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Hello, welcome to the Fletch, Vaughan and Hayley podcast
It's thanks to McCafe, grab a rich, smooth barista made coffee
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You're rich and smooth. You're rich and
smooth.
Vaughan, you're
rough. You're hairy and rough.
Hairy and foreign.
I want to go to McCafe and order a hairy and
rough coffee. Barista-made coffee.
They'll just give you a little Vaughan in a cup.
It's pretty cute.
For those international listeners that may not celebrate the Queen's birthday on Monday,
there'll be no podcast on Monday because we'll be away.
But Tuesday, resuming normal programming and scheduling.
Yeah.
Do they have to get on board with the Queen?
I think it's a little bit too late to be promoting colonising.
And the Commonwealth.
I think it's had its day.
I think it's had its day.
Some people have their reasons not to follow the Queen.
I understand.
I think more countries should get out of the Commonwealth
so we do better at the Commonwealth Games.
Oh, yeah.
So your idea is what?
We're one of the last countries in the Commonwealth
and then we're going to up our medals.
Yes.
Good idea, actually, that.
Yeah, that's a great idea.
Yeah it's just that's my little plan for how to get us more medals at the Commonwealth Games is to
completely dismantle the Commonwealth. Great idea. I'll do whatever it takes. What are you guys gonna do
to celebrate Queen's birthday because Vaughn usually you'd be outside doing some yard work
on a long weekend. I know I'll be inside playing um Lego Star Wars that's my... Is that your game at the moment?
Well, yeah.
It's nice and simple.
And I see what people mean about when you've got COVID,
how your mind wanders.
Mine's bad enough at the best of times with a little bit of distraction.
But the mind wanders.
So this one I can just like pause and walk away from for 20 minutes
and then remember I was playing something and go back and keep going.
What do they call it?
COVID brain.
You just have a little blank.
Fog brain.
Yeah, COVID fog.
Okay, nice.
And are you working?
You're doing the baking all weekend?
Doing the baking all weekend, yeah.
Goodness me.
I think my next day off is...
Two weeks away?
Sunday the 19th
oh wow
okay so you've got
a while to go
it's alright
love it
make money
I was just about to say
are you doing like
a special
but it won't of course
what you're filming
for Bake Off
will air
can you put your mic
on the table please
and stop manhandling it
the listeners are not
happening it
or they can yes it all they can
yes of course they can
because I wanted to
slide it back down
because I stood up
because I've got dead legs
so I stood up to record this
just thunk it
thunk it down
thunk it
okay I'll thunk it
I just gotta loosen this
oh my god that's awful
I'm so sorry to the listeners
I get so
this is why I get grumpy
at Vaughn
for his mic technique
constantly
manhandling the mic
these seem to be very sensitive.
They are very sensitive.
I'm starting to think that this broadcasting school
you guys went to is an absolute waste of time.
Well, Vaughan went to a polytech.
He'll say it was a university,
but it was actually a polytech.
I've distanced myself.
There's been controversy.
There's been some allegations.
Not against me, not against me.
No, but against the school.
You've distanced yourself. Yeah, I've distanced myself. Professionally against me No but against the school You've distanced yourself
Yeah yeah yeah
I've distanced myself
Professionally
I'm completely self-taught
Yeah
That's my terrible
Microphone technique
I was going to say
Are you doing a special
Queen's birthday
Bake off
But of course
It'll air way after
And not live
No but we do have
This year two celebrity apps
So that'll be fun
Okay
Alright we'll have
A fantastic long weekend
And if you're not having a long weekend
Just have a fantastic weekend
Just have a fantastic day
Start there
Thank you Rachel
Good morning
Welcome to the show
Fletch, Vaughan and Hayley
It's two minutes past six
Vaughan's back with us this morning
Good morning
How are you feeling Vaughan's back with us this morning. Good morning. How are you feeling, Vaughan-y?
I am.
Oh.
Not too, not.
Look, I've been better and I've been worse.
Yesterday I was worse.
Tomorrow hopefully I'll be better.
Listen to that gravelly voice.
Yeah, I know.
I've got to get some voice work while I've got this.
Yes, we need to do like a barbershop quartet or something
and you can be the bass.
I was thinking more like, you know,
for a massive multinational corporation.
Oh, like get your gear at Moda 10 this weekend.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
I don't know if you know this, Hayley,
but Vaughan was actually a Garage Door voiceover
until he was dropped.
For Garage Door, Yes. Give me your
spiel.
Steve who likes to keep
his Corvette nice and
safe. Garador.
I can't remember. I think it's that
hard, fast attitude to voice in commercials that
saw Vaughan getting dropped.
It cost me the job. God damn it.
Alright, big show today.
Huge show. It's back. The right. Big show today. Huge show.
It's back.
The Long Weekend Group Tweet ahead of Queen's birthday on Monday.
So 8 o'clock.
Join us from your car with the horn at the ready.
We've got free fuel as well with our retro petrol time machine at 8 o'clock.
Erin Moriarty joins us this morning from The Boys.
Yeah, the first three episodes of season three of The Boys are out tonight, I think.
On Prime Video.
One of my favourite shows. It's so good. I feel like
if this show was on another
bigger streaming provider
it would be huge, right?
How is this not the biggest show in the world?
It's so good.
It's so unexpected.
When I first started watching it, I was like, I know what this is.
And then suddenly I was like, what's happening?
This has gone a bit weird.
I think it's R18, right?
Like, it's quite dark.
Dude, it should be R25.
I don't think you should be allowed to watch The Boys unless you can hire a car, you know?
Like, it's insane.
It is so good.
So, Erin Moriarty, who plays Starlight, joins us after 8.30 this morning on the show.
Next on the show, a fish and chip shop.
You know, how do you break through in the fish and chip market?
A flooded market, especially in Britain, the home of the fish and chip.
Oh, yeah.
They're everywhere.
This one has gone viral online and people are coming from far and wide to get fish and chips.
How'd they do it?
I'll tell you next.
Well, no one will know better than us.
Excuse me.
No one will know better than us the power of a jingle.
All of our favourite radio commercials that, you know, people say,
do you listen to the ads when you're working on radio?
And you say, oh, you crank the jingles.
Oh, absolutely.
You crank up the St. Pierre's.
You crank up the St. Pierre's.
Do you remember the first time I ever heard that?
And I was aghast.
I was like, what's happening?
What's playing?
I was aghast more at the fact that even though you hadn't worked in radio,
you still hadn't heard the St. Pierre's sushi jingle.
Is that just in Auckland, by the way?
Is that something that the nation?
I think it's nationwide.
They're all over the place.
I don't think there's a St. Pierre's in Dunedin.
But what if I said to you there is nothing like a crown?
For picking it up and putting it down.
Yeah, jingles. They're Yeah, jingles.
They're powerful radio jingles.
Well, it is a jingle that has absolutely set ablaze the Binley Mega Chippy in Coventry
in Britain.
This is a fish and chip shop.
It is.
And it's gone.
It's hit TikTok.
It's gone crazy.
And people have literally, they've recorded people traveling
for like hundreds of miles across Britain
just to get fish and chips
at the place that has the jingle.
Did I hear people have come from America as well?
There were Americans.
I think there were Americans
who were in Britain
because they saw it on TikTok,
but I don't think it was their primary purpose for travel.
Do they have any evidence
that their fish and chips is any good, or
is it just that their jingle rolls?
There is a video, because there's been
news reports, and the fish
was massive. It did look
good. It looked amazing.
Now, I've sourced the jingle. Should we have
a listen? This is the jingle. This is the other thing.
You're probably expecting, if it's drawing
people in from hundreds of miles away, this is going to be some
groundbreaking jingle. it's not
it's not St. Pierre's
I'll tell you that
it's shit house
have a listen
Bentley mega chippy
Bentley mega chippy
Bentley mega chippy
Bentley mega chippy
would you like some DP
with those Bentley chippies
Sapphire always repeat
Bentley, my good chippie
It keeps going.
Yeah, it keeps going.
But isn't that crazy?
Get away.
How is this going crazy?
They didn't even write a melody.
No, for He's a Jolly Good Fellow is the melody, right?
Yes.
Which would be public domain now, so they could totally use it.
Yeah.
But people are lapping it up.
They didn't put Chuck in any harmonies?
Finley, make it chippy.
Finley, make it chippy.
Look, I don't think it has to be perfect.
It's obviously working.
They have had to order in extra fries.
He's missing that note.
Da-da-da-da-da-da. Oh. They have had to order in extra fries. He's missing that note.
Wow.
Well, you know what?
It's working because they have businesses booming, isn't it?
Yeah, yeah.
They're saying, well, yeah, there's lines and everything.
They just hope it lasts for summer.
But, I mean, yeah, it's got nothing on some classic Kiwi jingles. So this TikTok generation thinking they invented bloody jingles.
You know, us old-timers.
Well, St. Pierre's need to get on TikTok.
They do.
St. Pierre's needs to.
ASAP.
I still stand by the fact that the greatest jingle of all time was
Only the crumbliest, flakiest chocolate.
It's the best.
Yeah, it worked, didn't it?
It's so stupid.
McDonald's Make It Click was like legendary, though.
You don't even think of that as a jingle
because it's so synonymous with getting in a car
and putting on your seatbelt.
And that was.
That was an advertising jingle.
Oh, yeah, of course it was.
Yeah.
Yeah.
All right.
Yeah.
Coming up.
Yeah. So good. Gets yeah. Coming up. Yeah.
So good. Gets in your mind, doesn't it?
Play ZM's Fletch,
Vaughn and Hayley. Well, back in the day, back in the good old days
of 2019.
Or before. And prior.
I think when people were dating, we were
sort of fluffing around a bit, feeling out,
feeling things out, testing the
waters and maybe hanging on to
things a little longer than they needed to be, returning to an ex for a comforting hug.
A comforting adult hug.
Yeah, very comforting.
But of course, since coronavirus hit, we've changed.
We've totally changed the way that we're dating.
And, of course, divorce rates went up, skyrocketed after pandemics.
People locked inside with their significant others and went,
oh, I hate you.
Let's split.
They called it the great resignation
because so many couples were getting divorced
or splitting up after being locked up.
The Great Home Resignation.
Yeah, exactly.
