WEBVTT - Eddie McGuire on FIVEAA Breakfast - 8th April 2025

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<v Speaker 1>Twenty four after eight gather Around brings the biggest names

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<v Speaker 1>in the AFL industry to town. Eddie McGuire is in

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<v Speaker 1>the five Double a breakfast studio with us. Eddie, good

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<v Speaker 1>morning to you. You were just telling us a bit

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<v Speaker 1>of a story that we're going to start not with

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<v Speaker 1>Gather Around, but it's too good a story not to

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<v Speaker 1>miss for our audience to miss out on. Your car

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<v Speaker 1>featured in The Castle, one of the most beloved movies

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<v Speaker 1>in Australian film history.

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<v Speaker 2>So I believe I had a cameo role. Okay, So,

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<v Speaker 2>Jane Kennedy and Rob Sitch are very close friends of mine.

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<v Speaker 2>In fact, I used to work with them on the

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<v Speaker 2>D Generation. That was when I first started on radio

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<v Speaker 2>back in Melbourne, back in the days, as they say,

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<v Speaker 2>about nineteen eighty seven. I reckon it was. Anyway, I

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<v Speaker 2>get a phone call when the footageh I'd kicked off

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<v Speaker 2>and so nine I'd give me a new car. I

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<v Speaker 2>had the BMW Convertible, the new black model, and anyway,

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<v Speaker 2>Jane rings up one day and says, can we borrow

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<v Speaker 2>your cars? What do you want the car for? So

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<v Speaker 2>I was just shooting a movie. I said, we're dinner

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<v Speaker 2>last week. I didn't mention anything about a movie. No, no,

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<v Speaker 2>we're just doing it. It's going to take nine days

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<v Speaker 2>and oh, no worries. Anyway, it became the Castle. So

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<v Speaker 2>when Dennis Denudo the lawyer, finally gets the vibe and

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<v Speaker 2>wins the court and he gets his new car and

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<v Speaker 2>it pulls up and it's mine, it's your car, and

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<v Speaker 2>they shot it in they shut it in Fitzroy and

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<v Speaker 2>it came back and somebody had taken the stickers off

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<v Speaker 2>the ben w stickers off the wheel.

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<v Speaker 3>In the credits.

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<v Speaker 2>No, no, I should have got a car ring or something.

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<v Speaker 2>So well, that's where it all started back in those days.

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<v Speaker 2>And haven't they been fantastic working dog still Channel ten.

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<v Speaker 3>I can remember I was anyone when the DJ started

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<v Speaker 3>at show, you know, Graham and the Colonel and world.

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<v Speaker 3>It's just so funny. They were just great. So I

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<v Speaker 3>was looking away with a bit of it.

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<v Speaker 2>Now I know, Well, you don't get away with anything imagined.

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<v Speaker 2>The footy show would be off here in about ten

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<v Speaker 2>seconds these days. For twenty five years, it last about

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<v Speaker 2>five minutes there. Well we go on YouTube into your

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<v Speaker 2>sensation one or the other these days, But no, it's

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<v Speaker 2>a great and with that, the tradition continues tonight because

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<v Speaker 2>we're going to be doing the show from the Brossa Valley,

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<v Speaker 2>which is a combination of sort of footy classified meets

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<v Speaker 2>gather around meets the old footy show tradition.

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<v Speaker 3>And I must have twisted your arm to get you

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<v Speaker 3>to go and do the show in the bross Valley.

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<v Speaker 2>I've pushed that for three years. Well, so we actually

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<v Speaker 2>are sitting in the vines. We're going to record a

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<v Speaker 2>little bit early so we get golden hour, So we're

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<v Speaker 2>going to shoot it about half us five and so

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<v Speaker 2>the players can get back so they're all coming in.

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<v Speaker 2>Isaac Rankin is going to sing again. We are doing it.

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<v Speaker 2>I'll tell you exactly where we're doing it, David, as

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<v Speaker 2>I look for my phone and get it right for you.

