Who Knew It with Matt Stewart - 24 - Ting Lim and Firdi Billimoria

Episode Date: February 20, 2023

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Oh my God, can you believe it? It's the year 2024. It's Melbourne Comedy Festival and we've just moved venues. We're at the Grace Darling now. We had a great run at the Chinese Museum, selling out shows by the end, but now we need you to come over to the Grace Darling and shows are at 7.15. It's going to be so much fun. Love to see you there. Let's have a beer. Use discount code do go on the show's called dry dry at the melbourne international comedy festival then we're going to sydney and brisbane tickets to all that stuff's on sale now and you can find those tickets and details at mattstuartcomedy.com welcome to who knew with matt stewart the show where the guests write the wrong answers. I'm the titular Matt Stewart. And our first guest this week is Brisbane comedian Ting Lim. Hi, guys. How are you guys doing?

Really good, Ting. Thanks so much. Thanks so much for being here. Thank you for having me. Thanks so much. You've just got off the plane from Brisbane. Yes, Brisbane, Vegas. Oh, yeah.

What's Melbourne if Brisbane's BrisVegas? Melbourne? No, Brisbane, Vegas. Oh, yeah. What's Melbourne if Brisbane's BrisVegas? Melbourne? No, no, no. That's pretty clever. It's just one of those things like, yeah, I just got off the plane, came here. And yeah, it's a great start to the day. Yeah. This is what you want straight off the plane. Bit of a podcast. Our second guest this week, Ting, is Melbourne comedian and the host of the Lido Comedy Room, it's Ferdy Billimoria. Hello, Matthew. Hello, Ting. How you doing? I reckon Mel York. How about that? Mel York. Yeah. Mel York. Yeah. Or Mel

Mel Angelis. Mel Angelis. Mel Angelis. Yeah, I like that. Mel Angeles. This is good. This is a good sign. Or Mel North Dakota. Oh. I love Hotel.

Yeah, yeah. Let's just go everywhere. Mel-aware. Oh, yeah, I like that. Okay. Let's keep this one going for the rest of the episode. All right. Well.

Let's not play the game. Ferdy, this is your first time, so I'll let you know how the show works. Ask a relatively obscure question and our contestants have to write a convincing fake answer. I then read their answers as well as the real one and I have to guess which one is correct. Are you ready to play? Yes. Ting's not sure. Ting, you reckon you're ready? Yeah, I think so. Okay. Not jet lag at all. Take your time. Jet lag. Jet lag.

One hour difference. Yes. It's really hot in Melbourne today too. This is nothing. It's 25. Yeah. Okay. It's 38 in Brisbane.

So the first question comes from listener Jeff Dudavois from Chicago, Illinois. What a name. I love that. It's such a great name. And I'm lucky that Jeff did write it out phonetically for me. Okay. I love that. I was just about to make fun of you about your pronunciation.

No, but I think I nailed it. So Jeff's question is, what is malort? What is malort? What is malort? How do you spell that? M-A-L-O with an umlaut, R-T. What is malort? And while you're writing your answers, I'll explain how the scoring works. So you get one point if your fake answer is guessed by the other contestant

and another point if you correctly guessed the answer. By the way, I'm also playing as the house. I've put in two of my own fake answers for each question and I get a point for each one of those that our guests choose. So each of us can score up to two points per round, which seems pretty fair, but the probability actually favors me. The house. And the house always wins, though. If you've listened to previous episodes, you'll know that this is not necessarily the case. Anyway, our questions come from our great Patreon supporters. And if you want listened to previous episodes you'll know this is not necessarily the case anyway our questions come from our great patreon supporters and if you want to submit a question sign up on any level via patreon.com slash dugong pod linked in the show notes all

right the answers are in here is question number one what is malort a niche european style of art known for its erotic symbolism a type of dessert made of apple cream and chili popular in southern Germany, what a person with a short tongue would call their lord, malot, a kind of Chicago liquor known for its bitter taste, or an old-timey Swedish exclamation meaning my loot, which someone might have shouted after being robbed. So you've got the European erotic art, the southern German dessert, the short-tongued word for my lord, the Chicago liquor with a bitter taste, or the Swedish exclamation.

How are you feeling about this? Anyone got a thought here to jump in with? I feel like it's the Swedish exclamation, but I reckon I'd be way. You're trying to read me. Yeah. I know. I'm looking directly in your eyes, but what do I see? Lies, Matthew.

I love the eye contact that you guys are having. Yes. Sorry, I'll make the same eye contact with you, Ting. Thank you. I appreciate it. I reckon it's definitely punctuation. Punctuation. I was going to go for that, but now I'm not.

Okay, well, we have to. You can't agree with me. I will have to go with the dessert. Sounds ridiculous, but it also sounds plausible. Okay, I'll go for the dessert for Ting. Which one did you say there, Ferdy, again? The punctuation, the Swedish punctuation. Oh, right.

Exclamation. Exclamation. Great. Fantastic for Ferdy. All right. Locked in. Well, here's who wrote the answers. The niche European style of art known for its erotic symbolism.

That was written by the house, in particular Jeff, the question writer. We had the person with the short tongue. That was Ting. The type of dessert popular in southern Germany, which Ting went for, that was 30, so one point for 30. Damn. And then we had an old-timey Swedish exclamation meaning my loot. That was also Jeff.

Okay, the house. So one point of the house there. Wow. The correct answer was actually a kind of Chicago liquor known for its bitter taste. Malort. Oh. Malort.

