Do Go On - 48 - Elvis Presley with special guest NICK MASON

Episode Date: September 21, 2016

This week's episode is all about the life and times of Elvis Presley with special guest good guy Nick Mason from The Weekly Planet podcast filling in for regular good guy Dave!  Twitter: @DoGoOnPodInstagram: @DoGoOnPodFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/DoGoOnPod/Email us: [e-mail] the show and get rewards like bonus episodes:www.patreon.com/DoGoOnPod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Hey Jess Perkins. How was that intro? I was trying to do it exactly like Dave does. To be honest it was a lot better. Thank you! Your face was going the other way there, but I appreciate that. And we're joined by special guest because Dave is away. Dave's not here, so we are joined by our good friend and return guest Nick Mason. Hi everyone. Hey Mason, how are you? I'm really good. I'm here to laugh and learn and be best friends. Okay, well, we could definitely laugh and learn. I know. Now, we'll just see how we get our record. Don't force it, man. Be cool. Be cool.

But I brought things. What do you think? Baked goods. Unless it's baked goods. I'm not interested. That's a new phone. I bought some rayon cloth tape. Just picked that up. Placed clothes. It's made in Korea. It's a... phone. I bought some Rayon cloth. You just picked that up from the clothes. It's made in Korea. It's a, I do love things made in Korea. Yeah, I know, right? Yeah, you know.

Red your favorite color. It is. Put that there for you later. Um. You just know. You just get it. It's got a 6-thet-sant-old-ish. Oh no.

So Dave is away at the moment. Oh yeah. All right. I think we should, because no one really yeah, all right. I think we should, because no one really knows who he is. I think we should each give our guess, our best guess is to where Dave is. You should be saying at the same time.

Well, I'm gonna think, I feel like that would be annoying. Okay, fine, I'll figure. Where do you think he is? I think, well, I'm confident. And he didn't, I asked him straight out on Facebook and he didn't reply, which I think that means, kind of confirms it to me.

He's at a neo-Nazi university studying abroad for the semester. So, yeah, hopefully he's listening and hopefully he's doing well in his studies. I know you said we'd both guess, but I don't think there's a need to because I agree with you I saw an Instagram photo of him he's in some sort of ice cave eating a pie so I feel probably Neon arts universities That makes sense. Yeah, that would be one of the electives. I imagine caves. Yeah bunkers and caves They're in all that stuff. Yeah cool. Sounds about right. Yeah Dave is gonna enjoy that if you He's gonna kill, but he has this deal to do so, yeah, the want of the Nazi. It's bad people. So because we're a Dave short, and last time

Maceau was here, I wasn't here, right? So now I will play the role of Dave and try to keep everything in control as Dave does. So if you're okay with it, would you mind playing the role of Jess? Okay, does Jess have any defining characters? God no! Okay, great. No, I disagree. I think listeners would tell you that her biggest characteristic is that she'll turn on things. She hates certain people.

Just all the sudden. I like the flops sudden, and you've got no idea why. I like this guy, and then 10 minutes later, she's just like, no, I love this guy. It goes from love to hate very quickly. Now, in the grand tradition that I've invented, of me being on the show, I've decided to dress as the person who's not here. Yeah, too.

To dress as day, but I can be some sort of weird Jess Dave hybrid. Great. I get cool. I love that. Thank you. Yeah, because last time you wore a mustard jumper and I'm apparently rather famous for one jumper that I have, but I'm okay. I'm okay.

You worry about you. Yeah, I want to buy you another jumper. Yeah, I'm really cold. Okay, great. Please get me a jumper. Jess, do you think it might make more sense if you play the role of Jess and we just get Maceau of play Dave. But look, I kind of already mentally gotten into the character. Okay, yeah, no, that's fine.

If it makes more sense that way than that, so I just thought maybe. Look, I can- But I overthink things sometimes. You do, as is the Matt way. That's classic Matt. Okay, I should know that down for when I'm Matt. Yeah, overthink, underprepare. And speaking of underpreparing, you've got a report for us. know that down for when I'm at. Yeah, I overthink, um, under prepare.

And speaking of under preparing, you've got a report for us. I do have a report for us today, which is good. And as the all the reports do start with a question and mine are normally the best questions. I think we'll have all agreed on that in the past. That's very true. All right, so here is the question. Here we go. It's from the hat. Yes, the topics from the hat the question is from my brain. Which usually sits under the hat. It does. There are a team in a lot of ways. My question is, it's so dumb, but who is your favorite monarch? It doesn't like it. Normally the question should lead to the... It's not, anyway, cool. It's like an opinion based on the...

The consensus is what we do the report on, so you're going to have to work on the fly. Yeah, it's working real quick here. Mine's Prince Michael of Kent. Okay. He's the only... Does that count? Yeah, I think so. I have no idea who he is.

He's the only royal with a beard. He's bald. He's got a beard like currently or forever You can Was he always bald? No, was he always he's been being previous- Kid oh, no the current royal He's the only one I don't know the prince Michael prince Michael of Kent and he has really big time Who's what I like him so much? How does he fit into the family? I don't know Okay, no that's fine. I'm very sharp. He's a very sharp dresser. All right cool. What a cool dude. Well, I would have said The big dog queen Lizzie, but we've already done her so then I so then I was thinking like you know prince prince William

Seems pretty cool. Little tiny prince George is a little bit adorable. He's a little sister who's never shown up. Shown up, Shown up, Shown up. I think to be honest, I'm- But I'm guessing it's an older. I've deliberately misled you. It's more of a like a, like, if you think more music royalty. Oh.

I can't. Prince Elvis. Oh, that's good, but that is more about the topic we're doing. But Prince is better. Yeah. That's what I wish it was Prince. This one's out of the hat though, and Prince isn't in the hat.

And the topic, as suggested, was called the life and death of Elvis Presley's smiley face. That was how it was sent into us. You know what I really like? From Edward Bassanelli. Thank you, Edward. What I really like is that,

from the beginning when we started doing this podcast, I would always sort of, I would think of things and write down, I had this list in my phone for ages of like potential topics. And I really like now that we're getting so many suggestions that there's like crossover or like people will suggest things that I've thought of

and then I'm like, yes, I can do that topic. And I can say it's from the hat and Matt won't yell at me for it not being from the hat. Yeah, it's fucked when you don't go to the hat. Yeah, I know. You've got so many things in the hat and you've suddenly you're pulling things out from other garments. Is it had a garment, Nick? Yeah.

It's um, is it haba dashory? Oh, that man, that's your best word. No, it's an acutri- Oh, acutri- Oh, acutri- Oh my god, you're the coolest person I've ever met. He is playing an old guest. I can't wait for you to flip flop later in the episode. Yeah, oh could from maybe. Yeah, yeah. Oh my god, you look cool as best that I've ever met. He is playing an old jazz.

I can't wait for you to flip flop later in the episode. Yeah, oh yeah, I'll turn on you. Okay, good. Wait, now. Now I do want to do that. Are you back to jazz now? Yeah, maybe. Yeah, maybe I'm just Dave for the start and the end.

So, and like, how Dave is the good one at, like, just like, all right Matt, I can't think of the word because I'm not Dave. Well, when you said, when you said at the start of the end I'm like Dave, you did this kind of... You kind of crunched yourself up into a little... Yeah, because he's a little man. Okay, cool. I'm gonna wrap man, apparently. Look, I'm Dave now.

Oh, I'm Jess. Oh, I'm Dave. Oh, no. Oh, I'm all scrunched up. Dave, Dave, I'm Dave now. I'm Dave now. I'm Dave now. I'm Dave now. I'm Dave now. I'm you have fun at a little when. I'm just again, back to a normal, in proportion human.

What a rollercoaster. Got that, Dave. Got that, hit laugh. OK, so I've written quite a report here. Let me get stuck in. Please. And feel free to, what do you guys know much about the man? Peanut butter and banana sandwiches.

I hope that makes an appearance at some point. That would be great. Well, it's going to make an appearance now. He really liked paint up butter and banana sandwiches. Oh, right. I did read that a few times and I never wrote it there. I think I know more about Elvis from like parodies of Elvis. Yeah sure. Like your like your walk hand or like your Simpsons references or he's shooting a TV. Yeah. He's shooting a TV at any point.

Uh, don't spoil it. Yeah, no spoilers. No spoilers, no spoilers, but answer the question. Um, good. Yes and no. Oh, very good. Shoot a person on TV, that, yeah, wow, okay. So you guys know he was born in 1935 as a he was a twin. Did you know he was a twin? Yes. Yeah, I think I've had vaguely

read the bill, but his twin was still born. I was still born, so that's great. Still born after all these years. Yeah, that's not what both weren't getting any born. They're still born. Yeah. So what's he doing now? Look, um, look, like, it's probably a car salesman. Oh, I can account, you know, one one's an entertainer.

When gets a sense of all job, you know, I think, I mean, I think there's a bit, there's a little misunderstanding there. Oh, okay. I might have both entertainers great Boy Now I go on with your port then I get to get to Elvis Elvis was the second of the two born and ended up being his parents only child Vernon and his mum's name was Gladys. Gladys and Vernon, classic old, timey name. His name was actually Elvis. His name was actually Elvis. Elvis, is his middle name Aaron? It is Aaron.

Yes! I don't know why I knew that. He was named after Vernon's middle name was Elvis. Oh. And Vernon had a mate named Aaron. That's very good, isn't it? So he just kind name was Elvis. And Vernon had a mate named Aaron. That's very good, isn't it? So he just kind of went Elvis? There's like a couple of things I can see. Yeah, exactly.

Like right now I would be naming my child bag clock. Oh, I mean you've got two people in front of you. Oh boy. Oh boy. Do you even think of it? Oh dear. Yeah, but we're both boys and that's clearly a girl's. Oh, per-clack clock. Very and that's clearly a girl's Oh, that's a quick clock very fair. That is a nice

Obviously, but yeah fair enough bad clock Come on little bag clock On this podcast that said he would be okay with maybe his child fucking Only if my partner wanted it and she was really rich Yeah, no that's exactly wrong. Time for school, fuckhead. The rich and famous think they're going to be rich and famous forever. That's why somebody named their kid pilot inspector.

