ZM's Fletch, Vaughan & Hayley - ZM's Fletch, Vaughan & Megan Podcast - June 06 2019

Episode Date: June 5, 2019

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ZM. Head music lives here. Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. Hello, good morning. Welcome to the show. Fletch, Vaughan and Megan. Today, broadcasting from our Christchurch studios after another fantastic night last night at Bingo. Fat Eddie's. Fat Eddie's. Thanks to everyone who came down. Many came, many won. Not as many that came, obviously won. That's not how it works. You can't all be winners, but everybody had a good time. I think they won.

They had a great experience. That's winning, isn't it, in life? Well, it is actually, Fletch, it's one of life's little victories. Isn't it? And what a chilly start this morning. There's frost on our car. I knew. Frost.

I am so offended. It's want to settle on the windscreen of the car I was just like so baffled that when we got here yesterday Middle of the day it's like 2 degrees Not the coldest place in the country at the moment though, Krushy Minus 3.2 in Timaru has that distinction That record this morning Nice work, Timaru

Kai Taya with a barami 14.2 this morning. Always nice and warm. The winterless north. Yeah, isn't it? Alright, you lot, listen up. It's story time. Story time. Three news headlines. Vaughan and Megan pick one of the following three. Headline one. Eight-year-old finds surprise from mum in her school bag.

Headline two. Police catch up with Florida man. And headline three, case cracked. Case cracked is probably the most mysterious there. Yeah. Oh, but then also, what was in that bag? What did the mum surprise the kid with? That was the mum that surprised the kid, right? Not the kid that surprised the mum. The mum surprised the kid. The mum surprised the kid with? It was the mum that surprised the kid, right? Not the kid that surprised the mum.

The mum surprised the kid. Mum surprised the kid with a little something in the bag. But then also police catch up with Florida, man. Yeah, but... It's tomato sauce related. Yeah. No, you're very pleased with that one, though. It's a great headline.

Yeah. I'm trying to Google what was in the kids' backpack. What was three cracked? Cracked. Case was in the case. What was three? Cracked. Cracked. Case cracked. Case cracked. Headline three.

That's me, I think. You want that one? Yeah, let's go. Yeah, yeah. All right, we go now to Canada, Edmonton in Canada, where a safe has been sealed for 40 years. Now, this safe used to be from the Brunswick Hotel, an old, old hotel. It's an old safe.

Looks like something you'd see on the movies. Like one of those traditional old safes that, I don't know, the bandits try to crack. Got a spinny thing in the middle? Got a spinny thing in the middle, yeah. So they, employees from the hotel, apparently former employees, couldn't remember the combination.

They didn't know what was in the safe. They were like, I don't think there's anything valuable in it, but we can't remember the combination. They didn't know what was in the safe. They were like, I don't think there's anything valuable in it, but we can't remember the combination. Yep. Eh. So it's ended up in a museum. But never been opened. Never been opened. As what the uncrackables say.

They've had locksmiths come in and people try to get into it and just haven't. Well, two weeks ago a visitor to the museum where the safe is in the basement was just having a to-do, got down on his knees and was just spinning the dial as a lolz and it opened the safe. He turned the handle and the safe opened and he was in total

shock. Apparently he had just totally stumbled across a combination by absolute accident. Because you know those ones you have to go round, round. And then back the other way. Yeah, yeah. Back, back, back the other way. But then doesn't it also, isn't it easier to crack because you can listen for the click?

That's what happens in the movies. Yeah, I don't know if it's that easy. But like it's not like, it's not you turn it and it doesn't go. You don't hear it go crack. But you, like that's how safe crackers used to do it with the stethoscope type listening devices, right? Yeah, but he didn't have a stethoscope. He's just like. No, no, yeah, yeah, but he just totally fluked it.

Yeah. But, yeah, crazy. What was in it? What was in there? Nothing. Nothing too exciting. I know that's the worst part about this story is it would have been great if there was lots of money and stuff in there. Yeah.

But yeah, more stuff. It was more of a time capsule to some old stuff from the day. Oh, and I was expecting some absolute treasures in there. No, nothing valuable. It says there are a few documents from its final days of the hotel. There was a dusty pad full of restaurant orders and a forgotten pay slip from 1977. It listed four and a half hours at time and a half, seven hours of straight time and 42 deducted

for meals and it came to a total paycheck of $9. Oh my gosh. Oh no. That's in the 70s. Wow. And probably plus tips as well. Yeah, and there was a bit of duct tape. Was that still sticky? See, what's in the safe should be worth more than the safe. Yeah, and there was a bit of duct tape. Was that still sticky? See, what's in the safe should be worth more than the safe.

Yeah, I know. You shouldn't be keeping your receipts in a safe. Well, I'm guessing back in the day that was where you had your takings. Right. Oh, right, right, right. And they just took all the money out but then left the receipts in. But yeah. Okay.

Wow. That was a bit of a letdown. It was, yeah, it was, wasn't it? All right. Eleven past six. Next, there is bad news for Nutella fans. So pretty much all of Europe. Yeah, true.

Flesh, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast, ZM. There is bad news for Nutella fans. There is going to be a, well, they're predicting a shortage of Nutella. So there's been some strikes that have shut a factory in France. This factory produces a quarter of the whole world's supply of Nutella. A quarter? They produce 600,000 jars of Nutella a day. A day?

How much Nutella are we eating? Also, that sounds like a lot, but that's a quarter of the world's supply. So times that by four, don't know what that is, but that's how many jars. How many? 600,000. A day. Yeah. That is insane. That's a quarter of the world's supply. So that would be

six times four, 24, so 2.4 million. Jars of Nutella a day is the world's supply. Yo, we need to take a look at ourselves. Most of that is just sugar. Yeah. Yeah. So they've actually got trucks blocking off,

so you can't enter or leave. It's a standoff over pay. Pay them what they want. We need our Nutella. Have they thought about paying them in Nutella? Because then they'll have to work to make their own pay. You know when you work anywhere, you're like sick of it and can't stand the sight of it. The old saying about seeing how the sausage is made.

Yeah. It'll put you off the sausage. Yeah. Well, how's the sausage made? We all know. Just squirts out that little thing into the little skin. Yeah. Yeah. But I guess it's just the mincing up of all the bits that go into the sausage made? We all know. Just squirts out that little thing into the little skin. Yeah, but I guess it's just the mincing up of all the bits that go into the sausage. And then the squirting into it and the...

Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. But if you go to Europe, I don't know how they're coping because there's Nutella at everything. Well, they love it on their crepes, don't they? Everything. Oh, yeah. You can get Nutella flavour to everything.

Croissants, they put it in pastries. Yeah, you're right.. Oh, yeah. You can get Nutella flavoured everything. Croissants. They put it in pastries. Yeah. Yeah, you're right. What's your off-brand Nutellas? What are they called? Nutty, nutty, yum, yum. Nutty, nutty hazel tellers.

Nutty spread. Hazel nut spread. Nutella budget. We wouldn't even call them off-brand. What's that? Can't you get Nativa now or something? That's that stevia. Yeah, way less sugar in it., Whaley's Sugar in it.

Yeah. Whaley's Sugar in it. Well, you might have to do that because if this strike keeps up, they reckon that, yeah, it'll affect supply. The hazelnut spread industry is absolutely reeling. From the ZMC tank, this is the Top 6. Hello there and welcome to today's Top 6. The Top 6 today are the Top 6 things you can definitely expect to start happening again now that Love Island is back.

Yes. For another season. Are you going to be... So here's the thing. Caitlin and I have decided that we are going to boycott it. Well, not boycott it. We're not going to watch it because it takes up too much time in our lives and it makes us feel a bit dumb.

It's like an episode a day. Yeah, but you'll just watch something else dumb, won't you? Yeah, and so me and Caitlin made this like packed and then yesterday I watched a little bit of it. But she doesn't know that. She's not here. But even if you only watch a little bit of it and then you put the time that the other part of the episode would have filled in, doing something intelligent with your day, you'll still be better off.

