ZM's Bree & Clint - ZM's Bree & Clint Podcast – 7th December 2021

Episode Date: December 7, 2021

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The ZM Podcast Network Yo, what's going on punks and bitches? Welcome to the Brian Clint Podcast Just bringing some street energy to it Just bringing a little bit of hood flavour Has anyone ever told you you were quite an awkward human? I liked that energy It was hood, eh no i know it was not i know i even

jumped you couldn't see that but i jumped i could hear i could hear it it's just quite an awkward energy all right you bring it in and i want you to bring street flavor to it here it comes no no no no you're not putting me in this i'm not see that was a trap and I didn't fall for it. That wasn't straight at all. That wasn't straight at all. Trap. Ben, you can have a go.

Yo! Oh! An audio accompaniment. You're allowed to use the tools you have. Yeah, absolutely. Yeah, yeah. This is going to be really hard for Anastasia. What's up?

Is someone shaking you? I feel like all three of you are racist. Wait, wait for it. Oh my God. No one wants to hear the weird shit you're playing from your phone. That's Jake. What was that? What was that?

That's Jake Harlow. Jake Harlow. That's Jake Harlow. The ones that look the most like you hate you Explain that If you want to join this street gang of hood thugs I've really got nothing

Are you scared to be street? Is that what it is? Is the thug life too much for you? I just don't think I'm street. Are you not ride or die? But I never signed up to be street. None of us did. The hood life chose us. You need to stop.

You're becoming like, you know that those white dads that end up buying a low rider car and they're like, nah, I'm cool, man. Put spinners on the lawnmower. It's a great idea. Spinners on the lawnmower.

I'm not your everyday dad. I'm a cool dad. I'm a cool dad. NWA. No. Oh, careful. Nah, there's nothing I can do with that. Yeah.

Oh, careful. Nah, I'm not straight now I just moved inside, I'm good Oh my god, that was such a dad joke Did you guys hear it? I'm not from the streets anymore Did you hear that dad joke? He said he's moved back inside from the streets

That's cool That was cool, I agree Okay, Brie's been set a bottle of champagne with gold in it Do you want to bomb that? No, that's been sent a bottle of champagne with gold in it. Do you want to bomb that? No, that's been sent to the whole team. Oh, okay. Should we all... That's from...

People might remember her. She'll love this shout-out. I don't know if she listens to the podcast. She normally listens live. But my guardian angel, Karen, that I randomly met through Facebook when I was having a shit time with people commenting... That's not a Karen, too. She's not a stereotypical Karen.

Her real name's Karen. No, I know, but she's not a stereotypical Karen. Her real name's Karen. No, I know, but she's not a stereotypical Karen. No, the craziest thing is... Your Facebook Karen is not a Facebook Karen. No, but the craziest thing, as I was being trolled by another Karen, whose name was actually Karen, and she was trolling me hard, and then I randomly had a friend request from this Karen, and I thought it was the same one, And I was like, here we go.

She's coming for me on my personal page. And then it turns out it was my guardian angel, Karen, who's one of the most lovely human beings in the whole world. We're organizing to meet up soon. But we've only, yeah, our friendship's only been online. But now that the levels and all that's kind of going down. Yeah, you're able to do that. But she's going through chemo and stuff at the moment.

So she sent us a bottle of champagne that has gold in it, like on Superbad. It's so cool. It's the coolest bottle of bubbles I've ever seen in my life. It's very cool. And then Clint said, can I have that so I can give it as my secret Santa present at the ZM Christmas party so I don't have to buy something?

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Which, you've got to admit, pretty straight. That doesn't sound like a machine gun. I really don't want that in the current climate. I don't want that either. Well, that's my life on the daily.

Four. Four. Four. Alright. Oh my god, I have something to talk about that you guys don't allow me to talk about All right. Oh, my God. I have something to talk about that you guys don't allow me to talk about on the show. Hit us. Because no one else is interested.

We allow you to talk about anything you want. It's such a big claim. Yeah. It's something to do with Fortnite. When you guys... Yeah, see? You've never asked. Yeah.

You've never asked to talk about Fortnite on the show. No, but it's like I want to talk about it but I know that not many people will be interested about it. Don't put that on us I feel the energy from you guys every time I talk Fortnite you're like, come on Bree, no one's playing Fortnite. Yeah, there's

heaps of 14 year olds in me playing. Heaps What's the goss? The goss about Fortnite and people who play Fortnite will love this For the first time Well my friend Megan reckons it was Only the second time ever

Since the game has been created They've changed Fully changed the map and fully changed Everything about the game and it happened On Monday Yeah that's good That's cool We're showing an interest I thought it was free Monday. That's sick. Yeah, that's good. It actually is. That's cool. No, it's cool.

We're showing an interest, okay? I thought it was free. I only found out yesterday that it wasn't free. Well, it kind of is free. No, but you had to buy stuff to get started. Yeah, but I mean, it's not unusual for a game to have lasted this long. Like, I feel like games have their moment and then

they are out. I mean, COD lasted and they kept making new seasons and stuff. They did. But the cool thing about Fortnite is they do the same thing. So, for example, like now they've updated the whole map and it's like season nine now. So they do have like new games or like new seasons. They took Travis Scott off, eh?

Yeah. They got rid of his character. There's also, you were away when this happened, but we didn't talk about it on the show because I knew it wouldn't be relatable, but they've got like New Zealand places you can visit now in the game. That is sick. Like where? Huh?

Like where? Oh, no, there's like sanctuaries where you can go and learn about New Zealand animals and like Kiwis and it's really cool. And people are saying it's kind of like a look into the metaverse kind of thing. It's really cool And people are saying It's kind of like A look into The metaverse The metaverse kind of thing Yeah That's exciting The metaverse thing

Freaks me out Yeah Yeah I watched Ready Player One again I don't want it to be real Oh yeah Ready Player One's weird Good movie though

Oh yeah great film It's a Spielberg Considering I never watch Anything but rom-coms It's sort of a rom-com You should watch The new Christmas movie That's on Netflix Huh Christmas It's called of a rom-com. You should watch the new Christmas movie that's on Netflix.

Huh? Christmas? It's called Single All The Way. Yeah, don't get all grinch-faced when you watch a Christmas movie. No, I do like Christmas movies. We did talk about this the other day, but the basis of them is that they're rom-coms, so. Well, this one's, you know what I love? I love Holidays. So last Christmas, Holidays, good. Last Christmas, they

released the first ever lesbian Christmas movie. Oh, yes. But I thought there was already another one that was a non-Christmas version with Katherine Heigl. We've talked about this, right? That's not a good movie. No, but it's like the same concept, just Christmas. Nah.

Not really. Actually, can you play my favourite Christmas song, Clint? Five-second DJ over there. People are interested in the lesbian Christmas movie, which I feel like is very relatable. It's called Happiest Season, but Netflix have now released the opposite. It's a gay Christmas movie.

Saddest Season. No, it's called Single All The Way. It's about a gay And a gay guy Is the lead And he goes home It's very different Very different movies But

Yeah It's not a sequel No No God no But in the happiest season The lesbian film What's her face

Kristen Stewart Yeah She's one of the main actresses I love K-Stu I think she's on the comeback Isn't she She is She's going to blow up with this Diana thing.

Oh, you've seen it. It comes out January? Don't know. What does that mean? I feel like... I thought it was real soon. I reckon it's a Boxing Day type vibe. You know how they normally release blockbusters then?

Let Christmas out of the way and then get the Diana story out. Yeah. What are Kiwis going to do? Go to the movies or the beach? Oh! Lady Spencer. 5th of November. Oh, no, that's in the USA. Yep. I feel like all the releases here are a little bit

all over the place. Yeah, 27th of Jan. Yeah, I thought it was January. I read somewhere. Get it, girl! Out overseas. Apparently she's going to win awards. That's it. People are like, this is the best performance of their life. You know what it's time for? New Twilight movie.

Oh, man. So good. Oh, did you guys see the Twilight cast was in the news today? No. They recreated, and this is for the Twilight fans, in those movies. Do you guys remember the baseball scene? Of course. The family are playing the game of baseball and they're all amazing

because obviously they're vampires. They got back together and recreated that scene for some reason. What the? Including the good ones, including Arpatz. I don't know if Arpatz was there, but I think Taylor Launton was there. I'm not sure. He's recently engaged. Is he?