Jason Lehm named his kid pilot inspector, assuming that he would be famous forever. And then you defend, you, you protected by the, by celebrity. And he, yeah, but... Pile it. The kid probably isn't gonna be really easy. No, Pile it in Spectrum. I always think it's like shortened names too. I mean everybody does, but I'm notorious

about just always shortening people's names. How would you nickname or shorten Pile it in Spectrum? Pile it in Spectrum. Pile it in Spectrum. Pile it in Spectrum. Pile it in Spectrum. Specky. Specky Lee. Specky Lee. That's kind of cool. Yeahki. Speki Lee.

That's kind of cool. Yeah, Speki Lee. I don't mind that. Sorry Jason, I apologize. Yeah, take it all back. What do you reckon the odds are that they go by the name of Gary now or something? Yeah, it's a Zahui bow. I said you want to.

Yeah, what is the O.E. is now known as Duncan Jones. Duncan Jones. He went the other way. Oh boy. So Elvis. Oh, he. Ben Jones. Yeah. He went the other way. Oh boy. So Elvis. Oh he. Ben and I'm glad. I've written a lot of this in the present tense which just sounds weird. So I'm gonna see if I can change that on the fly. Elvis grew up in it. Elvis grows up in it. Elvis grow up. Elvis is growing up. His family was quite poor, but it was tight knit. He had his grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, all living nearby in Tupelo. So she went up Tupelo in Mississippi.

You guys know the Nick Cavesong Tupelo? No, I don't know it. Another John Lee hookersong Tupelo. Is it about raining? Yeah, okay. So the Nick Cavesong is probably a cover of the... No, I think it's a go incidents. Yeah okay so the Nick K. Seng is probably a cover of the... No I think it's a coincidence. Yeah. But the song's about the night Elvis was born I believe. Oh there you go. Yeah. Yeah. Kind of like how Christmas carols were about when Jesus was born. Very similar. Yeah. The topolo is an Elvis carol. Carol. The real king of the Jews. What? Dave's not gonna like that. Not at all. They are teaching him the opposite and his university at the moment. Alright, first paragraph. When I came to do this episode, listeners, I said, what's some characteristics of every,

like I've listened to the show, I enjoy the show, but like what's some characteristics. And the only thing that I was given of the other people was that Dave is a Nazi sympathizer. Yeah, I mean, if you just put that out on Twitter, even not directing it necessarily, it do go on followers. Just, if you just put it out there, said, anyone know Dave Warnicki, what's the first word that comes to go on followers. Just, if you just put it out there, said, anyone know Dave Warnicki,

what's the first word that comes to mind? Nancy. They'd say, Nancy Simpethyzer, that's a hyphenated word. Yeah, sure. Cool. I'm saying cool a lot today. So the family regularly hit up the assembly of God Church in Tuplo,

and that is where Elvis developed a love for singing gospel. To he like singing. Yeah he oh you didn't know that yeah he was there was one of his passions. Really? Yeah. God you're thinking now I go. What yeah what why what did you think was not worthy about Elvis just that of interest? Just the white suit with all the rhinestones on it. Yeah yeah it was a fashion ace. Although it was a stamp that he was just like Paris Hilton, like nobody really knew why he was famous. But yeah, it's not a few albums like Paris Hilton.

Do you know? Yeah, yeah. Much like Paris. Now did his older brother encourage him to get in a gospel singing? I don't know how to break it to you. Because older brothers are often like, go on, get in, you know, you scared a little Elvis.

Doesn't want to, it's hard to sing in public, you know. It's like, I'm two minutes older than you, Elvis. I've lived. That's right. Yeah. You know? Moving on. Okay.

I think we'll find out more about the brother. Yeah, I think so too. Yeah, I don't want to spoil. Yeah, no spoilers. The second half is very. I'll brother have a great, great. Jesse, Gar don't want to spoil yeah, those spoilers the second half is very I'll brother heavy yeah great Jesse Garan Presley heavy Aaron and Garrett Not good Jesse though Jesse though big fan of that. I did not yeah, it's good isn't it. Yeah It's a snow star. Yeah, I'm counting who knows we don't know you

If I find out he's brothers in the accountant. His, his, not being pleased. Oh, is it, I mean, I don't know if you'll like or not like this, but it's, it's accounting related. Um, his father Vernon wasn't able to hold down a steady job. And in 1938, was sentenced to three years in prison for forging a four dollar check. Oh, four dollars to three years in prison for forging a $4 check.

Oh, $4. Three years in prison. For $4. And granted, that was probably more money. It's probably like, you know, $13.14. That's right, man. That's the reverse, um, Frank Abanale, Jr. Mm-hmm.

You've got to weigh with it for years. Yes, this guy's like, There's one, no. Tiny little check. Yeah. But he only spent about a year behind bars in the end. Got off lightly, in my opinion. I've been 14 years.

I've gone, I've gone soft on crime in the 1930s. Mm-hmm. Yeah, wait, is that? A simpler time. That's building up the next year, isn't there, when Nazi war begins. What's that? 38.

So he was in jail. Maybe he got out in 39. Hmm. For some reason. Not everyone. Good theory. Every story has to be announced as a just because one of his.

We're really going hard today because he's not here to defend. Yeah, have fun. Oh no, no, no. No. Can hear him. Um, turning in his grave and he's not dead. For his 11th birthday, Elvis was given his first guitar by his parents, um, bought at the Tupleau Hardware store. Uh-oh. But I also actually read that he bought his first guitar. So I don't know which one

of those is true. Let's say it came from the Hardware store. And around this time, he performed at the the Mississippi Alabama Fair and Dairy Show. Sounds like I'm imagining like the Royal Melbourne show. Oh you get to get to pit the little animals. Yeah, but also a combination of that and like the fair and Charlotte's wed. Yeah. Just a fair. I'm imagining a fair is what I'm saying.

Yeah, it's like all like the Chalton show and country Victoria, which is also a fair. All the scene in the notebook, when they go to the fair, yeah. I'm imagining that sort of fair. All like, all like my stuff. Like my stuff.

Or when you pay for a ticket on a train. I'm far better. Should have started there. All right. Fucking. His first record, oh sorry, let's, I mean, she, in 1948, the Presley's move to Memphis from Tple O,

looking for more opportunities because they're battling. Sure. They're battling. In Tuple O, they were living in a two room house, not a two bedroom house. Oh, sure, two room house. Okay, all right. If you've got a split room, how we split them? Yeah, okay, that's tricky,

because you want probably the toilet and then everything else, right? Yeah, I was thinking that's like bath. Maybe that's an outhouse though. Oh, yes. But still you'd have a bath or something inside, so that's got to be a, that's got to be in its own space and then maybe water bed slash bath. Oh, that's good.

So you just hop off and dive right in. And then you'd have like open plane kitchen and living area. It's like a studio apartment basically is what you're saying. That's great. And I mean, it is only the four of them. Yeah, isn't it though? Yeah. Aaron and Garan.

Yeah. We haven't heard much about his relatives with his brother, which is really good. It was probably in that time between 38 and 48, those 10 years. Yeah, I have skipped over a lot of that. Yeah. It's probably just, just going through your Bertie Beetle show bags and just know all sort of similar stuff.

Read your Phantom comics, all the stuff you get at the show. Yeah. Phantom comics. Are you a Phantom fan? It's the shitest one, right? Look, in a way. The shit is big one. Even big ones are stretch. Uh, right? Look, in a way. The shittest big one. Even big ones are stretch.

Uh, right. That look, but people have heard of it. That's true, yeah. Look, it's, it's, it's of the, like I know there's some big fans and there are people who still get their phantom comic every week, but it's over the past. It's, it's, it's one of those, it's like Flash Gordon,

it's like the shadow, then they're not coming back. Right. Yeah, it's been done. It's been done, yeah. Cause yeah, unless you somehow made it modern It's been attempted. Okay Billy Zane if you're a call. Yeah Phantom 2040 behind a waterfall. Yeah, yeah, and look in the ghost cave skull cave Ghost cave anyway, we digress see I'm doing a day. We get to that now I'll be able to show back. Oh right. Yeah, we digress. See, I'm doing a day. How do we get to that? No, I'm pretty sure.

You're a lot of early-bedal showbags. Oh, right. Yeah, that'll do it. Yeah. So, in Memphis, that's where he started going to school, or continued going to school. He went. So in Memphis, he went to school. And he graduated there in 1953, becoming the first member of his immediate family to

earn a high school diploma. Oh, good job, Elvis. That year he recorded his first tunes at the Memphis Recording Service, a couple of cover songs, My Happiness, I think. The power of things on happiness. Slowly creeping back, now you're at home. Yeah, it's funny, I didn't realize the connection there. Yeah, yeah, it was a big powder thingy fan,

but you know, aren't we all? Sure, I think that's true, yeah. I also... I think it's been suggested actually. Really? Yeah, I think powder thingy's in the hat with a specific... No, maybe it's silver chair. I think it was silver chair and it was like...

Silver chair, I don't know what it's been... I want Jess to do it. Okay. I was like, are you want Jess to do it. Okay. I was like, are you from Newcastle? No. Do you love Silverchair? Fine. They're fine.

That's what we need. That's the enthusiasm. Yeah. That's like, make the album. No connection or enthusiasm is what you need. The following year of us received a call from a local guitarist named Scotty Moore and along with bass player Bill Black, they met at the Memphis recording service to jam out some tunes.

Oh yes. And they were there with Sam Phillips who was the son records producer and they tried a bunch of different songs but Phillips wasn't digging the sound. He wasn't into it. But then all the sudden Elvis was like, how got an idea? Let's have a crack at Arthur Big Boy Crud Up Song. That's all right. And only let's do it in a sped up star. Oh that a deal wouldn't it? And more in black kept up and I imagine Philip said something like, I think you've just cut your first hit record. Oh yeah, yeah.