Yeah, okay. Balance it out with a doco or something. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Bit of Blue Planet. Were you like tempted to keep watching? I was like, it was just on and then I was like, oh, who's that? yeah, yeah. Bit of Blue Planet. Were you, like, tempted to keep watching? I was like, it was just on, and then I was like, oh, who's that? Oh, okay. Oh, no one stood up for him.

Oh, my God. It's got you. It did a little bit, yeah. Well, with a breakdown, like, after the dramatic first recoupling of romantic double daters on the cards for our new couples, Amber cracks onto a gutted Joe while Anna doesn't want to put Ulu eggs in Sherry's basket. Oh. I'm automatically hooked. But these are the top six things that will be happening again

because Love Island is back. Number six, bottomless brunches will be on the up. Because when you're watching other people drinking you know, during the morning and everything and these sorts of activities you're probably more prone to get involved yourself. Did you see that absolute fiasco with the bottomless brunch at that Auckland restaurant?

Yeah. The story? So apparently everyone went along on Sunday and they all paid their 50 bucks or whatever and they're all drinking, drinking, waiting for their food and it doesn't happen because one account is that the chefs had an argument and stormed out. So the chefs left for whatever reason, but the other account is that they chefs had an argument and stormed out. So the chefs left for whatever reason,

but the other account is that they were sick. Yeah, which sounds like a bit of a... So no one got their food. So no one had their drinking. Did they have to pay the $50? I don't know. You didn't want your money back. But then they...

They were drinking. Yeah. But what do you eat at a brunette brunch? Oh, they just bring out... Like the ones I've gone to, they have a set menu of like five different things. Right. And the food's not like a lot.

But it's not about the food. It's not about the food. It's about the, yeah. The restaurant get in trouble for providing all their alcohol with no food? Yeah. Yeah. Probably. Oh, I don't know.

A bit of people had paid for food. Definitely. Yeah. Oh, what an absolute fear. First we would probably be asking, where's my food at my bottomless brunch? Oh my God. Just like gulling me mimosas. Yeah. Oh, what an absolute fiasco. First we would probably be asking, where's my food at my bottomless brunch? Oh my God. Just like gulling mimosas. Yeah.

God, I sound like I've had a couple of mimosas and the chef's never showed up. Number five on the list of the top six things that'll be happening are because Love Island is back, but also because it's winter, fake tans through the roof. Yeah. So I've already like meant to fake tan before I came down here.

Because I was like, oh, my God. That's why you get hooked as well. Because it's like summer. And it makes you feel summer vibes. Live a bit vicariously through it. Yeah. You book your island getaway. Yeah.

And, yeah, that you see somebody else with an insane amount of fake tan. You've got to get on a bit of the fake tan as well. Number four on the list of the top six things that'll be happening because Love Island is back, I'll be getting a lot more free time. Yeah. Yeah, I might read a book

or something. Go ahead. Or like sleep. So your wife will just be obsessed and you'll lose her. Yeah, well, she said even last time, she's like,

I won't get involved in that again because then the Australian one came out and she's like, I can't do both. But guess what? She did. She did both. Yeah, we all did both. But guess what? She did. She did both.

Yeah, we all did both. Yeah, yeah, she did. She definitely, she did both. So, and it just generally leaves me, you know, I just get to do whatever I want. Oh, we've got children. They're around too.

But generally she watches it once the children are in bed. So maybe I'll just sleep. Either way, it's good stuff. It's good stuff. Number three on the list of the top six things that will be happening because Love Island is back.

The language. All these words. And people will be using the words that they hear on Love Island and, like, the really annoying words. Isn't there one at the moment that everyone's boycotting Bev or Bevy? That's what you call, like, a hot guy. A Bevy. Like, yeah, stop trying to make bevy happen.

And they're doing it on Love Island. Yeah. See, was it last time it was mugged and... Mugged off. Yeah, there was a whole lot of stupid Love Island words. Oh my God, that's right. And people tried to get them going. Yeah.

But we weren't into it. Yeah. Number two on the list of the top six things people, that will be happening because Love Island is back. People want D&Ms. This is probably the worst part about it is that you watch people

having so many deep and meaningfuls that you think everybody wants to have deep and meaningfuls and there's people like me that we don't really well you don't

no that's why you don't like going to functions with alcohol because you're cornered with D&Ms oh god I hate being cornered for a D&M

oh the word deep and meaningful if you're wondering what D&M stands for. Yeah. Oh, yeah. Someone will go, no, no, no thanks. No thanks.

I actually love you. Not me. No, you don't. Leave me alone. Get away from me. No, you smell like booze. I know. No thanks.

No, no. And the number one on today's top six things that will be happening because Love Island is back. People who watch regularly will get really annoyed with those of us who don't, constantly sticking our heads around for five minutes and be like, who's that? What's going on here? I thought they were with the other person. This is stupid. What a stupid

show. This is ridiculous. This is all set up. This is stupid. So you can be guaranteed those things will be happening because Love Island is back. That is today's top six. ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. We have a new richest female musician in the world. These are all coming out because Forbes have released their annual rich list.

Is it Adele? No. She didn't tour last year. It was the year before, wasn't it? Give her a time when she does a new album. Yeah. Yeah, but no, not Adele. Is it Swiftie?

Not Taylor Swift. Yeah. Yeah. But no, not Adele. Do you know what it is in Swiftie? Not Taylor Swift. Not Taylor Swift. So, it was, I think, was it Beyonce? Whoever's been touring, although Beyonce might be next year, because she's done her Netflix special and all that kind of stuff. Yeah. But it's not Beyonce, it is Rihanna.

And this is kind of cheating, because she has the richest female musician in the world title, but the money doesn't come from being a musician. But then you could say Jay-Z's cheated to be the first billionaire rapper because his is all music. His is from Champagne. Ace of Spades, yeah.

So she has an estimated net worth of $600 million. Whoa. And the bulk of that comes from her makeup range. She has not had an album since 2016, so it's been three years and everyone keeps going on and on about new music.

I love every time she puts anything up, not too far down into the comments, it's always like where's the new album, Rihanna? And come to Brazil. Yeah. But do you blame her? Because It's always like, where's the new album, Rihanna? And come to Brazil. Yeah. Come to Brazil. But do you blame her? Because overall, the entire beauty industry is worth $480 billion.

Wow. Yeah, and she's getting a chunk of that. So she, in its first few weeks, it started in September 2017, and its first few weeks, it had sales of $100 million. Wow. So does she sell through places? So yeah, you can buy it at Sephora. But then someone like Kylie Jenner does hers online just with her. She doesn't go through people, does she?

No, so maybe that's why she's a billionaire. Yeah, right. She does it all through websites, her website. I was around her just like, I just don't want to do an e-commerce website. CBF. Yeah. But also, she's got such a big following

and it's amazing makeup. It really is. I was going to say, for years, her makeup was always flawless. Surely people were constantly saying to her, who you're wearing or... Yeah. And then she was like, I'm saying so,

but it's someone's name so often that if it was mine... Yeah. ...I could be benefiting on this. And she obviously... Because I've seen her videos of where she does her makeup tutorials. Yeah. They're pretty funny. Pretty funny.

Yeah. Also, hers is a little bit more expensive than Kylie Jenner's, but it's also, I mean, in my opinion, a better funny. Yeah. Also, hers is a little bit more expensive than Kylie Jenner's, but it's also, I mean, in my opinion, a better quality. Right. So, like, despite the fact that it's Rihanna's, it's still really good makeup. So, how much does hers cost? Like, what, what, like, give us an example.

So, like, a highlighter. So, like, I think. So, what, where do you put that? On your, see how on my cheekbones? Oh, yeah, okay. That's Fenty. Is it? Yeah. Is it? You're wearing a little Fenty. So, oh, on my cheekbones? Oh, yeah, okay. That's Fenty. Is it? Yeah.