Well, they're putting a term on it because, God, we love a dating term, don't we?
Yeah, well, radio sessions lap them up, don't they?
Have you heard them?
Radio sessions always talk about these terms.
Oh, we harp on about it, don't we?
Yum, yum, yum.
Have you ever heard of for chopping and caranding?
Well, this one is called coronasty.
Pretty straightforward.
It's the fact that coronavirus has caused us to be more honest in our relationships,
be they long or short.
Right.
Coronasty describes the increased desire for people to be honest with others
and crucially themselves about what they really want from a relationship.
So whether that's looking at your own, you know, 10-year marriage and deciding, I can't spend another second with you, please leave.
Or whether it's getting into a new relationship now,
realising we're making up for lost time.
Three years has passed.
I'm going to be honest, straight out the gate with what I want.
So what, engagements after like three months rather than three years?
Yeah, absolutely.
We've talked before as well about like, you know,
going on a first date and like both of, what was it called?
There was a term where you were like, you come out
and then you just like say, I'll have babies in five years.
Yeah.
You're just very blunt.
I forget the term but yeah you just put all your
cards on the table. It was called Emily Blunting.
Emily Blunting.
Yeah. She takes no nonsense
you know. Yeah. Edge of tomorrow.
She just gets what she wants.
I mean she wanted John Krasinski right?
She was like he's hot now I'll get John Krasinski
and she Emily Blunted. She got him.
God he is hot eh? He'll get John Krasinski. And she really blunted. She got him. God, he is hot, eh?
He is hot.
Yeah, when you look back.
You look back at The Office, you're like, I mean, a cute little office dweeb.
Yeah.
It was the same even in the original Office.
Martin Freeman, his character, he kind of got hot.
Different sort of hot.
British hot.
Different hot.
British hot.
British hot.
Pommy hot.
British hot.
Also, is he quite petite?
Like short
Yeah Martin's got
Quite petite energy
Yeah yeah
But like nice
Polite
Colin Firth
British hot
You know
Yeah
Whereas I feel like
John Krasinski
Could hold my whole
Oh my gosh
Tush in one hand
Yeah John
John Krasinski
Would
I mean I don't want to
Cast aspersions, but it's purely
complimentary. I think he'd make love like an absolute
Adonis. Yeah.
And that's in my mind anyway, right now.
Yeah, good on you. Right now I'm imagining John Krasinski
making love. To you.
So am I. I'm imagining it at the same time.
I'm just watching. You're just watching?
You're just watching. Okay, great. You're watching. Who's he making
love to? Sade? If he
wants. Wow. I mean, for her sake. Is that hot? You don't want Who's he making love to? Sade? If he wants.
Wow.
I mean, for her sake.
You don't want to die not knowing what John Krasinski was like if you got the opportunity, you know?
This is true.
Why die wondering?
Why die wondering?
All right, well.
That's another thing about Corona, you know?
Life's too short.
Yeah.
Why die wondering?
That's the thing.
I've just been sitting inside going,
oh, I'm going to die soon.
I'm going to die soon.
I'm just going to live my life.
Why die wondering when it's John Krasinski?
Yeah, maybe you should talk to Sade with some of this coronacy tonight.
I'll lead in with the fact she's allowed to sleep with John Krasinski.
I'll follow a sort of a suffix to it that obviously then I will need
to sleep with Emily Blunt.
I think it's just a trade-off for swinging.
Maybe just leave your hall passes.
Swinging with the Krasinski Blunts. Maybe just leave your hall passes. Swing with the Krasinski blunts.
Maybe just leave your hall pass chat for a private time.
Next on the show, the top six and Elvis weddings are no more in Vegas.
Yes, the top six other characters that can marry you in Vegas.
Play ZM's Fletch Vaughn and Hayley.
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This is the top six.
Hello there.
Well, I've just Googled Elvis weddings in Vegas.
I can tell you there's the Viva La Vegas Wedding Chapel.
That's in Elvis Chapel.
I'm actually now looking at a map of Las Vegas,
and there are lots of little red pin drops saying you can get married by
Elvis here. Well, not for much longer.
Aww.
The Elvis estate has said that
unless you're officially
licensed and pay a small darn
fortune, you won't be married by an
Elvis impersonator.
When did the Elvis wedding
sort of kick off?
What started it?
Yeah.
I don't know.
Did it start when he was at his height of fame?
I don't know if it started when he was alive or after he died.
Maybe he was a marriage celebrant.
You know how everybody's a marriage celebrant nowadays?
I'm a marriage celebrant.
Exactly.
So maybe Elvis was leading the charge on that,
and he was the guy that was the celebrity marriage celebrant.
I mean, the idea of flying to Vegas and getting married,
like eloping in Vegas, started as early as 1912.
It was a thing.
I mean, obviously not Elvis at that point.
Yeah.
But that was the place where you go.
Wow. Yeah. But, you know, like that was a place where you go. Wow.
Okay.
Because there was only
a short wait list
on marriage licenses,
whereas like Los Angeles
or whatever
was like days.
But you could go to Las Vegas
and get one quickly.
So you could just go
and get it done
in the same day.
Yeah.
So, you know,
your parents couldn't
stop you sort of thing.
Yeah.
Well, the licensing company that controls Elvis' likeness
also controls Muhammad Ali and Marilyn Monroe's.
Oh, they're after some cash.
You will not be a guy called Kent who's been doing it for 25 years.
He said, I've never run into any problems.
They want to protect the Elvis brand, but what are they taking away?
What are they protected by taking Elvis away
from his beloved public?
Yeah.
So just a quick Google,
Elvis visited a wedding chapel in Vegas and married.
Somebody, or he got married.
So he visited the chapel for a look around.
Later that year, him and Priscilla got married in Vegas
at the Aladdin Hotel.
And then following his death,
the owners changed its name
to the Graceland Wedding Chapel.
And so it was born,
the first wedding chapel
in Vegas
dedicated to Elvis.
Gotcha, gotcha.
And then that's why
people do it now
because he got married there
and it's a thing.
That Elvis movie
must be due out soon.
Yeah, which is getting
really good reviews.
Looks pretty good.
Yeah.
So if you can't get married by Elvis,
I've got the top six celebrities that could marry you in Vegas.
Okay.
Number six on the list.
Nothing says happy day of nuptials like being married by Sonic the Hedgehog.
People would.
I would get married by Sonic the Hedgehog.
You would.
Sade would not let you, but you would.
Sonic was my childhood, man.
I loved Sonic growing up. It was
the game we played the most.
I imagine this list is everyone
Vaughn wants to get married by. Yeah, absolutely.
No, no, no, no, no. Just this one.
Just this one was my big one. So, would it have to
be, like, kids or, like,
really short people
playing Sonic? Oh, no, full-blown
mascot Sonic the Hedgehog.
Do people get married at Disneyland or did you see anyone
at Star Wars?
I didn't tell you guys. I like
walked through somebody's proposal
in the cars part of Disneyland.
You know, like Lightning McQueen and stuff.
What do you mean you walked through it? Did you walk in between them?
I was busting to go to the toilet
and there was this like T intersection and I was walked through it? Did you walk in between them? I was busting to go to the toilet. And there was this like T intersection.
And I was charging through it.
And as I entered the T intersection, he went down.
Because she didn't know, but all of his friends knew.
So they all stepped back.
And then he went down on one knee.
And I'm just like, oh, congratulations.
Pyram just powering through.
Some ignorant kiwi needing to puss his way past.
Oh, really?
Just ready busting to go wh his ring past ruining his proposal.
Just really busting to go wheeze.
Congratulations.
Sorry,
love is alive.
And,
but apparently people get
proposed to all the time.
Oh yeah,
I bet they do.
Okay.
Yeah.
And Sonic the Hedgehog
collected gold rings,
guys,
in the game.
So it makes sense
that he's giving you the rings.
Yeah.
You know,
there's something to do
with rings.
Number five on the list
of the top six celebs
to marry you in Vegas, the Queen.
It's her golden jubilee.
I think we've all got a claim to the Queen
and we're allowed to use her likeness.
Is anyone going to stop us doing that?
No, she's public property.
Yeah, she's all over the money and everything.
So why shouldn't she be able to marry people?
Number four on the list of the top six celebrities
to marry you in Vegas,
Ronald McDonald.
Why not?
Oh, God.
I mean, they do kids' birthdays, don't they?
What's a wedding?
Exactly, kids' birthdays.
I'm pretty sure you can have a funeral, a wake,
if you know, give them enough advance in the morning. A McDonald's wake.
A Big Mac is just a round club sandwich.
I do find quite a lot of solace in a quarter pounder,
not going to lie.
Yes, yeah, yeah, yeah.
That's a comfort food.
Nuggies will certainly take your mind off.
A dead parent, yeah.
McDonald's in Hong Kong does weddings.
Do they?
Yeah.
Yeah.
Like a big party.
Do they call it a McWedding?
I mean, they're missing a trick, if not, right?
McWedding.
Absolutely, it's a Mick wedding.
The McNuptials.
Will you Mick marry me?
Yes.
Number three on the list of the top six celebs to marry you in Vegas
are Rodney Ratt, who looks 80% like Mickey Mouse,
but 20% different enough to be enough for a copyright dodge.
Oh, right, okay.
I see what you've done there.
Hang on, I'm having a look at Rodney Ratt.
Ooh.
I just Googled Rodney Ratt. No, it, okay. I see what you've done there. Hang on, I'm having a look at Rodney Ratt. Ooh. I just Googled Rodney Ratt.
No, it's terrifying.
Rodney Ratt.
I just completely made that up.
Yeah, I know, but if you Google it, it's horrendous.
Oh, okay.
I'm going to Google Rodney Ratt now.
Ah, I remember this guy.
He's like a Wallace and Gromit dude.
He looks a bit like Wallace and Gromit.
Okay.
Number two on the list of the top six celebs to marry you in Vegas,
a lightsaber.
I doubt you're going to get Darth Vader.
Disney will be on you like a bloody white on rice
if you try to do Darth Vader,
but a lightsaber might take them a little bit longer
to track down a laser sword.
So is it just like a really tall, skinny person in a bright red tube?
Yes. Yes. tube? Yes.
Yes.
Okay.