He better at it. Yeah, and then he would have said something like, I mean, we haven't recorded it yet, but you know what I mean, and that would have been like, what are you talking about, Phillips? We're very new to this, we're gonna stay together. Don't like this is not making any sense of,

is like forget it, let's just record this song. I think it's doing the like this is not making any sense of it. Like forget it. Let's just record this song. I think it's gonna, I'm just saying I think I like it. That was a weird time back there in the 50s. 50s. Hey, what is it weird that people existed in the 50s? So long ago. Why haven't bother it?

That's the parents existed in the 50s. My dad was born that year. What is this? 53. Yeah, nice. Oh, that actually that's 54 year. So is this? 53. Yeah, nice. Oh, actually, that's 54 years. So you lied.

I did lie straight up. And it did become Elvis's first hit single. So Philips was right. Oh. As I imagined it. It's in a way that cut their first hit record. Yeah, in some ways. Yeah.

Right. In a way. In a way. You know, the correct way. In 1955, Elvis had caught the attention of promoter Colonel Tom Parker. Oh, I've heard that name. He's a key player. Tom Parker. Tom Parker. The Colonel. Now, was he a real Colonel? Or was he, did he just take the name? Is he like a Colonel Sanders? Who might also be a real Colonel? I don't think you have to Google it Matt.

I think we can just say yeah. That is a great question. Look, I don't think he was a real Colonel. Okay, lies. His occupation is just down as talent manager on Wikipedia. Yes, so what do you get a body Colonel for? Yes, there she is. She turns. There we go.

Now, because I didn't see it. When people said she turns something, they're like, what? No, I don't. Now I see it. Okay. So the kernel, he... No.

I just turned you off. All right. I can hear myself a bit in that too. I don't know. Look, while you were faffin' about, Matt's true. Matt's true. Well, apparently he served two years in the 64th Coast Artillery.

So he's an artillery man. Although he had served honorably before, he went AWOL and was charged with desertion. Ooh! Ooh! Which army is this in? United States Army. Ooh! Yeah.

Because he was Dutch-born, I believe. Ooh! Oh! I mean, it doesn't say he was Dutch born, I believe. Ooh. Oh. I mean, it doesn't say he became, like it doesn't say he was a kernel. Yeah. It doesn't, it doesn't say he, he rose through the ranks. I don't think you can become an artillery kernel. I don't, anyway, that's the last research I'm going to do.

Good decision. Mm-hmm. Until you come back for the DC episode. Now, I'll just wing it. That's great. Yeah, that's how we like to do it. That makes more sense. So yeah, so the Colonel Tom Parker. Not a real Colonel.

Not a real Colonel. He got pretty excited about Elvis. He wanted to get involved in the business. And he did. Oh! Oh! Dream Achieve Believe. Yeah.

And one of his first bits of business for Elvis was that he was able to negotiate the sale of Elvis's son records contract to RCA record. I thought you were going to say Elvis's son there. Yeah, that's what it sounded like. I was like, he sold Elvis's son? Oh, look, Elvis didn't have a son, you guys. I don't know. Do you think I would have mentioned that before? Probably wouldn't have the way that they were.

Look, you haven't mentioned a lot of the stuff about his family members so far. So, yeah, I know nothing about his mom. Look, it was a very private. Well, you know her name was Gladias. Oh, brother was Garen, and we had the dad was the guy, the forger. What else do you need to know? So we this this deal was for the unprecedented sum of 35 grand plus a $5,000 Sony a son plus a $5,000 signing bonus or

Sony by us It was it was a fuck ton back then remembering that four dollars check gets you a jail. How much is a fuck ton? Oh sure it's $69 am I right? Yeah 69 $69,000. Yeah it yeah, it's a f***. Yeah, right. Settle down, guys. A lot of money. Great. In 1956, Elvis makes a deal with the Colonel, which stipulates that he will be the sole and exclusive advisor, personal representative and manager in all and any fields of public

and private entertainment. Well, that sounds all encompassing, doesn't it? Isn't that way that would come around and bite anybody in the house? He really locked Elvis up. Yeah. How old is Elvis now? Elvis is? Like 20?

Yeah, he's 21. Hmm. 21. Good time to make that decision, I feel. It was around this time that he bought Graceland. Oh. 21 year old. Huh?

He bought it for 100 grand. What a mad dog. I'll talk more it for a hundred grand what a mad dog I'll talk more about that later on what a half what a half dog thank you that's a nervous thing in 1956 you're the king of my heart and this podcast. Wow, okay. Do go home. Sure. In 1956, Elvis records his first songs for the new label at the National Studio and these sessions include recording the hit song, Heartbreak Hotel.

Oh yeah. You'd be familiar with that one. Yeah. It just sounds like all of Elvis's other songs. I was gonna try and sing it, but I was gonna sing it. Well, that's all right, mama, but that's a different song. Yeah, exactly. Down at the heartbreak hotel.

That's all right, mama. Heartbreak hotel. Heartbreak hotel. Yeah. Slowly. We've been back. Yeah. He was, he was strongly influenced by Bernard Fanning.

Yeah, I was just saying, we've all been influenced by Bernard Fanning. And music and in life. Amongst all this Elvis is starting to get attention on the TV, the body television, which is a relatively new thing in the 50s. And during one appearance on the Milton Bell show he performs a sensual rendition of his hit song Handog and that episode was a huge writing success. Essential what would that sound like? I think it was more in his hips than his lips. Oh that's nice. He really is. Lips was seen as being like basically vulgar. Like, way moved his hips and his lips. Yeah.

He's lips of vulgar. His sexy moves during hand dog drove the kids in the audience wild and press and some of the adult viewers were so appalled that it becomes one of the most controversial performances ever on the back of this he gains huge popularity among teenagers and audiences become wilder and wilder at his concerts pulling out start throwing their feces that's not listed here like wild animals they listed screaming, rushing the stage, crying and fainting. Oh no, hang on,

sorry, and throwing their feats in. There it is. That's right. Yeah. They turned into primates. That bit is underlined. Okay. Underlined, I tell you, because the whole bit. Yeah. It was the defining, defining thing that these fans did their whole career. Yeah. Just feces. It's got an image, isn't it? Isn't it like, yeah? Music makes you do crazy things. Interestingly yeah the senses and stuff had no problem with that. I didn't think that was vulgar. No that was fine. When he rigged his lips.

Yeah that was come on mate. The press expressed outrage across the country reporting on Elvis's obscene performance and he was condemned by sections of the morally concerned establishment and the religious community. The 1950s were a super super conservative time in America and he was seen as a real rule breaker. Rule breaker over here. Yes, what was that? I'm wondering what that was in protest. Was it in process of the moral right?

Was it a protest of Matt being boring? No, it was just people like the people being just covering up a real fart. Yeah, it was happening there. That's smart. Yeah, really smart. Yeah. Oh my gosh, she's so funny.

What is that smell? I don't know. No, it was just the boring conservative people. You weren't being boring. Oh, I thought you were talking to me. So Elvis is now 21 years old and his star is exploding. Much like Jess's asshole. It's weird that's in the Wikipedia entry as well, right?

That's weird. Did you have to say that when I'm just hanging about full of water? Yes. This isn't fair enough. He heads back to Tupelo to perform two shows at the Mississippi Alabama Fair and Dairy Show. Oh, back to the dairy show. Where he is.

He performed about 10 years earlier, but this time he had 100 national guardsmen surround the stage to control the crowd of excited fans. 100. 100. That's crazy. That's a good audience in itself. Yeah, that's a hundred people come see, perform.

Even if nobody else showed up. Yeah, that's great. I mean, they're facing the other way. Yeah. And they're not enthused. But that's great. I mean, and facing the other way. Yeah. And they're not enthused. But that's probably for the best. It's self-conscious. You don't want to.

Don't everybody staring at you. Mm. Ooh, yuck. Audience, no. No, no. Uh, he's, at this time, he also started moving into the film business. His first whom love, love me tender, premieres, um, it's set in the South in 1800s American Civil War times and is a huge hit

Seems like everything does Where's this gonna end you know all these hits Where does it end? Well, no to be honest I haven't got that fire just to shoot me still out there making hits Yeah, he's by the side. Oh, oh, oh. I'm not saying what I'm saying. You reckon they bought a yacht together or something? Oh definitely, yeah.

Yeah, it's so good. Probably started a restaurant together. Not because I need the money, but just because it's fun. And they love it? Have fun with your brother, yeah. Just like brotherly things. They have to go fishing. I did have it down as a fun fact,

but Elvis did buy Frank and Roosevelt's presidential yacht. I didn't mention his brother but you could only assume those two I mean they were twins. Yeah inseparable in many ways. In all but the key one I guess. Yeah one of them can't sing so can't, you know. So at the end of Love Metender, Elvis's character dies. Oh, spoilers. But that did not test well in the previous screenings. So they tacked on footage of him singing the film's title song at the end of the movie. Just do a bit.

So the characters, look, he's still dying for those scenes. But now he's singing from Hedder. Yeah the character's so bad looking. The character's too tired for those scenes. But now we're singing from Heather. Yeah, it's really what a... He's happy, I'm there. Are you guys familiar with the million dollar quartet? No, I heard it. So, um... Lying on them, let me guess.

Elvis is one of... And there are... It's three more famous others. Buddy Holly. No. Richie Valens. No. The big bopper. It's not being people who die in the plane crash.

I don't know. Yeah, I know. Okay. Holly Valens. Oh, yeah. Steph Mackenchot. Delta Goodrup. Jessica Moore.

No, Negas. Jessica Moore Boy. Jessica Moore Boy. Jessica Moore Boy. Moore Boy. No, no, no. They's out there out yet, no. Okay, well, that's my guess. So Elvis dropped by the sun studios,

back to the old sun studios, and got involved in an impromptu jam session with Jerry Lee, Lewis and Carl Perkins. Oh, they're so close. Do you familiar with these guys? Perkins. Perkins, yeah. Carl. No. So that's three. Yeah, who's the fourth? And the fourth. Oh, here we go. Big reveal. Johnny Cash. Oh, actually, yeah,

I was watching Walk the Line the other day. And I was like, oh, I didn't know they were mates and I should have been able to guess that myself. Yeah, I think that might be one of those reverse engineered. I should have been able to do a thing. Yeah, I think that might be one of those reverse engineered I should have been able to do a thing. Like I saw a movie that vaguely showed that they were. Hey. Come on, I mean honestly. If I had more time, I definitely would have figured that out. Yeah.