Is it? You're wearing a little Fenty. So, how much is that? I actually had it bought for me for a present. I think it's about $50 New Zealand dollars. $50? I think. And how long would that last?

50 days? Because you know my rule is if you're going to spend a dollar, it's going to last a day. Oh, no. It would last me probably six months. Yeah. But then like a Kylie Jenner one, I think is like $24 or something. Right. I've got other things contributing to Rihanna's wealth.

I found a list of some of her business ventures. Yeah. So she's got her own record label now. Her last album was through that record label. She's got a fragrance. Oh, yeah. She's been releasing fragrances. She's got a few fragrances.

Yeah, multiple. So she started that in 2011. She started releasing fragrances. She's got a few fragrances. Yeah, multiple. So she started that in 2011. She started releasing fragrances. She was also an executive producer on a reality TV show called Styled to Rock. And her

and Pharrell and two other people I don't recognise. I'm guessing it was like The Voice and Project Runway except you had to design outfits for musicians, and she was an executive producer on that. She also had shares in Tidal with Jay-Z, because she was one of the initial album people.

But none of those things have earned her as much money as a bit of makeup. What about her collab with Puma? Because she had shoes with Puma, right? Oh, yeah, she does have. She has a whole line with Puma. But makeup would be so cheap to, right? Oh yeah, she does have, she has, yeah, a whole line with Puma. But makeup would be so cheap to make, wouldn't it?

Yeah, I guess so. Because isn't it just, and she's, like, milk powder and coconut oil. This is what? Bit of cocoa, some corn flour.

I need to get into makeup. Strawberries. You do. What would your makeup be called? I don't know. Megan. Papadopoulos.

Do you want to put some Papadopoulos on? Magoo. Sounds like a yo. Magoo. Get some Magoo on your face. Magoo. Magoo on your face. I love it.

Rihanna's also got a lingerie. Yeah, she does. It's fair enough. Collab. It's very sexy. Have you just stumbled across that website? Did you just take a deep breath? Savage Fenty? Yeah. Savage Times a deep breath? Savage Fenty?

Yeah. Savage Times Fenty? Savage X Fenty? Yeah. Savage With Fenty? Do you need a moment? No, I'm fine. No, no, no.

And she's a tourist ambassador. And she's got her own involvement in tourism. Does she run a bar in Barbados? No wonder she's not making music. She doesn't have time. Yeah, she's too busy. She's a boss queen. Fletchfallen Megan's Community Notices.

Hello and welcome to Community Notices, a segment of the show where we have a look at what's happening around New Zealand according to local Facebook pages. This is not a great way to measure and take a, you know, if you're thinking of moving to a neighbourhood, don't look at the Facebook pages. This is not a great way to measure and take a, you know, if you're thinking of moving to a neighbourhood, don't look at the Facebook page. Well, I would say that's like the extreme worst case scenario of the neighbourhood.

This first community notice, I can't even tell you where this came to it because the screen cap has just cut off what area this is from. But somebody asks, and this kind of makes sense, but at the same time also could be trolling. Okay. Because many, many posts on community pages now trolling for attention. Has anybody got any old adult fun toys of any kind?

My dog prefers these over dog toys. And I think it would be hilarious to have a whole bunch for him to play with. And can trade succulents. That's the small desert plant, the succulent there. Are succulents still in? Yeah. Are they still in? Because a couple of years ago they were really great.

I can even kill those. That's madness. You overwater a succulent, though. You overwater everything. I'm sorry I love my plants too much. They're supposed to be the ones you can just, like, ignore, and they're all good. Well, yeah.

And then one day your succulents are like, hey, guess what? Overnight I've grown eight inches. And there's just this, like, random shoot that's come out and decided to go for the roof. Oh, yeah, I had one of those ones. Can I pull that off? Why do you want to pull it off?

Oh, because it's ugly. It unbalances it. It unbalances. I love a symmetrical succulent. They're short and stout. And then when it shoots, it throws out the... That's called growing. Just let it grow.

No, because then it grows too big. I don't know if you nip that off. I don't know the correct way to remove that. Well, I've been nipping mine off before they died. Maybe causing it to die. But quite the trade there. Adult fun toys for succulents. Then there's a picture of the Border Collie with one in its mouth.

Oh, gross. And apparently it just lasts. They just last a very long time. Oh, okay. But more durable than a bone. I don't know, because have you ever had one of those? Is it a Kong? You know what?

I'm talking about the... I was like, sorry, I have not. what, I'm talking about the dog toy. I was like, sorry, I have not. No, no, no, no, no, no. The Kong is the name of the dog. That sounds like it really is. The brand of the dog toy. You put peanut butter in it. You can put them in, again, dog toy and the Kong plastic, very durable.

Very durable. Very durable. I can't imagine any adult fun toy would outlast the Kong. Next, as to the Papa Toeyetoe grapevine we're going, Crystal's got some great news. It's congratulations to Karina. We have chosen you as the new admin for the page. Personally, I can't imagine a worse job

than being an admin on a community page, but I believe the Papatoetoe grapevine is an offshoot. Right. Maybe people not happy with the PC madness of the other Papatoetoe Facebook page. Somebody else, Tony comments on there,

yeah, go sis. And then Tony then again comments saying, oh, by the way, I think Karina is out of data, FYI. Well, that's not helpful for an admin.

And then Crystal, who gave Karina the title of new admin, said, yeah, she told me today when I saw her she was out of data. Now, that's not what you want from your admin. No. You want your admin on an unlimited data pack, don't you?

You've got to be ready to get rid of those posts. You've got to be ready to delete slanderous posts and unfair accusations on there. Next, it's Hayley from Browns Bay on the North Shore of New Zealand. Browns Bay people, says Hayley. It's time to get rid of these youth gangs. Okay. I think we've all had enough of them. They're a pest and need to go.

Any ideas how to formally proceed with forming a group to sort this problem out? It's time to take back our neighbourhood. A vigilante group. Hayley there is combating youth gangs with senior gangs. Constitutes another gang. Yeah, I think what you've got there is the start of gang warfare. Yeah. You've got gang on gang action.

And someone said, I'm not sure what you mean by youth gang. Somebody else said, they're always down by the skate park. And somebody else comments, you mean the skaters.

Who apparently are bloody congregating. Just youth that end up being in the same place together. Yes. Calm down. And finally today, from the Beach Haven and Birkdale community, Veronica is embarrassed, but she says, does anyone recognise this fish?

Now, it's a bog standard looking goldfish with some black markings. But this is embarrassing. My cat brought her in today. We thought the fish was dead, but we were wrong. It started flopping, so we put it in some water and it sprung back to life. I want to give my apologies to the owner and get her back into her pond and or bowl. We live near the Beach Haven Medical Centre. We know nothing about fishes, and since we don't want to keep her,

we'd be grateful if someone wants to take her. Okay, first of all, I've never managed to keep a fish alive, and that's with all of the stuff that you're supposed to have. So the cat brought the fish in in its mouth, it's alive, and they put it in tap water, and it's still alive. Correct. And what looks to be like a glass bowl, or like a pirate. My question is, how do they know it's a female?

Oh, yeah. Oh, my cat brought her in today, and we thought she was dead. Yeah. Well, you can't see the balls, so I assume. And they, everyone knows. Imagine if Well, you can't see the balls, so I assume. And everyone knows. Imagine if a fish had to tow around their balls. Oh, like a ram or a dog. Just had to tow them around.

Mess with a fish's aerodynamics. Oh, it would really slow it right down. It would make it much harder. If you see anything on your local Facebook page, you can screen cap it and send it to ours. We're FVMZM on Facebook. Flesh, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast, ZM.

