1 00:00:07,133 --> 00:00:10,453 Speaker 1: You're listening to the Saturday Morning with Jack Team podcast 2 00:00:10,613 --> 00:00:11,733 Speaker 1: from News Talks at be. 3 00:00:12,933 --> 00:00:15,173 Speaker 2: Good to have you with us. It's fifteen past nine. 4 00:00:15,293 --> 00:00:17,213 Speaker 2: Kicking us off this morning is Kevin Melon. 5 00:00:17,293 --> 00:00:21,093 Speaker 3: Good morning, Kevin, Good morning, Francesca. Yes, she made some 6 00:00:21,133 --> 00:00:23,613 Speaker 3: good points this morning. It actually made her a bit 7 00:00:23,653 --> 00:00:27,093 Speaker 3: sad because back when I was working on TV and 8 00:00:27,133 --> 00:00:31,053 Speaker 3: said there was the sort of money that was spent 9 00:00:31,133 --> 00:00:36,573 Speaker 3: on parties was phenomenal, often not by TV and Zaid, 10 00:00:36,613 --> 00:00:42,173 Speaker 3: but by TV and Zaid's advertising company or various other characters. 11 00:00:42,253 --> 00:00:46,613 Speaker 3: Their lawyers used to spend huge amounts on Fairgo, you know, 12 00:00:46,853 --> 00:00:50,613 Speaker 3: just parties because they made an awful lot out of 13 00:00:50,653 --> 00:00:55,053 Speaker 3: Fairgo over the And yeah, so we're in a couple 14 00:00:55,053 --> 00:00:57,253 Speaker 3: of times. I'm kind of pleased I'm not there anymore. 15 00:00:57,293 --> 00:00:59,533 Speaker 2: We certainly yeah no, no free lunch is Kevin? 16 00:01:00,093 --> 00:01:01,573 Speaker 3: No, no, no. 17 00:01:01,733 --> 00:01:03,773 Speaker 2: Hey, like you would like to see a change to 18 00:01:03,813 --> 00:01:04,853 Speaker 2: the Olympic motto. 19 00:01:05,733 --> 00:01:12,973 Speaker 3: Yeah, the Olympic motto is sitious altius, fortius, communitor, faster, 20 00:01:13,293 --> 00:01:18,093 Speaker 3: stronger together. May I suggest another Latin word, de fesesius. 21 00:01:18,653 --> 00:01:23,013 Speaker 3: It means tired, weary, jaded, and exhausted. And that's how 22 00:01:23,053 --> 00:01:26,373 Speaker 3: I'm feeling after just a week of Olympics. It's the 23 00:01:26,453 --> 00:01:29,893 Speaker 3: least sleep I've had in the years, and I'm sure 24 00:01:29,933 --> 00:01:33,653 Speaker 3: I'm not on my own. What gets you is being 25 00:01:33,733 --> 00:01:38,453 Speaker 3: lured into watching Olympic events, usually the heat well into 26 00:01:38,493 --> 00:01:41,293 Speaker 3: the early hours of the morning, and this creates a 27 00:01:41,413 --> 00:01:44,133 Speaker 3: sort of buying where you feel the need to get 28 00:01:44,213 --> 00:01:47,933 Speaker 3: up at the cracker dawn to watch the finals, burning 29 00:01:47,973 --> 00:01:50,733 Speaker 3: the Olympic torch at both ends. I'm one of those 30 00:01:50,773 --> 00:01:53,373 Speaker 3: sports fans who has to watch events live. 31 00:01:53,893 --> 00:01:58,293 Speaker 2: You like that, Frances, Yes, my kids are obsessed about that, Kevin. 32 00:01:58,333 --> 00:02:01,693 Speaker 2: They will not pre record anything and watch it later. 33 00:02:01,733 --> 00:02:03,773 Speaker 2: They're like, there's no point, You've got to watch it 34 00:02:03,773 --> 00:02:06,613 Speaker 2: while it's happening. That's the whole point of it. That's 35 00:02:06,613 --> 00:02:07,213 Speaker 2: the excitement. 