Sounds awful. Apparently it really is. Yeah. Apparently it's horrible. So I want to try it. You want to try it? All of its advertising seems to be like only real men can handle how bad this tastes.

Like genuinely that's basically what they're saying the whole time. I'd love to see the ad. So that means after one round we have 30 on one point, the house on one point, and Ting yet to score. That's all right. I'll catch up. What you came from Brisbane for. Ting, yet to score That's alright, I'll catch up What you came from Brisbane for Yes, came to lose We're up to question number two

This one comes from Alex Mallon from St Albans in the UK The question is, what was the nickname of the NBA basketball player John Brockman? What was the nickname of NBA basketball player John Brockman? While you're writing. Oh, it's not a multiple choice. No, well, you're giving us the multiple choice, so you give us a fake answer. Of course.

That's a really stupid thing to ask. Clearly I wasn't paying attention at the start of this show. While you're writing your answers, here's some more information on Malort. So it's been described as the worst drink in the world. Jeff, the question writer, wrote, Comedian John Hodgman said Malort tastes like pencil shavings and heartbreak. In the 2013 film Drinking Buddies, actor Jason Sudeikis' character says that Malort is like swallowing a burnt condom filled with gasoline. character says that malort is like swallowing a burnt condom filled with gasoline in a similar vein tremaine atkinson founder of ch distillery who now produces the drink was introduced to

malort when he first moved to chicago when he compared it to taking a bite out of a grapefruit and then drinking a shot of gasoline what a way to spend an afternoon this must be so many fights as a result of malort yeah Yeah, I can imagine. Wow. Pencil shavings. I don't know. How do they even sell that? Yeah, so far I think they're just like, if you're not tough enough, don't bother.

But if you are. Drink pencil shavings. I mean, I'd like my pencil shavings on a dessert, but not even a drink. All right, your answers are in. Here is question number two. What was the nickname of NBA basketball player John Brockman? The San Diego Getter? The Brockness Monster?

Brock the Sock with a 5-inch Cock? Hand Job Jay? Or Cunt Brockman? Can you go through those again, please? The San Diego Getter? The Brockness Monster? Brock the Sock with a five-inch cock, Handjob Jay, or **** Brockman. I feel like a nickname shouldn't be long, though. It should be quite a short.

Yeah, that's also true. But then you shorten the nickname to, I don't know. You're right. My logic's way off. Why would you give someone a nickname and make their name extra long? What are you thinking, Ting? You sound like you've ruled one out there. I think it's the first one.

The San Diego getter? Yeah. Which is pretty long, but all right. I'm ironic. I'm ironic here. I love it. I love that irony there. Okay, lock that in for Ting.

What about you, Ferd? What was the J one? Hand job J. Yeah, I feel I love it. I love that irony there. Okay, lock that in for Ting. What about you, Ferd? What was the J one? Hand Job J. Yeah, I feel like that one. Hand Job J. Yeah. Yeah. I don't know why, but it's like maybe some locker room. Just a vibe.

It's really speaking to you. Yeah. Have you been a basketball fan over the years? Probably in the 90s I was a basketball fan. So I think Brockman played a little bit later than that. I was probably the same. Right. Shaquille O'Neal.

Yeah, Shaquille O'Neal. Anthony Hardaway. Anthony Hardaway, yeah. Tim Hardaway. Tim Hardaway, yeah. Oh, yeah, the Hardaways. All the Hardaways, yeah. Latriel Sprewell was a favourite.

Chris Mullen. Oh, yeah. Let's just name names. That's the rest of the podcast, 90s basketball players. All right, well, you've locked in your answers,. That's the rest of the podcast. 90s basketball players. Alright, well, you've locked in your answers, so here's who wrote the... Jamal Mashburn. Oh, my God. Michael Jordan. Oh, yeah, Ting. Alright.

Here's who wrote the answers. Count Brockman, that was the house. Brock the sock with the five-inch cock, that was Ferdy. Handjob J, which Ferdy guessed, that J, which Ferdy guessed. That was Ting. Oh, all right.

Ting's on the board. Yes. The San Diego Ghetto, which Ting went for. That was also the house. No one got the correct answer. He had the Brock Ness Monster. Oh. Fair enough.

I mean, that's probably the most rational one. Yeah. Was he really tall or was he always? Yeah. Didn't he look like a dinosaur? Apparently he didn't get on the court a lot. Ah, right. So he was rarely sighted.

That is a savage nickname. That is worse than any of the other nicknames. Yeah, that's actually pretty savage. That's according to the question writer, Alex. Anyway, he said that's how he got it. I'll give you the next question and then I'll tell the listeners a bit more about the Brockness Monster. So question number three comes from Aidan Corlin from Dublin in Ireland.

And Aidan's question is, what does the acronym GUBU stand for? What does the acronym GUBU stand for? Apparently it's a pretty well-known one in Ireland apparently. G-U-B-U? Correct. Oh, you're familiar with it. I'm not familiar with it. That's a good guess.

GUBU. So G-U-B-U. What does the acronym Gubu stand for? And yeah, here's a bit more information about John Brockman. According to Brockman himself, Jerry Reynolds, the TV colour commentator in Sacramento, came up with the nickname and it just kind of caught on. All right, your answers are in. So here's question number three. What does the acronym Gubu stand for for? General Utility Budget Underspend, Grotesque, Unbelievable, Bizarre, Unprecedented, Glaswegian Unusual Butts Union, Give Us Beer, Uncle, or Gorgeous Ultimate Butt Undies? One more time.