Yes.
And number one on the list
of the top six celebs
to marry you in Vegas.
I can't see a single person
having a problem
with the copyright infringement
on Hitler marrying you
in Vegas.
Who's going to come at you
and be like,
actually we're in charge
of Hitler's image
and estate
and we're not happy
with him marrying me.
You joke,
but there would be people that would do that, sadly.
Absolutely.
At least then we'd get them all in one room and shut the doors behind them and be like,
it was a trap.
You're in prison now.
You're absolutely in prison.
That is today's top six.
Play ZM's Fletch Vaughn and Hayley.
Now, I've lost my mind somewhat.
I don't know what's happening.
Okay, so this is about androids, of which I am not.
Androids?
Yeah.
Android phones, I mean.
Oh, okay, right.
I was like, you've piqued my interest there.
Did you see how I sat bolt upright in my chair?
Are we talking about like robot human androids?
No, no, no.
Android phone users.
All right, you've lost me.
I'm slumping to maturity.
You're slumping again.
I do believe this would relate to all phone users.
Okay.
So there's been some research done looking at how often we are using our phones post-2019.
Oh, God.
Do we want to hear this?
I'm really hitting with the bad news this morning. So on average, and this was done all around the world,
people are spending a solid 4.8 hours browsing apps on their phone,
which is roughly a third of the time that we are awake,
that we are living, that we are existing in the world.
15, 15, yeah.
How do you get your screen time again on the
iPhone?
Scroll down, scroll up,
scroll up.
No, that's my app, scroll side.
Listen, Boomer, go settings
and then on the default
when you open up settings at the bottom under focus
it should say screen time.
Focus?
No. Oh yeah, there's focus. Under focus. when you open up settings at the bottom under focus, it should say screen time. Focus? No?
Oh, yeah, there's focus.
Under focus.
No, it's not there.
Screen time.
Oh.
Is it not good?
Oh.
To be fair, though, you do have a lot of downtime
on the cooking show at the moment,
the great baking cookies.
Bake off.
Yes.
But this is down 12% from last week.
Okay, I don't want to go first.
Vaughan?
Well, I still can't find mine.
God damn it, Mum.
Oh, no, there it is.
Settings and...
No, I can't.
It doesn't work.
I mean, does this include Spotify time, you know,
or like Google Maps time, Netflix time?
It would do.
I wonder when you plug it in your car if it still counts.
Yeah, because I've got it on in my car all the time.
Is it iHeartRadio time?
Because I'm spending hours on there.
Oh, my God.
That's where I spend the majority of my day on iHeartRadio.
Okay, I'm going to say it.
Just scrolling endless content.
Endless.
Four hours, five minutes is my daily.
Four hours, five minutes is my daily. Four hours,
five minutes. Vaughn's?
Four hours, 47 minutes. Oh, I'm four hours, 37.
Okay, so we all...
It just went up to four hours, 48.
Yeah, mine
refreshed as well and went up a little bit.
But I'm down 14%.
Yeah, I'm down 13%.
We're sitting around this average of 4.8 hours.
It's not good, is it?
It's not good.
A third of our life.
And life is short, guys.
Look up, guys.
Do you remember that viral video from a few?
Look up at the world.
I'm looking out the window now.
I can see some stars, some clouds.
Let's make an effort.
You've got a notification on your phone.
I just heard it buzz.
Yeah.
So you're back to your phone.
Just like that's how easy it is.
It's my mum.
She's in Italy.
She's sharing photos.
So apparently what we're spending most of our time,
70% of our time, you've got it.
Social media is where we're endlessly scrolling.
What do they call it?
Doom scrolling where you're just like,
just searching through.
Looking at photos, video apps, streaming devices.
Do you know what I've just found under string time?
What?
Because we've got a family,
because the girls have got iPads.
Yeah.
And I can see, because we've got a family thing,
so they can download apps or whatever.
It all has to be approved by me because I'm the patriarchy.
Right.
I can turn on their screen time.
I can see how many hours of that, and I can limit their screen time.
So will their iPad just stop working after like four hours or something?
Yeah, I can put it so their devices will not work between certain hours.
Oh, that's a great idea.
Add limit.
Because there's app limits and you can add an app.
Like for me, maybe it would be an Instagram.
And you can add a limit and then say,
once I've reached my quota for the day, I can't open Instagram anymore.
That's a good idea.
Give yourself like a TikTok limit.
Yeah, but I'm smart enough to be able to then just go into settings again
and turn off the limit and then go back to Instagram.
You need Aaron to do it.
It makes you think.
Even if you're just thinking about it, you know, maybe you won't do it.
Maybe I do need a cut back.
Hey, we do have a message in the group chat about Carween's screen.
I was about to say Carween's the one that always makes you feel better
about how much screen time you've got, because hers is
always way more. But she'll follow this up, Hayley,
with, but it's my job to be on
the internet. Carween!
I'm just going to stop posting on our
social media then.
What is your screen time at the moment?
Okay, this week I have been sick.
Yep, you got a stomach bug, didn't you?
Um, seven hours
thirty.
That's better though, I remember in the height of the
pandemic, you were up eight and a half hours.
I sure was. So I've gone down, guys.
Congrats. Thank you,
thank you. Look down. Amazing. Oh, did you say
I went down or look
down? Because look down is your version of look
up. No, no, it's gone down,
it's gone down. Karma's like, look down
and enjoy the world via TikTok.
Today's Silly Little Pole, taking home the mini toiletries from a hotel.
Do you do it?
You did this when you were staying at Disneyland the other day, at the Hilton Bourne.
Yeah, I did.
What did they have? Was it like all Disney kind of themed stuff?
Oh, no, no, no, because it was at the Hilton, which is just outside of Disneyland.
But no, it wasn't Disney themed stuff.
But I've stayed in a Disneyland resort before
and yeah, they had little Mickey Mouse emblems on them.
So I took them.
I always take them because you just leave them in your gym bag
in case there's nothing at the gym.
Everybody takes them.
I mean, this poll result, it's a astounding steal from hotels.
81% of people take the mini toiletries home from a hotel.
I remember there was talk about how bad this is
for the environment though, right?
Like how hotels should be shifting to wall-mounted.
A lot of hotels have started that, I've noticed.
Like the wall.
Why are you screwing your face up, Hayley?
Because anything wall-mounted is always going to be
such a rubbish product.
No, but they can be nice.
You know, like they might get a nice bottle and they get a nice holder
or they leave the bottle itself on the shower shelf
and say, if you take this, you're charged.
I've been to the ones now that you get a little bit of shampoo
and conditioner in a brown sort of paper bag. Like a little
sachet. Really?
Sachet.
It's like at Les Mills. I feel like I pay too much
for my membership and they've got a wall mounted
body wash in the showers and
it's got that
pearly essence to it.
I love it. That's how you know it's a
good quality soap.
So yeah, I used to do this, but the soap, the quality of these hotel soaps, it's not good.
It's bad.
It's not good.
Even at nice hotels, like if we stay for work or whatever, it's still, yeah.
And then you just end up with all these bottles at home.
Hundreds of them.
Hundreds of these little bottles that you never use.
Nah.
Some replies.
Hannah said, yeah.
So I assume she's saying, yes, she takes them.
Because my work donates them to Woman's Refuge.
Oh, that's a good idea.
So you take them and then you take them into work?
Or do you think her work is the accommodation hotel?
Maybe if there's like a little bit left, they donate that.
Anything donated to Women's Refuge
is fantastic, in my opinion.
But I'm not quite sure how that
works. Maybe
there's a fundraising sitch.
Morgan says they are wasteful
and unnecessary.
Okay. Sorry, Mum. Powerful stuff.
What else will
the kids make potions with in the bath?
So Sophia takes them home for the purpose of her children,
just mucking in with them.
Yeah, that's cute.
Mel said they are the cheapest form of holiday souvenir.
Yes.
Oh, my God, Mel.
No.
Yes.
You just put it on the mantelpiece.
Yeah.
We stayed there.
Yeah, the dinner aisle.
BG.
Yeah.
Dinner aisle.
Hannah says not anymore.
Bad for the environment.
And honestly, they just sit in the back of the cupboard for five years
before being thrown away anyway.
Sarah said, are you allowed to take them?
I'm seriously asking if we're allowed because this is life-changing information.
Small soaps, yes.
Microwave, the iron, the hairdryer, no.
No, not the jug.
You don't want the jug.
People will clean their undies in those jugs.
We've talked about that before, yeah.
Fred says, yes, great for the gym bag.
Parents went on a trip to South Maryland.
They bought me back all the mini toiletries and pens.
It was like Christmas.
Pens are good.
Pens are good.
Wow.
And Josh, to wrap it up, says, I've got no problem with doing this,
but the places I stay in is always cheap and shit, so I don't bother.
Fair call.
Fair call. Fair call.
Fair call.
No, it's not the same.
Play ZM's Fletch Vaughan and Hayley.
Play ZM.
Well, as we joined together this morning
and share stories of our lives and our days,
as we always do every morning,
Jared mentioned that the midi had a bit of a close call yesterday.
Yeah, so I was
scrolling on the Snapchat yesterday
and noticed the Midi had put up a story,
which he doesn't often do.
I went on Snapchat yesterday too.
I don't even have the app anymore.
This is amazing because Vaughan never uses
Snapchat. You haven't logged in for like
eight years, right?
Dude, I don't even know how to work it.
I'll tell you.
You go ahead, Gerard.
I'll tell you how,
because I also had a Snapchat incident yesterday.
Wow.
And yes, I clicked on her story
and there's a photo of the midi
and it's almost like her phone was in her lap
and we just get a real nice straight shot
up under the chin.
Oh no.
So it's an accidental chin.
Yeah, accidental chin selfie. God, when you said it was on her lap and we got a nice shot up under the chin. Oh, no. So it's an accidental chin. Yeah, accidental chin selfie.
God, when you said it was on her lap
and we got a nice shot up there,
I was like, okay.
Uh-oh.
How long was it on her story for?
From, I think, like 7 a.m. till lunchtime.
Oh, wow.
Yeah, so all her friends were messaging her.
I remember once I got my phone out of my pocket
and Instagram had drafted a post
and it was very close to being posted
and I was like, whew, that was close.
