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podcast. First thing you're going to hear in the show today is a conversation that Brie and I have
about toast. Yep, it's gone there. Behind the scenes obviously everything is so dark at the
moment and there's only one thing in the news which if you're listening to this podcast 50
years in the future we're talking about COVID-19. Yeah it is literally taking up all of the media
outlets it's very hard to find anything else to talk about
And you know, there's only so much of our own lives that we can talk about
So today we talked about toast
Well, it was actually because Tom Hanks was in the news
Because he posted that he was eating Vegemite on toast
And he's got COVID
Damn it, everything is linked
Anyway, you'll hear all of this
The one thing we don't do in the show is reveal the results of the poll
as to who makes the best Marmite toast.
Yeah, because if you follow us on Instagram,
we popped a little poll up there where Clint made a piece of toast
and then I made a piece of toast with Vegemite or Marmite.
And we just asked which way do you like it better.
Yeah, I can reveal that after about two and a half thousand votes,
actually this is worth one of these,
13% of people like my toast.
87% of people think you make the better Marmite toast.
I will take that.
That is a good solid win for me because I've won
nothing lately.
I'll take it. I will take
it. God, we should do our cups of
tea tomorrow. Cups of tea is a good one.
Do a side by side of our cups of tea
and on face value. God, we really are
scraping the barrel. You know what we should do tomorrow?
I've got an idea. We both make a cup of tea
so that we can do that content
and then we do a biscuit dip-off challenge.
Oh, yeah.
So we both dip a biscuit into our hot tea,
and the first person to take it out loses.
But if you leave it and it breaks off in there, you're out.
You lose as well.
Yeah.
Let's just go to our live studio audience.
Is that the sort of content that would compel you guys to engage
in a radio show?
I've already written it down for tomorrow
I think that'd be good
well could we call it a tea bag off?
yeah a bag off
maybe not a tea bag off
it's a dunk off that's the thing it's not a tea bag off
oh yeah it's a dunk off
although the act is tea bagging
technically
and technically it is in a cup of tea side note anyone ever been tea bag off. Oh, yeah. It's a dunk off. Although the act is tea bagging, isn't it? Yeah, technically.
And technically it is
in a cup of tea.
Side note, anyone
ever been tea bagged?
Nah.
Not on purpose.
Okay, cool.
Right.
Prepare for that
on the show.
Put it on the list.
Excellent.
Yeah, we're good.
If anyone has any
other suggestions
that we can do,
trust me, we will take anything at this point.
We are not that desperate.
No, I am.
I always have been.
We are not.
Please put it in our podcast group.
We're happy to take suggestions.
You guys make our show for us.
That'd be helpful.
Can you imagine we do a show just of content made up by you guys?
We just put the run sheet attached and we're like, fill it in.
I would love that. By the way, just to
give you some hashtag real talk, there's a very real
chance that, like we don't know day to day
if we're going to be able to come into
our studio and do the radio show.
We kind of find out each day. It's fine
at the moment. I think everyone feels
like it's okay, but if things ramp up
seriously. We might have to do
it from a bunker.
We don't have access to a bunker. That's what you think.
Do you have access
to a bunker?
Hey, I'm maybe one of those
doomsday preppers. Hey, can you
imagine those doomsday preppers
that all be like, I told
you so! You thought you guys
were so smart making fun of me.
I'm going to go live in my bunker for the next two weeks.
Don't come to me when you want some dehydrated lasagna.
Oh, yum.
And I'm going to go kill a rattlesnake and suck its blood out of it.
Why?
That's what they do.
I watched this one episode and they were living in the desert
and apparently if there's no water, they kill a rattlesnake
and they drink the blood.
No one ask any questions about that.
We're running out of time, okay?
Just believe it.
Why a rattlesnake?
And I was like watching the episode and I was like, okay, I understand, you know, what you're saying, you know, emergency.
It's a fetish thing.
It's a guy who just wanted to suck a snake.
But why are you doing it now for this episode?
There's water in the tap.
Here's today's podcast, everybody.
Enjoy.
Be safe.
Be safe.
Wash your hands, you dirty pig.
Hey, Google.
What's the time?
It's 3 p.m.
Give or take a minute.
Alexa, play ZM on iHeartRadio.
Playing ZM on iHeartRadio.
Hey, Siri, when are Bree and Clint on?
Bree and Clint are on air in 5, four, three, two, one.
Hi, everybody.
Good afternoon.
Crazy times, huh?
Very crazy times.
And you know what?
We're still going to be here.
We're going to turn up and hopefully our job for you guys is to provide a bit of light
and obviously any information you guys really need and only the facts.
That's what we're here to do.
Totally right.
That's the best way to look at this.
I know that people out there,
some people are really stressed.
Some people are just,
they're just worried about the uncertainty.
I just went outside to buy some coffees
from the cafe just across from work
and I said to the girl,
I said, just as you normally do,
I said, hey, how are you?
And she just turned to me and she goes,
scared actually, really scared. So there's all sorts of emotions charging around but what turned to me and she goes, scared, actually. Really scared.
So there's all sorts of emotions charging around.
But what we will try and do is, yeah, lift the mood a little bit for the afternoon.
Yeah, we're here to have some fun because, you know, I think in times like these where, you know what?
I think, you know, it's okay to be scared.
But I think, you know, the right people are doing the right things.
And we need to remember that here in New Zealand Zealand we're in one of the safest places.
Yeah.
You know?
Like Jacinda said earlier, this all seems really, really freaky, but we've gone hard
and we've gone early.
That's what we need to do.
And then hopefully, you know, we can get all on top of this.
But our job here is to provide a bit of light and have some fun.
And honestly, my microphone has never smelled so clean.
Can I say, as an upside,
the refreshing pine scent of dead hole that I'm getting from the entire studio at the moment
is rather invigorating.
I've never seen this place so clean.
It is nice and clean and a good reminder.
Maybe just do a bit of a clean up.
You know?
If something good comes of this
and it's that you get a clean flat,
then it's not all bad.
Is that a silver lining?
I'm not 100% sure.
We're going to open today's show.
Obviously, all the usual stuff is coming up.
Secret Sound is still on.
Someone still has to get that $100,000.
So those are still happening at the same time.
But next, we're going to fire up an old Marmite and Vegemite debate.
Yeah, that's right.
Obviously, you've seen in the news Tom Hanks diagnosed
with coronavirus, him and his wife.
They're in isolation in Australia
at the Gold Coast at the moment.
But he's posted something on Twitter
that has people absolutely
going nuts. Yeah.
He has some people
concerned for his well-being
and we're not talking anything virus related
whatsoever. No. It's about something he's eating.
We'll have a good old Marmite, Vegemite conversation
in a couple of minutes.
Bree and Clint, this is ZM.
Bree and Clint.
Strange times, man, when Tom Cruise.
Tom Cruise.
Tom Hanks.
He has strange times.
He has a lot of strange times involving Tom Cruise.
Tom Hanks is one of the most visible people
to contract something like COVID-19, right?
We learned that last week.
Yeah, him and his wife, Rita Wilson, who's also an actress,
they both got put into self-isolation on the Gold Coast
at the end of last week, I think it was.
Yeah.
And so they're both self-isolating.
They're both fine.
They're okay.
Or is Tom Hanks okay?
This is what people are starting to ask, right?
This is what people are starting to ask because nothing to do with the virus,
but he put on Twitter actually 12 hours ago a picture of a little kangaroo,
some Vegemite and also two pieces of toast that he'saroo, some Vegemite, and also two pieces of toast
that he's obviously put the Vegemite on.
And people are concerned with the amount of Vegemite he has put onto those two pieces
of toast.
It is out of control.
Apart from the argument about whether Vegemite or Marmite is even an edible spread, which Bree and I both believe that it is,
we think that it's delicious.