Yes, please. For the listeners at home. I haven't done an acronym one, I don't think, before these. Yeah. That's a good question. What does GOOBOO stand for? General Utility Budget Underspend, Grotesque, Unbelievable, Bizarre, Unprecedented, Glaswegian, Unusual Butts Union,

Give Us Beer, Uncle, or Gorgeous Ultimate Butt Undies. Someone says GOOBOO. What do they mean? I don't know. I don't think it's a great advantage knowing that it's an Irish thing because I don't know. None of these necessarily scream Ireland to me. No.

What do you reckon, Ferdy? What was that really boring one up top? General utility budget underspend. Yes, I think it's that. That couldn't be any more boring, could it? I think it's that, yeah. I might go with the – what was the third one, I guess? Third one was Glaswegian unusual butts union.

No, give me beer uncle, that one. Give me beer uncle. Give us beer uncle. Give us beer. Locking that in for Ting. What about you, Ferd? I'm still going with that first boring one. You're going with the boring one?

General utility budget underspend. Hell yeah. All right, locking that in for 30. Very parliamentary. Here is who wrote the answers. Gorgeous ultimate butt undies? That was Ting. I think that could be a big product in Ireland.

Probably in worldwide. Really. I'm starting a movement. Ultimate butt undies. Yeah. We're going to get some goo-boos. Get your goo-boos on, guys. Let's hit the town. I can see that being the catchphrase. I can see thatboos. Get your goo-boos on, guys. Let's hit the town. I can see that being the catchphrase. I can see that, yeah. Yeah.

Got your goo-boos on? It'll be a song. Yeah. You got your goo-boos on. Whap and goo-boo. Yeah. The Glaswegian Unusual Butts Union, that was the house in particular, Aidan. Give Us Beer, Uncle, which Ting went for.

That was Ferdy, so a point there for Ferdy. Ferdy went with General utility budget underspend. That was the house, in particular Aiden, meaning the correct answer was grotesque, unbelievable, bizarre, unprecedented. So it's just, is it in reference to something or anything? It is, yeah. No, it's quite a long story. I'll give you the next question and uh you'll go through it pay attention if you so you want me to think and listen well no

i mean i think so much you put on your guess you know i mean you i'm sure you'll be listening back to this episode i don't know you oh yeah maybe i'll listen back to it yeah yeah can you use it in a sentence, goo-boo? Oh, jeez. This is, whoa, this is goo-boo. How goo-boo is this here? Jeez, our night went from boring to goo-boo pretty quick. Your threshold for goo-boo is really low. Yeah. Just put it in a sentence, man, that is grotesque. That is one grotesque request.

That is a goo-boo request right now. Come on. All right, question number four. This one comes from Jeanette Newton of Tulsa, Oklahoma, in the United States. And the question is, which of these is the real name of a Californian band? So we've just got to make up a fake band name that might be from California.

While you're writing your answers, here's some more info on the origin of Gooboo. According to Aiden, he wrote this out. The term grotesque, unbelievable, bizarre, unprecedented was coined in the Irish parliament in 1982 by then Taoiseach or Prime Minister Charlie Hawhey to describe a series of events that led to a double murderer being found and arrested in the home of then Attorney General. Malcolm MacArthur was an eccentric socialite from Dublin's affluent South. He came from money but ran into hard times because of his lavish lifestyle and the fact that he was unable to find work as a result of never attempting to find work. So to make ends meet, he decided to become an armed robber.

Makes sense. However, he did not possess a gun and having received a top tier private education, MacArthur was quick to work out that this could potentially hinder his ambitions. He responded to a newspaper ad and arranged to buy one, but this produced a new dilemma. The cellar was based in a town around 100km outside of Dublin and MacArthur had no means of transport. Unfortunately his attempt to procure a car is where the story gets quite dark. He attacked and killed a nurse named Bridie Gargan who was sunbathing in a Dublin park, stole her vehicle, drove to Eddenderry to buy the gun, inspected it, shot the cellar, done all, and then fled. This double

murder received enormous attention in the media, even more so when the well-known MacArthur was identified as a suspect and a nationwide manhunt began. So you can only imagine the absolute shock when he was finally arrested in the home of Attorney General Patrick Connolly, whom he asked to stay with for a couple of nights. Connolly, for his part, refused to cut short his planned holiday to the US when the story broke, which went down very well with the public and the authorities, as you can imagine. As Aidan writes with like a fair bit of sarcasm. The phrase grotesque, unbelievable, bizarre, unprecedented quickly entered the Irish lexicon and the acronym GOOBOO soon followed. It's still used to describe scandals in Irish politics and societies,

a bit like the gate suffix, and for a time was the name of an LGBTQI bar in the city centre. That bar was later renamed Panty Bar, which is, I mean, you were basically saying GOOBOO was panty, so you were on the right track there, team. I'm so close yet so far. And that bar was the epicentre of the push for equal marriage during Ireland's historic 2015 vote. MacArthur was released from prison in 2012 and, to my knowledge,

is still alive. He remains the most infamous armed robber in irish history despite never having carried out an armed robbery that's the story of gooboo that's basically just because the prime minister said it this weird phrase yeah and everyone's like that's a bit of fun yep nice that the country listens to their prime minister for once all right your answers are in okay here's question number four which of these is the name of a real Californian band? Brown Bear Rick and the Whetstones, Pancreas Rising, Bobby Joe Ebola and the Children McNuggets,

Pancakes with Maple Syrup, or Derek and the Domino's Pizza Delivery Boys? Ha. It could be any of those names. Seriously. Yeah, there's no real. One more time, please, Doctor. Okay, you've got Brown Bear Rick and the Whetstones,

Pancreas Rising, Bobby Joe Ebola and the Children McNuggets, Pancakes with Maple Syrup, or Derek and the Domino's Pizza Delivery Boys. What would your band name be, Matt? I've got a band name for Matt. Based on the visuals in this room currently, it would be Matt Stewart and the Three Screens. Four Screens, Matt Stewart and the Four Screens.