I've dragged my phone out of my pocket before
and seen it gone into a group chat
and I must have hit the little microphone button
and it's just like,
there's three and a half minutes worth of audio recorded
and I'm just like, okay, this is like diffusing a bomb.
Don't press the wrong button
or they're going to get the three and a half minutes of audio.
But you have, I know you did this yesterday, Vaughn, but you've also done this in the past.
You've accidentally posted something to your Snapchat story.
Yeah, I was, it was ages ago.
I was trying to send Sade a sexy photos and just as a joke, she was literally in the next
room and we'd been talking about how we've never used any,
like Snapchat, it still disappears after 10 seconds, right?
Yeah.
Yeah, so we'd never used any of these apps to our benefit
because they didn't exist when we were single.
So I went to send her a picture of my junk
and accidentally put it on my story.
It was really late at night
and I panicked
but it was only,
it was like 11.45
on like a Friday night
and it was only up
for about 10 seconds.
And it didn't have any,
you know how the little eyes,
the little eyes come up
in the corner
when someone sees it?
Yeah.
That was still,
that still wasn't there
so no one had seen it.
Oh God,
you are so lucky. I know. I would have there so no one had seen it. Oh, God, you are so lucky.
I know.
I would have been cancelled.
Oh, my God, you're so lucky.
Oh, my God, your career would have been over.
Yeah, I was just like publicly sexually harassing everyone all at once.
People might have felt sorry for what you were posting.
Yeah, they might have.
It was just kind of, well, you know in the bath it never looks good.
It's all shriveled up and floating.
No, the bath is, well, just after the bath is where it looks.
Oh, right.
Okay.
Well, because it's all relaxed and soft after a long, hard day.
Warm and stuff.
But I haven't been on Snapchat for ages,
and then someone was like,
how do I get that thing that makes it look like you're crying?
Oh, is that Snapchat?
And I said, I think that's only in Snapchat.
So I went into Snapchat? I said, I think that's only in Snapchat.
So I went into Snapchat and I found it.
And then when I was in there, I found this filter that was old.
And I took a photo of myself and I was like, that's funny.
And I thought of saving it to my gallery, but I put it on my story.
Oh, that's a different icon, Vaughn.
What one is it?
I think you've got to click on the dots and then download.
It's always updating and changing.
But so how long were those on your story for?
Oh, it's still up there.
I just left it there.
I don't know how to take it down.
Oh, no.
Well, we wanted to ask this morning, on 0800DARLSATM9696,
what have you accidentally put on your story? Or what's a friend accidentally put on their story?
Because let's be honest,
you're not going to admit that you accidentally put a nudie
or a junk photo up, are you?
You're not going to call us and admit that.
Oh, please do though, because it's just mortifying.
This has never happened to me.
I used to make small videos when I was quite intoxicated
and that always accidentally made it.
My other personality
used to post them on and I'd get up the next morning and be like
ow. Do you have a name for your other
personality? Hayley
Jane Sproul. Like just drunk Hayley.
That's me, I am her.
We are one. 0800 Dials at
Emma's number, you can text as well, 9696.
What accidentally
made it onto your story?
Guys, I'm back on Snapchat.
You just, I looked up at the Zoom screen
and you're on your phone.
I'm like, what are you doing?
I'm back on Snapchat
because we're talking about
when you accidentally post something to your story
and I thought we were going to be talking about
Insta stories, which I'm all about.
But no, we're talking about Snapchat.
Well, any story, any story, whether, I mean,
maybe even an accidental Facebook story.
Who posts on Facebook stories?
I don't like.
Do we do that?
Oh, we do that.
Oh, we do that, do we?
Follow us on Facebook.
I'm just saying that my Snapchat was when I was like 10 kg lighter,
so I don't want to talk about it.
I'm off Snapchat again. I'm off Snapchat again.
I'm off Snapchat again.
Did you just go into memories and there was Skinny Vaughn?
Yeah.
Well, I accidentally went into memories
because I don't know how to work it.
And there I was and that was confronting and I don't like it.
Are there memories?
You don't want to talk about it.
Oh, no.
We can't get into this
because last time I was on Snapchat was a rogue unit.
So we're talking about when something accidentally made it to your story.
Jared's midi
accidentally did an under the chin
shot from the camera.
That's getting off on the
light end of things, isn't it?
Am I scot-free?
Is there a market for upchins though, guys?
You don't want your upchins getting online?
Anonymous joins us. Anonymous, what was accidentally
posted on the story?
Hi. Hi.
Hi.
I was about eight years ago when Snapchat was still quite fresh.
I was in the hospital having my daughter.
My best friend wasn't able to be there.
She was called in to work.
So instead, kind of baby's freshly born and I said to my partner
can you please quickly send a photo to my best friend and it wasn't the most glamorous one
things were showing it went on my story and because it was a very hectic kind of crazy time
it was left there the entire day I didn't realise and obviously in my newborn bubble, it was
I got a lot of messages that I didn't
think that I would get.
It was a kind of announcement
to her coming into
the world that I wasn't prepared for.
Yeah, okay.
Do you have any Chicken McNugget filter on
your genies though? Because I've just found out there's a
Chicken McNugget filter on.
Well, no. Your crowning baby found out there's a Chicken McNugget filter on. Well, no.
Hey, she's supposed to get the best.
Your crowning baby comes out
and it's got the nugget filter.
Wow.
How many views would you normally get
for your story at that time?
They were close and personal friends
and some old high school friends, I think.
So there probably were some people on there
that I didn't want to see it,
but hey, it was out there.
Oh, no.
That's so awful.
And it's all showing anonymous.
Thank you for sharing.
Georgia, what accidentally went up on the story?
It was my brother.
Okay.
He accidentally uploaded his downstairs to the Snapchat story,
and he was camping with his girlfriend,
and I happened to be the first one to see it
and had to break the news to him.
Oh, no.
You saw your brother's...
Was it at full attention?
Yep, it sure was.
Did you say he was camping?
Who's writing a picture of their jennies while they're camping?
Well, he was with his girlfriend, like, camping,
and obviously was sending it to her or something.
I don't know.
They were probably next to each other.
You're out in nature, Vaughan.
You're out in nature.
You're feeling it.
She's right there, Hayley.
Show it to her in person if she wants to see it.
Yeah, wow.
Oh, my God.
How long did it take you to actually look him in the eyes after that?
Um, I think I moved countries.
Yeah, good.
That's a hot place.
We still haven't spoken.
Oh my God, that's horrible.
What did he say when you told him?
How did you like break the news?
I was like, Luke, I think you want to check your Snapchat story.
And he replied being like, oh, oh, it was my girlfriend.
Wasn't me, it was my girlfriend.
Like tried to blame it on her.
Oh, right.
Okay.
Oh, my God.
Wow.
Luke.
Luke.
I was going to ask a question.
I'm not going to.
I won't.
No, I'm not going to ask a question.
I know I'm queer.
I know I'm queer.
I'm not going to do that to you.
You're too lovely.
I won't.
But you do.
Yeah, okay.
But, okay, okay.
Silver lining.
You saw your brother's bits, and if they were, like, okay,
then genetically that would mean if you were a boy,
you would have nice genitals too.
Oh, yeah.
You don't have to say whether your brother had nice genitals or not.
You don't have to.
You don't have to. We can all just think about that.
But if it was another genitals and you didn't know it was your brother,
would you have given it like out of 10?
Oh, look, no.
Too much.
She's not ready to relive it.
Okay.
Georgia, thanks for your call.
Some more messages in.
We've ruined Georgia's life, I reckon.
We've ruined her life.
Luke ruined her life, to be honest.
He's the one that posted it.
Brother Luke.
I mean, I like how she probably didn't want to be identified,
but literally she's Georgia, he's Luke.
How many people have got that sibling combination?
Someone's definitely joining the dots there.
Some messages in.
I went out on the sourced one Saturday night
and ended up going home
with a,
as they describe it,
a bird
who is an OnlyFans creator.
A bird.
Like a lady?
A lady.
Yeah, it's a woman,
a female.
A bird.
A bird.
Yeah, a girl.
I wouldn't watch a parakeet
on OnlyFans.
I'm not paying,
you know,
$7 a month
for a parakeet. Is it a talking parakeet? Yeah,ans, I don't think. I'm not paying, you know, $7 a month for a parakeet.
Is it a talking parakeet?
Yeah, they're saying sexy things to me.
I might do $4.99 a month for a talking parakeet.
So she asked if I would be up to film some content.
Oh, okay.
So I pulled out the Snapchat because apparently she said that worked best.
And rather than saving it onto my phone, I put it on my story.
That's what happened to me.
I wanted to save it, just the filter,
save the filter, but they ended up putting it on their
Snapchat story. Oh, God.
She'd be livid because, of course, she makes money off that
and he's giving it away for nothing.
My husband
tried to send me a sexy pic, but didn't know
what he was doing and put it at his Facebook story
and one of them started getting inundated
with messages.
No, no, no, no.
I love these stories.
I love these stories.
Someone said, I was having a weekend away with my brother
and I noticed when I got up in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom,
his phone was lit up with notifications and they were all Tinder notifications.
I thought, that's pretty funny.
Screen capped it, sent it to myself, tried to send it to a mate,
ended up putting it on my story,
and he got in massive trouble with some girls that he thought they were exclusive with.
Oh, no, you've revealed him.
Really, he's got a few back burners.
How are you always going to keep it warm?
We should probably talk one day about your alternative personalities.
Someone said, I've got an alternative personality called Mike
and he's always up to no goods.
He's posted my nerds online
and stuff before. He's a very naughty boy.
He's very naughty.
Let's change all that in for next Tuesday.
Your alternative drunk personalities.
Yeah, yeah. Because I know some friends that have
names for them as well.
Yeah. Names for them as well, yeah.
Swedengate.
This hashtag, I saw it pop up yesterday.
I was like, what the hell is Swedengate?
What have they done now?
You know, my thoughts on Sweden.
You've got a Scandinavian country that's always one of the happiest in the world,
beautiful people, great health care, public transport through the roof.
Higher taxes, sure, but, you know, they're getting a lot out of it Ikea, the home of Ikea
Is it Sweden?
