ZM's Fletch, Vaughan & Hayley - Fletch, Vaughan & Hayley's Celeb in a Pod - Jack Black!

Episode Date: March 24, 2024

Fletch, Vaughan & Hayley sat down for a chat with the legendary, inimitable, tenacious; Jack Black!We played Final Rankings, chatted Kung Fu Panda 4, Footwear, & Britney Spears!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Fleshborn and Hayley, celeb in a pod. Great things are brewing at McCafe. The perfect start to every day. Hayley, Hayley, Hayley. Jack, Jack, Jack Black. And Vaughn. Yes. That's us.

The great show, Hayley, Flesh and Vaughn. This is a way better order. Is it? Yeah. It's got a ring to it. Do you know what? Feminism. It's 2024, guys.

Wake up. I'm pretty good with naming shows. Great. Hayley, Fletch and Vaughn. Welcome to Hayley, Fletch and Vaughn, Jack Black. Fletch, Hayley and Vaughn. Fletch, Vaughn and Hayley. Vaughn, Hayley, Fletch.

That's the good one. No, no. We'll go with what you started. Hayley, Fletch and Vaughn. Can we start with, let's go around, do a little round the circle of footwear choices. I'd love to start with footwear. I'll be the opener. I've gone for a dirty chuck.

Classic. And a sock that's been washed with other colours too much. Yes, good. Do you know what I mean? Oh, I know exactly what you mean. A kiss of grey. Don't do that with your pants. Vaughan?

I've got a well-worn in Birkenstock that's starting to collapse at the back there by the heel. Dogs are out. Super comfy, dogs out. We've got a well-worn-in Birkenstock that's starting to collapse at the back there by the heel. Dogs are out. Super comfy. Dogs out. We've got a celebrity in our midst. I did wonder if it was appropriate to have dogs out. No problems with that.

No. Thank you, Jean Black. Also, you've got a white jean, obviously very new. Look at the state of your jeans, Vaughn. They're a little bit dirty. Yeah. Fletch, you've got a sneaker. Dirty jeans.

We're going to call you from now on dirty jeans dirty jeans flitch and haley uh flitch you've got a sneaker yeah of course he's a fit guy no socks or no no he didn't anchor the side yeah that's a party for you is that good they just look ridiculous but i get it that's it this. That isn't that kind of thing. I'll hide it away. You're a growing man. You should wear a growing sock. You grow up.

My turn. I'm rocking Crocs. And a tie-dye sock. And socks. And I tie-dye them myself. Do you? I like to. Because I realized I don't like the look of white socks. I want them to be explosively colorful.

I want them to have party. I want my socks to be, you know, in a festive mood. Is this what you do as like a hobby? This is all I do. All I do is tie-dye socks

when I'm not rocking. Wow. You rock and you sock. I rock in socks. And the Crocs in full drive mode and I'm noticing no gibbets.

Okay, so I made a party foul. Apparently no one told me when I got to Auckland that I should be rocking these other kinds of, not crocs. You don't rock crocs in ox. You rock giblets.

Gibbets. From now on, I'm going to be kicking it in the jibs. And if anyone's watching from jibs, hook me up, bro. Jibs are the decorations for the crocs. Oh, now I get it. You've been in Auckland for a while, eh? You've been a few months?

I've lived here for months, yeah. Yeah. Are you loving it? Love it. Best place to film. And it's been a long time, but it's not my first major motion picture. No. That I've shot.

For anyone that doesn't know, I'm in town right now working on a Minecraft movie with my pal Jason Momoa. Very exciting. About 20 years ago, I worked with, I'm about to drop another name, Peter Jackson. Clang! Let me get that.

How am I doing? On a little movie called King Kong down in Wellington. I remember it. It was a little independent film, wasn't it? And we shot also a scene here in Auckland at the Civic Auditorium. And it was an amazing scene. I recently seen this.

King Kong was on display. We were making it look like we were in New York on Broadway. Yeah. We were about to do a live show at the Civic. We're a pretty big deal. Oh, yeah. Gorgeous theatre. Oh, I know.

Stunning. 100 years old. Well, nothing's really that old in New Zealand, to be fair. Well, a hondo is nothing to sneeze at. No. And they did a recent renovation. Yeah. Make it spanky clean, spanky fresh. Has Britney Spears chatted with you about your cover of Baby

One More Time? I've not heard from Britney. I did send her an email saying that I was a huge fan and that we love the song and that we're real proud of our cover. It's so good. And I hope she likes it. And come to the premiere if you want. We'd love to high five you in person.

And I heard from her manager that she read the email and she said thank you. But I have not heard anything other than just thank you. Is she using a Gmail or a Yahoo? A home mail. I did not send an email to her. I sent it to my manager who sent it to her manager who sent it.