Yes.
The amount that you put on your toast is hugely triggering for people.
I think most people would fall into the category around the same area,
but then obviously you have the crazies who obviously go way not enough,
who I like to call Marmite or Vegemite beginners.
Yeah.
And then you've got the complete psychos who put so much on
that you cannot taste anything else for three days.
Oh, that's judgmental, what you just said there.
Oh, is this an indicator of where I stand?
No, it is an indicator.
Can I tell you I don't believe that if you can see toast
that you've put enough Vegemite or Marmite on.
I know the one you're talking about,
it's like a Vegemite slash butter swirl.
And I'm like, ooh, yuck.
That is the best.
The Vegemite butter swirl.
No, coat the toast in butter
and then cover that thing in a thick black coating.
More like a road, really.
So you cannot taste anything else but that.
That's exactly what I want.
The toast is just a vessel to get the spread into my mouth.
Anyway, Bree and I, there's no way that we're going to agree just talking about it.
So what we've done is we've run out and we've made some toast.
Yes.
We've both spread on.
It's a very serious process.
Yeah, we've both spread on what we think is the appropriate amount of topping.
Absolutely.
And we're going to reveal our toast to each other at the same time.
Okay, I haven't seen yours, you haven't seen mine.
Okay.
Here we go.
Three, two, one.
I can see bread on yours.
Yeah, you're meant to.
No.
Yours looks like...
You've got gaps.
You look like you've put so much on, it looks like tar.
Yeah, it's thick.
It's three-dimensional.
It looks like it's going to clog my arteries.
You try some of mine and I'll try some of yours.
Okay. I don't want'll try some of yours.
I don't want to have all of yours because... Prepared in sanitary conditions, we both hand sanitised first.
Bon appetit, Brie.
I don't even want to eat this.
You have to.
I don't want to eat your crusty looking mess.
Too much bread.
Sorry.
Yours tastes terrible.
Too much bread.
Why don't you just have butter on your toast?
Like what's even the point of that?
It's not having the Vegemite with
bread. Yes it is.
Yes it is. I feel the same about peanut butter.
It's good. It's good
you get a full flavour hit with my one.
That's exactly. And this is
Oh if you're not going to have it I'll have it.
Give me mine back.
Take yours back. Do you want me to rub some of mine on yours before I give it back so it, I'll have it. Give me mine back. Okay. Take yours back.
Do you want me to rub some of mine on yours before I give it back
so it gets enough topping on it for you?
No.
Mine is, that is perfect.
I mean, you can't get more perfect than that.
If the scale is not enough, some, and a lot, you're on the some.
You're smack bang in the middle, right?
I think I'm in the middle.
Or maybe a little bit more towards a lot.
I know I'm at the upper end. I know I'm at a lot. Or maybe a little bit more towards a lot. I know I'm at the upper end.
I know I'm at a lot.
You're out the end.
But I think this is the correct way to have it.
That's why I do this.
Let's go to a quick poll with the producers.
Producers, if these are the two options,
you're not having any other options,
who are you picking?
Yeah, who do you want to make your toast for you?
Me or Bree?
100% Bree.
Yours is a horrific lunch.
Really?
It's terrible
Producer Ben
I think yours is not enough Brie
But I definitely think you've gone way too much Clint
Really?
I'd have more than Brie
Yeah I can see
I know what you mean Clint
It's only two knife fulls per piece
I think you can't see it properly
There's quite a lot on here
There is quite a lot
Have I got Marmite on my teeth?
Yes
You've got Marmite everywhere Snap hole New Zealand When it comes to Vege Have I got Marmite on my teeth? Yes. You've got Marmite everywhere.
Snap poll, New Zealand.
When it comes to Vegemite or Marmite, where do you sit?
Do you like a lot?
Do you like some?
Do you like a little bit?
Or do you like none at all?
I love when you've got a full mouth and you talk on the radio.
Can you do that more often?
Thanks.
I love you too.
Just know what we're saying.
The poll is on.
Let us know how you have your yeasty spreads, New Zealand.
Text us also on 9696.
Got a little...
Welcome to a passionate yeast spread conversation, New Zealand.
Don't ever call it a yeast spread.
That's what we're talking about.
No.
It's a yeast spread.
Don't call it that.
Marmite, Vegemite, Promite, British Marmite,
they're all yeast spreads, mate.
Stop saying that.
Fine.
Obviously, as a male, you don't understand.
Toast conversation then.
Look, I'll class it up if you like.
We're having this conversation because Tom Hanks is being
criticised for the amount of Vegemite he put on his toast.
He's obviously a novice.
He's an American, doesn't usually have Vegemite,
and he's gone too hard on it.
It happens all the time.
Or has he put the perfect amount on?
I think his toast looks delicious.
That's how I would have my toast.
It looks scary.
We want to know from you what side of the –
see, what am I supposed to say if I can't say yeast spread?
What part of the –
You can say Marmite or Vegemite.
But mine's more concise. What am I supposed to say if I can't say yeast spread? What part of the... You can say Marmite or Vegemite. What part of...
But mine's more concise.
Fine.
What part of the Marmite or Vegemite conversation are you on?
Rachel's called through.
Hi, Rachel.
Hi, Rachel.
Oh, hi, guys.
So I actually was ringing because yeast, you can't call it a yeasty spread.
That is disgusting.
You're putting me off my Marmite.
Thank you, Rachel.
Obviously, he doesn't get it. Okay, I've been educated
and I apologise, okay?
Yeah, I think Brie needs to give you
a little feminine talk.
I'll talk to you about it. No, no, I get it,
okay? I get it. No, it's okay. I'll talk to you about
some stuff. I'll talk to you about some female
stuff. I know where Marmite comes from.
Rachel, where do you sit, though?
Are you someone who likes a little?
Some medium amount?
Yeah, like a small, medium, or large amount on your toast?
No, I like lots and lots of butter and then a swirl of my mite or Vegemite.
A butter, Vegemite swirl.
No, you're missing out, girl.
You're missing out.
Rachel, I knew I could count on you for more than just one thing.
You've had my back twice this afternoon. We can all agree on the Vogel's part. That's fine, but're missing out. Rachel, I knew I could count on you for more than just one thing. You've had my back twice this afternoon.
We can all agree on the Vogel's part.
That's fine.
But that's fine.
We'll put you down for a buttery swirl.
Let's talk to Melissa.
Hi, Melissa.
Hi, Mel.
Hey, yes.
What are your thoughts on this debate?
So I completely agree with Clint.
I don't have it.
I don't eat butter or margarine.
I never have, but it's layered with Marmite.
Okay, well, you're just a next level person to me.
Wait, you go dry toast and then straight Marmite onto dry toast?
Yeah, I've never eaten butter or margarine.
I never liked it.
So it's just straight Marmite or Vegemite.
Like so much that when I've finished eating,
I have to wash my hands and my face because it's everywhere.
Wow.
Hey, Mel.
You're all right.
The butter is the're alright. The butter
is the lube. The butter is the bit that
keeps everything moving around.
The butter is gross.
No, the butter is
they go together. You can't have one
without the other. Okay, fine.
And Alex can contribute to this as well. Alex,
hi, welcome to the show. Got a lot of varied
ways of enjoying
our favourite spread out there,
but please give us your take.
It's got to be a thin spread, but I have to say,
it's so refreshing to hear real talk on the radio.
Talking with your mouth full.
So good.
Yeah, you like it?
Speaking my language.
Yeah, that's all right.
You're very welcome, Alex.
Some people criticise us, but I think we're pioneers.
Some people would say sarcasm.
We would say just, you know, genuine conversation.
Oh, sarcasm.
Keeping it real.
No, it's good.
Thank you, Alex.
We appreciate that.
He's won for the sparingly of Vegemite.
The sparse amount.
So what have we got?