Yeah, I think it is Sweden
And the home of Swedish meatballs
So they've got everything
And the home of Eminem
And that song where he's in Sweden
And he says to his daughter, how did you get to Sweden?
Yeah, and when nobody ever explained how she got to Sweden because you can't
travel at that younger age. How did you
get to Sweden? There's no answers as to how she got there.
Zero answers. All these years later.
On how Hayley, his daughter,
who was an infant at the time, managed to get herself to Sweden.
I think it needs its own podcast series
to be honest. Yeah, it does actually. How did
Hayley Jade get to Sweden?
How did she get to Sweden? With Fletchbourne and Hayley
Jane. This kicked off on Reddit when someone asked,
and I love these, I love ask Reddits,
when someone asks a question and you're like,
oh, why have I not thought to ask this question?
The question was,
what is the weirdest thing you had to do at somebody else's house
because of their culture or religion?
Somebody commented,
I remember going to my Swedish friend's house
and while we were playing in his room,
his mum yelled that dinner was ready
and he told me to wait in his room while they ate.
Someone else said,
I remember sleeping over at a Swedish friend's house.
When we woke up,
he said he was going downstairs for a few minutes.
After 15 minutes,
I go downstairs to see what the hell is happening.
They're all eating their breakfast.
They see me and he says, I'm almost done.
I'll be up soon.
And I still think about this 25 years later.
And it turns out that Swedish people don't film,
don't film?
Don't feed their guests.
And it's not just kids.
If you're like at their house and it gets to dinner time,
they won't be like, oh, stay for dinner.
They'll just start preparing their dinner in the hopes
that you'll either A, leave, or B, sit there and not want anything.
Like you sit in the lounge while they have their dinner.
Yeah.
What is this?
Where does it come from?
You know when you're a kid and you're like,
I'm going to stay at my friend Jared's house tonight,
and then his parents feed you.
And then when Jared stays at your house,
your parents feed him.
That's just what happens.
Friends over is that you feed them.
We always feed them.
We always feed the kids' friends
and the kids when they've got friends over
probably better than
when the kids are just hanging around.
If they're like, I'm hungry, we're like, there's an apple,
eat a piece of fruit.
But if they're like, oh, we're hungry, then you're like,
oh, we'll make sandwiches and, you know.
You don't want them going home saying that you've got shit food.
Is that why?
Yeah.
Yeah.
Well, apparently Zara Larsson, you know, Swedish pop star Zara Larsson,
said this is peak Swedish culture.
She said, yeah, this totally happens.
It's wild, isn't it?
Like, you're just going to let your friends go hungry,
and even if they're staying and you're hosting them at your house.
Do they have to bring, like, a packed lunch and dinner and stuff
so that they can eat, or will you just go hungry?
I guess so.
Another Stockholm native said this always happened when we were kids.
The family would basically be like, you only live a couple of minutes away.
Go home and eat and you can come back afterwards.
So I'm reading up about why the Swedish thinking goes like this.
The other child or the other family, the guest, may have plans for another kind of dinner
and you don't want to ruin the routine or the preparations.
It's nothing to do with not wanting to feed the other child
or because it costs money.
It's more to do with tradition around eating with your own family.
But then, like, this kid was there overnight
and they didn't feed him breakfast.
Yeah, that's rough.
This is great.
Some have linked the practice with Nordic Viking culture
where a meal is often seen as a debt.
In the Norse culture, an unpaid debt often results in violent duels.
Oh.
So it's like you come and stay at our house, Stevie,
and we feed you, but now you owe us a meal for our child.
But that's sort of, as you said, how it goes.
Yeah.
It's not hard to just chuck a few extra cornflakes in a bowl, right?
Oh, my God.
It's so bizarre.
It's wild to think, you know,
like you put it in any part of New Zealand food culture,
everybody's always, you've been to a marae,
God damn, they just keep putting it in your mouth.
No thanks, Nan, I've had meat tonight.
Like, sit down and eat, boy.
And you're like, ah.
Wow.
I've never, ever heard of this.
So have any, so Zara Larsson singers come out about it?
Has anyone else come out and explained themselves?
Or are they just like, yeah, it is how it is.
Just deal with it.
Yeah, and to think that the Swedish representative
on the board of the Muppets was the Swedish chef.
Was he just cooking for himself and making Kermit go home for food?
Oh yeah, those Muppets didn't get anything he cooked.
He was always cooking up there. He was always trying to cook those chickens.
Lucky they weren't relying on him for food, because if he finally managed to actually cook something, he wouldn't have shared it anyway.
Well, at the moment, Hayley, you're filming Bake Off.
So you're broadcasting from home.
And Vaughan, you have the vid.
Correct.
So you're at home.
So yesterday after the show, I had the responsibility of,
after work, going to watch a movie.
I'm not allowed to say what movie because it's embargoed.
It's coming out.
It's not out for a few weeks.
But we've got a big interview coming
up. I can say that much but I can't
say the celebrity so I really can't say
anything but anyway after the show
Anna and I were going down to her car
in the car park
to go to the movies.
Cute movie date.
And we pressed the elevator button to go down
and it took a couple
of minutes and it eventually came and a lady came out. She walked out and we jumped in the lift to go down. And it took a couple of minutes and it eventually came.
And a lady came out.
She walked out.
And we jumped in the lift to go down to the car park building.
And that is when we both looked at each other instantly when the doors shut
and realised that this little innocent lady had crop dusted us.
Absolutely popped off.
She had dropped her guts in the elevator and left
and we just left. It was horrible, eh?
I don't know how that came from her.
Wow.
Yeah, I had to pull up my jumper
over my mouth. Yeah, I pulled up my t-shirt
and I was like, I can't breathe in, I can't
do it. And then we got out.
It's about a stranger's fart as well, eh?
Because you're like, I don't know you, I don't want to
inhale you. Oh yeah, if it's your fart in an elevator's fart as well, eh? Because you're like, I don't know you. I don't want to inhale you.
Oh, yeah, if it's your fart in an elevator, that's fine, right?
Absolutely fine.
She probably thought she got in the lift by herself
and she probably thought, now's my chance.
Not knowing, A, that it was going to linger,
that it was going to stink or that people were waiting to get in.
But this isn't, she wasn't jumping on on the 40th floor
and riding all the way down to the bottom with enough time for it to get, like there's these literally five floors.
Yeah.
Like, wait until you get out of the lift.
And we, anyway, we went out into the basement and this guy was about to jump in and we were like, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, don't get in there.
Somebody crop dusted us.
Yeah, but they think that it was you.
Totally.
They totally think it was you.
He didn't think it was us.
Oh, but there was two of you, so I think maybe you were a little bit more likely to be innocent.
Also, when the lift door opened,
it was just two people with their T-shirts over their mouth,
just like, ugh.
And I think he was like, oh, and he said, I'll wait for the next one.
Yeah, he probably also felt the temperature,
because it was a warm fart.
Oh, yeah, it was humid.
I don't know how that works,
but I feel like he would have seen the lift doors open
and then go, oh, there's a waft.
And felt something. It was so pungent. It seen the lift doors open and then go, whew, there's a waft. And felt or something.
It was so pungent.
It warmed the lift. I believe so, yes.
It warmed the lift, yeah. It was disgusting.
Jesus. She's a whole geothermal
vent.
They should pipe
that for future energy resources.
Oh no. Yes.
Horrible, but yeah, it's not a nice
situation. I'm so sorry about this violent attack on you.
Well, it was.
It was a violent attack.
A non-physical.
Well, I guess physical in the sense that it was in our nostrils.
Yeah.
An abuse of the nose.
Just absolutely terrible.
All right, it's a Friday tradition. Play ZM's Fletch Vaughan and Hayley. Friday Flashback.
All right, it's a Friday tradition.
Before we do the long weekend group toot,
we're going to go back in time.
Yes, we are.
And we're heading back 20 years, in fact, to the day
because Avril Lavigne's, spoiler alert,
hit album Let Go turns 20 today.
Now, Let Go was basically like the birth of Avril Lavigne,
as we know it.
She came onto the scene, everyone was like pretty pop star,
kind of teeny bopper-ish,
and then on came this girl in a man's tie and some thick eyeliner.
And, yeah, it kind of took every, like this album was huge when it came out.
Everybody had it.
So huge.
It's still one of the highest selling albums of the 21st century.
The two hit singles from the album both spent half of the year in the billboard top 100
and one of those songs is my friday flashback now uh this song uh this was 2002 so 20 years ago yeah
uh i think it's still the song that when we think of avril lavigne we think of this song
yeah and um i'm i And I'm calling for it.
20 years later,
I think we want an update on these two
and where they're at in their life.
She was just a girl.
Yeah.
He was just a boy.
And now she would be a woman
and he would be a man.
We need an update.
He also could be dead too.
We don't know if he's alive.
Absolutely.
If he's not dead,
he definitely,
he's in the age group now.
We're getting up off the couch. He'll make a funny noise. Yeah. Especially with all the injuries he's not dead, he definitely, he's in the age group now, we're getting up off the couch, he'll make a funny noise.
Yeah.
Especially with all the injuries he's had.
From all his skating.
Yeah.
His knees will be shocked.
I bet you he's still wearing chunky skater shoes, though.
Oh, yeah.
And an iLab.
But he's moved on to iLab hats.
All right, it's your Friday flashback.
Avril, zit in.
He was a boy.
She was a girl
Can I make it any more obvious
He was a punk
She did ballet
What more can I say
He wanted her
She'd never tell
Secretly she wanted him as well
And all of her friends
Stuck up their nose
And they had a problem
with his baggy clothes.
He was a skater boy. She said
see you later boy. He wasn't
good enough for her.
Now he's a superstar.
So let me on his guitar. Just show
pretty face see what he's worth.
He was a skater boy.
She said see you later boy.
He wasn't good enough for her
Now he's a superstar
So let me on his guitar
Does your pretty face see what he's worth?
He's just a boy
And I'm just a girl
Can I make it any more obvious?
We are in love
Haven't you heard?
How we rock each other's world
I'm with the skater boy
I said see you later boy
I'll be backstage after the show
I'll be at the studio
Singing the song we wrote
About the girl you used to know
I'm with the skater boy
I said see you later boy
I'll be backstage after the show I'll be at the studio It's your Friday flashback on ZM, Avril Lavigne's Sk8er Boi,
and that song, the album, came out 20 years ago today.
