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 --> 00:00:11,693 Speaker 1: from News Talk ZEDB. 3 00:00:13,093 --> 00:00:14,773 Speaker 2: Love you to have you with us. It is fourteen 4 00:00:14,853 --> 00:00:18,293 Speaker 2: past nine. Good morning and welcome to Kevin Milne. How 5 00:00:18,333 --> 00:00:18,973 Speaker 2: are you, Kevin? 6 00:00:19,613 --> 00:00:23,493 Speaker 3: Very good? Thank you, Francesca excellent. I thought this morning 7 00:00:23,493 --> 00:00:28,733 Speaker 3: I might pay tribute to two superb communicators. One you'll 8 00:00:28,773 --> 00:00:32,253 Speaker 3: know the other maybe not. Did you used to listen 9 00:00:32,293 --> 00:00:35,653 Speaker 3: as a kid to lindsay Oh on the radio? No, 10 00:00:36,133 --> 00:00:37,733 Speaker 3: or we're not in his neck of the woods? 11 00:00:37,893 --> 00:00:40,693 Speaker 2: No, not in the neck of the word No. 12 00:00:40,693 --> 00:00:44,333 Speaker 3: No, he passed away during the week and Nelson aged 13 00:00:44,413 --> 00:00:47,733 Speaker 3: seventy eight. Lindsay O used to host the breakfast show 14 00:00:47,773 --> 00:00:51,413 Speaker 3: on two ZEDB for many years. This was before the 15 00:00:51,493 --> 00:00:55,973 Speaker 3: Zedby network switched to the news and talk format. Breakfast 16 00:00:55,973 --> 00:00:59,573 Speaker 3: shows back then didn't just bring in huge adult audiences, 17 00:01:00,173 --> 00:01:03,133 Speaker 3: but after tend to wait when Lindsey rang the bell, 18 00:01:03,853 --> 00:01:06,733 Speaker 3: much of the show was devoted to the kids before 19 00:01:06,733 --> 00:01:10,733 Speaker 3: they head off to school. People your aid Francesca are 20 00:01:10,973 --> 00:01:16,133 Speaker 3: just as likely to remember Lindsay's character Buzzo Bumble, that 21 00:01:16,253 --> 00:01:21,373 Speaker 3: the man himself created. As a parent, I remember taking 22 00:01:21,373 --> 00:01:24,133 Speaker 3: our older boys for the Buzzo Bumble show at the 23 00:01:24,213 --> 00:01:28,533 Speaker 3: Wellington show Building and when Buzzo Bumble got married to Belinda, 24 00:01:29,253 --> 00:01:33,573 Speaker 3: thousands turned out to parades throughout Wellington and the Hut Valley. 25 00:01:34,253 --> 00:01:38,453 Speaker 3: Lindsay Joe was essentially a showman. He had a fabulous 26 00:01:38,533 --> 00:01:42,053 Speaker 3: radio voice, he could sing, he could act, he was 27 00:01:42,173 --> 00:01:45,693 Speaker 3: funny and he was hugely popular. A lot of our 28 00:01:45,733 --> 00:01:50,413 Speaker 3: listeners will be feeling the loss at Sydney's at Lindsay's 29 00:01:50,413 --> 00:01:54,373 Speaker 3: passing this week, and speaking of people who are funny 30 00:01:54,453 --> 00:01:57,853 Speaker 3: and can act, I had the pleasure of sitting in 31 00:01:57,893 --> 00:02:02,293 Speaker 3: on the astonishing talents of Stephen Frye on Thursday night. 32 00:02:03,133 --> 00:02:08,253 Speaker 3: What a rack onteur. His touring show simple. He walks 33 00:02:08,293 --> 00:02:11,933 Speaker 3: out on stage, sits on a comfy chair and yarms 34 00:02:11,933 --> 00:02:14,733 Speaker 3: away to the audience for over two hours about the 35 00:02:14,773 --> 00:02:18,173 Speaker 3: mainly funny things that have happened in his life. Often 36 00:02:18,173 --> 00:02:21,933 Speaker 3: they've involved uber famous people he that he knows, like 37 00:02:22,413 --> 00:02:28,933 Speaker 3: King Charles, the Queen, Mother he knew her, Diana, Paul McCartney, 38 00:02:29,373 --> 00:02:34,413 Speaker 3: Rowan Atkinson, Steve Jobs, etcetera, etcetera, etcetera, And he mimics 39 00:02:34,693 --> 00:02:39,333 Speaker 3: all of those people to perfection. I've never heard yarms 40 00:02:39,613 --> 00:02:44,053 Speaker 3: told so eloquently and with such ease as Stephen Pride 41 00:02:44,053 --> 00:02:47,773 Speaker 3: died on Thursday night, his stories when all all funny. 