Hamish & Andy - 2025 Ep 286 - A Solution To Save Special Skills

Episode Date: April 9, 2025

In a bid to save Special Skills, Hamish wants to find the 'chosen one' holding the ultimate special skill! Meanwhile, Jack unveils his sacrifice to the gods (it’s a big one) and gifts it to the listener who almost bagged the golf cart. Song Sleuth is back, with Andy taking the a current hit TV show theme straight to the lab for testing. Plus, in the final twist of the Up There Cazaly Quest, Andy brings us the inside scoop from Collingwood’s home game last week — could the song have been played?! A Conclave for Special Skills Jack's Gift for the Gods Song Sleuth Up There Cazaly Finale

A listener production. Activate your internet. Because the Hey Mission and the podcast starts in 3...2... Sorry, still buffering. One. Ahoy to me Monica, Hamish. Chandler. Are we friends characters?

Yeah, ahoy to me Rachel. I mean come on, that's weak sauce. That's what I worried about. That's a one by one Sudoku, that is not hard. I warned you lies. I warned you. The biggest entertainment franchise in television history. Yeah. I mean even starting with Joey, I think we could have got there and that's probably the most likely to have a few other options. Starting with a Ross or a Rachel. Yes exactly. What's the name? What do we call babies? Babies

of Australian animals. But anyway, yeah, that's all's alright she was due a miss and that is it. That was it yeah and the thing was I warned her. I just yeah and then you got to at some point you've got to let someone go out and play. What a good manager you are. What a good manager. The person that did the work has failed and he's gone yep that's obviously I don't want to start a pile on. And I, I wonder. All I'm saying is... And the last thing she wants to hear is me getting off the hook, but I'm off. True, in a sporting press conference, coaches or managers will usually say like, yeah, we've got as a team, we've got a lot of work to do.

We're going to respond next week. Like, I told the players not to do that, nobody will do that. I said to him, I don't know why he kept doing that because I was very clear. Go and read my lips if you want the half-time huddle. I was so clear. So clear. I don't know why he did that. If the coach says don't miss the goal, which he would... Yep.

There are easier ways to kick the goal. Yep. Yeah. That was kind of the way that I approached the conversation. But do you back her? I've got my doubts now. So the trade, open trade period is coming up and you're not officially nominating her for a trade. But you know who would be celebrating? Mike.

Yeah, radio Mike. Yeah, but I feel like it's going to bounce back. Anyway, ahoy also to Ali Morris, who went to HamishNay.com to let us know what she's been up to. G'day lads, Alison Canberra here. Today is my wedding day so I'm calling to self-report that I could not be less in touch with the common man. People are catering to my every whim. I'm wearing a custom-made ball gown and not only do we fork out for thousands of flowers but they're actually hanging from the ceiling in the reception hall. So I actually may never be in touch again.

Also, my fiance, first year initials are SP, so I get a little laugh every time he gets any formal mail, but he doesn't understand why. I know you guys will get it. Well, I gotta go. Be our little wait. Be our little wait. Congrats. That is a cool cucumber, a cool cucumber bride there.

Yeah, well you've got to understand that when she started uploading that to the website, it was probably sometime in the late 1800s. So, no, the website's very quick these days. Back then weddings, you know, they would go for days and you just didn't get, there's no social media, so you didn't have to worry about everyone judging your wedding and it was fine. That's why she's so relaxed. Uh, Haim, you're one of the top of the show.

It's probably come to everyone's attention that, um, there's something we haven't had any of this year. No special skills yet this year. When was our last special skill? Can you guys remember what our last special skill was? I think it was the guy that could measure things. Metal? Measure the metal. Mm-hmm.

And he couldn't. And he really couldn't. The other question is when's the last special skill that was successful? Well, Jack, you raise a good point. But I mean, he was so unsuccessful that we gave him an option to plug his business or not. He said, no, I don't want to be associated with his business. I'll get in trouble if they find out that I've mentioned them in the same context as me. Yeah.

This is the thing. We've been doing Special Skills on this show for probably a good five or six years, maybe more, maybe seven years. And we've had some incredible highs, but I think 2025 has to be a time of honesty and a time of just calling spades, spades. And I look at the frequency of success of the special skills. And you do have to admit that sort of from about last year, they became less frequent and less successful. Now I'm not saying on a different day, the guy that could throw the KFC into the bin wouldn't have hit the bin every time.