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<v Speaker 2>We are in where we're in the Brussa Valley estate.

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<v Speaker 2>We're just up from Sernsville there and we're going to

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<v Speaker 2>go for dinner afterwards and do the whole thing. But

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<v Speaker 2>I love it up there. It's just magnificent. I love

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<v Speaker 2>McLaren Vale. Now there are Molly Doka wines up there

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<v Speaker 2>with Sarah Marquis is a good friend, and so it's

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<v Speaker 2>going to be a wonderful night. The premier is going

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<v Speaker 2>to be there Collingwood and no no, the premier of

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<v Speaker 2>Sorry Turner mellen Askus will be there, and we're going

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<v Speaker 2>to get Jack Innovan on as well. Who's a favor.

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<v Speaker 2>I thought I might come out an umpire's uniform just

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<v Speaker 2>to make things happy as well. Jeez, they're a bit

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<v Speaker 2>stifferent on the weekend.

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<v Speaker 3>Don't get it.

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<v Speaker 2>It wasn't a markdo It wasn't a mark.

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<v Speaker 3>It was a free though. It was a freak. It

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<v Speaker 3>was in the back.

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<v Speaker 1>We put it to a jury before eight o'clock about

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<v Speaker 1>the coaches challenge or something similar about that. In the AFL,

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<v Speaker 1>fan of it.

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<v Speaker 2>No, I think what we have to do is just

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<v Speaker 2>get the umpires in the right position. I think late

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<v Speaker 2>in the game, because they're running up and down, it's

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<v Speaker 2>become too much of an athletic feat. I think they're

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<v Speaker 2>at a position and they're tired, and I would rather

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<v Speaker 2>the ball come to the umpires. I'd rather they be positioned.

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<v Speaker 2>I've actually petitioned this to the af L for a

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<v Speaker 2>number of years for this very reason, because late in

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<v Speaker 2>the games, everyone's out in their feet. You know, ranking

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<v Speaker 2>doesn't hold a chess mark. The ball goes to the ground.

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<v Speaker 2>You know it's tight, it's on it's desperation. The umpires

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<v Speaker 2>have to be the coolest cats. Instead they're running up

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<v Speaker 2>and down like here he gots. So I'd rather they

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<v Speaker 2>be in position and to be perfect. This will make

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<v Speaker 2>you fall off your chairs. But I'd rather actually have

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<v Speaker 2>more umpires that can make decisions and less bound arroundpires

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<v Speaker 2>who can't and go up Isaac cant and actually have

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<v Speaker 2>trained guys in position. They can wear long pants. They

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<v Speaker 2>could be seventy years of age if you need him

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<v Speaker 2>to be. But people who can make the right decision

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<v Speaker 2>at the right time. And let's go back to the

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<v Speaker 2>old rules. If we actually focused on the fact that

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<v Speaker 2>in the back is a rule that is in the

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<v Speaker 2>absolute foundations of the game, that would have been a

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<v Speaker 2>free kick because you go, no, you pushed him in

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<v Speaker 2>the back. Yeah, you're allowed to hit within five minutes

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<v Speaker 2>of the ball tick. You've got to hold a chess mark.

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<v Speaker 2>Keep that one back in the game so that we

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<v Speaker 2>don't have to argue did he have control? They hold

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<v Speaker 2>a chess mank you can't hold a chess make you

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<v Speaker 2>don't deserve it, okay, but the next part was in

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<v Speaker 2>the back and Isaac Rankin should have got a free kick.

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<v Speaker 3>You've been a big champion, have gathered around and known

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<v Speaker 3>in the past.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, sort of friendly Victoria Vsa pipe shines over all

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<v Speaker 2>sorts of.

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<v Speaker 3>Silly things, but you're still an advocate being part of

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<v Speaker 3>the part of the calendar permanently.