To who? Oh, some chick. Did you know that when the vampires are rolling... Oh, damn it. It doesn't even make sense. I don't think I've got that. You know when the vampires are rolling in to mess up with the game? Yeah.

They're actually on treadmill conveyor belt things. Oh, like on a green screen. No, they're like on a big, like, you know, at the airport, the bag conveyor belt. Are you talking about like behind the scenes makings of movies? I think she's trying to make a joke. No, it's not a joke. It's just like, you know, in the airport,

I always jump on those things. Are you guys people that use those or don't use them? No, we don't talk about that. I'm in a hurry. I use them and I'm always like, see ya, suckers. And I always pretend like I'm just real fast. I miss the airport. Okay.

Bye, guys. I mean, peace out. No, Bree's going to take us out. She's going to give us a hood farewell. Peace out, motherfuckers. Yes. See you guys. Good everybody. Welcome to the show. Hey Siri, when are Brie and Clint on? Brie and Clint are on air in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.

Good evening everybody, welcome to the show, it's Brie and Clint. Just watching this girl on the internet, she bought a Chanel No. 5 advent calendar. I've seen this girl, yes she's gone viral. So it cost her $825, and I mean it's Chanel, so you'd be thinking there'd be a bunch of perfume in there. That's what I'd be thinking. Yeah, some jewellery. Maybe some makeup.

Yeah. Maybe some hand cream, that kind of thing. They do jewellery. They do jewellery. Yeah, Chanel does. Yeah. Yeah. Sunglasses.

But you're not getting jewellery in an advent calendar for $825. Well, I want something. Well, anyway, I've just watched the first part. She got stickers in one of the days. Yeah. And then she got, you know when you buy like jewelry, they put it in like a dust bag? Yeah.

In one of the days, it was just a Chanel dust bag. See, that's taking the piss. $825 and you're giving me a dust bag? I saw that she posted this on TikTok and she tagged Chanel. They blocked her and then deleted their account. What? Yeah, it's going viral. Like it's all over the place. She's fully called them out.

I'm just looking at some of the other things that are in it. Nail polish, lipstick, which, I mean, they're not as nowhere near as bad. A key chain and a tiny, tiny perfume. Not $800 worth. No. I want one of those beer advent calendars. Have you seen those? Yeah.

Yeah, and you get a different beer every day leading up to Christmas. I want one of the cheese ones myself. Cheese looks like a good one. Give me the cheese advent calendar. Yeah. Or the crystal advent calendar. You want a crystal advent calendar? Yeah, you get a different crystal every day.

Every day you open it up and you're like, oh, another rock. Yeah, they're like healing crystals. Yeah, right. You can buy them off Etsy. And they're only $800 as well. No, they're not that expensive. Hey, today on the show, two really good things, share or steal, was Zed Energy. This was amazing yesterday.

200 litres of fuel up for grabs. And if you get through, you can decide whether you share 100 litres each with another person or you steal the whole lot. Yesterday, it was stolen and the other person elected to share. So that means they got nothing. They got nothing. Which, you know what sucks? Is that the person who tried to do the right thing gets nothing.

Yeah, this is the game where the good person gets shafted. So factor that into your thinking this afternoon. Yeah, it's naughty and nice, that's for sure. We'll play that at four o'clock. You can play share or steal with us. But we'll kick it off with Tradie vs Lady. You're shot at 50 bucks cash thanks to KFC right now. If you want it, you can call us 0800 DIAL ZM

and we'll see who will take it out today, the tradies or the ladies. We'll play after Muraki and Rehu Rehu on ZM, Bree and Clint. Bree and Clint. Let's play tradie versus lady. Bree and Clint. Tradie versus lady.

Scores for the year, the ladies sitting at 94, the tradies on 109 Let's get our lady on first, it's a lady day, a lady victory is on the way She is 41, she's from the mighty Waikato and she's going to be a grandma in June Welcome to the show Gina Hello Gina you're 41, that's so young to be a grandma, congrats

Thank you, well my oldest girl's only 20. Oh, yeah. Yeah, and how old were you? 21 when I had her. Oh, yeah, well, that makes sense. Have you thought about what you want to be called as a grandma yet? Yeah, Nana G. Oh, cute.

Nana G. I love that. Okay, cool, Nana G. You'll be taking on our tradie today. She's 38. She's from Wellington, and she's got five dogs. Welcome to the show, Hannah.

Did we just become best friends, Hannah? Because I'm keen to come over. What kind of dogs do you have? I have a multiple. I've got a German Shepherd. Okay. A Bichon Frise.

Right. Very different. A Poodle. Yeah. A Yorkshire Terrier. And a P pug. Oh my God, you literally have every dog in the rainbow.

Yeah, that's the Noah's Ark. Oh my God, I'm so excited to come over and play. Okay. Hannah, your buzzer is tradie. Gina, your buzzer is lady. First to three points gets $50 cash from KFC. Good luck, guys. Alright, here we go. Question number one. You can now officially rent the house from the movie Home Alone on Airbnb.

Who played Kevin in that film? Lady. Yes, Hannah. Oh, Gina. Yeah, Gina. Home Alone. Yeah, who played Kevin? Oh, Macaulay Culkin.

He sure did. You got the point. I feel you're a bit distracted, but you got it anyway. One to the ladies. Question number two. I'm just picking up my baby. Oh, right. Okay.

I could tell you were like multitasking, but she's still on the ball. Air New Zealand is the country's national airline. What is Australia's? Ladies. Yes, Gina. You're in first. Qantas. Qantas is correct's? Lady. Yes, Gina, you're in first. Qantas. Qantas is correct.

Nice work. That's some serious multitasking, Gina. Well done. It is true. Ladies can multitask. Question number three. Two in front. Hannah, you need this one to stop her, okay?

Yeah. All right. A bunch of sunscreens available here in New Zealand have been proven to not work as well as what it says on the label. When it comes to... Yes, Gina. Cancer Society? Oh, no, not the right answer. Not even the question, actually.

I'll finish the question. When it comes to sunscreen, what does SPF stand for? Brady. Hannah. Yes, Hannah. Sun Protection Factor. Nice work, Hannah. Very well done. You're Yes, Hannah. Some protection factors. Nice work, Hannah. Very well done.

You're on the board. You've saved it. Here we go. Question number four. It's been a week now. Can you name the new leader of the National Party? Brady. Gina for the win.

Chris. Chris Hickens. Oh, no. He's the spread your legs guy. Chris Chris Hipkins Oh no He's the spread your legs guy Yes he is the spread your legs guy Hard to forget But I mean you were close Hannah do you want to have a guess

Is it I know his last luck said What's his first name Is it C Together you've got the answer I think it's 7 House Luxon, isn't it? Chris Luxon? There it is.

Yay! Scores a level. Okay. All right, guys. This is for the win. Here we go. The tiebreaker. Question number five.

What sport does Cristiano Ronaldo play? Lady. Gina. Gina. Just. Football or soccer? Football in England, but soccer here in New Zealand. You've bloody given us everything we need.

She's a lady. Oh, oh, oh, she's a lady. All whilst having six children on her hips. She's breastfeeding. She's cleaning the house. She's vacuuming. Good work, Nina G. Thank you.

He's number seven, though, eh? He's number seven for the English premiere. I'm not looking at his number when I'm watching him, Gina. Okay. There you go, 50 bucks. Thanks to KFC coming out to you for Christmas. Well done, Gina. Thank you. Nice.

It's 18 days until Christmas and maybe this weekend you're having your Christmas party. Maybe your work was smart enough to wait for the Christmas party until we went to this wonderful traffic light system. Maybe they were smart in the sense of they were like, we can get away with not having one if we say we're going to have it early. Good point. Maybe they made you have a Zoom Christmas party two weeks ago.

Can you imagine? Can you imagine? Can you imagine? I'll just say, oh, my internet's broken. Can't think of anything worse. Nah. Than you're all doing Secret Santa over Zoom. Plus you have to bring your own drinks because you're on Zoom at your own house. Everyone bring a plate.

Your own plate because that's the only thing you'll be eating. Also, everyone do Secret Santa, but gift yourself because we can't see each other, so that should be quite good. I'll buy myself a mean Secret Santa gift. Oh, so that's when you pull out the mean gifts. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Our ZM Christmas party is this weekend and we generally have

quite good Christmas parties. We do. Ross Boss puts a crack team of professionals together to make sure there's a surprise and some fun to be had. You'd think Ross a bit of a grinch, but turns out actually the opposite. He lays it on at Christmas time. It's the only time of the year when he spreads cheer. Having a good Christmas party makes you realise that not everybody does.