And we would just have a different feeling about it. We had a lot of bin misses. We had a lot of stuff that wasn't being measured. Are you saying that you reckon that segment can't withstand another failure? Like, I am saying that I think as the custodians of the show, we must be honest I think as the custodians of the show, we must be honest and say, we stand at a fork in the road where someone needs to step up and hashtag save special skills. Yes, you're right. So right.

Now someone needs to do it because I look at the entries that are coming in and they're okay, but unfortunately the pressure is built so much. They need to be better than okay. Like someone writing and go, well, my mate can speak backwards. I go, okay. Okay. We need that's awesome. Yeah.

But we need bigger. Well, can I give you an example of one that it shouldn't have written in? This is Jared with one R. He writes, I have a friend who is eating an entire roast chicken in one go every single day of 2025. Yeah. That's a really rough, but I- Oh, that's, that is tough for us to witness.

But also how- I kind of do want to see that. Well, I want to- Is that a special skill? My point is, is that a special skill or is that- That's a special mission. Yeah. That's a special quest.

That's an endurance challenge. And he's on mission. Yeah. That's a special quest. That's an endurance challenge. And he's on it by himself and we wish him the best. It's certainly possible. I mean, monotony is the thing you're fighting there rather than any kind of human limit. And do you find that chicken is the only food that you get, you choke on it if you have too much, like, like it feels like- But he's not trying to eat it in 10 minutes.

He's got all day. He's got all day. Have some for lunch, have some for dinner. He he's not trying to eat it in 10 minutes. He's got all day. He's got all day. Have some for lunch, have some for dinner. He's just going to try to eat his handbag. He's just taking around all day. He's eating entire roast chicken in one go. Well, that doesn't really mean anything because one go really means one bite.

He's not a crocodile. No, he's not doing that. Yeah, that's fair. So what do you, I guess what he means is, yeah, maybe he doesn't- Once sitting. Maybe he just doesn't eat all day. Like he's doing intermittent fasting and then sits down at night and eats a chicken. This guy's probably like jacked.

Gold coming in, he looks like Wolverine. But again, I'm only interested in witnessing that to answer the questions that we've all got now, which is like, well, how much of the chicken's eating? Is he eating all of it? Like we went through and we found a little bit of flesh left. Like would we be sticklers and go, you haven't eaten the whole chicken here. You've lost a bit of the thigh. And we want to see, we'd really just be watching a man eating a chicken,

which is possible. And then also we've got to go, all right, it's March. We just assume you'll do this for the rest of the year. Good luck. Yeah. Like if someone's doing, I don't know, 50 pushups a day for a year, I'm sure that's awesome, but if we would just watch them do 50 and they said, and I'm doing that every day. That's the bit that's impressive.

And it's not the bit we saw. Yes. Yes. Good point. Okay. So that's where I'm at. I'm kind of looking at this stuff and these are, these are things that I don't want to discourage people from stepping up.

In fact, I want the opposite. I want to inspire people to go, okay. I've heard the show, I'm a fan of the show, I know what's possible with special skills. Think throwing an orange very, very close to the roof, but never touching. Now that was a fail, but if that had come off, that would just have been huge. The guy that built Flatpak with no instructions, that was a win. And that was incredible. Okay. We'll show the size of someone's shoe just from them walking past.

Again, that's really in the ballpark, but we haven't had that level of mutant. Come on the show for a while. And I do, I do think we were at a point. Let me throw a couple more at you then. Yep. Okay. This is from Dean's got a friend called Jed, who he says is born with a built in Shazam. He knows some songs.

Any song that we would sing it in, give him less than 10 seconds. That's better than Shazam. So we can sing it. We can sing it. Give him less than 10 seconds and he'll reliably tell you exactly the song and the band. Warmer. But I think I speak for the people when we go, we need to have our socks blown

off. Like we need to, and look, and Ando, you know what, maybe it is, here's one idea I had. Maybe it is a festival, a skill, a special skill festival, working title, who wants to be a skill unit? It'd be, it'd have to be that, but some sort of festival, we're like, okay, we're really turning the heat up now. Who's going to save it? Who's going to step up and save it? And they, almost like we do an episode where we get the top five entries from,

from like the next couple of weeks. Yeah. It's like Australian Idol auditions episode where we get the top five entries from, from like the next couple of weeks. It's like Australian Idol auditions where you go around the country and you see what's out there before you put them on stage. Like we really re just, just shake the tree a bit more and see what falls out. And I think, hang on, here's an idea on the fly. What if they got together, the people with the special skills, we could even, we could dish out for five flights. People come in, they have a meeting amongst themselves and they elect who

amongst them they think is the king. Why don't they do it over the phone? Like the papal, papal, have you seen con clove? Yeah. That's interesting. So it's like we put them in a special skill con clove and then they come out and they're like, we've all had a talk about it. We think Kelly, she's got the best one.