And that means 20 years ago today. And that means 20 years ago today,
I went to the third form ball in a mini skirt
and a tied white shirt and a tie around my neck.
As a wannabe Avril Lavigne.
Absolutely.
Wow.
Any feedback for me there, Vaughn-y?
Yeah, good feedback.
What's a classic?
My daughter, who's just having breakfast just over there, said, I've heard that song. That's that old song off TikTok. Oh, good feedback. What's a classic? My daughter, who's just having breakfast just over there,
said, I've heard that song.
That's that old song off TikTok.
Oh, my God.
No, she has had a TikTok resurgence though, eh?
Yes.
I don't know why.
Somebody messaged in saying they're tuning the lyrics
to the song's bit.
They're going to be like the premise of a movie.
Yes, it is.
That's right.
I heard that.
We all know what's going to happen in the end.
I'm sure they'll take some artistic license be like the premise of a movie. Yes, it is. That's right. I heard that. We all know what's going to happen in the end.
I'm sure they'll take some artistic licence and maybe drag it out three hours.
He'd better skate. Yeah, because you can't just jump
from one verse from Skater Boy to
he's rocking out on MTV.
Yeah, to fill in quite a lot.
In the five years from now, that whole
five years, that'll be the film. I imagine in the
movie, he will go to MTV
and change and he won't have time for her anymore because he's famous.
And then maybe, yeah, yeah, and she's sitting home feeding the baby,
but she's up the duff again, so she's got like, you know,
four of them running around.
Wait, no, no, no, Avril was never the one that was with the baby.
That was the girl that said he wasn't good enough for her.
Then she had a baby.
Oh, God, I hope they're going to work out this plot.
It sounds very complicated.
That's confusing.
Yeah, yeah.
Where's Avril in this?
Well, she was like,
you're never going to make anything of yourself,
and now he's rocking on MTV.
Right.
Yeah, but she's at home with the feeling the baby.
No, no, no, Avril's not.
This is Avril singing about another girl.
Right.
Avril was never the one with the baby.
She was the one with the skater boy
who was saying, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah,
to the girl that said the skater boy wasn't good enough.
I think we've worked out there's plenty of content for a three-hour movie there.
It's a three-hour.
Good response.
Good response there from the people there for that flashback.
The Long Weekend Group Toot.
I'm horning, horning, horning, horning.
All right.
It's time for the Long Weekend Group Toot.
Now, if you're in traffic now, give us a call.
0800 dials at M.
We need you to start off with the long weekend group toot.
It starts like this.
And then it finishes off with someone else in traffic nearby.
So ideally, when you call us, it should go.
Yeah, yeah.
All right.
Perfect.
So ideally, you need to be in an area where there is a lot of traffic.
Crawling, normally, because on a motorway,
it doesn't really work if everyone's going 100.
No, no, it doesn't.
Famously, it doesn't work.
Famously.
0800-DARLS-M is the number.
9696. I can see these.800 DARS.M is the number. 9696.
I can see these.
I can see these names on the spine.
Shall I usher in Justine for our first long weekend group tutor?
Good morning, Justine.
Hello?
All right, Justine, whereabouts in Auckland are you?
Hello?
Hello, whereabouts are you?
I'm on Great South Road,
just gone through a green line intersection coming up the Campbell Road intersection. Oh, okay, all right. Hello? Hello, whereabouts are you? I'm on Great South Road,
just gone through a green line intersection coming up the Campbell Road intersection.
Oh, OK, all right.
That's a busy old part of town.
Well, when you're ready, Justine,
give us the long weekend group tote.
OK, here we go.
Yes, yes!
Look at that.
Oh, the gate, Justine.
Oh, my God.
Nice work, Justine.
They were very quick.
I would have liked maybe a slight beat.
No, no, no.
They didn't drop tempo.
They didn't drop tempo.
No, no.
He was coming through the end section the other way.
He had to get it in quick.
Wow, that was brilliant.
Justine, you nailed that, too.
I want to commend you on being an absolute strong starter.
What a great first call.
Thank you, Justine.
Let's go to Ali in Auckland as well.
Whereabouts, Ali?
Right, we're just pulling off the Greenland roundabout.
Oh, so you must have been near Justine.
All right, when you're ready, give us a long weekend group toot.
Okay, all right.
Beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep.
Woo!
It was a little one.
No, we didn't.
It was a little one. Do, we didn't. It was a little one.
Do you have your window down, Ellie?
No, we might need to do that.
Get the window down.
Go again.
Okay.
I don't know when the first beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep.
Oh, no luck.
Go again.
Go again.
One more time.
One more, Ellie.
One more.
Beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep. No, I just look like I'm crazy. Oh, Ellie. One more.
No, I just look like I'm crazy.
Oh, no.
Great.
Ellie, great tooting from you, though.
Unfortunately, no.
Josie, good morning.
Good morning.
Also in Auckland.
Whereabouts?
On the Southern Motorway, just in a little bit of traffic.
Oh, good.
Okay.
Probably not far behind Ellie, actually. Okay, but you couldn't hear her no i couldn't okay all right give us a long weekend group two
okay we'll give it a go
oh no nothing do we want to one more time do we want one more? Give her one more for Josie. Give her a two back if you're on the motorway in Auckland.
Shall we give her another go?
Yeah, go for it.
Let's do this.
Come on, people.
Eep, eep, eep, eep, eep, eep, eep, eep, eep.
Oh, Josie.
Gutted.
Great tooting from you, though.
Let's go for our first South Island Long weekend group toot
Brittany, Lucan and Ava in Crash Church
Good morning
Good morning
We're about to go to Crash Church
We are just coming down
Off the motorway
Into a busy section on Cranford Street
Let's get the window down
And give us a long weekend group toot
When you're ready
Okay
That was great, let's go one more time if you're in Christchurch. Toot back.
Oh, no!
They're just staring.
That was brilliant tooting, though, guys.
Brilliant tooting. Great tooting, team.
Let's go now to
Wellington. Let's go Chloe in Wellington, our
first Capital City Long Weekend Group toot. Good morning, Chloe. Good morning. Let's go Chloe in Wellington, our first capital city long weekend group two.
Good morning, Chloe.
Good morning.
All right, whereabouts in Wellington?
We are on Kaiparawhara Road.
Oh, it's a good road.
It's on the way into town, yeah.
Okay, all right, give us a long weekend group two when you're ready.
There's a bus coming.
Oh, God, that bloody bus.
That was really heavy-footed.
That'll be tearing through diesel like nobody's business.
Let's go again, Chloe, because it was a bad joke.
The nation's asleep.
We started so well, though, didn't we?
I know.
We've only got one from five.
This is some of our worst long weekend group tooting.
Yeah.
Riley.
We're just warming up.
I mean, nothing against the tooters.
The tooters have been absolutely brilliant.
Phenomenal.
Riley and Mum, good morning.
Good morning.
Whereabouts in Auckland are you?
We've got a bad phone line there. We'll see if we can come back. Let's go to Bruna and Christchurch. Good morning. Whereabouts in Auckland are you? We've got a bad phone line there.
We'll see if we can come back.
Let's go to Bruna in Christchurch.
Good morning.
Good morning.
Whereabouts in Christchurch are you?
I'm just in the motorway.
Okay.
All right.
When you really give us a long weekend, group two.
Okay.
I'll give it a go.
Okay.
No.
I can go again because I want to say your form was the sloppiest we've had yet, Bruno.
Yeah, it was a sloppy start.
You really got it back at the end there, but it was a sloppy start.
Okay.
One more time.
Take a breath.
Okay.
Good on you.
Relax.
Just relax.
Just relax.
Okay.
No, nothing.
Oh, that was perfect, though.
Good technique.
I didn't.
No.
No, we didn't. It was a good journey for Bruna, though.
You did well, though.
You did well.
It's not your fault.
Man, this is something else.
Let's go to Danny Burke.
Good morning, Kat.
Morning. How's the traffic Danny Burke. Good morning, Kat. Morning.
How's the traffic in Danny Burke this morning?
Oh, pretty shit.
It's raining hard out.
Okay, this is not...
That's what I worry about.
We've got too much rain today for a long weekend.
Yeah.
When you're ready, Kat, give us a long weekend group two.
Okay, I'll just put my window down.
Okay.
It's going to get wet.
Yep.
Okay. Okay. It's going to get wet. Yep. Okay.
Here we go.
Okay.
Wait, no, you've just got two there.
I just heard two very well spaced toots.
I think your phone cut out there, Kat.
Oh, did it?
Yeah, go again.
It was in the rain.
They're not meant to go in the rain, I don't think, phones.
Someone just pulled the fingers at me.
Oh, God.
Danny Burke.
Danny Burke, yeah.
Do you want to try one more time?
Try not to get murdered.
Okay, do it another time.
Yep.
Oh, there's my brain puddle.
No, we've lost her.
She's cut out.
Oh, Kat.
We've lost Danny Burke in a puddle, I believe.
Let's go to Sam.
This is Sam.
Good morning in Wellington.
How are you?
Oh, God.
Wake up, Sam.
No, we've lost Sam as well.
Let's go Courtney in Hamilton.
Good morning, Courtney.
Morning.
Morning.
Whereabouts in Hamilton are you?
I've just come off the Fairfield Bridge heading into town.
Okay, all right.
When you're ready, give us a little more.
Okay, here we go, team.
Okay.
No, we're not hearing that.
Oh, you're useless.
We're not hearing that, Courtney.
I couldn't hear anything, Courtney.
You couldn't even hear the flute.
No, we couldn't hear the flute.
Okay, I'm going to hook my phone out the window.
Okay.
Here we go, let's try again.
Okay.
Oh, they're getting close.
Hamilton's not on this morning.
No, well, we couldn't even hear the tooting.
Courtney, what an absolute disaster this has been.
Let's try Invercargill, and then let's have a break so we can compose ourselves.
Dave and Invercargill, good morning.
G'day, g'day.
G'day, good, good.
Give us a long weekend group toot.
Bring it back for us.
Okay.
Come on.
Here we go.
Okay.
Here we go.