We've got a butter swirl.
We've got a thin spread.
And we've got no butter all Marmite.
She's not even counted.
I don't even know what Mel was onto.
I think this poll's too divisive.
I think it's cancelled.
Of course you're saying that.
No, we're going to put a poll up on our Bree and Clint Instagram right now.
You can actually see how we've made our toast.
Perfect.
And this is a simple question for you.
If you had to have toast made by either Bree or me,
whose toast would you choose based on this visual representation?
Go get the visual representation, Clint.
I feel like you're not going to like the results.
Don't care.
As long as I don't have to eat your toast, I'll be fine.
Bree and Clint.
Time for the latest.
From iHeartRadio.
This is The Latest.
Live from LA with Dean McCarthy.
Dean's on the line with us.
Dean, tell us what's going down.
Obviously, America is way ahead of New Zealand
as far as the COVID-19 crisis is concerned,
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It is.
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Supposed to be this week
and she has cancelled the wedding,
her own wedding,
because of the concerns around the COVID virus.
So pretty sad.
They'll reschedule.
It's all right.
They'll reschedule.
That is just one of the...
Yeah, they'll be okay.
So basically in America,
I think they've lowered it
from gatherings of 250 people down basically in America, I think they've lowered it from gatherings of 250 people
down to 50 people, I think.
And I've heard that they're going to be stopping interstate travel.
That's what I heard today.
I don't know how serious it is.
I went to the supermarket before.
All the shelves are cleared.
L.A. – I was in L.A. this morning.
It was like an Armageddon.
It was so weird.
Cafes just empty.
It's really – it's very weird over here right It was so weird. Cafes just empty. It's very weird over here
right now. Super weird. The wedding
situation is not just obviously
a celebrity thing. There'll be people
with weddings coming up every weekend
going forward. It's still wedding season here
in New Zealand and you're going to have
not just issues of whether you can hold the
event, but if you've got family coming from overseas
here in New Zealand, Dean, anyone
who lands has to go into isolation for 14 days.
So if you're flying in the week before the wedding, you're going to miss it.
Yeah, you won't make it.
Dean, I would like to know, obviously this is an exclusive you've brought to us, how
did they know Emma Stone and her soon-to-be hubby, your friend?
How did they know each other?
Yeah, he's actually an actor.
He's not a famous actor or anything like that, but he's an actor.
I think they've known each other for a while.
Yeah, he doesn't.
Yeah, they've been friends for a while.
I don't think it's through maybe before she was really big and famous,
but he's just a friend of hers.
Yeah, they're friends.
Is he still going to be a friend of hers now that he's leaked the wedding information to you?
Probably not. No, but that's why you're good to you? Probably not.
No, but that's why you're good at your job, Dean.
You're a gossip hound,
and you're willing to sacrifice friends to get us the scoop,
and we appreciate it.
Thank you, Dean.
Stay safe out there.
We're thinking of you.
Thank you.
Thanks, Dean.
He's in Los Angeles giving us his updates,
which, I mean, it's a helpful insight
into what's going on in the States at the moment too, isn't it?
Yeah, it is quite interesting
because obviously, you know,
we just get what we see in the media, but he's there.
He's living it day to day.
Free and Clint.
Do we still love a countdown?
Countdown on the show?
Love a countdown.
Why is it so much fun?
I don't understand.
Because it feels like a community event.
I love it.
Together, as long as no one knows the result,
you can get together and you can place your little bets with each other.
It's good.
And I guess like for most countdowns,
people obviously put in what their top is and what their bottom is
and, you know, their suggestions.
Yeah, most recently when we did was the Friday Jams countdown.
Yeah, that was awesome.
Yeah.
It was great.
For my Kiwis listening, but for my Aussies listening,
they would know about the most famous countdown in Aussie,
which is the top 100 that Triple J do. Yeah. It's the most famous countdown in Aussie, which is the top 100 that Triple J do.
Yeah.
It's the most famous one in Aussie.
People get, you know, obsessed with it.
Everyone gets their votes in.
Like, it's a big deal.
But I saw over the weekend, I'm not exactly sure.
I think it's for the decade, for the end of the decade,
they're doing the Triple J top 200 of the decade.
Right.
So they're doing another countdown. God, they're a little bit late. Yeah, the decade. Right. So they're doing another countdown.
God, they're a little bit late.
Yeah, I know.
But hey, I'll still take it.
This would have been great on New Year's Eve, guys.
I'll still take it though.
Yeah.
Because you know, there's lots happening.
We could still do it now.
Good distraction.
We're into the new decade.
Right, okay.
And so over the weekend or so far, 200 to 100 has been released.
Okay.
Does that make sense?
Yeah.
And then obviously they're going to do the actual top 100.
The worst end of the 200 has been released.
Yes.
Yeah.
But still pretty good.
Okay, yep.
If you're in the top 200 songs of the decade.
Okay.
That's pretty good.
Let's kick it off with this came in at 192.
It's Lizzo, Truth Hurts.
Just sneaking in there.
Yeah.
At 192.
Well, it would have only been out for a couple of months
at the end of the decade.
Yeah, so it's done pretty well.
Yeah, that's good.
Huge song.
I love seeing some Kiwis in the mix and there's quite a lot of them.
This girl here got the number 186 and 185 spot.
It's our Kiwi girl, Benny.
So Soaked was 186.
Mm-hmm.
And then Glitter came in at 185.
Bit ripped off if you come out real late in the decade, eh?
Because you didn't have enough time. Well, yeah, exactly.
It doesn't have as much time to kind of...
This song's been so big this year,
it could go on to be a modern classic in time, you know?
Could.
Yeah.
You know, this might be controversial to some people.
I think it definitely is worth a mention in the top 200 of the decade.
Coming in at 182, it's Tones and I.
They love this song, don't they?
Who?
Triple J.
I don't know.
I'm not sure.
Well, she was supposed to win the hottest 100 this year, wasn't she?
Yeah, and then all the, you know, they all kind of get on their high horse
and they're like, it's gone too big.
Yeah, it was too commercial.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Which I don't know about.
I heard ZM in New Zealand is playing it.
We can't play it.
It was a pretty massive song and, I mean, you can't argue with the $5.2 million house
she purchased off the back of the success.
Coming in at $159, it's another Kiwi gal, Lorde.
Excuse me, this is disrespectful.
This is only 159.
Yeah, that's what people voted.
I mean, I know it's not Royals, but...
Well, I'm sure Royals will be in the top 100 when it comes out next week.
Surely Royals will be in the top 10.
I love that song so much.
Do you remember this song, 157, The Wire?
Heim.
That's right.
It's coming up in 157.
I had such a big crush on these girls.
Well, I do.
They were babes.
Yeah, they're cool.
They were absolute babes.
We're getting down into the 30s now.
135 was this track from Macklemore.
Again, this should be in the top 10.
Absolutely.
For what, I think it was before its time,
like before anyone else was really making such a big drastic
kind of stand for equality.
Yeah.
You know, this song, in my eyes, I believe,
was a massive driving force as to why the equality,
marriage equality vote got passed in Australia.
Yeah, it was important.
Because he sung that song at the NRL Grand
Final just before the vote was
made and I think that was a massive push for some
people. Yeah, it was an important moment. Yeah,
126. I've got two more. Kanye
West.
Yeah, back when he was
fun crazy. Yeah,
right.
This is a great song, All of the Lights, yep.
And we're going to finish it with 105.
We actually had these boys in the studio a couple of weeks ago.
It's Peaking Duck.
This was massive.
Straight away, producer Ellie's back at RMV.
She's standing on the hill.
And I think, to be honest, Peaking Duck will have a lot more songs
in the top 100 for this decade.
Yeah, good.
I'm excited to find out what number one is.
It'll be Vance Joy.
Bree and Clint.