She is the chosen one. She will save the segment. She will save special skills and reinvigorate it for 2025. I like this. So great, because it's based off an Oscar nominated film. That makes more sense to me than holding a festival because the festival sounds like we have to go and- We've watered it down, yeah, then you're getting a lower ass. No, no, I think we picked the best, the top five, but we let them sort it out.

I know we love work, but why don't we get Carly and Lies to pick what they think are the best five? So then we don't- We don't even know. We don't even know. And then we just, so, cause I'd be worried if we knew and this person comes out and throws an orange close to the roof, it doesn't get, we're going, well, what was second?

Yeah. Like you'd be yearning for, we should have gone with, you know, the guy that can recognise a V8 when it drives past with blindfolded or whatever. Like, so I think not knowing them all and just then someone coming out and saying, this is what I do. We trust us. I've been chosen from a conclave of other skill holders. If we record their discussions.

For disclosure, I watched Conclave on the weekend. That is why. I actually wasn't thinking the conclave idea when I first brought this up, but now my brain won't let it go. So if you haven't seen it, that's how they select popes. Yeah. So when, when they need a new pope, all the archbishops get together and they're locked away.

I know they put up a black smoke if they haven't agreed. That's right. So everyone votes and they burn the votes, um, in a little fire. Or this is what's happened for thousands of years, whatever. And it's black smoke. If no one can get the majority and then white smoke when they've all chosen who's going to be the new pope. So what about, we can do the smoke if then white smoke when they've all chosen who's going to be the new pope. So what about if-

We can do the smoke if we want. That would be cool. I think we should do the smoke. The gist is no one knows what's going on in the conclave. What about if Jack's in there just to record a few bits so we know what- we can listen to you about it. Yeah, I mean we don't have to do strict pope rules. We can have a reporter in the conclave.

And then that person comes out and are they doing it right then and there for us? I think so. And are they performing their skill to the rest of the group or are they just talking about what they can do? I think it should just be talking. Yeah, agreed. Okay. Do you, I just thought, do you need to really fly five sets of people out then

to do, no, do the totally will. It's your money. It's your show. We'll need you to chip in for this Jack. Do you think you can chip in for this Jack? Because this is not check yourself. I'm not chipping in. I'm already doing extra work by being the reporter in there.

Would you chip in extra $200 bucks? It's my job to do the show. $200 bucks for you to chip in Jack. Come on. It's to get the top five skill holders. There's money allocated for that sort of thing. No, there's not. We have no budget for anything.

It's our money. Just chip in 200. No, no, no. So, $100. No, no, no. 50 bucks. No, it sets a bad precedent. Great.

All right, see? Will you bring in the top five skill holders? It sets a bad precedent. Great. Alright. Will you bring in a slab of any drink? Special skills, Kong-flav edition. Who's going to save special skills? Who will save it? If you think you're the highest skilled, if you think you've got an amazing skill you've been sitting on, someone's been sitting on, now is the time because we need someone to

step up. Or if you've been nervous, don't worry. You won't get in here. You'll be part of the conglave and then you hopefully get the confidence out of the others selecting you. It's a confidence clove. We want people to come in. We want people to come in.

Like let's say you are the guy that can throw a KFC into the bucket from any distance. And let's say that that did come off. That's exactly who we want in there going, guys, seriously, I know I'll impress Hamish and Andy. I know this will get their attention. Pick me. I am the chosen one. Be the chosen one to save this. And then if that works and special skills

is reinvigorated, we're back for another seven years. Dude, quickly just how- We need a chosen one. With the smoke and how, is it majority or is it unanimous? I think, I forget this bit of the movie, I think it's about 70%, 75%. Sounds like you're making it up. No, it's not. It doesn't have to be unanimous, but it has to be quite a high percentage. I have, I actually have, I bought, last year in the Black Friday cyber sales, I bought

a very, very good smoke machine. I'll bring it in. I can't believe we haven't done a con quay before. Last week, we put to Jack to just, I suppose, appease the good, calmer gods of the People Show. And to be honest, to still be labelled as the People Show. The gods of luck needed something, needed an offering, a sacrifice from Jack. He'd been a very fortunate boy with his weaseling at first and then his victory over the people in the golf buggy saga. And fair play, the rules were the rules. It was fair play, it was a 50-50 fair play.