A 21-year-old from the US has become the youngest person to visit every country on the planet. And she's 21. Yep. Lexi has visited every single one of the 196 sovereign nations and broken the record

for the youngest person to do so. What does it mean, sovereign nation? That's just places that identify themselves as countries, I believe. She can't have spent much. Like, has she enjoyed this travel? Like, has she actually spent any time at any of these countries? I think someone sounds bitter. Someone's jealous.

Oh, no, do you? I just find it real, like, you know, when people on their Instagrams are like, learn to X amount of countries. I didn't think you could just, especially if she's American, I didn't think Americans would just kind of be able to waltz into any old country. Well, you definitely get a red flag if you're an American going to places like Iran. Well, North Korea was her final country.

That was the last one she went to, and it was on May the 31st, so just about a week ago that she did that. But you know what? You're just flying in and out of countries and doing it super quick. Because when did she start? Do you know when she started going to all of these countries? Did she do them all at once? You wouldn't be enjoying it.

Who the hell paid for it if she did it all in a row? Someone's got a very wealthy family. Oh, she started saving up for her own travels from the age of 12. That was when the day, when she was 12, was when she decided she was going to do this. Right. And she's been working towards it for the last decade. Yeah, and not trying to be a dick, but how much money are you saving at 12? You know, like, until she gets a proper job.

At what age are you allowed a proper job? You're allowed a proper job at 12, right? You're not earning heaps of money, though, are you? No, no, you're not. She's still got rich parents, though, surely. Yeah, there's definitely got to be some wealth in the family. We're mowing her down with New Zealanders. I know, this is very New Zealand of us.

But she came here, so that obviously, you know, she must have got a taste for our tall poppy syndrome. But I'm just looking through her Instagram. I recognize Samoa there. She went to the sewer trench. Oh, yeah. In Samoa. So she's actually spent a bit of time in each place and, like, got around a bit.

Well, she's been there long enough to get a gram in most countries, Megan. That's all that counts. Yeah. Just get a gram at each country. Doing it for the gram. Yeah. Great, great. Like, she's not just rocking around with some bog-standard camera either.

It looks like she's got herself a DSLR. Yeah, right. A sitz-y-wacian. What if you embark on this record, but you get to somewhere like Brazil, and you just made a hot Brazilian and just end up staying there? That's life, mate. That's life. How many people have been derailed by a hot Latina?

That's life. That's just what happens. I'm just trying to find her photo of when she was in New Zealand, but I can't see any really New Zealand-specific photos. The Hobbiton photo is always a classic. Yeah, what would be your number one New Zealand? Something in Queenstown or your Hobbiton. Right.

The Wanaka tree. Yeah, all that. Or the Roy's Peak. Yeah, exactly. You get one of those. Well, she's tallied up. She's been keeping a tally, and now she's done 196 countries. I want to know what you're keeping a tally of. Like maybe you're counting up how many you have of something

or how many experiences you have. Some people tally up, you know. Yeah. Some of us can't keep count. Did you look at me? Yeah, I mean, it's obviously not me and Megan. I mean, draw your own conclusions. I mean, I don't do that, but some people do.

I don't know why you'd want to. No. Yeah. Because it's too hard, right? Is that why you've stopped? So, yeah, we just want to know what you're keeping a tally of. What are you counting up? What are you knocking off?

Maybe you've got a number you're working towards. Yeah, maybe you're doing X amount of days at the gym. Is that the kind of tally you'd want people to be? I hadn't thought about that, but not really. Well, that's something people would tally. Yeah. Oh, what? Or sports wins. People that tally you'd want people to be? I hadn't thought about that, but not really. Well, that's something people would tally. Yeah, oh, what? Or sports wins, people that tally their sports wins. Yeah.

Maybe you've got a goal in mind. Yeah, that you're working towards. So just anything. Maybe you're in prison, you're talking five days, crossing it through. Yep, yep. Or you're deserted on an island and you're tallying into a tree. Maybe you really like Jim Beam bottles on your windowsill

and you're trying to drink enough to fill up the entire windowsill. Just to let everybody know that you do enjoy Jim Beam. At what age do you have to stop keeping bottles of booze on your windowsill and stuff? 18. Right. So 0800DARLS.M. Give us a call.

You can text us as well. 9696. What are you keeping a tally of? We're talking about what you're tallying up. What you're maybe counting or collecting. Sure. This is because a 21-year-old called Lexi from the U.S. has become the youngest person to visit every country in the world.

196 countries by 20 years old. 21 years old. See, I think she's limitless. She's just rushed through some of these countries. Well, no, but that's maybe she knows she's got a list now of her top 15 to go back to, or... Yeah, she might have rushed them, but she's still done it,

Fletch. Yeah, but that's why I don't like it. You know, like at least spend 10 years or 5 years doing it. Well, maybe she will. Maybe she'll carry on. Yeah, maybe. She'll keep on keeping on. Somebody said some text messages, and I'm tallying up my blood donations. In August, I'll be

going for my 27th blood donation. You're doing great work. You know you passed out giving blood, didn't you? Yeah, and then the doctor told me it was because I was... What do you call it? Cute. Yes. Thank you. I thought it was inappropriate that the doctor called me cute. Yes. And name it. Thank you. I thought it was inappropriate

that the doctor called me cute. Yeah. I did a real cute pass out. Sir, you've passed out because you're too cute. Yes, sir. We've found the problem. Your blood's full of cute.

Ashley has called up. Ashley, what are you keeping a tally of? Oh, it's not me. It's my lovely 26-year-old husband. Yep. He is telling Hot Wheels

that he collects, which is always a fun time. The little cars? Yeah, you know, like little matchbox cars, like the Hot Wheels, but he's very specific in which ones he collects. Oh, okay. So every night we're at the warehouse

going round to the new collection, seeing what's out. He's on Facebook groups a lot. So I went to a car show, and I just caught a ride with some people. I knew one of them. I didn't know the other guy. The guy I didn't know stopped at every single tent with Hot Wheels

and went through every single box. Really? Like, looking at every one of them. He was buying ones he already had that he really liked. Like, it was nuts. I was like, and apparently he just does it all the time. Right. Why?

So why does he do it? I've got no idea. Just started one day as a hobby. I like to say that at least I'm not doing drugs. I'm like, okay, but at this point I'd much rather do that because I've got a whole room in my house that's hot. Yeah, if you were doing drugs, at least we wouldn't have a house. That's what I say about my shopping. Yeah, yeah. If you were doing drugs, at least we wouldn't have a house. That's what I say

about my shopping. At least I'm not smoking or doing drugs. Hey, thanks for your call, Ashley. Connor's on the phone. Connor, what are you keeping a tally of? A couple years ago, I went to the gym for 100 days and I didn't know how to keep a tally of it.

So my friend suggested I started a Snapchat streak. Oh, okay. Of every time you went to the gym? Of every time I went to the gym, yeah. So you have to snap your poor friend a photo every time you're at the gym? Not of me. Okay.

Just of anything? Just the equipment I was using, yeah. Oh, yeah, okay. And so what, how did you get to 100 days or did you go more? I went up to, I? I went up to 112. What?

In a row? Yeah, in a row. I just call into the gym on the way to work and take a photo of a dumbbell and then go home. Or just through the window of the gym? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Are you still going heaps? Yeah, still going every day, every other day. Because I guess it's kind of like a game and you've got to keep your streak.

So you're like, well, I've got to go today. I've got to get the streak. Connor, wow. Because I guess it's kind of like a game, and you've got to keep your streak. So you're like, well, I've got to go today. I've got to get the streak. Connor thinks you're cool. Didn't you and Mr. Toyboy have a snap streak? When he lived in America, yeah. Yeah. It got up to almost 200. Man, I was wild when he broke that.

And now it's like, oh, yeah, Snapchat. Snapchat, yeah. Well, somebody said, there are quite a few people saying they're on the Snapchat streaks. Still? Yeah. Okay. My husband has an Apple Watch and recently clocked up 500 days of reaching his move goal. So that's how many steps he has to do per day, 500 days in a row.