Look, it's been a question that's haunted me for a long, long time.
It was one of my favourite songs as a kid.
Shania Twain, we still don't know what impresses her.
Yeah, there's quite a long list of things that don't impress her.
Rocket scientists.
Yeah.
You know, probably the most memorable one.
Guys with a car.
Guys who have a nice car.
That don't impress her much.
And, of course, probably the most famous line from the song
when she said this.
Okay.
So you're Brad Pitt.
Even Brad Pitt doesn't impress her.
I've thought long and hard about this, by the way.
And this was back in 1997, can I say.
Brad Pitt was in his prime.
You imagine you're just Brad Pitt
minding your own business in 1997,
going about your day,
and then all of a sudden you hear on the radio
that Shania Twain's not impressed by you.
I mean, you know, at least he'd probably value that she's honest
and that at least someone, just because he's Brad Pitt,
it doesn't impress her.
True, it might have been refreshing.
Yeah, maybe.
He's like, hmm, finally a challenge.
Forget all that.
Forget about it because she's been asked in an interview recently,
does Brad Pitt actually now impress her?
Right, 23 years on.
A long, long time.
Has he done enough to impress Shania Twain?
She said,
I'm very impressed by Brad's wonderful career.
He's been getting some great accolades recently,
so I'm very proud of Brad.
I hope he takes the line I wrote with a sense of humour
that was intended.
Right.
So do we take from that that she is impressed?
I think so.
He's finally done enough.
He's finally...
Finally.
To Brad and the whole Pitt family, congratulations.
It's a proud day for you and your whanau.
What a moment.
I thought to celebrate, obviously, you know, the end of this age-old question,
what don't impress you much, we could do our own.
Right.
Because obviously, you know, rocket scientists, Brad Pitt,
guys with a car didn't impress her very much.
No.
And everybody's different.
Yes.
Yeah. Yeah, I see what you're saying. Good chance to get off your chest, didn't impress her very much. No. And everybody's different? Yes. Yeah.
Yeah, I see what you're saying.
Good chance to get off your chest what don't impress you much.
It's a good chance to just vent.
Would you be willing to give us a demonstration?
Yeah, yeah, I can give you a demonstration.
Okay, and this is a musical demonstration too, right?
Yes, it is.
Okay, great.
All right.
How will you think you're special?
How will you think you're something else? Okay.
When you do a fully sick burnout and speed off.
That don't impress me much.
I agree.
I never ever in my life be next to a guy or a couple of guys that speed off and going,
oh, I'm so attracted to them.
Yeah, yeah.
Yeah, I know what you mean.
And that's good to hear too because any kind of loud exhaust system,
I've never thought that women go, man, that's my future husband.
Oh, I need to find that guy.
What's his number plate?
Yeah.
Can I give this a go?
Yeah, you give it a go.
At what don't impress on me much?
You give it a go.
Okay, cool.
Okay.
So you've got a really dark fake tan in the middle of winter.
I know it's fake.
It's dark outside.
But aren't you impressed with the upkeep?
No, you're just flexing on all the rest of us white people in winter.
We can't keep it.
They don't impress on me much.
Not one bit.
Anybody in the producer's booth want to let us know what don't impress on them much?
Oh, yeah, I can.
You want to give it a go?
Yeah, I might.
Great. How will you think you're special?
How will you think you're something else?
Okay, so you don't use your indicator.
That don't impress me much.
So you got the...
Yeah, not cool.
Not cool.
Especially off a roundabout.
Why aren't you indicating off a roundabout?
Amen.
People will have this bottled up for years and finally they've got the chance to express it.
0800 dial ZM right now.
We want to know.
What don't impress you that much?
We'll take those calls next on 0800 dial ZM.
It's finally time where we get to have our own turn
at saying what don't impress us so much.
Why did I turn Italian?
I don't know.
I don't know.
It should be Shania Twain in this moment.
Exactly.
A Canadian country star?
Yeah, Canadian.
Canadian.
Canadian.
She's come out and finally said, obviously,
that iconic line where she says,
Brad Pitt, don't impress her much.
She said she's actually very impressed by Brad Pitt,
and it was all just a bit of humour.
Yeah.
And she likes to write with humour sometimes.
So Brad will be relieved after 23 years finally.
Finally.
What a weight off his shoulders.
Yeah.
Yeah.
This afternoon we were revealing what don't impress us much.
We never asked producer Ben.
We never asked producer Ben what don't impress her much.
You got something, mate?
You got something on here?
Yeah, I could throw something out there, mate.
Yeah, sure.
Let's give it a go.
Okay.
There's currently not a lot of meat selection in the supermarket.
A lot of things running low.
Yeah.
A lot of things running low, yeah.
Also, something that don't impress me much,
when you stockpile your toilet paper.
Yeah.
That don't...
Oh, you've got heaps of toilet paper.
Oh, cool.
Cool.
No, Dad, awesome.
You're one of those.
One day it'll impress you.
Rach, hi, welcome to the show.
G'day, how you going?
Good, thanks.
Rach, are you ready to tell us what don't impress you much?
Oh, I am.
All right, wait till she stops singing and then let it rip, Rach.
How well you think you're special.
How well you think you're something else.
Okay.
So you're the royals.
That don't impress me much.
So you've got the looks but have the...
The royal family don't impress you much, Rach.
No.
No, okay.
They never have.
They just take over all the magazines.
Now they've got their own, so take them out of all the other ones.
I hate to say it.
I'm with you, Rach.
Yeah, that's keeping it real.
Thank you, Rach.
Grace is here.
Hi, Grace.
Hi, Grace.
Hi.
Are you ready to give this a whirl?
I'm so ready. All right, we're ready for here. Hi, Grace. Hi, Grace. Hi. Are you ready to give this a whirl? I'm so ready.
All right, we're ready for it.
Wait.
Okay.
Not being able to get through for the secret sound.
How gutting, Grace, that you've got through now,
but it's not even secret sound time, right?
It's time time, Grace.
Yeah.
But, hey, at least you know you can get through, right?
At least you know your phone works.
Grace, your mum didn't come to brunch with us on Saturday, did she?
Yeah, she did.
I knew this was you.
I was talking to your mum, Leanne, all day on Saturday.
Oh, when we went to the urban polo.
Yeah, your mum sent me the photo of you guys the other day.
Your mum and I are very good friends.
Grace, your mum does impress us much.
Well, say hello to Leanne, okay?
Krista.
Hi, welcome to the show.
Hey, how's it going?
Good, thank you, Krista.
All right, it's your turn to tell us what don't impress you much.
Here we go. How will you think you're special?
How will you think you're something else?
Okay.
Hunting and fishing Facebook profile pictures.
That don't impress me much.
So you got the looks.
Shout out to our old boss, Dean.
Anyone with a pig strapped to their back
or some deer horns trampling through the forest,
not your cup of tea, Krista?
No, definitely not.
Krista, you killed it this afternoon.
What about guys with a car as their profile picture?
No.
Oh, good.
Oh, that was fun.
That was a lot of fun.
We might do this again sometime.
It's cathartic.
It's nice.
Get up your chest, right?
Bree and Clint.
Bree and Clint.
Oh, my God.
What?
No way.
I can't believe that happened.
Oh, my God, no.
Are you f***ing kidding me?
Bree and Clint's Cliffhanger.
Yes, this is the segment where we ask you guys to call us up,
tell us three quarters of a great story,
and then leave the last bit up to chance.
Yeah.
What you will then hear is you listening,
you'll hear the correct ending,
mixed in with an ending written by Bree
and an ending written by me. But out of the correct ending, mixed in with an ending written by Bree and an ending written by me.
But out of the three endings, it's your job listening to pick the real ending of the story.
The person who's going to share their story with us is Steph.
Hi, Steph.
Hi, Steph.
Hi, guys.