The rules were the rules. Yeah, it wasn't fair play, it was play, but it was stacked in your favour. But everyone agreed to that game. Yeah, everyone agreed to that game and the game played out and you, by chance, by probable chance, were the winner and that's fine. But to recognise the good fortune that you enjoyed from the gods of luck, I think there was a side of the equation, people that were hoping to have a bit better of a chance to win that golf buggy.

They felt that maybe there's an imbalance in the universe. Sometimes to please the gods and to bring balance back to the universe, a sacrifice would be made, a tribute would be made to the gods of some significance. Not often did they go, well, this old stick doesn't mean anything because the gods can't have that. And that's what you tried to do. First, yeah. Give the gods half a banana or something. Cause I'm full anyway. So we gave you a week to think about what you might want to do as a giveaway.

Cause we did promise the people I give away and they, um, they're yearning for one. 886 people that applied for one. We need doing order back to this Jack. So it's the same people who are in the golf buggy pool can win this next thing, even though it could be not golf related at all. Correct. Okay. Have you made a decision? I have made a decision. It's a big sacrifice, so I think that gods will be happy, at least in size. It's not for mortals to say how the gods feel. Let's hope. All right. I'm sending you a picture

of My piano Wow That is good. That's a proper big. It's an upright piano upright piano why It's an upright piano. Upright piano. Why? Okay, I have to ask. For the gods. For the gods. Why what?

If you say the Y word in the next 20 episodes, you shall be struck down by the gods. What word? You know the word I mean. I don't know what word you mean. They make slow guitars. No, I'm not trying to get a... Well, I'm trying to get a new one. This is you trying to upgrade your piano. Because that's what this feels like to me.

Wow. I didn't even put two and two together that Yamaha made great pianos. That's not... Why? Wow. Why? Oh my God. Do not bring a weasel to the altar of the gods.

This is a sacred place. That's a pretty awesome, like old upright piano. And I just wondered why you're, why are you giving it, Jack? Generous to the people. Why are you giving it? Does it work? It does work. Do you have a replacement on its way?

No, I don't. Do you have an idea for a replacement? This is my only piano. Do you have a replacement on its way? No, I don't. Do you have an idea for a replacement? This is my only piano. And it's just a really generous thing that I want to give away. Okay. And I... We've got to take on face value.

Look at him. Something's up. It's actually, I'll say this. It is a real piano. It works. It's in tune. Wow. Do you want it? Of course not.

That's the thing. I don't want it anymore. And it's very hard to get rid of. It's extremely hard. It weighs a ton. And now we hear the truth. Well. All right, Jack, you have to get it to the person.

No, no, no. That's the thing, because I actually acquired it. Is this winner going to pick it up? I acquired the piano for free without knowing that it would cost $200 to get it delivered. Then another $200 after it's delivered to get it retuned. You must get this to whoever wins. I've already paid the incoming fee. I feel like...

Jack, think about your answer to this. Will you get the piano to the winner of the piano, given how fortunate you've been and how much the gods have smiled upon me? Yeah, but what if they lived in like, Perth? That might be the new risk you have to take. Now we have a real sacrifice on our hands, don't we? This is the mood that God's wanted. Yeah. A reluctant giver. Okay, Jack, will you commit to that? Okay, so when you pick them out of a raffle, does it say

where they are? What do we have to call them? No, we'll call them. And then we'll find out where do you live. If they live overseas, who knows call them. And then we'll find out where they live. If they live overseas, who knows what... How would you even get a piano overseas? Well... In ways to tell me my brother tried to push it across the floor and it created a scratch along the floor just because it's so heavy that the wheels, on wheels it created a scratch in the floor.

All I'd say, Jack is, he committed to that. There are some internationals in there. It's far more Australians. How does it feel to have the odds now not in your favour? All right. I will get the piano to whoever wins it. Now that is a beautiful gesture. That's a beautiful gesture. All right. What about this? I'll give Jack, since he's come to the party there, That is a beautiful gesture. That's a beautiful gesture. Here we go. All right.