And we've talked about this before, workplaces who just have the crummiest Christmas parties. No, it's not even a party. It's a morning tea for a 15 minute break. That's what some of them were last time. And it made me so angry. I can't even talk about it. Do you remember last year we talked to that girl who works for her parents in their accounting firm and you go, oh, well, probably they just won't have a Christmas party. It's just the three of you. You'll just do Christmas Day at your house. No, they did have a Christmas party and it was stink. I mean.

It was like sausage rolls in the office. And you're like, mum. Thanks, mum and dad. You're like, you made me cook these for you. Especially after the year we've had, I think you want your work to treat you to something, right? Just give us something. Go? Just give us something. Go on, give us something.

I just think at the end of the day, for the little bit you spend to create that atmosphere and that vibe where people are going to go into the holiday break happy. Go, my work likes me. Exactly. I appreciate them doing this for me. They'll come back raring to go. Oh, yeah. Rather than not coming back at all.

I thought we could take some calls today on both ends of the spectrum. So obviously there are the average Christmas parties and we love hearing about those. But does your work do epic Christmas parties? What's the best Christmas party you've ever been to? I'm trying to think. Which one? I really enjoyed last year when we just got to take over Vaughan's house.

We had to go on a five kilometre hike before we got there. Yeah, I liked the bit when we got to take over Vaughan's house. Yeah, I liked that bit. And there was a keg. The hike. Yeah. Could take it or leave it. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Because I was sweaty then when I got to the party. Well, that's something for, they have to cater for everybody, right? Yeah. Some people are fits by Christmas. I'd love to hear from the person at ZM that goes, that was my favourite bit of the Christmas party. I remember when I worked

at this previous radio station, they put on this golf day, right? Where they, it was at this super fancy golf course and I don't know how they did it because you normally have to be a member. Yeah. But everyone got their own golf cart, and there was a chili bin

on each golf cart, and you got to – I think we played, like, not heaps of holes, but I think we played, like, maybe seven holes. Yeah. And everyone just got to ride around in the golf buggies, and then we finished at the golf club where they had all of this food and this, like, party. Say, I'm here for that. That was a good time.

That's a great Christmas party. And everyone dressed in fancy, where you tie the cardigan around your shoulders. It was quite a fun day. Okay, that's a good Christmas party. Let's hear about some stink Christmas parties as well. Really good and really bad Christmas parties. Share yours with us.

Maybe it's coming up. Maybe it's this weekend. You can remain anonymous if you don't want your boss to hear. Or you can dob your boss in if you want. Or dob them in. Maybe they deserve to be Maybe it's this weekend. You can remain anonymous if you don't want your boss to hear. Or you can dub your boss in if you want. Or dub them in. Maybe they deserve to be dubbed in this afternoon. Really awesome or really average Christmas parties. You can text us as well on 9696.

Or pick up the phone and call 0800 DIAL ZM. It is Christmas party season. And we want to know, have you had a really great Christmas party or a really stink Christmas party at your work? Shout out to all the bosses. Just listen. Listen to the people that call through,

that are sending texts. It is important. Yeah. Especially after the back end of this year. Yeah. Even if it costs you a little bit, you'll get more in return. And it doesn't have to be expensive. No. It just needs to be significant, right?

Like give everyone the afternoon off. Put a bit of effort in. Knock off everyone early that afternoon. Do a barbecue and some drinks. You can easily buy some food, cook a barbecue yourself, buy a few drinks and boom. Someone said, I'm a teacher and we're getting a sausage sizzle during lunch break and then required to go back to teach our last period class. Yes, but Brie

pointed out that you're forgetting the fact that you do go on holiday for two months. Which is an awesome, like, I know, but still, it'd be nice to have a Christmas party. They've worked bloody hard. You know, what about the person that said uh, this is so stink.

We went to Lone Star, had $25 each to spend. So most of us had to put money towards our mains. Yeah, $25 won't buy you a meal at Lone Star. Lone Star, great Christmas party option. Love Lone Star. But not giving them $25 each to spend. Just pay for their dinner. Just pay for whatever they get. Just pay for their dinner. So everyone gets

dinner and a couple of drinks. Don't give them a bill. Laura's caught up. Hi, Laura. Hi, Laura. Laura, did you have a great Christmas party or a stink Christmas party? The most epic Christmas party you could ask for. Oh, here we go. Everyone's getting ready to get jealous. What did you do?

So we hire a charter boat and we sail around Auckland Harbour for hours, eating, drinking, dancing all night long under the Harbour Bridge, all the way up. It's just so awesome. It's mint. Dangerous. Jealous.

Very dangerous. Yeah. Got to ask, what do you do for a job that means you get to go on a boat cruise for your Christmas party? We are essential workers in an essential business, so we deserve it. So, yep, we're going to party like no tomorrow next weekend. So, yep, we're looking forward to it after the year we've had.

Right, so it's not like you guys, you're a yacht salesman or something. They've actually, you know, thought about it and gone out and done something really awesome for you guys. That's so nice to hear. That's a great point. If you worked for a boat building company and they said, we're going to take you out on a boat, you'd go, oh, really?

No, no, our boss is awesome. We love him, so, like, we're looking forward to it. Merry Christmas, Laura. Good for you guys. That's awesome. Anonymous has called up. Hi, Anonymous. Hi, Anonymous.

Hello, how's it going? Good, good, good. Good Christmas party or bad Christmas party coming up for you? It's more like last year's one. Yeah, it wasn't the greatest. What did you do? The boss took us three workers to the adventure park with his wife and two kids and the babysitter.

Are you sure one of the workers, you guys, weren't the babysitter? Well, we were the ones that were looking after his kids and stuff. So, yeah, I suppose so. He didn't even throw a Christmas party. He had to go to the adventure park with the family and he just made you guys tag along. Oh, I've lost him. That's all right.

His boss cut his phone bill after that. Someone texted her and they said, not sure why you all think you are entitled to a work due. It is not a given that work will pay for anything. That's management. That is such a management text, isn't it? That is a manager, that is a boss texting that. And you know what? It's not that we think we're entitled to it.

No. It's that if you want to get the best out of your employees, you show them some appreciation. Of course it's not. We don't have to have one, but it'll be nice. We have this in our contract, but it's like a nice thing to create office morale. Shout out to the people who are organising the Zedium Christmas party this weekend.

We're really looking forward to that. Yeah, and it's a big job. Like, you know, a lot of pressure. People put in a lot of time and effort to organise these things and people really do appreciate it. You've got to get a seven-foot Santa suit for Ross. It's not an easy task. It's not an easy feat.

Shout out also to everyone that works in the medical field. My partner's a nurse and you don't want to know what the nurses do for a Christmas Sunday. Really? Yeah. What do they do? They have a 10-minute thing when they hand over on a shift where they eat some food that they

have to bring in themselves and then if not they have to pay for stuff to have their own Christmas party. Oh I thought you were going to say they do some dodgy stuff with some of the medical equipment. The way you were saying it you're like don't ask what the nurses do. No as in don't ask because it's so bad and they deserve they deserve the biggest party

everyone that works in the medical field. Bree and Clint from iHeartRadio. This is the latest live from LA with Dean McCarthy. Dean, listen up, potheads, because the reunion trailer is out for Harry Potter. It is, yes, yes. Listen up, potheads and every other Harry Potter fan in the world listening. Here's what the deal is, yes, yes. Listen up, Botteg and every other Harry Potter fan in the world listening, here's what the deal is, right? So January 1 of next year,

which is, by the way, very close, they are going to air the Harry Potter reunion special. Now, the cool thing about this, all of the cast are going to be there. Like, everyone signed on. It's a 20-year reunion. Literally, you name it, they're all going to be there. And basically,

we don't know too much about the structure of the reunion, but we do know they're going to be like going through the original sets and they're going to be giving personal interviews and it's going to be like,

I don't know, maybe like a friend reunion kind of vibe where we kind of mash in parts of the favourite movies and behind the scenes, you know, tidbits. So I think it's going to be

really, really cool. So yeah, check it out. 1st of January. That's epic and such good easy watching hangover stuff for people on New Year's Day. They obviously looked at the Friends reunion and they thought, we can milk a bit more out of these kids.