Now, we want three quarters of the story and then stop, okay?
Yep.
Okay.
Take us through it.
All right.
About three or four years ago, almost to the day, it was my birthday,
and I was hanging out with some girls, three or four bottles of wine deep.
We ordered some McDonald's through my sister.
She comes to drop it off.
I run down the driveway.
I'm naked with my dressing gown flying in the wind. I got
to the car.
And then...
And then...
Alright, ending number one.
The guy I was kind of
seeing at the time was in the car. It was
meant to be a birthday surprise, but because I was so
drunk, I threw up on him, and even worse,
all over the McDonald's.
Is ending number two?
I pressed my breasts up to the
passenger window. My sister started winding
it down and my tic-tacs got stuck
in between the seal and the glass.
Or is it ending number three?
I went outside to meet my
sister and a fully grown cow was standing
in our front yard. Obviously I'd had a few
wines so I convinced my sister that I wanted
to try and milk it. So we did.
Happy birthday to me.
These are outrageous.
Three excellent endings.
This story is great no matter
which one of those is true. Which is
the real one though? The person
who is going to try and decode this
cliffhanger is Christy.
Oh, Kirstie. Hi Kirstie. Hey guys, how are you? Good,anger is Kirstie. Hi, Kirstie.
Hi, Kirstie.
Hey, guys.
How are you?
Good.
Thank you, Kirstie.
I feel like you've got a pretty tough job this afternoon.
Yeah, well, I've had a few wines before,
and I could imagine milking a cow, but I'm going to go with A.
You think the ending is A.
A was the guy I was kind of seeing at the time was in the car.
It was meant to be a birthday surprise, but because I was so drunk,
I threw up on him and even worse, all over the McDonald's.
I'm sorry if that's a true one because I'd hate for that to happen to me,
but yeah, I'm going to go with A.
All right, Kirsty is locking in A for the correct ending.
Steph, what's the correct cliffhanger?
It's Tic Tacs for the win.
So technically, Steph, were they pierced after that, or...?
It wasn't a nice birthday.
You got your nipples stuck in a glass car window.
I did, in between the rubber seal and the glass.
Oh, man.
If it was cold enough, they could have cut the glass. What? Oh, man. If it was cold enough,
they could have cut the glass anyway.
Steph, because no one could pick it,
you got yourself some free mobile fuel.
Congratulations.
Thank you.
No worries.
That's cliffhanger.
That's how we play.
You tell us part of the story
and if no one can guess it,
then you take home the prize.
That's pretty much it.
Bree and Clint,
back in a second.
ZM.
Bree and Clint.
I saw big news in Rotorua over the weekend.
Big news in Rotorua?
Yeah, and I know you're obviously from there.
It's your hometown.
Yeah, that's where I'm from.
How did I miss big news from Rotorua?
Yeah, well, this is the only story about Rotorua on the Herald at the moment.
So I figure that must mean it's the biggest news story out of Rotorua.
Well, it's on a nationwide newspaper.
It must mean it's nationwide news. What out of Rotorua. Well, it's on a nationwide newspaper. It must mean it's nationwide news.
What's the news?
Lay it on me.
The latest news out of Rotorua is that Rotorua Lakes welcomes
new toilet block.
Oh.
Okay.
Yep.
And I thought, you know, I'm going to read on because I want to see,
you know, is there some sort of scandal with this toilet block?
Or is it named after someone famous?
Is it named after someone?
Is it the Sir Howard Morrison Memorial Toilet Block?
Exactly.
No, it's just a new toilet block.
Right.
Well, like the book says, Brie, everybody poops.
But exactly.
So it's important news.
I don't know why it made the Herald.
I don't know why it's a big headline,
but, yeah, apparently there's some sort of research where they're making it safer
and nicer for the residents.
Don't try and sell me on this toilet block news, okay?
I thought, you know, in times like this when there's big news
or any news out of Rotorua, we have that one person that we call.
Her name is Liz.
She works at a bar in Rotorua.
She's a great time.
She is a great New Zealander, yeah.
And I just wanted to see how big a news this actually was in Rotorua
because if Liz doesn't know about it, then I don't...
It's fake news.
It's fake news.
So we're going to call her up and play something with her.
We like to call surprise game show.
Welcome to the Rotorua Commercial Travellers Club.
For the bar, press 1.
I think she is.
She's at the bar.
Surprise game show.
Rotorua CT Club.
Peter speaking.
Hi there.
I was wondering if Liz was about, please.
Liz, no, she's not in today.
Oh, bugger.
Who's speaking?
It's one of her good mates, Bree from the Bree and Clint show.
Clint's also here.
Yeah, hi.
What was your name, young sir?
Peter.
Peter, you'll do, because guess what?
You're on Surprise Game Show.
Peter, are you ready to play?
Absolutely.
All right, Peter, it's one question and one question only this afternoon.
Rotorua recently opened something brand new and it made national headlines.
What was opened in Rotorua?
It made national headlines?
Oh, Jesus.
I don't know what was opened and made headlines in Rotorua.
I have no idea, sorry.
You're going to have to ask someone else.
Can we give him multi-choice?
We can give him multi-choice.
Oh, can you?
Yes, yep.
Just this one time only,
because it is your first time playing Surprise Game Show.
Peter, is it one, a new car wash?
Is it two, a burlesque club?
Or is it three, a new toilet block?
Oh, Jesus.
They're still hard ones.
I think it was a car wash.
Would you like to guess again, Peter?
50-50.
It was a toilet block.
You got it.
You've got it.
Nice work, Pete.
We did put you on the spot, but it is called Surprise Game Show.
Oh, you guys are amazing.
Anybody you'd like to thank?
I'd like to thank Kathleen from the CT Club.
She's an amazing lady.
Good.
Anyone else?
Yeah.
What about Liz?
It was her who got you into the show in the first place.
Was it Liz?
Yeah.
Liz.
She would never have done that to me.
All right.
All right, last thing, Pete.
Clint, tell him what he's won.
Absolutely nothing.
Thank you, guys.
Thanks for playing, Peter.
Love Runa Rua.
How good are they there?
Must visit the toilet block sometime.
Bree and Clint.
Because I want to talk about something that I saw on the very popular TV show that Clint loves, Married at First Sight.
I hate that show.
I'm too upper class to watch it.
I'm too sophisticated.
Don't lie.
You get hooked into.
God, I've been sucked into it.
I'm a big Married at First Sight.
Every time.
Every time.
And this is what happens.
I avoid the first nine episodes and then I give in and I watch it and I've got no idea what's going on and I wish I'd just watched it from the start.
Right.
You always do that to yourself. And then I give it and I watch it and I've got no idea what's going on and I wish I'd just watched it from the start. Right.
You always do that to yourself.
But let me fill you in on something that I've been watching that I wanted to get everyone's take on because I feel a certain way,
but I don't know if everyone will feel the same way.
So there's a new couple that have entered the show
in the last couple of episodes.
Their names are Casey and Drew.
Yeah.
So this is the new couple.
They're very hot, this couple.
Very good-looking couple.
She's a dancer, Casey's a dancer, and he is a singer,
a wedding singer, actually, both very attractive.
Right.
Anyway, she finds out something straight away at the wedding
that she, it gives her a bit of a red flag.
On the wedding day, he did tell me that he lives with a girl.
I have a housemate.
Oh, cool.
Okay.
I have a housemate called Jessie.
A girl?
Yeah.
Does Jessie have a boyfriend or like?
She doesn't.
No, she doesn't have a boyfriend.
He hesitated when he answered that, didn't he?
It's like he was going to lie.
Like he was going to say, she does.
And then he's like, no, I can't lie.
You know what?
He's allowed to have friends that are girls.
I'm not, you know, that's all fine.
That's all good.
Plus he has to have a housemate.
He's a wedding singer.
