ZM's Fletch, Vaughan & Hayley - Fletch, Vaughan & Hayley's Lil Bitta Pod - 6th January 2024

Episode Date: January 5, 2024

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Fleshborn and Hayley's Little Bitter Pod Enjoy a refreshing McCafe iced coffee available only from Macca's Great things are brewing Welcome to A Little Bit of Pod And something that we thought we'd do over the holiday break Is each pick one of our favourite moments of the year on the show There have been so many this year And talk about it, maybe some behind the scenes little titty bits

Little titty bits Titty bits about it, maybe some behind the scenes little tidbits. Tidbits, little tidbits. Tidbits about it, and maybe just add some more. Those things that get stuck to you, like clothes and stuff, right? Those little things on plants. Little tidbits. Little tidbits. Little tidbits. Yeah, little tidbits from this month.

Now I nickname it Primary. Oh, honey. It took so many years for these huge congas to arrive. Now, you're going to start, Vaughn, in this episode. What was your favourite moment of the year? It was the kettle off. The Great Kiwi Kettle Off. The Great Kiwi Kettle Off.

Because it was so ridiculous. Because it was born in the moment. Yeah. I just thought it was great fun. Because people say, God, you must plan the show months out. It sounds so flawless. You guys write a script. That's quite a common question, eh? Yeah, God, you must plan the show months out. Yeah, do you guys write a script? It sounds so flawless.

Do you guys write a script? That's quite a common question, eh? Yeah, how do you think of what to say? We don't. We think of the topic. Yeah. And then off we trot. And as soon as it's said,

I can't remember what was said. Do you remember how it started? It was Hayley was saying that she had a very quick kettle and it had been reiterated or doubled down because the tradie said, I'd love a cuppa

and then when she clipped it down it boiled real quick and he's like shit you've got a quick kettle and I said that and you told you basically said

I bet my kettle's faster than yours yes and we jumped and it just went from there and I said I've got a Kmart kettle yeah that's right

and that's how it was born the great Kiwi Kettle Off. Hello there, and welcome to the Great Kiwi Kettle Off. Well, Hayley came into work and said, I've got a fast kettle. I do have a fast kettle. Well, we're going to test it because we've all brought our kettles in, producers and all, we've got six kettles racing against each other. This is really, this is triggering me back to Bake Off.

Ngā mihi nui, contestants. Welcome to the Great Kiwi Kettle Off. Where today we're going to find New Zealand's greatest home kettle. So many people are saying they're electricians or appliance sales people. There's no way you're getting away with this tripping of the power. Yes, we are. Oh, no. But what happens if we trip the power? Too much load. We might have to evict some people from the race.

Okay. Producers, producers. Do you think a multi-box can handle three? Well, there's some plugs down here. Why don't we plug around the studio? Okay, if that happens. Okay, we'll do a quick rearrange. Now, it is going to take about three minutes, up to three minutes for these kettles to boil.

So I think we are in three, two, one. I'll say three, two, one. Let's all switch the kettles on. Three, two, one. Okay, I heard a beep. It's tripped up. It's tripped up. We've lost power.

We've lost power. Oh, my God. We've immediately lost power. Oh, my God. We've immediately lost power. Oh, no. Okay, let's do relocation. Oh, no. Okay, relocation. We did a test, though.

I reckon leave three plugged in. How many power points are we around the studio? What did you do on bake-off when the ovens shut themselves? We added a day to the schedule. Okay, let's add a day to the schedule. Two over here. We'll be here on Sunday. Okay, there's two plugs over here.

Two plugs over there. Two plugs here. I've got a power plug here. Two plugs over there. Okay, one joke. I've got a plough plug here. The people are invested. They must know. There's two here. Pass me a kettle. Get me a kettle. Okay, so we're actually going to plug into the mains now. So if we drop off air

and coast and hits and whatever, that's on us. No, but there will lose power. That's on us. No, but there's backup power. There is backup power. Just in advance. Sorry, Mike Hosking, if we lose power.

Okay. Now, are we all plugged in? We're all plugged in. All right. Three. Who's got blue? Who's got blue? Blue's over here.

Okay. Okay. Ready. Turn the kettles on in three, two, one. Switch. Are they on? Okay, they're on. They're on in three, two, one. Switch. Are they on? Okay, they're on. They're on.

They're on. They're on. Okay, phew. I forgot that nothing was going to happen once they're on. They take a little time. See, mine makes a little hiss first. What's happening over there? This is yours down here.