So I have no idea what the chain of command is. I love Britney, but she gives big yahoo.com. Yahoo! Yahoo! Yeah. So what? Kung Fu Panda 4. We saw it.

Tentative high five. I wasn't sure So go on We saw it Love it I've loved it Since the first film It's so much fun

It's honestly great That means a lot to me I'll tell you why Because I saw it as well At the premiere In Hollywood And I was just Loving it

Yeah I was laughing Harder than anyone else In the theater And just looking around Going Did we just nail it? Is anyone seeing How funny I am? And it's like it yeah I was laughing harder than anyone else in the theater and just looking around going did we just nail it is anyone seeing how funny I am yeah and that's like I'm not objective so I don't know so to hear it from someone else it's good to know that it's not just me no no it's very funny and

I'm incredibly funny as well so I've got great comedy and can tell you that it's very funny thank you do you when you're doing the voiceoverover for it, are you leading it or do you have to follow the cartoon? I always give them what they want first. Yes. I read it as written first. Yes. And once they get what they need and once they're happy, then I go, no, no, no. Not moving on yet.

And I'll kick it my style. I'll throw in some make-em-ups and I'll put some of my own secret pizzazz on it. And then, you know, I don't say, and you have to use that. You know, I'll let them use what they want. Because will they have to, like, redo it if you get in there skiddly-dee? They get my voice before they start to animate. Right, right. But sometimes I will go back in when they see what works and what's great

and they want, like, we need a little bit more of that yeah a bit more juice a bit more so yeah so yeah it's a collab and uh some of the artistry makes the the jokes way funnier so it's always kind of a dance you do with with the team and we had a great team of artists because some of those faces that that po pulls are even funnier than the lines. You know what I mean? Totally. I love it.

Are you alone in the booth? I always feel like it would be a very lonely. You see some animation, especially when it's a scene, an intimate scene, they've got both the voice actors there. But in this situation, were you in the room? It's pretty rare that you actually get to jam with another actor when you're making one of these animated films. Once in a while, we did do one day me and Awkwafina,

and that was good and helpful. But for the most part, they like to drill down one person, one actor at a time. The only time I know of a filmmaker using all the actors live and in person together is what was that the fantastic mr. Fox by Wes Anderson but it's got that kind of like arthouse movie feel yeah when they're when they're all there live in person no I've never done a whiz I feel like you'd fit into a whiz

I'm ready if he calls yeah I loved Bottle Rocket all the way through to the last one, Asteroid City. Oh, yeah. Dude knows what he's doing. Dude's got incredible style that everyone's copied, you know? That look, that Wes Anderson look. Those bright colors and beautiful, like, appointed production design. It's art, darling. It's art.

Darling, it's art. It really is. Play. Sit in. Splits for the really is. Play ZM's Fletch for the Nelly. Play ZM. We want to play a game with you. It's something we do mostly on Fridays, but we'll do it with you. We'll make an exception for Jack Black.

Talk to me. It's called Final Rankings. We rank things. Sometimes it's food. It's often food. It's often food. It's often food. Sometimes it's fingers. We ranked fingers, and I think the index came out superior. Index came out number one. I mean, It's often food. It's often food. Sometimes it's fingers. We ranked fingers. I think the index came out

superior. Index came out number one. Obviously. This one's a close second though. I think we went thumb was second for memory. Thumb is strong as well. It's what makes us us. It makes us human. It's what makes us New Zealand.

We're going to rank some things inspired by Kanku Panda. Starting with Chinese cuisine. That's what makes us New Zealand. Yeah. We're going to rank some things inspired by Kanku Panda. Oh, good. Starting with Chinese cuisine. That's a great three things to rank. You've got to go. Dumplings is number one. Pork shumai. Wait a second.

We're talking food. We're coming right out of the gate with food. We're ranking food. Chinese cuisine. You're saying dumplings number one? Yeah. Okay. Steamed pork bun, number two. What about Okay. Yeah. Steamed pork bun number two.

What about a noodle? Pork shumai number three. That's outrageous. Are we ranking just Chinese foods? Yeah. Yes. Oh, okay. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

I would go, you got to put a sweet and sour pork. Yeah. Wait a second. How many do we get in our rankings? You can do a top three. Three. So you did his three. Yeah.

You were saying dumpling. Dumplings. Steamed bun. Yeah, pork steamed bun. You were saying dumpling, steamed bun. Pork steamed bun. Pork shumai. The little ones that are open with a little pork. Never heard of it. I like the first two. It's basically a glorified exploded dumpling. I would argue that the second one, the

steamed bao, is that what it's called? No, like pork steamed bun. Kind of the same sort of situation as a steamed bao. I that what it's called? No, like pork steamed bun. Kind of the same sort of situation as a steamed bun. Yeah, delicious. I'll go sweet and sour pork number three. I'll go like a noodle, like a fried noodle, chicken fried noodle number two. I'm going dumplings

number one. I'm going to go with dumplings number one. I agree. It's because there's a magic to the hidden what's inside. They can tell you what's in a soup dumpling. A speciality that's a soup dumpling. You take that bite.