36 00:02:08,533 --> 00:02:10,733 Speaker 3: It sounds like, you know, I'm not enjoying the Olympics, 37 00:02:10,773 --> 00:02:14,013 Speaker 3: but I'm just loving them. Really, They've been so much fun. 38 00:02:14,373 --> 00:02:17,813 Speaker 3: What about the rowing? You know what an incredible country 39 00:02:17,893 --> 00:02:20,813 Speaker 3: New Zealand is in terms of it's rowing now possibly 40 00:02:20,813 --> 00:02:24,693 Speaker 3: the best in the world. What about the tryo that triathlon, 41 00:02:25,333 --> 00:02:29,573 Speaker 3: what a what an extraordinary athletics event that turned into 42 00:02:29,973 --> 00:02:34,253 Speaker 3: What about the astonishing sport that wind sirtings evolved into 43 00:02:34,733 --> 00:02:38,253 Speaker 3: flying around at forty five k's an hour on foils. 44 00:02:39,413 --> 00:02:43,093 Speaker 3: It's all leaving near zombie during the day. It started 45 00:02:43,133 --> 00:02:46,413 Speaker 3: actually the first night of Olympic competition. I got sucked 46 00:02:46,453 --> 00:02:52,293 Speaker 3: into watching about three hours of dress Arge. Of all things. Now, 47 00:02:53,213 --> 00:02:56,213 Speaker 3: I know nothing about dress Arge, but the kiwis who 48 00:02:56,213 --> 00:02:59,213 Speaker 3: went too bad, So I hung in for hours, went 49 00:02:59,253 --> 00:03:03,253 Speaker 3: to bed at four am, got up at six point 50 00:03:03,253 --> 00:03:08,053 Speaker 3: thirty to watch the Sevens. One thing I've discovered just 51 00:03:08,053 --> 00:03:10,453 Speaker 3: because you don't get any sleep at night doesn't mean 52 00:03:10,493 --> 00:03:12,773 Speaker 3: you'll be able to sleep during the day. So I 53 00:03:12,813 --> 00:03:15,893 Speaker 3: didn't sleep Sunday either, And I was going to a 54 00:03:16,013 --> 00:03:19,773 Speaker 3: Jimmy Barnes concert on Sunday night and was concerned I 55 00:03:19,853 --> 00:03:23,293 Speaker 3: might be the first person ever to fall asleep during 56 00:03:23,293 --> 00:03:27,453 Speaker 3: a Jimmy Barnes concert. But no, his show was brilliant. 57 00:03:27,973 --> 00:03:30,573 Speaker 3: He deserved the gold medal as well for Antisca. 58 00:03:30,773 --> 00:03:32,733 Speaker 2: You should just be grateful, Kevin, that you're not one 59 00:03:32,733 --> 00:03:35,133 Speaker 2: of our amazing team who were working from six pm 60 00:03:35,173 --> 00:03:37,493 Speaker 2: at night to about nine am in the morning. They 61 00:03:37,493 --> 00:03:39,013 Speaker 2: are doing an incredible job. 62 00:03:39,973 --> 00:03:47,533 Speaker 3: They are absolutely they Yeah, the coverage is just remarkable, really, 63 00:03:47,613 --> 00:03:50,373 Speaker 3: isn't it. And you can go all over. I think, 64 00:03:50,613 --> 00:03:52,733 Speaker 3: if anything, the coverage is too much. I can't keep 65 00:03:52,813 --> 00:03:56,493 Speaker 3: up with at all. But yeah, loving it good. 66 00:03:57,173 --> 00:03:59,253 Speaker 2: Here's a question. Here's a question for you, Kevin. When 67 00:03:59,293 --> 00:04:01,373 Speaker 2: I'm watching these games and I've been a bit like you, 68 00:04:01,693 --> 00:04:03,533 Speaker 2: I'm just loving. I'm just thinking, what's two weeks of 69 00:04:03,573 --> 00:04:06,573 Speaker 2: being tired. I'll catch up on