Let's get them back for a reunion. There you go. That's the latest on the Harry Potter reunion with our Hollywood correspondent, Dean McCarthy. The latest is fueled by Pepsi Max, Max Taste and No Sugars Given. Brian Clint. Look, coffee lovers, I have some news about our favorite black addiction and how much it's set to cost you in 2022.

Okay? So just brace yourselves for this. You're not a coffee drinker, so you can be objective about this. Just promise you won't laugh. Yeah. Don't bask in our pain. My partner is, so I feel like it does involve me somewhat. It does impact you, absolutely. But yeah, I gave up coffee a fair while ago,

so I've just been living that, you know, that free life. According to a local expert, New Zealanders need to be prepared to fork out a lot more for a coffee next year. A guy called Richard Corney opened his first cafe in Napier 15 years ago and he said when he opened it, they charged $4 for a flat white.

How long ago? 15 years ago, $4 for a flat white. Right. So you think it's been a decade and a half and coffee is now only like $4.55, hasn't gone up much at all. In the meantime, every other bill has gone up. Wages, milk, coffee, rent, inflation, everything has gone up, but coffee hasn't.

So you put on top of that the fact that cafes in Auckland and Wellington haven't even been able to open for a big chunk of this year, so they made no money. So the price of coffee has to go up. Before I reveal the amount, how much is too much, do you think, for a cup chunk of this year, so they made no money. So the price of coffee has to go up. Before I reveal the amount, how much is too much, do you think, for a cup of coffee? So what are we, you need to say the size. Regular, flat white coffee.

Well, I mean, I haven't bought coffee for a long time. It's about $4.50 currently. I probably wouldn't pay over $5.50. $5.50? Yeah, and I'd be a bit stink about paying 550. Producer Ben, you're an occasional coffee drinker. Loves a mocha, Producer Ben.

How much is too much for a coffee for you? Probably, yeah, probably about $6. $6? I'd be like no way. Yeah, right. If you're 550, you're with me. You'd be like 550's probably my limit. You'd be okay if it went up to 550? 550, yep. I wouldn't be okay. Because I don't $5.50 $5.50 yep I wouldn't be okay because I don't buy

enough to be that concerned yeah right you're talking to daily people here like people who have one or two coffees a day that's how it's really

going to impact Anastasia you love a coffee yeah I'm on the exact same page as these guys $5.50 I wouldn't go yeah $6 would be the limit I think

if I got charged $6 for a coffee I'd be I think the most I've paid is $5.50 and I remember that being a little bit of a stretch. It would have to be a rockin' coffee for over $6. But that's because that's what we're conditioned to, right?

That's what we expect. So, according to the expert in 2022, for cafes to be profitable, they need to charge $7 for a cup of coffee. Right, anyone got some Nespresso pods lying around?

It's a great competition. Z Energy's new Share Tank Fuel lets you find the lowest local fuel price and choose when you want to use it. And to celebrate,

we're playing Share or Steal where there is 200 litres of Z Fuel up for grabs. That's right. It's between two people. One person at a time will go into the cone of silence, and they will decide do they want to share it with the other person? Do they want to steal

it? That's pretty much, I mean, what it comes down to. But depending on what the other person picks, we'll have their fate in hand. Both say share, they both get $100 each. Both say steal, no one gets anything. Let's meet our people. Brenda's here.

Hi, Brenda. Hi, Brenda. Hello. Before you go into the cone of silence and don't tell us, do you already know what you're going to say? Yes, my son decided. Okay, good. Your son decided.

Keep that to yourself for now. And what about you, Jessie? Yeah, I know. You know? Okay, all right. Bree, decide who is going into the cone of silence first. Well, I mean, it doesn't really matter because they don't get to hear, right? So it doesn't give an advantage. Let's go Jessie. So you'd like Jessie to choose first? She's going to be going, she's going to be choosing first, yes. Okay, Brenda, stay there, okay? We're going to put you on hold. And that means that, Jessie, it's just us.

Brenda is in the cone of silence. She can't hear us. What do you want to do? Do you want to share or do you want to steal? I would love to share because it would mean we'd both get some fuel for over summer, but I'm kind of scared she's going to steal. I know because that's the risk. If she steals, then you get nothing. So you

either stick to your moral compass and say share, regardless of the outcome, or you hedge your bets and you take the whole lot. What's it going to be? Yeah, I think I'm going to go share. You're going to go share. I like that. I think so. And let's just hope. Yeah, and let's hope. You can stay with us Jessie, but you need to stay quiet, okay? Don't say anything. Let's bring Brenda back. Hi, Brenda.

Hi, Brenda. Hello. We've got Jessie's answer. We won't tell you what it is until you let us know yours. What have you decided, Brenda? Are you going to share or are you going to steal the 200 litres of Z energy fuel? I will share. You're going to share?

Yes. Great result, guys. Yay! You both go at home with 100 litres of fuel. Oh my god, that's amazing. Thank you. Thanks, Brenda. That was nice, wasn't it? I knew you guys were going to work it out.

I knew I could tell when I talked to you guys straight away. You guys are good people. I feel like I knew because Brenda was like, my son has made the decision. And I mean kids can't be ruthless. No, I thought Brenda was like passing the buck. She was going to go it's his decision. I've got nothing to do with this. He wants me to steal it. How good guys.

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You might have seen this story during the rounds today. It's a pretty big story and it's getting a lot of traction. People are not impressed. With one particular person, that would be the boss of online mortgage lender Better.com. His name is Vishal. He's the CEO and he made a very awkward Zoom call to a lot of employees. I believe, I don't know when it was from.

I think it might have been last week, but it's just starting to come to light now, where he had to let a lot of employees go and he decided he would do it as a group on Zoom. And when I say a group, 900 strong. We've got the Zoom call here. Someone recorded them. Yes, someone's recorded it. And this is what it sounds like when a CEO gives 900 staff members the stiff on Zoom.

At the time in my career, i'm doing this and i do not do not want to do this the last time i did it i cried this time i hope to be stronger but we are laying off about 15 of the company the market efficiency and performances and productivity if you're on this call you are part of the unlucky group that is being laid off. Your employment here is terminated. Just before Christmas

and that's the kind of way he thought to deal with it. It's got Squid Game vibes to me where he's like, anyone on this call is eliminated from the company. You are gone. 900 people is so many people. It's so many people and you would expect if you were losing your job, which does happen and lots of people have been through that here in New Zealand in the last 18 months.

Yeah. You'd expect your boss to call you personally. Well, you'd think so. You know? 900 people is a lot of people to have to call. But too bad. Don't lay off 900 people at one time. Well, that's the thing. You know, 900 people was a lot of people to have to call. But too bad. Don't lay off 900 people at one time. Well, that's the thing.

Do it in smaller batches. And if you decide to do that, then you're going to be making a lot of calls. That's the thing. I like the bit where he was like, last time I did this, I cried. I hope to be stronger this time. It's not about you. It's nothing to do with you. I'd be ropeable.

900 people. How do you get 900 people on a Zoom? That's the other thing. Can you imagine if they all at the same time, you heard that guy go, if you. Imagine if they all chimed in and they were like. Maybe he muted all of their microphones. I don't know. I'm not sure how he did it.

Shit Christmas. God, can you imagine? You'd have a lot of drinking buddies. 900 of them. That's what I mean. They're the people I'd be hanging out with. Do you think he'd turf them out before the Christmas party or after? Oh, probably before. Yeah.

If he's doing stuff like that. Yeah. Save a couple more dollars. Also, what a massive company. 900 people is only 15% of their company. It must be huge. Huge. Massive.

Anyway, that is doing the rounds. I mean, I feel like the same goes for when you're breaking up with someone. Don't do it on Zoom. No. With your nine other people that you're dating. It's the same thing. These people have made a commitment to you.

You know. So you at least owe them a face-to-face conversation. Exactly. Or at least a one-on-one conversation. It's Or at least a one-on-one conversation. It's the same as a breakup. Just have some respect. You can't do it over text either. You can't. No.

No. What do you reckon is worse? To get fired over Zoom when 900 other people are getting fired? Yeah. Or to get sent a text from your boss? What would you rather? Which one? Does the text have my name in it or is it clearly a group text?

Group text. Oh, then the text is worse. Because he hasn't even shown his face in that one. What about if he makes a fake Tinder profile and then matches with all of those people and then swipes left on them to let them know? Matches you all and then DMs here and goes, welcome to Dumpsville.

Yeah. Population, you. From your job. Like that would be pretty bad. Well, let's take some calls on it. Bad boss breakups that have happened. When did your boss give you the shaft? Oh, it's got different connotations.