Yeah, the light's on. He makes a little hiss. What's happening over there? We're boiling. It's the anko, baby! The anko's making some noise! The anko is making a noise. Yeah, I don't know if that's a good thing or not.

Keep an eye on them for the switches. Well, yeah, it's not going to happen. I've got my eyes on both switches. Your kettle's not that fast. Yeah, mine's probably done. The fletcher says... 28 degrees. He's got a degree.

Yeah, I've got degrees coming down on my kettle. Flash. The anko. B. We've got a couple of hummers over here. We've got a couple of... Yeah, I told you, mine hums. Mine hums, baby.

But what if my kettle is diverting power from heating to telling me the temperature? Yeah, exactly. Suck it. That's what happens. Or around the studio. Can you get the mic down to Shannon? Let's just see how the anko's going.

Shannon, how's the anko? She's humming. I'm getting warm. Oh, listen to that. Getting warm down here. Is that what it sounds like at your house every time you put the kettle on? Loud, though. Loud.

But it's in the butler's pantry, so I don't hear it. Vaughn, can we get a what's happening over in that corner, Georgia? You've got a glass top on your kettle here, and we are getting some condensation on the top there. Jerry, can we get a digital readout? 48 degrees. 48 degrees! Halfway! Just a reminder, boiling temperature is 100.

100 degrees Celsius. We are halfway through the race. And look at you now. We finally got some action from Carlin's Kettle. Carlin's Kettle. Carlin's Kettle. Carlin's Kettle has joined the race. It's plastic fantastic.

It's a light coming to the race. Wait for the click. Wait for the click. How's that anko sounding? Loud. Loud. Still loud. Could be the camber up next to it though.

Digital, digital update on Fletcher's Kettle. 58. 58! Okay. I tell you what, Streeties is powering. Streeties is making some real noise. I'm going to put my hand over. Now Georgia, you're overlooking Streeties Kettle, the hand-me-down and the fast alleged

blue breville from Hayley. Yell out as soon as any of those turn off. You've got to keep your eyes on those lights. Streety's is hotter. Streety's is hotter. It's probably hot on the outside but maybe the water inside.

It could be losing heat through the conductivity. What? That sounds close. The ANCO is sounding close. Someone texted and saying

that ANCO's are loud. Breville's not even putting out any has it been put yet? Jared, a temperature readout 78 78 It's just turned on

I told you You disqualified, he's out He's disqualified I told you to check his settings He's disqualified It's getting no movement You know on the side there you've got the little gauge. My kettle's just shed itself.

It won't turn on. What have you done to my kettle? Wait, wait, wait. Any moment now, we have a winner. You're out of the race. What does it sound like over there? It's quiet. It's about to finish.

It's about to finish. His anchor is about to click off. What's Breville? What's Breville doing? Breville's not doing anything. What? What? Breville's getting a little bit of steam coming out the spout. Breville's about to click off. What's Breville? What's Breville doing? Breville's not doing anything. What? What? Breville's getting a little bit of steam coming out the spout.

Breville's about to click off. Breville's getting some bubbling. Keep an eye on it. Breville's about to click. The fast kettle is about to pop at any moment. Hayley's kettle or Tony Street's hand-me-down kettle, one of these kettles, will be the winner.

Carlin's is out. Carlin's is still lukewarm. Breville! Breville! Breville's clicked! Breville's clicked. Breville. Breville's clacked. Breville's clacked. Breville's clacked. I told you. I told you I got a fast jug. I told you. Wait, Jared, is

mine even tuning back on? Nope. No. Fletch, we're trying another plug. Wait, who's in second place? Wait a minute, is the light still on on the back of the anko? Yep, it is. Streaties is gone. Streaties is gone. Shannon's in second place. Fletchers are out there.

Fletchers is dead. They're putting a tent over Fletchers. Kettle, ladies and gentlemen, we'll just cut away from the camera angle on that. Shannon, what's happening in your corner with the Canbrook and the ANCO? They're silent, but they haven't clicked. They're silent, but they haven't clicked.

Okay. So they've still both got lights on on the back. They're clicked down. Yeah, they're clicked down. No way, have you killed my kettle as well? No, it's on. I can see the light. It does have a light on the back there. lights on on the back. They're clicked down. Yeah, they're clicked down. No, wait, have you killed my kettle as well? No, it's on. I can see the light. It's on, it's on, sweetie.

It's a Kmart kettle. It takes a little bit longer. Yeah. Not that I can speak because apparently my KitchenAid has shed itself. Oh, okay, you've killed the outlet over here. Your kettle and Carwen's kettle have stopped. Wait, it's not my kettle. It's the outlet's fault.