Yeah, okay. And second, I'm going to go egg rolls. Yes, egg rolls. Like an egg foo young. Yeah. Also known as spring rolls sometimes. Yeah, spring rolls. The crispy ones that you dip in the sweet and sour sauce.

Delish. And I also like it because it's like a Chinese burrito. It's wrapped up and once again, it's a little surprise. A little surprise. What's inside? We don't know. Okay. So dumps number one.

Yeah. And finally, I don't like it when you say dumps, but I know what you mean. Dumps number one. Dumps are also number one. We've got a limited amount of time with DJ. There's actually nothing better than a good dump. Agreed. That's not where we're ranking.

Agreed. I ate a jar of candied jalapenos last night, and I've had about four this morning. Oh, that's a hot one. Yeah, yeah, yeah, dude. If you feel us rushing you, it's because Bourne literally has to go. And last but not least, I just like a good old fortune cookie. Crunch it, and then you get a little surprise inside.

A little bit of wisdom. What's the future hold? Hopefully it's good news. Fletch, what's yours? Sweet and sour pork. Lemon chicken. Oh my God. Is that allowed?

You are the whitest man I've ever met in my life. Orange chicken. Orange chicken. Orange chicken. Oh yeah, orange chicken. So sticky. Okay, maybe orange chicken second. Princess chicken.

Yeah, and then fried dumplings, not steamed. I know what you're saying though. With orange chicken second. Yeah, and then fried dumplings, not steamed. I know what you're saying, though. With orange chicken or general tsu's, you squeeze a little lemon on there, it might add a little zest. I think we've done well, you guys. I think dumplings win. You know what's lacking in our rankings?

There's not one vegetable. No, no, no, no, no, no, no. It's a fine, delicious sweet and sour. I was going to say bok choy with oyster sauce. I'll put it, there's a chive. There's a hint of chive in my dumpling. There's a chive. That's enough. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, It's like you're flossing before you've finished eating. Flossing your throat because half of it's down and you're like. Okay, next. Hot and sour soup with the tofu chunks. Oh, yum. You can only have three, though. I made four, I know.

No, I'm sorry. You've broken the rules. The cookies shouldn't have counted, though. That's kind of like an afterthought. It was left field. Okay, next thing to rank, Kung Fu Noises. Well, obviously, I'm partial to Skadoosh. Skadoosh.

I think we invented that one, though. Yeah. I was going to say, did that come from a little bit of that special Jack Black sauce on a re-record? You gave them what you want, and then you gave them the Skadoosh back in the day? Let's be told, I thought that I invented it, and then later I was talking to my buddy, Jared Hess, who directed Nacho Libre. Oh, yeah.

And is also directing Minecraft, and he was like, no, dude, don't you remember? I told you, Skadoosh. Skadoosh was my thing that I was doing. I was like, oh, my God. You have full credit for Skadoosh. So he could take me to court over Skadoosh, but he won't. He's such a lovely guy. He let me have Skadoosh.

He gave me his Skadooshing blessing. And now it's, you know, it's become part of the world vernacular. Yeah. Okay, I would go, you got to put kapow in there. Kapow. You got to go classic hi-ya. Hi-ya?

Hi-ya? Hi-ya? Hi-ya. Hi-ya. You got to go falsetto with a proper hi-ya. I would do kapow, like a classic kind of like comic book. That's more like Batman, right?

But I guess that's, it is the sound of a impact. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. I would, what do I, whoops, like a ninja karate chop on the neck. You come out of nowhere and you,

whoops. More like the crack of a whip, really. Yeah, it is more of a whip crack. How do you spell that? W-A-A-P-I-S-H. No, like S-S-H-H-H. Okay, you drank it without. Here's another one.

How do you spell zhuzh? Z-S-H-U-Z-S-H-U. Zhuzhu. No, no, no. Take off the last U. Also, I want to throw in a ki-i. Oh, yeah. Ki-i.

Yeah. That's one where you're releasing chi and you say kiai and it's like an explosive finish. Okay. It helps you actually kick more butt. Okay. No one knows why. Okay. So I would say hiya wins.

Skadoosh is second. I apologize. Only because you stole it. Because I've already used up my three. It sounds like a gray area. I don't want to touch skadoosh. Well, you've got hiya, kiai. Yeah. And skadoosh. And skado've got here, kiai. Yeah.