Yeah, right.
No disrespect to our wedding singer listeners.
But right.
I love wedding singers.
He's got to pay the bills somehow.
Anyway, they end up going on their honeymoon
and essentially he's unpacking his stuff
and he pulls out this little stuffed toy
and she asks him, what is that?
What is that?
That's Rick.
Drew.
Brought a little toy.
It's a bit weird.
Who gave it?
My housemate gave it to me.
I don't know if that's
cute or not. Yeah, she sprayed her perfume all over it so I don't forget her smell. I was a
joke. But then I was like, well, why are you bringing a teddy on your honeymoon from another
girl? You know, that's kind of some red flags for me. That's uncomfortable. It is.
Look, I'm going to put it out there.
I think it's a bit strange.
Yeah.
Why is it strange?
You need to tell me why you think it's strange that he bought a toy
that his female housemate gave him on his honeymoon.
Actually, no, you don't need to tell me why it's strange.
I just heard myself.
You've just said it.
Especially because he signed up to a show where he wants to find love.
I just think, oh, I don't know why you'd be doing that.
I think it's strange that a man brings a stuffed toy on honeymoon.
Regardless.
Regardless.
Yeah.
No offence to our male stuffed toy having listeners,
but the fact that it was a gift from a girl in your life
that your new wife has already told you that she's weird about,
like she's already voiced the fact that she finds it strange
and then you bought a stuffed toy Memento on your honeymoon,
it's a bit...
Look, I think the question is, you know,
obviously she's never met her before,
so she doesn't really know the situation.
She doesn't know their relationship.
Yeah.
So she's going to automatically feel a little bit threatened.
She clearly sees this person who she's never met before
as a threat to their relationship, right?
Yeah.
It's this girl in the background who he has some kind of connection with
that she doesn't understand.
He's friends with her.
He lives with her.
Yeah, and it sounds like they're quite close.
They watch shows together.
They go for coffee.
They do all this stuff.
And if it's only them two that live together,
God, how do you know what they get up to, right?
Right?
That's where your mind goes.
Would it make you feel uncomfortable?
If my husband bought a Rick and Morty stuffed toy on our honeymoon?
Yep.
I feel like, yeah.
I know what you're saying.
Do you know what I mean?
Would that make you feel uncomfortable?
If my new partner.
A brand new relationship.
Yeah.
Had mementos from another guy that she felt necessary to have around all the time.
I want to say no.
I want to say, nah, I'm secure enough for myself.
But my gut says, yeah, it's a bit odd.
It's a bit odd.
It's just weird to bring that into your new. Just leave it at enough for myself. But my gut says, yeah, it's a bit odd. It's a bit odd. It's just weird to bring that into your new...
Just leave it at home for now.
Bring that energy into your new thing.
Leave it at home for now.
Leave it at home.
Introduce the toy later in the series when you do the home visit.
And how good are those home visits going to be?
And the housemate, right?
How good is it going to be when she finally meets that housemate?
Yeah, well, that's the thing.
And this is, I mean, look how hooked you are.
I want to ask the question. this is what we were talking about,
you know, because obviously this is a situation
where she feels threatened by not only a friend,
it's his housemate.
Yeah.
But, you know, it might be nothing
or there might be reason for it.
It's a very real situation,
whether you watch Married at First Sight or not.
This happens a lot.
It happens a lot.
Yeah.
So we want to ask, did the friend that you thought was a threat
turn out to be a threat or not to your relationship?
Everybody told you you were paranoid.
What was your gut saying?
That you were being jealous and that you were being overly suspicious
about this person.
You're overreacting.
Who was in the background, not even in your relationship.
Might have been a best friend of theirs,
might have been, you know, just a casual friend.
But it might have turned out that your gut was right all along.
We'd like to know on 0800-DAL-ZM this afternoon.
Or you text us on 9696.
We've asked you the question this afternoon.
Did the friend you thought was a threat
turn out to be a threat or actually not?
We're talking to your relationship.
Yeah.
You know there's times in relationships where you obviously, you know,
you're dating someone and they've got close friends and that's all good.
But sometimes you get a gut feeling where you're like,
hmm, something's a bit off here.
Some people go as far as to say, hey,
I don't want you hanging out with so-and-so anymore.
And it can put real stress on a relationship.
But we're talking about the times, I think what we're going to get are times where you
were right.
I think so too.
You were right all along.
We've asked you guys to call through with your stories and Joanna is here first.
Hi, Joanna.
Hi, Joanna.
Hi, how are you guys?
Good, thank you.
Did you have a gut feeling about someone?
I sure did. So I was dating this guy for about
a year and he had this girlfriend who I had some reservations about and it turned out
they ended up sleeping together in his car having adult fun time. Indoor gardening in
the car. That's unusual. We haven't heard that one before.
Sounds like Joanna might be doing that right now, by the way. Yeah, what are you doing?
I was just parking.
Joanna, are you in the process of stealing his car right now?
I was going to say, that's what he said to you
when he was indoor gardening with that other girl.
No.
Yeah, so I kicked him out the same night.
Yeah, well done.
Did you get any satisfaction out of saying I told you so?
Kind of.
They turned out
to be planning a trip
to Wellington
and everything together.
God.
Yeah.
That sucks so much.
But I guess it just goes to show
you've got to trust your gut
sometimes, don't you?
God, this is going to be
really triggering
for people listening right now
who have that feeling
and people have convinced them
not to believe it. You know? You know what's crazy is that there's a few people that have texted
through and they were like hey i don't want to go on air but this is happening to me right now
and everyone says i'm crazy everyone says i'm crazy but in my gut i know that this person is
a threat woman's intuition perhaps hi jen hi jen hi Jen. Hi guys. How are you? Good. How are you?
You know, reliving the
moment. So
my thing happened when I was about
20. I'd been dating this guy from another
town for about 18 months
and then I went on this exchange tour
and when I went on this exchange tour
overseas, I went with another
girl from his hometown
and when we got back, I
introduced him to her because he
met me at the airport with, you know, I met
them. And anyway,
then sort of like, you know, because every weekend
we'd see each other because he lived a little, you know,
two hours away. Yeah. And
then I just, he'd say like,
oh, you never guess who I ran into, and
da-da-da-da-da. And I'm like, oh yeah,
okay, okay, this sounds... And then he was asking, oh, you're going who I ran into and da-da-da-da-da. And I'm like, oh, yeah, okay, okay, this sounds.
And then he was asking, oh, you're going to vote it to your 21st?
And I went, well, yeah, because they were a big part of my life, you know,
a little while ago.
He's like, well, I'm definitely coming then.
And it turns out.
Oh, gosh, yes.
And I'm imagining this doesn't have a happy ending.
I'm imagining you found out they were doing it in the town over from you
behind your back.
Oh, no, no, no.
But there was one photo of my 21st.
It was a group photo with me cutting my cake.
And here he was next to me but looking at her in the photo.
And then I found out that, yes, they got together on the way home.
They arranged to hook up on the way home to their hometown.
Jen, and you're the one who introduced them.
Yeah, exactly.
Doesn't that suck?
A few people have texted through.
Thanks, Jen, by the way.
Thank you.
Someone said that she had a gut feeling about the nanny,
and now the nanny is with her ex-husband.
See, that's the sort of stress that people with a nanny don't need.
That's the sort of story you just hope is just a story.
It only happens in the movies.
Your gut's always right, though.
Someone else said,
my best friend at the time was hooking up with my boyfriend behind my back.
They got together after I broke up with him.
Yep.
Oh, this is, yeah, so.
This is the last one we're going to take.
Yeah, last one we're going to take.
Heidi, hi.
Hi, Heidi.
Hi, how are you?
Good, thank you.
You texted through and I said, oh, I need to get this story on the air.
Tell us what happened to you.
Who did you have a gut feeling about?