Oh, that's true. Oh, yeah, you do have Four Screens. Hey, hang on. Oh, Matt Stewart and the Fives. Then you've got to put five band members together. What instruments are you going to have? They're the screens. I mean, Ben Folds Five only had three members.

That's true, yeah. Yeah, you could be ironic about that. Yeah. There's no rules against it, Ferdy. No, no, true. That's the thing. You probably don't get it because you're not a rock and roller like me. No, I know.

There's no rules and regulations, you know. Well, you try to govern him and his band. I just love getting gooboo, you know, and that's what rock and roll is to me. Yeah, you would like that. But undies, of course. But undies as opposed to other cards. So, yeah, what are you thinking? Ting, you got to get your instinct.

Like I honestly don't know. I'm still thinking about it. Pancreas Rising maybe. That's the one I like. You like that? All right. We'll lock in Pancreas Rising for Ting. Can you read the last two to me again?

Pancakes with Maple Syrup or Derek and the Domino's Pizza Delivery Boys. Derek and the Domino's Pizza Delivery Boys has to be the name of her band. I'm sorry. And I know they probably do lounge covers or something like that or like cheesy parody songs and I feel like they're not that good. Oh yeah. Okay. Yeah. Okay. I will say

they are to their fans, you know. They always have fans. Don't worry about that. There's six of them. On OnlyFans. I can give you a clue that the band that you're looking for is not a covers band. Okay. Thanks for the clue after we've given the answer.

Well, no, I mean, you haven't locked anything in yet. And also I've locked mine in. It's locked in? Yeah. All right. Locking that in for third. Ting, you happy with your answer? Any other tips you can give us or like you're just giving up one thing

when he mentioned there might be a cover band. Are they a jazz band? How many members are in the band? Yeah, exactly. Two members in the band. Two members. And they're a folk rock band. Okay.

Could you say the names again? Brand Bear Rick and the Whetstones, Pancreas Rising, Bobby Joel Bowler and the Children McNuggets, Pancakes with Maple Syrup or Derek and the Domino's Pizza Delivery Boys? The first one, I think. You're going to go brown bear. I know it sounds great. What about you, Ferd?

I'm sticking with it. Sticking with it. Bears reminds me of the country. Love that. All right. Here is who wrote the answers. Pancakes with maple syrup. That was ting.

Man, I've got to tell you, that's made me want to eat pancakes with maple syrup. Yeah, I've got a bit of a craving. Pancreas Rising, that was the house. Jeanette in particular. I felt that was a good option. That was like a metal band. Jeanette gave me a lot of options. She said it was hard to find band names that don't already exist.

Yeah. But she found a bunch of them. Then we had Derek and the Domino's Pizza Delivery Boys. That was the house. Okay. Yeah. You keep picking ones I write, Ferdy. I don't know what it is about us.

We're connected somehow. You've got a connection going. And Brown Bear Rick and the Whetstones, which Ting picked, that was Ferdy, meaning the correct answer was Bobby. You keep picking what I picked too. I know. This is like there's a thing going on. There's a great trio.

Something's happening here. We should do a show together. The correct answer. We should start a band together, guys. Should we get the band back together or for the first time? It's the band. What would our band name be? I feel like Pancakes with Maple Syrup.

Okay. That's cool. And we dress up as pancakes. So who's the pancakes and who's the maple syrup? Or do we rotate? No, I think we're all the pancakes. The end of the show finishes with us sort of doing those Gatorade baths in maple syrup.

Oh, so just people dousing us with syrup. Yeah. That sounds like abuse, but okay. Yeah. I mean, we're asking them to do it. What a sexy band we are. Yeah. Yeah, I don't think a lot of venues will have us back, but geez, we made a splash.

That living shell. That stage really sticky. Yeah. And the walls. That sounds awful, actually. Sounds delicious. I'm back out again. It's an ant infestation.

We have to shut the venue down. So after four rounds, here are the scores. On one point, we have Ting. On three points, Ferdy. But out in front on four points, it's the house. Oh, yeah. Oh, this is rigged. You keep giving me points, Ferdy.

Sorry. You keep giving the points to me. Stop looking at him. Don't blame anyone but yourself, all right? Okay? Sorry, Daddy. Stop victim blaming. I said Daddy deliberately.

Sorry, Daddy Matt. All right. I'm getting out of here. Would you prefer Matt Daddy? Matt Daddy, yeah. Matt Daddy and the Maplestory. Matt Daddy and the Red Stuarts. Oh, okay.

I don't know what's going on here. I'm leaving, guys. Question number five. Ting, please don't go.'s going on here. I'm leaving, guys. Question number five. Ting, please don't go. Ting Lim and the Ting Lims. Who would be Ting Lims and the Ting Lims? So it's like we'd be dressed up as Ting as the backing band? Well, that's what you'd think, but we rotate.