No, you know what I mean. Your boss shafted you in a way that they fired you. And how did they do it? Yeah. Oh, 800 dial ZM or you can text us on 9696. You can remain anonymous if you'd like. We're talking about this guy, CEO of this company, who the Zoom call is doing the rounds on the internet today

because he let go 900 employees by inviting them to a Zoom call and then telling them that they were the unlucky bunch of employees that were getting the staff pretty much. It makes me think that there was another Zoom call where the rest of the staff were hearing. You guys are the lucky ones. Nice work, everyone. It's like idle and they go the people standing in the front row, you

are safe. See you next week. People in this room, you're going through to the next round. Thank you. The rest of you, your journey ends here. I mean, please see Ryan Seacrest on the way out. Right before Christmas. Like what could be worse? On your birthday be pretty bad. It's just the way he did it too.

We listened to it just before. He's just cold and he's like, this is really hard for me. Last time I cried. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So we want to know, when did your boss give you the shaft in a pretty stink way? Sam's here. G'day, Sam. Hi, Sam. Hi.

What happened to you? When did the boss fire you? So it wasn't me. I got my sister a job at a cafe with me, and the first week she got fired, by a text, they texted her and said that she wasn't mature enough for the position. What? But they texted her that? Yeah.

Oh, the irony. Oh, that is so funny. Oh, my God. So wait, does that mean, Sam, you kept the job? Actually, I carried on working for another two and a half years. Yeah, right. So did every time you get into a fight with your sister, did you say, look, I'm the more mature one?

No, it was quite a touchy thing for her. And the fact that I carried on working. But I made up for it when I got a new job managing a farm. I got her employed there. Oh, nice. Nice. You're got a new job managing a farm. I got her employed there. Oh, nice. What are you? You're like a recruiter for your sister. You get her all of her jobs.

My whole family. My whole family. My mum lives on my farm now and my sister's with me. Oh, my God. That's a lot of pressure on you, Sam. Yeah, I've got nine siblings, so yeah. You've got nine siblings, Sam. Imagine you become the boss of the farm, which it sounds like you might be.

Imagine if you eventually have to fire your sister. Yeah, well. Just send her a text, Sam. She'll be fine. No, that won't happen. I can hear the animals in the background too. Amy's here. Hi, Amy.

Hi, Amy. Kia ora, guys. How are you going? Good, thanks. Has your boss at one point given you the shaft? They did. So my partner and I got engaged and we decided we were going to have a big party for, like, you know, family and friends.

So we invited everybody from my office and, you know, my boss came along, having a real sweet time, you know, schmoozing with my family, buying drinks. And about two weeks later, he pulled me into his office to say he needed to make me redundant and let me go. Right after he's been to the engagement party. Yep. He met your family. You invited him into your safe space.

Yeah, pretty much. Do you think he knew? Rough. So it was two weeks prior. Do you think he knew at that stage that he was going to have to let you go? Yeah, I think so. And do you think he thought he was making it better by showing up? He was like, I'll show her that I care about her first

before I knock her in the back. Yeah, exactly. He gave us a little engagement gift and then that was it. Sorry, love, you're gone. Okay, what was the engagement gift? Oh, I think it was vouchers for a store back in the UK because you were in the UK at the time. He's like, you're going to need these.

I can't tell you why right now, but... That's so horrible. I would have been so ropeable. Did he come to the wedding, though? Oh, no, he wasn't invited. I bet he wasn't. Bree and Clint. I heard Fletch, Vaughan and Megan talking about this this morning,

but I found it quite interesting and you and I, I feel like we can both maybe relate to this because there's an article that's come out and talked about the songs that have made you run faster or slower this year. Yeah, I'm a big runner. I'm closing in on a half marathon. Well, we'll take your word for it.

Across a week. Across a week. Right, gotcha. It's very interesting because, I mean, every time I, because I've been running quite a lot lately, and every time I go running I have my certain playlists and I sometimes add songs or get rid of them when I feel like. I can't run without music.

I can't run without good music. They're not doing the trick, you know. So let's go through them. The artists, do you want to do the slowest or the fastest? Give me artists that will help me run fast. Okay, cool. These are the top five artists from this year that will help you run faster, apparently,

if you have these artists in your playlist. Coming in number five was Swifty. I feel like this would be breakup motivation running. I feel like it depends on what album you get too. Like if you get that, is it Evermore? Whatever the one with Brown Cardigan on it. Oh, Brown Cardigan. That one's not going to make me run very fast, but good.

Okay, Taylor Swift makes you run fast. Yes. Number four on the list, artists that will make you run faster, Adele. Same thing, break up. I reckon it's break up motivation. That's what it is. It's Khloe Kardashian, revenge body motivation. You're like, I'm so sad, but I have to get hot.

They are the feels. Number three song artist that will make you run faster, apparently, this year, Britney Spears. I have a straight Britney Spears running playlist sometimes that I throw on. Does it start with, you better work, bitch? Yes, and that one is one of the best ones to run to. It's so good.

Coming in at number two. So far, all of the ladies being the biggest motivators for fastest running. But not in at number two because that's Harry Styles. Why do you think Harry Styles makes you run fast? I mean, because he's hot and you think that if you run, you know, you might be able to get to him faster. It's visual motivation. Yes, yeah.

Yeah, okay, yeah. But the number one for this year that they said the artist that will help you run the fastest was Queen B. Yeah, it's just got attitude. Yeah. Yeah. Survivor, Destiny's Child, that's just got attitude. Yeah. Yeah. Survivor, Destiny's Child, that's a great pick. Yeah, it's got break-up energy, some of it, too.

Yeah. So, yeah, okay. Totally see that. But let's talk about the slowest. These are the artists you want to avoid, apparently, according to statistics from this year, if you want to run faster. Coming in at number five, Katy Perry.

She'll be gutted to know that. Yeah. I think she would say her music's fairly motivational. This is motivational. Right, okay. But Katy Perry will slow you down. What was that song

from the Swish Swish Swish? Oh, yeah, yeah. I feel like that'd be not bad to run to. Anyway, she came in at number five. Bon Appetit. That's what I was thinking of. Bon Oh, yeah, yeah. I feel like that'd be not bad to run to. Anyway, she came in at number five. Bon Appetit. That's the one I was thinking of. Bon Appetit, baby. Just made me want to run to the fish and chip shop.

Coming in at number four, Nicki Minaj. This is music that slows you down. Doesn't feel like it, eh? I ran into one of Anastasia's playlists recently, and it had basically half the Pink Friday album on it. So. I don't get that one either. I also don't get this next one.

These are the artists that make you run the slowest Doja Cat. I know why this one. It's too sexy. You start just like gyrating while you're running. It's like. I'm feeling myself. I'm feeling myself.. It's like, I'm feeling myself. I'm feeling myself. I'm feeling myself.

I'm feeling myself. I hope you're not running near schools. Coming in at number two. What's that guy doing? I think he's listening to Doja Cat. Call the police, honey. Call the police. He's just listening to Doja Cat. Call the police.

Coming in at number two, artists that make you run the slowest, BTS. Don't get it. It's upbeat. It's a great running song. It's a great running song. With the number one, slowest of the slow. Don't listen to Drake. Apparently, he will make you run the slowest. Yeah, he's always in his feelings.

That's the issue. It is quite slow. He's mostly sad. This is one of Drake's happiest songs. That is true. Drake's music is mostly sad boy feels. Well, there you go. Good luck with your run tonight, everybody.

What you want is Taylor Swift, Adele, Britney Spears, Beyonce, and Harry Styles. Get it on the playlist. You'll run at least 200 metres more, guaranteed. Bree and Clint. Let's have a round of the name game, shall we? So we get you to take on Bree and just guess some celebrity names as quickly as you can. Lauren's going to take you on today.

Hi, Lauren. Hi, Lauren. Hi, guys. Have you heard the name game before, Lauren? Yeah. Okay, good. We'll just do a quick tester to check everybody's on the same page. Okay.

I'll give out a name, and then you guys need to give me a celebrity who uses that name in their own name. This is a tester. It's not for any points, but Lauren, give me, and Bree, give me a famous Lauren. Hill. Hill.