42 00:02:47,853 --> 00:02:52,973 Speaker 3: They he described life being bipolar, the condition he shares 43 00:02:53,053 --> 00:02:56,173 Speaker 3: with so many others and volunteers so much time too. 44 00:02:56,573 --> 00:03:00,893 Speaker 3: I've never heard a clearer description of the bipolar mind 45 00:03:01,133 --> 00:03:05,373 Speaker 3: than Stephen Prize on Thursday night, for which I'm very grateful. 46 00:03:05,773 --> 00:03:07,573 Speaker 3: It was the per night Francesca. 47 00:03:08,373 --> 00:03:10,933 Speaker 2: I noticed that he's been in the news recently criticizing 48 00:03:10,933 --> 00:03:13,853 Speaker 2: the weight loss drug oz in pic, which he gave 49 00:03:13,853 --> 00:03:15,133 Speaker 2: a world Did he talk about that. 50 00:03:16,133 --> 00:03:18,733 Speaker 3: No, not, not in not in any lets that was 51 00:03:18,853 --> 00:03:27,293 Speaker 3: mentioned in a broader in a broader conversation. He covers 52 00:03:27,413 --> 00:03:31,573 Speaker 3: such a huge amount of ground, actually, but no, he 53 00:03:32,213 --> 00:03:36,973 Speaker 3: of courses in he wades into controversy with great deal 54 00:03:37,053 --> 00:03:39,893 Speaker 3: of these, and I suspect quite a lot of pleasure. 55 00:03:40,293 --> 00:03:43,413 Speaker 2: I think you right. But he does have this beautiful 56 00:03:43,453 --> 00:03:45,453 Speaker 2: way of communicating that I'm sure that everybody found like 57 00:03:45,453 --> 00:03:47,333 Speaker 2: they were sort of sitting in the living rooms at 58 00:03:47,333 --> 00:03:48,693 Speaker 2: home having a conversation with him. 59 00:03:49,653 --> 00:03:57,093 Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, it's it's superb. Actually, he's a you leave 60 00:03:57,173 --> 00:03:59,653 Speaker 3: thinking I'm never going to do a public speech again. 61 00:04:02,893 --> 00:04:05,493 Speaker 3: You'll leave thinking, oh, I thought I was quite good 62 00:04:05,493 --> 00:04:07,533 Speaker 3: at you know, chat and all that sort of thing. 63 00:04:08,133 --> 00:04:13,053 Speaker 3: But his his way with words has extraordinary. 64 00:04:13,413 --> 00:04:15,413 Speaker 2: Yeah, I've really enjoyed his books. Actually, I bought the 65 00:04:15,413 --> 00:04:19,333 Speaker 2: books for my teenagers, The Heroes and Troy, and to 66 00:04:19,373 --> 00:04:23,333 Speaker 2: see in various other you know, books that he's written, 67 00:04:24,493 --> 00:04:26,573 Speaker 2: and next year I've ended up really enjoying as well. 68 00:04:26,613 --> 00:04:28,533 Speaker 2: He's very multi talented gentleman. 69 00:04:29,533 --> 00:04:31,573 Speaker 3: He is. In fact, some of the stories that he 70 00:04:31,733 --> 00:04:35,253 Speaker 3: told heard I thought I've heard this port somewhere and 71 00:04:35,293 --> 00:04:39,373 Speaker 3: I realized I had. I had read his autobiography, but 72 00:04:39,413 --> 00:04:44,533 Speaker 3: I can't remember the name of it now, but something. 73 00:04:44,893 --> 00:04:48,773 Speaker 3: Oh no, I can't remember it now. But yeah, wonderful, 74 00:04:48,813 --> 00:04:53,213 Speaker 3: wonderful stories about the rich and the famous. They're just classics. 75 00:04:53,613 --> 00:04:56,173 Speaker 2: Well, Kevin, I will leave you to then ponder how 76 00:04:56,213 --> 00:05:00,893 Speaker 2: you're going to present your life and words. Yes, were 77 00:05:00,933 --> 00:05:04,253 Speaker 2: not asked to do a speech. Thank you very much 78 00:05:04,293 --> 00:05:05,053 Speaker 2: for your time today. 79 00:05:05,173 --> 00:05:08,053 Speaker 3: Lovely to catch up, okay, Dan, thanks a lot. 80 00:05:09,253 --> 00:05:12,373 Speaker 1: For more from Saturday Morning with Jack Tame. Listen live 81 00:05:12,453 --> 00:05:15,293 Speaker 1: to News Talks ed B from nine am Saturday, or 82 00:05:15,333 --> 00:05:17,253 Speaker 1: follow the podcast on iHeartRadio.