We keep them guessing all the time. There's always a Ting Poster. Ting Poster, exactly. That would go well in this climate. I said Ting Poster. Why didn't I say Lim Poster? Imposter, exactly. That would go well in this climate. I said ting. Why didn't I say limposter? Limposter. Yeah.

No, I thought you meant when you say that you come out dressed as ting that you come out looking Asian. I mean, we're the different Asians. We're still Asian. Yeah. Shall we get specific now? Probably not. Here's question number five.

Question number five from the white guy. This one comes from Alexander Jones from New Zealand. That's a fake name. Alex Jones? Hold on. Yeah. I think that's why it goes by Alexander. Yeah.

Or AJ. Let's call him AJ. Hey, AJ. I've coined that AJ, right? That's mine. If anyone ever was like, where did you get your nickname? It was me. And AJ's question is, in Japan in 2008,

a famous food or beverage brand released a bizarre flavour. What was the brand and what was the flavour? Food or beverage brand, so you need the brand and the flavour. So the brand is well-known, the flavour's weird. Yes. Okay. A well-known brand and the flavour that you would not expect. It may even sound like a bad idea. Okay. A well-known brand and the flavour that you would not expect. It may even sound like a bad idea.

Okay. While you're writing your answers, here's some more information about Bobby Joe Ebola and the Children McNuggets. I don't think you gave it enough that that's a real band name. Yeah, that's wild. Of all of them, that was the wildest one, wasn't it? Jeanette writes, I've seen the band perform several times and Corbett, the lead singer, has become a friend of mine over time he also directed a movie called turn it around the

story of east bay punk or something like that uh which was released in theaters it's an outstanding movie for anyone who's at all interested in the genre and i highly recommend it one of my favorites of their songs life is excellent brackets the tap water tastes like excrement, close bracket. That's poetry. Oh, my God, that's beautiful. Isn't that beautiful? I love music that makes you think. It speaks to me so much.

While you're still writing your answers, let's go for a quick break. As women, our life stages come with unique risk factors, like when our estrogen levels drop during menopause, causing the risk of heart disease to go up. Know your risks. Visit heartandstroke.ca. Your answers are in. Here is question number five. In Japan in 2008, that's not how you say that, yeah, a famous food or beverage brand released a bizarre flavour. What was the brand and flavour? Chicken flavoured Tim Tams.

Delicious. Poop flavoured Chobani. Delicious. Mint flavoured Doritos. Oh, even more delicious. Liquid diarrhoea flavoured Pepsi. All right, that's getting out of hand. Or yoghurt flavoured Pepsi.

Exotic. Exotic. Yoghurt flavoured Pepsi. All jokes aside, fascinating concept. Fascinating. A creamy soda, like a real creamy soda. I mean, I've got it, I've placed it just ahead of at least two of the other options here. I don't think I'd be super keen on any of these, to be honest.

I'm always up for trying something. You're always up for trying something. What was the mint-flavoured what? Mint-flavoured Doritos. Oh, yeah, I'd try that. You'd try mint-fl flavoured cheese corn chips. Yeah. In a drink?

These won't be drinkable. I think these would be like a chip packet style. You know Doritos, like corn chips? Yeah, yeah. I thought you meant like they were all drinks. Mint flavoured corn chips flavoured Pepsi. Food or beverage. Oh, food or beverage.

Yeah. Okay. But, yeah, that would be taking it to another level. Mint-flavoured corn chip flavoured Pepsi. Flavoured Big M. Oh, yes. So many textures. I know.

There's too many. Yeah. So what are you thinking? So one more time, please, Matthew. Chicken-flavoured Tim Tams, poop-flavoured Chobani, mint-flavoured Doritos, liquid diarrhoea flavoured Pepsi or yoghurt flavoured Pepsi. Being Japan? Yes.

I would go with chicken flavoured Tim Tams. Okay. And the logic there? Oh, there wasn't really. Is Japan, you say being Japan, is that because of the chicken or the Tim Tams? I'm trying to think about why I said that. Being Japan. Yeah.

Because I know Japan is a big fan of Kit Kats and doing a lot of things with Kit Kats. And I thought that would be too obvious an answer because Kit Kats, all their flavours are fucked. Yeah. So I'm like, all right, Tim Tams are close enough to Kit Kats. But now on reassessing that answer, Tim Tams are very Australian. Yeah, that's right.

But you know what? You know what? You've got to stick to your answer. I've got to stick with it. Because maybe Japan took them on for a little while. They're like, no one really likes this. Let's try something strange. Yeah, okay.

And, I mean, they do have a tradition at Christmas time of going to KFC in Japan. Mate, I would have chicken-flavoured Tim Tams. Imagine chicken-flavoured biscuit with that texture. You're convincing me. It could be okay. Alright, I've locked that in for 30. I love how you were like, um, yeah, because of this.

It sounded like you were going to talk yourself out of an answer and you talked yourself into the answer. I did, I did. I don't look down on myself. Yeah, because quite logically you were almost talking yourself out of it. But you went, no, I did. I love that. I don't want to down on myself. Yeah, because quite logically you were almost talking yourself out of it. Yeah. But you went, no, I'm not going with logic this time. Forget logic.

Who needs logic in this day and age? We're talking about fucked flavours here. I know, right? Right. Because it came from Japan. No, I actually think the yogurt Pepsi. Yogurt Pepsi. Oh, yeah. The creamy one, yeah. Locking that in for Ting. yogurt Pepsi. Yogurt Pepsi. Oh, yeah.