That's over a year. Sorry, I realise it's obvious. There must be days where you're like, hey kids, come here. Let me strap this Apple Watch on you. Or put it on the dog. Or if you've got a cold or the flu or something. You don't want to do this. No, he obviously is just keeping very healthy by moving and he hasn't got sick.

Some other tellies. Somebody said, I'm telling up days from and days to my birthday. Oh yeah, that sounds like me. Oh yeah. And I always have the Countdown app for going on holiday. Yeah, yeah. But that's not tallying. That's not tallying up.

So my husband, somebody said, recently had a vasectomy. Okay. And now after you have a vasectomy, you have to produce 21 times before you're actually in the clear. Oh, okay. That in the clear. Okay. That's the thing. Like, yeah, right. Like if you've got a loaded gun, you just fire it all. Yeah.

And then there's no gunpowder left in there. Are you talking about like a one player? Yeah, a one player game. Okay. One player game. Really? He's just putting little marks on the bathroom window with a whiteboard marker. I'd be like, okay.

Yeah. I know. You go to get the groceries, you come back and there's two more marks on the window. That's only gone for 15 minutes. He's like, what can I say? That's very, very interesting. I did not know that. I'm currently keeping a tab of the amount of times my two-year-olds dropped the C-bomb.

My partner said it once in front of them, and we're currently at five times since. Oh, no. Oh, someone's in the dog box. Yes, someone's in the dog. ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. This is the news we've all been waiting for. Sephora is going to open its first New Zealand store in July. I walked past this on the way to work.

It's on Queen Street, isn't it? And it's going to be like in a couple of stories. Three stories. Yep. With an elevator. I can hear the drills, the banging. The drills and the banging. Have they done the front yet with the big black and white?

Well, no, they put up the big boards so you can't see in until the very end. $5 million that fit out is costing. Wow, okay. So it is coming to Auckland in July but there is exciting news for other cities. There is going to be a double-decker bus like the Spice Girls

bus that is going to tour around four cities, including Auckland, but they haven't announced what the other cities are yet. Right. My guess is Wellington. Yeah. Hamilton.

Christchurch. Oh, is it going to South Island? Will they go on the Inter-Islander? Oh, yeah, no, that's the thing. Can you get a double-decker on the Inter-Islander? Well, yeah, because you get a big truck on the Inter-Islander. Are they just doing the North Island? No, I don't know, but I'd say maybe. You'd say so.

You couldn't not. Sorry, South Islander. So are they getting one of the Auckland Transport double-decker buses? Or is it an actual old-school double-decker bus? I'm not sure, but it sounds like it's going to be properly fit out because

there's going to be their signature makeup ranges on the bus. So you can actually buy stuff. Oh, right. And also there will be makeup artists and stuff on the bus as well, touring around. Because people, they announced this late yesterday and people went crazy, didn't they? This is the place you go to when you go overseas for makeup. Because like for Fenty, I mean, you can buy from Sephora and get it shipped to New Zealand,

but you have to pay for shipping and all that jazz. Yeah, right. So like if you wanted, there's heaps of brands that we just don't get in New Zealand that's only at Sephora, and now we're going to be able to get it. Fletch and Bourne have totally glazed over. I started watching the cricket. I started watching the cricket. Oh, yeah.

Why did we lose another wicket? Oh, no, that's a highlight. Phil, carry on. This is a cricket World Cup, Megan. This is Sephora coming to New Zealand Fletch Born? I don't really care about either of them If I can be brutally honest

You can be Well New Zealand playing Bangladesh at the moment 199 for 5 and they need 46 runs to win Is that You'll be jumping on the bandwagon when we, you know, in the finals.

Oh, no, I do care. I do care about the cricket. And like, Sephora, that's good too. Thanks. Well,

you're settling in to notice your wife going to Sephora. That's for sure. Yeah, and I know about this shop so she's not going to be able to trick me

into thinking it's groceries or anything this time. like, DeJuber. Sephora Organic Store. DeJuber. DeJuber. Sephora organic store. DeJuber. DeJuber. The Hunger James.

So we landed in Christchurch yesterday. I had a bit of time to kill, and producer James had bought with him his, what do you call it, a heat bag? A thermal isolation bag. Yeah, it can be chilled or it can be heated. Okay. Yeah, the thermal isolation sack or it can be heated. Okay. Yeah, the thermal isolation sack.

Now, you'd never really told us what design was on there. A lovely flamingo design. Well, I did tell you I got it from Bed Bath & Beyond. Yeah. So, you could, you know, sort of think that it would be... Floral. Yeah, floral, for sure. Yeah, Bed Bath & Beyond, big on their floral designs.

Yeah, well, that was the biggest one I could get. There were a couple of plain coloured, but as I said, you can't fit a pizza in the small ones. And as I learned yesterday, it's a crucial tool for the Uber Eats driver. You have to have it on you at all times. Yes. So we've talked about your deliveries in the past, but this was our first time

that we were actually able to go out with you. You got your boots on the ground and really saw what it was like. Yeah, we did. Now, you can see... How exciting. It is very exciting. You can see all of it on our

Instagram story, FEMZM. It'll be up for a few more hours, but I tell you what, very exciting stuff. There's your bag! Go, James! I need the phone! It is chaos! Go, James! Woo! Someone is starving, James! They need their phone! Let's roll, baby!

James is going. I'm on the door. We've done it! We've done it. We've done it. Is it? Yes! Woo! James, James, James, James, James. James, James, James, James, James.

Uber James. So we did two deliveries. Yeah. So this is how it works. You log on. Yesterday, you had to take a photo of yourself. Yeah, so... I guess because you were in a different city, right? The Uber Eats is like, his account's been hacked.

Maybe that was it. I've never had that before, but I had to take a selfie to verify that it was me using my account. So I had to do that before we started driving. And then, yeah,

we got out for what? A quick 40 minutes? It probably was. And we did. How many deliveries? A couple of deliveries? Yeah, who was first? The sushi guy?

Yeah, it was a pickup for sushi. It was a sushi place in town. That was central sushi to a Merivale address. Now, this was a pick up for sushi. It was a sushi place in town. That was central sushi to a Merivale address. Now this was a truant school kid. You knocked on the door and he was... He was in a school uniform. Yeah, so he should have been at school. Should have been at school, but he was eating sushi.

He might have been on lunch break. Should we have reported him? Is that out of your jurisdiction? I'm not too sure what the T's and C's are of Uber driving. I imagine if it's a felony or something quite serious, I'd probably have to report it. Yeah, yeah, yeah. But, I mean, bunking school? I mean, that's the thing.

He's paying me money. He asked for a delivery to door, too. Yeah, so not just... Like, he wasn't going to come out and meet you. He wasn't going to come out. You had to go up a long driveway. Tight driveway, too. Tight, tight, tight.

Tight driveway, tight. Thank goodness for the reversing camera there. So we got the job, and then you go and you pick it up. We picked up the sushi and then that's when you advance to the next stage in the app. You click collected food and then it's like drive to Maryvale. We drove there. We were like deliver, thumbs up, and then we got our next job. Well, yeah.

I mean, what normally sometimes happens is we were already on our way to drop off the sushi and we were already getting another notification for another one so megan who was the the chief handler of the navigator in the phone um clicked accept and we had another another order ready to go you actually missed an order that came through so i didn't realize you only have like 10 seconds or something or you've got to get it before another overdriver picks it up. We could have made extra money. So it kind of goes, ba-da-ding, gives you a wee alert, flashes for a bit, and then if you're not quick enough, it goes away.

Now, so our second one, we had to take a suv-a-larky all the way across town. Suv-a-larky. Well, that's a big debate. What did people vote? What did people vote on our Instagram? We did ask people, is it suv-a-larky or suv-a-larky? I'll look into the results for that. You carry on.