What about this? I'll give Jack, since he's come to the party there, that's the kind of sacrifice we're after. That is generous boy behavior. You zip it, Jack. You're not allowed to say anything. When we select the person, we say to them, obviously you know you haven't won the buggy, but Jack is willing to give the person that haven't won the buggy, but Jack is willing to give

the person that would have won the buggy, which is whoever we pick out here, a piano, his piano. He's going to get it to you. Do you accept? If they say, I don't want a piano, Jack, you're off the hook. You've paid your debt. Okay. He's probably a bit disappointed.

He wants to get rid of that thing. But that's the thing. A lot of people might not want or even have space for a big upright piano. Let's try someone. That's your fault for picking something that's so specific. We'll call someone now. So I'm going to pick, well, the computer random generator online is going to pick a number between one and 10,886.

I'll then give you the number, Jack. Okay. We'll call them and find out where they're from and then whether they want a piano. And if they don't then there's no more sacrificing to the gods. The gods are happy everyone's clean their hands. We couldn't light the witches wouldn't we? But the gods appreciated our best efforts. All right. 6,808 is the number. Who's the person?

I now go to the corresponding person. Jesus, 6,000. It's a big Excel spreadsheet. I'm zooming through here. Who is it, Andy? Matthew Campbell. Okay. It's an Australian phone number. zooming through here. Who is it Andy? Matthew Campbell. Okay.

It's an Australian phone number. Okay, that's a good start. I'm passing Jack the number now. Jack, you got that? I've got that. Here we go, Matthew. Just to be clear, Jack, if he doesn't pick up, your debt to the gods has not been paid.

Okay. We must talk to a human before the debt has been paid. Hello, Matthew. Matthew Campbell. It's Hamish has been paid. Hello, Matthew Campbell. It's Hamish and Andy here. Hello, Matt. How are you going guys? Yeah, good.

Now, Matt, quickly, you did register to win the motorised golf trolley. Yes, yeah, I did. But before we heard what happened, I did hear what happened. Must be nice. I know. When we thought it was going to drop red, did you think it was going to drop red? Oh, look, I was really hoping for it. I know.

When I heard all the yelling and the screaming, I thought, oh, I don't think he's got it. I think it's homogenandia. And then no, it was jack. I was really excited. This will become clear in a moment as well. We're asking this, but where do you live? What, what, what area? I live in Tasmania. Oh no.

The worst one besides overseas. Awesome. Now, so we're in the middle of something here where just reflecting back on Jack's antics as he beat the people for the prize. And we are the people show, it just feels like there's an imbalance in the universe and he needs to make some gesture to the listeners of the show to recognize his great fortune here in this weaseling incident. So we said to Jack, you must go to your house and pick something of high value

that you don't want to lose, that you must give to the listeners. And we're going to randomly select out of the 10,800 something people, we're going to randomly select a number and they get the thing that Jack has selected. So Matthew, you would have won the trolley. You would have won the golf buggy. That's the heartbreaker. You would have won the golf buggy. That's the sting. That's the heartbreaker.

But instead. Me? Yes, you would have. You're the number randomly selected. Oh, I just heard more. Why are you telling me that? Well, no. Sorry.

Hopefully, there's a silver lining to this. Because instead, Jack, from his house, has offered the person who would have won the golf trolley being you an upright piano. An upright piano? Yeah. Oh look I'll just say I'll accept but. You will accept? You accept? I mean I'll be crazy not to, I'm going to take something off the Weasley. I'm not going to take something off the waste without me. That's done it for the people. Does anyone in your family play piano, Matt? Look, me and the kids do have a little bit of a play

every now and again, it is good fun. Oh, mate. Well, great news. You've got yourself a brand new to your house, and a brand new piano. And Jack, of course, will get it to you. He will ship it to you. That was part of the deal. That's why he was devastated that you lived in Tessie. Do you reckon Jack was keen to pay for shipping or thought that you might have to as the recipient?

No, he's not going to ask me to, but I felt like that was going to come after. No, no, he's not going to ask you. But if you are doing a trip to the mainland in a big van. Don't have any big van trips coming up to Melbourne, do you? No, no, not any time. Sorry. Matty, congratulations. The winner of a second hand piano.

That is beautiful. Thanks very much, guys. We will make sure Jack gets it to you. How old are your kids, Matt? Seven and five. Actually a great time to start piano. They absolutely love it. Oh, Jack. I'm actually happy it's got a great new home. I'm great time to start piano. They absolutely love it. I'm actually happy it's got a great new home.