Well, my flatmate and I, we both had a gut feeling about our other flatmate.
Okay.
That she was, we thought she was into the guy I was dating at the time.
This was 20 years ago now.
Because she just went completely psycho when I started dating him.
And I ended up confronting her.
I thought that she liked him. And I thought that she was trying to get with him and break us up.
And so I just confronted her and I said,
Hey, if you're interested, you knew him first and I will back off.
And she denied it.
She said, no, I'm absolutely not interested.
But the behavior kept escalating to the point where she had to move out of the flat
because it actually got dangerous.
She started confronting us in the shower.
She would come in and she would...
That's full on.
Yeah, it was full on.
She kind of grabbed me in the shower and started screaming at me that I shouldn't be with this guy.
And I kept saying, but do you want to be with him? And she said to me, no, I don't.
And it wasn't until years later when we kind of fixed that friendship that she said that she actually wanted to be with me.
Oh, whoa.
What a twist.
Whoa.
Wow.
We had read all the signs right.
We had just put it on the wrong person.
And technically she wasn't lying.
You're like, do you want to be with him?
And she's like, no, I don't want to be with him.
Him.
Him.
Someone else.
Wow.
Heidi, I feel like you're a shoo-in for the next Married at First Sight.
Actually, me and that guy, we have just celebrated our 20th wedding anniversary.
Oh, that's so lovely.
Congrats.
Did she come to the wedding?
No.
And have you got a lock on the shower door yet?
Far out.
Yeah.
Thanks, Heidi.
Really appreciate your story.
What a story.
What a twist.
Bree and Clint. It's my birthday. Really appreciate your story. What a story. What a twist. Brie and Clint.
Hey.
It's my birthday.
It's my birthday.
Brie and Clint's Birthday Banger.
Right now, Birthday Banger for your Monday.
This is where we take your guys' birthdays,
we figure out what was the number one track on your 16th birthdays,
and we play one of them in full.
Sade, hi.
Hi, Sade.
Hey, Clint.
Hi, Brie.
How are you?
Good.
How are you? Good, thank you. That's good. Hey, Clint. Hi, Brie. How are you? Good. How are you?
Good, thank you.
That's good.
Let's do your birthday banger.
What's your birthday?
18th of October, 1985.
All right.
You were 16 in 2001 on the 18th of October.
And Sade, this is your birthday banger.
No, it's not.
No, no, hold on.
Hold.
Cool, cool your jets.
It was good because I was disappointed with that one.
No, this is your birthday banger.
Somewhere.
Where you walk, where you walk.
Somewhere.
Pretty close in time, those two songs.
Yeah, how about J-Lo?
Is that more impressive for you?
Yes, I used to dance around with my girlfriend that all the time.
Yeah, this was a great track from J-Lo.
That's a jam.
Yeah, cool.
I feel like this was one of her first big hits.
Possibly.
I think it was.
It's got Ja Rule on it.
That's how old it is.
Okay, who are we going to do next?
Let's do Melissa.
Hi, Melissa.
Hi, Melissa.
Hi.
I heard it's your birthday tomorrow.
It is. What are you doing?
Anything special?
I'm going out to dinner with
my ex-husband.
Oh, sounds
interesting, Melissa.
We're big friends.
Oh, well, that's lovely. That'll be nice.
Let's do your birthday banger for you.
What's your birthday?
The 17th of March, 1984.
All right.
You were 16 in the year 2000 on the 17th of March.
And on that day, this topped the charts.
I can't believe it.
Who would have guessed?
Who would have guessed?
I feel like we just heard it.
Computer difficulties.
It's a good birthday banger, Melissa.
Congratulations.
Okay.
Destiny's Child's first big hit.
Yeah, cool.
Now, I'm not sure the computer has generated the third birthday banger
because I can't see it down there just yet.
But, oh, no, it's just shown up.
All right, Josh, that's your birthday banger. I can't see it down there just yet. But, oh no, it's just shown up. Alright, Josh,
that's your birthday banger. How are you?
Cheers,
how are you being? 17th September
1997. There we go.
You were 16 in 2012 on the 17th
of September and
on that day in 2012, this was number
one.
Titanium.
With Andrew Puppus.
Megan Puppus' husband and his original boy band.
Put together by a radio station that I used to work at, actually, Titanium.
Yeah, George FM, didn't they?
No, different radio station again.
No?
No, if I know George FM, they love this kind of music.
This is what they're into, yeah.
Yeah, they love it.
Right, you would know.
So that is, I've got to admit, that is an absolute jam,
and I stake my life on how good a pop song that is.
What do you think, Josh?
What do you think, Josh?
Do you remember it?
Well, I died pretty quick after it, didn't I?
Yeah, it was a strong one-hit wonder.
That's not the point here, but yep.
Okay. Josh, I love it, didn't it? Yeah, it was a strong one-hit wonder. That's not the point here, but yep. Okay.
I love it, Josh.
Wait there, Josh.
We've got a decision to make.
J-Lo, Destiny's Child, or Titanium, come on home.
Look, you know, obviously I only moved here a couple of years ago,
but I am all about patriotism, and if you say it was massive,
I'm happy to play that.
Because, yeah, it'll make people happy.
We did play it once for Birthday Banger.
It was a while ago.
Didn't quite get the reaction I'd hoped for when we played it.
I was like, people are going to love this.
And then I realised that people who listen to ZM probably hadn't heard it before
because it had never been played on ZM before.
Oh, because it was made over at George.
Yeah, at George.
Yeah, that's right, it was made at George.
I think The Destiny's Child is the right choice today. You reckon?
Oh, wait, so you're backtracking. My gut
is telling me Destiny's Child. Well, see,
my gut's telling me J-Lo.
Oh, okay. If I'm
not going with you on the titanium,
I'm thinking J-Lo. Does that mean
we're going to the producers? We're going to a split decision.
That means producer Ben is going to
make the call on the window for birthday bang today.
Ben, what's it going to be?
I'm feeling J-Lo.
Yeah, I've been on real.
I'm feeling a bit of J-Lo today, yeah.
Bit of Ja Rule.
We're on.
We're on.
Yeah, we're on.
We're on.
What's my game?
Are you Ellie?
Miss Mary Jane, I'm having lots in the game.
And the game done chose me
To bring pain to pretty women
And fake thugs wanting to save
Ever since you told me
It's only moon for two
I've been making less room for you
Now only God can hold me
Hug me, love me, judge me
The only man that hovers above me
I've met so many men
And it's like they're all the same.
My appetite for loving is now my hunger pain.
And when I'm feeling sexy, who's gonna comfort me?
My only problem is their insecurity.
You're tired of being alone.
Yeah, yeah. You're arguing on the phone. Yeah, yeah. Their insecurities The way you stare, the way you look, the style you wear
The way you smile, the way you smell, it drives me wild
And I can't go on without you
I've been thinking about this relationship and I wanna know
Is it as good as it gets?
Cause we've been through the worst time and the best time
But it was our time even if it was our time As good as it gets. Hopping is right in the veins Here blowing in the wind Sun glistening on my skin Hey, I'm nasty
You know me
But you still be feeling it baby
The way you walk
The way you move
The way you smile
The way you stare
The way you look
The style you wear
The way you smile
The way you smell, the way you smell, it drives me wild.
And I can't go on without you.
Now people loving me and hating me, treating me ungratefully.
But not knowing that they ain't making or breaking me.
My life, I live it to the limit and I love it.
Now I can breathe again, baby, now I can breathe again.
Now people screaming
what to do with you and so and so i tell them my name is but they don't hear me though
cause i live my life to the limit and i love it now i can breathe again baby now i can breathe
again Yeah, yeah. Why you telling all your friends? Yeah, yeah. They don't understand.
My love.
The way you walk, the way you move, the way you talk.