It's a Christchurch classic, the souvlaki. It was a souvlaki combo, actually. It's a kebab for the rest of the country. Oh, it's a little bit different to a kebab. It's a kebab and a pita. No. No, I don't think it is. Okay, so voting was very close.

54% of people believe it's souvlaki. Yeah. And 46% believe it's souvlaki. Souvlaki, right. So souvlaki winning the day. Well, we had to drive all the way over town. And then, Megan, we took it to that flash car dealership. It was a flash car dealership.

Yeah. Are we allowed to say the name of the man who placed the order? No, because it's privacy-worn. Yeah, right. I don't want to lose James' job. He did say to me, I knew that guy off the radio. Because I ran it in. I ran in the souvlaki.

And also here's the problem, because James, you're registered with your normal car, and we were in the station vehicle. That's what I mean. Using free fuel. The person we were dropping off to was quite confused. He was looking out for normally my Holden Astra, but we were in a different car. We pulled up in a large pink vehicle. And then everybody in the

car was just goo-goo gaga over that guy. So, what's the car was just goo-goo-ga-ga over that guy. So, what's the T's and C's about, like, flirting with your client, Jay? Well, the thing is, I've got to get a thumbs up or thumbs down delivery service. So, you'll flirt for a thumbs up. I mean, if it's going to give me a thumbs up, then I don't mind if we flirt, for sure. No, that's just business, baby. Yeah, because we were all in the car and we were like, oh, my God, he's so cute.

Yeah, and he ate that souvlaki. You'd probably want to pass him pre-souvlaki. You'd get a little bit garlicky after a souvlaki. Not that you were going to pass him your Maori food. Did we give him a thumbs up? We did give him a thumbs up. And I think he gave me a thumbs up, too. But the one thing, no tip.

No tip? No tip? That's souvlaki? That was a Maryvale souvlaki. That was. And he got that from quite a Maryvale souvlaki. That was. And he got that from quite a while away as well. Bloody miles away. Must really say something about that souvlaki.

So at the end, it gives you like, it's honestly like playing a game, eh? And at the end, you get how much money you made. How much did we make? So after 40 minutes online, two trips, total earnings for the day was $17.11. We made off that. That's so good. So what do we get out of that? Well, I mean, I've got to wait for the day was $17.11. That's so good. So what do we get out of that? Well, I mean, I've got to wait for the money to clear.

And then like Vaughn says, I've got to take the tax out of it. So I'll do some working out. Yeah, let us know. And also like, will you be reimbursing the company for free fuel? Well, I'll look into that. It's a great year. We've talked about it on air now technically, so that can be claimed as a content expense.

Right, okay. We know why we're on a claim. Also, do you have a way to message any of those people that you dropped off to? Oh, my God, no. Just stop it. Leave them alone. I was just wondering. You're being very predatory now.

Asking for a friend. God, I can imagine if your marriage ever ends, you're going to start being an Uber driver. Excuse me, there was lots of people in the car. I'm asking for a friend. Asking. Excuse me, there was lots of people in the car. I'm asking for a friend. Asking for, well, all right. There wasn't really.

What a great podcast so far. Wouldn't you agree, Fletch? Yes. And it's all thanks to Spark. Get one gig of bonus data with the Spark U25 pack. Now, back to the podcast. So a conversation transpired in our house the other day. I don't know why. We were talking about wills. We weren't talking about like we've got to update

our wills. No, wills as in your last will and testament. Okay. I do have to update my will though. So we're talking about wills and Indian August as they are always listening at seven and four, nearly five said, what's a will? I said

well when you die, obviously you're not around anymore to say what happens to all your stuff. Yeah. So you've got to have a will and you write it and you sign it so that people know of your stuff who gets what. Yeah. I said, for example, if I die, mum gets all my stuff, all of our stuff. If mum dies, I get all of our stuff.

If we both die, you guys get all of our stuff. And were they like, is that a lot to take in? It's weird because I'm, when we were growing up, I don't remember my parents ever talking about death, so it always really scared me. So I'm kind of more of the approach of we talk about it a bit more and a bit more openly and hopefully they're not terrified about it.

Well, it's one of life's inevitabilities. It is, it is. That and that. Tax. Unless you live in Dubai. Yeah Dubai or the Cayman Islands. Yeah, but then there's other inevitabilities when nations that don't pay tax that you've got to overlook, don't you? Yeah. Like busloads of workers getting transported to and from working sites in very poor working conditions. Anyway, so we're talking about wills, and they said, what else happens in wills?

And I said, oh, that's a good question. I guess another part of the will is that it says what happens to your body, like how you want it to go. And that's, we've talked about it before. And the girl said, well, when you die, do you want to be buried or burned? Burned. That's rough. Yeah.

It's true though. It's factual. Buried or burned. And I said, oh, I don't know. I guess I'm leaning more towards the burning part. I thought you said you wanted to have a Viking. A Viking funeral. Yeah.

Again, that's not allowed, Megan. You can't just sail someone's body into the ocean on fire. Unless you buy a piece of land with a huge lake in it. And then let's see them try to stop it once it's already burning. Why are people against getting buried? Is it a religious thing? Against getting buried or against getting burnt? Yeah, against getting burnt.

Yeah, there's a religious part. Because God, it takes up so much land. You see these cemeteries, you're like, just scam us in that. And all that money on coffins. It's insane how much coffins cost. Yeah. I'd be burnt, cremated. Put me in an old fridge box and set it on fire.

Yeah. Over a barbecue. Just keep it going until I'm all gone. So, yeah, I said I think I'm going to be burnt. I said that way you can, like, keep a little bit of my ashes that are left. Yeah. You can keep a little bit of me around and then spread it around the rest. Yeah.

And that's when Indy piped up with, I'll keep one of your nut balls. And then I was like, I was about to say, why? And August was like, I'll have the other one. I was like, no, we're not doing it this way. And they're like, two nut balls, two daughters. Well, they're sharing. They come to an agreement without any arguing. You know, wills tear families apart.

They've decided amongst themselves it'll be a testicle each. They call testicles nut balls. Okay, right. Which last time I mentioned that, I wrongly blamed on my wife. Yeah. It's my mother-in-law that called them nut balls. Right. But of all the things to pick up your dad, like, why? But are they getting the nut balls cremated or whole?

Well, that's what I said. I said... My dad died and I remember him by this testicle necklace. August would. He totally would. It's like a razor. Have you got a dried prune on a chain around your neck?

No, it's my dead father's testicle. I took it to a tannery and I had it preserved. And I said, oh, that's not how it works. It's like just all the ash and then you just keep maybe a little bit somewhere. And they're like, so it could be the nut balls. I was like, yes, it could be the nut balls. And because Sade's grandparents

passed away on the same day and we've got a glass globe with each of their ashes spiraled through it. And I said, it's like with Grandma and Toddy, you know, we remember them. This is something that you can keep. And then I just saw their eyes lighting up. I was like, don't say it. And they're like, is it his nut

balls? Well, I mean, I can't say no because it's the ashes, right? It could be. It could be. And then I'm like, gross, we've got Sade's granddad's balls sitting on the bench. A four-year-old and a seven-year-old

completely destroyed the beautiful memorial glass globe with ashes inside. I can't look at it the same now. It could be his balls. You're going to have to put it on a high shelf somewhere out of the way. It's going to have to be hidden now because every time I see it, and it doesn't help that it's in the shape of a ball either.

Every time someone comes over now, they're going to point out Grandad's nut balls. Yeah, yeah. This is our great Grandad, going to point out Grandad's nut balls. Yeah, yeah. This is our great Grandad, and part of it could be his nut balls. Today, Lightbox, the first three episodes of Season 3, The Handmaid's Tale, are out. And you will know her as Aunt Lydia from The Handmaid's Tale. We are very excited to welcome Anne Dowd to the show. Good morning, Anne. It is a pleasure to have you. We're all massive fans. We are very excited to welcome Anne Dowd to the show. Good morning, Anne. It is a pleasure to have you.