Oh. I didn't even think of Lauren Hill. I went to Lauren Conrad. Yeah, equally as talented. Yeah, I should have gone with Lauren Hill. Lauren Hill's amazing. Good, you're both hot on your buzzers. This is going to be a good game, guys. First three points. If it's you, Lauren,

you'll get 50 KFC chicken dollars. I'd like someone to... Yeah, awesome. I'd like someone to start the game by giving me a famous... Peter. Alexander. Oh, yeah, that's good. Is that the pyjamas guy?

Yeah. All I could think of was Parker. And we don't do characters, do we? Nah, I don't think so. Nah. I had Peter Jackson. Oh, yeah. And Peter, Peter, Pumpkin Eater.

That's not a person. Peter Alexander. Great option. Okay, Lauren, you're on the board. Next one. Someone give me a person. Peter Alexander. Great option. Okay, Lauren, you're on the board. Next one. Someone give me a famous... Annie. No.

I can think of Anne Hathaway, but... Yeah, I've got nothing. Annie. Hard one, that one. I wanted to see if anyone could get it. The only Annie that I had was Annie Lennox. Still don't know who that is. Yeah, right.

Nah. Lauren's the same. Someone give me a famous Dwayne. The Rock Johnson. Oh, Bree Just. She went for the full name, too. She used both of his middle names. Scores a level one.

Someone give me a famous... Tina. Turner. Oh! Oh. I'm going to name my next dog. It's a girl. Yeah, right.

I would have accepted Faye. Tina Faye is another good Tina. Oh, yeah. Tina Faye. Okay, 2-1 to Bree. Lauren, you need this one, okay, mate? Okay. This one's hard, and I actually. Lauren, you need this one, okay, mate? Okay. This one's hard, and I actually only have one answer for this one.

You've already given us a really hard one. Remember, it can be a stage name of the person as well. Like, it doesn't have to be their birth name, but as long as it's the name they go by. Okay, you've obviously got one specific person in mind. Exactly right, exactly right. Like, if I said Elton, I would accept John, even though it's not his real name, is what I mean.

Yeah. So someone give me a famous... Alison. Alison. Nope. Nope. Wonderland. Oh, as in the DJ?

Yeah. Oh, that, you're stretching there. Nah. Nah, I agree, Lauren. I love how both of the competitors are turning on the host. You guys need me to win the game, all right? You still need a point here, Lauren. Give me a famous Louis.

Throat. Brie, just. What did you say, Lauren? What did you say? Louis Walsh. Yeah, it was close. I want to say, let's give her the point. Let's keep going.

Okay, then. It's tie break. This is for tie break. Someone give me a famous... Victoria. Beckham. Beckham. Sorry, Lauren.

She was so good. Let's give her the KFC chicken dollars. She deserves it. No, I'll give her the KFC chicken dollars. No, I'll give it to her. No, you already sandwiched me. I'm the host. You got it, Lauren.

Okay, how about you both give me 50? How's that? Bree and Clint. I wanted to talk about Christmas that you are now an adult. Right. Because I feel like there's this weird transition stage in everyone's life. Trust me, we've all been there when you go from the kids' table at Christmas up to the big table. because I feel like there's this weird transition stage in everyone's life. Trust me, we've all been there when you go from the kids' table at Christmas up to the big table.

Well, hopefully that happened a wee while ago for you. And you get all the presents from all the relatives and then all of a sudden, no presents. Oh, right. You have to join the adult secret Santa for the family and you have to buy Uncle Rod a Christmas present and then you get a Christmas present and then you get one Christmas present from one other person.

We have a specific age for that in our family. 18. 18. When you turn 18, you move into the wider family Secret Santa. You know what I call BS. I say, why? Why are we doing this to people? It's a horrible transition.

Like, let me just say, let me put it out there. It is horrible when you go from 17 and you're living your best life at Christmas to 18 when bloody Aunty Cheryl is asking you to bring a plate. You need to cook a bloody potato bake and bring it along to Christmas lunch and you're like, I've never cooked before. What the hell's a potato bake? I've had a free ride for 17 years. It's a hard transition. But I was talking to you about this, Clint,

where I'm like, you know, what happens in your family with your immediate family? Because obviously as you get older, you know, Santa can't deliver presents to every single person in the world. He only delivers to the kids. Absolutely. So once you get older,

you know, do your parents get you a gift? Or do they get you nothing? Oh, I feel like nothing's a bit brutal. But in some families, I feel like they get nothing. If your parents got you nothing, you'd get them nothing, right? It's tit for tat, is it? Well. Surely.

Yeah, see, that's a great point. Unless you haven't been getting anything for your parents, and they're like, now that you're an adult, suck it. You can see how it feels. You got nothing. I want to go around the room. Let's see what the vibe is like in here. Producers, do your parents get you anything for Christmas?

Yes or no? Yes, they do. They normally ask me what I need and then they just get me that. Oh, I love a practical present. And like how good? How good are the gifts? Oh, definitely. Yeah, they are a practical present. And like how good, how good are the gifts? Oh, definitely, yeah. Yeah, they are good.

Like more than one gift? No, normally it's just one gift. You've got it. Just one gift. Yeah. So it's a strict... I'm trying to find... Like I think it was a few years ago

they bought me a new location beacon for tramping. Oh, see, that'd be worth it. I needed it. Good money. That's a good gift. Yeah. For you, not a good gift for me. I mean, I wouldn't love that gift.

Yeah, yeah. For anybody else, terrible gift. For you, not a good gift for me. I mean, I wouldn't love that gift. For anybody else, terrible gift. For you, great gift. Great gift. Produce Anastasia, do you get more than one gift? Do you get any gifts from your parents? No, but they do offer, but I just take an IOU for a practical thing during the year. I don't know, I feel bad.

I really do. My parents are so good to me. They love it. We found out in the last couple of weeks That Anastasia is a bit of a Christmas Grinch Yeah She doesn't like Christmas She doesn't really Yeah

Yeah So that's so I like ham Yeah we know you like ham I mean I can eat that all year round But you guys Yeah Are you going to ask for ham for Christmas?

What about Well they own a butchery So that's a prerequisite Actually can I ask your parents For something for Christmas Because I can't go home To see my family Yeah maybe you can have a ham

Marty if you're listening Can I have a salami for Christmas? Because I can't go home to see my family. Yeah, maybe you can have a ham. Marty, if you're listening, can I have a salami for Christmas again, please? I'd love a salami if Marty's still listening. That would be my ultimate Christmas present. Can we please stop talking about my dad's salami? The big salami, please, Marty. The big one. Awesome. You know, Anastasia, I want some of your dad's big salami too.

Yeah. Can't wait. What about in your family? As we've gotten older, it's sort of whittled, or narrowed down to- Whittled down? That was the wrong words. It's a gift.

One gift. Yeah, yeah. My parents and Santa have been incredibly generous, but I've gone out of my way to say, I don't need anything. I don't need anything. But it's about the gesture and it's about Christmas. So I'm happy if I get one thing.

And we generally get each other one thing. Like one thing. Yeah, that's nice, one thing's plenty plenty enough. You? You get spoiled No, well to be honest I think since like last year and then this year because I haven't been able to be with

my family I feel like my mum has felt guilty. She's showing her love with gifts It's not her fault at all. Like, nothing to do with her. We would have spent it on flights anyway. You just haven't. Yeah, but because I can't be with her and my family, I feel like she's gone a bit overboard especially this year. Good, lap that up.

Which, I mean, I think I've got, I think she's sent like three gifts. Yeah, nice. But then I also have my birthday straight after, so then it all kind of meshes into one. Yeah. But yes, we do. You prefer a combined present though anyway, eh?

Christmas and birthday gifts. It's made it way easier. Don't ever get me a combined present. Don't ever get anyone a combined present that has a birthday near Christmas, for God's sake. But it's easier. We'll give you double the size present. I've never been more passionate about something.

Anyway, so within here, we all kind of still do get presents from the parents. Yeah, we do. Whether it's one or a couple. I wanted to ask people on 0800 dials at him, do you get amazing gifts from the parents? Yeah, do your parents still ball out on Christmas? Yeah. Are they going over the top?

We promise we won't judge you. It's natural to want to be jealous. Will we be jealous? Yes. But if your parents got you a car for Christmas, we would just love... What? We'd love to hear about it.

Okay? No judgment, no judgment. It's not realistic, and what the hell do your parents do for a job? But we would just love to hear. Oh, my God. If someone calls up and they say that they got a jet ski from their parents, I'm dumb.