Bang. Sorry, they just had to do that. It was the kind thing to do. Off to the factory. Are you sure? I could probably just still plug mine into another outlet and beat you. I've got to tell you guys, the cambrook and the anko have still not clicked off. No, I reckon...

Well, we don't have all day, Horne. I think you've just got to accept a loss here. I think we've killed that... No, your light's on, Horne. Is it? Oh, sweetie, Horne. It's already finished. How hot's the water? At the end of the day, guys. It's hot the water? At the end of the day, guys. It's hot, yeah. At the end of the day, the Breville won.

You do have a fast... What? Did I tell you? Can we have a rematch with a new plank for mine? Absolutely not. I won fair and square. It's so hot in here. I feel like I would have beat you.

We've steamed this. We've steamed this room. Good for the pause. Well, that was... Okay, so we've broken that wall socket as well. Hayley's cheated. What she claimed was the light she could see was a reflection off the

No, but yours was still bubbling when mine went off, Matt. Mine was bubbling before yours was bubbling. I'm going to call for a rematch here because we don't have the same socket. You've got a socket. Can you hear these sore losers? Can you hear these sore losers? Shannon in second Zealand. Can you hear these sore losers? Can you hear these sore losers? Shannon in second place.

Can you hear these sore losers right now? I don't know if we can afford to break any more electrical outlets here at work. Except defeat. We may need some of the electricians that have been listening, warning us against this to come in and fix this. Breville's number one. Somebody said my zip beat you all by about five seconds. Oh, proof.

A 15-year-old zip. Proof. Play ZM's Fletch Vodden Ailey. Play ZM. Hello there, and welcome to the Great Kiwi Kettle Off. Okay, I'm just going to say this before I forget. I said it was 30 amps, 32 amps. It's three channels at 32 amps, so 90-odd amps.

We're back to higher a box. There's a power cord coming in that's thicker than a garden hose. I know. We are not going to blow fuses today. We are ready for the rematch. We tried this last week, but all the fuses popped. So I'm the one to beat, basically, because I've started this whole thing by saying I had a fast kettle,

and then I won last week, and then we couldn't just let it be. Now, we also have a race day sponsor. Yeah, so Briscoe's heard this, and they sell kettles. You don't need to say this. Jared, I believe we had something made. It's in Showbiz A. Because Briscoe said, Tammy herself, the Briscoe's lady, messaged me and said, I hear you're playing with an Anko.

Oh, right, okay. She wasn't happy with that. Yeah, right. And if I could just have my race day sponsor credit. Vaughn's race day sponsor is Briscoe's. Oh, my God. He's going to sell it in a new portal. And introduce to you the Sunbeam Kyoto City Collection.

Oh, you can't do this. Out of this box, I'm going to get filled up with water. You have to stick with your shitty ankle. That was a factory tuck, too. You've just taken open that factory tuck. I know, factory tuck. Oh, that's nice. Look out for chubby sticks.

Okay, that's nice. Oh, that's nice. That's a nice. You know what? Oh, that's nice. That's nice. Daddy's taking this home for some brownie points after the race. Wow.

That's very good. Even if it doesn't win, that's nice. Look at this. Listen to this. We've got different race. Wow. That's very good. Even if it doesn't win, that's nice. Listen to this. We've got different race day conditions. Yeah. So, okay. So each kettle.

It's not soft open. Mine's soft open. Each kettle on the table has one, exactly one litre of water measured. So Vaughan's going to plug his kettle in. We're going to put the one litre in. Now, we do have a chance for you to win. Thanks to Race Day sponsor, Briscoes. We've got three $500 Briscoes vouchers, which, oh, my God, that would be so much fun.

Yeah. You know, go on a sale day. Oh, my God. If you go on a sale day, you're getting like $2,000 worth of stuff. Well, I mean, that's... Oh, my God, I'm girl-mathing this. Girl-mathing this. Voucher.

Voucher. Go on a Thursday or a weekend. To win, all you've got to do is text the word kettle, leave a space, and then the name of the person who you think is going to win this race. It could be Hayley. So we've got Hayley on the Breville. We've got

Fletch on the KitchenAid. Now we've got Vaughan on the brand new, straight from the box, Sunbeam. Yep. We've got... To be honest, I was thinking that it would have been good to have the anchor here as well. No, too late. You've made your bed. I might time this and then just do it later.

