather couch, eh, Megan?

He's so leathery. Everyone knows who he is, and people call him banana shorts or fluoro shorts or leather man. Yeah, he's tan. Oh, that Banana Shorts or Fluoro Shorts or Leather Man. Yeah. Oh, that's nice. That's nice. Banana Shorts is nice. Leather Man, that's a bit rude.

Like, hey, John. I mean, Leather Man. I mean, John. Tell me this. I'm not too afraid. You're in Tauranga then? Not anymore, but even when I visit back home to visit family, if you're at the beach, you always see Banana Shorts.

That's so good. I'm going to write that down. But also, I want to investigate Tauranga's legendary technology. the beach, you always see banana shots. That's so good. I'm going to write that down. But also, I want to investigate Tauranga's legendary technology. They've got a traffic light roundabout. Oh my God. They've combined traffic light

and roundabout technology together. It's so good. Someone's texted and said, get Guy to investigate the entire town of Otaki and all the teenagers who are always stealing our cars. Could you?

Don't buy a Toyota Aqua with push to start. It's too easy to steal. You've got to get the key ignition ones. Those and the Demios. Kimberly's here on our 800 dials at M. Hi, Kim. Hello. You got an idea for Guy for New Zealand today?

Yeah, back on the old Bay of Plenty bars, we've got some interesting people down here. There is a lovely man named Johnny who dresses up as an old school Indian and rides his horse around town. I've heard about that guy. I'm just like, he's cracked life, eh? Like, who wouldn't want to spend their days just patrolling the streets dressed as an

American Indian? That's awesome. Yeah, he's definitely living a great time. Does he banter with people? Does he talk? Does he give you a howdy or something like that? Yeah, man. You can stop him on the streets

and he'll talk to you. Great. He's a really lovely guy. That's a great idea. Can you ride a horse? That's going on the list. Well, yeah. The last horse,

I'm quite heavy. I'm 115 kgs. Are you? The last horse I sat on, I almost collapsed it. Wow. Yeah, I was like, I felt sorry for the horse.

Like a Clydesdale or something? There's so many ideas coming in. The duck man in Tawa The last horse I sat on, I almost collapsed it. Wow. Yeah, I was like, I felt sorry for the horse. Like a Clydesdale or something? There's so many ideas coming in. The duck man in Tawa who protects all the ducks at Lindhurst Park. He treats the ducks like his children and he yells at actual children to get away from his ducks. Shout out. He's well known around Tawa. Yeah, kids harass those ducks.

So I'm loving this. This is really good. Brooklyn's here as well. Hey, Brooklyn. Hi. Where do you live and what do you think the guys should investigate on the next season of New Zealand Today? I live in Auckland and there is a man in Bergenhead who stands on the corner dancing.

Yes. I've seen him on Willie Whitehall's Instagram account. Is he still there? He's up by the KFC, right, by the traffic lights. Yeah, I don't know if he's – I haven't seen him up by the KFC, right? By the traffic lights. Yeah, I don't know if he's, I haven't seen him in a while, but.

No, but get this, get this. Here's my dream. Here's my dream. Because in West Auckland, they have a dancing woman. Okay.

Every morning, like to lift the spirits. Imagine if we got a relationship between the dancing man and the dancing woman. They have to be reunited. That's so beautiful, right?

Or dance battle. That's, yeah. Even better. No, no, right? Or dance battle. Yeah. Even better. No, no, my idea's better. Romance. Even though he's like 75 and she's like 32, but still, it's going to be romantic, I believe.

So many good ideas. Thank you, Brooklyn. We appreciate it. Thank you. That's great. And I'm going to go through the texts as well, because you guys are doing my job for me. I sincerely appreciate everyone.

Upper Heart has a teddy bear bandit who throws teddies out the window of a car. It's been happening for years. Some of the teddies have had their limbs amputated. God bless New Zealand, eh? I genuinely think this is the greatest country in the world. Sure, you can move to Australia and earn twice as much, but it's the people.

It's the people that make this country great. Kia kaha. And to the person who texted and said, can we go back to Guy collapsing a horse? No, we're going to park that conversation. We're going to let Guy go, and we're going to say you can catch New Zealand today, tonight on TV3.

Anytime on the internet, 3now.co.nz, Clint. Welcome to the future. It's the future. Thanks, Guy. Good to see you. Cheers for having me. If you want to do your birthday banger, you should call us now on 0800-DALLS-AT-M.

We'll tell you the number one song on your 16th birthday. Free and Clint. Free and Clint. All I want for my birthday is a birthday banger. You should call us now on 0800 dials at M. We'll tell you the number one song on your 16th birthday. Free and Clint. All I want for my birthday is a birthday banger. And I am going to do all the admin like a big capable boy. Let's talk to Catherine first. Hi Catherine. Hi. How's your day been?

Pretty good. Yeah, just picking my husband up. Nice. You're on the way home? Yeah, but he's driving good. Yeah, I just picked my husband up. Picked your husband up? Nice. You're on the way home? Yeah, but he's driving now. Oh, perfect. Not him. Okay, we're all safe then.

That's good. Give me your date of birth. I'll tell you the number one song on your 16th birthday. 2nd of the 4th, 1990. Okay, you were 16 in the year 2006 on the 2nd of April, and this was the number one song. Banger. Pussycat Dolls and Will.i.am.