I'm happy for you, Matt. Yeah, why do you see the quote from DHL? Oh man, thank you so much. I will be absolutely raffed. Thanks, Matt. Appreciate it, buddy. Awesome. See that feels good, Jack. It's a weird, strange feeling that I've not felt a lot. It feels good. Jack, doesn't it? It's a weird, strange feeling that I've not felt a lot. It feels good.

The outflow. The outflow of giving. The outflow, not just a constant gush inwards. Haim, White Lotus. Obviously a lot of people just talk about it, but we won't do any spoilers because people are still catching up on the White Lotus. We just finished season three. A bit of an outcry because they changed the theme song.

Yeah, a big outcry in our house because our kids, whilst they obviously don't watch White Lotus, they got quite good at doing the song, which is like we would sing it around the house. That's me. So outraged that they moved away from that for the opening title season three, although they do bring it back during the season. That's not a spoiler alert. It does come in as a theme.

So obviously they do love it still. They're tinkering with... I mean, I agree. I don't know why you... Why would you move away from it? I think you can change the setting, change everything. But you know, Survivor's still got the same theme song 48 seasons in or whatever. Huge backlash on social media as well. But I think I might know why they've changed it.

Do I smell a sleuth going? I'm onto them. This sounds like this sounds like this sounds like this. If this sounds like that, I'm your man. Andy Lee, Song Sleuth. It came on my desk, Ham. Obviously I'll remind everybody we don't want Ham to have to do his. Although it was very good actually.

Do it one more time. I appreciate that. I can't do the high bits. Kids can. We've got to post how Hamish looks when he does it. I've never seen the tongue work. And then you try and go like this. Can't get up there.

No, anyway, I've been doing a disservice to the song. Okay, okay, it's fair. This is, of course, I'll just remind people, Hamish did a very good reenactment of it there, but this is of course how it sounds, the first one. That's why I was shocked when someone sent in a song called Into the Unknown. From Frozen? Yeah. Oh yeah, Frozen 2 actually. Yeah, well done, Ham. From Frozen. Yeah. Oh yeah.

Frozen 2 actually. Yeah. Well done, Ham. From Frozen 2. Don't worry. Charles is nodding outside. We know our Frozen stuff. Don't you worry about that.

2019, Frozen 2, Into the Unknown, White Lotus 2021. Probably about the time without thinking. Let's get a theme song going. This is the start of Into the Unknown. Into the unknown. I can give you that one too. Absolutely. I mean, it changes up significantly from there, but I know what you mean.

Just that little thing. The three tones is three because it's like. Let's have a listen to White Lotus. I mean, they're only doing three tones. So I took it to the lab. Okay. So good. Oh yes, I realised it's just me staring and thinking, can't be where we end with this. Well, have a good think about it.

Yeah, I'm going to need four or five minutes of just quiet air. Talk to the lab. This is the percussion from the White Lotus, then into Frozen 2, into the Unknown, directly cut back into White Lotus. White Lotus. I mean, they're two absolute big hitters. I feel that if the writer of The White Lotus has kids. Mike White? Mike White?

No, the theme song. The song. Oh, sorry. Got you. The song. If the writer of the song has kids in an age bracket between three and nine, he's guilty. Or she's guilty. Or she's guilty. If not, I'm personally willing to let it slide.

Because you wouldn't run into the unknown if you didn't have kids. The big problem is if you do have kids. You've run into it. You not only have you run into it, but you've run into it on an industrial brainwashing level. Yeah. Hundreds of times. I would know every word to that song.

Or have them go into the rooms there. I can hear you, but I won't. Some much trouble, others don't. There's a thousand reasons that I... Have you got two or three minutes? Because I'll do the whole thing. I assure you this is the final chapter of this saga. It's, um, could have been a Peter out because we

didn't quite get what we wanted. No, good on you. You've stuck in there well, Ando. You've hung in there well for this. You kept the air in, just enough air in the Lilo, I think, to make it still enjoyable to float on. Just. Not so bouncy that immediately, as soon as you jump on L Lala you bounce off. Like I wouldn't say that Lala has been over inflated on this idea, but not dissatisfyingly sinking so your whole like back area is wet. But some water is getting in. That's why we have to wrap this up. So in life you get Peter Outs, sometimes we get roadblocks and sometimes we get