The way you stare, the way you look, the style you wear.
The way you smile, the way you smell, it drives me wild.
And I can't go on without you.
I'm the way, the way you walk, the way you move, the way you talk.
I'm the way, the way you stare, the way you look, the style you wear.
I'm the way, the way you smile, the way you smell, it drives me.
I'm there.
And I can't go on without you.
Ah, CDM, Brianne Clint.
Got there in the end.
That's the winner of Birthday Banger from J-Lo.
Can I just give some insight?
And I know we're not meant to talk about this stuff
and radio's meant to be smoke and mirrors,
but behind the scenes, that break just then
where we did Birthday Banger was an
absolute disaster. Clint is like
pretty much like trying to do sign
language with the producers. They're yelling
at each other. I'm trying to just pad
for time and talk about anything.
Imagine you're trying to yell at somebody through
a sound glass window without using
your voice. And you can't use your voice. I'm trying
to Signal to
Producer Ben
I don't have the
Third birthday banger song
And he's getting mad at me
To the point that
He just folds his arm
And goes
Well I don't know
What he's talking about
This is what you look like
When you're doing it
Ellie do we have it on video
I'd love us to
Sit like after an
All Blacks game
Do a side by side
With the impression
I just did
I reckon I nailed that
We should review A play by play In the meantime Bree just did. I reckon I nailed that. We should review
a play by play.
In the meantime,
Bree's like the duck on water
where it's all calm on the surface
just trying to keep swimming
and then she's talking to Melissa
and she's like,
you doing anything fun
for your birthday?
And then Melissa goes,
oh, I'm hanging out
with my ex-husband
and I thought it was
going to go badly
and I was like,
oh, this is interesting
and then Melissa thankfully goes,
we're really good friends
and I was like,
oh, thank God.
And afterwards, Bree goes, did you hear what Melissa. And I was like, oh, thank God. And afterwards, Brie goes, did you hear what Melissa said?
And I said, no, I'm busy shouting at Ben with my hands.
Yeah, you look like it's someone from my family.
What are you doing, Ben?
And then to add insult to injury,
the song that I think should have won birthday banger,
Titanium Come On Home.
I had to vote against it
because we don't even have it.
This is all we've got.
We've only got 30 seconds of it.
Because they made it
across the road at the end.
George FM.
Whatever it's called.
Anyway,
if any of the members
of Titanium are listening,
I think you should have won.
Andrew Puppers,
we love you.
Bree and Clint.
The only conversation going on really at the moment
is about coronavirus, COVID-19, whatever you want to call it,
and how we can keep ourselves safe from germs.
It's also things that are being cancelled,
people who are being put into quarantine.
One organisation who threw caution to the wind over the weekend
and said, let's just see how it goes, was the NRL.
Yeah, all the games went ahead.
All the games went ahead.
All the crowds were there at the stadiums.
I saw on one game the Melbourne Storm playing the Manly Sea Eagles.
They were doing something really interesting to
stop the spread of COVID-19.
What were they doing? So both teams are playing.
None of them are wearing face masks.
None of them are wearing
gloves or anything like that. They're just playing
regular footy. Full crowd.
The whole crowd was in there.
But every time the ball got
kicked into the crowd, it would be
tossed back to a ball boy who would pick it up with latex gloves on. He would take the ball got kicked into the crowd, it would be tossed back to a ball boy
who would pick it up with latex gloves on.
He would take the ball to a chilli bin full of disinfectant
and he would roll the ball around in disinfectant
to clean the crowd off the ball
before they gave the ball back to the players.
So were all the players doing this?
No, not all the players doing this? The, what do you mean?
No, not all the players were washing their balls.
Only the ball boys were washing the game.
Oh, careful.
The match balls.
Okay, listen to this.
Up there, they'd scrub the balls.
The ball boys were wearing gloves.
That's probably not a bad idea, man.
I'm not quite sure about how dangerous and contagious it is. I do know from a medical, like a health point of view.
From a health point of view what, commentator guy?
See, I don't know how contagious this thing is.
But from a footy perspective, it's pretty nice to have clean balls.
Maybe we should wash the balls more often.
Don't you think, Roy?
The balls look quite nice and shiny out there.
You know, I've been in the sport for coming up 48 years,
from when I started with the Balmain Tigers right through to now,
and I can honestly say I haven't washed my balls once.
Yeah, and you know what?
Sometimes I thought to myself when I was playing,
I'd love a washed ball.
I would love it.
I think it'd be, you know, make it go more streamlined.
You know, it's a lovely touch too is when they towel the ball down.
I do love a toweled ball.
It's quite good.
Because washing them is one thing, but drying them.
It's just good around the old casing of the ball, isn't it?
Just dries it up nicely.
If you want to avoid spreading COVID-19,
don't have a stadium full of people.
It's not dunking the ball in a chili bin full of handy-andy
before it goes back on the field that's going to stop it.
Yeah, because how do we know if everyone in the crowd
has washed their balls too?
Obviously, people are preparing in their own way
for whatever eventuality may come out of COVID
and the advice is to not be crazy with it,
but just make sure you're prepared.
Just make sure you have the essentials that you may need
if you can't leave the house for up to 14 days.
That's the advice.
Yeah, which is the self-isolation period.
Interesting stats coming out about what Kiwis are choosing to stockpile.
Obviously, we've seen the toilet paper situation.
Poo-ocalypse, we're calling it.
We've seen a lot of places around the country with tinned goods,
like shelves going quite bare of tinned goods.
Again, nothing crazy.
There's plenty of stock.
Supermarkets are saying, we've got plenty of stuff.
Please still buy as you need.
Producer Ben said he went to the supermarket today
and there was no meat.
Is that right?
There was no meat where you were?
Where you were low on meat?
Is that what it was?
Yeah, there was some, but it's just very little.
And also medication.
You did go to the vegan supermarket, though?
I did not.
Why would I do that?
He would never do such a thing.
Interestingly, another industry has come out and said,
hey, we are being pillaged
at the moment as well. Apparently
Kiwis are stockpiling
ahead of possible
isolation
Six toys
What? Yeah
A spokesperson for
New Zealand adult
entertainment I guess
you would say,
retailer, do they get a plug?
Yeah, okay, the adult toy megastore,
which I imagine is like a Bunnings warehouse for these types of things.
Yeah, it's like...
It's just like floor-to-ceiling shelving of all of them.
It's like the warehouse version for that type of stuff.
Yeah, if you find a lower priced...
Item.
Yeah.
We'll beat it by 15%.
Whoosh.
Who's is that?
There's a sound effect.
Where did you get that?
I recorded it at Ben's house.
So this is what their spokesperson is saying.
I don't understand that though.
There's been a surge in sales of,
we're all adults here,
lubricant, things that vibrate, and batteries.
Batteries, I understand, because, you know.
Yeah, but they're not your first place you'd go for batteries.
No, but.
Like if the TV remote needs double A's, you don't log on to the adult toy megastore.
They might have them for cheap.
You never know.
Or longer lasting batteries.
Yeah, or dishwasher safe batteries.
You never know actually.
Which are all good batteries to have.
They said, we're hearing from our customers
and they're stockpiling batteries, lube and things
just in case they're stuck inside due to self-isolation.
Why do you need to stockpile those?
Are they one use?
You're right.
Are they one use only?
I thought you just...
The device itself.
Maybe you usually get that sort of activity from someone else,
but if you have to isolate from everybody else,
you're looking at the artificial version.
Or maybe this is just a good excuse for people who want a bunch of stuff.
You've had it on your cart for ages.
Yep.
And this is the push you really needed.
I can use this as an excuse to get these 17 items.
You've gone, hey, it could be the end of the world.
It's now or never, baby.
And if that is you, hey, we're not here to judge you.
Whatever you think you need to get through.
You do you.
Literally.
Literally.