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<v Speaker 2>I think it has been the single biggest fillip for

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<v Speaker 2>football in the last period of time. I think it

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<v Speaker 2>is absolutely magnificent. I pushed for it beforehand when the

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<v Speaker 2>lobbying was on because I was here in eighty eight

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<v Speaker 2>for the Bison ten Nial Classics, the over the Grand

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<v Speaker 2>Prix as well, and I just thought Adelaide it just

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<v Speaker 2>does these things really really well. So when we came

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<v Speaker 2>over and Peter Melanascus, he manifests what he wanted and

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<v Speaker 2>then he made it happen and he seems to do

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<v Speaker 2>that a fair bit, which is pretty good with that

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<v Speaker 2>being political. He does a great job and all that,

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<v Speaker 2>and then the AFL, there's no doubt the AFL were

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<v Speaker 2>using Adelaide in the first instance a bit of a

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<v Speaker 2>stalking horse. I remember speaking to Peter Melanisk and said,

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<v Speaker 2>they'll take the skin off your hand grabbing the check.

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<v Speaker 2>But you've got to you know, but make sure you

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<v Speaker 2>know you've got to do the other things because once

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<v Speaker 2>the ball's bounced, it could be anywhere. Really the game goes.

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<v Speaker 2>The tight shots are in and they might put a

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<v Speaker 2>soup up that you're in Adelaide.

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<v Speaker 3>But that's about it.

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<v Speaker 2>It's the accoutra months. If you like tonight's show, for example,

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<v Speaker 2>you're getting really a two hour ad for South Australia

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<v Speaker 2>nationally around the nine network at seven point thirty.

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<v Speaker 3>It's prime prime time.

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<v Speaker 2>It's not like even the footage Eastbound nineth that this

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<v Speaker 2>is seven thirty, So you're probably making your money back

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<v Speaker 2>alone on that show that's not even on the broadcasters seven.

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<v Speaker 2>The front bars coming over.

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<v Speaker 3>The keys that we'll get into it to you. Sydney

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<v Speaker 3>wouldn't get into it. Brisbe won't get into you know, Sydney.

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<v Speaker 2>The telegraph would be Valandis. I'd have them wound up

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<v Speaker 2>that there was three seats empty here and.

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<v Speaker 3>There what ping pong all that would from Sydney.

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<v Speaker 2>And it's a bit like my old nightclub technique. They

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<v Speaker 2>no points spending on night talking to a girl trying

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<v Speaker 2>to convince somebody that hates you to hate your lips

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<v Speaker 2>talk to somebody who likes you, and I like you more,

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<v Speaker 2>and so why wouldn't you come to South Australia, great

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<v Speaker 2>footballing state, And well it's paid off in spades.

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<v Speaker 3>Gather around the Eddie McGuire nightclub technique exactly, that's true.

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<v Speaker 2>A long time between drinks, I can tell that's my

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<v Speaker 2>go to here was that how to join up in

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<v Speaker 2>the corner there with the piano. That's my son for America.

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<v Speaker 3>Someone someone's ready to tell your benches.

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<v Speaker 2>A couple of big nights here with Taining Modron, have

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<v Speaker 2>a quiet night with Jopplins and here jo Heaven was

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<v Speaker 2>the other one. Yeah, a big time. We used to

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<v Speaker 2>come back to the Jeans Ray Jeans was massive. That

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<v Speaker 2>was in the Bison ten to a funny story. Ross

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<v Speaker 2>Oakley and all the AFL crew came in and we

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<v Speaker 2>were going out to a nightclub and they had their

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<v Speaker 2>their AFL jackets on and they turned them inside out

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<v Speaker 2>so they looked like the silk on the salt jackets.

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<v Speaker 2>Like you're kidding under the cover of darkness with Big

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<v Speaker 2>E J. Whitman curls. Not quite so incognito and Dermott

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<v Speaker 2>Brown and myself bringing up the rear.

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<v Speaker 3>It was unbelievable. Joined the Bross tonight

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<v Speaker 2>See You Guys seven thirty on Channel nine for the

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<v Speaker 2>gather Around spectacular