But the funny thing is that that was only because Johnny Cash was only thought to be involved in that because he came down for a photo up later in the day. It was really only the three of them that jammed. Oh, interesting. And then Johnny Cash came in later and there was this classic photo of the four of them sort of sitting around a piano, I think. But yeah, Johnny Cash didn't actually jam.

There's a photo in my high school yearbook of me on the debating team, not in the debating team. Just popped in on the. team, not in the debating team, just popped in on the... Yeah, very similar. I jumped in on the photo once when a trivia team won like a fundraising trivia and they were getting their photo with the metal and I just jumped in on the side for my arm around them and like forever more I'm a champion trivia guy. That's right.

Congratulations. Thank you. Is that how you got here? Is that on your resume to get into your on? Yeah. Champion trivia guy. Yeah that's why we hired you at this photo. Yeah look look at me with all these other people. How did I get on it? I don't belong. No more. The way it would Dave is a trivia guy. He got me on because I work for a trivia thing and then I got you in because you know you got a good attitude. I disagree. Yeah she's got a bad attitude. I turn on people real quick. Yeah and that's what I like about it. See you know to me it's a good attitude, a bad

attitude, a good attitude. There we go. Is that confusing? What am I talking about? Oh, yeah, the million dollar. So, I'll make Sam Phillips as their producer. Of course he is. And he obviously no longer has the rights as he sold it for $35 grand.

But, he, even though he wasn't really allowed to, he pressed record. So those sessions, those sessions were recorded and eventually came out, I believe. I think that happened. That's naughty. Very naughty, but very. That's pretty, he was all about that.

He's the original bad boy. Bad boy, rock and roll. Love a bad boy. But like, you gotta do that, right? And I think everyone's pretty happy that you did. Anyway, a million dollar quartet. Yeah, that was pretty good. It was.

Is your favorite ever quartet? Oh, the film quartet with Billy Connolly and Maggie Smith. That's only two. That's only two. And the other two whose names I don't know. Wow, but you still like them. That's a great film. The quartet.

That's great. Check it out. That old people. So I mean, that was obviously, that was a question. That was a question without notice. Yeah, that's really good. So it was like, I mean, that's fine that you gave an ordinary answer. Probably the Ninja Turtles.

Ninja Turtles, that's very important. Because I was about to defend, it's a great moon, and then he said Ninja Turtles. I Turtles, that's very typical. Okay, yeah, that's it. Because I was about to defend, I was about to, it's a great man and then he said Ninja Turtles. I'm in hell. I'm in hell. Now imagine the film quartet, but the Ninja Turtles are in it. Oh.

Four memorable actors. As opposed to the two in the two. Who were the four memorable actors? The Ninja Turtles. Yeah, yeah. What are the actors? The turtles. Oh, a turtle can't be an actor, yes. Wow. I can not actors. They're turtles. Oh, turtle cub, you're an actor, yes.

Well, I can't believe what I'm hearing. I thought Dave was the Nazi. Mmm. Telling people what they can and can't do. This one's amphibious. That's her problem. I am a Notre Dame-fibious. Well, you find out eventually. And you've broken my heart today, Jess.

Well, I think my mind and you've broken my heart today, Jess. Wow. I think my mind's gone through a few. I was thinking of all some Forson for a little while. Oh, yeah. But I think maybe the Big Four of Thrash Metal might be my favorite quartet. You guys know the Big Four? No. Feels like I'm padding.

I've got some. Is it also the Awesome Forson? Did they switch to Thrash Metal? After their disastrous fruit? Fruit, fruit, fruit, sponsorship. What was the song that they had? Um... Valley...

Fruit. It was like a... It was like a... It was a cute half-paradied... Love, meat, and uh... Yeah. Oh. Um...

Peaches, mangoes, peaches. That's the one. Peaches, mangoes, peaches. Maybe. Let's move on. That's my favorite trio. Let's move on. Metallica Megadeth and Thracs sure and Slayer obviously, of course. I could have done that in my sleep. How about we get on with the report about Elvis? Okay Following Elvis's huge ratings boost on the Milton Bill show, he was

booked for an appearance on NBC's Steve Allen show in New York. Yes, Steve Allen. So, he Allen introduced Elvis in a white bow tie and black tails and Presley saying, hand dog to a bass at hand wearing a top hat and bow tie. Oh yeah. Yep. Yep. Now some thought Alan... That seems cruel. When you think about it, that dog ain't no friend to his. Yeah, so mean. You ain't nothing but a hand dog. Don't be cruel. That's not true because he's got a bow tie. That's a gentle pat. Yeah. He is so much more.

Some thought Alan was trying to make Elvis look silly, but Alan later wrote that he found Presley's strange gangly country boy charisma, his hard-of-defined cuteness and his charming eccentricity in treading, and that he simply worked the singer into the comedy fabric of his program. That sounds like something you would say decades later. Like, yeah, now this guy's a star. Like, I didn't mean to mock him. Totally, at the time. It made a crush his career.

He would have been thinking at the time, like, nah, it's just a fad, the stupid youth culture bullshit, which wasn't even like, rock and roll and stuff, hadn't even really, that was almost the beginning of it. This is like, Elvis was the planking of his day. Yeah, I thought. Yeah, that's like, oh, nah. This is not gonna Elvis was the planking of his day. Yeah, it was just like, oh no.

This is not gonna take off. Like if Bieber gets a really big. Yeah, and has credibility. I mean, he is really big, but it's like- But has credibility in the future. Which may still happen. I think he does though, right? I think he has some,

but I don't think he's got Elvis credibility. No, it's probably true. He's kind of, well maybe Elvis was loved and hated too, because like, Bieber is loved, a door, but also hated. That's probably. He's kind of, well maybe it was loved and hated too, because like, Bebe is loved, a door, but also hated. That's true. It's not cool to watch. Yeah, be interested to see what the things that kick on.

I feel like at the moment it's probably, you know, Beyonce might have staying power in that. A dental, I reckon, would. It's like some predictions. Okay. I reckon a dell will. I think she won't. Yeah, I don't think she will either.

She feels a bit too she feels like a forgotten type like a big plan I feel she'll be like I've done all I can I want to do I'm retiring right okay so she's gonna choose but do you think but do you think her legacy will live on yeah oh yeah yeah that's what I think she'll be a forgotten one. Okay. But I think Oregon Beyoncé will, like, grandkids will be listening to Beyoncé at, like, hipster bars in whatever the new hipster town is, Elphan. That's a Melbourne reference. Has everyone enjoys?

Just before the show, Presley told a reporter, this is a quote, I'm holding down on this show. I don't want to do anything to make people dislike me. I think TV is important, so I'm just going to go along. But I don't, but I won't be able to give the kind of show I do in a personal appearance. And later he referred to the performance as the most ridiculous performance of his career. The most ridiculous performance of his career. The most ridiculous. It's interesting though, because he felt like he had to jump through the hoops at the time,

because TV was important for his career and then, yeah, I wonder, maybe he did, because he got the huge ratings and that led to more opportunities. That's true. And that's a way to break through. Like, you're a big underground, like huge underground dish. I probably don't underground at all really at that stage. But it's a huge thing, but then he goes on to these big mainstream TV shows where a lot of people are watching and taking notice. Yeah, so maybe it paid off obviously. You guys know Ed Sullivan? Yes. Yes. I think it's where Letterman did his show and he asked me anything about Ed Sullivan. Yes. Yes. I think it's where let him in I'm gonna ask me anything about Ed Sullivan. Okay. Um

What's Ed short for Edmund Not in New York New York I think I'm a vintage aintment and I'm a bad Sullivan couple of facts here We got some New York listeners. I think they'll He's a building yeah does co-bear still use the theater as the Ed Sullivan's the one on trial here it's Sullivan is the one on trial yeah and he is guilty he's guilty of saying that he will never have Elvis on his show wow until he sees the ratings of his appearance on

Alan's show and he quickly changes his mind. Oh wow. Because that appearance on the Steve Alan's show was the first time that he ever was outrated by Alan. Oh. So he's like, oh baby, we love everything. This whole thing. It's my end-sale of it.

Hey boys and girls, I can get the candle on the lawn. I can order a little chat. And he... What is a gentleman Elvis Presley? So he offered 50 grand for three appearances on the show. And the appearances brought the same sort of controversy that he was sort of becoming accustomed to too and on their third appearance quite famously he was shown only from the waist up. Oh yes.

So you can see them. The sensitivity below. The sexy hips. You'll see those lips though. Yeah. And then then then then then. His lips were carrying a lot of the load. That's not.

Sullivan diffused some of the controversy. He really turned it around Sullivan because he goes during the show he said to the millions of viewers that this is a decent fine boy. We want to say we have never met a more pleasanter we've never had a more pleasanter experience with a big name than we've had with you. Pleasanter. Pleasanter. Pleasanter. Yeah. More Pleasanter.

More Pleasanter. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, that's true. They didn't have the education we have now. That's right. All the medical science social media. Yeah, they don't have any of that. It's kind of Google things for sure. Did they have iPhones?

Um, he had good contribution there. Also objectively wrong. Some of them did have a life. Oh, damn it. That's right. I'm a little bit of a dude to have life. Ah, damn it! That's right, yeah. This episode is brought to you by Progressive. Most of you aren't just listening right now. You're driving, cleaning, and even exercising. But what if you could be saving money by switching to Progressive?

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No, it sounds great. What do you mean? Good point. In 1958, Elvis arrives at the Memphis draft boarders and is inducted into the US Army. After his physical, Elvis is put on a bus and sent to army. After his physical Elvis has put on a bus and sent to Fort Chaffee Arkansas. Oh, Chaffee. Arkansas. Fort. Arkansas. Chaffee. At Fort Chaffee, which is great. So good.