We're all massive fans. Thank you very, very much for that. Because you play this incredible character, Aunt Lydia, and then I see, I watch your interviews that you do on the late night and, you know, press for the show, and you just seem so lovely in real life. Yeah, I'm good at hiding it all, you know?

I just think, all right, now be nice and friendly, but I'm kidding you. And on the show, you terrify the living hell out of us. Well, here's the good news. You know, when we go to do the show, when we go to set, for the actors, you know, it's make-believe, meaning at the end of the day,

nobody is missing an eye. No one has been electrocuted or zapped, you know, meaning at the end of the day, nobody is missing an eye. No one has been electrocuted or zapped, you know, with a cattle prod. We can jump in and commit because no one is getting hurt. Do you have to make sure when you are outside, when you do these interviews or you meet people, you have to be super friendly to make sure that nobody thinks there's even a little smidge of Aunt Lydia hiding under the surface? I have to tell you, I'm too old for that, and thank God. I'm past worrying about how I come across. You know, I'm the mother of children, so hopefully

you get your wits about you, and you realize that kindness is the way forward. So I feel pretty secure in that path. Have you had any run-ins with fans or maybe they've been a bit aggressive towards you because of the character that you play? Well, people are generally so lovely. One time in an airport, someone says, Oh, I know you. Did we work together?

And I know exactly why they, I know what happens because I've done it myself. She knows because she's seen the show, but she doesn't get right over here because I've done it myself. She knows because she's seen the show, but she doesn't get, or he or she. I've done the very same thing. So I know where the conversation is going, but they are working through it in their mind. Why do I know you? I know you.

Where do you live? Where did you live when you went to college? So we go through all of that, and I'm thinking, hey, let's just cut to the chase. I get it. But one time a woman said, I know you. And she was so dead set on determining why, I just thought, don't interrupt. And she said, oh, are you that woman on Handmaids?

And I said, I am. And she literally, she turned around and she didn't run. Did she move at a clip or what? She literally, she turned around and she didn't run. Did she move at a clip or what? She just departed the scene and it almost made me laugh out loud. She just went right down that escalator, practically running. And I thought, okay. So when you confused a celebrity, who did you confuse? You know what I did one time and I'm to this day embarrassed.

The show Roseanne. Yeah, yeah. Remember the show Roseanne what I did one time, and I'm to this day embarrassed. The show Roseanne. Yeah, yeah. Remember the show Roseanne? The earlier, yeah. And the wonderful daughter, the older daughter, and this is the first maybe five years. The older daughter, and I sat there, I met her, and I said, how are you?

And she said, fine. I said, you know what, but I haven't seen you in ages. How is your family? And I went on as though we had been best friends. I do not know what possessed me. But she was very kind. And then when she said so, I mean, she was probably saying, oh, my God, get her out of here.

We met in a public place. We just bumped in. And then afterwards, I almost crumbled onto the floor. I thought, don't tell me. Because I went at that poor girl, how's your mother? How is it? And she's looking at me like, are you serious? And it didn't dawn on me until we had finally, oh, it was mortifying.

That's why I have a little compassion toward the people who stare at me. Yeah. And we actually just found out during that song that you've been to New Zealand before. What brought you to New Zealand all those years ago? I did a film called, well, it was a CBS three-hour movie called The Lucy Show. And we somehow, you know, Lucille Ball. Yeah. And it took place, you know, in New York City and so on and so forth.

But we shot in gorgeous New Zealand. And it was such an extraordinary experience. And just hearing your voices, I'm telling you, it's just so beautiful. Now, when we left Handmaid's Tale, you were, and we didn't know if we'd be talking to you right now. Let's just put it that way. You're alive.

I'm alive. You know, I think it took a minute for her to get it together. But the lovely showrunner, Bruce Miller, who wrote the finale, you know, he's the head writer. Before I read the episode, he did email me and say,

by the way, she lives. He was very thoughtful. Just before you freak out. You know, an actor's paranoia. What? You know, she's paranoia what you know she's dead you know how you go I would have gone right there

but yeah she is alive she's got a bit of a struggle she's got a little issue in the first sort of several episodes of not being quite sure

of herself not being quite in control as she always prides herself on being. Because when I thought Aunt Lydia was dead, I thought shows like this replace her with the next big bad. I was like, what is going to be around the corner if Aunt Lydia was only the taste?

But is Aunt Lydia going to step up? You say for the first couple of episodes, she's perhaps not got it in control, but are we going to see a really ramping up of Aunt Lydia? Well, the wonderful thing, and this was, I can't tell you, the eight days of shooting or nine days of shooting this episode of her backstory, it's episode eight. And it was so tremendously gratifying.

I'm telling you, it was some of the best days of my life, period. You know, this is the third season, so I know her. And so to see what might have happened that produced the woman we see was tremendously beautiful to me. Every actor has a dream about how they think the character should go, but, you know, we're not the writers.

So I suppose had it been up to me, she would have seen the light, let us say. Yes. But she's a presence the light, let us say. Yes. But she's a presence in this show for a reason. She doesn't represent the free thinker. And I think my hope is that that will crack a little as we come to know her. We're very excited to see the new season, which is out today. Lightbox in New Zealand, the first three episodes premiering.

Anne Dowd, who plays Aunt Lydia, thank you so much for chatting to us today. Oh, my God. Thank you. And if you love Handmaid's Tale, you can get more with the Eyes on Gilead podcast. It's available on iHeartRadio now. Fact of the day, day, day, day, day. Today's fact of the day is about Winston Groom. Ever heard the name Winston Groom?

No. He's an author. Okay. A book he wrote was the basis for a very famous movie. Okay. Are you going to tell us? No, I was going to. Megan looked at me like she wanted to have a guess.

For a very famous movie. Mm-hmm. Forrest Gump. Oh, okay. It's just about the Google. I was going to say the notebook. We're going to have a bit of a Google on that one. Well, he wrote the book Forrest Gump, and of course that was bought by Hollywood

to be turned into a movie that you may have seen once or twice, or 18 times, or all the times. Well, when they bought the book from Winston, they paid him $350,000, a good little payday for the rights for your book to be... Oh my God, I should write a book. ...turned into a novel. Well, that's a good flip.

Yeah, yeah. But part of his deal was he was also entitled to 3% of the film's net profits. So, I mean, we know now, obviously, this is going to be a good outcome for old Winnie,

but at the time, that's a gamble, isn't it? That's a real gamble. Well, it was even more of a gamble because the film studio used what is called Hollywood accounting

to make it look like, to Winston and his lawyers and accountants, that the film actually lost money. I mean, come on, it's an iconic movie. It's an iconic movie. It made over $600 million at the American domestic box office alone. And that's not even including the rights, the rights and replays since, and DVD. Exactly. Download sales. So, Tom Hanks, he was contracted for a percentage of the film's gross receipts.

So that's not profit. That's gross. Instead of a salary. And him and the director, Robert Zemeckis, got $40 million each. Wow. From Forrest Gump. Whereas Winston got screwed over and got nothing further than his $350,000 that he was paid for the screenplay rights to his novel. Please tell me that since he's got money or he sued them.

Are you going to tell me that Tom Hanks gave him money? No. Maybe. Maybe. I thought you were going to say Tom. That's when Tom Hanks stepped up and gave him a couple of mil. Something that Tom would do. He's so lovely. He had penned another book called Gump and Co.

And this was to chronicle Forrest Gump's life throughout the 1980s. Right. And early 1990s because it was published in 1995, around the time that the movie came out. And they wanted to obviously make a sequel to Forrest Gump because the first one made so much money and they said to him, we'd like to buy the rights to Gump & Co.

Yeah. And he said, well, it's going to cost you. It is absolutely going to cost you. It was never said how much he actually was paid for it, but after he was paid for the rights to Gump & Co., he said that there was no hard feelings against the Hollywood studio for not paying him his 3% right of the film's profits.