Yeah, okay. 0800 dial ZM or you can text us on 9696. A lot of text coming through on the text machine, and I'm glad because I feel like I've hit a nerve with people. It is a very hard transition when you go from a child, 17, you're sitting at the kids table, you're getting the Cheerios for Christmas lunch,

all the fun stuff and then they move you to the adults table. We have to cook your own lunch. You have to cook your own lunch, bring your own potato bake, take part in the one present secret Santa that the whole family's still. Anyway. So angry.

We want to know, though. Do your parents still get your Christmas presents? And how old are you? Does Santa still come and... Santa still comes in our family. Empty his sack in a big way. That's the wrong word. That is. Why do you have to do that, Beth Santa?

That was the wrong way to do it. At least I didn't say come down the chimney. That would have been way worse. My mum is one of my favourite people and one of the reasons why I think it's because she makes Christmas so special in our family. Even if you're older, she still gets you a present. She still does all the special things.

But I want to know from people, are you getting some good presents off the rents? Yeah, whose parents are still going hard even though you're fully grown and you can afford your own stuff? Cam's here. Hi, Cam. Hi, Cam. G'day, team. How you going? Good, thank you. Cam, I feel like this could make me jealous. What are your

parents getting you for Christmas? So we always get an adult Santa set, which has got your usual socks, socks, clothes, shirt, always a bit of alcohol. Last year, mine had a Garmin in it. A Garmin watch? Yeah, a Garmin watch. What?

That's not a stocking present, can I say? A stocking present is lollies. Ben's got a Garmin. How much did your Garmin cost, Ben? How much was that? About $600. Jeez! Cam, if that's in your stocking,

what are you getting for the normal presents? Well, we always get practical. I got tyres for my car. It would be like over a grand. Yeah, but they are expensive, so I mean... I'd be stoked with tyres. I'd be stoked with that too. Yeah, yeah.

Jeez, Merry Christmas, Cam. Good stuff. Santa. Very, very lucky. Yeah, very lucky, very lucky. Garmin was a stocking filler. Cam's like, I'm hoping to get a tag this year or a Rolex. I just got a Labrador puppy as a stocking filler.

Just a starter. You're just living in the stocking. Sarah's here. Hi, Sarah. Hi, Sarah. Hi, how are you? Good, thanks. Are your parents going hard for Christmas?

What have they got you? Yeah, so my parents are always very joyful around Christmas. Joyful is such a good word for it. Yeah. So my mum always gets us presents and signs it from the goat Santa. Yep. So this year I'm getting a bedroom suite, so a new bed, tall boy, and side tables.

A bedroom suite for Christmas. Yeah. Is the TV in that? Because I'd be saying, you know what, come on then. I hope so. Do you expect Santa to wrap that bedroom suite for you? Yeah. Of course, that's all part of the fun.

How are they going to wrap that? Do you expect Santa to assemble it? Yeah. I think I'll be capable to assemble it, but if he does that, I'll be pretty happy. Oh, jeez. Is that it? Just the bedroom suite?

Yeah. That's enough, eh? I've bought the whole Santa sack with all the socks and undies, I assume, which is like the usual. What do you mean, is that it? It sounded like there was more. Sarah, how old are you? I'm 22.

Oh, jealous. When I was 22, I was lucky to be fed on Christmas Day. There's so many texts on this. I need to read some out. There's so many. Someone said, I'm getting a flash as Weber barbecue from my parents for Christmas. Jeez. That is such a good message.

We're happy for you. I said we'd be happy for you. I'm happy for you. I'm stoked. I'm so stoked for you. Someone else said, my parents bought me a car for Christmas one year. A car for Christmas.

I'm so happy for you. Surely it was like a cheapie. Surely it was like a... I love the people that are saying, I'm 31 and Santa still brings me gifts. There's quite a lot of people. And you know what that means? You've got extra Christmas spirit

in your family. Yes, absolutely. That's what it means. Santa absolutely visits our family, by the way. He absolutely still comes. I love that Santa still comes. Abby, hi.

Hi, Abby. Hi. How are you guys? Good. Thanks, Abby. Tread carefully. What do your parents get you for Christmas? So my parents last year

got me and my siblings a jet ski this year. Hang on. We need to block her from the phone lines. You're never allowed to call this show back, Abby. How dare you? A jet ski? Yeah. What type?

It's a big one, like a Yamaha. I don't want to know. I don't want to know. Abby, what are you expecting this year? A ute and trailer to tow the jet ski? Which? Yeah, right. Probably not a lot this year.

A jet ski? It could be one of those ones where Dad buys the kids a jet ski, but he's like, it'll live at my house. Okay. It does, it does live at his house. Yeah, there you go. But Abby, how often have you used it? Oh, all summer, definitely.

Oh, you're just sticking the knife in, Abby. There you go. Good for you, good for you, Abby. I'm stoked for you, I'm stoked. Merry Christmas, everybody. A jet ski. Mum, Dad, if you're listening, jet skis, they exist in New Zealand. You can get that on Australia Post.

Yeah, just send it over. It's over here in time for Christmas. Mark, Bree and Clint. Hey. It's my birthday. It's my birthday. Bree and Clint's birthday banger. Talking about parents giving their kids presents at Christmas time.

Yeah. What about this text? I bought my daughter a hybrid car for Christmas this year. It's actually the second car I've bought her. Her first one was a BMW X3 last year. She's 18. You're going to be buying... I am so... How do you top that, though?

How do you top it? She's only 18. You're going to have to buy her a house next year. Well, you're going to be buying your daughter cars for the rest of her life. No, it's good, it's good, it's good, it's good. I'm so jealous. Anyway, you're going to be buying your daughter cars for the rest of her life. Nah, it's good, it's good, it's good. I'm so jealous. Anyway, this is Birthday Bagger.

We'll figure out what was the number one song on your 16th birthday and then we'll play our favourite one out of three. Joel's here. Hi, Joel. G'day, Joel. Hey, how's it going, guys? Good, thanks, Joel. Your parents still getting you a Christmas present? Uh, no. And, like,

that 18 year old Gosh Jealous? You're jealous are you? I'm a little bit jealous But I'm also a little bit like They're setting her up for failure Yeah because it doesn't get better than that

Yeah yeah yeah Also it switches When your parents get older You need to be the major gift giver So be prepared to buy them a Yeah true Mobility scooter? I don't know Also, in switches, when your parents get older, you need to be the major gift giver. So be prepared to buy them a mobility scooter. I don't know. I'd buy them a dope mobility scooter.

Joel, what's your birthday, mate? 1st of February, 1993. All right, you were 16 in 2009. And on the 1st of Feb in 2009, this was number one. Yes, Joel. We love the fray, soft rock, baby. The fray, you found me, Joel. It's sounding pretty smooth.

Yeah, it is a smooth tune. Also, you and I are birthday brothers, Joel. We've got the same birthday. Oh, do we? Yeah. Birthday brothers. Birthday brothers. Great birthday, eh? Right in the heart of summer. Brilliant. Joel we've got the same birthday oh do we yeah birthday brothers birthday brothers great birthday right in the heart

of summer brilliant and I think Clint you may have just topped Brie on my favourite now so

and that's all it took well this is awkward for me Joel I still love you though it's alright yeah wait there we'll see if she votes

for you at the end of this Tony's here G'day Tony G'day Tony hey Br G'day, Tony. Hey, Bree. Hey, Clint. How are you guys? Good, mate.

How are you? Merry Christmas, Tony. Not too bad. Not too bad. Last time I spoke to you, it seemed like a week ago. Oh. Was it a week ago? Oh, no, because I rang you up for the vote for when Bree did her Uncle Keith segment.

Oh, Friday Oaky. Yes, that's it. Yeah, Friday Oaky. I think Uncle Keith. Is he around? No, Uncle Keith's segment. Oh, Friday Oaky. Yes, that's us. Yeah, Friday Oaky. I think Uncle Keith, is he around? No, Uncle Keith's been banned from the building. Oh, yeah, g'day, Tony. How are you, Uncle Keithy? I think Uncle Keith needs a trespass.

Yeah, Keithy needs a trespass. Yeah, sorry, guys. I've just been using the computers here at work trying to get my vaccine pass put onto my phone. Keithy, you stink of cigarettes. Can you go outside, please? Well, you asked me to borrow one before, but none for you now in the Smoko area clinic.