You've accepted big, big sponsor. I have accepted. Well, you know, I'm just... Someone just called you a sellout. They called you an absolute Dan Carter. I'm just trying to get the company afloat. We've got you, Dan Carter. I'm just trying to get the company afloat over here.

Don't worry about it. Hang on, we've got to finish the other three. We've got Jared on the Canbrook. We've got Shannon on the second hand. Morphe Richards, Tony Streets, hand me down. Which apparently you get in Australia. It's a big posh brand in Australia. Super grunty.

They grunted last time. And we've got producer Carwin on a zip. We've got a good spread of brands here. Yeah, we do, don't we? Yeah. Oh, everyone's texting. Yeah, everyone's in for Hayley. Also, H-A-Y-L-E-Y.

It's all good. Oh, yeah, people have been offending you with the A- H-A-Y-L-E-Y. It's not bad. It's fine. It's fine. I'm happy. Okay, get your texts in with who you think's going to win to 9696.

We're going to come back next, and we're going to turn all the kettles on. Finally, put this to bed. We're going to have to have a lot of fingers on a lot of switches. Yes, we'll go three, two, one. We'll engage kettles. And then we wait. So we'll get the race underway next. We did it last week.

We blew fuses. We've hired a Big bloody Industrial sized Construction Power In and outlet We've got six kettles All different brands

Three producers With their fingers Poised to flick And this is all Because Hayley says I've got the fastest kettle Yeah and we put it To the test and I did

Who's got the sexiest kettle? Come on Vaughn's come in With this brand new Sunbeam from Briscoe's and I tell you what, it is beautiful. Look at mine.

Yeah, thank you. Yeah, I like Fletcher's. Yeah, thank you. Only because it reminds me of R2-D2. Yeah, but it's in the context of my kitchen, the blue kettle.

I mean, it's fantastic. It goes with the cupboards and the green. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I mean, Jared's black kettle goes with everything. Slick. Carlin's reminds me of Nan's.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. My mum had all red stuff for a while. Yeah, and mum had all red stuff for a while. Yeah, and Shannon got herself a tiny street. Well, that woman knows interior design and I'm terrified to say a word against her. All right, so I think we'll go three, two, one, click. On tempo.

On three, two, one, click. Not yet, not yet. One litre of water and each all All came out of the same tap simultaneously. So as close to the same temperature as we can get. All one litre. All running off the same power. Now, any update from the electricians? Just before we press...

They're happy for us to proceed. The amps and the wattage and everything. 90 amps through three phase or whatever we should be able to do. Okay, the great Kiwi Kettle-Off to settle this once and for all. Whose kettle is the fastest? Turn on the kettles, producers, and three, two, one, click. Okay, silence. Wow, there's silence before the studio as everybody just wants to.

Everybody literally looked at their own kettle. Oh, my God, it's on. Okay, it's okay, silence befalls the studio as everybody just wants to. Everybody literally looked at their own kettle. Oh, my God, it's on. Okay, it's on. Now, the zip has a lovely orange on light. Yeah, it does. The next kettle, is there a light there? Yeah, camera's got a light on the little. It's fancy, though.

Where's mine illuminate? Oh, you've got an illuminate. Oh, you've got a ring. It's set on here on the box. It says illuminate. Oh, we've got boiling already. Oh, okay. Now the mic is picking up the loud zip.

It's the zip. Loud doesn't mean fast. No, loud doesn't. Might be putting a large drain on the power but that doesn't mean it's going to be the most effective boiler. Because I was told my Breville is quite a quiet one as well, quiet and fast. My jug has a temperature on the top. What's it saying?

35. 35 degrees. Yeah, we're a third of the way there. Let's just go across to the sideline mic for a moment, please. Yeah, that's good stuff. That'll put a baby to sleep. Yeah, that's humming. That's humming.

Oh, I forget we're going to get hot again, aren't we? We got steamed last time. We did get steamed last time. Yeah, the studio got very steamy. Sort of a Swedish sauna situation. Your dark blue, almost black kettle that you claim is the fastest kettle in the world, does it have a light on it? Yeah, it's got a light on the switch.

It's a beautiful, sleek design there from Breville. What's the current temperature? 52 degrees. Shoot, that's fast. 52 degrees. That's halfway to boiling. That's fast, actually. That's fast. I'm going to win this.

Who's going to flick off first? I can't see all the switches from my position. I can see one side. You can see the other. Yeah. Sunbeam coming out. Sunbeam coming out. Sunbeam.