Yes!
Yes!
I'm going to take it.
I'm going to take it.
Dave, brilliant tooting all round.
Invercargill bringing it back for us.
But still, that's only two from how many attempts?
I've got nine on my list. That doesn't include the people that we went to and were it back for us. But still, that's only two from how many attempts? No, I've got nine on my list.
That doesn't include the people that we went to and were no longer with us.
So two from nine.
Two from nine.
Wow.
Worst long weekend group, too.
Are we blaming the weather for this?
Maybe.
Hey, I do know.
Now, I do have some direct communication from one of our callers,
Lisa Marie, who's currently jammed on the Harbour Bridge.
Could be a goer. Oh, okay. I don't think we've ever had a Harbour's currently jammed on the Harbour Bridge. Could be a goer.
Oh, OK.
I don't think we've ever had a Harbour.
Have we ever had a Harbour Bridge toot before?
Not on the Harbour Bridge.
All right, let's get her on the phone.
Let's come back next for round two of the Long Weekend Group Toot.
Let's see if we can do better than two from nine.
A dismal start this Queen's birthday weekend.
Play.
ZM's Fletchvorn and Hayley.
The Long Weekend Group Tote.
I'm horning, horning, horning, horning.
So horning.
I'm horning, horning, horning in the morning.
Well, the Long Weekend Group Tote, Queen's birthday edition.
It's been a dreadful, I'm going to say a dreadful start.
Abysmal?
Abysmal start.
Yeah, terrible.
Not helped by,
we are hearing as well,
it is a teacher's only day
in some areas today.
Yeah, so that means
people have long gone.
They would have gone yesterday
for a nice four-day weekend, right?
So lighter than usual traffic,
although still a lot of people
are stuck in traffic.
So if you are,
join us now
for the long weekend group toot.
Give us the first bit of the toot, which starts like this.
And if you hear that anywhere in traffic, finish it off for a successful long weekend group toot.
All right, we're going to start in Crushage.
We are having some phone issues this morning, so that's why we're going to some callers and they're not there.
Oh my God, sorry, we just got a message on our group chat saying someone is watching us live.
We're live streaming as their wife is in hospital giving birth.
Go be with her.
Brilliant.
Hugo and Jamie, good morning.
Good morning.
All right.
Whereabouts in Christchurch are you guys?
We're in town.
In town.
All right. In town.
All right. Yes, you are.
All right, Hugo.
Get Dad to get on the horn and give us the long weekend group toot.
All right.
Uh-oh.
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
All right.
We're going to have to get the one, two, one, two, three, one, two, three, four.
What's that?
Beep, beep.
Beep, beep, beep.
Beep, beep, beep, beep.
Oh.
I think your tempo was a little gutless there, Dad.
It was.
But we got there.
We got there.
Did you have one back?
What did he say?
Did you get a two back?
No, we didn't.
Okay.
Oh, wow.
Well, we tried.
Thanks, Hugo and Dave.
Anna and Crush, which we're about.
I'm on B-L-E-A-V.
B-L-E-A-V.
All right.
Okay.
Give us the long weekend group, too, when you're ready.
Okay.
Oh, nothing.
Nothing.
I reckon go again, but just chill it out a bit, Anna.
You're a little bit frantic. Okay.
It's a window open as well.
Have we got the window open?
I got one.
We didn't hear it.
Anna, is the window open?
Yes, the window's open.
Do the tune and then put the phone out the window.
Put the phone out the window, okay.
We couldn't hear it.
Okay.
Did you hear it?
Yes!
It sounded like you were getting ploughed into by a truck.
Yes, oh, Anna, that's a win, and we needed that, didn't we?
We really did.
Let's go to Summer in Ormiston.
Good morning, Summer.
Good morning.
All right, when you're ready, give us a long weekend group toot.
Cool.
Yay!
Did you hear that?
Yes.
Yes, we did.
Also, is it raining heavy at the moment?
No, no, it's not.
It sounds like heavy rain.
No, I've got a trap near me.
Okay.
All right.
Well, Summer, amazing.
Thank you.
You're on the leaderboard there. Freedom and Christchurch, good morning. Good Okay. All right. Well, Summer, amazing. Thank you. You're on the leaderboard there.
Freedom in Christchurch.
Good morning.
Good morning.
All right.
We've got a couple of toots.
We're feeling energised, Freedom.
Whereabouts in Christchurch are you?
We are on Colombo Street.
Oh, okay.
That's a good tooting area.
Yeah.
It is quite quiet, but I reckon we can do it.
Okay.
All right.
Go for it.
When you're ready.
Okay.
Oh, there was one, but it was real quiet.
Okay, go again.
Go again.
Get the phone out the window.
Okay.
Yeah.
Yes.
Yes.
You did.
You got two. One was cut off. That's amazing. Yes. Thank you, Freedom. It was two. You did. You got two.
One was cut off.
That's amazing.
Yes.
Thank you, Freedom.
Yes.
Freedom, that's so good.
Three in a row.
Okay, let's go to Sam in Wellington.
Good morning, Sam.
Good morning, guys.
Good morning.
Whereabouts in Wellington?
We're on State Highway 2 at the moment.
Okay.
All right.
Well, when you're ready, give us a long weekend group toot.
All right. man. Okay. Alright, well, when you're ready, give us a long weekend, Group 2. Alright.
No. No.
Go again. Go again. A bit slower.
Yeah, heard that.
We're hardly even hearing that. Well, okay, we have to go to
the next caller. Let's go to Tevita, East Auckland.
Whereabouts?
Pick up.
Pakuranga.
Okay, all right.
When you're ready, give us a long weekend group tote.
All right, here we go.
There you go.
Yes!
Oh, that was good, Tevita.
You really slapped.
You were slapping it.
Slapping the horse.
Thank you.
Nisam Pathfinder. Nisam Path it. Slapping the wheel. Thank you. Nissan Pathfinder.
Nissan Pathfinder.
Go to the Pathfinder.
They take a hiding, don't they, eh, the Pathfinders?
Brilliant.
All right.
Let's go to Mary and Libby.
Good morning.
Hi.
Libby.
Whereabouts in Auckland are you?
Thank you for calling me, actually.
Oh, okay.
All right.
Well, when you're ready, give us the long weekend group toot.
Here we go. Oh, thank you. Thanks, okay. All right. Well, when you're ready, give us the long weekend group toot. Here we go.
Oh, thank you.
Thanks, guys.
And we've locked...
Oh.
Oh.
Oh.
Do you know,
someone messaged in
saying that if you've
updated your phone recently,
they've sucked all the
background noise
out of phones?
Have they?
Yeah, because...
Yeah, what do they call that?
The gate on the microphone.
The gate, yeah, yeah, yeah.
And it automatically closes to get rid of the background noise.
But it is making life a little harder for the long weekend group.
Let's do the very last long weekend group tour today in Hamilton.
Anna, good morning.
Good morning.
All right, whereabouts in the Tron are you?
I'm on Tui Caramera Road.
So I don't know how well this is going to go, but fingers crossed.
Sounds like you're on a luge.
It does. Alright, Anna, go for it when you're ready.
Can I
wait one minute? Okay, wait
there. We'll go to Lisa in
Monaco. Good morning, Lisa.
Bye. Alright, when you're ready, give us
a long weekend group tour.
Okay.
Oh, no.
You're going to put us right out the window. I think all we heard is just our wind there, Lisa.
Give us the toot first, Lisa.
Give us the toot first because I think you put us out the window a little too heavy.
Oh, okay.
Okay, here we go. Go again.
No, no one here knows how to play. It was a good toot, it was a good toot. All right, um are you ready in Hamilton Anna? Hey here we go. Okay. Yep.
Terrible, terrible, terrible rhythm.
The kids were screaming.
Anna, go one more time, Anna.
Okay, okay, here we go.
Jeez. That child is like, sounds was a chaotic end to the long weekend.
Wait, there's traffic, there's traffic!
You've got to turn right.
No, no, no, Anna, the gremlin.
You need to turn around and go home, take the gremlin home,
because you can't feed that gremlin after midnight or get it wet.
Let's go to Charlie.
Let's go to Charlie.
We've got to get rid of you, Anna.
Look, I don't.
Wow, that was so loud.
Charlie, come on.
We've got to go, Charlie.
Hello.
We've got to finish well.
Oh, gosh, there's so much pressure.
Charlie, it can't be any worse than the monstrosity
we just witnessed from Hamilton with the gremlin child
and the tooting that was in no way rhythmic.
I'm in a little bit of traffic.
Okay.
All right.
Here we go.
Okay.
No!
It sounds like your horn is a Morse code machine.
We didn't hear the toot back, Charlie.
No, we need one more.
Oh, one more, one more.
One more, get the phone out the way.
Okay, here we go.
Okay.
No! Wait, can you give me one more, one go. Okay. No!
Wait, can you give me one more, one more?
Okay.
Come on, Charlie.
Bring it on home.
Okay, here we go, here we go, here we go.
Okay, that phone, no, it's not working.
It's been an absolute-
It sounds like-
No!
It sounds like, Charlie, it sounds like,
dead war has been declared on Germany.
Stop.
Hitler is the enemy.
Stop.
Bourne, how many successful toots from how many attempts?
We got six successful toots from 19 attempts.
A disaster.
All right.
We've got to bring it back.
Play ZM's Fletch, Vaughn and Hayley.
Play ZM's Fletch Vaughan and Hayley. Play ZM.
Fact of the day, day, day, day, day.
Today's fact of the day, a homegrown fact of the day.
I can't believe I've never seen this because you know, Fletch,
every time we go to Wellington, I say I'm off to Te Papa.
I love it.
You love it.
I love a national museum.
I go once every 10 years.
That's enough for me.
Oh, no, you're missing out.
It's so good.
I've been to that World War I.
Yep, I love that.
I've been to that World War I exhibition I think five times that. I've been to that World War I exhibition, I think five times now,
and every time I'm just like,
ooh, goosebumps.
Isn't our colossal squid falling apart at the sink?
Oh, will you?
Will you?
You imagine a colossal squid.
You get it out of the ocean,
of course it's going to start rotting.
Yeah, no, I don't think it's doing so well.
They've got it in formaldehyde.