The creamy one, yeah. Locking that in for Ting. All right, here's who. Neither of you went for the poop ones, interestingly. But here's who wrote the answers. Poop-flavored Chobani, that was Ferdy. Diarrhea-flavored Pepsi, that was Ting. You two are in sync there.

I know, we're syncing up. This is a very good trio here because while we were writing that, Matt was shitting himself. Yeah, I know. Cool. Mint-flavoured Doritos, that was the house. Chicken-flavoured Tim Tams, also the house. I thought the Tim Tam thing was going to be the giveaway

and you spotted it. Yeah. But still went with it. I don't know where Tim Tams get to. I know Americans don't have them, but Japanese, they love our stuff. That means Ting was correct. Yogurt flavoured Pepsi. Wow.

I didn't think that that would work. Yay. One point. I would love to try that. That sounds interesting, actually. Creamy. Yeah, it was launched as Pepsi white. I feel like it's just creamy soda. You know, it's like spider that you have here. Yeah, actually. Creamy. Yeah, it was launched as Pepsi White. I feel like it's just creamy soda.

You know it's like spider that you have here? Yeah, yeah. It's almost like spiders in it. Yeah, vanilla ice cream. I remember spiders. We used to go to Pizza Hut as kids, fuck the whole place up and then make spiders at the end. Yeah, spiders.

Just put desserts on pizza and throw them at each other, mess up the – all you can eat pizza back in the day. Oh, okay. It's weird that they don't exist anymore. Yeah, it is crazy. It's wild. Despite the respect that they were always shown. The score update is Ting's now on two points, Ferdy on three points,

and the house has extended the lead to five points. Two rounds left, still anyone's game. Of course, you've got to remember the final round now includes triple points. Oh, shit. Yeah, so. Really? There are some quiz competitions where the final round is only double points. Yeah.

Matt, triple points. You revolutionary. Let's go on. Changing the rules. Yeah. Have you ever tried chip-flavoured donuts? When I wake up in the morning, you know what I say to myself? I need a shit.

Let's get gooboo. Question six. This one comes from Emmy White from Albuquerque in New Mexico. The question is, what was the strange headline on the Euronews website on the 14th of September, 2022? Relatively recent headline, this. Euronews? Euronews website News website. Euro News sounds very tabloidy. So you've just got to write this headline. Okay. And while you're writing your answers, let me tell you more about Yogurt Pepsi from question writer AJ.

AJ, remember that I gave you that nickname. Pepsi White, as it was known, was a limited edition Pepsi with yogurt flavor sold in Japan during the winter of 2008. It was released again for a limited edition Pepsi with yogurt flavor sold in Japan during the winter of 2008. It was released again for a limited time in winter 2012 with a mandarin orange flavor. Another variant called White Cola Pepsi was released in 2015 with a light citrus flavor similar to the 2012 version. Other odd but not as weird flavors of Pepsi that have been found across Japan over the years include ice cucumber. And I mean, AJ's saying these aren't as weird, but I reckon these are as weird. Strawberry milk Pepsi, Christmas cake Pepsi, or the mysteriously named ghost flavour, which was released in Halloween 2015.

Ghost flavoured Pepsi. Tastes like a dead person, I guess. Which sounds delicious. Answers are in for question number six, which is, what was the strange headline on the Euronews website on the 14th of September 2022? Here are your options. Bear spotted in house turns out to be mouse.

Man sues gymnasium complaining,'m still weak is semen the best shampoo this pervert wants you to think so scientists have taught spinach to send emails and it could warn us about climate change or has poland gone too far i always ask that question about poland yeah i'm'm always like, is this as far as I can go? And is it time we said, hey, whoa, Poland. Easy. Hey, slow down. Come on.

Calm down. All right? All right? Come on. What are you doing? I'm really thinking about this. Could you say them again, please? Sure.

Bear spotted in house turns out to be mouse. Mansu's gymnasium complaining I'm still weak. Is semen the best shampoo? This pervert wants you to think so. Scientists have taught spinach to send emails and it could warn us about climate change. Or has Poland gone too far? I think the bear one.

The bear one, yeah. That sounds plausible even if it's a tabloid newspaper. Love it. I feel like the spinach. Spinach for food. We all know kale texts. We all know that. We all know that.

So spinach has got to be sending emails. It is the more old-fashioned of the green leaf vegetable. Yeah. Exactly. I love me some spinach. I'd take the more old-fashioned of the green leaf vegetable. Yeah. Exactly. I love me some spinach. I'd take spinach over kale any day of the week. Me too, because it's cheaper and more readily available. Yeah, and it doesn't taste awful.

I don't know, kale chips, put them in the oven, drizzle them with some flavoured salt. That does feel like something you would do. It is, it is. Sometimes I put them in the air fryer and I burn them. Then they stink terribly. You are a real hipster doofus, aren't you? I am a big piece of shit, yeah.

Now I'm all right with myself. Hey, so you should be. I think it's fantastic. You're Australia's Kramer, apart from obviously the post-career stuff. All right. Here's who wrote the answers. Has Poland gone too far? That was Ting.

Did you have an article written out in your head about this or is this just a? This is just a thought that came to my head. Love it. So you didn't have the article written out about the things Poland had been doing or anything like that? No. I think I just want to mention Poland.

Yeah. Actually, they deserve it. You know what? They haven't gone far enough. I think they should go further. Exactly. Yeah, I feel like Poland should be on a pedestal more. Yeah, the whole article's saying, no, it hasn't.