All right, see you guys later. Catch you. See you, Keithy. Tony, what's your birthday, mate? So my birthday is 18 July 92. All right, Tony. You were 16 in 2008. And on the 18th of July, your 16th birthday,

this had a number one hit. Funny how Uncle Keith seems to affect your voice, eh? Oh, well, I think it's the smoke. Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's the secondhand smoke. You know, secondhand. Tony, No Air, Jordan Sparks. You like that one?

Yeah, that's a bit of a banger. That's a banger. Usually I hear that on Friday Gems one time, I think. Yes, Jordan Sparks. You like that one? Yeah, that's a bit of a banger. That is a banger. Usually I hear that on Friday Jams one time, I think. Yes, that's good. Absolute tune for yours, Tony. Okay, wait there, Tone Dog. We've got one more for Samara. Kia ora, Samara.

Hi, Samara. Kia ora, guys. How you doing? Good, mate. How are you? Yeah, not bad. That's good. What are you getting up to for Christmas?

Have you made your plans? Yeah, I wish I was getting whatever's on everyone else's list from their parents, to be fair. Cambridge, yes. You had a hybrid. Do you want to hear the text that just came through? This one's quite sweet, actually. It's quite nice.

Someone said, My parents are hopefully buying us a baby for Christmas. We're going halves for IVF. Oh! How cute is that? I can get on board that one. That's a very cute one. I like that.

Okay, well, we're sending you guys positive vibes. The other one said, we're buying all of our boys who are in their 20s motorbikes. I'm so jealous. Anyway. Samara, what's your birthday? 5th of May, 1994. All right, Samara, you were 16 in 2010. And on the 5th of May in 2010, this had a number one hit.

Oh, Bob. B.O.B. and Hayley Williams, Airplanes. This was a vibe back in 2010. Yeah, they were both on fire, both of these artists. Samara, are you happy with this for your birthday banger? Yeah, absolute tune. Absolute tune. What a great throwback.

Okay, three really good songs for birthday banger today. No duds. I have to go with my birthday brother, Joel. Not just because he's my birthday brother. I really want to vote for The Fray. I've got to go with Joel because I used to be his favourite. And maybe I can get him back on board. What do you reckon, Joel?

Yeah, you're bumping your way up again. Yes, Joel! Joel's holding us to ransom here. You see what's happening? He's pitting us

against each other. Hey, Joel, you won, mate. Congratulations. Nice work, Joel. Thank you, guys. Have a good day. God bless. You too.

See ya. Thanks, Joel. Very close. You too, see ya Brian Clint This is not meant to be confrontational But I have a story here Written by an expert That will tell single people What they're doing wrong Is the expert you?

No, I'm not the expert Are you the ghost writer? No, I'm not the expert Are you sure? So we're not firing shots into the distance as well. I'm distancing myself from this. Well, we need a single person. I need a single person to join this conversation. If only we knew someone Leave poor Anastasia alone. Who was single. Oh, Anastasia. Great idea, Brie. I wasn't going to say that. All I do is get roped into

this. I don't care. I'm fine. I do is get roped into these. I don't care. I'm fine. I'm happily single. Well, do you want some advice? Being single's a... She doesn't want a partner. She's happy on her own. No, but I've got a really good friend here who wants to hear it.

So they've just told me that they're keen to hear the advice. Okay, you can relay the information. I don't want the advice, but I know someone else does. So our expert is Mel Schilling. She's an Australian specialist in human behavior and performance. She's also one of the experts on maths. I was going to say she's on maths. Oh, so she really knows what she's doing.

Because if there's anyone that I think are good matchmakers, it's those people on maths. Well, shoot her, not me, okay, is all I'm saying. I'm just the messenger. According to her, there's one common mistake uh that stops you singletons from meeting the one and that is that you guys get caught up on having a type and deal breakers that you have a type of person that you're looking for and because of that you shut yourself off to everybody else yep Yep. That's 100% accurate.

Is it? Yeah. Ooh. Okay. What's your type? Ford Ranger. No. Canterbury Development.

No, not what your type is, Colin. We know what your type is. Tall, blonde, Ford Ranger. I wasn't far off. You can't go specific car. Okay. So that's what she's saying. That's what you're doing wrong.

The one deal breaker that's stopping me from being in a relationship right now is that I need someone to be taller than me. So she's still pretty tall. She said that the key here is separating. That's actually not having one person right now. She needs you to separate deal breakers from type of person. Stop making the type of person you're looking for a deal breaker. She said it's fine to have deal breakers from type of person. Stop making the type of person you're looking for a deal breaker. It's fine to have deal breakers.

Like if you say no smokers or you say no one who's been to prison, that's your thing. That's fine for you. But don't make one of your deal breakers must have blonde hair. Don't make a type the deal breaker. You need to branch out on that. Because what she's saying is maybe you don't know what you like. Maybe you don't know what's right for you.

Well, I saw your deal breakers, Anastasia, and I feel like, remember when you showed me that list? I feel like they're pretty, you know, like reasonable. I think the top of the list was deal breaker doesn't have a pulse, you know, and she just wants someone that's alive. And you know what, Anastasia? The advice here is stop being so picky.

You can't have everything. Look, around Christmas time, the holidays, it can make people quite stressed. So just keep that in mind when you're dealing with people who are in the shops or who are working long hours to get you your gifts.

Just be nice. Absolutely. Just be nice to those people because, trust me, they're not having the best time either. They don't want to be there, mate. They don't want to be there. They don't want to be there. It should go for this woman who, look, she's written a complaint on a website about a Christmas item that this particular store was stocking for Christmas this year. Right.

So I thought we could play a bit of a game where I'm going to read you out what was the exact complaint. And then producers and you, Clint, you guys have to tell me what was the Christmas novelty item that this woman... That she's complaining about. That's rubbed her the wrong way. Got it, got it, got it. So she said, I'm disgusted and offended of the Merry Christmas blank blank

that is in your current catalogue, the 1st of December to page 24, under the heading Easy Christmas Gifting. I really think this is a very poor and offensive inclusion of your novelty items. To think the reason we celebrate this festivity is degraded with this offensive item. Please remove these from your shelves and supply. Thank you. I got it.

I know what it is. What is it? I know what it is. What is it? I know what it is. She's offended. She has quoted the reason for the season. She has ordered baby Jesus for her manger setting and she's received sexy Jesus.

Don't you hate when that happens? Like too much torso? I always get that wrong. She wanted baby Jesus for the manger. She's received super ripped Jesus. You know, I'm Jesus like 20.

Is that on the cross Easter Jesus? No, not on the cross, Anastasia. Jesus. It's Christmas. Easter?

No. No, but he's got the abs and stuff and he's all grown up. Yeah, before he gets crucified, okay, I'm talking about

super ripped Jesus. Like Jesus on his 21st. Oh, Jesus on his 21st. That's my favourite Jesus. I'm locking that in Ripped Jesus like Jesus on his 21st oh Jesus on his 21st alright that's my favourite Jesus yeah I'm locking that in

producers um she's I think very offended I think it's um an adult fun toy

I think they've made a Grinch uh thing a Grinch deli and don't don't say that

uh yeah they've got they've got some elf elf themed things and uh thing. Don't say that. They've got some elf themed things and she's not impressed. She wasn't impressed with how it worked. Is that what you're saying? Because she's ordered it. It was the battery life. She hasn't ordered it. She's just seen it.

She's seen it on the website. I think Anastasia could be right. Christmas ding dong dilly. A Christmas themed dilly. Oh, she's just seen it. She's seen it on the website. Oh, then I think Anastasia could be right. Yeah. Okay. Christmas ding dong dilly. A Christmas themed dilly. Okay. I think it's a nude nutcracker and it's just exposed. And then she's complained.

Oh my God. Do they exist? Because I want one of those. And she's like, why is there nothing? You know? They do exist. You lift them. That's such a good idea. You lift the nutcracker and his nuts and cracker come out.

Oh, my goodness. They do exist. They actually exist? Yeah, yeah, yeah. I want one of those. I'm clearly not writing this. Because it's an easy gift. It's a novelty Christmas item.

Sexy Nutcracker. Okay, Sexy Nutcracker. Sexy Nutcracker. Okay. What this woman is disgusted and offended by in the Christmas novelty item set is the Christmas novelty item set is the Christmas novelty toilet paper. Oh.

So she's... Nah. Wait, who's on the toilet paper? Is it Santa or Jesus? Because she's got a point if it's Jesus. Don't put him on the toilet paper. Is it a nude nutcracker? Well, let's just say it's Santa, but it's not his normal slay.

What? No.