I hadn't heard that it was falling to bits,
but it always looked a bit manky.
It always looked like they found it
when it was already been dead for a few days.
The tank is like full of floaties.
It's sort of coming off.
It's like leaving, you know,
if you have chicken for dinner
and you leave it out on the bench,
you can put it in the fridge the next day,
but it's not going to be the same
as if it was refrigerated immediately.
Exactly.
Question, has anyone had formaldehyde squid rings?
Oh, no.
Would that go down well?
No, they banned them in the 80s.
They caused horrendous birth defects.
Oh, right, okay.
So they stopped trying to make seafood last longer
by preserving it in formaldehyde before people ate it.
Damn.
But this is a Tamil bell.
A Tamil bell is in Te Papa.
Okay, what's a Tamil bell?
It's a type of bell that was used by seafarers and traders.
I'm imagining it was on a boat.
It would ding dong, the witch is dead sort of a warning bell.
Not that one at a bar if you ring it, you have to give everyone a shot.
Oh, yeah, that's a cool bell.
No.
That's not a Tamil bell.
That's not in Te Papa?
No, that's not in Te Papa. That's not in Te Papa? No, that's not in Te Papa.
That should be in Te Papa.
The cafe in Te Papa you walk in
ding, ding, ding. Some 65
year old group of ladies who are doing
a trip to see
something about the suffragettes and all have to do
tequila shots before Te Papa.
No, this bell
was discovered in New Zealand
in 1836.
And it was, uh, it's a bell not, um, it was made overseas.
It was a European tradition.
So when, in 1936, a explorer, 1836, sorry,
William Colenso found the bell, he said to local Māori,
um, where'd you get this bell from?
And they're like, don't know.
We've had it for ages though,
we use it for cooking.
They'd turn the bell upside down
and they'd light a fire on it
and they'd cook in it.
Yeah.
And he's like,
how did it get here?
And they're like,
don't know,
we just had it one day.
And so it's inscribed in Tamil,
are the words,
it says this name of the ship,
Moho Yedin Book's ship bell.
Yeah.
And no one's got any idea how it got to New Zealand.
Did it wash up onto a beach?
It's too heavy.
That was monstrously heavy.
That's what made it so good for cooking.
You imagine a huge cast iron pot.
Like a big melting pot.
And all we need is a great big melting pot.
Yeah, to take the world in all it's got.
Yeah, right.
Okay.
So how big is this thing?
There's this mystery about,
oh, it's big enough to be cooked in,
like a big pot.
So they make a big casserole.
Oh, yeah.
Yeah, slow cook cassie.
Oh, yum.
Well, you could probably get a couple
of good mower drumsticks in there,
I reckon.
Oh, my God, a mower slow cook in winter.
Yes, please.
Does this mean that there's a theory
that someone else was there before
our mate Cook?
Perhaps. He's not my mate, by the way.
He's not my mate.
He's not my mate.
So I just realised I was taking a stand
by Cook and I don't want to do that.
He's not your mate. Yeah, right.
I was incorrect in saying the Tamil bell
was European of origin. Tamil, of course, is an area.
It's South Asia.
The Tamil people of South Asia, they were always sailing around.
So, you know, there's thoughts of if they did come,
and if it was a shipwreck and then local Maori tribe found the bell,
there's, you know, legs to the thoughts that Europeans
might not have been the first settlers post-Māori to arrive in New Zealand.
It might have been the Tamil.
Okay.
And that's how their bell got here.
Suck it, cook.
Let's get a little Tamil ship on the 50 cent piece.
Yeah.
And that's today's...
Fact of the day Day Day Day Day the phone now by someone who you can see tonight on Prime Video. The first three episodes of
season three of The Boys is out and Erin Moriarty is on the phone. Hello. Hello. How are you
guys? Really good. We were lucky enough to get a sneak peek of episode one yesterday
and wow, it's back as good as ever. See, that's the thing. You're just scratching the surface
with episode one. If you think it's back and better, just wait.
The episode one obviously sets it up.
But the funny thing about this season is like,
we're now entering the territory where, yes, okay,
everyone knows that you're going to see things on The Boys
that you've never seen before on TV.
But now it's getting to the territory of like,
I didn't think I would ever see this in my life.
When you first pick up a script, of like, I don't, I didn't think I would ever see this in my life.
When you first pick up a script and it's kind of describes the action of what is happening.
Are you like, what?
Yeah, truly, truly.
And also usually it doesn't involve my character, which is, which is a good and a bad thing.
Like it's, it's cool to play the straight character, but in certain points I'm like,
damn, I wish I got to do some of that crazy stuff.
Yeah. but in certain points I'm like, damn, I wish I got to do some of that crazy stuff. But there are a lot of situations this season where I'm like, I'm so glad that I'm the one
that walks in on things
and that doesn't participate in things
because it is crazy and it's hilarious.
And then there are days on set where I'm like,
if you guys saw what my eyes have seen,
you'd be like, oh, I'm changed forever from this show.
And I don't know if it's for the better or the good.
It's definitely for the better
because my sense of humor is so dark,
but it is wild, you guys.
I mean, when it changes you as a person,
in addition to as an actor,
you know that we've gone far.
There are certain members of my family,
like my grandma, who I'm like, you know, they're quote unquote proud,
but I'm also like, oh my God, this is what I ended up in.
And of course, this is the exact thing that I wanted to do.
I'm a New Yorker, I'm very cynical,
I have really dark humor.
This is my kind of thing.
I wanna go far with it, right?
I wanna do all those things.
But there are certain family members where I'm like,
you don't need to watch this episode.
But I think that's a sign that we're doing the right thing
because that's the kind of show I want to be a part of.
Well, it does.
It pushes.
I remember talking to Carlo Barn before last season came out
because he's a New Zealander, so is Anthony Stark, as are we.
Wait, so you guys are in New Zealand?
Yeah. Oh, cool. I've never been and I'm dying are we. Wait, so you guys are in New Zealand? Yeah.
That's where you guys are.
Oh, cool.
I've never been and I'm dying to go.
Oh, come over.
I know so many Kiwis and they're the best.
We are the best.
Yeah, we are.
Well, I remember the first season of The Boys,
it was quite big news here that two New Zealanders were getting leads
in this show that was being produced.
Seth Rogen was an executive producer
and it had all these names attached and everyone's like,
we've got to watch.
It's the patriotic Judy of New Zealand.
And then as you say, people were like,
it's not for everybody.
And the funny thing is like, listen,
I don't, this is probably one of those stupid assumptions
people make, but now I'm like,
well, all Kiwis know each other because I get on our show
and Carl and Anthony have
known each other for decades
and they had the same acting teacher
growing up. And it's just
a small world. So it was so cool to see
that personal connection. But then at the same time
they're playing enemies.
So it's so funny to see them because they're the
pillars of our show, you know. Kiwis
are the two pillars of our show.
And they're batting heads. But they're
in person the best people.
So Carlo Barn told us before
the last season that he read the script and
he said at one stage you had to drive a
boat through a whale. And he was like
that's the craziest thing. Are we
going to see crazier in season
three? 100%.
100%.
Yes. Where do I even begin? Like, I, you know, it's hard to even hint because, but it's like, I don't know. It's kind of, I don't, that writer's room, I wish I could
be a fly on the wall because they must have so much fun coming up with stuff because the stuff they
come up with it's almost like okay take that get wilder and crazier and more inappropriate and then
we're gonna say yes to it how do you find the fans the fans of the show like do you get accosted in
the street now do people stop you is it just taking things to a whole new level for you you
know people did people wreck yeah yeah people people people, people will, some do. I mean, I, I'm lucky
because like, I live in LA where you walk down the street and every third person is a successful
actor. So I get the constant like humility check of like, okay, well, yeah, you're on a TV show.
So what? So I do like that, but I do get the funny thing is yes, I'll get recognized every now and
then. And people are really nice. But the funny thing is when I like run into my older neighbor who's this older lovely woman and and she asked
what show I'm on and I say and she's like oh oh oh oh I couldn't uh I had to stop watching that
when people look at me like oh you're on that show you're on that I reckon it's a compliment
someone's saying I yeah I completely agree but that's a compliment, someone's saying. It is a compliment, yeah.
I completely agree, but that's the funny thing,
are certain family members who are older and they're like, I just had to stop.
Or the eyes widen and they're like,
oh, you're on that show.
But yeah, I get recognized.
People are lovely.
They're hilarious.
You would love New Zealand if that's the mentality
and LA is like, oh, you're on a TV show, big whoop.
And also, I have to say, I'm probably the only American who's watched,
it's my favorite New Zealand show ever and it's like the big show that Anthony was on.
Outrageous Fortune.
I love Outrageous Fortune.
And I'm the only American who I know who's seen it, okay?
I love Outrageous Fortune.
You're going to spread the word.
It's one of our best, I reckon.
I said to Anthony, if it came out in the States, it would have been a Friends except bed. Like, I love you gotta spread the word it's one of our best I reckon I said to Anthony if it came out in the States
it would have been a friends
except bed
like I love it
we need to send Erin
some Shortland Street
I reckon
we'll get you out
we've got a long running
soap opera
and I reckon you'll love
Shortland Street
oh I know Shortland Street
I've heard about it before
that's so funny
but yeah
it's our pride
it's the pride of our country
if I'm wrong
Karl Urban was on
Shortland Street
and he was the first ever gay person
to portray a gay character on Shortland Street.
And it was in the early 90s.
Yeah.
Which was quite progressive.
It is progressive.
But no, yeah.
I mean, I do think that there are some people,
like my mom specifically,
she really likes the show,
but she's had some moments
where she's just walked away and she's like,
still to this day, she's like, it traumatized her.
And I'm like, oh, mom, you have no idea what you're in for this season.
Yeah, maybe you're still one.
Skip season three.
Yeah.
Skip season three.
Well, we didn't even get time to cover Jensen Ackles joining the cast,
which I'm very, very excited about.
Soldier Boy.
Soldier Boy.
I'll just say Homelander, the original Homelander.
Yeah.
In a world where one Homelander is too many.
So two Homelanders in one show.
It's time to defrost another.
Well, season three of The Boys on Amazon Prime.
Erin Moriarty, thank you so much for your time.
Thank you guys so much.