And we think Poland, if you're eating, you should keep going. Yeah, keep going, Poland. We believe in you. Don't let anything stop you. Yeah, I love Warsaw. I love the other one. The other one. What's the capital?

Krakow. Krakow. Krakow. And then the third biggest city. Then we had, is semen the best shampoo? This pervert wants you to think so. That was written by Emmy, aka The House. Oh, yeah.

I thought that really made me giggle. That was quite funny. Mansu's Gymnasium, complaining I'm still weak. That was also Emmy, aka The House. Nice. Bear Spotting House turns out to be a mouse. That was 30. So a point there for 30 because Ting went for that one.

And another point for 30 because he got the correct answer. Scientists have taught spinach to send emails and it could warn us about climate change. Jeez, that's a big game changer, that round for 30, meaning the scores are now Ting on two points but equal in first place. It's Ferdy in the house on five points each. Ferdy in the house is the name of my band. Tinglims and tinglims, that's my band.

Tinglim in the tinglims. Ferdy in the house can be your support act. Yeah. Well, that brings us to the final question of the show. This one comes from Melissa Shook. Nice. Sometimes in the form that people can fill out, it says, if you think I need any help with your name,

feel free to give me a phonetic spelling or whatever. And Melissa wrote Shook as in you shook me all night long. And I think that was helpful. I mean, it is spelt Shook, so I probably would have stumbled on it anyway. And Melissa's from Round Rock, Texas. And we always finish with a film synopsis for the last one. So this will be your longest written. Okay.

It's normally, you know, at least a couple of sentences to a short paragraph. This is great for my carpal tunnel syndrome. Just do voice to text. We won't listen. Okay. just do voice to text. We won't listen. Okay.

And the question is, what is the plot of the 1985 film, the peanut butter solution? What is the plot to the 1985 film, the peanut butter solution? So a short plot or synopsis. And while your answer is being written, here is some of the article by Mark DeFera for Euronews. They wrote, it may sound like something out of a

futuristic science fiction film, but scientists have managed to engineer spinach plants that are capable of sending emails. Through nanotechnology, engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have transformed spinach into sensors capable of detecting explosive materials. These plants are then able to wirelessly relay this information back to the scientists. I knew it would have been nanotechnology. When the spinach roots detect the presence of nitro aromatics in groundwater, a compound often found in explosives like landmines,

the carbon nanotubes within the plant leaves emit a signal. This signal is then read by an infrared camera, sending an email to the scientists. This sounds like absolute gibberish. What is plant nanobionics and why is it useful? Well, the experiment is part of a wider field of research which involves engineering electronic components and systems into plants. The technology is known as plant nanobionics and is effectively the process of giving plants new abilities. Our professor Michael Strano explains, plants are very good analytical chemists. They have an extensive root network in the soil, are constantly sampling groundwater, and have a way to self-power the transport of that water up into the leaves. This is a novel

demonstration of how we have overcome the plant-human communication barrier. While the purpose of the experiment was to detect explosives, Strano and other scientists believe it could be used to help warn researchers about pollution and other environmental conditions. Because of the vast amount of data plants absorb from their surroundings, they are ideally situated

to monitor ecological changes. I'm getting bored. I don't want to say anything, but spinach is one of the most boring vegetables. Yeah. Look, like it's fascinating stuff, but I'm not making it sound fascinating by reading it. Yeah, it's why it's on email, not on OnlyFans.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Like it's sexier, greener, cousin. Cow. I was going to say bok choy this time. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Like it's sexier, greener. Cousin. Kale. I was going to say bok choy this time. Oh, yeah. Oh, man. Going for the.

You know what I'm having for dinner tonight? Bok choy with some pancakes and maple syrup for dessert, I reckon. Oh, that sounds yummy. Do you reckon bok choy would be enough just for a main course? What about bok choy flavoured pancakes? You know what? That actually sounds pretty good. Yeah, that one doesn't sound too bad.

They do it with corn anyway, pancakes. Oh, yeah. Here is the final question. What is the plot of the 1985 film The Peanut Butter Solution? A chef at a popular beach resort loses his job after getting a bad review from a popular critic. When he finds out the critic is allergic to peanuts, he makes a plan to get even. When 11-year-old Michael loses his hair, he is teased mercilessly at school before two friendly ghosts create a magic potion

using peanut butter that helps Michael get his hair back and so much more. A science teacher gets attacked by his students constantly. Rather than disciplining them, he makes them peanut butter sandwiches which slowly turn them into a bug and he kills them. Young mathematician Sam Knight spends all of his time trying to solve the Ryman hypothesis. He is broke and reduced to shopping at the local free pantry. There he finds a jar of homemade peanut butter that will change his life. Pandas are about to go extinct. To stop this, a zoologist came up with a solution to encourage breeding between pandas in captivity. It's called the peanut butter solution.

So there are your options. One of these is a real film that got made in 1985. 1995. Can I go through them quickly again? Thank you. So you had the chef who tries to kill the critic, the kid who grows his hair back with the help of the peanut butter solution, science teacher who slowly turns his kids into bugs,

the mathematician who finds a jar that changes his life, or the pandas being saved by the peanut butter solution. Triple points at stake here. Yeah. So if you weren't feeling nervous, you should be feeling nervous. I feel incredibly nervous. You look really nervous.