some steep later when 70 00:04:06,613 --> 00:04:07,893 Speaker 2: I watch it. I think, now, if I was at 71 00:04:07,933 --> 00:04:10,453 Speaker 2: the Olympics, obviously I'm not going to be competing, probably 72 00:04:10,493 --> 00:04:13,493 Speaker 2: missed that boat. But if I was there assisting or helping, 73 00:04:13,573 --> 00:04:15,413 Speaker 2: what job would I have? And I've decided that I 74 00:04:15,413 --> 00:04:19,533 Speaker 2: would probably be most suited to lying down at the 75 00:04:19,613 --> 00:04:24,693 Speaker 2: rowing and holding the boats, although I wouldn't be able 76 00:04:24,733 --> 00:04:27,053 Speaker 2: to hold a Kiwi boat because it would be very hard, 77 00:04:27,173 --> 00:04:30,573 Speaker 2: not just to give them a little push, just a 78 00:04:30,573 --> 00:04:32,053 Speaker 2: bit of a nutge as they take off. 79 00:04:33,573 --> 00:04:35,533 Speaker 3: My daughter keeps looking at that and saying to me, 80 00:04:36,253 --> 00:04:39,853 Speaker 3: why the heavens and twenty twenty four do we have 81 00:04:39,933 --> 00:04:44,253 Speaker 3: not had something that does that? I know, but you 82 00:04:44,373 --> 00:04:47,613 Speaker 3: know that would do you think you could actually lie 83 00:04:47,653 --> 00:04:51,133 Speaker 3: on your back and the sun and do that. They've 84 00:04:51,173 --> 00:04:53,973 Speaker 3: sort of got their head down under the water. Very sensible, 85 00:04:54,013 --> 00:04:55,613 Speaker 3: hat ground shoulders. 86 00:04:55,733 --> 00:04:58,213 Speaker 2: No, they've got very sensible hats. I'm particularly the new thought. 87 00:04:58,253 --> 00:05:00,373 Speaker 2: Now that's something I could do. I could lie there 88 00:05:00,853 --> 00:05:02,173 Speaker 2: quite so for a little while. 89 00:05:02,933 --> 00:05:05,333 Speaker 3: That really, apart from being the person that fires the 90 00:05:06,013 --> 00:05:08,213 Speaker 3: fires the postal and the hundred meters final. 91 00:05:08,613 --> 00:05:11,173 Speaker 2: Oh well, look we're halfway there, Kevin. So best of 92 00:05:11,253 --> 00:05:13,653 Speaker 2: luck for the next week. Do try and get a 93 00:05:13,693 --> 00:05:15,413 Speaker 2: little bit of sleep. Lovely to catch up with you 94 00:05:15,493 --> 00:05:17,973 Speaker 2: this morning. Can to hear from you as well about 95 00:05:18,013 --> 00:05:19,893 Speaker 2: how you're feeling about the Olympic, because I'm a bit 96 00:05:19,893 --> 00:05:22,573 Speaker 2: like Kevin, I'm quite caught up in it and I'm 97 00:05:22,613 --> 00:05:25,853 Speaker 2: finding it exhausting and getting quite tense. And I loved 98 00:05:25,853 --> 00:05:28,413 Speaker 2: watching Zoe run last night, and it wasn't till the 99 00:05:28,453 --> 00:05:30,573 Speaker 2: race was over. Both my partner and I look at you, 100 00:05:30,573 --> 00:05:33,813 Speaker 2: don't worry. We were pretty nervous about that. Gosh, imagine 101 00:05:33,813 --> 00:05:35,453 Speaker 2: being the parent of an Olympian. 102 00:05:36,813 --> 00:05:39,893 Speaker 1: For more from Saturday Morning with Jack Tame, listen live 103 00:05:40,013 --> 00:05:42,813 Speaker 1: to News Talks d B from nine am Saturday, or 104 00:05:42,893 --> 00:05:44,813 Speaker 1: follow the podcast on iHeartRadio.