Beep. That's good. That'll bring back good memories, right, Catherine? Yeah, definitely. Yeah, tune. Okay, wait there. We're going to do a birthday banger for Paulette. Hi, Paulette.

Hi. How's your day been? Oh, been busy but good. Yeah. You're on the Paulette. Hi, Paulette. Hi. How's your day been? Oh, been busy, but good. Yeah? You're on the way home? End of the week. Yeah? Yeah, yeah.

Good. It's your birthday tomorrow. It is. Oh, my God. You missed out on being a leap year baby. Actually, I don't know if it would have been a leap year. I'm looking at it. No, it wasn't, but I used to tell people that I was a leap year baby.

Yeah, right. Right, good. Okay, no, no, you're safe. used to tell people that I was. Yeah, right. Good. Okay, no, no, you're safe. What is the year that you were born? March 1st, what year? 1978. Okay. Paulette, you were 16 on the 1st of March, 1994.

And on that day, this was the number one song. Oh, my God. Not many people will know this because it's only on our very specific After Party podcast, but I've been involved in a war with Brie around the best Celine Dion songs, and I honestly believe this is top three, this Celine Dion song. Do you like it, Paulette?

I do. Actually, that's probably one of the few songs of hers I do like. So, yeah, that's a good one. She is an icon. Okay, that is an absolute ripper. Wait there, we'll do one more birthday banger for Olivia. Hi, Olivia. Hi.

I've got to be honest with you, that's going to be really hard to compete with, that song. I think it's almost impossible to beat. Yeah. But we're going to give it a go. And either way, you're going to figure out what the number one song was on your 16th birthday. So give me your date of birth.

9th of May, 1984. Okay. On the 9th of May in the year 2000, you turned 16 and this was the number one song. Oh, my God, Olivia. On any other day, you have a hands down. That'd be a winner. Yeah, that would be a winner.

I think Paulette's going to take it. I think she might be. I feel like the stakes are quite high, so I am going to go to my panel of experts this afternoon. I'm going to go to producer Ella and producer Claudia. What are we feeling? Easy. I feel like there's a clear choice.

Okay, say it all together. If we all agree, we're all in this together, okay? Okay, we get told off. Three, two, say it all together. If we all agree, we're all in this together. Okay? Okay. We get told off. Three, two, one. Celine Dion. The power of love. Play it, play it, play it. Are we actually going to play it? Paulette, you've just won birthday banger ahead of your birthday tomorrow.

Congratulations. Yes, thank you. That's awesome. Here we go. What a weird old day we're having on the show. And it's not over yet. Oh, I love it. Chain! Celine Dion on ZM. Sleep and

tight Rolling by like thunder now ZM, Bree and Clint The power of love The winner of Birthday Banger for Paulette is Celine Dion's Power of Love which was a collective decision

by all three members of the Bree and Clint show present today not Bree because she is off sick I have just screened a call from Ross Boss to my personal cell phone. Who's going to call me next? Well take the hit. That was a banger. And in the same breath I'll just read out these text messages that have come in.

Absolute banger. Yep. Great choice. Amazing. Amazing. You guys should play the Cyril version of this song. Cyril who does Stumbling In does an incredible remix of that song too. So it doesn't happen every often, but sometimes. You've got to give the people what they want.

I agree, Claudia. This week, Blink 182 hit New Zealand. And very abruptly, and very rudely, I have to say, they cancelled their show in Christchurch. So now they are just doing Auckland. The show was sold out 18 months ago, and then two weeks before the show is due to happen,

they said, unfortunately, the Blink-182 Christchurch performance has been cancelled due to unanticipated logistical issues outside of the band's control. And you know what? That may be true. I don't believe that Blink-182 themselves would have gone, we don't want to go to Crashish. We can't be bothered. They did add Australian dates

because the tour is so popular. But I don't believe that Blink-182 would intentionally cancel a gig on their fans until this clip has hit TikTok today. It's a clip of the band live in Melbourne last night. They have been to Sydney. I think they've been to Perth as well. And in the clip, you will hear Mark Hoppus from Blink-182

say the words F as in UCK, Christchurch. Have a listen to this look to be honest sydney sucks so bad we had to cancel christchurch that's a gnarly name for a town could you imagine naming your city that if i were god if you're a god hey you guys having fun It's a funny one because they just take the piss as a band. That's all they do. So they were saying Sydney sucked because one of them accidentally said, what's going on, Sydney? Even though they're in Melbourne, so they're making fun of that.

But then they said, you can't say F Christchurch after you've cancelled the gig. People are already angry at you for cancelling the gig. You know? But I don't think they care. So who cares? If you go into that show in Auckland, it's completely sold out. It'll be good.

And I don't think they'll ever be back. I reckon after this tour, they'll break up again and that'll be it. Anyhoo. Bree and Clint. That is us. We are done for another day. We didn't have Brie on the show today.

She's down with the vid, so she's relaxing. She's resting, really. She's been really whacked by it, which is not good. She will not be in with us tomorrow either, but hopefully we'll be back to full strength on Monday. I will be here. You'll have a shot at 13 grand with Fletch, Fawn and Hayley tomorrow morning at 8am with 5 on time. And if they don't give it away, then we'll do it for $14,000 at 4 o'clock tomorrow afternoon.

And it'll be Friday, so it'll be great. We'll catch you then. Have a great evening. See you later. Play. ZM's Brand Clint. On Insta, Facebook, TikTok and live weekdays from 3 on ZM Feed by KFC

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