I feel, yeah. Everything's on the line right now. What do you think? What do you think? I don't know. I'm leaning towards this sounds like a ridiculous movie from the 80s, I'd say, or late 80s, early 90s when they had a lot of prosthetics going on. So I'm going to go Boy Losers Hair, Friendly Ghosts Make Peanut Butter.

Okay, great. I'll lock that in for third. What about you, Ting? The chef one. Chef one. Yeah. Losers here. Friendly ghosts make peanut butter. Okay, great. I'll lock that in for third. What about you, Ting? The chef one. Chef one. Yeah. Seems plausible.

Chef one. I just like the way the story sounds. Yeah, it sounds like a bit of fun. Guy killing a critic. I mean, we've all wanted to do it. We've all wanted to do that. We've all been there. We all have been there for sure. All right, well, let's go through who wrote the answers.

The one about pandas going extinct, that was written by Ting. That actually sounded very plausible, to be honest. Yeah, I tried to make it plausible. Yeah, it was good. It didn't get picked. Peanut butter to encourage breeding. Did you have a thought about how that would? Yes, I did.

I did, actually. I thought about it very deeply. Yeah. Okay. Say no more. I'll show you my thesis later on it. Fantastic. The young mathematician who found the jar that changed his life,

that was written by the house, in particular Melissa Shook. Nice. That's just so tantalising, that idea of a jar of homemade peanut butter changing his life. Yeah, it's never changed my life, I'll be honest with you. The science teacher getting attacked by students, slowly turning them into bugs. That was 30.

So that means one of you is correct. Oh, wow. One of the final answers here is correct. So we had the chef at the popular beach killing the critic or we had the boy losing his hair. Oh. But the correct answer was the boy who lost his hair. So three points there to Ferdy.

Also three points to the house. Is that real? That is real. God, I want to see this movie. So that means I'll put the scores in. We'll check those in a second but first let me tell you a little bit more about that film reviewer jason shohan wrote one of the enduring weirdo kids classics of canadian cinema this 1985 film about bullying body horror and the

exploitative nature of the free market is also spry adventurous and fun i'd love to know how it's about the exploitative nature of the free market, but, I mean, it looks like it's worth a watch. I watched the preview clip. It looks like a bit of fun. Now, final score check in third place on two points, which actually, Ting, doubles your score from your first appearance. Did I get one point?

Oh, yeah, I did. Yes. And, Ting, I did. Yes. And Ting, you're doing a show at the upcoming festivals? Yeah, I'm doing a show at the Adelaide Fringe and the Melbourne International Comedy Festival as well. I have my show, Everything or No Ting. So you can get tickets at my website, tinglim.com. Awesome.

I would encourage people to do that. Kinglim.com. Awesome. I would encourage people to do that. Now, this is big because on equal first place on eight points, it's Ferdy and the House, your new band. Yes. Yes, indeed. I can't wait to start that band.

And Ferdy, you're also doing a show at the upcoming festivals. Just the festival. Oh. Just the Melbourne. No disrespect to Adelaide, but I just didn't get organised in time to do Adelaide. Yeah, I'm doing a show. Maldorado. Is that for, you know, instead of.

Is El Dorado a place in America? Oh, yeah, that's okay. Fucking hell. I thought you had a seizure. Maldorado. Yeah, I like that. Yeah. Or is that the City of Gold?

I forget. Anyway, Melbourne would more be the City of Grey than the City of Gold. Yeah, so your post is saying that. Mel Canyon. Mel Canyon. The Grand Canyon. Grand Mel Canyon. I think we're getting colder again.

I know. And we were never warm. We were never warm. But whatever. So, yeah, people can find details for your show. Yeah, my show is called Goatis of All Time. So, yeah, people can find details for your show. Yeah, my show is called Gotus of All Time. It is at the Theory Bar for the first couple of weeks of the festival.

Just go to my Instagram, thirdflu, or the Comedy Festival website, which is comedyfestival.com.au. Sick. If you, yeah, listeners follow me on my social medias, I'll post links to the Ting and Ferdy's social medias and you should follow them there. Me, the house, equal first. So I'll also say that I'm doing a show called Ding in Adelaide and Melbourne

and also doing this show live in Melbourne, the Who Knew It with Matt Stewart show in Melbourne on the 9th of April and also at the Brisbane Comedy Festival. I can't remember what date, but it'll be online and that should be a lot of fun. The name of the show rhymes with your name. Yeah. I just worked that out.

Oh, you knew it. Yeah. All right. That's crazy. Thanks so much, everyone, for listening. Thanks so much to Ferdy and Ting for joining us. Please give us a five-star review if you want to. You know, no pressure, but, you know, maybe some pressure.

Tell your friends if you think you know anyone who might enjoy it. Anyway, cheers for tuning in to Who Knew With Matt Stewart. Now that you know it, I've been Matt Stewart. Goodbye. And our first guest this week is Brisbane comedian and returning guest, Tim Lim. Hey, how you guys doing? Did you call me Tim? I had Tim too.

I've known you for years, man. Like, Tim, Jesus Christ. Is it not Tim? It's Tim. You're a doofus. I don't know. Yeah, that was a pretty slick start to the show. Tim? It's Ting. I'm doofus. I don't know what I did. That was a pretty slick start to the show.

I'm trying to think about how I could potentially edit this bit out. No, I can leave it in. Leave it in. Be vulnerable. I don't want to be vulnerable. I want to be... Start a movement. Really? Like a vulnerable movement? Yes, I think

that would pop off. Okay.