And skadoosh. And skadoosh. One of those was yours, though. I'm throwing in one more. Watai! It's kind of like a what, ai, watai. Watai. Watai.

So that's your number three. Yeah. Okay. Those are classics. Okay. I like this. But Bruce Lee didn't even need a word. He would just, like an animal, like a cat getting ready to strike.

Like a cat crying. My cat. Do you know my cat sees my partner's name. My partner's name is Aaron, and our cat goes, and the moment we first heard him do it, Aaron was like, did Rolly just say my name? And he like, like the devil. Yeah.

I would have got rid of the cat. Possessed. Yeah. He does it whenever he's upset. Okay. Britney Spears songs. Well, you know, I'm going to be partial to the one that I did with my band.

Hit me baby one more time. Hit me baby one more time. Perfect for Kung Fu Panda 4. And it's a banger. I was so stoked that we got to rock it up. And it's unexpected. It's kind of why it slaps. That's my theory anyway.

Is Hans Zimmer the composer for Kung Fu Panda? Yes, he is. So when you're talking to Hans, and he's got this beautiful score, Oh my God. when you're talking to Hans, and he's got this beautiful score. Oh my God. How did you say to Hans, Hans, we want to do Britney. So we didn't approach Hans.

We just did our Tenacious D version and it was rocking and it was ready to go. But then Hans was like somewhere off. I don't know where he was, somewhere in Europe. And he got wind of it. Probably skiing, I imagine. What is this I'm hearing? That there is a tenacious D

of Britney Spears. Let me put on some strings. I have, I have, literally, I have the orchestra here. We can put it on and slap it on there.

It will slap so hard. And we're like, yes, do it, Hans, go. And he did it and he made it even better.

I heard that's why June's theatrical release was delayed. Hans was like, I need to do the D. I'm working on Britney! Yeah. We need to do the D! Wait your turn! Timothee Chalamet!

Isn't it nuts that Hans did Dune II and Kung Fu Panda? Yeah. How does he pull that off? He does every movie. He's rapidly approaching supremacy of all times, except he's never going to catch John Williams, right? Good luck. Good luck, Hans.

Suck it, Hans. No, Hans rules, but at the end of the day, you got to give it to John Williams. Yeah. Right? Yeah. Okay, so Britney songs, You're Going Baby One More Time. And John Williams is still around.

We might get him for Kung Fu Panda 5. Oh, and is there a Kung Fu Panda 5? No, we don't. I saw him do the Star Wars. I just threw out there for comedy. I hope so. You always hope so. That means that the love is strong. We'll see. I saw him do the Star Wars, his Star Wars medley, John Williams, conducting

a live orchestra just after his 90th birthday. It was wild. Introduced by Harrison Ford. It was Nerd City, wasn't it? Let's say that room was stanky. I can't believe we've got Jack Black and you've managed to thumb in Star Wars.

Now you speak in my language. Oh God. I could talk Star Wars with you all day, bro. Oh, same. All the wars and the ships. Oh my God. The stars stars there's so many stars and i was just talking about it the other day about my favorite star wars's talk about a good rank you can rank those okay and way way up high on my list is a is kind of a newish one

rogue one the rogue one story is robot Yeah. And then like that connective tissue at the end of Rogue One when it goes into the very first one, which is Star Wars 4. Was it 3? I'm still confusing. 4. And Darth Vader's down the hallway? He's coming down the hallway. He's coming down the hallway.

It's like, oh, they're going to the beginning of it. And then, which is the bit of, we're going to the beginning of it. And then, which is the better? I don't know if I've ever been so sad. We're on, we're into it now. How is this happening? Which is the better Star Wars hallway scene? Is it Darth Vader at the end of Rogue One

or is it Luke Skywalker in The Mandalorian? Hallway scene. Yeah, when they're coming down the hallway, just ruining dudes. Oh, that is close, dude. Yeah. Because Mandalorian got it right. That was very exciting.

Yeah. Who's pulling in this X. That was very exciting. Yeah. Who's pulling in this X-Wing? Who is this? Who's this green lightsaber? Who's this hooded figure? Andor. Don't go to sleep on Andor. Don't never go to sleep on Andor.

You know, also, some of the best Star Wars properties don't involve a lightsaber. But anyway, Kung Fu Panda 4 is coming out very soon. I think March 22nd? April 4th. April 4th. April 4th. April 4th. March 22nd. It's like yesterday.

It's coming soon, bro. Jack Blake, thank you so much. It's better than Star Wars. It is better than Star Wars. Thank you so much for coming in. Thank you, Jack.

Hell yeah. Hell yeah. Hell yeah, man. Absolute pleasia. Oh my God. Hayley Fletchenvon Best show on TV Wait are we on TV right now

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