Elvis receives his GI haircut and then he travels to Fort Hood in Texas where he goes through basic training and remains on duty there for six months. After training, Presley joins the third Armored Division in Friedberg, Germany, over with Warnocky's mates, and apparently Elvis is introduced to Ampheter means by Sargent and becomes practically evangelical about their benefits. Not only for energy but for strength and weight loss as well. This is strange. Love that stuff.

This episode of Do-Go-On is brought to you by Ann Federmains. Yeah. You can lift a car. Try it. Go to Ann Federmains.com slash Do-Go-On for 20%. No, is that a thing? Can we get some sense of something? We get a little kickback from Amphetamines, from big Amphetamines. What? Well, Amphetamines kickback.

I've not seen any of that money. Have you been, have you been paid for that? It's all gone up, but Amphetamines not knows. Matt's been putting some Amphetamines in your water. Yeah. That's 20%. That's still so strong. Because it's flip flopping. Yeah. That's what it does. Yeah, sorry, but I should probably have checked with you. I just assumed that's how you would have wanted

to be in paid secretly in your water. No, I'd just like cash into my bank account. That's very confusing. Kind of way to you do business. I got rent and bills to pay. Yeah. Well, you're going to be able to pay him with strength and the other weight loss. Oh boy.

And energy. All right. You can tell that I've got all of those things. Hey, all right. Oh no. Hey, all right Fellow soldiers have attested to Presley's wish to be seen as an able ordinary soldier and the spot obviously is fame and He donated a lot of his army paid a charity maybe even all of it. Oh wow who's to say me he did all of it While serving in the US Army in Friedberg, Germany,

Presley met a 14 year old girl named Priscilla Bolew. Uh oh, 14. And pat it her on the head and center her on her way. And he's how? With only some amphetamines. He'd be 20. Unless he's also 14. He's 20.

He's roughly a relevant. He's 23. So there's nine years between them. Yeah. And she's 14. 14. Yeah, I know. And in it, like they just sort of said, after a seven and a half year courtship, they got

married. So when she was legal. So when she was legal. Legal. Great. Oh, that's so creepy though. Yeah. Imagine going back to your friends and being like, guys, I've met a lady and I'm really happy.

Oh, great. You were just bringing her out. Oh, she's got homework, but maybe another time. Oh, like university homework. Yeah, absolutely. No, no, no, no. You're nine. So.

Yeah, it's fun. It's just sort of accepted that that's fine. It's never talked about that. He was a bit weird. Yeah, I didn't know that she was so young. But I mean, it did so, at all it said was that he met her then. So maybe... Maybe nothing. But that's just like a friend thing. Maybe nothing. But that's just like a friend thing.

Maybe nothing. But that's just like a friend thing. Yeah, seven-hundred. Yeah, that's interesting. Yeah, I don't know. Unless he waited until she was legal and then they got married when he was like 50. Wait, that's not quite. Nine years is converted to 30. Yeah, but then I had a seven year courtship

after she was legal. So that's 50. 50. Oh, yeah, see. My math is awful. We're really a missing Dave. And Federmine's really ages here. I don't know, it's a hell of a drug. It is a missing Dave. And Federmain's really age is here. I don't know, it's a hell of a drug.

Is it a hell of a drug? It is a hell of a drug. There were fears that Elvis's time in the army. He was in the army for two years, right? And there were fears that that would finish his career, that much time out of the spotlight. What if he gets a hip injury or a lip injury? Oh, jeez.

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So yeah there were fears during, that is two years we're going to kill off his grip. Oh no, after last week, don't be sad because I'm not strong enough to handle the Twitter back like. They don't like a sad Jess. They do not. It's really, there are some people I can't handle when they're sad. Because you're like, no, I need you to be you're always happy and then I that's the basis that if you're sad then everything's fucked and I reckon that's what people feel

like and that's why they all turned on Dave she's a turned on Dave apart from a couple who agreed that our stance is stupid which I mean it surely everyone can agree on that anyway alright um Portman toe hmm. They're fun. They're great fun aren't they? You know what else is fun? Fort Fort Man Toe. Fort Man Toe. Fort Man Toe. Fort Man Toe. You know what else is fun? What's that? I'll get you on with the report. Oh no, please don't do it Jess. She's smiling and having a great time everybody. Nick tell them No, it's miles fading. It's miles fading is there

Yeah, we're back to we're back to sage s. Oh, no, cess That's what I call it Oh, no, no, no Um, so there were fears that yeah, it was gonna be a curricula this whole war thing Armory thing this whole war Yeah, this whole bloody war thing. But did you know, here's a fun fact that in those two years, I'm pretty sure that his twin brother covered for it.

I thought I had that too. I mean, I've even knew that he was gone. That's right, yeah. I think you're right, because I remember hearing about Elvis performing at that time. And I think it was his brother. It was his twin brother. There were fears that Elvis's time in the army would finish his career.

A couple of you cut that out. Give it in Matt. No, no, no. But during his two years away from the limelight, RCA regularly released music that they had banked up of his, including 10 top 40 hits. 10 top 40 hits just like offcuts from previous recordings, including hits like Wear a Ring or Ranger neck, and then the number one hit a big hunk. A love. A hunk of burning love. Yeah, which is a good one, right? That's one of the.

I always think of that late period Elvis where is real big good fan Yeah, the big white jumpsuit In 1960 Elvis's 1960 Elvis was discharged from the army and in the years immediately following he Just maintained the huge success even bigger than when he was away finally off Just for weeks after returning, he entered the Nashville studio and that session yielded the single Stuck On You, which was rushed into release and quickly hit the top of the charts. I don't know if I know that. I know the...

The film's stuck on you. Slowly creeping back. You know that one. Yeah, okay, now that does ring back. It's coming back, yeah. So one. Yeah, okay, now that does ring back. It's come back yet. So slowly coming back into my head. Two weeks later, another recording session included two of his bigger singles. It's now or never, and are you learning some tonight? Very good.

So he's come back and he's just like drop and fire everywhere. A review of the album came out from these sessions. The album that came out from these sessions, the review said that Elvis' singing wasn't sexy. It was pornographic. And music historian John Robertson described Elvis on this record as many things including a flirtatious teenage idol with a heart of gold, a tempestuous, a dangerous lover, a gut bucket blue singer, and a sophisticated nightclub entertainer and a raucous rocker.

Got bucket, got bucket. Got bucket. Took that one to heart and ladies, I think. Got bucket. Got bucket. I love that. Yeah, I've never heard that, got bucket. I don't get it, but I really like it. Dibs on the nickname guys. I'm taking it.

You know I love nicknames. I reckon it works better. Got bucket. Oh nice. Yeah, probably does. I couldn't be a gut bucket. The gut bucket. Hey, it's me Big Fat Party animal gut bucket, Maesa. And also if I walked you never, I was like, hey, gut bucket.

Get bucket. Hey, that's so mean. Why are you calling? But if they say it to Nick, it's not. No, look at him. Guys. Look at his little gut. I've regretted my choice but I claimed it so. You got it. Yeah.

Gut bucket. The Colonel scored Presley a deal to appeal. Oh my god. Reading is hard. The Colonel scored Presley a deal to appear on the Frank Sinatra time act special for an unheard of $125,000 fee for only eight minutes of singing. That's good money even today. Even today, yeah. I take that.

I take that. I take that. The show is another ratings bananza. Elvis rode this way. What's the great words in this report? I must say. Dupacit. End of list.

Elvis rode away. What's Manto? Yeah. I'm a gut bucket. End of list. Elvis wrote a way. Watch Mentor. What's a portmanteau of gut bucket and Bonanza? Oh. Okay, now you just being ridiculous. Bonanza.

Gunanza. Gunanza. Gunanza, that's it. You've created it. It's worth more than the sum of its parts or whatever. Yeah. Elvis wrote this way of success through the early 60s and he went back to starring in hit movies like he had prior to his army days. I didn't, I don't think I mentioned it but he was in movies

before just for the army like Love Me Tender and Jail House Rock in the sort of mid to late 50s. The Colonel encouraged Elvis to continue to make movies, almost to his detriment. Almost to get some sort of financial stake in it. It's like a smash-a-mat. Oh, they suck. Yeah, that's cool, don't worry about it. Elvis is like, I want to make some serious ones, and he did make a couple of more serious dramatic movies, and they flopped. So we went back to these romantic comedy, I'm in a Hawaiian shirt. Exactly. He's always just sitting there in this guitarge there

and they're like, come and Elvis, place a little chair. Everything I remember is from Midday movies. It's either that or he's like some sort of daredevil motorcycle. I was just gonna say that there's one more he's spinning around the pool. He's spinning around up a wall on a motorcycle.

Oh, good times. But as the 60s wore on, they became more and more formulaic and less and less successful. Many of the earlier ones did have hit sandtracks, but they also became less and less successful as the decade wore on. And these movies started to really take their toll on Presley's reputation.

He eventually was starting to be seen as a bit of a joke. Like his music cred was waning and he was seen as just being a has been. Who's Wayne? Yeah, now again. We're interrupting. Probably that third brother. Yeah. Wayne? Presley. What would Wayne's middle name have been? You got Aaron. Sparrowing. Sparrowing. What would Wayne's middle name have been?

You got Aaron. Sparrant. Sparrant. Sparrant. Wayne's Sparrant Presley. That's cool. So who was unfortunately barren? Oh.

Yeah. So. In 1967, he marries Priscilla Presley, who was the child. I just had 16 years of. In Las Vegas, Nevada. Oh. And then, Eddiccino. Is that why there's so many, at least, impersonators that you can get married by

obviously in Vegas because he got married by a must-invite? That's got some to do with it, or I can. He was more and more connected to Vegas in his later years Married life didn't change Elvis's stolen career, unfortunately. The soundtrack flops study started a really pile-up and with this the kernel Way later than he should have realized that it was not good for his career And he shifted his attention back to tv. I've just built my 24-karat gold match and I've finally realized that this isn't good for you. It's a coincidence.