roadblocks behind the scenes and they turn into Peter Outs. This one we just decided to crack on. box behind the scenes and they turn into Peter Outs. This one we just decided to crack on. It was Abby who told the story of her boyfriend when he was over in England at Derby County Game. They heard the song Steve Bloom is Watching, a very fight, guiding our heroes in the black and the white. They were convinced, this is Abbey's dad who is from Britain, was convinced that that was an original. He was shocked and did not believe. And an incredible part of their cultural tapestry for the club. He was shocked and did not believe the fact that the song was from Australia by

a guy called Mike Brady called Up There Kazali. So to shock Abbie's dad as he is out in Australia to watch an AFL game, we requested of Collingwood Football Club, could you find a moment just to play a verse and chorus? And Abby was like, we'll get Nick there two hours early. It doesn't have to be just before the bounce. And he realized that a whole crowd sings this song and it's not in fact Steve Bloomer's

song. It's Gazaeli's. It's Gazaeli's song and Australia won England nil game over. No more reperchage. That's what we hoped for. Unfortunately Collingwood said no. I was at the Carlton Western Bulldogs game last week and they played up Gerekezele at three quarter time and I was like just one week too early. Just spelling the myth that it had to be grand final day only that it gets played. And so when Collingwood said no, when the

team Collingwood came and said no we're not going to do it. That's where the roadblock we talked about popped up and really more like road spikes that the police use. You drove through it all four tires popped. But Andy kept driving. Yes. Andy kept driving on rims to go, no, we're not going to leave it there. Even though they've said that, you know, for this last weekend's match, they couldn't play it, Andy, you decided to go along to the match where we hoped to have it played.

Some two hours early. Got there two hours early to test the claim from the Collingwood Football Club that they quote, don't have time in the schedule to play the song in the two hours leading up to the game. It's too tightly programmed with other entertainment. Couldn't possibly fit it in. Couldn't possibly fit it in. How long's the song's gonna be about three minutes?

Yeah, but all we wanted was a one verse. Yeah, that's right, we wanted two minutes of it. And funny, because we all have radio backgrounds and we've seen what's called a log in radio, which actually is like, this is what's coming up in the hour. Every song, every ad, every little sound effect that gets played is programmed. Yep.

Even radio is not that tightly programmed. You couldn't fit something in if needs be in a two hour slot. However, Collingwood stood by their claim that it was jokers. So I went across and I got there early and this is my report on whether they could have in fact fit just one verse and chorus in of Up There Kisale. Time is 5.30, exactly two hours before the game start. DJ started, bit of a nothing song, probably could have opened with up there Gazali. Proof already that I think there's windows.

It doesn't feel like this song is deliberately placed. Let's see if you can hear in the background just some random pop song, don't even know what it is. I wouldn't even say it's a banger. Anyway, back soon. Wow, I am shocked. It's 6.01, so it's 31 minutes in. Just been straight music, and not even considered. I think a Spotify algorithm would have produced a better setlist. It's gone from Edge here into Nickelback. I mean, Nickelback was in there, so if there's ever a song to replace that could have had a rest but no announcements nothing that seems to line up at an activation. We asked for 90 seconds and now we're 31 minutes in with not as derrick of deliberate programming. I've proved the point already but I'll still sit here and I'm a can in.

Well mate, Ross has arrived. Would you agree that in the first hour there was a chance for a small window to play up there? It doesn't look like there's a shit load happening at present so yeah, probably. Er. 6.18. Scrub myself out of the can. Nick Dacos, for people who don't understand football, is one of the best players in the league, just walked out onto the field. Sense of embarrassment I'm detecting about how they've gone about pre-gaming not allowing us to play the song for a big crowd just to prove to song for the big crowd,

just to prove to the old British man that Albeck is early. What's the original name? Steve, please watch it. All right, thanks, mate. For disclosure, I've gone to the bar. I don't know what's happened in the last 35 minutes but proof is in the pudding that they could have easily fitted in. I'm here

with a Collingwood supporter. How do you feel? Do you think we could have snuck in up there, Kazali at all? They played Nickelback. Hello this is Tyson O'Brien international touring DJ. Travel the world hanging out with stars and whoever this guy is the DJ Union will be hearing from me and you'll be answering to them because it is an absolute disgrace my club has let the listeners and the world down and let me down and let my Brady down. True and Tyson's just walked off and discussed hopefully six round for the game he obviously is traveling a long way to be here for the game but yeah that's about it. Proof is in the pudding and bad luck calling.

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