Great to see the race day sponsor from Briscoe is coming in hot. It's got a matching toaster. Briscoe, if you would like to send me the matching toaster, I am absolutely open to that. Oh, my God. Come on, Dan Carter. Come on. You're tuning into Dan Carter of the King's Warehouse.

Now, to the person who says they're embarrassed to say they're sitting in their car in their driveway listening to the kettle off while they're going inside, don't be. Don't go anywhere. The current temperature reading, Jared. 69. 69! Okay, we're seconds away. We're seconds away.

Okay. I'd say the most steam is coming from the sunbeam, but this is also the first time it's been boiled, so we might be having some chemical burn-off. Could be some chemical burn-off, a bit of dust. Could be, could be. Producer Jared, a temperature reading. 80.

80. Oh, okay. Eyes on the lights, please. Eyes on the lights. Eyes on the lights. We'll start hearing clicks as soon as the race is getting close. We're getting to the boil. I can't see any steam coming out of yours.

Temperature? 87. 87. That's 13 degrees of boiling. Everyone's rumbling. The most steam seems to be coming from the sunbeam. Could be true to click off any minute. Wait.

Oh, it's boiling. I can see mine boiling on the side. 95. 95. The sunbeam's boiling. The sunbeam's rocking itself. Watch closely. The sunbeam's boiling. The sunbeam's rocking itself. Watch closely. Watch closely.

Everybody's boiling. I can see everything is boiling. It's going to break itself off. How was that? What's wrong? Hang on.

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Hang on. Hang on. Hang on. Hang on. Hang on. Hang on. Hang on. Hang on. Hang on. Hang on. Hang on. Hang on. Hang on. Hang on. Fuck it. Let's get an action replay. Oh, my God. Hambrick's gone. Okay, wait. Mine clicked off first. Mine is gone. My kettle said it was at 100 degrees.

But they all get to 100 until they click off. I feel I'm owed a team apology. The new sunbeam has popped its top. Absolute waste of company money to do this retort. Oh, no. Is it even on? Shannon, what happened? I don't know.

She's cold. You just clicked it off just then. The Tony Street Toaster kettle was not on? Did you not switch it on? Yeah, it was on for a bit. Oh, the Tony Street Toaster.

I think that's why she gave that to you. Nice. Which one clicked off the first? Producer Jared, can we have a final definite ruling, please?

It was mine, I saw it. So Fletcher's hit 100, but the Breville turned off and then Fletcher's turned off. Yeah. Where was the sun, babe? Raptress, applause, please. The Breville won. No, but I got to 100.

It doesn't matter. It didn't click off. You're not pouring a cup of tea before it clicks off. Except defeat. The Breville is the fastest jug. I say we do it again with thermometers in every one. Oh, my God. It's not about the temperature.

It's when the jug decides it is clipped off. Okay, okay. I can see the side of the kettles. Who are we awarding the winner of the Great Kiwi Kettle Off? The Breville. The Breville. Hayley has done it. Hayley has done it. Hayley has done it.

I just want to say thank you so much to everyone. This was a lot of fun, but at the end, I never doubted that the Breville was the fastest. That's why I came in and said, I've got a fast kettle. You challenged me, except defeat. Like one second faster than my kettle. Except defeat. It's faster.

Yes. Back to present day. It's faster. Yes. Back to present day. I still feel short change. No, fuck you. I feel like my kettle said 100. Except defeat. Did you say, no, no, fuck you? Yes.

Oh, she's still with me. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. Very passionate. No, no, no, fuck you. I've got the fastest kettle out of all of us. I've still got, I have the sexiest. I said it from the start. I won the first one. I won the second. No, mine's sexy no. Fuck you. I've got the fastest kettle out of all of us. I've still got, I have the sexiest. I said it from the start. I won the first one.

I won the second. No, mine's sexy as. Smooth blue. That's what we call her now. Susie Smooth Blue. Smooth Blue. Smooth Susie Blue. It's a good kettle and I was really proud and it felt sweet.

Felt sweet to win that. Okay. It was a fun race. So what was your favourite, what was your worst moment of the year? Do you have a worst moment? Every morning. Every. For 30 when it's like.

I'm like... So wait, you love being here or you don't? Once I'm here, I'm fine. Yeah. It's just getting up. You're like a bit of an old car. You just take a little bit of a... Oh, yeah.

Pull the choke out. Pull the choke out. Pump the accelerator. Do you pull the choke out every morning before you come to work? That's why I wake up at 4.30 and don't arrive here until quarter to six. Okay, lovely. Now this is...