Yeah, it's not good for you. It's a coincidence. I mean, your reputation was copying a hit for a while and now I'm also not making much money out of you. But yeah. So I think we should do what's best for you and turn attention back to TV. But it was a great move because he made a deal with NBC to do Elvis's best for you and turn that attention back to TV. But it was a great move because he made a deal with NBC to do Elvis's first TV appearance in eight years with a Christmas

special. It was called simply Elvis. It was called Elvis. The simply was just me telling it. Look. Let's talk about that. Tonight on NBC, simply called Elvis. Oh, no, it's called Elvis me saying simply, oh, no. Oh, no. That's at 11. This is the end for me. NBC announcer man. It's not my name.

It's Wayne. My name's Wayne. Ah, that's Wayne. I knew it was going to appear soon. Wayne Sparron. I'm your long lost triplet twin. Oh. Oh.

Wait, that got it, alright. Bit far, mate. Yeah, come on, mate. You might have... This was the one that doesn't... Okay. You might be familiar with this. I had seen footage of this concert.

It was whereas wearing that full black leather. Yes, I have seen that yeah and it Concerd or porn oh You know the way he seems it's gonna be Elvis porn Yeah, oh there must be we must be Mesa's He's googling Close in the Tom Parker page open up Elvis porn

It was in front of just a small audience But it was the NBC's highest rating show of that season. Quite a lot of Elvis. Oh, okay, yeah, there's a lot of Elvis. Give us your top couple. No, probably should it. I'm not saying explain what's happening, just give us the title. Well, this one just says Elvis Triple X, a porn parody.

And it says scene one, so presumably. Elvis Triple X, a porn parody. Yeah. It's a parody of porn okay yeah it's like a scary movie of porn yeah it's like how silly is porn I went Google image search Elvis porn and it's exactly what you'd expect except for like the 10th image down is a giant Eddie Murphy head on wheels on wheels yeah Promotion for the film Meet Dave one would assume right which was an Elvis parody porn. Yeah, exactly So a writer named John Landau wrote about this special There is something magical about watching a man who has lost himself, find his way back home. He sang with a kind of power, people no longer expect

of rock and roll singers. He moved his body with a lack of pretension and effort that must have made Jim Morrison green with envy. I love when people can get a dig in at someone they don't like. That's right, yeah. In a positive review. Man, that's, that his performance must have made my high school English teacher just, just for a greater life choice, and a regret being made to me. Yeah. So that special would be... No, she killed herself. Oh, jeez. So there's that. Special would become known as the 68 comeback special. Special would become known as the 68 comeback special You laugh at the death of a beloved educator what you laugh at a bit. I just never know what what's gonna hit with Jeff

So like a porn title oh So I mean it was yeah, it was close to being something. I know, but there was an explosive laugh that I didn't expect. I'm sorry. You haven't done one of those in a while. Off the back. Yeah, cause Dave makes me laugh. I used to make it laugh.

What changed guys? This is an intervention for you too. It's why Dave's off at Nazi camp or whatever. He wanted me to come in and... Maybe Matt needs to fuck off for an episode. Wow. So I can really miss him, you know? Yeah, and I know, yeah. Absence Heart Grafonda.

I mean, we haven't seen each other for a month, but... That's true. More time is needed. Yeah. Off the back. Oh, because during that month, we were just releasing stuff. We had up our sleeve that we recorded from the RCA recordings. Once I got up.

And they all went top 40. Off the back of the success of the special, Elvis was booked to perform at the brand new international hotel in Las Vegas, which posted the largest showroom in the whole city for 57 shows over four weeks. What? 57 shows over four weeks. 57 shows over four weeks. Oh, we need, it's like a even math skill.

Right. So four weeks, so that's like 20 a week. Four shows a day for five. That's a lot of shows. I mean, it's an honor. Yeah, yeah. It's one of my shows, but... But there's a matinee. Yeah, mate.

That's probably a matinee. Oh, that looks suck. I think it's two a day. Yeah, look, my matinee is very good. Oh, I swear, I'm not... Anyway. That's... Doesn't matter. It's a lot of shows. It's 14 a week. Yeah. Oh, yeah.

It's a lot of shows, sir. it's every day. It's a lot. How many, how many giggles have you done this year, Jess? This year in nine months, 102. Yeah. So it did more than half of that in a ninth of the time. You still keep in count. Isn't that adorable? Yeah, I am adorable. Thank you for noticing. Dorable. Uh, the run was a huge success.

Hmm. Presley was back baby I've written down. That's amazing I'm glad you wrote that down. At a preface. I reckon when you wrote that you thought and here I'll say Presley was back baby. Yeah. But instead what she said Presley was back baby I've written down. That's good. Don't give us a peek behind the curtain, just let it go. Well the funny thing is, because I wrote it so late last night, I was pretty delirious, I don't remember a lot of this. I mean, I wrote it so recently, but I still, anyway, cool. Wasn't 12 hours ago.

Wasn't. Wasn't. At the press conference after the opening show, journalist referred to him as the King, but Presley gestured towards Fats Domino, who was also in the room at the time, obviously, and said, no. Just a picture of me carried with him at all times. He said, no, that's the real King of Rock and Roll, humble.

Humble, humble. I mean wrong, certainly. I mean, name a Fats Domino song. Um. Uh, 13 double- one, double six. It's a hot delivery. Fat stomino, well maybe that's the thing, I guess that's what he's saying.

He's like, I'm getting all the attention because I'm a white guy. But this guy is like, he was huge fat stomino. Yeah. All I know, the main thing I know about him is that Shelby checker kind of ripped off his name and had a big hit. Fat stomping over. Oh yeah, that's true.

That's a weird factor. I'd never even made that connection. Yeah, that's actually amazing. I hadn't until someone pointed it out in a very similar manner. On a podcast. It was weird. It was the only thing they said to me the whole time. The next weird podcast.

It was really weird. It was like, shh, no, it's all we brought here for. Get out. Get out of here. The next day, the Colonel negotiated a five-year contract for Presley to play each Feb and August at the international hotel for the huge sum of $1 million a year. Feb and August, like all Feb all year. Yeah,al, it's like all the feb all the year. Yeah, so to be similar to his four week crazy deal.

I can't do that. For a million, yeah, yeah, 10 months off. That's your full time job. That'd be fun. I would do for a million dollars, Jess. Would you perform a buddy's sold out rock and roll tonight? So what'd you do, right? So would you do that?

I love it when people say so. I do that. I think that everyone would do. You would do that for a million dollars. You do gigs to pack out audiences for two months of the year. For a million dollars. You know what? I would.

The only thing is there's nothing guaranteeing packed out audiences. I think I nothing guaranteeing packed out audiences. So I think... I think I'm guaranteeing my fault. I'm... Okay. I'm Elvis Presley. I'm Elvis Presley. Oh, okay, you're Elvis Presley.

I get it. I get it. In 1970 Presley organized to meet the then president of the US, you would guys would know. What you was this? 1970. Nixon? Yep, was Nixon. Yeah, yeah.

Yeah. I would not have known that. So that is a good get. And in this meeting, I think it's kind of a famous meeting where he asked for a badge. He asked for a narcotics. Oh, that's right. Yeah, like a D.A. badge.

D.A. badge, yeah. And he also was talking about how patriotic he was and how he he had contempt for the hippies and the drug culture. Huh, Mr. Unfedermain's. Yeah. Mr. Wawad. Mr. Unfedermain's was his thing. I think I was still a bit jet lag. Jets lagged. Yeah.

Is that one? No, that's a pretty good one. Yeah. It's close. If jet lag was one word, then it would be. It's true. Is jet lag going wide? I don't know.

It might be a portmanteau. Portmanteau. Yeah, right. OK. So portmanteau. That, right, okay. So... Portmento. That's what I can do. That's just, just Perkins related Portmento. Ah, yeah.

Short man too. Short man. Because I'm a short man. Yeah. Well played. I have a short for a man. I have a short for a man. Yeah.

Yeah, yeah. So in this meeting, yeah, he was talking about how he's not in it. He's like, yeah, drug culture and that sort of stuff is no good. Wow. Apparently Nixon was found it really awkward. Like, and I definitely don't know this at all, but it just feels like Elvis was high. Oh, absolutely, yeah. But I don't have no reason to believe that apart from that's just a

Vot like he just sounds like he's been really weird. Yeah, yeah. Just like, okay, be cool. You're a What's what's something a man who's really high on drugs wouldn't do? He'd ask for a drug enforcement agency badge. Yes And he'll also say to the president that the Beatles exemplify a trend of anti-Americanism and drug abuse in popular culture. Just threw the Beatles under the bus. What would a man who's on drugs not do? Throw the Beatles under the bus. And apparently they'd hung out a few years earlier the Beatles and Elvis and had a good

time, didn't did some stuff together. You know what you never mentioned either is when Elvis met Forest Gump. It's very true. When he stayed at the house. Okay. So at the house. Yeah, that, that was, so that's in the fun facts, but you've ticked it off, man. Oh no!

You said it better than I was going to. Oh no! And in a lot of ways it was, it better than I was going to. Oh no! And in a lot of ways it wasn't in the fun fact. There we go. I didn't know that. I didn't even know that was a thing. It's a thing. Okay.

Paul McCartney later said that he felt betrayed by Elvis. Oh. And he said something like, he said little, um, little sassy tags. You've been doing accent. Do you have to say, I'm Paul McCartney from the Beatles end. All right, let me find the exact quote though. And I endorse this. That's what it is.

Yeah. Um, all right. Can you give me the Paul McCartney? Give me a word or something to get me in. Um, beetles? Beetles. Okay, yep. Thank you.

Thank you. All right. Yeah. The great joke was that we were taking legal drugs and look what happened to him. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. Who was that?

Who was that that was speaking? It's no wife knowing. It's no wife knowing. It's no wife knowing. The great joke. I think I nailed it. I don't know what you guys are going on about, but I think I fucking smacked it in the- That's why I always start my messages with,

I'm Jess Perkins and- Oh wait, no, hang on, no. Wait, I forgot about the instructions. The next Jess Perkins, I'm here to start. I wrap everything. What do I know, what was I meant to say? I'm Paul McCartney and- At the start, okay, great, I can do that I'm here. Let me go. I wrap everything. What was I meant to say? I'm Paul McCartney and... At the start.