So they obviously gave him a lot of money. A lot of money. However, that film's never been made, has it? No. Gump and Co. It has been stuck in what Hollywood describes as development hell for at least 15 years. Oh, wow.

I don't think you need a second one. Nah, just let it go. You know, just let it go. If they made it now, it wouldn't be the same. No. And Tom Hanks isn't, like, young. That's 24 years ago. Maybe over that they were filming it,

because I imagine it took a while to film and put together and everything. Yeah. Wow. But, I mean, maybe he could play Grandad Forrest Gump. Yeah, right. With? Okay. Colin Hanks. Your son? As Forrest Gump. Yeah, right. Okay. Colin Hanks.

As Forrest Gump Jr. Were you trying to think of someone to play his son? Yes. I didn't think of his actual son. Does Colin Hanks have a son? Colin Hanks' son. Yeah, probably would because he'd be old now, Colin Hanks. He's done so much stuff.

He'd be mature, Fletch. Colin Hanks is 41 years old. He has children. Oh, he's only got girls, says the guy with only girls. But I'm not looking for someone to play Forrest Gump Jr., but they can play Forret Gump. Sharon Gump. Sharon Gump.

That's got Hollywood written all over it. See, the name Forrest Gump, the Gump. Sharon Gump. That's got Hollywood written all over it. See, the name Forrest Gump, the Gump part's very Gump, but it's teamed up with Forrest, which is quite an adventurous cool name. You can't team up Sharon with Gump. Sharon Gump. My name's Sharon. Sharon Gump. It's not quite going to get the people to the cinemas, is it?

No. So today's fact of the day is the man that wrote Forrest Gump, the novel that the movie is based on, was screwed out of money because they made it look like the film made none. Fact of the day, day, day, day, day. Do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do- He's got a fake baby. He's one of those baby holders. Oh, really? And you can get a photo with him. So you can get photos, yeah. Yeah, and he looks just like him. And then you have to pay for it. Then you have to pay for it, yeah.

Well, that works. Yeah. That works. Well, he's 10 years old now. It's actually twins because you can't make a baby work that much. What's that, the old twins? You've got to share the load. Yeah, yeah, the old twins.

They played one Michelle Tanner. Yeah. But there were two of them. And you couldn't tell. You'd never tell, could you? No, no. They were professional at that very time. But the baby is 10 years old.

The babies that played the baby, 10 years old. And in that movie, they would have been what? One or two? No, baby. Baby. Under one. Under one. Under one.

Like six months old. Like baby, baby. So I looked up and I thought this would make an interesting list of if these babies, some of them fictional, some of them real. If they were from that time, how old would they be now? Okay. Okay. So Emma from Friends is 17 years old now. That's Ross and Rachel's baby from Friends. Is apparently 17 years old this year.

That's nuts. Other Friends babies. Phoebe's triplets. Do you remember when Phoebe had triplets for her brother? She was a surrogate. Yeah, yeah. They are 22 years old. Those babies.

Those people that played those babies are now 22 years old. My God. I wasn't a big Sex and the City watcher, but Miranda's kid from Sex and the City years old. My God. I wasn't a big Sex and the City watcher, but Miranda's kid from Sex and the City is 17. My God. If you were on season one of Teen Mom, you're now 10 years old. MTV's Teen Mom.

The babies from the first season of that are 10 years old. There was a movie where Arnold Schwarzenegger had a baby. It was called Junior. He was a scientist. Oh, heegger had a baby. It was called Junior. He was a scientist and he met... Oh, he got pregnant. Yeah, he got pregnant. He wanted to impregnate a man, but he wouldn't get the right, so he tested it on himself and got pregnant.

The baby that came out of that, 25 years old now. Juno, the movie with Alan Page. Oh, that was a great movie. Being a pregnant teenager. Michael Cera, Jason Bateman. Yeah. And that movie, that baby is 12 years old now. Also 12, the baby from Knocked Up, the Seth Rogen,

Castron Heigl movie. Oh, yeah, that was traumatic. 12 years old. Also another 12-year-old. If Shrek's babies were real, they'd be 12. Because Shrek the third came out in 2007, and that's when Fiona had the babies, or Shrek, the ogre babies.

Yeah. The David Bowie movie, Labyrinth. Yep. You know, the childhood classic. Don't tell me. The baby from Labyrinth,

32 years old now. So, wow. So, he's the same age as me. Maggie Simpson would be 32. Wow.

Maggie Simpson, from the initial when the Simpsons were first aired in 1987 when she was a baby. I so want them to do a grown-up Simpsons. They've done those. Yeah, but Maggie never speaks. No, Maggie never speaks.

Oh, didn't she say one word? Who famously did her voice for one word? Oh, she did one word. And if the Rugrats were real babies, they'd be 29. Oh, my God. So the Rugrats would have babies of their own by now. I was just thinking one of the most famous babies and always talked about in the Nirvana baby.

Yeah. That album was 91. What album was that? Never mind. Never mind, yeah. The baby naked swimming in the pool. He recreated that a few years ago. Yeah, because you always see articles and he's like,

yeah, okay, everyone's seen my penis. Yeah, it's grown a little bit. It's, yeah, okay, everyone's seen my penis. Yeah. It's grown a little bit. It's just a tiny baby. They grow. They grow. Crazy.

So how old is he now, though? Have you found how old the Nirvana baby? Oh, that was 91 and he was a baby, so do the maths. I can't because I'm not good at maths. Probably 30? 28. Yeah, because a lot of articles came out celebrating the 25th and that was a while ago. Yeah. So, yeah. 30? a while ago. Yeah.

30? Getting towards 30. Crazy. So there you go. And their parents probably made all that money and didn't give it to them either. Spent it all, baby. Fletchvorner Megan, the podcast, ZM. News for fans of Black Mirror on Netflix, it's out.

Yeah, the three new episodes. Now, I don't know if this constitutes an entire season, or they're doing a half-season drop and then another half-season. So this is Miley. Because the original seasons of Black Mirror only had three episodes, eh? Yep. Before Netflix. Yep. When it was a British show.

And Miley's in one of these eps. Yeah. Yeah, she hasn't seen. She plays a pop star in Your New Best Friend. That was what I saw on her Instagram. But I haven't watched them yet, so I don't know what to expect. But yeah, all three episodes of Black Mirror are out.

Well, I'm using the company Wi-Fi to download them to watch on the plane. Great news. One of them today. That'd be great. Fantastic.

And in other good news, Dead to Me has been renewed for season two. Oh, good. So good. Christina Applegate, who you'll know,

Veronica Corningstone, Kelly Bundy from Married with Children. She's been around forever. Linda Cardinale is the other actress in it. She's an amazing actress. You'll see her and you'll be like, where do I know her from? Well, you'll know her from Avengers.

Yeah. She was Hawkeye's wife. Oh, yeah. And that's the thing. Every time I'm going to say one of these roles, you're going to be like, oh, yeah. She was too. She was Velma Dinkley in Scooby-Doo movies. Oh, with that awful hair.

Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. She's too. She was Velma Dinkley in Scooby-Doo movies. Oh, with that awful hair, yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. She's definitely been in that. She was also in Mad Men. She was in... Oh, she was. Yeah. She was.

She was in Mad Men. She's a great actress. That show is brilliant. If you haven't seen it, dead to me. So Netflix, that's on Netflix, and out is Black Mirror. And we already mentioned today, dropping today, three eps of The Handmaid's Tale. And we talked to Anne Dowd just earlier.

Lydia, if you missed that, podcast today. First three eps on Lightbox. So much good watching, especially with this cold weather. Great. I was going to say, great timing with all this cold weather. Isn't it? And the weekend, I'm assuming, will be the same. Yeah.

And if the power goes off, we met a guy last night who restores the power. Well, he had a pager, didn't he? A linesman. Yeah, he was a linesman for the county. And he drives the main road. I think you'd heard that before. ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan. The podcast.

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