Okay, great. I can do that. Even better. I feel a bit portrayed. I'm Paul McCartney. Good. And the great joke was that we were taking drugs and look what happened to him. I feel portrayed.

I'm Paul look at him. And that's great. Do you think I probably smashed it? I think it was better the first time. I don't know. I think maybe you should stay in the room and not leave and let Paul McCartney come in and say that, which he just did. And then he leaves me.

Show business, secrets, Nick. We were just asking you to do an impression. Not get Paul McCartney Oh, it blown the budget mate. We're done. You think that was a bit of fun having him in? Yeah, it was kind of fun actually. Yeah Finally, I'd paid him to hang around a little longer. He shook my left hand because we're both left-handed. Are you now all shook up? Oh Oh, this is fucked every time I do this it feels like the worst thing that we've ever done. Oh, we really Just like

I'm happy to be here as part of the So sorry to make it. I'm so sorry Nick. Everything you've done has been fantastic Thank you. I'm coming up to the end here. He's about to die Wow, oh no, oh no He's about to die. Wow. Oh no, oh no. By the early 1970s, Presley's marriage was falling apart with Priscilla, and he was starting to get around town.

Priscilla also. Did I talk about earlier how the army helped Elvis get into karate? No, that sounds right. Yeah, someone of the army got him, and he started studying karate. I'm actually fighting. You're making fat illness to karate too. Well, you may well because you started incorporating karate into his later stage shows. Yeah, there's a lot of chops.

Oh my god, that's... Yeah, there's a lot of stances and a lot of chops. Yeah, that's so great. Your face is the best one. It's rage and confusion. That is Elvis Lipp. That is perfect. Elvis Lipp impersonation.

I missed it. It's a full face lip impersonation. You're bringing everything in. Thank you. He really commits. So Elvis, he got right into karate and he actually recommended a karate instructor to Priscilla at one point during their marriage. Oh no.

And yeah. And sexiest one in town. Yeah. And it went that way and Priscilla and the karate man. Yeah. What'd they do? They get coffee? I think Nick knows we're together.

I want him to tell us, but incorporate somehow some sort of a karate terminology into the euphemisms. Give us a karate euphemism. The old around house kick to the vagina I was hoping it was gonna be clearer than that These are way he always leaves it. He leaves it vague. Yeah, sorry about that. Yeah, so bit like I guess is

That's the way you can still the's so aggressive and mean that's what let's say that's how my soul keeps the g rating on everything he does is he's able to hide his references so well yeah we've got an explicit like exclusive rating on this podcast you could have just said you know no made love. But if you want, they made a beautiful connection. They made a beautiful connection. The two hearts, beat it together. Wow. Yeah. Wow. Just putting her finger dick into her hand. You know how well let me tell you Elvis did not earn wait Priscilla didn't wait the Karate instructor did not earn his black belt in blue balls. Oh, that's good. There we go. Final round of applause.

Yeah. Very good. They did it. Yeah, they did it. They had the sex. And there was a little bit of iteration in there as well. And there was a lot going on. What to like about that.

Check. So yeah, their marriage was falling apart. And around this time, some people said that Elvis never really recovered from the breakup, but he obviously played a big part in himself. Yeah, like He blaming the victim No, he was also he was having an affair. Oh, yeah, okay fair enough. That was I think Priscilla thing might have happened after he'd had multiple affairs So yeah, sorry that was not multiple affairs so yeah sorry that was not but and along with that he was also struggling with other personal problems including an addiction of prescription drugs.

But their prescription? Yeah their doctor's not what they're doing. Yeah they're not. Same the part of Jackson. He got him from Dr. Tom Parker. He's got a lot of different qualifications. What is a kernel? Is there like a kernel spiller?

Is there part of the corn? The corn. I can't think of, is there an actual army or is that just an old like Wild West thing? No, you can be a kernel. In the Australian army, just in American army. Who's to say? Yeah, there's no way of knowing. There's no way of knowing. That's his way of saying he doesn't know American army. Who's to say? There's no way of knowing, there's no way of knowing. That's his way of saying he doesn't know.

Who's to say? Who's to say? I don't know. He doesn't know. That's so well hidden. Sneaky. Very sneaky. Who's to say?

I'm like, that's a good question. I mean, you could say. You could say. Matthew. Oh, so you turned that back on you? Yeah. Not bad. There is no kernel in the Australian army.

I just looked it up. How did you google it so fast? Well, I mean, I will google it later and if it's not true, I'll add it to that. Nice! Yeah, smooth. It's sort of like that trick they did in Bill and Ted's excellent adventure. Well, they went through time. Well, they went through time.

Yeah. But you know, that bit where he's like I need a I need something here right now leave in the future leave in the past leave a thing Here and then the thing was there That's fucking Jesus. All right, it definitely will be edited today. That's fucking Jesus I mean in the end, isn't that what life is? That fucking Jesus. Yeah, in a lot of ways. Oh, that's your black bell in that Is that fucking Jesus? Yeah, in a lot of ways. Oh, that...

If you're black bell in that. Oh, I've like built fucking Jesus. If we hadn't lost American before now, with the hand-wort call, I think... I think that... Fucking Jesus might have really finished him off. Hey, I think you... Now that America's gone... There we go!

Uh, I don't think baseball is that good of a sports. Now we can drop some truth. That's right. No, I reckon we just finished it there. Yeah, right. You guys had a good run anyway. Last episode. Despite his personal troubles, he remained a popular draw in Las Vegas and continued touring. He performed his last concert in June 1977 in Indianapolis. After the concert, he returned home to his Memphis mansion in Grayson to prepare another tour And he went on another tour after that now. I've already spoiled that I think by saying that shows his last one

But not his last tour. Oh Yeah, that's a good point. Let's find out. Okay cool Sometime in the morning of August 16, 1977 Presley died of heart failure at the age of 42. Oh, no. It seemed to me, it seemed, in those old, I love those celebrities from the olden days. You're just like, he must've lived till 60,

because how many, he looks so different through his career. But that was only 20 years. From that skinny hot guy to the fat hot guy fat hot guy with the big mutton chops Whatever those were sideburns all right, let's not fucking get bogged down in the detail So this is about it was later ruled that his death was related to his prescription drug use and Presley was buried on the Graceland property near the Gravesites of his mother and father and grandmother

who has a cracking name, Mini May Hood Presley. Mini May Hood. Mini May Hood. Mini May Hood, she may not. I guess. I don't know. That feels like her parents must have been celebrities to know for some stupid like mini-may hood

It's a kid name mini-may. Oh mini-may is fine, but why would you the hood? Well, maybe hood was the surname, and then she just like half-and-aided hood, Presley. That's probably true Minimay is adorable. Shock on that nickname. All right. Not mini-may. Why again got bucket got bucket got bucket got bucket mini-may is adorable. Shock on that nickname. Alright. Not Mini-may. Look at my again gut bucket. Gut bucket. Gut bucket in Mini-may. Oh yeah. Oh. Here is some stuff.

So, so. Did he die on the toilet? That's was gonna be the question. No. Ah! Did he die eating a... He did a butter and banana sandwich. Uh, no.

Ah. I think it, the rumor was that he was eating a... He did a butter and banana sandwich. Uh, no. I think that's... I think the rumor was that he was eating a cheeseburger. Or he was eating something on the toilet, I thought. Yeah, right? Yeah, eating one of his crazy cheeseburgers on the toilet. Why ate on the toilet? But no, he... He's efficient.

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I didn't want to make it, I didn't want anyone thinking. Just for ways. All right, look, fine. If anything, that's worse. If anything, that's worse. If anything. Ugh. Gross. But he'd fallen off the toilet and died on the bathroom floor.

Uh, so... Where he lay in a pool of his own vomit. Pants still around his ankles, then? I would have said... No, because it'd be jumpsuit, so totally naked. It'd be... It's around his ankles, then. Yeah, that's true. so he died of the toilet. He died of the toilet. Yeah, he did.

The death started when he was still on the toilet, because he fell off it. Elvis died of the toilet. Okay, sure. You know, all that death start on the toilet. Careful. That's true. Mmm. Ooh. I'll never go to the toilet again.

Throughout his amazing career, Presley won three Grammy Awards and 18 number one singles, three Grammy Awards. It's low. Yeah. And they were for weed. Oh man, they were for the weirdest things. I wish I had written down the... What do I make sense to?

Oh, in some ways. So one of his Grammy Awards was for best inspirational performance. What? I don't think they have that Grammy anymore. No. Is that like a gospel thing? Yeah, I guess so. They were all for gospel recordings, all three. Okay. He had 14 nominations altogether. thing. Yeah I guess so they were all for gospel recordings all three okay yeah

14 nominations altogether. So yeah but now I think there's more awards but less weird specific ones like that because you remember that famous photo of Nora Jones just hugging like 10 Grammys yeah just like they just hand them out for so many things now so I imagine if Elvis was going around now, he would have won four or five. Six. And he had countless gold and platinum albums. Like in some way, I'd just cut and paste that because I imagine that they would be a countable number.

Oh, absolutely. Countless, they've said. No. And I disagree. Yeah, I disagree. He was one of the first performers inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1986 in 1988 He was inducted into the country music Hall of Fame and in 2001 he was inducted into the gospel music associations

gospel music Hall of Fame so he's like in some ways he's I'm a million dollar quartet That was only three wasn't he's in a lot of holes $1,000,000 quartet. That was only three, wasn't it? He's in a lot of halls. He's in a lot of halls. So I've actually had a chance to write some fun facts because Jess Perkins was late today.

Yeah, I got lost. So I've got a few quick fun facts to finish off, which we haven't done in ages, but that was, that was used to be really good. Is that because the episodes have become less fun for you guys? Yes. Oh, definitely, yeah. It's really become a grind.

We've lost the joy. We've lost the joy. So here are some of them. Elvis didn't write any of his own songs. Yes, definitely. Yeah, it's really become a grind So here are some of them Elvis didn't write any of his own songs Yeah, okay, well, yeah, actually kind of cheated. Yeah, he did receive a few co-write writer credits But they were for like not for he really didn't write the songs he wrote some ah-hars Yeah, and it was And often it was like, Wool's Elvis will sing your song. Yep.

But he needs a co-writer. Yeah, I understand that. So it's just a deal like that. But apparently one time, this is what he said in 1957, I've never even had an idea for a song. Just once, maybe. I went to bed one night, had a dream,

and woke up, all shook up. I phoned a pal and told him about it by morning he had a new song which was called heartbreak hotel haha haha are you gonna do a joke there cuz I swept in I swept in Matt Shield I took your joke I wasn't no I was gonna it was all shook up but I was I did sort of pause thinking someone should do a joke here, and you didn't disappoint. Cause it was really, that was a real set up for like a, it was a real like a just a lob.

Yeah, it was a, it was a, and you're, it's a low ball. You're real, you've got a sweet, you've got a big middle spot, big sweet spot in your racket. And you just creamed it. Thank you. I don't even see it go by. That's right. But it's a love 40.

Yeah. Hit it for six. Yeah. Sports. Out of the stadium. Wow. Elvis, here's another fun fact. If you thought that one was fun.

Here we go. Did you? Did you think that was fun? That was a fun fact. That's pretty fun. Elvis bought Grayson when he was only 22. I should have said, all shook up and acted like it was a joke. I've been really. Anyway, Graceland bought a 22.

He bought Graceland at 22, just over 100,000. The Memphis mansion was his home base for two decades, like his whole adult life. It was built in 1939 by Dr. Thomas Moore and his wife Ruth on land at once been part of this big farm named Grace landing in honor of the original owner's daughter Grace who was Ruth Moore's great aunt so when Elvis bought the place you just kept the name you think it's normally something like that it'd be like oh I'm coming in I'm calling it Elvis City hard broke, top, yeah got him again get you against you it you dumb shit

he made many additions to the property though didn't change me but made some additions including a music the music theme I'm entrance gates which are kind of iconic and also a jungle room which included an indoor waterfall and also made a racquetball building. Sure. Five years after he died in At Gray Sland, his ex-wife Priscilla off the toilet. Immediately off the toilet. Just off the toilet. Because gravity took over and he fell off the toilet. Yeah. Just off the toilet. Off the toilet. Because toilet adjacent. Because gravity took over and he fell off the toilet.

You can't be, you can't be, you're either off the toilet or you're on the toilet adjacent. Yeah, I'm just saying. And he was off the toilet. There are. Not gonna. He was on the floor. If you, if you're keen on firm to be on something, it was methamphetamines on the floor.

Yeah. And 14 year old girls. Oh, fuck. was methamphetamines and the floor. Yeah! And 14-year-old girls. Oh, fuck. It sucks that like so many famous people in the old days were just fucked. Yeah. I imagine we're going to find out that it's the same now, but yeah. Yeah.

Yeah. So his ex-wife, Priscilla, five years after Elvastar, she opened the estate up to the public for tours and something like 600,000 fans now get through there every year. And Elvast's only child, Lisa Marie Presley, who I never mentioned, inherited Graceland when she was 25 and she continued to operate it today. Lisa Marie, who was... Did she marry Michael Jackson? Oh, yes. Or had a relationship with... Was she... Is she Blanket's mum?

Maybe? Well, that's the perils of fame once again. Yeah. One... We'll always be famous, so... No, my kid Blanket. Did he... Was it actually named Blanket? No, no, no.

That was just because he wore a Blanket on his head. Yeah. The final one, this one... these fun facts are from history.com. This final one, Elvis never performed outside of North America. Really? It feels like it's still so big. Yeah, an estimated 40% of his music sales were outside the US. However, apart from a couple of concerts in Canada in 57, he never performed on Fine Soil at all. And a number of sources have suggested that Elvis's manager, Colonel Parker, turned down many lucrative offers for the singer to perform a broad, because he was an illegal immigrant and feared he wouldn't be allowed back into the US if he traveled overseas.

Interesting. Yeah. That is an unfa- That's a fun fact. That's the fun fact to finish. That's a good one. Good work. Wow, and that was the story of...

The laugh and death. Ah, no! Yeah, that's right. What? When you're paying any attention? No. Good. Because now I'm playing you.

Oh, I'm so messed up in this. I don't even know who I am anymore. No one, I thought you were really going to fall in love with Elvis or turn on him at one point. Are you kind of turned on when he became a pedophile? When he became one? I guess it was always in him. Oh dear, hey Nick, thanks so much for sitting through this

Played it's been a pleasure. I had a really good time. I'm a lot sorry. We're sorry. I think yeah next I think next time you come in it will be great for you to take the reins because you are much better with the reins in your hands Yeah, okay guys. I feel like he just said you a shit Now that's true. He did didn't know I was a duck to well I was it was meant to be the other way around. Don't, don't, don't project. Better than you do. Don't project, Jess.

I was saying better than you. Gotcha. Well, you really, yeah, you should have worded that better. Okay. Look, we're all great at podcasting and being best friends. Yeah. Right. Now, how does Dave usually finish?

Because I've usually switched off. Well, normally when we have a guest, we, we talk about the things that they can see them in. Oh, great. Okay. Yeah cool What things can we see you in a podcast called the weekly planet? Which like the weekly planet. Yeah, the weekly planet. Correct. That's how it starts. Yeah Some then movies sounds up your but whole does feature that yeah Wiggly planet. Yeah, I really thought I would have known all the words.

No, it really gets in there. Yeah, so it's a podcast about your big superhero movies and your comic books and your TV shows. I've learned a lot of podcasts. Nearly everything I know about all that stuff from that show and the episode where Nick came on here last time was about Marvel. I think a lot of our listeners are fans of yours as well.

So, thank you, listeners of this show. Yeah, you do have a lot of fans. are fans of yours as well. So thank you listeners for the show. Yeah you do have a lot of fans. So really it's kind of selfish of us to have you on here because we're just like oh maybe we'll get more listeners. Yeah, good to have you but I'm gonna look on the board. Yes you're making that you're making that sound a little grotty. Just it's just P-talk and just playing on podcasts.. No, I'm a big fan of this podcast. I listen to it every week. It's awesome.

Thanks, man. Thank you. Sometimes late at night, in my car, eating bad fast food. Oh, that's great. That's right. You're my little fast food friends. Yes! That's really nice.

I'm so okay with that. It's good. Next time you're doing that, can you just send me a picture? Yes. It was like you sitting in your car with your dirty food, because there's no judgment here. It's not shame eating when I'm involved. That is like I show me it a lot. So yeah, thank you for coming. Pleasure. Thanks for having me. Thanks for coming. And we're in this that first one in the new studio. Yeah, let me tell you it's not built. Yeah.

No. Well, I mean, it's that first one near the new studio. Right. Yeah. New studio adjacent. We're in a room nearby it Yeah, that's not bad. So that'll be exciting. This is the Elvis off the toilet of recording this boy cast because it's near It's studio. You'll have to come back another time when we have the new studio. It's gonna be great Matt did you also want to maybe mention your oh? Yes, I've got a friend show if you're in Melbourne. I've got a friend show coming up. It's my first solo show if you're in Melbourne I've got a friend show coming up. It's my first solo hour show and it is at the courthouse hotel in North Melbourne from the 26th of September for one week. Very good.

830 shows and it's gonna be, well you know me. It's gonna be great. It's gonna be, it's gonna be me, what's it called? It's called Pretty Dry. Oh, a white guy. That's not the name, it's just called pretty dry, but I just thought of it. You made it so fun. Sorry, we'll put it out.

It's really the idea is that when people ask what my style of comedy is, I'm like, I guess it's pretty dry. Yeah, for a white guy. Oh fuck. Yeah, you should have really gone for that. You should have run the idea for it. No, I'm glad I did not. I'm just, I'm annoyed that people might think that that is what it is.

For a white guy. Fuck yeah. Ha! Yes! Could you turn off your Zing machine for two seconds? No, it comes naturally for a white guy. No, I've lost it. We'll put up links and stuff on our Facebook page and Twitter and all that jazz about that

so we can share that around. Okay, Maddie, you've got all quiet now. Okay, okay, great. Thank you everybody for listening. I'm trying to pick up Dave's level of enthusiasm. If you've got a suggestion for us, you can get in contact with us on Twitter at do go on pod via email. Do go on pod at gmail.com, we've got Facebook, you can send us a carrier pigeon or just telepathy. And what's your, I'll try that. I'm loud also.

And Nick Mason's Twitter handle is at Wikipedia Brown. Which is a sweet joke that no one gets anymore. No, but someone got it, last time you were on Dave got it. Oh yeah. And it was because it was something, Wikipedia is the new version. It's like in Cyclopedia Brown or something. Yes, he was a children's book character back in the day. Yeah.

That's very funny. Thank you. The best Twitter handles are the ones you have to explain. Ah, and the best jokes in general that are after then since it's like... Minds Matt Stewart. Huh, but no, it's Stewart. Oh, the underscore is between Stewart and art. That's pretty funny. It's pretty good. It's a very common name no it's Stuart art. Oh the underscore is between Stuart art.

That's pretty funny. That's a very common name as it turns out. That's Stuart. Would you believe it? Anyway, Jesus outro's gone too long. Way too long, I'm trying to wrap it up. Uh, review us our iTunes and- Alright, positive, only positive.

Yeah, please. We have comedians, we have very low self-esteem. If you've tried it and you didn't like it, just do something else with your life. Yeah, yeah, right? If you like it, tell everybody. And in the meantime, we'll see you next week. And we will say goodbye.

And then I'll have to say, Bye. Bye. And what do you say? What's yours? Goodbye, I think. Um, come on. Yeah, hang on.

Give me a, I need a, I think it's a goodbye. I just didn't think this would ever end so I thought I'd never have to say goodbye to anyone. Everything has to. Well maybe it's, maybe it's a not, don't go everyone. Don't go. It's not a goodbye it's a see you again soon. Which is what, what is what your mum tell me about my grandma dies. See you soon, Garon.

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